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My first introduction to Ten Years After following Alvin's Woodstock appearance.
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All those "modern music enthusiasts who think their Ryan Seacrest/Simon Cowell American Idol bullshitters are worth a flying f#*k in your Bieber fantasy worlds-THIS is #$#@' butt pumpin', jive ass kick ass rock 'n' roll and how it was meant to be played. rap is shit, hip-hop is shit, and all the phony BS artists lined up from here to the sun cannot touch this real music if their lives depended on it. Listen to Jagger blow harp on "Midnight Rambler." Then kiss my retro butt.
I just could not help but smile when I saw this, but its true. There are some youngsters that make good music, but rap and hip hop will never be. This is music for the ages. Pour yourself a nice glass of red wine. Put on the headphones, close your eyes and enjoy....
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My life: Billy Joel: 1978
My Life is a song with attitude and I love the classics which demonstrate attitude. This video is rare and is a classic!!
“The song begins with drums and electric bass, followed by a keyboard riff. The riff is also used as a fill between verse and chorus sections and is also played at the end. The section order is intro-verse-fill-chorus-bridge-v-f-c-b-solo-c-outro.”[1]
Chicago members Peter Cetera and Donnie Dacus performed the backing vocals and sang along with Billy Joel during the bridge and in the outro ("Keep it to yourself, it's my life")."
“Got a call from an old friend
We used to be real close
Said he couldn't go on the American way
Closed the shop, sold the house
Bought a ticket to the West Coast
Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L.A.
I don't need you to worry for me cause I'm alright
I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home
I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life
Go ahead with your own life, leave me alone
I never said you had to offer me a second chance
(I never said you had to)
I never said I was a victim of circumstance
(I never said)
I still belong, don't get me wrong
You can speak your mind
But not on my time
They will tell you, you can't sleep alone in a strange place
Then they'll tell you, you can't sleep with somebody else
Ah, but sooner or later you sleep in your own space
Either way it's okay to wake up with yourself
I don't need you to worry for me cause I'm alright
I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home
I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life
Go ahead with your own life, leave me alone
I never said you had to offer me a second chance
(I never said you had to)
I never said I was a victim of circumstance
(Of cirumstance)
I still belong, don't get me wrong
You can speak your mind
But not on my time
I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life
Go ahead with your own life, leave me alone
(Keep it to yourself, it's my life)”
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[1]Vide: Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Life_(Billy_Joel_song). Accessed:14 April 2013
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gg“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." Winston Churchill
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Nobody told me there'd be days like these: John Lennon: 1980
This song was released after John Lennon’s death. He started work on it but didn’t live to see it released. Yoko Ono finished this song and released it in the early 80’s..
Nobody told ME that there would be days just like today!!
“The line "Nobody told me there'd be days like these..." is in contrast to the old adage "My mother told me there'd be days like this.”[1]
“Everybody's talking and no one says a word
Everybody's making love and no one really cares
There's Nazis in the bathroom just below the stairs
Always something happening and nothing going on
There's always something cooking and nothing in the pot
They're starving back in China so finish what you got
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Strange days indeed -- strange days indeed
Everybody's runnin' and no one makes a move
Everyone's a winner and nothing left to lose
There's a little yellow idol to the north of Katmandu
Everybody's flying and no one leaves the ground
Everybody's crying and no one makes a sound
There's a place for us in the movies you just gotta lay around
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Strange days indeed -- most peculiar, mama
Everybody's smoking and no one's getting high
Everybody's flying and never touch the sky
There's a UFO over New York and I ain't too surprised
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Strange days indeed -- most peculiar, mama.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobody_Told_Me
[1] Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobody_Told_Me: Accessed 16 April 2013
“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." Winston Churchill
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“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." Winston Churchill
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“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." Winston Churchill
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Spanish Guitar La Malaguena
I have always been fascinated by Spanish music. Not only Flamenco, but classical as well as romantic Spanish guitar. This lady gives a very good rendition of La Malaguena.
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Marvellous guitar technique.
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WikipediaAndrés Segovia Torres, 1st Marquis of Salobreña (pronounced: [anˈdɾes seˈɣoβja ˈtores]) (21 February 1893 – 2 June 1987),[1] known as Andrés Segovia, was a virtuoso Spanish classical guitarist from Linares, Jaén, Andalucia, Spain. He is the father of modern classical guitar. Practically all professional classical guitarists today are students of Segovia, or students of his students.[2][3]
Segovia's contribution to the modern-romantic repertoire not only included commissions but also his own transcriptions of classical or baroque works. He is remembered for his expressive performances: his wide palette of tone, and his distinctive musical personality, phrasing and style.
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Fleetwood Mac: Go your own way: 1976
“Loving you
Isn't the right thing to do
How can I
Ever change things that I feel?
