The End of the Imperial Presidency By ceding control over the government’s pandemic response, ...

FearlessFly comments on May 2, 2020:

Trump has demonstrated his ongoing 'skill' at 'passing the buck', I suspect his base thinks that is a good thing.

AP Exclusive: Harassment, assault absent in Biden complaint

FearlessFly comments on May 2, 2020:

There always has been/will be questionable allegations, that always has/will cause problems.

I've lived in Europe and North and South America.

FearlessFly comments on May 2, 2020:

I think it would be helpful if you listed your source(s).

Time for another favorite pop song: Midnight Blue Lou Gramm and Foreigner [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on May 2, 2020:

It was the lead-off single from Gramm's debut album, Ready or Not, released in February 1987. Bret Adams has described "Midnight Blue" as "a terrific pop/rock song" on AllMusic. He has claimed that "despite its hit status, it's one of the decade's truly underappreciated singles". Stephen Thomas Erlewine, while reviewing the Foreigner retrospective collection Jukebox Heroes: The Foreigner Anthology (2000), has called the song "the last great single of the album-rock era".

David Axelrod confirms Obama fully vetted Biden and there is no record of any sexual assault or ...

FearlessFly comments on May 2, 2020:

Freudian slip ? I think you meant "Obama fully vetted Biden" :O

Pentagon confirms 3 videos showing "unidentified aerial phenomena"

FearlessFly comments on May 2, 2020:

. . . in terms of hypotheticals, yours is very far-fetched. :O :P

Does anyone know of anyone that converted to Christianity because of its wonderful teachings.

FearlessFly comments on May 2, 2020:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Collins

Crosby stills Nash and young Ohio

FearlessFly comments on May 2, 2020:

Young and Crosby were staying at a house near San Francisco when reports of the Kent State shootings arrived, inspiring Young to write the protest song "Ohio". Recorded and rush-released weeks later with the new rhythm section. The song, "Ohio", was written in response to the deaths of four students at Kent State University. The students were shot by Ohio National Guardsmen during an anti-war protest on the campus in May 1970.

[youtu.be] Cream live from 1968

FearlessFly comments on May 2, 2020:

"Crossroads" is a song by Cream, a rework of Robert Johnson's "Cross Road Blues".

Amy Winehouse and the Rolling Stones Ain't too proud to beg [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on May 2, 2020:

(from faroutmagazine.co.uk) That stage was the illustrious main stage of the Isle of Wight festival. A mainstay of the festival circuit since 1969 it’s almost been around as long as the Rolling Stones. Almost. In 2007 the two icons of rock and roll met as The Rolling Stones took the ferry (more likely a helicopter) to the muddy fields of Newport to deliver an emphatic headlining performance.

Chris Rea.

FearlessFly comments on May 2, 2020:

Good one.

Neil Young - Like A Hurricane.

FearlessFly comments on May 2, 2020:

There is a story that Young wrote the song in July 1975 with the help of his friend and La Honda neighbor Taylor Phelps in the back of his DeSoto Suburban, during a time when Young was unable to sing because of an operation on his vocal cords. The real origin is unknown but the song was sung by Young with Crosby, Stills, and Nash at the Fillmore East in 1970. The song was a part of a radio broadcast.

Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on May 2, 2020:

"Shooting Stars" is a song by Australian electronic duo Bag Raiders. The song was originally featured on the band's EP, Turbo Love, in 2008. In an interview with The Sydney Morning Herald, Jack Glass, a member of the band, said that the single inspired him to create their self-titled album, claiming that "people loved Shooting Stars so much and we liked that direction of songwriting and developing a pop sensibility ourselves, too." Glass also said that the band also played half of the song in clubs before the band had realized that "people liked it and wanted to hear the whole thing."

Cortez the Killer - Neal Young [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on May 2, 2020:

"Cortez the Killer" is a song by Neil Young from his 1975 album, Zuma. It was recorded with the band Crazy Horse. Young has stated in concert that he wrote the song while studying history in high school in Winnipeg. According to Young's notes for the album Decade, the song was banned in Spain under Francisco Franco. According to El País and book author Xavier Valiño, the album Zuma was released in Spain in full following Franco's death, with the song renamed to the less inflammatory title "Cortez."

JOHNNY RIVERS - THE POOR SIDE OF TOWN .

