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What is the difference between skepticism and critical thinking?
FearlessFly comments on Mar 20, 2020:
I doubt it (skeptical, hope that's not too critcal) :O
The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary [youtube.com]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 20, 2020:
"She Sells Sanctuary" was the last song to be recorded with the Cult's longtime drummer, Nigel Preston, who was fired from the band shortly after its release. It is featured in the opening credits of the movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Gimme all your love - Alabama Shakes - Tell me she didn’t mean it. [youtu.be]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 20, 2020:
Co-produced by the band and written by lead singer Brittany Howard, the band performed the song live on television for the first time on February 28, 2015 on Saturday Night Live.
I think this is an excellent Op-Ed in today's New York Times.
FearlessFly comments on Mar 20, 2020:
(because of the lack of testing in the US) "those who have immunities can’t know it, and thus can’t know they are in a position to safely help those who are high risk." Good point, I had not thought about that.
These eyes - guess who - If you don’t feel that in your bones.
FearlessFly comments on Mar 20, 2020:
The song was co-written by the group's lead guitarist Randy Bachman and lead singer Burton Cummings and originally included on the band's 1969 album Wheatfield Soul. Burton Cummings - lead vocals, Hohner Pianet electric piano Randy Bachman - guitar Jim Kale - bass Garry Peterson - drums
[youtu.be] The Killers. - A Matter Of Time. What a great band!
FearlessFly comments on Mar 20, 2020:
(from billboard.com) You've bussed enough tables to take out your girlfriend and don't have a care and the world... but there's impending doom around the corner! That's the lyrical mood set on "A Matter of Time," the most direly urgent song on "Battle Born" and another winner.
Eurythmics.
FearlessFly comments on Mar 20, 2020:
It is written by Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart and produced by Stewart. The song is an electronic dance tune with uplifting lyrics of empowerment. Its music video featured Lennox and Stewart performing the song in front of many television screens showing scenes from videos spanning their Eurythmics career. Lennox also reprised her "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" image by performing the song in a man's suit (her hair was not shaved and colored orange, however).
Not a huge Stones fan... but yea Muddy! [youtube.com]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 20, 2020:
"Baby, Please Don't Go" is a traditional blues song that was popularized by Delta blues musician Big Joe Williams in 1935. Many cover versions followed, and the song been described by French music historian Gérard Herzhaft as "one of the most played, arranged, and rearranged pieces in blues history". "Baby, Please Don't Go" is likely an adaptation of "Long John", an old folk theme which dates back to the time of slavery in the United States. Blues researcher Paul Garon notes that the melody is based on "Alabamy Bound", composed by Tin Pan Alley writer Ray Henderson, with lyrics by Buddy DeSylva and Bud Green in 1925.
Needed to hear this today. [youtu.be]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 20, 2020:
When asked about the song's meaning during a December 1980 interview with David Sheff for Playboy magazine, Lennon told Sheff that Dick Gregory had given Ono and him a Christian prayer book, which inspired him the concept behind "Imagine". The concept of positive prayer ... If you can imagine a world at peace, with no denominations of religion – not without religion but without this my God-is-bigger-than-your-God thing – then it can be true ... the World Church called me once and asked, "Can we use the lyrics to 'Imagine' and just change it to 'Imagine one religion'?" That showed [me] they didn't understand it at all. It would defeat the whole purpose of the song, the whole idea.
Getting in a Summer song before the equinox. [youtu.be]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 19, 2020:
The song was described as "swaggering" and "sinewy" by Lloyd Bradley of BBC Music. Frank Guan of Vulture commented, "Any song titled 'Paradise' had better sound like it, and her version doesn't disappoint – in fact, no song better expresses the phase of love where disappointment is impossible."
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FearlessFly comments on Mar 19, 2020:
For a while the song was under consideration to be included on the Da Vinci Code movie soundtrack.
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FearlessFly comments on Mar 19, 2020:
The song "Analogue (All I Want)" was originally a song called "Minor Key Sonata (Analogue)", which (like the rest of the album) was produced by Martin Terefe and mixed by Flood. Max Martin was then brought in to turn "Minor Key Sonata (Analogue)" into a more radio-friendly song, with a less surreal lyric and catchier chorus. The song was then re-written as "Analogue (All I Want)" and re-recorded, and is the only track on the album not produced by Terefe. Upon its release as a single, it became the band's first top 10 hit in the UK since 1988.
ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME - NAKED EYES Good English new wave band from Bath with this hit...
FearlessFly comments on Mar 19, 2020:
"(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" is a song written in the 1960s by songwriting team Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Originally recorded as a demo by Dionne Warwick in 1963, Vocalist Pete Byrne and keyboardist Rob Fisher first cut "Always Something There to Remind Me" as one of a number of demos recorded in Bristol upon forming the duo later known as Naked Eyes in early 1982. Byrne would recall: "I had always loved [the] song ["Always Something There to Remind Me"], so we called a friend who had the record, he read the lyric over the phone and we put it together from memory."
