| Author | Message | ||
     Mama Shine Senior Member Username: mama_shine Post Number: 13780 Registered: 9-2006 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiCRZLr9oRw I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~William Blake | ||
| Mama Shine Senior Member Username: mama_shine Post Number: 13781 Registered: 9-2006 |
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXuNUhKiY_8 I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~William Blake | ||
| flux Junior Member Username: flux Post Number: 66 Registered: 1-2011 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pafY6sZt0FE&feature=related | ||
| flux Junior Member Username: flux Post Number: 67 Registered: 1-2011 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1igVj3w8KE&feature=related | ||
| flux Junior Member Username: flux Post Number: 68 Registered: 1-2011 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=671AgW9xSiA&feature=related | ||
| Mama Shine Senior Member Username: mama_shine Post Number: 13785 Registered: 9-2006 |
Flux, Next best thing to lying under my neighbors baby grand with my kaleidoscope and teddy bear. I was 3 years old then~~~ whats the difference. Maybe I'll go crawl under my piano and turn this up loud and see what happens.  lol grateful.. I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~William Blake | ||
| Mama Shine Senior Member Username: mama_shine Post Number: 13786 Registered: 9-2006 |
oops I responded to post #67 before I noticed post #68. What a lovely song. I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~William Blake | ||
| Mama Shine Senior Member Username: mama_shine Post Number: 13788 Registered: 9-2006 |
Found Goat posted a nice write up of some great songs...here they are. To All The Girl's Ive Loved Before http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSAODcg--Dc It's Impossible http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI-Vt7ozaZ0 When I Am With You http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt0RJ3KeyRE Making Love In The Rain (hope this is the one he had in mind) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDS0-rs0yoc I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~William Blake | ||
| Jimmy Senior Member Username: chippyo Post Number: 1548 Registered: 8-2002 |
All the girls I've loved before....huh? Oh Boy! I'm with you on the other 3..but that tune is horrors! "Don't take life to seriously;no one gets out alive." | ||
| flux Junior Member Username: flux Post Number: 69 Registered: 1-2011 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OvcP1bjd34&feature=related | ||
| Buddie Senior Member Username: buddie Post Number: 4044 Registered: 3-2008 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgqVuMj3Y4U&feature=related The Earth Laughs In Flowers.. Ralph Waldo Emerson | ||
| Mama Shine Senior Member Username: mama_shine Post Number: 13790 Registered: 9-2006 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrt8Y-F3U14&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_fresh+div-1r-7- HM I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~William Blake | ||
| Mama Shine Senior Member Username: mama_shine Post Number: 13792 Registered: 9-2006 |
Mite as well...I can do this, yes...   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPu4uErBFks&feature=rec-LGOUT-real_rev-rn-2r-21-H M I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~William Blake | ||
| chesserw Intermediate Member Username: chesserw Post Number: 164 Registered: 5-2010 |
For Mama who I see as 1/3 Tiana, 1/3 Charlotte and 1/3 Mama Odie  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCVcVD3s43k&playnext=1&list=PLFDCB3949B989D09F God give me the grace to accept the things that I cannot change. And grant unto me the power to change the things that I cannot accept. | ||
| Mama Shine Senior Member Username: mama_shine Post Number: 13793 Registered: 9-2006 |
Throw me sumpin Mistah Chesser... Festivities already going on and will end Fat Tuesday, Mar 8th We had a boat parade in Eden Isles Canal yesterday. This is my all time favorite Mardi Gras song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXAE0NmeVh4 I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~William Blake | ||
| Buddie Senior Member Username: buddie Post Number: 4048 Registered: 3-2008 |
Love the Mardi Gras songs Mamas.. I'd probably freak out in the setting though..I can't bear being among people in costume (Message edited by buddie on February 21, 2011) The Earth Laughs In Flowers.. Ralph Waldo Emerson | ||
| Buddie Senior Member Username: buddie Post Number: 4049 Registered: 3-2008 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaRrVqBhfYg The Earth Laughs In Flowers.. Ralph Waldo Emerson | ||
| Mama Shine Senior Member Username: mama_shine Post Number: 13795 Registered: 9-2006 |
