It’s time for another Who Won the Week prompt. The idea behind Who Won the Week is for you to select who (or what) you think “won” this past week. Your selection can be anyone or anything — politicians, celebrities, athletes, authors, bloggers, your friends or family members, books, movies, TV shows, businesses, organizations, whatever.
I will be posting this prompt on Sunday mornings (my time). If you want to participate, write your own post designating who you think won the week and why you think they deserve your nod. Then link back to this post and tag you post with FWWTW.
I was thinking about who or what to bestow my coveted Who Won the Week designation upon this morning when I came across this in today’s comics section of our local paper.And so it is my duty to grant this week’s Who Won the Week honor to Garry Trudeau, the creator of Doonesbury, for his spot-on depiction of the tone and tenor — and attitude — of Donald J. Trump, sadly, the current President of the United States.
Now it’s your turn, folks. Who (or what) do you think won the week?
For this week’s Song Lyric Sunday theme, Jim Adams has given us the names Jack and John. The obvious choice for me was to go with the Ray Charles classic, “Hit the Road Jack.”
“Hit the Road Jack” was written by Ray Charles’ good friend Percy Mayfield, an R&B singer who was badly disfigured in a car accident soon after he started performing. Mayfield cut back his touring and made his mark as a prolific songwriter, with many of his compositions performed by Charles.
The Ray Charles recording of “Hit the Road Jack” hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1961, and won a Grammy award for Best Rhythm and Blues Recording.
The song is about a woman telling her man that he’s got to leave. She knows she’s stuck with someone who isn’t worth holding onto, and she’s kicking him out. The guy begs and pleads for another chance, but he knows it’s hopeless.
The singers playing the woman’s role in the recording are Charles’ backup group, the Raelettes, with lead singer Margie Hendrix.
Here are the lyrics to the song.
Hit the road Jack and don’t you come back No more, no more, no more, no more Hit the road Jack and don’t you come back No more What’d you say?
Hit the road Jack and don’t you come back No more, no more, no more, no more Hit the road Jack and don’t you come back No more
Oh woman, oh woman, don’t treat me so mean You’re the meanest old woman that I’ve ever have seen I guess if you say so I’ll have to pack my things and go (that’s right)
Hit the road Jack and don’t you come back No more, no more, no more, no more Hit the road Jack and don’t you come back No more What’d you say?
Hit the road Jack and don’t you come back No more, no more, no more, no more Hit the road Jack and don’t you come back No more
Now baby, listen baby, don’t you treat me this way ‘Cause I’ll be back on my feet some day Don’t care if you do, ’cause it’s understood You ain’t got no money, you just ain’t no good Well, I guess if you say so I’ll have to pack my things and go (that’s right)
Hit the road Jack and don’t you come back No more, no more, no more, no more Hit the road Jack and don’t you come back No more What’d you say?
Hit the road Jack and don’t you come back No more, no more, no more, no more Hit the road Jack and don’t you come back No more
Well (don’t you come back no more) Uh, what you say? (don’t you come back no more) I didn’t understand you (don’t you come back no more) You can’t mean that (don’t you come back no more) Oh now baby please (don’t you come back no more) What you tryin’ to do to me? (don’t you come back no more) Oh, don’t treat me like that, baby (don’t you come back no more)
Welcome to June 14, 2020 and to Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (aka, FOWC). It’s designed to fill the void after WordPress bailed on its daily one-word prompt.
I will be posting each day’s word just after midnight Pacific Time (US).
Today’s word is “ordinary.”
Write a post using that word. It can be prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction. It can be any length. It can be just a picture or a drawing if you want. No holds barred, so to speak.
Once you are done, tag your post with #FOWC and create a pingback to this post if you are on WordPress. Or you can simply include a link to your post in the comments.
The issue with pingbacks not showing up seems to have been resolved, but you might check to confirm that your pingback is there. If not, please manually add your link in the comments.
And be sure to read the posts of other bloggers who respond to this prompt. You will marvel at their creativity.
It’s time for another Who Won the Week prompt. The idea behind Who Won the Week is for you to select who (or what) you think “won” this past week. Your selection can be anyone or anything — politicians, celebrities, athletes, authors, bloggers, your friends or family members, books, movies, TV shows, businesses, organizations, whatever.
And so it is my duty to grant this week’s Who Won the Week honor to Garry Trudeau, the creator of Doonesbury, for his spot-on depiction of the tone and tenor — and attitude — of Donald J. Trump, sadly, the current President of the United States.
Welcome to June 14, 2020 and to Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (aka, FOWC). It’s designed to fill the void after WordPress bailed on its daily one-word prompt.
This, That, and the Other 