The Man is a 1964 novel by Irving Wallace that speculatively explores the socio-political consequences in U.S. society when a Black man becomes President of the United States. The novel's title derives from the contemporary — fifties, sixties, seventies — American slang English, "The Man".
Plot summary
The Man was written before the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. It depicts a political situation in which the office of Vice Presidency is vacant due to the incumbent's death. While overseas in Germany, the President and the Speaker of the House are in a freak accident; the President is killed, the Speaker of the House later dies in surgery. The Presidency then devolves onto Douglass Dilman, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, a black man earlier elected to that office in deference to his race. Dilman's presidency is challenged by white racists, black political activists, and an attempted assassination. Later, he is impeached on false charges for firing the United States Secretary of State. One of his children, who is "passing" for white, is targeted and harassed. At the end of the book the protagonist - though having credibly dealt with considerable problems during his Presidency and gained some popularity - does not consider running for re-election.
The Man is the self-produced eighth album by soul singer Barry White, released in 1978 on the 20th Century-Fox Records label, which saw its name changed from 20th Century.
History
The album became White's sixth R&B chart topper and peaked at #36 on the pop chart. Lead single "Your Sweetness Is My Weakness" reached #2 on the R&B chart and #60 on the Billboard Hot 100, while White's cover of Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are" reached #45 on the R&B chart and peaked at #12 on the UK Singles Chart. A third single, "Sha La La Means I Love You", peaked at #55 on the UK Singles Chart. A cover version of "It's Only Love Doing Its Thing" (with the shortened title "It's Only Love") would be a hit for British band Simply Red in 1989. The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD on September 24, 1996 by Mercury Records.
The Man is the fifth album by alternative rock band Sponge. Vocalist Vinnie Dombroski is the only original band member left on this recording. Former Sponge producer Tim Patalan's brother Andy assumed guitar duties for this album.
Track listing
All songs written by Vinnie Dombroski except where noted.
The Man is directed by Les Mayfield and produced by Rob Fried from a screenplay by Jim Piddock, Margaret Oberman and Stephen Carpenter, based on the story by Jim Piddock and Margaret Oberman. New Line Cinema released The Man in Canada (through Alliance Atlantis) and the United States on September 9, 2005.
Andy Fiddler (Eugene Levy) is preparing a speech,he is going to give to a dental convention in (Detroit).. He works for a dental supply company, and lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Meanwhile, in Detroit, a secure (ATF) weapons room has been robbed of assault rifles, handguns and ammunition.An ATF agent was killed and (Internal Affairs) agent Peters (Miguel Ferrer)suspects the dead agent and his partner Agent Derrick Vann (Samuel L. Jackson) were in on the robbery.
After a visit to his informant Booty (Anthony Mackie) (who is later gunned down), Vann,attempting to clear his name, sets up a buy. He is to go to a diner and be reading a USA Today. Unfortunately, Andy is also in the diner, and he has a copy of USA Today. A menacing Englishman (Luke Goss) sits next to Andy and hands him a paper bag with "his taste" in it then leaves. He wants "Turk" (the pseudonym that Vann used when setting up the buy) to drop $20,000 dollars in a certain trash can. Vann reveals that he has the money, and needs Fiddler to drop it.
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Working for the Man · Lindisfarne
Meet Me On the Corner - The Best of Lindisfarne
℗ 1989 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Performance: Lindisfarne
Auto-generated by YouTube.
published: 19 Feb 2017
lindisfarne, run for home
this is another of my all time favourites and gets you on so many levels
published: 07 May 2009
Working For The Man by Rod Clements and Alan Hull of Lindisfarne
My rendition of the track from Lindisfarne's "Amigos" album (1989).
published: 17 Nov 2020
Lindisfarne - Run For Home (Top Of The Pops 1978) (Remastered)
All rights Reserved To Landisfarne
published: 01 Apr 2020
Lindisfarne _ Meet me on the corner 1971
Lindisfarne on the OGWT with their first hit single Meet me on the corner which reached no.5 in UK Charts in 1972.