If I could
Maybe I'd give you my world
How can I
When you won't take it from me?
You can go your own way!
Go your own way
You can call it another lonely day
Another Lonely day
You can go your own way!
Go your own way
Tell me why
Everything turned around?
Packing up
Shacking up's all you wanna do
If I could
Baby I'd give you my world
Open up
Everything's waiting for you
You can go your own way!
Go your own way
You can call it another lonely day
Another Lonely day
You can go your own way!
Go your own way
You can go your own way!
Go your own way
You can call it another lonely day
Another lonely day
You can go your own way!
Go your own way
You can call it another lonely day
You can go your own way
You can call it another lonely day
You can go your own way
Go your own way.”“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." Winston Churchill
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99 Red Balloons: Nena: English Version: 1984
Ever experienced a song that really made you wonder? I sure have! 99 Red Balloons is just one of them.
“Everyone's a superhero. Everyone's a Captain Kirk," stood out for me. Captain Kirk was big in the 80’s so if everyone wanted to be a ‘Captain Kirk,’ well that said a lot!
This wasn’t a shy chick! Not sure if she was making a fashion statement, or having hair under her arms was just her thing but here she is!
“99 Luftballons (German for "99 toy balloons", literally meaning "99 air balloons") is the third album by German pop band Nena, released in 1984. It is composed of tracks from their two previous albums Nena and ? (Fragezeichen). It was also their first album that released in the United States, and also the first with English language lyrics. The album was a moderate success in America.”[1]
“You and I in a little toy shop
Buy a bag of balloons with the money we've got.
Set them free at the break of dawn
'Til one by one, they were gone.
Back at base, bugs in the software
Flash the message, Something's out there.
Floating in the summer sky.
Ninety nine red balloons go by.
Ninety nine red balloons.
Floating in the summer sky.
Panic bells, it's red alert.
There's something here from somewhere else.
The war machine springs to life.
Opens up one eager eye.
Focusing it on the sky.
Where ninety nine red balloons go by.
Ninety nine Decision Street.
Ninety nine ministers meet.
To worry, worry, super-scurry.
Call the troops out in a hurry.
This is what we've waited for.
This is it boys, this is war.
The president is on the line
As ninety nine red balloons go by.
Ninety nine Knights of the air
Ride super-high-tech jet fighters
Everyone's a superhero.
Everyone's a Captain Kirk.
With orders to identify.
To clarify and classify.
Scramble in the summer sky.
As ninety nine red balloons go by.
Ninety nine dreams I have had.
In every one a red balloon.
It's all over and I'm standing pretty.
In this dust that was a city.
If I could find a souvenir.
Just to prove the world was here.
And here is a red balloon
I think of you and let it go.”
[1]Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Luftballons_(album). Accessed 20 April 2013
“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." Winston Churchill
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John Lennon: Stand by me: 1975
There have been more than 300 versions of this song. John Lennon’s version is the most meaningful for me..
“When the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we see
No, I won't be afraid
No, I won't be afraid
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
And darling, darling, stand by me
Oh, now, now, stand by me
Stand by me, stand by me
If the sky that we look upon
Should tumble and fall
And the mountain should crumble to the sea
I won't cry, I won't cry
No, I won't shed a tear
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
And darling, darling stand by me
Oh, stand by me, stand by me
Stand by me, stand by me, yeah
Whenever you're in trouble
Won't you stand by me?
Oh, now, now, stand by me
Oh, stand by me, stand by me, stand by me
Darling, darling, stand by me
Stand by me, oh, stand by me
Stand by me, stand by me”“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." Winston Churchill
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Cat Stevens
18th Avenue
Well I rode a while, for a mile or so
Down the road to the eighteenth avenue
And the people I saw were the people I know
And they all came down to take a view
Oh the path was dark and borderless
Down the road to the eighteenth avenue
And it stung my tongue to repeat the words
That I used to use only yesterday
Meanings just dropped to the ground
I tried to remember what I thought
And what I used to say
Don’t let me go down no don’t let me go
Oh my hands were tied as I struggled inside
The empty waste of another day
Memories were blank to my eyes
The fire and the glory of that night
Seemed safely locked away
Too hungry to rise. too hungry to
Well I rode a while, for a mile or so
Down the road to the eighteenth avenue
And the people I saw were the people I know
And they all came down to take a view
Oh the path was dark and borderless
Down the road to the eighteenth avenue
But my head felt better as I turned the car
And the airport slowly came to view
One mile said the sign
Checked my bags and made it straight to end gate 22
Made it just in time, boy you’ve made it just in timeIt is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. – Charles DarwinComment
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Stand by me. One of my favourites. It speaks to me about courage, friendship and perseverance. Nice to play and sing along too.
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