Looking at the map for some weekend travel ideas. 😄
FearlessFly comments on Mar 19, 2020:
It was Colonel Mustard, in the Kitchen, with a knife :O :P
Do you agree?
FearlessFly comments on Mar 19, 2020:
I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy :O :P
The Doors live on the Jonathan Winters Show performing the song Light My Fire - [m.youtube.com]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 19, 2020:
The song was largely written by the band's guitarist, Robby Krieger, but was credited to the entire band. Ray Manzarek played the song's bass line with his left hand on a Fender Rhodes Piano Bass, while performing the main keyboard lines on a Vox Continental using his right hand. After the recording session, producer Paul A. Rothchild brought in session musician Larry Knechtel to overdub a Fender Precision Bass guitar to double the keyboard bass line. When the Doors played the song at live concerts, Manzarek used the Fender Rhodes Piano Bass without augmentation.
Not a huge KWS fan, but I've always loved this one. [youtube.com]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 19, 2020:
Written by Shepherd with songwriters Mark Selby and Tia Sillers.
It is time to post this song again Sweet thing The Waterboy.
FearlessFly comments on Mar 19, 2020:
"Sweet Thing" is a "surprisingly successful" cover of a song by Van Morrison, originally from Morrison's 1968 album, Astral Weeks. The Waterboys' version on this album is a medley; the song ends with the unplanned addition of verses from The Beatles' "Blackbird", which Scott impulsively sang on the spot. The Waterboys' cover of "Sweet Thing" also appeared on the second compact disc of the re-release of This Is the Sea.
ACCEPT - Pandemic [youtube.com]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 19, 2020:
Scott Alisoglu of Blabbermouth.net reviewed the album positively saying that Blood of the Nations "is the shot in the arm that fans of traditional heavy metal needed", and gave the album 8.5 out of 10. from musicreview.co.za, with reviewer Sergio Pereira saying that "This isn't about 3 minute radio-friendly singles, Blood of the Nations is about metal – cold hard metal", and noting that minute-long solos, such as the one in the album track "Pandemic", are rare in current music.
Here is a local Philadelphia area singer.
FearlessFly comments on Mar 19, 2020:
(from benarnold.com) A songwriter, musician, performer and producer, he remains longtime fixture on the Philadelphia musical landscape. He has toured regularly throughout the country as well as Europe for the better part of the last 25 years. With a crusty, curmudgeonly, but loving take on the world around, Ben Arnold continues to reveal more of himself with every record and live performance. Always a different day, another mood and another view on the human condition. This is not an artist who has simply paid his dues. Ben Arnold is compelled to doing what he does, and does so with one of the most unique, if little known voices in music today.
Scarborough Fair (Canticle).
FearlessFly comments on Mar 19, 2020:
"Scarborough Fair" is a traditional English ballad. The song lists a number of impossible tasks given to a former lover who lives in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. The melody is in Dorian mode and is very typical of the middle English period. Paul Simon learned the song in London in 1965 from Martin Carthy, who had picked up the tune from the songbook by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seege] and included it on his eponymous 1965 album. Simon & Garfunkel set it in counterpoint with "Canticle" – a reworking of the lyrics from Simon's 1963 anti-war song, "The Side of a Hill", set to a new melody composed mainly by Art Garfunkel.
[msn.com] More of Darwin's theories proved. Another nail in the creationists coffin
FearlessFly comments on Mar 19, 2020:
For anyone who cares about science and critical thinking, apart from math, science does not prove anything. There are always doubt/error-bars/probabilities/new discoveries (science can disprove things).
Just joined, good morning everyone. [youtu.be]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 19, 2020:
Details of the album were first reported in October 2019, that it would contain reworked versions of some of the band's biggest hits over the years. It also includes one new song, the lead single "Far Away" featuring Scooter Ward from Cold, which was released on December 6, 2019
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FearlessFly comments on Mar 19, 2020:
The music was composed by the band, and the lyrics were written by bassist and guitarist Mike Rutherford. "Follow You Follow Me" was the first worldwide pop success by the group. The band felt that their music was attracting mainly male audiences, so this song was written specifically to redress the balance.
Kiss you all over- Exile- [youtu.be]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 18, 2020:
Written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn. It was included on the band's album Mixed Emotions, and featured lead vocalist Jimmy Stokley and guitarist J.P. Pennington on vocals.
Corona Virus music Peggy Lee Fever [youtu.be]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 18, 2020:
"Fever" is a song written by Eddie Cooley and Otis Blackwell, who used the pseudonym John Davenport. It was originally recorded by American R&B singer Little Willie John for his debut album, Fever (1956), and released as a single in April of the same year. It has been covered by numerous artists from various musical genres, most notably by Peggy Lee, whose rendition became the most widely known version of "Fever" and the singer's signature song. Lee's version contained rewritten lyrics different from the original and an altered music arrangement.
