Current Events: Ain't No Fortunate Son - Songs for Veterans, pt. 1

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It all started with radio deejays smartly arranging their sets to tell a story, educate or maximize the music's impact. Later, it was picked up by legions of amateur cassette-dubbing artists who specially tailored mixes for their friends, boyfriend or girlfriends (or that one person for whom they so deeply pined). Now, in the age of iTunes, the Playlist is the new mixtape. Paste carries on a proud tradition with this new blog.

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The Replacements - "Hold My Life"

"Well, well, well, anyone could tell, pass it off, a lucky shot / Ooh, they do hate 'em, someday soon, face em / Time for decisions to be made / Crack up in the sun, lose it in the shade / Razzle, dazzle, drazzle, drone, time for this one to come home / Razzle, dazzle, drazzle, die, time for this one to come alive / Hold my life until I'm ready to use it / Hold my life because I just might lose it"

Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Fortunate Son"

"Some folks are born silver spoon in hand, lord, don't they help themselves? / But when the taxman comes to the door, the house looks like a rummage sale / It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son / It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one"