#SongoftheDay Come and Get Your Love (Redbone on Soul Train)

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This has been our song of the day in the past, but that was years ago, and you might have noticed that it was spliced into yesterday's song of the day. Reminded me of the Rifftrax joke "Why do bad movies always remind us of better movies we could be watching?"

No, yesterday's song wasn't BAD; I just don't love it. 

And I do love this one.

I pulled this clip from Soul Train because I miss this style of TV show. I can't remember the name of the one I watched when I was a teen. I also can't remember the name of the one my aunt went on when SHE was a teen. They showed her white go-go boots onscreen and all her younger siblings were at home, pointing at the TV, going, "Those are her boots! Those are her boots!"


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See you soon!

Giselle


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