published: 01 Apr 2017
Lindisfarne perform North Country Boy
Live in 1974 – Ray Jackson vocals, Alan Hull vocals guitar, Kenny Craddock keyboards, Tommy Duffy bass, Charlie Harcourt guitar, Paul Nichols drums.
written by Tommy Duffy and included on the Lindisfarne album 'Roll on Ruby'
published: 20 Dec 2020
Fog On The Tyne - Lindisfarne (Old Grey Whistle Test 1971)
An early TV performance from Lindisfarne on the Old Grey Whistle Test
published: 10 Jan 2020
Cricket Tasmania Premier League - Men's 1st Grade - Round 5 - New Town v Lindisfarne - Day 1
Lindisfarne : "Run For Home" (1978) • Official/Unofficial Music Video • HQ Audio • Subtitle Lyrics
Official/Unofficial Music Video • HQ Audio • Subtitle Lyrics Option • Standard Volume Level • Lyrics Transcript Provided Below •
This video contains optional subtitles for the lyrics, and these can be activated and deactivated by simply clicking on the "CC" button beneath the video.
I have used two source videos to create this one. The footage from 0:23 to 0:33 is taken from the video found here: https://youtu.be/IzaCqzXvZxs The footage from 0:33 to 4:05 is taken from the video found here: https://youtu.be/y0JwlTtOYGg
These were the best-quality uploads of this music video that I could find online. I have replaced the audio tracks with a high-quality, full-length one of the single, and for the latter of the two source videos, this involved speeding up the footage slightly, as it was r...
Provided to YouTube by Castle Communications
Working for the Man · Lindisfarne
Meet Me On the Corner - The Best of Lindisfarne
℗ 1989 Sanctuary Records Group...
Provided to YouTube by Castle Communications
Working for the Man · Lindisfarne
Meet Me On the Corner - The Best of Lindisfarne
℗ 1989 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Performance: Lindisfarne
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by Castle Communications
Working for the Man · Lindisfarne
Meet Me On the Corner - The Best of Lindisfarne
℗ 1989 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Performance: Lindisfarne
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Live in 1974 – Ray Jackson vocals, Alan Hull vocals guitar, Kenny Craddock keyboards, Tommy Duffy bass, Charlie Harcourt guitar, Paul Nichols drums.
written by...
Live in 1974 – Ray Jackson vocals, Alan Hull vocals guitar, Kenny Craddock keyboards, Tommy Duffy bass, Charlie Harcourt guitar, Paul Nichols drums.
written by Tommy Duffy and included on the Lindisfarne album 'Roll on Ruby'
Live in 1974 – Ray Jackson vocals, Alan Hull vocals guitar, Kenny Craddock keyboards, Tommy Duffy bass, Charlie Harcourt guitar, Paul Nichols drums.
written by Tommy Duffy and included on the Lindisfarne album 'Roll on Ruby'
Official/Unofficial Music Video • HQ Audio • Subtitle Lyrics Option • Standard Volume Level • Lyrics Transcript Provided Below •
This video contains optional s...
Official/Unofficial Music Video • HQ Audio • Subtitle Lyrics Option • Standard Volume Level • Lyrics Transcript Provided Below •
This video contains optional subtitles for the lyrics, and these can be activated and deactivated by simply clicking on the "CC" button beneath the video.
I have used two source videos to create this one. The footage from 0:23 to 0:33 is taken from the video found here: https://youtu.be/IzaCqzXvZxs The footage from 0:33 to 4:05 is taken from the video found here: https://youtu.be/y0JwlTtOYGg
These were the best-quality uploads of this music video that I could find online. I have replaced the audio tracks with a high-quality, full-length one of the single, and for the latter of the two source videos, this involved speeding up the footage slightly, as it was running a bit too slow compared to the HQ audio track I am using, and it involved speeding it up more in some places than in others. In both source videos the picture was running late compared to the sound, so I have fixed that.
To accompany the music at the beginning and end which is not featured in the performance footage, I have put up on screen pictures of the picture sleeve of the single.
The second of the two source videos, which is used for most of my video, had been stretched horizontally, making everything look too wide, so I unstretched it using software called MPEG Streamclip.