haha, Buddie..well you'd freak here people dress weird and I luvs ta improvise my attire just for the fun of it...even when Mardi Gras ain't on. Not so much in winter but come spring and summer...look out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jObakvfVrvI&feature=related I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~William Blake | ||
| Mama Shine Senior Member Username: mama_shine Post Number: 13797 Registered: 9-2006 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvTvWJWeQ2g&feature=related I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~William Blake | ||
| chesserw Intermediate Member Username: chesserw Post Number: 165 Registered: 5-2010 |
With Whitley's "Hybrids" coming out, this one came to mind. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cShYbLkhBc&feature=related God give me the grace to accept the things that I cannot change. And grant unto me the power to change the things that I cannot accept. | ||
| Mama Shine Senior Member Username: mama_shine Post Number: 13799 Registered: 9-2006 |
Good one Chess. I'm such an APP fan, couldn't resist this great instrumental in keeping with the theme, I reckon..anyway, I like it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8f-q_npPqE I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~William Blake | ||
| Mama Shine Senior Member Username: mama_shine Post Number: 13801 Registered: 9-2006 |
This may be an example of synchronicity, not sure but here's what happened. A couple of hours ago I posted a picture of an strange looking airplane that was buzzing my neighborhood. Seems like it went on for about an hour. After I made the post a facebook friend identified the plane and remarked that it was the same type plane John Denver was flying when he was killed. I always loved John Denver and I had also been thinking about Wolves and how we need to protect them, I make no secret of my love of Wolf. I thanked my friend for identifying the plane and immediately posted this to my wall. Seems like John's Spirit may have been around or it was just a coincidence. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27-ZeNyYW9E I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~William Blake | ||
| Mama Shine Senior Member Username: mama_shine Post Number: 13802 Registered: 9-2006 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79px4WAWhN0&feature=related I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~William Blake | ||
| moonbeam Senior Member Username: mia Post Number: 997 Registered: 9-2009 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XwqzM8-mzY | ||
| Buddie Senior Member Username: buddie Post Number: 4058 Registered: 3-2008 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4ZBlxdNezA&NR=1&feature=fvwp The Earth Laughs In Flowers.. Ralph Waldo Emerson | ||
| Whitley Strieber Moderator Username: strieber Post Number: 761 Registered: 2-2001 |
I follow this thread, but my interests in music are too weird to post much. I restrain myself. I listen to a program on BBC Radio 3 called Late Junction a lot, where I recently heard some Tuvan throat singing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFWYSW4vfcA | ||
| Whitley Strieber Moderator Username: strieber Post Number: 763 Registered: 2-2001 |
Well, now that I've started, I might as well go on, although I know that this will weird you out profoundly. If ever there was an argument for a music video being created by aliens, this is it. From the gigantic women and the tiny bedraggled men to Fred Astaire being eaten by his shoes--well, if there's a parallel universe, perhaps this thing slipped out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDCOxHz3EVw | ||
| Second Wind Senior Member Username: second_wind Post Number: 5371 Registered: 4-2007 |
Good Lord! That was amazing and disturbing and funny! Maybe the result of a bit too much of "The Green Fairy"? WOW! Loved it! Also, Whitley, I did not get the "Amazing Grace" on the first listen. I did on the second! Pretty amazing as well, although I don't believe I will be purchasing any Tuvan Throat Singing CDs for home listening...... "In the end, only kindness matters." | ||
| Mama Shine Senior Member Username: mama_shine Post Number: 13804 Registered: 9-2006 |
Whitley, Saved "les triplettes de Belleville", very enjoyable. I thought about getting a Jew's harp if I loose my piano again..that or a flute. This guy is going to town. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh7FRr85AQs&feature=related I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~William Blake | ||
| chesserw Intermediate Member Username: chesserw Post Number: 166 Registered: 5-2010 |
Whitley, Enjoyed it even though I don't speak french. Loved the bit with the Josephine Baker character. Thanks God give me the grace to accept the things that I cannot change. And grant unto me the power to change the things that I cannot accept. | ||
| Mama Shine Senior Member Username: mama_shine Post Number: 13805 Registered: 9-2006 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0Y7mUiwBk0 I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~William Blake | ||
