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I could write a thousand word blog entry here. But instead; I will just say thank you Jesus for 26 years of my Salvation in Christ. Admittedly, I do have issues with many things in the “Church World”. But I’d never trade my salvation for anything.
This song says it all:
A song that I happen to like quite a bit. It has been said that music often tells a story. Paints a picture, if you will. That being said, here is a story or picture, from a very unique perspective.
This is Resurrection Band
Lincoln’s Train
By
Resurrection Band
Passin’ through these ruins
Mr Lincoln’s train goin’ by
Spilling smoke into these bloody fields
All the people stood and cried
Our tears are the same color
We can all hold hands and mourn
But me, I’m still asking myself
Why I’m not any freer than I was before
Mr Lincoln are you free now?
Was it worth what it finally cost?
If I had somethin to believe in
I could bear this endless cross
I got no home, they sold my family
I got no job, ain’t got no vote
Them books they’re all mysteries to me
Can’t read or write, I got no hope
The train it just keeps rollin’
Cold as steel and dark as night
It don’t give me no answers, no
No, it don’t pay me no mind
And the scenery just keeps changin’
But these folks, they just stay the same
Same old fearful eyes a starin’
Askin’ me to take the blame
For their shame, for their shame
Their first hit from the first album. When they were an actual rock band, and not the freak show that they became.
All original members on this one.
This is dedicated to the memory of Doug Fieger, who died after a valiant fight with Cancer. Condolences to the Fieger Family Tonight.
Two of my personal favorites from the decade of real music….
In Light of this, I present two masters at show business singing “My Way”.
The Original:
The Best Cover Ever:
Continuing the theme from Yesterday:
I can’t believe I had to go to Google Videos to find this entire performance of what I consider to be the National Anthem of the South:
Yeah, I know this is one of their sappier songs. But, it sends a message….
This is dedicated to all of our Armed Forces fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq tonight and in the many other places that our Military is Stationed.
May we see the see the day, when there are no more goodbyes.
Lyrics:
Babe I’m leavin’
I must be on my way
The time is drawing near
My train is going
I see it in your eyes
The love, the need, your tears
But I’ll be lonely without you
And I’ll need your love to see me through
So please believe me
My heart is in your hands
And I’ll be missing you
‘Cause you know it’s you babe
Whenever I get weary
And I’ve had enough
Feel like giving up
You know it’s you babe
Givin’ me the courage
And the strength I need
Please believe that it’s true
Babe, I love you
You know it’s you babe
Whenever I get weary
And I’ve had enough
Feel like giving up
You know it’s you babe
Givin’ me the courage
And the strength I need
Please believe that it’s true
Babe, I love you
Babe, I’m leavin’
I’ll say it once again
And somehow try to smile
I know the feeling we’re tryin’ to forget
If only for a while
‘Cause I’ll be lonely without you
And I’ll need your love to see me through
Please believe me
My heart is in your hands
‘Cause I’ll be missing you
Babe, I love you
Babe, I love you
Ooo-oo-oo-oo, babe
(H/T AllahPundit)
Has a bit of an ELO feel to it, I think.
Late Lament by Graeme Edge
Breathe deep the gathering gloom,
Watch lights fade from every room.
Bedsitter people look back and lament,
Another day’s useless energy spent.
Impassioned lovers wrestle as one,
Lonely man cries for love and has none.
New mother picks up and suckles her son,
Senior citizens wish they were young.
Cold hearted orb that rules the night,
Removes the colours from our sight.
Red is grey and yellow white,
But we decide which is right.
And which is an illusion???
Seeing someone’s going to Alabama, I figured I’d give ya’ll this. While my arm mends. (and yes, it still hurts….)
This, as far as this blogger is concerned, was the best performance at the Grammy Awards:
They just do not make music like this anymore. 😀
Duke Ellington and his orchestra playing this awesome tune in 1943.
“It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)” is a 1931 composition by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Irving Mills, now accepted as a jazz standard. The music was written and arranged by Ellington in August 1931 during intermissions at Chicago’s Lincoln Tavern and was first recorded by Ellington and his orchestra for Brunswick Records (Br 6265) on February 2, 1932. Ivie Anderson sang the vocal and trombonist Joe Nanton and alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges played the instrumental solos. The title was based on the oft stated credo of Ellington’s former trumpeter Bubber Miley, who was dying of tuberculosis. The song became famous, Ellington wrote, “as the expression of a sentiment which prevailed among jazz musicians at the time.” Probably the first song to use the phrase “swing” in the title, it introduced the term into everyday language and presaged the Swing Era by three years. The Ellington band played the song continuously over the years and recorded it numerous times, most often with trumpeter Ray Nance as vocalist.