I have also adjusted the colours, increasing their intensity in both clips, making the dark areas darker in the first clip and making the dark areas lighter in the second clip.
I have also upscaled the resolution from 480p to 1080p, as this increases the bitrate, which slightly improves picture quality at all the different resolution settings the viewer can select and allows for the highest quality audio, but please be aware that playing it at the 1080p setting is not going to make it look as good as a true 1080p video. I have also added optional subtitles for the lyrics.
I have also made an unofficial music video for this single, which uses footage of a Top of the Pops performance, and this can be found here: https://youtu.be/9VpXFSWZOY0
This song was written by Alan Hull. This track was produced by Gus Dudgeon and released in 1978. According to Wikipedia, this single reached No. 10 in their native UK, No. 33 in the USA and No. 78 in Australia.
For more information on this song and track, see these pages:
https://www.discogs.com/master/98776-Lindisfarne-Run-For-Home
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=Back+and+Fourth+(Lindisfarne+album)&title=Special%3ASearch
An official presentation of the lyrics to this song is to be found printed on the sleeve of the "Back And Fourth" album, but unfortunately I have been unable to find a picture of it online which is large enough to be easily readable. Here is the largest picture I could find: https://www.discogs.com/release/4350111-Lindisfarne-Back-And-Fourth/image/SW1hZ2U6Mzg4MTg5OTk=
Presented below and as optional subtitles in the video is my own transcript of the lyrics, for which I have used that official presentation and the transcripts found on lyrics websites as a guide.
Lyrics:
"Run For Home"
- Lindisfarne
(Words and Music by Alan Hull)
I've travelled the land with a guitar in my hand
And an eye ever open for some fun
I've made some mistakes
Had my share of the breaks
Seen the boys on the make and on the bum
Run for home
Run as fast as I can
Woah, running man
Running for home
Run for home
Run as fast as I can
Woah, running man
Running for home
I've seen all the frowns on the faces of the clowns
And the downs that they take just to be free
And I've seen all the girls in their pretty frocks and curls
But they don't mean a lot to me
Run for home
Run as fast as I can
Woah, running man
Running for home
I've been to the places in town where the faces
Hang 'round just to stare at each other
I've looned with them, screamed at the moon
Behaved like a buffoon
But I soon discovered
Run for home
Run as fast as I can
Woah, running man
Running for home
Run for home
Run as fast as I can
Woah, running man
Running for home
Run for home
Run as fast as I can
Woah, running man
Running for home
I've travelled the land
Made mistakes outta hand
Seen the faces in the places misunderstand
Yes, I've travelled the world
Seen the pretty boys and girls
Heard the noise that destroys and commands
Run for home
Run as fast as I can
Woah, running man
Running for home
Run for home
Run as fast as I can
Woah, running man
Running for home
Official/Unofficial Music Video • HQ Audio • Subtitle Lyrics Option • Standard Volume Level • Lyrics Transcript Provided Below •
This video contains optional subtitles for the lyrics, and these can be activated and deactivated by simply clicking on the "CC" button beneath the video.
I have used two source videos to create this one. The footage from 0:23 to 0:33 is taken from the video found here: https://youtu.be/IzaCqzXvZxs The footage from 0:33 to 4:05 is taken from the video found here: https://youtu.be/y0JwlTtOYGg
These were the best-quality uploads of this music video that I could find online. I have replaced the audio tracks with a high-quality, full-length one of the single, and for the latter of the two source videos, this involved speeding up the footage slightly, as it was running a bit too slow compared to the HQ audio track I am using, and it involved speeding it up more in some places than in others. In both source videos the picture was running late compared to the sound, so I have fixed that.
To accompany the music at the beginning and end which is not featured in the performance footage, I have put up on screen pictures of the picture sleeve of the single.
The second of the two source videos, which is used for most of my video, had been stretched horizontally, making everything look too wide, so I unstretched it using software called MPEG Streamclip.
I have also adjusted the colours, increasing their intensity in both clips, making the dark areas darker in the first clip and making the dark areas lighter in the second clip.
