Rickie Lee Jones sings: Have You Had Enough? Time for a "Blue America"

[kpete]

C&L Premiere: Rickie Lee Jones sings: Have You Had Enough?
By: John Amato @ 5:11 PM - PDT

Ricki Lee Jones has recorded a new song to help our "Blue America," grass roots project. You’ve seen the new "Blue America "page, right? Now–there’s the "Blue America Records!" And the first release is a free download, "Have You Had Enough?"


Audio-MP3 http://movies.crooksandliars.com/HYHEMix.mp3

It’s a campaign song for all our candidates. Rickie Lee Jones and Tom and Ken from the Squirrel Nut Zippers recorded it for us a couple weeks ago. Down With Tyranny http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2006/08/have-you-had-enough-song-for-change.html has the full story.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/posts/2006/08/06/cl-premiere-rickie-lee-jones-sings-have-you-had-enough

edited to include:

Here’s the lyric:

Have you had enough of hypocrisy?
Have you had enough of the spending spree?
Have you had enough?
Does it make you want to scream and shout?

Have you had enough of the rubber stamps?
Have you had enough of the wire taps?
If you’ve had enough, then it’s time to throw the rascals out!

We’ve let them take the test too long
They’ve gotten all the answers wrong
No plan, no shame, no oversight
Now’s the time to put it right!

Have you had enough, cause they’re all corrupt?
Have you had enough of being divvied up?
If you’ve had enough, then it’s time to throw the rascals out!

Well, do what’s right and spread the word
It’s time to make our voices heard
You cast your vote it don’t cost a dime
Sittin’ it out will be a crime

I’ve had enough, and it’s time to throw the rascals out!

[MadMaddie]

1. Right On!!

[countingbluecars]

2. Very cool!

[Johnny Noshoes]

3. Hot damn !

That is just cool - makes a GREAT campaign song. It has that thirties flare - hell FDR could've used it in that first campaign in '32.

"Bush looked into Putin's eyes and saw his soul.Putin looked into Bush's ear and saw daylight on the other side."
-- Will Durst

[RebelOne]

14. It has the sound of the Andrews Sisters from the '40s.

[Johnny Noshoes]

16. 30's 40's- it still sounds great - eom

[zulchzulu]

4. I've always been in love with Rickie Lee...this takes it to another level

I knew she was cool and has a voice that can melt your soul, but this is wonderful work.

[flobee1]

5. Backed by the squirrel nut zippers?

Remake of the song "put a lid on it"


I hope there's no infringement going on or it could backfire!

[ralps]

8. two of the people doing the song with her are members of Squirrel Nut

Zippers & Here's the Firedoglake link about the song- http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/08/06/blue-american-special-edition-lets-get-rahms-back-seriously/ Here's 3 paragraphs from that thread. Howie Klein wrote the thread
Snip
Tom and his partner Ken Mosher, another former Squirrel Nut Zipper, worked on the lyrics and the 3 of us started exchanging files and e-mails every day. I loved the dynamic process and how enthusiastic and cooperative these two guys were. Before they totally finished the lyrics they asked me what I thought about finding a woman singer to trade off lines with them. Judging from the music it only took me one second– literally– to come up with the perfect singer: a friend who I worked with when I ran Reprise and who is a very dedicated political activist and savvy idealist, Rickie Lee Jones. Rickie was on tour at the time but we communicated by e-mail and she loved the 45 second file I sent her and agreed to do it.

After that I called producer/musician Andy Paley, an old friend. I thought of Andy because I had been so impressed with his production work on similar music for the Dick Tracy movie soundtrack on which he produced artists as diverse as Madonna, k.d. lang and Ice-T. We were doing this whole project with absolutely no money at all and Andy, like everyone else involved, was happy to help out and even got Dusty Wakeman at Mad Dog Studios to let us use his awesome and historic facility gratis.

A few days after she got back to L.A. from her tour, Rickie Lee drove over to Mad Dog. Basically she nailed it on one take. Everyone’s jaw just dropped! She did a few more takes for good measure but Rickie’s voice was just made for this song! The next day Tom and Ken had mixed it and sent it to me. We want to get it out to as many people as possible and, of course, we want everyone to enjoy and share the music for free. We’re going to start a political action committee so we can raise some dough to make 30 second radio spots with this music for our candidates. If you want to send a check– and even $5.00 will help– you can make it out to Blue America and send it to P.O. Box 27201, Los Angeles, CA 90027. As soon as we get all the paperwork done with the FEC we’ll get an Act Blue Page up for online donations. Meanwhile, enjoy the music and send it to everyone you know. You can download it right here.

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[zulchzulu]

12. Here are the chords for the tune

It's a ragtime shuffle with these chords

Intro:

Cm / Bb  / Ab   / G   / (repeat 4 times)

Second part:

Bb   /  /  Cm  /  /   G7  / /  Cm /  Bb  / Ab  /   G  /

Third part:

Cm / Bb  / Ab   / G   /   Cm / Bb  / Ab   / G   / Cm / Bb  / Ab   / G   /  Cm  G7  Cm / /

to second part, then third...


Have you had enough of hypocrisy?
Have you had enough of the spending spree?
Have you had enough?
Does it make you want to scream and shout?

Have you had enough of the rubber stamps?
Have you had enough of the wire taps?
If you’ve had enough, then it’s time to throw the rascals out!

We’ve let them take the test too long
They’ve gotten all the answers wrong
No plan, no shame, no oversight
Now’s the time to put it right!

Have you had enough, cause they’re all corrupt?
Have you had enough of being divvied up?
If you’ve had enough, then it’s time to throw the rascals out!

Well, do what’s right and spread the word
It’s time to make our voices heard
You cast your vote it don’t cost a dime
Sittin’ it out will be a crime

I’ve had enough, and it’s time to throw the rascals out! 

[seemslikeadream]

6. Love her!

[Botany]

7. They got a juke box that goes doyt-doyt!

Me Loves some Rickie too!

I heard some Earl Hines in that cut.

[medeak]

10. Fatha Fatha!!!! n/t

[midnight]

9. Wired for Blue only.

And I hope that the vote count is wired for blue too. Through the rascals out- all of them.

[Spazito]

11. That is awesome! It reverberates with the sounds of the dirty thirties

It just hits right down to the bone! Thanks for posting this and the link to the mp3, a MUST-LISTEN, imo.

[bleever]

13. Yeah! Time for somebody's Last Chance Texaco.

:woohoo:

[Neecy]

15. terrific!

Rickie Lee also walks the walk - she has a very progressive site and does some great charitable work. It's worth checking out.

http://www.furnitureforthepeople.com/