CO-04 (Special Election)
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(R) Greg Lopez
(R) Trisha Calvarese
90%
10%
President (To Win Colorado)
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(D) Joe Biden*
(R) Donald Trump
80%
20%↓
CO-01 (Denver)
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(D) Diana DeGette*
90%
CO-02 (Boulder-ish)
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(D) Joe Neguse*
90%
CO-03 (West & Southern CO)
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(D) Adam Frisch
(R) Jeff Hurd
(R) Ron Hanks
40%
30%
20%
CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado)
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(R) Lauren Boebert
(R) Deborah Flora
(R) J. Sonnenberg
30%↑
15%↑
10%↓
CO-05 (Colorado Springs)
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(R) Dave Williams
(R) Jeff Crank
50%↓
50%↑
CO-06 (Aurora)
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(D) Jason Crow*
90%
CO-07 (Jefferson County)
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(D) Brittany Pettersen
85%↑
CO-08 (Northern Colo.)
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(D) Yadira Caraveo
(R) Gabe Evans
(R) Janak Joshi
60%↑
35%↓
30%↑
State Senate Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
State House Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
August 01, 2010 11:14 AM UTC
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I hadn’t heard the song before–pretty cool modern protest song. Reminds me a little of some of Elton John’s work.
Ian Hunter’s one of the musicians that’s kind of provided the soundtrack of my life.
This particular album was more “modern” when it came out in 1976. (I actually think that his first self-titled album was his best, that came out around 1974.) This particular song is semi-autobiographical because at the time Hunter was trying to establish U.S. residency, and he’s commenting upon his strange new home land — he’s the claimed all-american alien boy. (It’s also a bit of an homage to John Lennon’s and his problems with U.S. immigration.)
Hunter’s a british rocker, formerly lead singer and prime mover for the band, Mott the Hoople; true english-working-class rockers. David Bowie was a big fan of Mott the Hoople, and he worked hard to help them gain a wider audience; he provided songs (All the Young Dudes) and musicians (most notably guitarist Mick Ronson, who subseqently worked with Hunter until he passed away). Hunter’s a contemporary of David Bowie, Feddie Mercury (who sings back up on a couple of tracks on this album), George Harrison, and John Lennon — he’s the one of that bunch that’s still out making some darn good music today. (One of his more recent albums, which I really liked came out in 2007, it’s titled “Shrunken Heads” and it’s a broad commentary on the Bush/Cheney debacles at that time, all set to some really fantastic music. Less than one year ago I saw him and his band on television as the musical guests on Craig Ferguson’s Late, Late Show)
I hope I’m not boring you, but I’d rather write about 35-year old Ian Hunter songs than join the ongoing he-said-no-he-didn’t shill fest. That was fun for a while, but it’s gotten to where it’s nearly impossible to find anyone that has anything new or interesting to say — not really worth the effort in my humble opinion.
I enjoyed your diary, sorry it didn’t draw more attention. Thanks for taking the time.
(It looks like that for the next 10 days if a diary doesn’t have “Bennett”, “Romanoff”, “Tancredo”, or “McInnis” in the title line, it’s going to be pretty much get short shrift — nature of the beast here this season, I guess.)