tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post111991090553124977..comments2024-01-28T00:20:40.933-08:00Comments on Agoraphilia: The Interstate Commerce BluesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1121351371301623772005-07-14T07:29:00.000-07:002005-07-14T07:29:00.000-07:00I wrote a similar song several years ago, to the s...I wrote a similar song several years ago, to the same tune, about Donald Trump vs. Vera Coking. It began:<BR/><BR/><BR/>There is a house located near<BR/>Atlantic City's shore,<BR/>Which Donald Trump had hoped to buy,<BR/>So he could build some more.<BR/><BR/>The good guys won that one.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and the song is definitely in A minor with those chords.Gary McGathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12880087933512343984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1121281335747032012005-07-13T12:02:00.000-07:002005-07-13T12:02:00.000-07:00The song is most definitely in the key of A minor....The song is most definitely in the key of A minor. D major fits perfectly well in the A melodic minor scale, with its F# being the raised 6 to A minor, just as E7 shares a G# with A melodic minor.<BR/><BR/>E7 and D major are much less likely to be in a song in a traditional C major than one in Am, except perhaps as secondary dominants. House of the Rising Sun is a traditional A minor folk tune, with little in the way of surprises.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1120077951863660532005-06-29T13:45:00.000-07:002005-06-29T13:45:00.000-07:00Anonymous,I'm flattered that my future is so impor...Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>I'm flattered that my future is so important to you (and grateful that you aren't in a position to implement your wishes).<BR/><BR/>I don't care at all about what happens to <I>you</I>.Gilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16905127825110313631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1119996156447670862005-06-28T15:02:00.000-07:002005-06-28T15:02:00.000-07:00"I don't want Stevens or Ginsburg to die or anythi..."I don't want Stevens or Ginsburg to die or anything." And some of my best friends are black. <BR/><BR/>Gil, I wouldn't want you to die either, just have a lobotomy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1119991438117991002005-06-28T13:43:00.000-07:002005-06-28T13:43:00.000-07:00Nice song.I agree that both decisions are terrible...Nice song.<BR/><BR/>I agree that both decisions are terrible, and I'm not too concerned about which one to hate the most.<BR/><BR/>The scariest part is that Thomas seems to be the only Supreme Court Justice who insists on reading the constitution as meaningfully limiting state power at all (with respect to economic liberty, at least).<BR/><BR/>I don't want Stevens or Ginsburg to die or anything; but if they could have some strong reason to retire soon, and be replaced with people like Janice Rogers Brown, I'd be much happier.Gilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16905127825110313631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1119951078792479502005-06-28T02:31:00.000-07:002005-06-28T02:31:00.000-07:00I think you're right, Jadagul, though it's an inte...I think you're right, Jadagul, though it's an interesting case. Riffing with a friend about the song a few days ago, I told him it was in Am just because it felt like it. But when I started writing it down, I found that my written sources gave different descriptions of the song. I went with the one that showed the song in straight up C.<BR/><BR/>I google the question following your comment, though, and got this explanation of the song: "The one stand out chord is the D, I think because it doesn't really belong in the key of Am, which this is. Normally, you'd find a Dm in this key, but this one is major. It really lifts the tune." See http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/lessons/rising.shtml.<BR/><BR/>In short, the song doesn't quite fit the usual rules. But my gut--and most commentators--fit it into Am. I'll thus amend the post to do the same.Tom W. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790351458154066358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1119936969987573452005-06-27T22:36:00.000-07:002005-06-27T22:36:00.000-07:00Not to be too terribly picky, but wouldn't that ac...Not to be too terribly picky, but wouldn't that actually be in the key of A minor, which has the same key signature as C, but a different pitch centricity (and a common raised G to G#)?Jadagulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01638430331326586502noreply@blogger.com