{"id":3894,"date":"2016-05-27T04:45:11","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T04:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/?p=3894"},"modified":"2016-05-27T04:45:11","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T04:45:11","slug":"should-have-been","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/?p=3894","title":{"rendered":"Should Have Been"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There was a band in the 80s with one of the dumbest names I ever heard. They were called Itsa Skitsa. I wouldn&#8217;t be bothered to check out band with such a dumb name but one day I ended up at the El Mocambo and Itsa Skits was playing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o8vOJc0AhNo\">and they killed me<\/a>\u00a0especially the bass player who was formerly in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wwfkpW63Nj8\">The Demics<\/a> .<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1025\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o8vOJc0AhNo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>I was thinking about that while listening to certain songs that have everything going for them yet never got to the bigger places they deserved. Like Wah Wah by George Harrison. Brilliant \u00a0guitar line.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1025\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vIv4skt38e0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>George had great song instincts&#8230;how couldn&#8217;t he being the younger brother of those other guys. Also thought this song was destined for greatness but seems I was wrong.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1025\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dx5TY4EGUns?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now I&#8217;m on a roll. A quick list of songs I thought should have been mega more enormous.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SAsKp5UTDss\">I Never Said<\/a> by Liz Phair<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wbERHvprlcg\">Speak To Me<\/a> by Jackie Lomax<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OyOQsYM1CYs\">Sorry Son<\/a> by Jamie Ward<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oDkQY6cOH0s\">Johannesburg<\/a> by Gil Scott Heron<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XSsPztxFZH8\">Going Home<\/a> by Dory Previn<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oag3I4VRXyM\">Love And Affection<\/a> by Joan Armatrading<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Li5Vpnde5do&amp;list=PLpI9YG1h_drbeS7s58oJCvDS-7SBZ-ZXM\">All The Diamonds<\/a> by Bruce Cockburn<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xDaUp-F5kHY\">Come Tomorrow<\/a> by Patti Scialfa<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tPgf_btTFlc\">Here Comes Your Man<\/a> by The Pixies<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a band in the 80s with one of the dumbest names I ever heard. They were called Itsa Skitsa. I wouldn&#8217;t be bothered to check out band with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/?p=3894\" class=\"more-link\">[&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"Layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-rockbob","post-3894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}