Episode 57 Preview - I Learned the Hard Way
Returning guest and math teacher extrordinaire, Jack Every, returns to ensure the unrepresented genre of Motown gets its due by talking with us about Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings "I Learned the Hard Way", a song I had never heard of before last week. Which is reason enough to listen in.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a>You can buy "I Learned the Hard Way" on <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-learned-the-hard-way/id359971345?i=359971386&mt=1&app=music" target="_blank">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Learned-Hard-Amazon-Exclusive-Version/dp/B003COH6MQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=dmusic&ie=UTF8&qid=1471897595&sr=1-1-mp3-albums-bar-strip-0&keywords=i+learned+the+hard+way" target="_blank">Amazon Music</a> (free with Prime!), and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bngpafw4wjjc3kpjd4ifwmerynu&tid=song-Tnqxotddzncda3aml4mtfjbznyi&hl=en" target="_blank">Google Play</a>.<br /><br />There's an entertaining video covering the story of the song on YouTube:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe width="320" height="266" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TKZdzxX3qFc/0.jpg" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TKZdzxX3qFc?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><br />And, of course, the lyrics:<br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>"I Learned the Hard Way"</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="verse" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Something told me inside</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">That your love was untrue</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Something told me inside</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Something told me inside</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><br /><div class="verse" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">You said, "Girl, it's alright</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I would never hurt you"</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">You said, "Girl, it's alright"</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">He said, "Girl, it's alright"</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><br /><div class="verse" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Just to be by your side</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I would've walked through the flames</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Just to be by your side</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Just to be by your side</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><br /><div class="verse" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now it hurts me inside</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Just to hear your name</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Just to hear your name</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><br /><div class="verse" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I learned the hard way</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">That your love is cruel</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I learned the hard way, baby</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Not to be your fool</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><br /><div class="verse" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I learned the hard way</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I learned the hard way about you</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now I know about you</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now I know about you</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><br /><div class="verse" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">When I open my eyes</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">It was all around me</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">When I open my eyes</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">When I open my eyes</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><br /><div class="verse" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Clouds of perfume and lies</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">And a hotel key</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Clouds of perfume and lies</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Clouds of perfume and lies</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><br /><div class="verse" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">And when I answered your phone</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I heard a gasp and a click</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">When I answered your phone</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">When I answered your phone</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><br /><div class="verse" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ooh, was that wrong number, wrong</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Or was she after your love</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><br /><div class="verse" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Just to be by your side</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I would walk through the flames</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now it hurts me inside</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Just to hear your name</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><br /><div class="verse" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I learned the hard way</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">That your love is cruel</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I learned the hard way, baby</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Not to be your fool</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><br /><div class="verse" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I learned the hard way</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I learned the hard way about you</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now I know about you</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now I know about you</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><br /><div class="verse" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now I know about you</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now I know about you</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now I know about you</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now I know about you</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><br /><div class="verse" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Just to be by your side</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I would walk through the flames</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now it hurts me inside</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Just to hear your name</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><br /><div class="verse" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I learned the hard way</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">That your love is cruel</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I learned the hard way, baby</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Not to be your fool</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><br /><div class="verse" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I learned the hard way</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I learned the hard way, baby, about you</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><br /><div class="verse" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now I know about you</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Now I know about you)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I know about you</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Now I know about you)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><br /><div class="verse" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now I know about you</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Now I know about you)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now I know about you</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Now I know about you)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><br /><div class="verse" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now I know about you</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Now I know about you)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I won't be your fool</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Now I know about you)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><br /><div class="verse" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Listen, I know about you</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Now I know about you)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your love</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Now I know about you)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><br /><div class="verse" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I wanna go home</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Now I know about you)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I know about you</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Now I know about you)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I said, "I wanna go home"</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />So listen, watch, read, and join us on Wednesday for the discussion.
