{"id":11557,"date":"2010-03-15T10:04:49","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T17:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=11557"},"modified":"2010-03-15T10:04:49","modified_gmt":"2010-03-15T17:04:49","slug":"unchained-melody-redux-two-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/11557\/unchained-melody-redux-two-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Unchained Melody Redux: Two Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Proving that happiness is not what happens to you…heard this (famous song):<\/p>\n

“Got no money in my pockets…had a job and I lost it…but it won’t get to me…”
\n“…I’m alive and I’m free…who wouldn’t wanna be me.”<\/p>\n

I’m not much for country\/twangy stuff.\u00a0 I’ve heard this song a million times, but this was the first time I’d listened to the words.<\/p>\n

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And another one–I am stunned everytime I watch it. I couldn’t find it on Youtube in an embeddable version–I found it on MySpace (oddly, first time I’ve found a use Myspace in the Obama administration:)<\/p>\n

Gene Kelly-Singing In The Rain<\/a>
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\n<\/span>The hilarious part was this:<\/p>\n

The cop at the end.\u00a0 Cops kill joy, glower at the jubilant for no reason.\u00a0 This is not in dispute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Proving that happiness is not what happens to you…heard this (famous song): “Got no money in my pockets…had a job and I lost it…but it won’t get to me…” “…I’m alive and I’m free…who wouldn’t wanna be me.” I’m not much for country\/twangy stuff.\u00a0 I’ve heard this song a million times, but this was the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[212],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11557","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-flourishing","8":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3308,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3308\/project-bloodhound-picture-this-a-big-wall-of-text\/","url_meta":{"origin":11557,"position":0},"title":"Project Bloodhound: Picture this: A big wall of text.","author":"Teri Lussier","date":"July 1, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes folks, it's the question that never goes away: Why don't you post more images? 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