FearlessFly comments on May 1, 2020:

It was a very important record for Johnny Rivers and represented a change from the musical style (characterized by a Go Go sound) that provided him with his early hits and acclaim. With "Poor Side of Town", Rivers moved into the pop-soul style. The melody is a soulful version of California-based pop, with some strong folk elements as well. Marty Paich provided the song's string arrangement. There are two versions of the song. The single edit version fades out earlier, in order to avoid repetition, due to its length, following the repeated lyric line: "Oh with you by my side". The longer version goes on, finishing up the verse, and following the repeated guitar riff, repeats the sung introduction of the scatting, before the song fades out.

I really like this live version of Lonly old Night by John Mellenkamp [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on May 1, 2020:

. . . didn't know that -- loved Hud and all PN movies :)

I really like this live version of Lonly old Night by John Mellenkamp [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on May 1, 2020:

The title of "Lonely Ol' Night" was inspired by a scene in the 1963 film Hud starring Paul Newman, based on a book by Larry McMurtry. Mellencamp had seen the film many times as a young man, and its portrayal of Newman's character's strained relationship with his father affected Mellencamp deeply, inspiring many of his song ideas.

Please don't give up on humanity. [youtube.com] You'll end up like this. [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on May 1, 2020:

Love Carlin as a comedian (especially the anti-religion and anti bullshit), but his opinion on other stuff carries little weight IMO. :P

This was just put out, redone, the other day. [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on May 1, 2020:

"Rainbow Connection" is a song from the 1979 film The Muppet Movie, with music and lyrics written by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher. The song was performed by Kermit the Frog (Jim Henson) in the film. "Rainbow Connection" Williams and Ascher received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song at the 52nd Academy Awards.

Go dude!!!!!! [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on May 1, 2020:

. . . a young talent.

There are many free operas being streamed on line during this lockdown.

FearlessFly comments on May 1, 2020:

I think good drama is ' the willing suspension of disbelief'. For that reason (when do people ordinarily 'break-out is song ? ), musicals and operas don't ordinarily qualify. Cabaret (all singing was in the cabaret) is one counter-example.

At this time many folks have the same thought, ‘when will life return to normal’ but your normal...

FearlessFly comments on May 1, 2020:

"Normal" is not much-of anything that I typically aspire to :P

LINK: US CITIZENS Spouses and CHILDREN being denied STIMULUS check.

FearlessFly comments on May 1, 2020:

PBS Newshour has a piece about this from last night . . . https://youtu.be/w5QfJ0QiytM?t=1238

Biden releases great political ad. [politicalflare.com] "[twitter.com]"

FearlessFly comments on May 1, 2020:

A very good ad -- from someone who studiously tries to avoid them. It will be interesting to see how the DJT campaign tries to counter it. :O

Karma is a bitch

FearlessFly comments on May 1, 2020:

"Drive your karma, curb your dogma" -- Swami Beyondananda

Galileo's Lessons for Living and Working Through a Plague.

FearlessFly comments on May 1, 2020:

"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it" https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Santayana

Black (Colin Vearncombe) - Wonderful Life.

FearlessFly comments on May 1, 2020:

Black, who wrote the song while broke, commented: "I was really being ironic... Most people took it at face value." The song was described by AllMusic as a "seductive, bittersweet ballad". The Daily Telegraph said, "Its oddly uplifting lyrics... combined with Black's melancholy croon created, as one critic observed, 'luxuriantly melodic pop that sounds something like a male version of Sade'."

[youtu.be] David Bowie Drive-In Saturday

FearlessFly comments on May 1, 2020:

Heavily influenced by 1950s doo-wop, "Drive-In Saturday" describes how the inhabitants of a post-apocalyptic world in the future (Bowie once said the year was 2033)[3] have forgotten how to make love, and need to watch old porn films to see how it's done. The narrative has been cited as an example of Bowie's "futuristic nostalgia", where the story is told from the perspective of an inhabitant of the future looking back in time.

Tom Waits.

FearlessFly comments on May 1, 2020:

The song takes its name from Hollywood and Vine in Hollywood. It refers to locations and details of Los Angeles (for example, Cahuenga is a street, and the local bus system was formerly known as the RTD). The song was covered by Screamin' Jay Hawkins and featured in the Levi's commercial "Procession" directed by Michael Haussman. Waits sued in European court over this use of his music and won.

"There's not even room enough, for me to be anywhere" Not Dark Yet - Dylan [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on May 1, 2020:

"Not Dark Yet" is a song by Bob Dylan, recorded in January 1997 and released in September that year on his album Time Out of Mind. It was the first single from the album. "Not Dark Yet" subsequently featured on the Wonder Boys soundtrack. The song also appeared on the album The Passion of the Christ: Songs Inspired by The Passion of the Christ. The song, in its entirety, can be heard during the closing credits of the 2017 film Last Flag Flying.

