The Krugman Blues ~ Loudon Wainwright III

[okjoel]

An eccentric genius comments hilariously on another genius.

[asktunes]

Since ratings have been disabled I'm declaring my "thumbs up!"

[benzodiazapines]

Great song. Thanks for posting.

[GibbonJabber]

If LWIII had actually met Krugman on a train I think he would have mentioned that Paul is short and stout (like a teapot) but has purty eyes.

- a PK and LWIII fan.

[bulbheadmyass]

@GibbonJabber- PK was sitting on the train with a laptop in front of him, you couldn't see much of his body structure.

[Slimdawgc]

@GibbonJabber Paul Krugman? I would tap that!

[bulbheadmyass]

Lordy, this is a good damn song, it's one of the best of the economic humor songs. And what a performance, exquisite.

[brightonbreezy]

I love LW3, it is a shame that he has never had quite the recognition that his talent deserves. He should have just as much acclaim as his children. Perhaps it's difficult to get people to take you seriously as an artist if you can't stop your sense of humour from intruding into most of your work.

I like this song. As someone equally addicted to the great sage's blog and columns, I recognise LW3's ambivalent attitude to PK's Cassandra like musings.

[WadeBlazingame34]

As long as the Republicans (and so-called "Centrist Democrats") don't use this as their anthem to continue fiddling while Rome burns, it's a *decent* song. Especially the "Paul's got that hangdog look about him" line.

[jeremyemilio]

Put down your Krugman and pick up your Taleb.

[AnnInFL]

Hilarious! I'm no fan of Krugman, but this performance is great!!

[mskliar]

great to see this, having also been at the show - this is great! I like the other new one about the economy , called 'fear itself', even more!

[xarmybrat]

My favorite song from the show!  Great Video. Thanks for sharing.