| Mama Shine Senior Member Username: mama_shine Post Number: 13806 Registered: 9-2006 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LmlWyTXJ3M I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~William Blake | ||
| Buddie Senior Member Username: buddie Post Number: 4060 Registered: 3-2008 |
For Whitley.. Whitley..More than life More Than Life : Belief in the breeze, The smoky morning haze. The sun on her face, and the touch of lovers' hands. The pain that comes today, Is here, then goes away. And we are homeward bound, And I, I want this more than life, I want this more than life, I want this more than life. To touch something real, Will help your wounds heal, Like the sun on your face, The dreams of starry nights. And we are homeward bound, And I, I want this more than life, I want this more than life, I want this more than life... I want this more than life. Belief in the breeze, The smoky morning haze. The sun on her face, and the touch of lovers' hands. The pain that comes today, Is here, then goes away. And we are homeward bound, And I, I want this more than life, I want this more than life, I want this more than life. To touch something real, Will help your wounds heal, Like the sun on your face, The dreams of starry nights. And we are homeward bound, And I, I want this more than life, I want this more than life, I want this more than life... I want this more than life. The Earth Laughs In Flowers.. Ralph Waldo Emerson | ||
| moonbeam Senior Member Username: mia Post Number: 998 Registered: 9-2009 |
Belleville made me giggle like a little girl | ||
| moonbeam Senior Member Username: mia Post Number: 999 Registered: 9-2009 |
I'll see ya there! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G54lfxiid_w | ||
| flux Junior Member Username: flux Post Number: 70 Registered: 1-2011 |
When a real man turns phoney to spout out baloney, you know that ain't no good cause you can see that baloney rots in time. And phoney men think with a word and a song anyone will sing along. But you and I know you can make a Bear dance but a tree tells no lie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21voUGVzym4&NR=1 | ||
| Buddie Senior Member Username: buddie Post Number: 4062 Registered: 3-2008 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swQi4CAzmrA Spooky Song.. 'sometimes' I think it was a level of completion  The Earth Laughs In Flowers.. Ralph Waldo Emerson | ||
| moonbeam Senior Member Username: mia Post Number: 1000 Registered: 9-2009 |
hi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTHrTOzfqhg | ||
| Mama Shine Senior Member Username: mama_shine Post Number: 13809 Registered: 9-2006 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKqWCOMcemU&feature=related I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~William Blake | ||
| Mama Shine Senior Member Username: mama_shine Post Number: 13811 Registered: 9-2006 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxyqhyhSEXc I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~William Blake | ||
| Buddie Senior Member Username: buddie Post Number: 4069 Registered: 3-2008 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBkTUzKAiXQ Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky. We fell them down and turn them into paper that we may record our emptiness. (Message edited by buddie on February 25, 2011) The Earth Laughs In Flowers.. Ralph Waldo Emerson | ||
| Mama Shine Senior Member Username: mama_shine Post Number: 13813 Registered: 9-2006 |
Happy Birthday Kane, 8 years old. Also remembering Winkie, Duke, Fritz and all our wonderful canine Friends. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJGWBUNLeN4 I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~William Blake | ||
| animalspirits Senior Member Username: animalspiritstalstarcom Post Number: 9618 Registered: 10-2006 |
Mama, Ah! That explains the visit from Vulture. Happy birthday Kane! I hope you have many more wonderful and loving memories of your family and friends.  Understand that all things are sacred--yet nothing is sacred. ~Yotee Coyote Blog: http://animalspirits--withoutfear.blogspot.com | ||
| Mama Shine Senior Member Username: mama_shine Post Number: 13814 Registered: 9-2006 |
Just finished listening to Anne's Dreamland interview on the "Mysterious Power of Threes". When it was over the old song Three O'Clock In The Morning" came to me and wouldn't leave me alone til I found it and posted. Doesn't mean anything but it is a nice old song, makes me want to waltz. Guess I'll waltz with "Me" and "Myself", perhaps "I" will cut in. lol...I DO get carried away sometimes.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCQaZ0URnLA I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~William Blake | ||
| moonbeam Senior Member Username: mia Post Number: 1001 Registered: 9-2009 |
One Mans Dream http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubTveCihjoQ | ||