Mamy blue - Pop Tops [youtu.be]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 18, 2020:
"Mamy Blue" is a 1970 song written by French songwriter Hubert Giraud. Originally written with French lyrics, the song was rendered in English in 1971 to become an international hit for the Pop-Tops, Joël Daydé (fr) and Roger Whittaker.
Another great song that is virus appropriate... "Stay Home" [youtube.com]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 18, 2020:
After the break-up of The One Up Downstairs, drummer Steve Lamos started jamming with guitarist Steve Holmes. With the addition of vocalist/guitarist Mike Kinsella, the band released a self-titled EP in October 1998 through Polyvinyl. With Brendan Gamble taking producer duties, the group recorded their debut album at Private Studios in Urbana, Illinois. The album's sound is a throwback to early Joan of Arc, a band in which Kinsella previously played drums; the band focused on the interaction between two guitars after listening to Steve Reich. A few of the songs were unfinished by the time the band got to the studio, and they decided to finish them there.
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FearlessFly comments on Mar 18, 2020:
"Leave Right Now" is a song written by Eg White and performed by Will Young. The song is reportedly about unrequited love. The video, which has no transitions, features Young at a party where a fight starts and he gets caught up in it. The video also features actress Kelly Wenham as one of the party guests.
That1guy [youtube.com]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 18, 2020:
Mike Silverman, better known as That 1 Guy, is an American musician based in Las Vegas, Nevada. He frequently performs and records as a one-man band, singing and using a variety of homemade musical instruments. That 1 Guy, first playing his upright bass, and later singing and beatboxing while playing his Magic Pipe, musical saw, various percussive elements, and utilizing digital looping and sampling to perform his songs. His musical influences include Drums and Tuba, Rush, Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, and Dr. Seuss, both in terms of his lyrics and his quirky homemade instruments.
[youtu.be] The Zombies. - The Time Of The Season. 1964
FearlessFly comments on Mar 18, 2020:
It was written by keyboard player Rod Argent and recorded at Abbey Road Studios in August 1967. After previous singles flopped, Date re-released "Time of the Season" backed with another UK flop single, "Friends of Mine", and it made its breakthrough in early 1969, over a year after the band split up. The song extensively uses call-and-response vocals interweaved with the voice of lead singer Colin Blunstone and fast-paced psychedelic improvisation keyboards.
Paul McCartney and Wings - Maybe I'm Amazed [youtube.com]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 18, 2020:
McCartney wrote the song in 1969, just before the Beatles' break-up. He credited his wife Linda with helping him get through the difficult time. Although most of his debut solo album was recorded at his home in London, McCartney recorded "Maybe I'm Amazed" entirely in EMI's Number Two studio in Abbey Road, on the same day as he recorded "Every Night". He played all the instruments: guitars, bass, piano, organ and drums.
Scientists have proved one of Charles Darwin's theories of evolution – survival of the fittest –...
FearlessFly comments on Mar 18, 2020:
Science can DISprove things, but (apart from math), science doesn't prove anything. There is always doubt/error-bars/probabilities.
Johnny Cash doing a cover of a Nine Inch Nails song... [youtube.com]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 18, 2020:
In 2002, Johnny Cash covered "Hurt" to commercial and critical acclaim; it was one of Cash's final hits released before his death, and the related music video is considered one of the greatest of all time by publications such as NME. Reznor praised Cash's interpretation of the song for its "sincerity and meaning", going as far as to say "that song isn't mine anymore."
[youtu.be] Got A Lot O’ Livin’ To Do....Elvis Presley, from 1957 movie Loving You.
FearlessFly comments on Mar 18, 2020:
The song was written by Aaron Schroeder and Ben Weisman. The latter, a songwriter from New York, came (according to the book Elvis Day by Day, „presumably in hopes of seeing that his song, "Got a Lot O' Livin' to Do," [would] be included in the soundtrack“) to the recording studio in Hollywood where Presley was working on the songs for the movie. No other songwriter wrote as many songs for Presley as Ben Weisman did.
Listening to the Fab Four at 10;30 this morning on WXPN and they played this.
FearlessFly comments on Mar 18, 2020:
It is an autobiography of Starr put to song, with emphasis on his time with the Beatles. The title refers to the postal district of the Toxteth area of Liverpool in which Starr was born.
Allman Brothers - You Don't Love Me [youtube.]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 18, 2020:
"You Don't Love Me" is a rhythm and blues-influenced blues song recorded by American musician Willie Cobbs in 1960. Adapted from Bo Diddley's 1959 song "She's Fine She's Mine", it is Cobbs' best-known song and features a guitar figure and melody that has appealed to musicians in several genres.