Suzanne Vega - In Liverpool Some tracks hold very special meanings.

FearlessFly comments on May 1, 2020:

(from musicomh.com) "When I wrote the song In Liverpool I was dating someone from London who said I shouldn’t be writing about Liverpool. I was like, ‘What do you know?’ He said, ‘They don’t want you writing about them.’ He was completely wrong, because now when I sing in Liverpool I get lines of people queuing to hear that song. Considering In Liverpool is a weirdly upbeat-sounding song about insanity and loneliness, this is faintly alarming, but maybe it really is grim up north."

The Schizophrenic World Of Quantum Interpretations.

FearlessFly comments on May 1, 2020:

. . . "Does it seem reasonable that you can alter a quantum system just by looking at it?" Opening the (Schrödinger) box is significantly more that simply 'looking at it'

Not Dark Yet - Dylan "There's not even room enough, for me to be anywhere" [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 30, 2020:

"Not Dark Yet" is a song by Bob Dylan, recorded in January 1997 and released in September that year on his album Time Out of Mind. It was the first single from the album. "Not Dark Yet" subsequently featured on the Wonder Boys soundtrack. The song also appeared on the album The Passion of the Christ: Songs Inspired by The Passion of the Christ. The song, in its entirety, can be heard during the closing credits of the 2017 film Last Flag Flying.

Neat Beats - Turning on the Large Hadron Collider ://youtu.be/nP-B3OSrJSE

FearlessFly comments on Apr 30, 2020:

(from kcr.sdsu.edu) Neat beats is a San Francisco group consisting of Alvin Fenner and Ryan Haynes, with three releases so far under their belt. Of those three Cosmic Surgery is the group’s first full length album and came out in September of 2011. Neat beats draws upon a wide variety of sounds and styles, citing groups such as Blockhead, Aphex Twin, Philip Glass, and Miles Davis as their influences. Although the combination of these and some of their other influences may seem like it’d only result in a sonic hodge podge, neat beats is able to adeptly to take these sometimes disparate sounds and mold them into something beautiful and unique.

Heard the Queen promoted Captain Tom to Colonel. Why oh why didn't she make it Major?

FearlessFly comments on Apr 30, 2020:

"Space Oddity" is a song written and recorded by English singer-songwriter David Bowie. It was first released as a 7-inch single on 11 July 1969 before appearing as the opening track of his second studio album, David Bowie. It became one of Bowie's signature songs and one of four of his songs to be included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. Inspired by Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), the song is about the launch of Major Tom, a fictional astronaut, and was released during a period of great interest in space flight. The United States' Apollo 11 mission would launch five days later and would become the first manned moon landing another five days after that

Frank Zappa - Montana [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 30, 2020:

"Montana" is a song composed by Frank Zappa for his 1973 LP Over-Nite Sensation. The last track on the album is one of Zappa's most famous and renowned compositions. It features backing vocals by Tina Turner and the Ikettes throughout the entire track, notably on the middle and ending sections. The structure of "Montana" is intro-verses-chorus-solo-middle section-verses-outro. The lyrics, sung by Zappa in a humorous manner, talk about a person who decides to go to Montana to grow "a crop of dental floss," mounting a pony named "Mighty Little." He dreams to become a "dental floss tycoon," by commercializing it. The verses are filled with pseudo-ranch pronunciation and are intended to be very lighthearted.

Biden camp allows Sanders to keep delegates - giving his platform more sway at conventions.

FearlessFly comments on Apr 30, 2020:

Let's hope those Sanders supporters get their say at the convention and encourage Sanders supporters to get-out-and-vote for Biden in November. !

It’s bedtime again and so here is tonight’s last posting.

FearlessFly comments on Apr 30, 2020:

It was written by George Harrison and is one of his best-known compositions for the Beatles. Harrison wrote the song in early 1969 at the country house of his friend Eric Clapton, where Harrison had chosen to play truant for the day to avoid attending a meeting at the Beatles' Apple Corps organisation. The lyrics reflect his relief at the arrival of spring and the temporary respite he was experiencing from the band's business affairs.

Japanese island suffering second wave of coronavirus after lifting lockdown too early

FearlessFly comments on Apr 30, 2020:

The article doesn't give any explantion why there was a resurgence -- was there not enough testing or ?