I have also upscaled the resolution from 480p to 1080p, as this increases the bitrate, which slightly improves picture quality at all the different resolution settings the viewer can select and allows for the highest quality audio, but please be aware that playing it at the 1080p setting is not going to make it look as good as a true 1080p video. I have also added optional subtitles for the lyrics.
I have also made an unofficial music video for this single, which uses footage of a Top of the Pops performance, and this can be found here: https://youtu.be/9VpXFSWZOY0
This song was written by Alan Hull. This track was produced by Gus Dudgeon and released in 1978. According to Wikipedia, this single reached No. 10 in their native UK, No. 33 in the USA and No. 78 in Australia.
For more information on this song and track, see these pages:
https://www.discogs.com/master/98776-Lindisfarne-Run-For-Home
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=Back+and+Fourth+(Lindisfarne+album)&title=Special%3ASearch
An official presentation of the lyrics to this song is to be found printed on the sleeve of the "Back And Fourth" album, but unfortunately I have been unable to find a picture of it online which is large enough to be easily readable. Here is the largest picture I could find: https://www.discogs.com/release/4350111-Lindisfarne-Back-And-Fourth/image/SW1hZ2U6Mzg4MTg5OTk=
Presented below and as optional subtitles in the video is my own transcript of the lyrics, for which I have used that official presentation and the transcripts found on lyrics websites as a guide.
Lyrics:
"Run For Home"
- Lindisfarne
(Words and Music by Alan Hull)
I've travelled the land with a guitar in my hand
And an eye ever open for some fun
I've made some mistakes
Had my share of the breaks
Seen the boys on the make and on the bum
Run for home
Run as fast as I can
Woah, running man
Running for home
Run for home
Run as fast as I can
Woah, running man
Running for home
I've seen all the frowns on the faces of the clowns
And the downs that they take just to be free
And I've seen all the girls in their pretty frocks and curls
But they don't mean a lot to me
Run for home
Run as fast as I can
Woah, running man
Running for home
I've been to the places in town where the faces
Hang 'round just to stare at each other
I've looned with them, screamed at the moon
Behaved like a buffoon
But I soon discovered
Run for home
Run as fast as I can
Woah, running man
Running for home
Run for home
Run as fast as I can
Woah, running man
Running for home
Run for home
Run as fast as I can
Woah, running man
Running for home
I've travelled the land
Made mistakes outta hand
Seen the faces in the places misunderstand
Yes, I've travelled the world
Seen the pretty boys and girls
Heard the noise that destroys and commands
Run for home
Run as fast as I can
Woah, running man
Running for home
Run for home
Run as fast as I can
Woah, running man
Running for home
Provided to YouTube by Castle Communications
Working for the Man · Lindisfarne
Meet Me On the Corner - The Best of Lindisfarne
℗ 1989 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Performance: Lindisfarne
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Live in 1974 – Ray Jackson vocals, Alan Hull vocals guitar, Kenny Craddock keyboards, Tommy Duffy bass, Charlie Harcourt guitar, Paul Nichols drums.
written by Tommy Duffy and included on the Lindisfarne album 'Roll on Ruby'
Official/Unofficial Music Video • HQ Audio • Subtitle Lyrics Option • Standard Volume Level • Lyrics Transcript Provided Below •
This video contains optional subtitles for the lyrics, and these can be activated and deactivated by simply clicking on the "CC" button beneath the video.
I have used two source videos to create this one. The footage from 0:23 to 0:33 is taken from the video found here: https://youtu.be/IzaCqzXvZxs The footage from 0:33 to 4:05 is taken from the video found here: https://youtu.be/y0JwlTtOYGg
These were the best-quality uploads of this music video that I could find online. I have replaced the audio tracks with a high-quality, full-length one of the single, and for the latter of the two source videos, this involved speeding up the footage slightly, as it was running a bit too slow compared to the HQ audio track I am using, and it involved speeding it up more in some places than in others. In both source videos the picture was running late compared to the sound, so I have fixed that.
