“Dover” (by ML)

Here’s a post written by ML over at 92.7FM regarding a local folksinger:

Heard this morning on the WGMD morning show – “Dover” by John Flynn of Hockessin

Hear it again – John Flynn – MySpace

John Flynn website

Here are the lyrics -

Dover                                    By John Flynn

 Elijah was a sergeant, 42 years old
from Mesa Arizona, Elijah won’t grow old
Patrick was with C Troop, Second Armored Cav
His buddies all remember how Patrick loved to laugh
Seth was from East Brunswick, just a newly wed
Somewhere in New Jersey a young widow bows her head
Daniel was from Boston shipped out from Fort Bragg
His mother got back Daniel with a folded flag  

Chorus:
Oh big airplane bring’em down easy
Out of the Delaware skies
Oh big airplane Dover is waiting
to welcome the  heroes you fly… home

William was in Anbar, combat engineer
1^st Marine Division, William isn’t here
Alan rebuilt bridges for Battalion B
Next to cause of death they wrote the letters I E D
Gussie was a scrub nurse hailing from Fort Bliss
Gussie had a spirit this world’s gonna miss
Jeremiah’s son cries on his mamma’s knee
There was no armor plating on his dad’s humvee

Chorus 

Scrubbed wooden pallets with white straps cinched over
Long boxes of flag draped aluminum
The C-5 is crowded when it lands in Dover
The honor guard boards and makes room again Making straight for Nineveh, just like Jonah’s whale
Holy truth you swallow, overseas you sail
Precious is the cargo sacred was the gift
offered in the sandstorm from which your wings lift
Those who would pay homage can’t watch you set down
Behind barbed wire sentries miles from their town
No one breathes to question this silent parade
Except for the anguished loved ones left to say

© 2005 Flying Stone Music

Show Review: The Lopez, Khyber (01-20-08)

Hey Guys, our band, My Version of It, had the pleasure of playing a show at the Khyber in Philly with another great Philly band. Very fun, spunky, original and just very nice people: The Lopez

Check out their myspace 
http://www.myspace.com/thelopeztheband for free songs “recorded in their living room” and more. The Lopez rocked the Khyber Sunday night with My Version of It and another band “Committed” — Here’s what I learned talking to Steph from The Lopez. They met in Pittsburgh or at least Steph is from Pittsburgh, currently living in Philly as a teacher. They don’t have a drummer but the drum machine stuff they used brings forth memories of new-wave bands, and, I suppose comparisons to a more punky Blondie and even the Sugarcubes come forth. Rough and Garagey, but fun and poppy. The Lopez are def. worth checking out, at least for something different! – They have fun on stage and had the audience bouncing along with their singer.

We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful

If you saw the post below, local band, MY VERSION OF IT, was featured on The Hot Spot with Jay Rock on Comcast 73 in New Castle County. The day after, a journalist for the Delaware News Journal decided to take some jabs at the singer of the band. Here’s what he wrote:

News Journal Reporter Offended By My Version of It

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Morris

 

Above: WGMD’s Jared Morris performing on the “The Hott Spott” last night.

I have been so good.

I haven’t said peep about conservative radio hosts Dan Gaffney or Jared Morris for a long, long time.

Mostly because I’m upstate and none of their schlock trickles down to me.

But I must briefly point out that Jared’s band, My Version Of It, was on live television last night.

I really do think it’s cool that Morris has another side to him and tears it up in a band. However, my problem with him has always been one of sincerity.

When I hear him spewing his conservative rhetoric on WGMD in his faux Rush Limbaugh voice, it gives me the chills.

So when I settled in to watch “The Hott Spott” last night, I was a little surprised to see Morris’ alter ego unleashed on the show, which airs at 10:30 p.m. on the leased-access Channel 73.

There he was, singing about “pu–y” and “bitches” on the raunchiest television show around. (If I was him, this is where I would feign shock and allege that he had corrupted young viewers with his dirty mouth.)

He and his band performed three songs in between segments by host Jay Rock, including a segment about guys gagging girls with their genitals, complete with an audio clip from a porno playing in the background.

I think the highlight came when Morris gleefully announced that the next song was entitled “Come All Night.”

I have nothing against “The Hott Spott” or Jay Rock. He does his thing and he’s damn good at it. And more importantly, he’s honest about what he does and makes no apologies.

I also have nothing against a thrashing rock band with down and dirty lyrics.

But when you have a guy like Morris on the radio blathering like he’s the chief of the morality police during the day while spending his nights reveling in the blue side of things, it’s totally hypocritical.

If his listeners on WGMD saw that program, they would have dropped their knitting needles in shock!

 

Labels: Music, Radio, TV

posted by Ryan Cormier @ 11:43 AM Comments [11] links to this post

Guys, to comment please go to his blog http://www.delawareonline.com/blogs/2008/01/dr-jekyll-and-mr-morris.html

Well, as pointed out by a lot of people who commented on his blog, the topic about “gagging” was a J Rock Topic, not a song by the band.

The other inaccuracy was to describe the radio show as “A Conservative Talk Show” — here’s a recent clip from the show http://www.jared-morris.com/radio/conservative.mp3

Lastly, no one in the band has ever been gleeful about anything. Sometimes, it seems like whatever move you make, they’ll be someone trying to defame you for it.

Here’s what Matt from MVOI had to say:

At 10:37 AM,  Matt said…

Ryan, you’re right. Myself and the other members of the band will now demand that Jared wear a business suit to all shows and that he change all lyrics to be about Ronald Reagan.P.S. We actually played 4 songs. They were:Lesson 113
Lesson 038
Lesson 116
Lesson 103

116 is parenthetically titled “Quhm Aw Nyte,” not “Come All Night.” Get your mind out of the gutter.

And here’s what J Rock himself had to say:

What’s that all about? He should come on and respond or at least thru an email.

Have You Seen J Rock on Comcast 73?

Our band, My Version of It, was lucky enough to play on “The Hot Spot” with J Rock on Comcast 73 last night. Living in Sussex County and being subjected to Mediacom cable, I actually hadn’t seen the program until last week. It’s actually pretty cool. The show is a live public access call-in program featuring comedian J Rock, with guests, comedy and topics. Not unlike a talk radio program in a way. J sets up a topic, a “did you see” or “did you ever notice” and he solicits phone calls from the audience. I’m not sure what his audinence number is, but he seems to get a lot of phone calls and everyone I’ve talked to about his show knew who he was. Plain and simple though, his show is funny. Very funny, actually. Very irreverant, dirty and fun and J takes no guff from anyone, callers or guests. Check out videos J has on his myspace

http://www.myspace.com/jayyrockk

And, by all means, check out his TV show Monday Nights on Comcast 73 in New Castle County, DE or come out to a comedy gig or check out his youtube site.