The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 30, 2020:

It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and featured on the 1969 album of the same name. It was released as a single in Japan in February 1970. Ian Stewart plays piano on this track (his only appearance on the album) while Bill Wyman plays autoharp. The lyrics include a number of drug and sexual references, including an invitation for "coke and sympathy," a reference to a "junkie nurse" and Jagger's suggestions that we all need someone to "bleed on," "cream on" and "cum on" them. However, to Allmusic critic Richie Unterberger, the song is mainly about "emotional dependency," with Jagger willing to accept a partner who wants to lean "on him for emotional support."

Welcome back to the 70s!!! 🤩

FearlessFly comments on Apr 30, 2020:

"Anyone who remembers the 60s probably wasn't there" -- Robin Williams

Willie, with his sons, visits Stephen Colbert via stay at home. [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 30, 2020:

"Hello Walls" is an American country music song written by Willie Nelson and first recorded by Faron Young. It became a massive hit in 1961. In 1996, Nelson recorded a rock version of the song with the band The Reverend Horton Heat for the album Twisted Willie. In popular culture Willie Nelson's version made an appearance on NBC's Parks and Recreation when character Ron Swanson was shown to be listening to the song instead of listening to his subordinates' workplace complaints. "Hello Walls" makes a brief appearance in the Dale Earnhardt biopic, "3."

Cat Stevens Morning has Broken 1971 - YouTube

FearlessFly comments on Apr 30, 2020:

"Morning Has Broken" is a Christian hymn first published in 1931. It has words by English author Eleanor Farjeon and was inspired by the village of Alfriston in East Sussex, then set to a traditional Scottish Gaelic tune, "Bunessan". It is often sung in children's services and in funeral services. English pop musician and folk singer Cat Stevens included a version on his album Teaser and the Firecat (1971). The song became identified with Stevens due to the popularity of this recording.

[youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 29, 2020:

"My Maria" is a song co-written by B. W. Stevenson and Daniel Moore. Stevenson released "My Maria" as a single in August 1973. The guitar portion of the track was played by Larry Carlton. A cover version by Brooks & Dunn reached number 1 on the US country music chart and won the 1997 Grammy for Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.

Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 29, 2020:

"A Whiter Shade of Pale" is the debut single by the British rock band Procol Harum, released 12 May 1967. With its Bach-derived instrumental melody, soulful vocals, and unusual lyrics – by the song's co-authors Gary Brooker, Keith Reid[6] and Matthew Fisher – "A Whiter Shade of Pale" reached number 1 in many countries when released in 1967. In the years since, it has become an enduring classic. Claes Johansen, in his book Procol Harum: Beyond the Pale, suggests that the song "deals in metaphorical form with a male/female relationship which after some negotiation ends in a sexual act".

Time for bed again...and tonight I’m posting Avalon by Roxy Music. [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 29, 2020:

The song's distinctive backing vocals were performed by Haitian singer Yanick Etienne, whom Bryan Ferry encountered during the recording of the album. He heard her in the adjacent studio and invited her to contribute backing vocals to the recording. The song's music video was directed by Howard Guard and features the English actress Sophie Ward, daughter of actor Simon Ward. It was filmed in Mentmore Towers country house.

Sorry this may be a bit long, but it kind of needs to be to make my points.

FearlessFly comments on Apr 29, 2020:

I have been mildly suprised in the past when folks choose to label Zep as metal. I can see why that might be chosen, but I think of it as hard Rock.

Barbra Streisand paid 'tribute' to the Covidiot-in-chief, Donald Trump, with her new hit, :"Don't ...

FearlessFly comments on Apr 29, 2020:

"Don't Lie to Me" is the lead single from the 2018 Barbra Streisand album Walls, notably critical of the Trump administration. Don't Lie To Me is the album's first single. It was inspired by a road trip when Streisand was listening to the radio and becoming disgusted by the content of the news. She originally wanted to create a subtle song, but ended up writing "Bombastic" lyrics. The song, written by Streisand, John Shanks, Jonas Myrin and Jay Landers, is "grand, lush and heavily orchestrated". Billboard described it as an "impassioned, dramatic ballad with pointed barbs". The piece has a "bombastic string-laden backing".

How would you feel if someone gave you unsolicited advice about your appearance?

FearlessFly comments on Apr 29, 2020:

(not my philosophy) On a T-shirt : Beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder :O :P

The Kinks - Celluloid Heroes.

FearlessFly comments on Apr 29, 2020:

"Celluloid Heroes" is a song performed by The Kinks and written by their lead vocalist and principal songwriter, Ray Davies. It debuted on their 1972 album Everybody's in Show-Biz.

[youtu.