Got Shakin' Out Of Bed This Morning by a 5.
FearlessFly comments on Mar 18, 2020:
"Shakin' All Over" is a song originally performed by Johnny Kidd & the Pirates. It was written by leader Johnny Kidd, and his original recording reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart in August 1960. Kidd's recording was not a hit outside of Europe. In other parts of the world the song is better known by recordings of other artists.
The US seems to be about to let the bad ideas dominate by reelecting Trump.
FearlessFly comments on Mar 18, 2020:
Are you trying to encourage Sanders supporters to boycott the election ?
I understand that the only requirement for being an atheist is not having a belief in any deity.
FearlessFly comments on Mar 18, 2020:
Kind of like gay mormon republicans -- an oxymormon if I ever saw one :O :P
[youtu.be] U2. - Vertigo.
FearlessFly comments on Mar 18, 2020:
In the case of "Vertigo", I was thinking about this awful nightclub we've all been to. You're supposed to be having a great time and everything's extraordinary around you and the drinks are the price of buying a bar in a Third World country. ...you're just looking around and you see big, fat Capitalism at the top of its mountain, just about to topple. It's that woozy, sick feeling of realizing that here we are, drinking, eating, polluting, robbing ourselves to death. And in the middle of the club, there's this girl. She has crimson nails. I don't even know if she's beautiful, it doesn't matter but she has a cross around her neck, and the character in this stares at the cross just to steady himself. — Bono, U2 by U2
[youtube.com] ozzy got me in this one. just before sleepy time.
FearlessFly comments on Mar 18, 2020:
"Close My Eyes Forever" is a duet by Lita Ford with Ozzy Osbourne from Ford's 1988 album Lita and later remixed and released as a single titled "Close My Eyes Forever (remix)" in 1989 The song was written by Ford and Osbourne as the result of an accident in the studio during which they both drank heavily and inadvertently wrote the lyrics to the song together.
MARK KNOPFLER. SONG FOR SONNY LISTON. [youtube.com]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 18, 2020:
(from NYT) "It really has made an impact, actually from the very first time I performed it on 'A Prairie Home Companion,"' Knopfler said in a telephone interview. "Some songs just seem to reverberate with people." Knopfler, who was born in Scotland and grew up in northern England, said Liston's story was "exciting subject matter because it's so mysterious." Liston was overwhelmed by an abusive father, confrontations with the law, underworld managers and a change in African-American culture represented by Ali, Knopfler said. "He was scared, he was scared of so many things," Knopfler said. "He was scared of the police. He was scared of the black-power movement. And the face, it was an unforgettable face. I remember thinking as a child that this was a man who wanted to be left alone."
Prophets of Rage - Unfuck The World [youtu.be]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 18, 2020:
The main message of the group's music is that it's up to the people to fix the world's problems. On the album, it's most shown in the song "Unfuck The World," a statement to many individuals that "if you want to see this change, you got to get up and orchestrate that happening."
The Police - Don't Stand So Close to Me [youtu.be]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 17, 2020:
The music and lyrics of the song were written by the lead singer of The Police, Sting. The song deals with the mixed feelings of lust, fear and guilt that a female student has for a school teacher and vice versa, and inappropriateness leading to confrontation which is unravelled later on in the song. The line Just like the old man in that book by Nabokov alludes to Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita, which covers somewhat similar issues.
Yesterday, I donated blood for the first time in my life.
FearlessFly comments on Mar 17, 2020:
As a 6% - er, I'm very popular at the Memorial Blood Center :)
Anyone feel like mother nature is trying to reclaim her planet via this virus?
FearlessFly comments on Mar 17, 2020:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropomorphism
Researchers expose vulnerabilities of password managers... [eurekalert.org]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 17, 2020:
"vulnerabilities in some commercial password managers" The article did not name any specific pw managers :P
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FearlessFly comments on Mar 17, 2020:
The Road to Serfdom was to be the popular edition of the second volume of Hayek's treatise entitled "The Abuse and Decline of Reason", and the title was inspired by the writings of the 19th century French classical liberal thinker Alexis de Tocqueville on the "road to servitude". In the book, Hayek "[warns] of the danger of tyranny that inevitably results from government control of economic decision-making through central planning."
TOMORROW - DOUBLE This Swiss music duo best known for their world-wide super hit single "The ...
FearlessFly comments on Mar 17, 2020:
The duo was formed in 1983 in Zürich, Switzerland, by Felix Haug (drums and keyboards) and Kurt Maloo (guitar and vocals) out of the trio Ping Pong of which both Maloo and Haug were members.
[youtu.be] Metallica. - Enter Sandman...live in Moscow 1991.
