Nothing's better than when a hypocritical asshole politician gets caught doing something that he preaches against. Yep, there's always someone all too eager to play the part of him (or her).
He was elected, wingnut raised and corn fed Teabags dragging on the chamber floor He did what he had to do to get southern boys to vote for you To grease the wheels to get you in the door But he must of said some things that made them think that he was strange and made them wonder if he was one of them So they had to call him in but he wouldn’t make amends so they had to reel the poor boy in
He was an absolute piece of shit to tell the truth But he never told the truth to me He never told the truth to you don’t think he ever set out to He was indifferent to honesty His positions were pre-ordained to help conceal his vast disdain for anything that lessened his appeal His integrity was phoning in, totally Nixonian honing in the art of making deals
He was a piece of work, more or less a total jerk His own mama called him an SOB He never worked an honest day, just kissed up to a better way to sell the cow you could get for free When he got out of line, they snatched him up from behind and put him in a box with fancy trim Rolled him out for all to see his rendezvous with destiny Now someone else will play the part of him
Re: Track # 153 - The Part of Him
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 11:46 am
by cortez the killer
Or drag them on the chamber floor.
Re: Track # 153 - The Part of Him
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 11:59 am
by beantownbubba
Woth saying again:
"He was indifferent to honesty" is a great line that still catches my ear every time.
If you said there were a couple of strained rhymes I couldn't really argue with you but I think that this a remarkably effective and precise description of a person/phenomenon for a pop song. High marks for this one.
Re: Track # 153 - The Part of Him
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 2:22 pm
by RevMatt
Personally, I think this is the most underrated song on "English Oceans".
Re: Track # 153 - The Part of Him
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 3:49 pm
by Gaetzi
Favorite Patterson track on EO. I like the groove/tempo its got going.
Re: Track # 153 - The Part of Him
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 5:56 pm
by Cole Younger
Yet another Patterson song that I'm kind of meh about on the record but like a lot live. Seeing this one live changes everything.
Re: Track # 153 - The Part of Him
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 10:26 am
by Duke Silver
Yeah, this one was fun live. Love that main guitar line.
Re: Track # 153 - The Part of Him
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 10:14 pm
by jr29
This tune has turned into my favorite track from EO.
Re: Track # 153 - The Part of Him
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 8:06 am
by Tequila Cowboy
jr29 wrote:This tune has turned into my favorite track from EO.
It's pretty close for me. The lyrics are spot on truth.
Re: Track # 153 - The Part of Him
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2014 3:08 pm
by CooleyGirl
My favorite Patterson track on EO. It has lyrics that are brilliant, and the music is just so damn good, I could listen to this one song on repeat all day.
Re: Track # 153 - The Part of Him
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 3:30 pm
by cortez the killer
Clams wrote:Yep, there's always someone all too eager to play the part of him (or her).
Re: Track # 153 - The Part of Him
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 4:42 pm
by Iowan
The next 6 years are going to seem like an eternity.
Re: Track # 153 - The Part of Him
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 6:10 pm
by Tequila Cowboy
Iowan wrote:The next 6 years are going to seem like an eternity.
The burning question is will she castrate pigs in Washington and if so who's going to play the part of her and do that job after her term's up?
Re: Track # 153 - The Part of Him
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 7:42 pm
by beantownbubba
Iowan wrote:The next 6 years are going to seem like an eternity.
I doubt she'll be heard from at all. First termer, small state, majority party? She'd have been a lot better off in the minority (for her own purposes i mean). She'll get the typical coverage in the local Iowa media for ribbon cuttings etc but I don't see her as even a blip on the national radar. Oh, wait. No pork from her, so no ribbon cuttings. Yeah, right.
Re: Track # 153 - The Part of Him
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2015 1:36 pm
by cortez the killer
beantownbubba wrote:No pork from her, so no ribbon cuttings. Yeah, right.
I don't believe it's ribbons she has in mind.
Re: Track # 153 - The Part of Him
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 11:57 pm
by Southern Efficiency
Clams wrote:He was an absolute piece of shit to tell the truth
But he never told the truth to me
He never told the truth to you don’t think he ever set out to
He was indifferent to honesty
His positions were pre-ordained to help conceal his vast disdain
for anything that lessened his appeal
His integrity was phoning in, totally Nixonian
honing in the art of making deals
Anyone ever think of this song in the context of the current presidency? Obviously, he wasn't the kind of politician Patterson had in mind, but art enters the world and takes on new meanings, plus ... that last line above.
Re: Track # 153 - The Part of Him
Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2017 7:12 am
by John A Arkansawyer
beantownbubba wrote:
Iowan wrote:The next 6 years are going to seem like an eternity.
I doubt she'll be heard from at all. First termer, small state, majority party? She'd have been a lot better off in the minority (for her own purposes i mean). She'll get the typical coverage in the local Iowa media for ribbon cuttings etc but I don't see her as even a blip on the national radar. Oh, wait. No pork from her, so no ribbon cuttings. Yeah, right.
So how's this going?
Southern Efficiency wrote:
Clams wrote:He was an absolute piece of shit to tell the truth
But he never told the truth to me
He never told the truth to you don’t think he ever set out to
He was indifferent to honesty
His positions were pre-ordained to help conceal his vast disdain
for anything that lessened his appeal
His integrity was phoning in, totally Nixonian
honing in the art of making deals
Anyone ever think of this song in the context of the current presidency? Obviously, he wasn't the kind of politician Patterson had in mind, but art enters the world and takes on new meanings, plus ... that last line above.
At the time, I thought "Made Up English Oceans" was a cut above this one, but yeah, it turns out Patterson was hooked into the future when he wrote it. Art is funny that way sometimes.
Re: Track # 153 - The Part of Him
Posted: Tue May 02, 2017 10:15 pm
by Smitty
God, I hope the role of Trump is retired after his term (singular).