| Mama Shine Senior Member Username: mama_shine Post Number: 13816 Registered: 9-2006 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm-RSPJsWb4&feature=related I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~William Blake | ||
| Second Wind Senior Member Username: second_wind Post Number: 5378 Registered: 4-2007 |
2nd Wind Old rocking chair It beckons you like a junkie's needle Start thinking feeble Cowardly lion The special today is karma yoga Glued to the sofa Where was I when we lost power? Where was I when lies were spoken? Where was I when evil snuck in? Where was I when hope was choking? A spy in the house Someday one of the kids may catch us cussing Then turn us in Family ties They used to be colors in a rainbow Now we fly solo Give me back the passion flower Give me back the non-consumer Give me back my lack of reason Give me back my sense of humor Blow like cyclone my second wind Blow like typhoon my second wind Blow like tempest my second wind Blind by design I've gotten the hang of not resisting Who cares? Who's listening? Popular press And we've got the video and the movies Let's feed the zombies Now that I know what to fight for Now that I need more adventure Now that I have thoughtful patience Now that I can see the future Blow like cyclone my second wind Blow like typhoon my second wind Blow like tempest my second wind Put your hours in and take your pay Like there wasn't any other way Then I heard a voice inside me say It was twenty years ago today When did I get so tired? Did I wake up half-sleeping? I can't let life slip away To a world with no meaning Now that I know what to fight for Now that I need more adventure Now that I have thoughtful patience Now that I can see the future Blow like cyclone my second wind Blow like typhoon my second wind Blow like tempest my second wind "In the end, only kindness matters." | ||
| Buddie Senior Member Username: buddie Post Number: 4072 Registered: 3-2008 |
THanks to flux for introducing this song... Shine David Gray its this kind of morning..continplating The Earth Laughs In Flowers.. Ralph Waldo Emerson | ||
| Bob Friedman Senior Member Username: bobufo Post Number: 4919 Registered: 1-2004 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngvt9tPROzc "Have you seen the saucers?" Jefferson Airplane "it's the cracked ones that let the light in" | ||
| Mama Shine Senior Member Username: mama_shine Post Number: 13823 Registered: 9-2006 |
Winning song on Oscars, like to get the sheet music, love it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw7ZjO-Nf5Q I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~William Blake | ||
| Mama Shine Senior Member Username: mama_shine Post Number: 13824 Registered: 9-2006 |
My pick for the winner was "If I Rise". A.R Rahman and Dido..Dido couldn't be there for the show, another singer sung her part and did a good job. Wish I could find a video of the performance on the show. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE3KA7DdhQQ I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~William Blake | ||
| Bob Friedman Senior Member Username: bobufo Post Number: 4920 Registered: 1-2004 |
the song played during the eulogies, was "Smile", written by Charlie Chaplin. "it's the cracked ones that let the light in" | ||
| Found Goat Advanced Member Username: foundgoat Post Number: 201 Registered: 8-2010 |
“Taxi Driver (I Don't Care)” This is the only song sung in English off the album Heart Of Uncle (1989), by the Balkan Beat Boys, a.k.a. the group: 3 Mustaphas 3. The first cut, “Awara Hoon,” feels straight out of a Bollywood movie. Why, the entire transportational album has a quaint East Indian spirit that'll help both broaden your musical palate as well as spice up your music life. “Trois Fois Trois" is wildly fun and makes you want to bump your hips this-way, then, that-way, to the bump-pauses of its giddy chorus. Track 5 is evocative of a snake-charmer weaving his spell or a seductress working her charm via sinuous hip movements. Track 7 feels like it belongs in a movie, maybe playing over a chase scene, as the moped zigs and zags around the narrow cobblestoned alleys and streets of the village. Heck, the entire CD is an absolute blast! Always fascinating and exotic, and at times goofy, moody, festive. Each track is a classic. However diverse its songs the album retains a distinct and entertaining East Indian flavor from beginning to end. The smile-inducing “Taxi Driver (I Don't Care),” with its nonchalant brass and silly lyric, is a quirky and lighthearted amusement worth a listen. Running time: 3:41. “Omera John" Geoffrey Oryema's high-pitched though adaptable singing voice is so ear-catching, so distinguishable, it's like a unique instrument unto itself. He's my favorite musician out of East Africa. His life history is quite the read. Born in Uganda, his father was kidnapped and killed at the hands of the government. He fled to