FearlessFly comments on Apr 29, 2020:

"Rhythm of My Heart" is a rock song written by Marc Jordan and John Capek which Dutch rock and roll artist René Shuman included on his 1986 debut album René Shuman. In 1991 Rod Stewart recorded the song for his album Vagabond Heart with production by Trevor Horn. It is the album's opening track and was released as its first single.

Chubby Checker - Let's Twist Again (lyrics) - YouTube

FearlessFly comments on Apr 29, 2020:

"Let's Twist Again" is a song written by Kal Mann and Dave Appell, and released as a single by Chubby Checker.

This seems like a good song to end the night. [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 28, 2020:

"Red House" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and one of the first songs recorded in 1966 by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. It has the musical form of a conventional twelve-bar blues and features Hendrix's guitar playing. He developed the song prior to forming the Experience and was inspired by earlier blues songs.

Can’t Take My Eyes Off You.

FearlessFly comments on Apr 28, 2020:

Bob Gaudio, an original member of the Four Seasons, refers to “Eyes” today as “the one that almost got away” until Windsor Ontario radio station CKLW-AM intervened. In 1967, the record's producers urged Paul Drew, program director at the legendary station, to consider the tune for rotation. For much of the ’60s and ’70s, CKLW was credited with launching hit records via its powerful signal, which emanated from Windsor. The Valli version was also used by NASA as a wake-up song on the STS-126 Space Shuttle mission, to celebrate the anniversary of astronaut Christopher Ferguson, one of the mission's crew members.

Democrats Kick Bernie Off New York Ballot - YouTube

FearlessFly comments on Apr 28, 2020:

I see no reason why the Democratic party shouldn't get to decide who the candidate(s) belong on the ballot in the Democratic party. If Bernie wan't to be on the ballot in NY, he can do that in a different party.

This is why Jesus will always be a superhero. [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 28, 2020:

The song tells in eight verses what Jesus preached in his time, especially about the rich and the poor, and that he was killed by different groups who rejected his preaching ("they laid Jesus Christ in his grave"). The ninth verse says that Jesus would have been killed by modern capitalist society just as he was in his own time. The song was partially sung and played on the piano by the Guthrie character in the 1976 biographical film Bound For Glory, set to the same tune as the folk ballad "Jesse James"

Seasonal music by FFRF.

FearlessFly comments on Apr 28, 2020:

One Sweet Morning has a duration of roughly 28 minutes and is composed in four movements: A Song on the End of the World Patroclus War South of the Great Wall One Sweet Morning The first movement is set to the poem "A Song on the End of the World" by the Polish poet Czesław Miłosz. The second movement is set to a portion of Homer's Iliad detailing a massacre led by the Greek prince Patroclus. The third movement is set to the poem "War South of the Great Wall" by the 8th-century poet Li Po. The fourth and final movement is set to the eponymous anti-war poem "One Sweet Morning" by the American lyricist and poet E. Y. "Yip" Harburg.

What would you create in collaboration with a machine that dreams?

FearlessFly comments on Apr 28, 2020:

I would create a 'tool' to enable lucid dreaming.

Little Feat - Willin' [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 28, 2020:

Willin' is a song written by Lowell George before he had formed his band, Little Feat. They released it on their 1971 Little Feat album. The band then re-recorded the song at a slower tempo to much greater success on their 1972 Sailin' Shoes album. The song tells a story of a truck driver traveling from Tucson to Tucumcari; Tehachapi to Tonopah and became a trucker anthem. (It's not known whether the lyrics, " . . . from Tucson to Tucumcari . . . " were inspired by the same line as spoken by the character "Turk", about halfway through the 1961 Sam Peckinpah film, "The Deadly Companions".) When Frank Zappa heard George sing a demo of "Willin'" as a Mothers of Invention song, he suggested that the guitarist form a band.

Santana, India Arie and Yo Yo Ma. While My Guitar: [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 28, 2020:

(from georgeharrison.com) To celebrate Carlos Santana‘s brand new album, Guitar Heaven…The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time, Clive Davis and Santana hosted a private VIP listening event at Vanity Nightclub in Las Vegas. The album, due Sept 21st, has Santana taking on iconic songs with the help of world-class collaborators including Rob Thomas, Nas, India.Arie, Gavin Rossdale, Chris Daughtry, Scott Stapp and others. The first single from the album is a stirring rendition of George Harrison’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” featuring India.Arie and Yo-Yo Ma. Celebrities at the event included album collaborators Arie, Rossdale and Daughtry, Olivia Harrison, NBA great Bill Walton, Mary Wilson of the Supremes, and Santana band members.

I've been a huge aviation nerd since I was a little kid.

