BOTB RESULTS: 2024, MARCH 15 (Or, ERIC BURDON & WAR VERSUS UB40)

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Well, shit in me doughnut! I was pert-dern sure that Eric Burdon & War was a-gonna win my last Battle Of The Bands' Battle Of The Booze contest, but I didn't think they was a-gonna win by such a Large Marge-in. 

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The songs were 'SPILL THE WINE' (Eric & his WARriors) and 'RED RED WINE' (UB40), and the contest took place HERE.

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Even if the song 'Spill The Wine' truly is about injecting heroin into one's body, which some websites claim (and which would be an incredibly stupid thing to do), I loved the song when I was 9 or 10 years old, and I still like it today at 64 or 65 (or... 12). So, I too voted for spilling the wine (or, shooting up the horse).

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FINAL TALLY:

Eric Burdon & War = 9 votes 

UB40 = 3 votes

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In other words, Eric & his WARriors will advance to the BOTBs' BOTB playoff rounds, and UB40 will go back to the Unemployment Department, where they belong, and will submit another form 40 for taxpayers' help.

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Because she is a big fan of Eric Burdon, I dedicated this Battle to our friend Debbie the Doglady. Her blogs can be found HERE & HERE. (Check her out, because she's got some really interesting stories and BOTB contests.) It's fittin' that Eric & the WARriors won this contest in true blowout fashion.

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My thanks to everyone who took the time to spill or drink some wine in my March 15th BOTB installment. I 'preciate youz all! I intend to return here on April 1st (April Fools' Day) with an appropriately fun & silly Battle for y'all to "bote" in. 

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Here's a sneak preview of my next BOTBs' BOTB contest. (423.83% kudos will go to anyone who can guess the two songs I'll be using, based on these two photos.)

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Fuhgeddaboudit! Ain't no one who can guess the two songs (unless they're given Holy Spirit help from God Himself!)

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"See ya soon!"

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~ Stephen

BATTLE OF THE BANDS: 2024, MARCH 15 (Or, SPILLING RED RED WINE)

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Hello, ALL! Welcome to my sixth installment of Battle Of The Bands' Battle Of The Booze, which is an ongoing challenge between songs that mention a type of booze, a brand of booze, or a cocktail made with booze. (No Shirley Temples need apply!)
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On February 27th, I read an Email that I had received from one of our loyal BOTBers, Debbie the Doglady. (She can be found HERE and HERE.)

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Shortly afterwards, I found myself at my 'Goldenshadowland' YouTube playlist. (I live there a lot these days, reminiscing about people, places and events I have loved.) The video for the 1976 hit song 'Summer' by War began to play. And 12 seconds into the song, the video showed a photo of Eric Burdon and War.
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At that very moment it hit me: 

UHP! I'M AN IDIOT!!
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I knew that Eric Burdon was one of Debbie's all-time favorites. Later that day, I sent Debbie an Email saying in part:
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It suddenly dawned on me that a song by one of your very favorite musical artists wasn't even on my song list of future BOTB's BOTB challengers! The damn list was 114-songs long, BUT it DIDN'T have this particular song on it, which was a massive favorite of mine when I was a good deal younger than I am today. So, my BOTB's BOTB song list is now up to 115, and I intend to use this mystery song (in your honor) on ... March 15th.
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Therefore, regardless of which song wins the Battle, this BOTB installment is dedicated to Debbie D'Doglady. (Gee, I wonder who Debbie gonna vote for. Hmmm....)
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Today's question is: Are you going to spill or drink the red red wine?
Fun Fact: In constructing this Battle, I learned that UB40 actually stands for Unemployment Benefits, form 40. 

Guffaw-😂ut-Loud!
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In ye olde comment section, please vote for which you like better betwixt these two wino wine songs, and then please visit the other wonderful BOTBers and also drop your two cents in their comment sections.

* See the BOTBer links over there --->

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I will return here on or about March 22nd with my own vote and the final tally.
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Alright, let's get ON this thing! 

"See ya soon!"
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SPILL THE WINE
by Eric Burdon & War
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRtAKcyl-54

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RED RED WINE
by UB40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_NMgwW5Ufw

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~ Dr. Stephen

BOTB RESULTS: 2024, MARCH 1 (JIMBO'S BEER VERSUS DONALD'S BEER)

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There was a nice turnout for my most recent Battle Of The Bands installment which took place HERE. It was between Jim Morrison's beer ('Roadhouse Blues') and Don Henley's beer ('Sunset Grill'), and I thank every one of you who came by and contributed your two cents and a pint of "evidence" to the punch bowl. 