FearlessFly comments on Mar 17, 2020:
The music was written by Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich. Vocalist and rhythm guitarist Hetfield wrote the lyrics, which deal with the concept of a child's nightmares. Hetfield felt that "Enter Sandman" sounded "catchy and kind of commercial" and so to counterbalance the sound, he wrote lyrics about "destroy[ing] the perfect family; a huge horrible secret in a family" that included references to crib death.
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FearlessFly comments on Mar 17, 2020:
It features a Lyricon solo played by "Baker Street" saxophonist Raphael Ravenscroft. The B-side on the original "Night Owl" single was the fourth track from the same album, "Why Won't You Talk To Me".
It may well be... [youtube.com]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 17, 2020:
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Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking [youtube.com]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 17, 2020:
"I Hear You Knocking" (or "I Hear You Knockin'") is a rhythm and blues song written by Dave Bartholomew. New Orleans rhythm and blues singer Smiley Lewis first recorded the song in 1955. The lyrics tell of the return of a former lover who is rebuffed. Edmunds' version features prominent guitar lines and a stripped-down, straight-quaver rock-and-roll approach. In an interview, John Lennon commented, "Well, I always liked simple rock. There's a great one in England now, 'I Hear You Knocking'". Edmunds plays all the instruments (except possibly bass guitar)
The Rolling Stones - Little Red Rooster [youtube.com]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 17, 2020:
"Little Red Rooster" (or "The Red Rooster" as it was first titled) is a blues standard credited to arranger and songwriter Willie Dixon. The song was first recorded in 1961 by American blues musician Howlin' Wolf in the Chicago blues style. The Rolling Stones were among the first British rock groups to record modern electric blues songs. In 1964, they recorded "Little Red Rooster" with original member Brian Jones, a key player in the recording.
Where Are All The Tiny Dinosaurs [youtube.com]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 17, 2020:
"Trapped in amber, this could be the smallest dinosaur ever found | Live Science"
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FearlessFly comments on Mar 17, 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. "Whiskey in the Jar" is the tale of a highwayman or footpad who, after robbing a military or government official, is betrayed by a woman; whether she is his wife or sweetheart is not made clear. Various versions of the song take place in Kerry, Kilmoganny, Cork, Sligo Town, and other locales throughout Ireland. It is also sometimes placed in the American South, in various places among the Ozarks or Appalachians, possibly due to Irish settlement in these places.
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FearlessFly comments on Mar 17, 2020:
"I'll Tell Me Ma" (also called "The Wind") is a well-known children's song. It was collected in various parts of England in the 19th century and again appears in collections from shortly after the turn of the 20th century. In Ireland the chorus usually refers to Belfast city and is known colloquially as "The Belle of Belfast City", although it is also adapted to other Irish cities, such as Dublin. English versions refer to the "Golden City" or "London City". The song accompanies a children's game. A ring is formed by the children joining hands, one player standing in the centre. When asked, "Please tell me who they be," the girl in the middle gives the name or initials of a boy in the ring (or vice versa). The ring then sings the rest of the words, and the boy who was named goes into the centre.
For St.
FearlessFly comments on Mar 17, 2020:
Dropkick Murphys: Al Barr – vocals Rick Barton - additional guitars on "The Torch", "The New American Way" and "Fortunes of War" (founding guitarist of the band quit early during the album's recording) Ken Casey – bass guitar, vocals Matt Kelly – drums, bodhran, vocals James Lynch – guitar, vocals Marc Orrell – guitar, accordion, vocals Ryan Foltz – mandolin, tin whistle, dulcimer Spicy McHaggis – bagpipes on "The Spicy McHaggis Jig" (also credited with "excessive smoking and under-aged drinking" in the album sleeve notes)
I love you by people [youtu.be]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 17, 2020:
The song, written by The Zombies bass guitarist Chris White, rose to number one in Japan (twice), Israel, Australia, Italy, South Africa, and the Philippines. At various times, band members have included Robb Levin, Geoff Levin, Albert Ribisi, John Riolo, David Anderson, Larry Norman, Gene Mason, Denny Fridkin, Tom Tucker, Bruce Thomas Eason (as Scott Eason), John Tristao, Steve Boatwright, and Rob Thomas.
The Notorious Cherry Bombs -It's Hard To Kiss The Lips At Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long...
FearlessFly comments on Mar 17, 2020:
The Notorious Cherry Bombs, originally called The Cherry Bombs, was an American country music supergroup founded by singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell in 1980. A former member of Emmylou Harris's Hot Band, Crowell picked several former Hot Band members as his backing band, which he named The Cherry Bombs.
Joan Jett - Cherry Bomb [youtu.be]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 17, 2020:
Singer/guitarist Joan Jett composed the song with Kim Fowley, the band's then-manager. In the 2005 documentary Edgeplay: A Film About the Runaways, Fowley and former Runaways lead singer Cherie Currie claimed that "Cherry Bomb" was quickly written just for Currie to audition for the band because the band members could not perform the song she originally chose to sing.