Kenya, eventually settling in Paris. Oryema has collaborated with such well-known Western artists as Leonard Cohen and Peter Gabriel. Unlike the superficial, superstar Pop crap that is played on the radio, so often frivolous and meaningless, bouncy, catchy, but vacuous (and yet enthusiastically consumed by millions), Oryema's music cuts right to the marrow of human existence. His lyrics are written as if in blood-like ink. He sings passionately, from the very gut and blisters, and yet his singing style always remains euphonious, never descending to anger or crassness. He has experienced life and sings of it. His album Spirit (2000) is a great introduction to his sound, which, overall, may be best described as African rock if anything. This is one of my favorites off this release. The note to the lyric reads: “This song is in memory of the late John Nyeko Orema; my brother; died in 1989.” It tugs at my heart whenever I hear it. Other notable tracks off the CD are “Rwot Obwolo Wan,” “Spirits Of My Father,” “Listening Wind" and “Magical Stone.” Running time: 5:12. “Bwana's Garden" Have you ever heard of zydeco music? I hadn't, until I saw John Sayles' Passion Fish (1992), starring Mary McDonnell and David Strathairn, some years ago. The film is set in Louisiana (home to Cajun culture) and contains great danceable zydeco music and lovely, lazy scenes of the bayou. The relatively narrative-less movie (about a paralysed woman confined to a wheelchair) clocks in at about 2 hours and 15 minutes and requires patience, unless you're an enthusiast of the auteur like me, in which case you don't watch to be told a story, but are content just sitting back and drinking in the atmosphere and ambiance of the film's locale, as well as immersing yourself in the three-dimensional performances; characters who refreshingly behave like real human beings as opposed to blockbuster-type screenwriter-mouthpieces frantically exchanging plot-centric dialogue. As the end-credits began to roll, and this joyous and cozy song began to play, accompanied by the images of sundown on the water, it was all I needed to want to go out and purchase the movie's soundtrack. Tracks 1, 6, and 11 are zydeco standouts, but the capper is definitely the last track: the cheerily laidback tempo of “Bwana's Garden." It may not qualify as zydeco, but it's the CD's highlight, nevertheless, combining both the sound of saxophone and accordion into a sweet, unifying blend. The words to the song make me think of a mother, an empty nester, of some sun-drenched setting of huts and meadows, butterflies and dandelions, who, despite her children's differences, loves them all equally, and is supportive of the paths they have variously chosen to take in life (“All my children do the best they can"). With its sunny melody and harmonious lyric, “Bwana's Garden" is as heartwarming and homely as you can get. Running time: 4:47. (Message edited by foundgoat on March 01, 2011) | ||
| Mama Shine Senior Member Username: mama_shine Post Number: 13827 Registered: 9-2006 |
FG. I couldn't find the Taxi Drver..I didn't want to post the wrong one as there were some in question. Now I am so happy I found "Omera John"...chills, I love it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9ESeNuwmPo Living near the swamp on a canal in the New Orleans area...yes...I love this. I coldn't find Bwana's Garden but I did find this. FG, You would love Mardi Gras, the music and Spirit is so nice. This isn't Mardi Gras but it is just perfect for me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhYRFsq1JyM I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~William Blake | ||
| Mama Shine Senior Member Username: mama_shine Post Number: 13831 Registered: 9-2006 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfQ3S7qGIAk&feature=related I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~William Blake | ||
| flux Junior Member Username: flux Post Number: 71 Registered: 1-2011 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MNag3ou6UI&feature=related | ||
| Found Goat Advanced Member Username: foundgoat Post Number: 202 Registered: 8-2010 |
“5 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days" D'ya feel loose-jointed and ready to burn up the carpet with your ripsnorting, rug-cutting free-form moves? Watch me go as Primo go “Ee, ah, ooh, oh...!” This peppy, jiving ditty is quite the ring-a-ding, full of gusto and kick-a*s. As hyper Louis begins to roll-call interjections, that's the cue to break out your steps in sync to the dance-inducing scatting. Go ahead, give it a whirl! You'll find this invigorating number on the Louis Prima album here linked below. Running time: 2:09. From A to Z, this electrifying record is A1. How 'bout the dynamic ending to “Just A Gigolo – I Ain't Got Nobody (medley)”? Then there's the jaunty and peachy “Banana Split For My Baby,” with its tip-toe rhythm, a groove evocative of a malt-shop, puppy love, and