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Judge Al Bondigas had predicted a blowout in favor of The Doors. I knew going in that Don Henley was probably the underdog, but I also envisioned a much closer outcome. Like, perhaps a 3-vote margin of victory between winner and loser. After all, 'Sunset Grill' had been a Billboard hit song at #22, while 'Roadhouse Blues' was not even in the Top 40. However, it seems that Judge Al may be BOTB's new psychic. Because (after including my own vote for The Doors' song), the contest was indeed no "contest"!

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FINAL TALLY: 

Jim & The Doors = 10 votes 

Don Henley = 4 votes 

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So, 'Roadhouse Blues' will move on to the eventual 'Battle Of The Booze' playoff rounds, while Don Henley just... rides off into a tequila sunset.
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I suppose the thing that surprised me the *most* about this Battle was that no one in the comment section - not even the four folks who voted for 'Sunset Grill' - mentioned the intensely energetic horn segment at the end of Henley's song. To me, that is clearly the highlight of the piece, which sounds as good as most classic Big Band stuffs which I greatly love. 

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Anyway, thanks again, my friends, for taking time to visit my blog and participating in my music Battle! I intend to post a new BOTB contest here on March 15th and I hope you'll return for that one. Until then, may you all... 

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Bless & Be Blessed!!

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~ Stephen 

BOTB'S BOTB: 2024, MARCH 1 (Or, JIM MORRISON'S BEER VS. DON HENLEY'S BEER)

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Music-Lovers! 

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! I'm pleased as spiked punch to announce Battle Of The Bands has a new participant! He's an E&I (Educated & Interesting) fellow named Boromax (a.k.a. Ed) from the blog titled  

[link> Trivial Music Silliness. Please be sure to welcome him, vote in his Battle, and add to your BOTB blogs a link to his blog! Thank ye.

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This is my 5th installment of Battle Of The Bands' Battle Of The Booze, an ongoing musical challenge in which winning songs will eventually meet other winning songs in the postseason Playoffs. (It's kind of like the NFL but not rigged.)
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Brief reminder: Every song I use in BOTB's BOTB must mention a type of booze and/or a brand name of booze or a cocktail made with booze.
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In Round 5 we have The Doors' 'Roadhouse Blues' against ex-Eagle Don Henley's 'Sunset Grill '. 

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In my teens & early twenties I was a major Doors fan; and as a [link> League Of Soul Crusaders member, I could really wrap my mind around a "hair of the dog" line like this:

I woke up this morning and I got myself a beer. The future's uncertain and the end is always near. 

(I consider that lyric important in the development of the Punk Rock timeline.)
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In 'Sunset Grill', Don Henley sings:

Maybe we'll leave come Springtime

Meanwhile, have another beer

What would we do without all these jerks anyway?

Besides, all our friends are here

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Very late one night-- er... about 3:30 or 4:00 one morning in 1985, my friend > Lin and I were driving around dark & deserted Hollywood in her Volkswagen Beetle. We had an open keg of beer in the backseat with the dispensing tube running up to the front seats. We'd just pour another beer straight from the keg whenever we felt like it. (It would have been the all-time ultimate "open container" citation ...if  the cops had caught us!)

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Lin was enrolled in film school, preparing for that career as an editor. She and her team needed to produce a 20-minute movie for the final exam.

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At one point, we pulled up to the curb, parked right in front of the > Sunset Grill, and poured us a couple of beers.

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Curb in front of the 'Sunset Grill'

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It was there, in her VW Bug parked directly in front of the Grill - while drinking beer from the backseat keg - that Lin yakked me into writing a screenplay for her film school project. It would be 'A Day In The Life Of Jim Morrison'.

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Before long, Lin had also yakked me into playing the role of Morrison. I then yakked Alice Amy In Wonderland into playing Pamela Courson, Jim's girlfriend. (I'd have done anything for the sake of Cinematic art! 😇)

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That was the last bit of "acting" I ever did... in front of a camera. And it was 6 years before Val Kilmer portrayed Jim Morrison in the Oliver Stone movie. 

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So, Morrison, The Doors, and the Don Henley song 'Sunset Grill' are all very much connected in a personal way for me.

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In fact, "Matt-Guy" (brother of the legendary Countess), used to insist that I looked like Jim Morrison. Mmm-maybe a li'l bit:

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Photo by Kelly "Andy" Anderson

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Photo by The Countess

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OK, enough yakking! Let's get ON this thing!

In ye olde comment section, please vote for which song you liked better betwixt these two, and then please visit the other wonderful BOTBers and also drop your two cents in their comment sections.

* See the BOTBer links over there --->

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Roadhouse Blues by The Doors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vrbUtXBdSw

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Sunset Grill by Don Henley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRIKNINTFls

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~ Stephen by Stephen

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POST TOASTIES POSTSCRIPT: 

I will post the BOTB voting Results at this blog on or about March 8th.