Frazz by Jef Mallett for April 04, 2022

Had to look it up, but their are correct it is from a song by U2 pertaining to this date in history.

TA DA! Just last week I was wondering why this strip never has any jokes about music, since that’s presumably where Frazz achieved the early commercial success that let him pursue his dreams as a full-time runner, most-of-the-time janitor, and occasional manqué philosopher. And lo! One has finally materialized!

Frazz says true. Song writers often don’t get the level of interest enjoyed by performers, when it should be the reverse.

“You, too?” Cue the rim shot!

That setup was too easy!

I hope everyone remembers the event, or at least knows about it.

Well played.

MLK, Jr., RIP.

Free at last.

I don’t know that song, but I do know one about the First of May…

U2 Bloody Sunday. Bloody Sunday, or the Bogside Massacre, was a massacre on 30 January 1972 when British soldiers shot 26 unarmed civilians during a protest march in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland.

In this case, it’s the same, since U2 is both the band and the songwriter.

“Shot rings out in the Memphis sky, Free at last, They took your life, they could not take your pride”

saw U2 live…The Corrs opened for them

Frazz 39, C&H 158 @ 0512

Wow, Caulfield – That’s just SAD.

And Frazz – I doubt that’s how Bono would want it… From what I’ve seen at U2 concerts.

I think a lot of people wish they could forget Bono that easily.

Pretty crafty, Jef.

I confess, I had to Google it. Great twist!

A commenter at Comics Kingdom today seems to have the notion that “Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody” (a 1918 standard by Jean Schwartz, Sam M. Lewis, and Joe Young) was written by Rufus Wainwright! And you if you looked up the lyrics online you might get the same misinformation.

I remember the 21st Day of September because I worked with a cutie named September!!

And in many cases, folks can’t remember the tune … or can’t CARRY a tune.

I loved that game, ‘Name that Song’. We would have the radio/ Pandora set to the 60’s 70’s station while we were working. Always fun! (With a group of similar aged people of course).

I seldom remember the name of the band. I remember what I was doing when I heard it the first few times. Of course now the songs that were the soundtrack of my youth are now “oldies”.

He’s a kid, but anyone over 30 that reognized the lyric would probably know it’s U2. Clever piece…Way better than celebrating International Carrot Day. Kudos to Jef and Caulfield.

I see what you did there…

“September, ’77, Port Elizabeth, weather fine, it was business as usual in Police Room Six-One-Nine.”

Without looking it up, how many can name THAT (thematically-related) tune?

The lyric in the song Pride by U2 is actually wrong. MLK was shot in the evening (a little after 6) not in the early morning.

Ah, yes, U2: They struggled manfully, but failed to unseat Led Zeppelin as Most Over-Rated Band Of All Time (though they didn’t even break a sweat taking the Most Pretentious Band Of All Time title).

Why would the songwriter want people to forget the band? How does that help in any way?

Shot rings out in the Memphis skyFree at last, they took your lifeThey could not take your pride

In the name of loveWhat more in the name of loveIn the name of love

U2 hasn’t made any good music since 1992, so it’s probably best if we only remember them for the good times.

We aren’t often reminded of Frazz’s other job. I’m glad Caulfield remembers.

My wife went to see Elton John perform in Milwaukee the other night. I asked her afterward how much credit anybody handed out to Bernie Taupin — whose lyrics for the songs, let’s be honest, are the most memorable parts of them — and she acknowledged that nobody said anything about him. John heaped lots of praise on his touring-band members, but not a word about Taupin.

“It’s funny how I caught a fish this big.”

Good song, but inaccurate. I never could figure out how they got the idea that it happened in the morning…

I get it!

I have always had a fascination for high-altitude spy planes…

I married Isis on the 5th day of May…

I think of this song every year and am sad when I see no mention in the news of the loss that occurred in 1968.

Pride (in the name of love) by U2. This song is for MLK.

That would be “Pride (in the Name of Love)” by U2.