juke-boxes. The jolly, Italian-flavored “Angelina – Zooma Zooma (Medley).” (This song makes me hungry for spaghetti.) Your gal drive a UFO? Then maybe you'll dig “Beep! Beep!” Chill out with the amusing duet, “Embraceable You – I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good (medley),” featuring Prima at his droll finest alongside his beautifully-singing wife, Keely Smith. The music on this greatest hits collection packs punch and razzmatazz, and is so UP, as in zippy and euphoric, your head will begin to feel as light as an air-balloon and you'll never want to come down. Primo is 'the man,' a dynamo, a barrel of fun and laughs. You may also want to check out the album Beepin' And Boppin' (1999), a CD that contains three other noteworthy songs: a jazzed up rendition of "Over The Rainbow"; the lovely duet “Until Sunrise"; and his signature song, “I Beeped When I Should Have Bopped.” Another LP classic is “Bourbon Street Blues,” (a song about a wonderful street in New Orleans) off the compilation CD, Rock The Joint (2003). Prima's a hoot. If more people could be like him – humorous, laidback, upbeat, ebullient – the world would be a happier and definitely more thrilling place to live in. http://www.amazon.com/Capitol-Collectors-Louis-Prima/dp/B000002UWF/ref=sr_1_1?s= music&ie=UTF8&qid=1298992982&sr=1-1 “Goin' Down Slow" A fifty-something man lies sprawled at the back of the locomotive, creases on his face, a blanket wrapped around him, with a bottle of booze in one hand and his trusty black book in the other. Donning shades and a fedora, a stick-pin and finger-rings, and white dress shoes, the aging hipster knows his number is soon up, and as he awaits the big sleep, reflects back upon a life of high-living and lots of lovin', without regret. Bobby Bland, the granddaddy of R&B vocal wailing/scream-singing, epitomizes coolness; so does this nifty platter, the last song on 20th Century Masters' The Best Of Bobby Bland CD, that was released in 2000. The vocalist really socks it out on the smash-hit “I Pity The Fool,” (see if you can do better), but my fave is this, about a hep-cat nearing the end of his life, weary and worn-out, with only enough energy to pass on a final farewell to his friends and family via his seatmate(s). I especially love the rideout, sung by those female backup singers. Running time: 5:35. “Gripped By Fear" The sky is overcast. A pall hangs in the air. Gloom fills your lungs. Your world is about to collapse. Dark, brooding, and despairing is this song by Front 242, an 80s' industrial-rock band out of Belgium. Those who are looking for a silver lining, better pass on this one. Excruciatingly sung, the mind conjures up images of a post-apocalyptic, barren metropolis of gagging dust; a mausoleum of scrap metal and stoical steel; an urban wasteland where the sun no longer shines and disillusionment and hopelessness abound. Is that where the world is heading? Hopefully not. I don't think the song is pessimistic nor the musicians doomsayers so much as their lyrics are wake-up calls as to what the future may have in store for us. Ninety-percent of the music I listen to is uplifting, but every now and then I prefer something that shakes up the psyche with bitter lemon juice. This track certainly leaves a sour taste in your mouth. For anyone wanting to sample the band's electro-experimental sound, made up mostly of hard-hitting, beat-driven, angst-ridden offerings that occasionally incorporate sound bites, then I recommend the album Tyranny For You (1991). Some of their later albums, in my opinion, are pure garbage (the beats too in-your-face, the vocalizations too thersitical). At least with this CD there is a bit of melody to the overall harsh recordings. I do not recommend Front 242's music, not if you're looking for mere escapism. Yet every now and again a song of theirs, in-between all the contextual discord, and usually one with a less aggressive tempo, makes my ears stand up at attention. “Sacrifice” is another listenable track, but “Gripped By Fear" is definitely Front 242 at their best. Running time: 4:36. (Message edited by foundgoat on March 01, 2011) (Message edited by foundgoat on March 02, 2011) | ||
| moonbeam Senior Member Username: mia Post Number: 1011 Registered: 9-2009 |
All about feelings and emotions, right up my alley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFosRTubEGU | ||
| moonbeam Senior Member Username: mia Post Number: 1012 Registered: 9-2009 |
When I think about going to Nashville to the Dreamfest, it makes me feel like a kid again. Like this............ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOK4ZFupfMw | ||
| Mama Shine Senior Member Username: mama_shine Post Number: 13835 Registered: 9-2006 |
Ahhhh...that bench in front of that beautiful fountain...what a relaxing place to be. Quiet night~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyHFY-gWLR4 I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~William Blake | ||
