Barack Obama under investigation for not reporting royalties since 1972

[RobDownSouth]

Republican investigators are looking into claims that former President Barack Obama has failed to report royalty income from record sales dating back to 1972.

The former president, then known as "Barry Obama", was said to have been the uncredited lead singer for the 1972 one-hit wonder song "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)", which was recorded by a group called "Looking Glass". Royalties for this song have estimated to be in the range of $200,000 to $250,000 over the past several decades.

Gateway Pundit audio technicians have confirmed a vocal match of over 95%, the difference is consistent with Obama's later admission of smoking cigarettes as a teenager. A spokesperson for Barack Obama's office did not immediately return comment.


Hey it's on teh internet it MUST be true right? Right?

 

[RoryN]

That song gets butchered at karaoke bars worldwide once every 5 min or so.

 

[RobDownSouth]

That song gets butchered at karaoke bars worldwide once every 5 min or so.

Still a distant third place behind Bon Jovi's "Living on a Prayer" and Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" though.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

Still a distant third place behind Bon Jovi's "Living on a Prayer" and Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" though.

Who in their right mind ( vocal range) tries to copy Steve Perry???

 

[RobDownSouth]

Who in their right mind ( vocal range) tries to copy Steve Perry???

If you want to hear some serious song mangling, go to a Heart concert. Every woman in the audience tries to sing along with Nancy Wilson on the ballad "Alone" ("How do I get you alooooooone!").

It's absolutely painful, how many people are off-key and out of tune. Service dogs in the audience start howling.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

If you want to hear some serious song mangling, go to a Heart concert. Every woman in the audience tries to sing along with Nancy Wilson on the ballad "Alone" ("How do I get you alooooooone!").

It's absolutely painful, how many people are off-key and out of tune. Service dogs in the audience start howling.

now now, don't get down on us off-key tone deaf singers....Myself I hand out ear plugs...

 

[Rightguide]

Republican investigators are looking into claims that former President Barack Obama has failed to report royalty income from record sales dating back to 1972.

The former president, then known as "Barry Obama", was said to have been the uncredited lead singer for the 1972 one-hit wonder song "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)", which was recorded by a group called "Looking Glass". Royalties for this song have estimated to be in the range of $200,000 to $250,000 over the past several decades.

Gateway Pundit audio technicians have confirmed a vocal match of over 95%, the difference is consistent with Obama's later admission of smoking cigarettes as a teenager. A spokesperson for Barack Obama's office did not immediately return comment.


Hey it's on teh internet it MUST be true right? Right?

Did you know that Barack Obama and Brad Pitt are cousins?

 

[Lazaran]

Fuck you for starting this thread.



It would have been sooooo much more fun to mock a "Right"guide thread on this "bombshell" from the Hateway Pundit and their "audio technicians" - (two alcoholic losers listening to a worn out 8-track on an in-dash stereo pulled from a '76 Monte Carlo in their mom’s basement)

 

[RobDownSouth]

now now, don't get down on us off-key tone deaf singers....Myself I hand out ear plugs...

A few years back there were rumors on the General Board of a video clip of a drunken Vetteman singing "Karma Chameleon" on Karaoke Night at a Lit get-together.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

A few years back there were rumors on the General Board of a video clip of a drunken Vetteman singing "Karma Chameleon" on Karaoke Night at a Lit get-together.

Damn, I might even pay to see that!

 

[desecration]

Did you know that Barack Obama and Brad Pitt are cousins?

I didn't, but it seems to be true in a distant sense:

Ninth cousins to be precise. On the campaign trail last year it emerged that the two share a common ancestor.

The link is Edwin Hickman, who died in Virginia in 1769. Obama is a direct descendant of Hickman's son James through the president's white Kansas-born mother, Ann Dunham Sutoro.

Hickman's other son, Edwin Jr, James's brother, is head of the line leading to William Bradley Pitt, known these days as Brad.

