{"id":10213,"date":"2006-05-11T09:39:38","date_gmt":"2006-05-11T13:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kith.org\/journals\/vardibidian\/2006\/05\/11\/10213.html"},"modified":"2018-03-12T16:54:51","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T21:54:51","slug":"another-mix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/vardibidian\/2006\/05\/11\/another-mix\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Mix?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So. Your Humble Blogger has a friend who is at the right moment in life to really enjoy a Mix Tape on the theme “Men are all Jerks”. At least so I judge. I could well be wrong. Also, I don’t think this friend is a Gentle Reader of this blog, but I could be wrong about that, too. So, I ask your assistance, Gentle Reader, in two areas. First, recommendations for the mix, and second, if you are at the right moment in life to really enjoy a Mix Tape on the theme “Men are all Jerks”, let me know.\nOK, the criteria. First, I think, is to just accumulate a list of songs, and then we can rank them keep an hours’ worth. Ideally, what we’re looking for are not songs that vilify a particular man (see the Kiss Off mix for some of those), but songs that discuss the generally unsatisfactory nature of the male animal, taken individually or en mass. The quintessential “Men are all Jerks” song is, of course, “Most Gentlemen Don’t Like Love”, by the great Cole Porter: As madam Sappho in some sonnet said, \/ A slap and a tickle \/ Is all that the fickle \/ Male \/ Ever has in his head<\/I>. I’m also fond of Uncle Bonsai<\/a>’s “Boys want Sex in the Morning”: Boys want\/Someone who's winsome\/Someone to pin some-\/-One to undertake\/Boys want\/Someone to fall on\/Someone to crawl on\/Someone half awake<\/I>. I would have to include Johnny Mercer’s “Blues in the Night”:\n

My momma done told me
\nWhen I was in pigtails
\nMy momma done told me, Hon
\n
\nA man gonna sweet talk
\nand give you the big eye,
\nBut when the sweet talkin's done
\n
\nA man is a two face,
\nA worrisome thing,
\nWho'll leave you to sing
\nThe blues in the night.
<\/blockquote>\nAny more like that, Gentle Readers?\n

The next category, I think a step down from that, to put on the mix, are songs typifying male jerkosity. The “Hymn to Him” from My Fair Lady<\/I> (Why can’t a woman\/be more like a man<\/I>) comes to mind, as does “In Praise of Women” from A Little Night Music<\/I> (Capable, pliable\/Women, women...\/Understanding and reliable\/Knowing their place\/Insufferable, yes, but gentle\/Their weaknesses are incidental\/A functional but ornamental\/Race.<\/I>). Off of Broadway, there’s Louis Jordan’s “Beware, Brother, Beware”: Now listen, if she calls you up on the phone\/and says,\"Darling, are you all alone?\/Tell her, \"No, I've got five women with me!\"<\/I> Ideally, Gentle Reader, these would be, you know, jokes, rather than guys talking about manliness in all seriousness. But, hey, whatever you’ve got.\n

Then there are songs about a particular guy. These can be ok, as long as they’re not too specific. Remember, the point of the mix is not “Your Boyfriend’s a Dick<\/a>”, but that Men are all Jerks. I might include “Annie doesn’t live here anymore”: That gal was so faithful\/She was a pitiful sight\/She waited and watched and waited and watched\/but you didn’t write<\/I>. Or Dave’s True Story<\/a>’s “I’ll Never Read Trollope Again”: I was sitting in a quaint café\/With a favorite tome and some cafe au lait\/But my luck ran out when you came my way\/Now I'll never read Trollope again<\/I>. Or even a “Frankie and Johnny”, maybe. But these would have to fill up a mix, rather than being the core of the thing.\n

chazak, chazak, v’nitchazek<\/I>,
-Vardibidian.\n<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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