| Mama Shine Senior Member Username: mama_shine Post Number: 13837 Registered: 9-2006 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5RJ-GlMsW8&feature=related I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~William Blake | ||
| Buddie Senior Member Username: buddie Post Number: 4086 Registered: 3-2008 |
Evaluating my mental state Elusive Butterfly Bob Lind.. You might wake up some mornin' To the sound of something moving past your window in the wind And if you're quick enough to rise You'll catch a fleeting glimpse of someone's fading shadow Out on the new horizon You may see the floating motion of a distant pair of wings And if the sleep has left your ears You might hear footsteps running through an open meadow Don't be concerned, it will not harm you It's only me pursuing somethin' I'm not sure of Across my dreams with nets of wonder I chase the bright elusive butterfly of love You might have heard my footsteps Echo softly in the distance through the canyons of your mind I might have even called your name As I ran searching after something to believe in You might have seen me runnin' Through the long-abandoned ruins of the dreams you left behind If you remember something there That glided past you followed close by heavy breathin' Don't be concerned, it will not harm you It's only me pursuing somethin' I'm not sure of Across my dreams with nets of wonder I chase the bright elusive butterfly of love Across my dreams with nets of wonder I chase the bright elusive butterfly of love The Earth Laughs In Flowers.. Ralph Waldo Emerson | ||
| Buddie Senior Member Username: buddie Post Number: 4088 Registered: 3-2008 |
Leo Kottre I can't believe this guy The Earth Laughs In Flowers.. Ralph Waldo Emerson | ||
| Mama Shine Senior Member Username: mama_shine Post Number: 13839 Registered: 9-2006 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K437xEjY-Ic&feature=related I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~William Blake | ||
| Second Wind Senior Member Username: second_wind Post Number: 5383 Registered: 4-2007 |
The original incarnation of a famous song...... Nazz - Hello, It's Me OMG.....even though it was released in the Fall of 1968, it reminds me of the Summer of 1969. Do any of you remember the experience of the evening of attending a concert, when prior to the show, the local rock station would be playing the band's music....and part of the ritual of concert night, was listening to the artist's music on the way to the show?????? GOD, what fantastic memories......!!!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6hOO8RzN8M  "In the end, only kindness matters." | ||
| Second Wind Senior Member Username: second_wind Post Number: 5384 Registered: 4-2007 |
Memories of first trip, summer 1970......pharmaceutical grade Mescaline.... "Hope I die before I get old...." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpD45HiIf6o (No better version EVER!!!!) (Message edited by second_wind on March 03, 2011) (Message edited by second_wind on March 03, 2011) "In the end, only kindness matters." | ||
| Second Wind Senior Member Username: second_wind Post Number: 5385 Registered: 4-2007 |
Second Trip......at the movie theatre........with pharmaceutical grade Psilocybin..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmQxRj54ahU Things would never be the same...... "In the end, only kindness matters." | ||
| Second Wind Senior Member Username: second_wind Post Number: 5386 Registered: 4-2007 |
First concert ever, 1967......all by myself, stone cold sober..... Taken to show and picked up afterwards by my father..... (this clip is the closest I could come to the time period.....) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GqL94XRMvU&feature=related (Message edited by second_wind on March 03, 2011) "In the end, only kindness matters." | ||
| Found Goat Advanced Member Username: foundgoat Post Number: 205 Registered: 8-2010 |
Here are five female singers whose music I love... “Give You My Lovin'” You don't find too many female singers as fronts for Blues-Rock bands. Mazzy Star's cords grip your ears immediately. The vocalist sings with a crisp, twangy Southern style, but this isn't Country music, it's bluesy Rock, with a tinge of Folk. I recommend listening to the album, She Hangs Brightly (1990). The subtly sassy, pouty-lipped “Blue Flower" is a goodie (“Superstar in your own private movie / I wanted just a minor part"). The backwoods and shadowy “Ghost Highway" is awesome  , and makes for great playing while driving on the open road, with the windows down, on a hot summer night, and the wind in your hair. Albeit, “Give You My Lovin'” is the standout; a romantic lyric sung gorgeously, wistfully, and perfectly. For me, it conjures up the image of it being performed inside a quiet, smoky roadside bar, half-full of lonely, solitary patrons, with the singer over in the corner on a stool lazily strumming her guitar 