BABY'S NOT ALRIGHT
... ... ... ... if Baby's stuck in a "baby prison" at the border. Baby prisons and the rigged system are two of the topics that Boston band "The Sheila Divine" takes a swing at in their 2018 song "Melancholy MA". "Enemies is like a new religion". This song was released right before the 2018 election, and it called for people to call for change. The song laments various bad trends occurring in our country and says the electorate is fed up. And the diagnosis that's behind all this dysfunction and that keeps appearing in the lyrics is that "We're out of love".
Unfortunately almost a year later in 2019 we've still got the baby prisons, and the band still has to sing this, and we're coming up on November 2020 sooner than we think. I did get a chance to hear the band do this live a couple weeks ago at their show at >>>>>>>>> (are you ready for this irony?) >>>>>>> "Baby's Alright" in Williamsburg. They were on tour and they actually did hit Philly also, but Thursday is my music night, so I saw them in Brooklyn. Good show at Baby's Alright!
As to the instrumentals there were some dramatic differences in the way guitars were used in the show. One song with a mellow feel had guitars as a steady smooth carpet underneath the melody; another had the guitars joining in with the drums to do a rapid-fire. Very versatile writing.
Here is "Melancholy MA", by The Sheila Divine, released on November 1, 2018.
The Sheila Divine doesn't have any more visits to us planned soon, but here is the click to their Facebook page where you can check them out ... The Sheila Divine on Facebook (CLICK HERE).
Hopefully this song that mentions baby prisons will one day be obsolete and the band won't have to sing it any more, but, until we get to that point, the current operative diagnosis is still: "We're out of love".
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