Graham Parker - You Can't Be Too Strong скачать видео бесплатно

Ángel Del Río

Aquí os dejo poco conocido pero muy bueno

Mark S

This is a song about an abortion..... listen to the lyrics.....

tony black

This is for my sister , who died yesterday ,

Emily Torrent

this is such a great song.. and especially if you know the meaning behind it.. it came on as i was driving to the hospital for precisely this reason.. eiry yet beautiful :(

paul beard

Another guy who should be better known than he is…

dbstube

Only a master can cover subject matter with continuing controversy as well as GP has.

Jeff Pike

#nightflight *Graham Parker & the Rumour, "You Can't Be Too Strong" (1979)*There's a word for how this sturdy little leftover from yet another all-but-forgotten rock 'n' roll's last hope ended up on my radar, and that word is "shuffle." It's badly dated in at least two ways, first that it even attempts the topic of abortion at all—does anyone, anywhere, write anything like it nowadays? It's just too loaded, politically if nothing else; if someone has (and someone must have), it's probably been even more marginalized than Graham Parker was in his time, though he was never marginalized for this. The second point where it's dated is in the vaguely sexist direction of the story it tells, taking a calculated position at some distance from the (objectified, if uneasily respectful) center of its attention, and too quickly diving for cover in a kind of good old boys denial of the powerful emotional gravity of the situation ("Well I ain't gonna cry, I'm gonna rejoice / And shout myself dry and go see the boys / They'll laugh when I say I left it overseas"). It's not so much that the singer doesn't understand the *Madama Butterfly* implications of what's at stake, the stark and poignant tone of the song makes that clear enough, but that that kind of position is still even available to be taken. I'm not sure it's the case any longer that anyone could so openly and cavalierly celebrate dodging the bullet of parental responsibility, which means perhaps some progress has been made here, perhaps without our even noticing. Or not. Anyway, the reason I like it now is more because of the associations with the times. Hard to believe now, in retrospect, but there was a brief period when Parker and the album this comes from, *Squeezing out Sparks*, seemed to point the way to our future. That's all so buried now that only shuffle could bring it back.

alexis david

This is way beyond Springsteen. I reckon BS should be embarrassed at his easy wealth. He would never have had the guts to go near this subject in a song either pro or anti.

shylockakita

Consider everything before you bury this song... great album, showing my age.

Rev Eddro

Great fuckin' track....Graham sings from the heart..da REV

Matt Miller

This is what you listen to when you bury your children. December 30, 1980 is exactly when I did it. I wonder what type of man you would be at 33 years old. I think of you often.

RAMLIA1

♥♥♥

Lucius M Nelligan Sorrentino

One of the greatest albums. Period.

John Pavlou

A small masterpiece.

gandalf2610

i saw Graham in 79 or 80 or 81 when they opened for journey. they were awesome. journey was still even ok at the time. what an odd pairing huh?

onthebus17

His best LP

Teddyb1939

This sure is a magic album & a great song,this was recommended to me about 23 years ago by an old golfing pal Phil. I have loved it ever since.

maninthebox0

Great song, it's a shame not many people know of it. The lyrics are real powerful but pretty ambivalent at the same time. I guess it had to be that way since it's such a touchy subject. Really thought provoking though. :)

Lorenzo1950 .

It is good to know that others find it difficult to listen to this song. Someone had to write it. Beautiful but very sad song. Life is not easy. I am pro life but sometimes it is not black and white.

MichaelinSF

I still have this on vinyl. I have NEVER been able to listen to this without at tear. PLUS, there there have been the times where I downright out and out SOBBED! Abortions were just coming out of the closet in those days. This guy is pure genius!

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