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the ides of march are upon us

Vincenzo Camuccini - Mort de César

Some history, from Wiki:

Ides of March
In the Roman calendar, the Ides of March fell on the 15th day of the Roman month of Martius. The date is famous because Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March, 44 BC. Because of Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar and its line "Beware the Ides of March", the term possesses a foreboding of doom.

Contemporarily speaking, although the term Ides had real meaning only in the Roman Calendar, which had just been displaced by the Julian Calendar, the term "Ides" was still used in a vernacular sense for centuries afterwards to denote the middle of the month.

This page has more details: The Ides of March. But for now, it's safe to say it's associated with bad omens. Beware the Ides of March, peeps!


The White Stripes: St. Ides Of March - 5.71MBweb hit counter

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(Anonymous)
2007-03-15 04:51 pm UTC (link)
wasn't there also a band called the ides of march? 1 hit wonder?

Dan

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[info]snuh
2007-03-15 08:12 pm UTC (link)
You are correct. "I'm the friendly stranger in the black sedan, come and hop inside my car" - I don't think those lyrics would work today. From allmusic.com:

The Ides of March
Chicago's Ides of March burst onto the national scene in 1970 with the million-selling single "Vehicle," a tune that bore more than a passing resemblance to the then mega-selling Blood, Sweat & Tears. But the band's pedigree went back further than BS&T's, and with a much different origin. Formed in the mid-1960s in the Windy City, founding member Jim Peterik put the original Ides together as a teen band, strong on original material and British pop harmonies. Soon the band was recording for London's Parrot Records subsidiary, releasing five singles between 1966 and 1967, including the local hit "You Wouldn't Listen." By the late 1960s, however, Peterik had reconfigured the band to include a full horn section, and a new sound and style for the band was born. Ever the crafty commercial songwriter, Peterik fashioned a new single, "Vehicle," to showcase this sound, which mirrored the success of horn rock bands like Chase and Blood, Sweat & Tears. The record was a huge hit, spawning the soundalike follow-up "Superman." The other chart hit for the group (and a complete about-face from the horn-dominated sound of "Vehicle") was the wistful "L.A. Goodbye." Personnel problems and a label shift to RCA-Victor spelled the end of the band as Peterik eased into the 1980s in the role of producer/songwriter, penning several hits for the likes of .38 Special and others. The group re-formed in 1993 to record an album of new material and recuts of their hits going all the way back to "You Wouldn't Listen," and Peterik remains quite active both as a tunesmith and producer.


Jim Peterik also co-produced the Grammy-winning double-platinum number one pop hit "Eye of the Tiger. Here's Vehicle:


The Ides Of March: Vehicle - 3.31MB

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(Anonymous)
2007-03-15 06:14 pm UTC (link)
I am forever indebted to you. I've been looking for the song St. Ides of March for so long.

-A completely anonymous stranger

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[info]snuh
2007-03-15 08:13 pm UTC (link)
No problem. I came across it recently and tucked it away for the day.

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[info]snuh
2007-03-15 08:28 pm UTC (link)
You might also enjoy this commercial The White Stripes made for Australia:


White Stripes Coke Commercial - Love Is The Truth

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