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FearlessFly comments on Mar 17, 2020:
(from justrandomthings.com) In an interview with The Sun magazine, Niall Horan talked about the idea behind this track; “Heartbreak Weather” is about the start of the relationship and the song’s quite a personal song but I’ve dressed it up as a happy tune. I’m pretty decent at that. There’s a lot of sad songs that are dressed up as happier sounding ones. This has an eighties kind of feel to it, it makes you feel happy as soon as it starts and that’s what I wanted. That’s why I wanted to start the album with it because it really perks your ears up straight away. I absolutely love this song.”
Reference to The Equals reminded me of one of my favourite Equals tracks.
FearlessFly comments on Mar 17, 2020:
"Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys" is a song written by Guyanese-British musician Eddy Grant and recorded in London in 1970 by his band The Equals. The song was described by journalist Chris Taylor as "a hymn to diversity" which "explicitly linked its racial theme with the anti-Vietnam war sentiment of the time".
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FearlessFly comments on Mar 17, 2020:
The song was written in 1947 by eden ahbez and is partly autobiographical. It is a tribute to ahbez's mentor Bill Pester, who had originally introduced him to Naturmensch and Lebensreform philosophies, which ahbez practiced.
Today is nat King Cole's birthday. Here is " Unforgettable" [youtu.be]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 17, 2020:
"Unforgettable" is a popular song written by Irving Gordon and produced by Lee Gillette. The song's original working title was "Uncomparable"; however, the music publishing company asked Gordon to change it to "Unforgettable".
Aretha Franklin
FearlessFly comments on Mar 17, 2020:
"Chain of Fools" is a song written by Don Covay. Aretha Franklin first released the song as a single in 1967 and subsequently it appeared on many of her albums. Asked by Jerry Wexler, producer with Atlantic Records, to create songs for Otis Redding, Covay recorded a demo of "Chain of Fools", a song he had written in his youth while singing gospel with his brothers and sisters. The recording featured Covay singing and playing guitar, overdubbed with himself singing background. Listening to the demo, Wexler chose to place the song with Aretha Franklin rather than Redding.
Evanescence Call me when you're sober She is so hot in this one [youtu.be]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 16, 2020:
The track was written by group members Amy Lee and Terry Balsamo, while Dave Fortman handled its production. Lee revealed that the song was inspired by an unsuccessful relationship with Shaun Morgan, lead singer of the band Seether. The track is an alternative metal, symphonic rock, and electropop piano ballad about a woman terminating a relationship with a love interest who suffers from an addiction.
[youtu.be] Blondie- Call Me (This song reminds me of Richard Gere in American Gigolo! haha!)
FearlessFly comments on Mar 16, 2020:
"Call Me" is a song by the American new wave band Blondie and the theme to the 1980 film American Gigolo. Produced and co-written by Italian musician Giorgio Moroder
Evanescence - Call Me When You're Sober [youtu.be]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 16, 2020:
The track was written by group members Amy Lee and Terry Balsamo, while Dave Fortman handled its production. Lee revealed that the song was inspired by an unsuccessful relationship with Shaun Morgan, lead singer of the band Seether.
You can call me Al. [youtube.com]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 16, 2020:
Its lyrics were partially inspired by Simon's trip to South Africa and experience with its culture. The names in the song came from an incident at a party that Simon went to with his then-wife Peggy Harper. French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez, who was attending the same party, mistakenly referred to Paul as "Al" and to Peggy as "Betty", inspiring Simon to write a song.
Phil Cook Great Tide "Shit's about to hit the fan.." [youtu.be]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 16, 2020:
(from americanmusicshow.com) Phil Cook sets up “Great Tide.” He says, I wrote the song as a solo guitar piece. Then he relearned the whole guitar part on piano. And then a whole bunch of stuff opened up and all these melodies came in. It’s sort of the centerpiece of the record, just because of it’s scope is the biggest in terms of composition and the movement of it and where it comes from. This track has all my influences since I was 14 and found my dad’s LP collection.”
Yo Yo Ma dedicates this to healthcare workers, wishing them songsofcomfort [youtube.com]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 16, 2020:
(from billboard.com) Yo-Yo Ma is used to playing for a full house in concert halls and auditoriums, but the renowned cellist found a rapt audience on social media when he attempted to balance out the current frightening headlines with a soothing performance for his followers. On Friday night (March 13), Ma picked up his cello and played his rendition of Antonín DvoÅ™ák's "Going Home" from 1893's Symphony No. 9. Ma has recorded a version of the Czech composer's song with his Silk Road Ensemble and banjoist and singer Abigail Washburn for their 2016 album Sing Me Home, which won the Grammy for the world music album in 2017
[youtu.be] Falco. - Rock Me Amadeus! With English subtitles.
