Brother can you spare a dime? Tom Waits
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Uploaded by RedCeltic on Aug 4, 2007
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", also sung as "Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime?", was one of the best-known American songs of the Great Depression.
Written in 1931 by lyricist E.Y. "Yip" Harburg and composer Jay Gorney, "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" was part of the 1932 musical New Americana. It became best known, however, through recordings by Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallee. Both versions were released right before Franklin Delano Roosevelt's election to the presidency and both became number one hits on the charts. The Warner Bros. Crosby recording became the best-selling record of its period, and came to be viewed as an anthem of the shattered dreams of the era.
A compilation was released in 1993 of recordings by various artists, including Tom Waits. The song was also recorded more recently by the singer George Michael for his album Songs from the Last Century and by Peter Yarrow in his album "Hard Times". Judy Collins also include a recording of the song on her 1975 album Judith.
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I want to disrupt the political debate for just a sec. Does any one know what album/cd this song is on?
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He does an outstanding job on this song. The song and Tom Waits are timeless and priceless... and not too many people could spare a dime during these times...
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"Excuse me, brother, can you spare a dime?" "Nah, but if you want, I can kick a funky rhyme."
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Пиндосы, Я с ВАМИ !!!
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Dedicated to Big Pine Key's "Bench Bob."
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Too bad he messes up some of the words.
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I broke up with my girl, and drained my sorrows with this song
1 month ago 2
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@mujaku you are so right ! whodat !
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didnt come here to read about "holier-than-thou"trailer park politician's oppinions. Listen to the fuckin track
2 months ago 4
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This song brought to you by the smoldering wreckage of Bank of America.
Xthnru 5 months ago 36
@jme6141994 The Tea Party is made up of gutless white trash. They have their knee-pads on sucking corporate dick. By the way, you don't know shit about Keynesian economics.
mujaku 4 months ago 10