'neath the soft lighting. If a remake of this exists by any other artist but Star, it just wouldn't be the same. For it's her uniquely-voiced, easygoing, super-sweet crooning that makes it the outstanding song that it is. Running time: 3:47. “Moorlough Shore" Caroline Lavelle plays the cello, which opens this song in hauntingly beautiful fashion. The lyric has a Celtic quality to it. It's a short love story told in verse, a folk song evocative of a misty and verdant glen. It can be heard off her album, Spirit (1995). Running time: 4:20. “This Woman's Work" Here is one of my favorite Kate Bush songs, off the album: The Sensual World (1989). It is delicately sung. Kate Bush embodies femininity like no other female singer I know of. She's my definition of an ideal woman. I love the dainty piano and the fragile vocal that evolves into powerful soul-baring. “This Woman's Work" is pretty and heart-rending; enchanting and affecting. Running time: 3:29. “Parliament Square" A far cry from the grating, pompous bellowing of Celine Dion's distasteful music is Stina Nordenstam's vocalized modesty. I was introduced to this Scandinavian songtress in having first heard her on Vangelis's 1995 Voices release (and the song: “Ask The Mountains"). I was instantly hooked. Her singing is whispery; standoffish. Aside from her collaborations, she has released a handful of solo records. Dynamite (2007) is my favorite. There is hardly any instrumentation to her music. Basically, her songs consist of her low-key guitar-playing and recognizable feathery voice. She makes you feel as if you're in the same room with her as she plays. Her underproduced sound has been described as “intimate” and “minimalistic.” Other songs of hers that I like include: “Another Story Girl,” off Memories Of A Color (1991); as well as “Winter Killing" and “Parliament Square" off The World Is Saved (2004). Running time: 4:35. “Non-Stop To Brazil" Get out the martini glasses, muddlers, green olives, '60s clothing. Welcome to the world of bossa nova, one of my favorite musical genres. Translated, bossa nova means “new beat,” and it was the film Black Orpheus (1958), it is said, where cinematically the music was first heard. The music style, often referred to as “jazz samba,” originated in Brazil, and is light, breezy, airy music that makes you feel you're on vacation, and that those who don't appreciate it often disparagingly and incorrectly refer to as “elevator music.” My two often-played bossa nova records are Bossa Nova For Lovers (2003) and The Diva Series' Astrud Gilberto (2003), here linked below. Gilberto, who entered a recording career sort of by fluke (she was an ex-housewife who was discovered) is my favorite chanteuse of all. All 21 tracks on this CD are way cool! “Agua de Beber" makes you want to break out the shakers, as you shimmy your way over to the bar in your bermudas for another pina colada. “Bim Bom" is pleasantly goofy , and inspires the kind of ridiculous dancing in one, as if for two minutes your worries and responsibilities are simply a thing of make-believe. The entire album is simulative of an overseas plane trip, aurally sending the listener to a tropical island where sunbathing on the warm, white beach and sipping cocktails is where it's at. Then there's the last track that sounds like the singer is a woman in platform shoes go-go dancing. I like Walter Wenderley's organ-playing on “So Nice (Summer Samba).” My favorite track is “Non-Stop To Brazil.” The delightful horn solo mid-way through is oh so beautiful. Running time: 2:26. http://www.amazon.com/Diva-Astrud-Gilberto/dp/B00007KKNN/ref=sr_1_5?s=music&ie=U TF8&qid=1299178870&sr=1-5 (Message edited by foundgoat on March 04, 2011) | ||
| Mama Shine Senior Member Username: mama_shine Post Number: 13841 Registered: 9-2006 |
Beautiful, FG... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiCxI_oZplQ I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~William Blake | ||
| Mama Shine Senior Member Username: mama_shine Post Number: 13844 Registered: 9-2006 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV1-SX6s718&feature=related I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~William Blake | ||
| flux Junior Member Username: flux Post Number: 72 Registered: 1-2011 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEO1-83mBAk&playnext=1&list=PLBFB8037725528743 | ||
| flux Junior Member Username: flux Post Number: 73 Registered: 1-2011 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyTGiGiXkkY | ||
| Buddie Senior Member Username: buddie Post Number: 4093 Registered: 3-2008 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7zSstHWRAs&feature=related The Earth Laughs In Flowers.. Ralph Waldo Emerson | ||
| Mama Shine Senior Member Username: mama_shine Post Number: 13847 Registered: 9-2006 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xLJZUxkGOk&NR=1 I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~William Blake |