One of his heritage lines goes back to early days of the nation:

President Obama’s maternal grandfather was Stanley Armour Dunham (the son of Ralph Waldo Emerson Dunham and Ruth Lucille Armour). Stanley was born in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas. Ralph was the son of Jacob William Dunham and Mary Anne/Ann Kearney, whose father was Irish. Ruth was the daughter of Harry Ellington Armour and Gabriella Lee “Gabie”/”Gabbie” Clark.

President Obama’s maternal grandmother was Madelyn Lee “Toot” Payne (the daughter of Rolla Charles “R. C.” Payne and Leona Belle McCurry). Madelyn was born in Peru, Chautauqua, Kansas. Rolla was the son of Charles Thomas Payne and Della L. Wolfley. Leona was the daughter of Thomas Creekmore McCurry and Margaret Belle Wright, who was born in Dry Fork, Carroll, Arkansas.

President Obama’s matrilineal line can be traced to Sarah Wade “Sally” Ray, who was born, c. 1793, in Virginia.

 

[jomar]

Dang, maybe I was wrong about the gateway pundit and owe Rightguide an apology

 

[Lazaran]

Dang, maybe I was wrong about the gateway pundit and owe Rightguide an apology

^
Hilarious.



That is easily the funniest thing I’ve read in quite a while.

 

[DeluxAuto]

Did you know that Barack Obama and Brad Pitt are cousins?

You're more related to MTG than Brad is to Obama.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

Did you know that Barack Obama ad Brad Pitt are cousins?

*chuckles*

This guy right here is the audience for the article.
Fear mongering about illegals
Liberal state trying to take muh guns
More gun sales to celebrate muh freedumbz
California hating

Shitty writing

^^^
The butthurt 74 suffers when confronted with the truth. He can't even spell.

Don;t call peopel out on speeling...you never know when it might backfire....

 

[Rightguide]

I didn't, but it seems to be true in a distant sense:

One of his heritage lines goes back to early days of the nation:

Judge Joe Brown explains it here in an interview with PBD:

 

[Rightguide]

Dang, maybe I was wrong about the gateway pundit and owe Rightguide an apology

Actually it came from Youtube and Judge Joe Brown on the PBD podcast:

 

[jomar]

Actually it came from Youtube and Judge Joe Brown on the PBD podcast:

The guy is entertaining if nothing else. And anything else is questionable.

 

[YDB95]

Looking Glass weren't really a one-hit wonder. Their next single, "Jimmy Likes Mary Anne", made the top 40 (albeit not by much).

 

[RoryN]

Looking Glass weren't really a one-hit wonder. Their next single, "Jimmy Likes Mary Anne", made the top 40 (albeit not by much).

You can have another tune make the Top 40 and still be a one-hit wonder - so say the music gurus.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Looking Glass weren't really a one-hit wonder. Their next single, "Jimmy Likes Mary Anne", made the top 40 (albeit not by much).

Point taken.

Now, back to the task at hand: What song will you perform on Karaoke Night at the next Lit convention?

 

[RoryN]

Now, back to the task at hand: What song will you perform on Karaoke Night at the next Lit convention?

Tequila.

 

[Comshaw]

You can have another tune make the Top 40 and still be a one-hit wonder - so say the music gurus.

"In the United States and the United Kingdom, a single is usually considered a hit when it reaches the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 or the top 75 of the UK Singles Chart."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit_song


Comshaw

 

[RobDownSouth]

Tequila.

Sorry Rory, AJ has already claimed that song. Please try again

https://www.tiktok.com/video/7355536369562946862

 

[RoryN]

"In the United States and the United Kingdom, a single is usually considered a hit when it reaches the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 or the top 75 of the UK Singles Chart."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit_song


Comshaw

Correct. But having two hit singles doesn't keep you from being a one-hit wonder if it's one song which defined you. There's also an element of time involved as well:

one–hit wonder
noun
plural one–hit wonders
[count]
: a performer, group, etc., that is popular or successful only once for a brief time

https://www.britannica.com/dictiona...ctionary definition of ONE,song, movie, etc.]

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one-hit wonder
noun
variants or less commonly one hit wonder or one-hit-wonder
pluralone-hit wonders also one hit wonders or one-hit-wonders
1
: a musical group that has achieved recognition on the basis of only one widely popular song.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one-hit wonder