FearlessFly comments on Apr 28, 2020:

. . . very interesting.

Does theoretical physics prove we are infinite beings?

FearlessFly comments on Apr 28, 2020:

Although science can disprove some things, apart from math, science has/can never prove anything -- there is always some doubt/error bars/new idea(s).

Benny Goodman - Sing, Sing, Sing [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 28, 2020:

"Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" is a 1936 song, with music and lyrics by Louis Prima, who first recorded it with the New Orleans Gang. On July 6, 1937, "Sing, Sing, Sing" was recorded in Hollywood with Benny Goodman on clarinet; Harry James, Ziggy Elman, and Chris Griffin on trumpets; Red Ballard and Murray McEachern on trombones; Hymie Schertzer and George Koenig on alto saxophones; Art Rollini and Vido Musso on tenor saxophone; Jess Stacy on piano; Allan Reuss on guitar; Harry Goodman on bass; and Gene Krupa on drums. The song was arranged by Jimmy Mundy.

Hello folks.

FearlessFly comments on Apr 28, 2020:

The official Waterboys website's Frequently Asked Questions clarifies that Scott has said that the song's subject is "a composite of many people", including C. S. Lewis, but explicitly states that it is not about Prince.

I'd like to thank everyone who participated in Trivia Night.

FearlessFly comments on Apr 27, 2020:

PM ? Are issues/alternative/transparency being avoided ?

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS STACEY ABRAMS' PUBLIC PRESSURE ON BIDEN?

FearlessFly comments on Apr 27, 2020:

I see no reason why someone should not publicly 'campaign' for the position -- no idea if it helps.

Name one or two of your favorite albums.

FearlessFly comments on Apr 27, 2020:

. . . too voluminous to enumerate . . . :O :P

Matchbox Twenty - These Hard Times [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 27, 2020:

"These Hard Times" is the second single (worldwide except Australia) from rock band Matchbox Twenty's first compilation album Exile on Mainstream (2007). The video features the band playing in the street in front of what appears to be a warehouse. Many people pass by as if nothing is happening. Near the end of the song, several colored balloons come out of a gutter and the warehouse's doors open, letting more and more balloons out. All the people seen in the video stop and look upwards to the balloons. The video ends when the band stops playing and stares at the balloons as well.

Baby Huey - Hard Times [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 27, 2020:

Several songs from The Baby Huey Story, including "Hard Times", "Listen to Me", and "Mighty Mighty Children", have been frequently sampled by hip hop producers since the 1980s. "Hard Times" alone has been sampled by dozens of artists, including Chill Rob G ("Ride The Rhythm", Ride the Rhythm (1989)), Ice Cube ("The Birth", Death Certificate), A Tribe Called Quest ("Can I Kick It? (Spirit Mix)", People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm), Ghostface Killah ("Buck 50", Supreme Clientele), and others. John Legend and The Roots covered "Hard Times" for their 2010 album Wake Up!

Ryan Bingham - Hard Times [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 27, 2020:

Ryan Bingham (born George Ryan Bingham on March 31, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter, whose music spans multiple genres. He is currently based in Los Angeles, California.

Tyler Childers - Hard Times [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 27, 2020:

Timothy Tyler Childers (born June 21, 1991) is an American singer and songwriter. His music is a mix of country, bluegrass and folk.

Eagles -Take it Easy - One of My Faves

FearlessFly comments on Apr 27, 2020:

"Take It Easy" is a song written by Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey, and recorded by the Eagles with Frey singing lead vocals. It was the band's first single, released on May 1, 1972.

Hi Everyone! I am going to be setting up a Zoom room for the following groups.

FearlessFly comments on Apr 27, 2020:

Considering all the issues Zoom has had with privacy, why not try something else ? (gratis, open source/libre, end-to-end encrypted, works in browser -- no installation required) https://jitsi.org/jitsi-meet/

Brave Browser an alternative claimed to be more private and six times faster than Chrome.

FearlessFly comments on Apr 27, 2020:

I regularly use Tor,Opera,Firefox. I occasionally use Brave and Vivaldi. https://www.slant.co/versus/5227/16094/~opera_vs_brave

If you are an American, what responsibility do you have for your fellow citizen and where does that ...

FearlessFly comments on Apr 27, 2020:

Freedom isn't free.

Let's let the Satanic Temple and Project Blitz fight against each other! That should be fun! 😁 ...

