As part of his corruption trial, professional entertainer Rod Blagojevich has been appearing at Chicago’s Federal Courthouse Bar & Lounge all month to revisit some of his greatest recordings — including “I’ve Got This Thing, and It’s Fucking Golden,” his definitive hit. To capitalize on all the Blago-related excitement, the Chicago Tribune is posting the ex-governor’s greatest work along with lesser-known demos and home recordings and even handy lyrics sheets, as they’re shared with the court. Copies of his “royalty checks” are posted there, too!
In addition to being way prolific, Blago’s big on collaborative efforts. One of his most frequent creative partners is his brother, Bob Blago. Together, they performed as Rod ‘n’ Bob, mostly on phones. One of their best tracks is “She Loves Our Hair,” on which Bob Blago takes the lead:
BOB: That guy, I’ll tell you what,
I was very impressed.
He’s got a very delightful wife
I had a chance to visit with her.
She loves our hair, by the way.ROD: Yeah. (tambourine solo)
BOB: Loves your hair and loves my hair
and because it’s all real. (Laughs) I guess.
It’s kinda interesting.
Very well read lady.BLAGO: Okay.
Another single, which the Trib titles “Fire All Those ****** People,” is an emotionally charged duet between Blago and his former chief of staff, John Harris-Blago:
BLAGO: And we got all these op-eds and, and then,
so therefore we got to figure this out.And our recommendation is fire all those fuckin’ people.
Get ‘em the fuck out of there.
And get us some editorial support.HARRIS: Right, we need air cover.
BLAGO: Huh?
HARRIS: Yeah, we need air cover.
BLAGO: Yeah. Get us some editorial support. (hand-clap)
That’s some catchy stuff. You’ll probably be shouting, “Get us some editorial support!,” at everyone you know, all day long.
One quality issue with Blago’s tapes: He should have hired a better producer. The FBI is OK, but it’s no Quincy Jones. [Chicago Tribune]
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For now, the jump suit only has orange accents.
“And I need you now, tonight; I fuckin’ need you more than ever….”
Loved his band in Old School.
We got to get out of this place
Get out of this fuckin’ place
If it’s the last thing we fuckin’ do
We got to get out of this place
Girl, there’s a better fuckin place for
Fuckin me and fuckin you.
Who can forget Eric Burden?
We all knew that Blago was a corrupt liar, but it is surprising that he’d even lie in a private conversation with his brother, and so blatantly; there’s no way that hair is all real, he’s not fooling anyone.
Next you’ll be telling me “she likes our hair” is code for “she wants to fuck.” As if the Blagos would be down with something as unethical as boning a donor’s wife.
To be fair, though, this is mostly their parents’ fault: who names their two children, “Rob” and “Rod”? Like, even if they’re twins. Name two kids something like that, and they only have two choices in life: mystery-solving teenagers, or getting caught in a very stupid corruption scandal. Or possibly both. Also.
i love this wonkette post
Thanks, Lauri! We need many laffo’s first thing in the morning, and this was good for a good half a dozen from the illustration alone.
[re=609879]mumblyjoe[/re]: Plus, there’s the hair. There’s no way that that head of hair did not come from some boys’ mystery novel or television series.
For example: If you’re wondering what The Tower Treasure is, it’s the campaign contributions you get from the Tower for not witholding state funding.
fairly reminiscent of prince’s ’1999′.
I won’t believe that Blago has any real talent unless he’s ripped off by Lady Gaga.
[re=609879]mumblyjoe[/re]: For what it’s worth, Rod’s given name is “Milorad”
Thanks for the shout out. I’m part of the Tribune team producing the Blagojevich trial coverage.
Bobrod are like Simon and Garfunkel only not.
So Lauri, you’re saying (painting) that he invented “Bieber Hair”?
NEEDZ MOAR COWBELL!
Shut up, little man!
The part I love is how in going over the tapes the defense is reduced to pointing out that no one told Rod it was illegal to try and trade appointments for millions in either campaign contributions or a new job. As if that makes it OK.
#1 with a bullet on the Folk-Alt Adult Ed College FM stations:
If I had a Senatorship
I’d sell it in the mornin’
I’d sell it in the evenin’
All over this fuckin’ land..
[re=609879]mumblyjoe[/re]: No, probably those are probably nick-names they chose to cover up their real very Slavic names. Probably they’re really Slovodan and Boris or something.
[re=610090]Berkeley Bear[/re]: It probably is SOP in Illinois, as well as other places.
[re=610570]zhubajie[/re]: I believe you’re right. Their birth names were Nasra’t and Yebtebya, according to Wikipaedia.
Speaking of hair, have you seen General ‘BeTrayus’s’ new wig? What’s with these old men and reddish hair?
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