Feats Don’t Fail Me Now*

One week left until the election and I’ve had enough. Enough attack ads, enough mailers, enough phone calls, enough text messages, enough polls, enough commentaries, enough debates, enough sound bites from the debates.

Stop telling me what to do!

You know what I have? I have the apolitical blues. And you know what? That’s the meanest blues of all. That’s what Lowell George said in 1972, and I believe him.

The Apolitical Blues is from the most underappreciated and underrecognized band (and songwriter) in American Rock and Roll history: Little Feat. The song is from Little Feat’s second album, Sailin’ Shoes.

* The title of this post is the title of the band’s 4th album.

Lyrics shared here without permission.

Well my telephone was ringing
And they told me it was Chairman Mao
Well my telephone was ringing
And they told me it was Chairman Mao
You can tell him anything
Cause I just don’t want to talk to him now

I’ve got the apolitical blues
And that’s the meanest blues of all
Apolitical blues
And that’s the meanest blues of all
I don’t care if it’s John Wayne
I just don’t want to talk to him now