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Welcome back, my friends, to the "Battle" that never ends.
We're so glad you could attend. Come inside! Come inside!
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This is 'BATTLE OF THE BANDS' ('BOTB') where you listen to different recordings and vote for the one you like best. A new Battle gets posted on the 1st of each month and on the 7th, I place my own vote, tally 'em all up and announce the winner.
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Friend? Foe? Stranger? No matter, ALL are welcome. So pull up a chair, pour yourself 24 oz. of DOG BITE High Gravity Lager (or the poison of your choice) and turn it up to Eleven!
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[NOTE: Links to the first year of 'BOTB' (#1 - #24) can be found at the very bottom of this page.]

Tuesday, September 8, 2020

BOTB RESULTS: 2020, SEPT. 1 (Or, STUBBY KAYE VERSUS DON HENLEY)

STMcC’s Vote On '2020, September 1st: 'Battle Of The Bands' (BOTB) - Or, Stubby Kaye Versus Don Henley - And The Final Tally:
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{*Normally, a "BOTB RESULTS" image would appear here, but... more about that just a wee bit below.*} . . . First and foremost, I very, Very, VERY (got that, Brother Sixgun?) sincerely thank each and every one of you who cared enough to take the time to visit my li'l ol' blog and cast a vote in my BATTLE OF THE BANDS (BOTB) blog bit! Really, seriously - I thank you, every one o' youz!
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Secondly, a word to the wise: Vegetable Juice (broccoli, cabbage, lettuce, cilantro, carrots, squash) and a shot of Wild Turkey 101 DO NOT mix!! I very nearly dumped that "cocktail" (?) down the sink, but... dern'd if I was gonna totally waste a perfectly good shot of Wild Turkey 101, damn it all to satan's domain.
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Thirdly, with evil Google's latest (UTTERLY UNNECESSARY) "upgrade" to their operating system / our Dashboard functions, my Old School computer has been boxed out and has become useless. In the past (time and Time, and TIME again, Number 6) I have been able to find ways to circumnavigate evil Google's unnecessary and unhelpful changes. But this time (as of September NOW, 2020), "Don't Be Evil" Google has finally "fixed" everything so damned good that I can no longer compose a blog bit on my own computer. I am borrowing my Brother's (aka Nappy & Judge Al Bondigas) laptop in order to struggle through the composin' (writin') of this already overdue (a day late) BOTB Results post. This is NOT fun. This is really, Really, REALLY not FUN (got that, Sheboyganboy?) . . . So, therefore, and for that reason, and how come why, I am going to keep this painfully composd (ritten) BOTB Results blog bit short and bitter as hell!
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As I said in the original BOTB blog bit (which it's too much trouble to link to HERE), I really enjoy both movies, 'Guys And Dolls' and 'Leap Of Faith', and I really enjoy both renditions of 'SIT DOWN, YOU'RE ROCKING THE BOAT' (Stubby Kaye's and Don Henley's). But if I *MUST* choose between the two versions of the song (as I must, since this is BOTB, and every DogG & DogGette is downright REQUIRED to choose one or anutter), I gotta go with Stubby Kaye, because (as my Bro, Judge Al, noted...) a song about "Rockin' The Boat" should actually include a good deal of rockin' energy - which Stubby provided and Don didn't - even though I still do enjoy hearing Lethargic Don's recording. To my (low-wattage) brain, the word "Rocking" equates to "Energy". But then maybe that's just the Vegetable Juice & Wild Turkey 101 yakkin'.
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Stubby Kaye = 6 votes 
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Don Henley = 10 votes 
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Not a bad outcome at all. And I love every one of you who contributed to it, regardless of which o' these combatants you supported with your two BOTB Kitty cents / sense. . . . Just for the fun o' it, I'm going to (try to) post below a video clip of the scene from the movie 'Guys And Dolls' where Stubby Kaye actually sings the song 'SIT DOWN, YOU'RE ROCKING THE BOAT'. And, for the record, I recommend that you watch BOTH movies - 'Guys And Dolls' & 'Leap Of Faith' - which feature the two renditions of this song that I used in this installment of BOTB.
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Stubby Kaye in 'Guys And Dolls'
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Hopefully (God willing & not too much boat-rocking in the USA), I will see y'all here again on October 1, 2020 ("the terrible year") for anutter installment of Battle Of The Bands.
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 ~ Stephen T. McCarthy

Tuesday, September 1, 2020

2020, SEPT. 1: BATTLE OF THE BANDS (Or, STUBBY KAYE VS. DON HENLEY)

