{"id":350,"date":"2007-09-16T20:08:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-17T03:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/?p=350"},"modified":"2015-11-02T17:10:18","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T01:10:18","slug":"win-some","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/2007\/09\/16\/win-some\/","title":{"rendered":"Win some&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/ayearofsongs\/images\/blogimages\/FinalScore3.jpg\" alt=\"The Final Score\" align=\"left\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"2\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 180%;\">I<\/span> was hoping for the kind of gritty neo-realism that informed some of the best songs of bands like Eric Burdon &amp; the Animals&#8230; but what I ended up with was a couple of local insider references and a sadly obvious yet actually unintentional central pun. (Yeah, yeah, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">there are no accidents, <\/span>I hear you. Nonetheless, I was oblivious, even when the first verse began with &#8220;junkies&#8221; and ended with &#8220;final score&#8221;&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><b><i>The Final Score<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-350-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/TKMajorAYoS_TheFinalScore20070917\/2007-09-16_AYoS_The_FinalScore2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/TKMajorAYoS_TheFinalScore20070917\/2007-09-16_AYoS_The_FinalScore2.mp3\">http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/TKMajorAYoS_TheFinalScore20070917\/2007-09-16_AYoS_The_FinalScore2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/TKMajorAYoS_TheFinalScore20070917\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 78%;\">more stream &amp; DL options<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 78%;\"><i>previous versions<\/i><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ayearofsongs.org\/ayearofsongs\/2006\/01\/final-score.html\">Friday, January 20, 2006<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ayearofsongs.org\/ayearofsongs\/2006\/03\/ive-seen-all-your-tomorrows-final.html\">Tuesday, March 07, 2006<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 78%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">lyrics<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<b><i>The Final Score<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>From the junkies in the Cooper Arms<br \/>\nto the whores of this old shore<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve seen the winners<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve seen the losers<br \/>\nand I&#8217;ve seen the Final Score&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve seen all your tomorrows<br \/>\nand then a couple more<br \/>\nIve seen the future, I&#8217;ve seen the past<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t wanna see no more<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve seen the fear across their faces<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve heard their anguished cries<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve felt the void explode within<br \/>\nafter the dream dies<\/p>\n<p>I know what&#8217;s gonna happen<br \/>\nyet I&#8217;ll never know what for<br \/>\nbut I&#8217;ll bet the game begins again<br \/>\nafter the Final Score<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 78%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 78%;\">(C) 1997, 2006 TK Major<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafepress.com\/AYoS\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ayearofsongs.org\/ayearofsongs\/images\/AYoSTeddyBear.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">Visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafepress.com\/AYoS\">AYoS Swagateria<\/a>,<br \/>\nthe official A Year of Songs gift store.<br \/>\nT-shirts, mugs, hoodies,<br \/>\nfridge magnets and much more.<br \/>\nEven teddy bears.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I was hoping for the kind of gritty neo-realism that informed some of the best songs of bands like Eric Burdon &amp; the Animals&#8230; but what I ended up with was a couple of local insider references and a sadly obvious yet actually unintentional central pun. 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