FearlessFly comments on Mar 16, 2020:
"Rock Me Amadeus" was written by Falco along with Dutch music producers Bolland & Bolland. Originally recorded in German, the song is about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, his popularity and his debts.
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FearlessFly comments on Mar 16, 2020:
Horan first peformed the song on 7 August 2019 at the Capitol Congress 2019. About the song, the singer revealed that his upcoming project would not be his album "if it didn't have a sad, sad, sad ballad on it" and that the song "could potentially be my favorite song I've ever written"] Lyrically, the song reportedly deals with the break-up with singer Hailee Steinfeld in December 2018.
Just discovered that today is Jerry Jeff's birthday. [youtu.be]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 16, 2020:
(from texasmonthly.com) Los Angeles in 1970 was a mecca for songwriters, and Guy Clark, who was determined to become one of them, moved there from Houston with his girlfriend, Susanna. He didn’t like it. He didn’t like the pollution, he didn’t like their landlord (who chopped down their grapefruit tree one morning), and he didn’t like the fact that publishers were ignoring his songs. But Clark kept at it, and one night, he and his string band landed a gig in a San Diego bar (the doorman was another struggling songwriter, Tom Waits). On the trip back to L.A. after the show, Clark, drunk and tired, began to doze off in the backseat. Suddenly, he started awake and mumbled aloud, “If I could just get off of this L.A. freeway without getting killed or caught.” Clark remembers, “It was like lightbulbs went off. I said to myself, ‘I can’t forget this.’ ”
INXS - Devil Inside [youtube.com]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 16, 2020:
"Devil Inside" is a song by Australian band INXS. The song was written by Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence and is one of INXS's best known songs. Guitarist and saxophone player Kirk Pengilly stated in an interview that he did not like the music video for "Devil Inside," because he thought that it was "too American."[citation needed] The video was filmed in Balboa, California and directed by Joel Schumacher. The song was featured in the film Rock Star and TV show Hindsight.
COVID 19 is forcing governments to close down mass gatherings, which will have to include all that ...
FearlessFly comments on Mar 16, 2020:
I contend that one cannot lose something that one did not actually have. :P
Eventually, surveys will show that conservative regions had a higher death rate from Covid 19.
FearlessFly comments on Mar 16, 2020:
. . . this is your opinion, do you have evidence/sources to back it up ?
Happy Pi day everyone. :-) [pocket.co]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 16, 2020:
. . . PI day was 2 days ago 3.14 :)
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FearlessFly comments on Mar 16, 2020:
"We Gotta Get out of This Place", occasionally written "We've Gotta Get out of This Place"] is a rock song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and recorded as a 1965 hit single by The Animals. It has become an iconic song of its type and was immensely popular with United States Armed Forces GIs during the Vietnam War. Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil were husband and wife (and future Hall of Fame) songwriters associated with the 1960s Brill Building scene in New York City. Mann and Weil wrote and recorded "We Gotta Get out of This Place" as a demo, with Mann singing and playing piano. It was intended for The Righteous Brothers, for whom they had written the number one hit "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"
How much respect do religious believers deserve?
FearlessFly comments on Mar 16, 2020:
I think respect (lots of variations, I think) needs to be **earned**.
This is the original, the best, the one I love forever Buddy Holly Slippin and sitting ...
FearlessFly comments on Mar 15, 2020:
. . . not the original "Slippin' and Slidin' (Peepin' and Hidin' )" is a R&B/rock 'n' roll song performed by Little Richard. The song is credited to Little Richard, Edwin Bocage (Eddie Bo), Al Collins, and James Smith The song was covered by Buddy Holly on his album Reminiscing, and both his and the Little Richard versions were included on John Lennon's jukebox.
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FearlessFly comments on Mar 15, 2020:
(from rollingstone.com) Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham appears on the new Killers’ song, “Caution.” The track is the lead single from the band’s upcoming album, Imploding the Mirage, out May 29th on Island Records. “Let me introduce you to the featherweight queen,” frontman Brandon Flowers belts. “She got Hollywood eyes, but she can’t shoot what she see.” Buckingham rips through a sizzling guitar solo before the track comes to a close.
This is why!!!!
FearlessFly comments on Mar 15, 2020:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons
SILHOUETTES - HERMAN'S HERMITS .
FearlessFly comments on Mar 15, 2020:
"Silhouettes" is a song made famous by the doo-wop group The Rays in 1957. A competing version by The Diamonds was also successful. In 1965 it was a number 5 hit in the US for Herman's Hermits, and in 1990 it was a number 10 hit in the UK for Cliff Richard.
Uncle Lucius - Keep The Wolves Away [youtu.be]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 15, 2020:
(from coyotemusic.com) “Keep the Wolves Away” depicts one family’s struggle, having a breadwinner working in the dangerous world that is the oil refining industry. The video takes the viewer through the family’s home, then on to an Uncle Lucius live performance at Austin’s renowned Saxon Pub.
The Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday (Official Lyric Video) [youtu.be]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 15, 2020:
"Ruby Tuesday" was recorded at Olympic Studios in London, England in November 1966 . The session was produced by Andrew Loog Oldham. Brian Jones played the recorder and piano, whilst the double bass was played jointly by bassist Bill Wyman and guitarist Keith Richards. Richards explained that the lyrics are about Linda Keith, his girlfriend in the mid-1960s:
This group will be the main act tomorrow night.
FearlessFly comments on Mar 15, 2020:
(from bittersoutherner.com) There’s a line in “Medicine Spoon,” a driving force of a song about a lover getting his comeuppance. When Velle sings “I’mma let you have it,” you know she’s not playing around. Later, she challenges the “little boy” to get a move on: “Don’t worry / I heard yo’ mama house got room.”
The Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday [youtu.be]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 15, 2020:
"Ruby Tuesday" was recorded at Olympic Studios in London, England in November 1966 . The session was produced by Andrew Loog Oldham. Brian Jones played the recorder and piano,[5] whilst the double bass was played jointly by bassist Bill Wyman and guitarist Keith Richards. Richards explained that the lyrics are about Linda Keith, his girlfriend in the mid-1960s:
Feeling a bit...Rancid - Ruby Soho [youtube.com]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 15, 2020:
"Ruby Soho" uses a sample of "Give Me Power" by The Stingers (1971) as an intro to the song. On July 21, 2009, "Ruby Soho" was released along with "Time Bomb" and "Last One to Die" in the Rancid 01 track pack for Rock Band 2.
[youtu.be] Ruby and the Romantics, Our Day Will Come.
FearlessFly comments on Mar 15, 2020:
"Our Day Will Come" is a popular song composed by Mort Garson with lyrics by Bob Hilliard. It was recorded by American R&B group Ruby & the Romantics in early December, 1962
GUITAR ROCK: Band Of Horses- Casual Party [youtu.be]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 15, 2020:
"Casual Party" is the lead single taken from American rock band Band of Horses' fifth studio album Why Are You OK. Peaking at #4 on the Adult Alternative Songs chart and #23 on the Alternative Songs chart, it is their most successful song to date.
Strand of Oaks - Ruby [youtu.be]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 15, 2020:
Strand of Oaks is the rock project by songwriter and producer Timothy Showalter. Originally from Indiana, he currently resides in Philadelphia. His music classifies with the genres rock and folk music, or folk rock. On February 19, 2019 Strand of Oaks released a second single from the album. Called "Ruby", Showalter called it the "happiest song I've ever written."
No British punk guitar style without Wilko! An example of Wilko Johnson’s guitar style in Dr ...
FearlessFly comments on Mar 15, 2020:
Written by Wilko Johnson, and produced by Vic Maile, the song was Dr. Feelgood's second single release, following their debut with "Roxette". The b-side of the record, "I Don't Mind", was also penned by Johnson. "She Does It Right" was also later included in Dr. Feelgood's 1997's compilation album, Twenty Five Years of Dr. Feelgood.
I heard this version of a Johnny song on a now defunct British television show.
FearlessFly comments on Mar 15, 2020:
"The Beast in Me" is a song from Nick Lowe's 1994 album The Impossible Bird. The song was originally recorded by Lowe’s former father-in-law Johnny Cash on his American Recordings album, also in 1994. A live version of the song by Cash appears on his 2005 DVD Live at Montreux 1994. A live version by Lowe appears on his 2004 live album Untouched Takeaway.
How i love you-Engelbert Humperdinck- In my days-70’s- stay up all night, writing a letter to ...
FearlessFly comments on Mar 15, 2020:
Engelbert Humperdinck (born Arnold George Dorsey, 2 May 1936) is an English pop singer. Humperdinck has been described as "one of the finest middle-of-the-road balladeers around."
Walking on the water by CCR Corona virus is not gonna stop me.
FearlessFly comments on Mar 15, 2020:
Creedence Clearwater Revival is the debut studio album by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, released in 1968. In this Album, "Walk on the Water" (this track is a remake of "Walking on the Water", a recording released by the band as a single in 1966, while they were still known as The Golliwogs)
Who do YOU love? [youtube.com]
FearlessFly comments on Mar 15, 2020:
"Who Do You Love?" is a song written by American rock and roll pioneer Bo Diddley. Recorded in 1956, it is one of his most popular and enduring works. Juicy Lucy's version of the song "Who Do You Love?" was subsequently featured in the video game Shellshock: Nam '67.
My absolute favorite movie scene of all time.
FearlessFly comments on Mar 15, 2020:
Robert Duvalls' big screen movie debut. :)

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