FearlessFly comments on Apr 27, 2020:

Here in MN, TST has had success in keeping religious icons from public spaces by insisting that government also allow their icons in the same spaces. (from the Insider article) Followers of the Satanic Temple does not worship Satan. According to its website, at its core, the Satanic Temple seeks "to encourage benevolence and empathy among all people, reject tyrannical authority, advocate practical common sense and justice, and be directed by the human conscience to undertake noble pursuits guided by the individual will."

Easy Star All-Stars "Dub Side of The Moon" (full album) [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 27, 2020:

Dub Side of the Moon is a dub reggae tribute to the 1973 Pink Floyd album, The Dark Side of the Moon, co-produced by Easy Star All-Stars founders Michael G (Michael Goldwasser) and Ticklah (Victor Axelrod).

United Auto Workers endorses Biden [detroitnews.com]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 26, 2020:

Not-at-all surprising, but good news for Biden. :)

Brave Browser an alternative claimed to be more private and six times faster than Chrome.

FearlessFly comments on Apr 26, 2020:

I regularly use Tor,Opera,Firefox. I occasionally use Brave and Vivaldi. https://www.slant.co/versus/5227/16094/~opera_vs_brave

This explains A LOT in my world [medicalxpress.com]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 26, 2020:

whaddayou sayin', you don't dance ? :O :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGI2d31M7Ns

For any of you that may not have watched the show and are interested, The Atheist Experience is ...

FearlessFly comments on Apr 26, 2020:

. . . you couldn't bother to post a link ?

Percy Sledge died at 93 When aa Maan loves a Woman [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 26, 2020:

"When a Man Loves a Woman" is a song written by Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright and first recorded by Percy Sledge in 1966 at Norala Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama. The sidemen for the recording included Spooner Oldham, Farfisa organ; Marlin Greene, guitar; Albert "Junior" Lowe, electric bass and Roger Hawkins, drums. Andrew Wright and Calvin Lewis did not play on the record.

The Steeldrivers (Chris Stapleton) - If It Hadn't Been For Love Story of all our lives, huh?

FearlessFly comments on Apr 26, 2020:

video unavailable, try this one : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAxEJ67MIH4

Metallica - Whiskey In The Jar ://youtu.be/boanuwUMNNQ

FearlessFly comments on Apr 26, 2020:

"Whiskey in the Jar" is an Irish traditional song set in the southern mountains of Ireland, often with specific mention of counties Cork and Kerry. The song, about a rapparee (highwayman) who is betrayed by his wife or lover, is one of the most widely performed traditional Irish songs and has been recorded by numerous artists since the 1950s. The American metal band Metallica in 1998 played a version very similar to that of Thin Lizzy's, though with a heavier sound, winning a Grammy for the song in 2000 for Best Hard Rock Performance.

Hi Everyone! I've been Zooming with local friends all day and got an idea.

FearlessFly comments on Apr 26, 2020:

Considering all the issues Zoom has had with privacy, why not try something else ? (gratis, open source/libre, end-to-end encrypted, works in browser -- no installation required) https://jitsi.org/jitsi-meet/

James Blunt - Halfway [youtu.

FearlessFly comments on Apr 26, 2020:

(from xsnoize.com) Speaking on the single James said, “I originally wrote ‘Halfway’ as a solo performance, and the original version that appears on my album is just me on vocals. But after we recorded the track, it was obvious that this song was really meant to be a duet all along. Because the track has a real Americana vibe, I knew immediately that I needed the best Country singers I could find. I had to look no further than Ward Thomas, who really delivers a powerful performance on this duet.”

Janis Joplin - Piece Of My Heart - YouTube

FearlessFly comments on Apr 26, 2020:

"Piece of My Heart" is a romantic funk/soul love song written by Jerry Ragovoy and Bert Berns, originally recorded by Erma Franklin in 1967. The song came to greater mainstream attention when Big Brother and the Holding Company (featuring Janis Joplin on lead vocals) covered the song in 1968 and had a much bigger hit with it. "Piece of My Heart" remains most associated with Joplin and continued to get airplay long after her death. Berns never got to hear Joplin's version, dying of a heart attack on December 30, 1967

Joe Biden calls Corporations Greedy as Hell [news.yahoo.com]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 26, 2020:

Yahoo! adds nothing. Why not link to the actual source ? https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/25/joe-biden-green-stimulus-207848

ARETHA FRANKLIN - A Change is Gonna Come [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 26, 2020:

"A Change Is Gonna Come" is a song by American recording artist Sam Cooke. It initially appeared on Cooke's album Ain't That Good News, released mid-February 1964. The song was inspired by various personal events in Cooke's life, most prominently an event in which he and his entourage were turned away from a whites-only motel in Louisiana. Cooke felt compelled to write a song that spoke to his struggle and of those around him, and that pertained to the Civil Rights Movement and African Americans. The song contains the refrain, "It's been a long time coming, but I know a change is gonna come."