One of his hardest songs… from 1991.
This one’s for Teddy:
Such a young age…. a great loss for R & B…:
Teddy Pendergrass, who became R&B’s reigning sex symbol in the 1970s and '80s with his forceful, masculine voice and passionate love ballads and later became an inspirational figure after suffering a devastating car accident that left him paralyzed, died Wednesday at age 59.
The singer’s son, Teddy Pendergrass II, said his father died at a hospital in suburban Philadelphia. The singer underwent colon cancer surgery eight months ago and had “a difficult recovery,” his son said.
“To all his fans who loved his music, thank you,” his son said. “He will live on through his music.”
Pendergrass suffered a spinal cord injury and was paralyzed from the waist down in the 1982 car accident. He spent six months in a hospital but returned to recording the next year with the album “Love Language.”
He returned to the stage at the Live Aid concert in 1985, performing from his wheelchair.
Pendergrass later founded the Teddy Pendergrass Alliance, an organization whose mission is to encourage and help people with spinal cord injuries achieve their maximum potential in education, employment, housing, productivity and independence, according to its Web site
via Soul Singer Teddy Pendergrass Dies in Pa. at 59 – ABC News.
Thoughts and Prayer for the Pendergrass family.
One of my favorite clips from the late 1960’s. I don’t care what your politics is, this is just plain cool.
A bit of tech stuff here; it is obvious from this clip and it has been verified, that Pete Townsend’s Guitar amp was malfunctioning during this performance. It kept cutting in and out. So, he just trashed the guitar and closed the show. Jimi Hendrix saw what he did and took it even further. Needless to say Jimi’s sounded better.
Bonus Video! Here’s Jimi’s “upstaging” of Pete at the end of his performance at the same show:
Looks on the faces of the people, after Jimi destroys his guitar are absolutely priceless. 😀
Happy New Year 2010!!!
May everyone who reads this Blog have a happy…and yes, Safe New Year!
….and in that Spirit…. a new blog location! For the Other McCain… Click here to go to his NEW site!
(Edited horribly embarrassing typo! Happy New York?!?!?! Good Lord…. )
Update: Somehow, this video just fits for some reason. Consider this my New Years wish:
First of all, let me say, that the following is NOT my kind of music at all. But this fine gent contacted me and asked to put it on my blog.
Here is the press release in full:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
12/30/2009 Dallas, TX: Frausun, the old-world, experimental, gothic music project by Kurtz, has just released their first music video about spousal abuse in Muslim marriages called “Thunder in Your Veins.” The single is off of their new album “1000,” which debuted in late October.
Inspired by such musical influences as Dead Can Dance, Death in June, Peter Murphy, and David Bowie, Frausun is a one-man project representing the masculine expression of feminine energy, hence the name Frau (Woman) Sun (Male Strength). Kurtz, the sole performer of the group, is influenced by a variety of literary sources, from Kate Chopin and Keats, to Nietzsche and William S. Burroughs. The songs cover a variety of subjects from Tibetan Sky Burials and Goddess worship, to female empowerment and Alchemical love.
Kurtz was motivated to begin his project after reading a story about a woman killed in Afghanistan for being too “westernized.” Her crime was wearing lipstick.
“Thunder in Your Veins” tells the story of a woman who endures physical and mental torture at the hands of her husband, justified by his faith. Seeing no way out but death, she takes his life and walks free to help other women in their pain.
“I want my music to be a call for revolution. If just 1% of the women who saw the video and their reaction was to unite, putting knives to the throats of their abusers, then I know my work has succeeded.”
Music samples and the video can be experienced at www.frausun.com. Kurtz can also be reached at 214-883-3277 or thunderinyourveins@yahoo.com
With that, here is “Thunder in your veins”
The Allman Brothers music is like fine wine. The older it gets, the better it sounds. I happen to like these guys.
Listen to what I consider to be, one of their better hits:
It is a bit rough, But here is Jimi doing some Holiday Standards. See if you can pick them out.
One of my favorite tunes and one of my favorite versions of it.
Enjoy…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEiyGgWt6no