I'm home now and have re-queued the diary to post tonight. My apologies for any confusion the gremlins' mischief caused.
Last week's song The song spotlighted in the previous Summer Songfest diary (as the title of last week's diary the August 22nd diary stated) was not political.But when I told them that, the gremlins laughed. Yeah, right, they muttered (but with odd expressions which looked more like sneers than nods of agreement).
Just listen to it, the lead gremlin said, and she began to quote the lyrics:
They used to say that a lady Should be coy, should be shy, Human toy -- should just wait for her dream to show. I'm not that kind of a lady 'Cause I'm strong... Come on now! the other gremlins shouted gleefully. Don't try to tell us that's not Hillary Clinton!The lead gremlin resumed quoting:
Ah, ooh! You're no longer a stranger. Ooh, that puts you in danger. I've been watching for you. Ah, ooh! You left yourself open. Ooh, that's what I was hoping. And now it's my move! And don't try to tell us that's not Hillary Clinton talking about Bernie Sanders! the other gremlins shouted even more gleefully.I still say it's just a good song, dating back to the 1970s, and that the lyrics contain no reference to current presidential campaigns or past ones. It's about romance, relationships and feminism, not 21st century politics / current events.
But one of tonight's songs is very definitely intended as a reference to politics and current events.
"One of tonight's songs"? Yes! There are two songs spotlighted in tonight's diary: one from me and one from the gremlins. The title of the song I wanted to use only has 13 letters, so I thought I'd have to set it aside, but the gremlins offered to compose a complementary puzzle with an 11-letter song title. Their song is more personal than political (even though it's by an often-political group), but when their title is appended to mine it makes a strong statement on an issue which came up this spring.
(Those gremlins are certainly becoming opinionated! Not that I disagree with the opinion they're expressing this week; it's just I'm a bit surprised they're interested in this issue and even more surprised their opinion is one I can agree with.)
Welcome once again to Sunday Puzzle Warm-Up, a weekly opportunity to have a little fun and to get your brain in gear for the regular Sunday Puzzle (which posts Sunday evenings at 8 pm Eastern time).
I'm away until September, harvesting blueberries in Maine, but I've queued up a series of Sunday Puzzle Warm-Up diaries to entertain you until I return. (No, I'm back; please see note at top of diary.)
The theme for these diaries is Summer Songfest. Each week you'll get a puzzle spotlighting a noteworthy song and a YouTube clip of the song featured in the previous week's puzzle. Last week's song was "It's My Move". Find out what tonight's two songs are by solving tonight's puzzles...