“Bad Idea” (Sara Bareilles, Jason Mraz, and ensemble)
Here’s another clip of a song that I enjoyed during Timber Lake Playhouse’s production of Waitress . 🎭🥧👏🤩 "’Bad Idea’ with Sara...
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Flying the Jolly Roger in the Midwest
Welcome to A Pirate on the Prairie, a place for me to share whatever insights, thoughts, and opinions that strike my fantasy. Viewed another way, it is my place in the crow's nest for a 50-something pirate to shout into the teeth of the hurricane.
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“It Only Takes A Taste” (Sara Bareilles and Jason Mraz)
Yes, I am posting links to show tunes. What of it? This is one of the songs that I particularly enjoyed during today’s production of...
“Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” (The Animals)
“Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood” https://youtu.be/YMDrTMnm1IE “The Animals "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" on The Ed Sullivan Show”...
“We Gotta Get Out of This Place” (The Animals)
“We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (US Version)” https://youtu.be/t6gcxNFc1I0 “The Animals "We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place" on The Ed...
More Pirate Content
How much pirate content is too much pirate content? Trick question! There is no such thing as too much pirate content! Historian and...
“Peanut Butter Conspiracy” (Jimmy Buffett)
https://x.com/emperorxlair/status/1944966580817039661?s=46 Let me try and put myself in the shoes of this hypothetically desperate and...
“Bop” (Dan Seals)
As I have mentioned before on this blog ( https://www.apirateontheprairie.com/post/shagging-on-the-beach-and-the-boulevard ) (...
“It's Sad to Belong (Live)”(England Dan and John Ford Coley)
https://youtu.be/mrM9OL16ZxM
“I'd Really Love to See You Tonight (Live)” (England Dan and John Ford Coley)
I really like this song. The idea of reconnecting and spending an evening with someone that we care about and that we perhaps once loved...
“It’s Not Love” (Dokken)
https://youtu.be/9maDHDtWo1o
“That Ain’t Love” (REO Speedwagon)
https://youtu.be/OfSHzD21Oz4
“Mother” (Pink Floyd)
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/pinkfloyd/mother.html “Mother” https://youtu.be/59eHLV-GmGs
“Surrender” (Cheap Trick)
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/cheaptrick/surrender.html 😏 “Cheap Trick - Surrender (Official Audio)” https://youtu.be/T_Km11HNzUY
Today’s Random Thought (12-JUL-2025)
“The enemy gets a vote” is a truism that is in the minds of wise military strategists and tacticians, as well as those that make plans...
“My Eyes Adored You” (Frankie Valli)
This song that I absolutely love could admittedly remind me of a few crushes that I had in school, but it most reminds me of a next-door...
The Father of Our Nation
As a United States history buff, George Washington’s Mount Vernon is one of my favorite destinations. I have been there a handful of...
“Hearts” (Marty Balin)
https://youtu.be/CRuVkcAv4XQ
“Miracles” (Jefferson Starship)
"I had a taste of the real world when I went down on you, girl." I LOVE this song… and not just for the line quoted above that surprised...
Not Exactly Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
I often refer to my forays into the world of the Internet and YouTube as “tumbling down the rabbit hole.” Sometimes I find myself...
“Bitch” (Meredith Brooks)
Catchy song. I must admit that it reminds me of the time that a woman, that I was to soon start seeing romantically, told me that she was...
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