Otis Redding - A Change Is Gonna Come [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 26, 2020:

"A Change Is Gonna Come" is a song by American recording artist Sam Cooke. It initially appeared on Cooke's album Ain't That Good News, released mid-February 1964. The song was inspired by various personal events in Cooke's life, most prominently an event in which he and his entourage were turned away from a whites-only motel in Louisiana. Cooke felt compelled to write a song that spoke to his struggle and of those around him, and that pertained to the Civil Rights Movement and African Americans. The song contains the refrain, "It's been a long time coming, but I know a change is gonna come."

Someone asked us for favorite covers a week or two ago.

FearlessFly comments on Apr 26, 2020:

"A Change Is Gonna Come" is a song by American recording artist Sam Cooke. It initially appeared on Cooke's album Ain't That Good News, released mid-February 1964. The song was inspired by various personal events in Cooke's life, most prominently an event in which he and his entourage were turned away from a whites-only motel in Louisiana. Cooke felt compelled to write a song that spoke to his struggle and of those around him, and that pertained to the Civil Rights Movement and African Americans. The song contains the refrain, "It's been a long time coming, but I know a change is gonna come."

Ray Dalio, chapter 2 on The Changing World Order.

FearlessFly comments on Apr 26, 2020:

tl;dr : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKz095P7LdU

Just came upon this Van Morrison song.

FearlessFly comments on Apr 26, 2020:

The album was produced by Morrison and draws on urban blues and soul jazz sounds, including collaborations with John Lee Hooker and Georgie Fame. Released in 1993 by Polydor Records,

Oh dear You can’t protect people from themselves [npr.org]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 26, 2020:

. . . you could also say, whatever Trump might/does say can NOT be trusted.

Eagles I can't tell you why

FearlessFly comments on Apr 25, 2020:

The song was written by band members Timothy B. Schmit, Glenn Frey, and Don Henley. Recorded in March 1978, it was the first song finished for the album and the first Eagles song to feature Schmit on lead vocals. Schmit sang the lead vocals on the song, with Frey and Henley singing counterpoint. Schmit also played the bass on the track, which has the distinctive bass riff believed by Schmit to have been devised by Frey. According to Henley, Frey came up with the counterpart on the song, and played the guitar solo on the song.

[youtu.be] Love this song, first one I ever heard of Robbie Robertson, entire CD is awesome.

FearlessFly comments on Apr 25, 2020:

"Somewhere Down the Crazy River" is a 1987 song by Robbie Robertson, initially released on Robertson's debut solo album Robbie Robertson, with Sam Llanas on backing vocals. Robertson was describing his experiences of hanging out in his old neighbourhood of Arkansas with Levon Helm (fellow The Band member) during hot nights in which they were "fishing with dynamite" and had asked a local for directions to "somewhere down the crazy river"

Well, "Take On Me" has over a billion views so this one has a ways to go at 36 million views.

FearlessFly comments on Apr 25, 2020:

It was their first single from the album of the same name and was released in early 1988. It achieved success in many European countries. A Roland D-50 was used on this song—the sound patch is called "Staccato Heaven"—the wind sound during the instrumental was made on either a Roland Juno 60 or Juno 106 synthesizer. The versions on the 7" vinyl and the 3" CD single ("7 inch Version") are identical to the album version. A-ha played the song at Oslo Spektrum on 21 August 2011, performing for a national memorial service dedicated to the victims of the 2011 Norway attacks.

Zoom Gloom.

FearlessFly comments on Apr 25, 2020:

I use jami and jitsi -- open source, cross platform, end-to-end encryption, and have no trauma/fatigue/etc. at all. :)

How Finland starts its fight against fake news in primary schools | World news | The Guardian

FearlessFly comments on Apr 25, 2020:

OSF (formerly OSI) is funded by George Soros, so likely a left-leaning bias. There are so few "fake news" metrics and 'judges of same'. The kudos for Finland come from OSIS in Sofia, Bulgaria. Earlier I have advocated NewsGuard browser extension (journalists rating journalism, who better to do so, but it is now subscription based), although having it installed I still see the green/grey/red indicators for the websites that have been rated by them. I would like to see MORE (and ubiquitous) "fake news" rating(s), especially from journalist-credible sources.

Where does Biden stand on the issues?

FearlessFly comments on Apr 25, 2020:

. . . good to have it all in one place, but tl;dr :P