To accompany the music at the beginning and end which is not featured in the performance footage, I have put up on screen pictures of the picture sleeve of the single.
The second of the two source videos, which is used for most of my video, had been stretched horizontally, making everything look too wide, so I unstretched it using software called MPEG Streamclip.
I have also adjusted the colours, increasing their intensity in both clips, making the dark areas darker in the first clip and making the dark areas lighter in the second clip.
I have also upscaled the resolution from 480p to 1080p, as this increases the bitrate, which slightly improves picture quality at all the different resolution settings the viewer can select and allows for the highest quality audio, but please be aware that playing it at the 1080p setting is not going to make it look as good as a true 1080p video. I have also added optional subtitles for the lyrics.
I have also made an unofficial music video for this single, which uses footage of a Top of the Pops performance, and this can be found here: https://youtu.be/9VpXFSWZOY0
This song was written by Alan Hull. This track was produced by Gus Dudgeon and released in 1978. According to Wikipedia, this single reached No. 10 in their native UK, No. 33 in the USA and No. 78 in Australia.
For more information on this song and track, see these pages:
https://www.discogs.com/master/98776-Lindisfarne-Run-For-Home
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=Back+and+Fourth+(Lindisfarne+album)&title=Special%3ASearch
An official presentation of the lyrics to this song is to be found printed on the sleeve of the "Back And Fourth" album, but unfortunately I have been unable to find a picture of it online which is large enough to be easily readable. Here is the largest picture I could find: https://www.discogs.com/release/4350111-Lindisfarne-Back-And-Fourth/image/SW1hZ2U6Mzg4MTg5OTk=
Presented below and as optional subtitles in the video is my own transcript of the lyrics, for which I have used that official presentation and the transcripts found on lyrics websites as a guide.
Lyrics:
"Run For Home"
- Lindisfarne
(Words and Music by Alan Hull)
I've travelled the land with a guitar in my hand
And an eye ever open for some fun
I've made some mistakes
Had my share of the breaks
Seen the boys on the make and on the bum
Run for home
Run as fast as I can
Woah, running man
Running for home
Run for home
Run as fast as I can
Woah, running man
Running for home
I've seen all the frowns on the faces of the clowns
And the downs that they take just to be free
And I've seen all the girls in their pretty frocks and curls
But they don't mean a lot to me
Run for home
Run as fast as I can
Woah, running man
Running for home
I've been to the places in town where the faces
Hang 'round just to stare at each other
I've looned with them, screamed at the moon
Behaved like a buffoon
But I soon discovered
Run for home
Run as fast as I can
Woah, running man
Running for home
Run for home
Run as fast as I can
Woah, running man
Running for home
Run for home
Run as fast as I can
Woah, running man
Running for home
I've travelled the land
Made mistakes outta hand
Seen the faces in the places misunderstand
Yes, I've travelled the world
Seen the pretty boys and girls
Heard the noise that destroys and commands
Run for home
Run as fast as I can
Woah, running man
Running for home
Run for home
Run as fast as I can
Woah, running man
Running for home
Coffee cup Watching the hands of the clock Holding me, locked up Waiting for the sun to rise Red light Caught between day and night Can someone help me with this fight Against the Monday morning blues I'm tired of walking in these shoes Running in a rat race Always in the right place, at the wrong time Working for the man Living for the weekends Struggling in quicksand, this is alright Working for the man It's not working out for me Is it working out for you? Working for the man Deadlines Living in boardroom time Not enough hours to dream these dreams of mine They wont even let you try Hard life But I aint living at all I find myself trapped behind these four walls Working the Monday morning blues I'm tired of walking in these shoes Running in a rat race Always in the right place, at the wrong time Working for the man Living for the weekends Struggling in quicksand, this is alright Working for the man It's not working out for me Is it working out for you? Working for the man Running in a rat race Always in the right place, at the wrong time Working for the man Living for the weekends Struggling in quicksand, this is alright Working for the man It's not working out for me Is it working out for you? Working for the man (x3) Is it working out for you? Working for the man Hard life But I aint living at all Red light Caught between day and night