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American Vs. Communist, Sane Person Vs. Antifa & BLM, Republican Vs. Democrat, Male Vs. Female, War Vs. Peace, Light Vs. Dark, Good Vs. Evil, Man Vs. Machine, Love Vs. Hate, Dog Vs. Cat, Sun Vs. Moon, Brain Vs. Brawn, Oscar Vs. Grammy, Angel Vs. Demon, Laurel Vs. Hardy, Beer Vs. Wine, TV Vs. Radio, Pitcher Vs. Batter, Paper Vs. Plastic, Reality Vs. Fantasy, Yeshua Vs. Beelzebub, Conservative Vs. Liberal, You Vs. Me, House Vs. Senate, Offense Vs. Defense, Kramer Vs. Kramer, Spy Vs. Spy, Fischer Vs. Spassky, W.C. Fields Vs. Sobriety, Harold Gimpy, Jr. Vs. Sheldon J. Pismire, Rock Vs. Paper Vs. Scissors, Islam Vs. Everything, Singer Vs. Singer, Band Vs. Band...
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BATTLE OF THE BANDS (BOTB)
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Shoop-Shooby -
Shooby-Duh-Dooby-Doop-Dooby-Dooby-Doo-Wah -
Buh-Doo-Wah!
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Yes, it's time once again for Battle Of The Bands (BOTB).
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Alright, let's get on it. Let's get ON this thing!...
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[Eugene Martone Vs. Jack Butler.]
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Hokey-Smoke! "Can you believe it's September already?! Where has this year gone?! And how about this weather we've been having? Can you believe how hot it's been?!"
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(SMH! Stop it, Peeples! Puh-leez, just STOP IT!!! Don't make me have-tuh moidah one o' you blogguhs! Next blogger who rites sumpin' 'bout the weather or time passin' quickly is gonna get an empty Wild Turkey 101 bottle shoved rite thru they're neck! If you really think yer a riter, you shouldn't be ritten 'bout silly, low-I.Q., dinky, chihuahua yak! Step up yer game, riters!)
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[Goodniks Vs. No-Goodniks.]
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POSTSCRIPT PRESCRIPT: My thanks to our BOTB friend [link> CAThy for teaching me how to embed videos in Blogger's new and improved vastly deteriorated format. Gotta love them I.T.-'tards who fix what ain't broken!! (Them sumbitchiz!)
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So, this Battle is titled 'Stubby Kaye Vs. Don Henley', but it could just as easily have been titled 'Guys & Dolls Vs. Leap Of Faith'. Do any of you have any idea why that is so? ... Anyone? ... Anyone? ... "Yes, you, in the vest, is it?"
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The song I'm using in this round is 'SIT DOWN, YOU'RE ROCKIN' THE BOAT'. The first recording - featuring Stubby Kaye - comes from the 1955 Hollywood musical 'Guys And Dolls' starring Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando and Jean Simmons. The second recording features Don Henley of The Eagles fame, and it was used in the 1992 Steve Martin movie 'Leap Of Faith', which I just recently re-watched for about the 6th or 7th time; and I've "seen" (aka "TRT"-ed) both movies within the last year.
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Full Confession: I like BOTH movies and BOTH recordings. So it's up to you, You, and YOU (izzat better, 6gun?) to determine which recording is better. 
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[Godzilla Vs. King Kong.]
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SIT DOWN, YOU'RE ROCKIN' THE BOAT - STUBBY KAYE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4vSp5nSZGc
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[Riddler Vs. Batman.]
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SIT DOWN, YOU'RE ROCKIN' THE BOAT - DON HENLEY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy8eqDEjidE
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Alright now, “you know the gig”... I welcome you (whether I know "you" or not) to vote for your favorite of these songs in the comment section below. And feel free to tell us WHY you chose one song over the other.
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After voting here, I suggest - actually I insist - you pop over to the blogs of the other 'BATTLE OF THE BANDS' participants to see which songs they have chosen and vote there alsoVote your vice...   Vice your voice... 
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Voice Your Vote...
TOSSING IT OUT by clicking HERE
MIKE'S RAMBLINGS by clicking HERE
THE SOUND OF ONE HAND TYPING by clicking HERE
@ CHERDO ON THE FLIPSIDE by clicking HERE
@ CURIOUS AS A CATHY by clicking HERE
@ AI LOVE MUSIC by clicking HERE
@ STORMS & STARDUST by clicking HERE
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As I've done in the past, I will continue to return to my 'BOTB' blog bits on the 7th of each month to post my own votes and announce the winner.
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~ Stephen T. McCarthy
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