Big Shout out to Peking Duk, when The Falls Festival was cancelled because of the fires they held a ...

FearlessFly comments on Jan 1, 2020:

Peking Duk's Adam Hyne said: We wrote this song around 3am in London town after drinking for quite some time.

Theme song for 2019. Not sure what the 2020 one will be! [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Jan 1, 2020:

"With a Little Help from My Friends" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and sung by drummer Ringo Starr, his lead vocal for the album. As the second track on the album, it segues from the applause of the title track.

Fearlessfly Watch "Doreen - The Clarinet Queen" on YouTube [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Jan 1, 2020:

Ketchens has performed for four U.S. Presidents: Bill Clinton, George Bush Sr., Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter, and is widely considered one of the cultural ambassadors of New Orleans and of the traditional music

Blinded me with science. [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Jan 1, 2020:

The song features interjections from the British scientist and TV presenter Magnus Pyke, who repeatedly interjects "Science!" and delivers other lines in a deliberately over-the-top mad scientist voice, such as, "Good heavens, Miss Sakamoto, you're beautiful!"

[youtu.be] Rolling Stones. - Jumpin’ Jack Flash.. one of their classics!

FearlessFly comments on Jan 1, 2020:

Richards has stated that he and Jagger wrote the lyrics while staying at Richards' country house, when they were awoken one morning by the clumping footsteps of his gardener Jack Dyer walking past the window. Surprised, Jagger asked what it was and Richards responded: "Oh, that's Jack – that's jumpin' Jack." The lyrics evolved from there. Humanities scholar Camille Paglia speculated that the song's lyrics might have been partly inspired by William Blake's poem "The Mental Traveller": "She binds iron thorns around his head / And pierces both his hands and feet / And cuts his heart out of his side / To make it feel both cold & heat."

[youtu.be] Bette Midler. - When A Man Loves A Woman. What a great artiste!

FearlessFly comments on Jan 1, 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.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! - ABBA A song for the Season from Sweden, one of my favorite groups! ...

FearlessFly comments on Jan 1, 2020:

"Happy New Year" is a song by Swedish group ABBA from their 1980 album Super Trouper. The lead vocals are by Agnetha Fältskog. The song's working title was the more festive and humorous "Daddy Don't Get Drunk on Christmas Day".

Welcome to 2020....shine on you crazy diamonds! [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Jan 1, 2020:

"Shine On You Crazy Diamond" is a nine-part Pink Floyd composition written by David Gilmour, Roger Waters, and Rick Wright. It appeared on Pink Floyd's 1975 concept album Wish You Were Here.

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FearlessFly comments on Jan 1, 2020:

The song originated as a Robby Krieger composition, with Jim Morrison writing the second verse. Although the album version was just over seven minutes long, it was widely requested for radio play, so a single version was edited to under three minutes with nearly all the instrumental break removed for airplay on AM radio.

[youtu.be] Felt like a bit of Van Morrison....Into The Mystic.

FearlessFly comments on Jan 1, 2020:

The lyrics are about a spiritual quest, typical of Morrison's work. "Bass thrums like a boat in motion, and the song comes back to water as a means of magical transformation." "At the very end Van sings: too late to stop now, suggesting that the song also describes an act of love."

Time Of The Season.

FearlessFly comments on Jan 1, 2020:

"Time of the Season" is frequently used in pop culture to represent the era of its release. It is featured in the films 1969, Awakenings, A Walk on the Moon, and Riding the Bullet, all of which depict 1969, The Conjuring, which depicts 1971, and in All the Money in the World, which depicts 1973. The Zombies and "Time of the Season", as well as "She's Not There", are intensively used in Thomas Vinterberg's Dear Wendy

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FearlessFly comments on Jan 1, 2020:

The song was covered by Bill Haley & His Comets in 1956 as "Rockin' Through The Rye". Bill Haley had updated the lyrics to a more 1950's hip slang (included the lyrics, "All the lassies rock with me when rockin' through the rye"). In Sept 1956, when the record was climbing the UK charts, the single was banned by the BBC from its playlist because they felt the song went against traditional British standards. Nevertheless, the record peaked at No. 3 on the UK charts.

ZZ Top Sharp Dressed Man always been one of my favorite groups [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 31, 2019:

The video for "Sharp Dressed Man" continues the "male fantasy come to life" of the "Gimme All Your Lovin'" video released earlier in 1983. As in the previous video, an attractive man (dancer/model Peter Tramm) who is experiencing frustration in his menial job is assisted in gaining social stature and prowess by a triad of very attractive and somewhat mysterious women traveling in ZZ Top's signature red car.

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FearlessFly comments on Dec 31, 2019:

"Auld Lang Syne" is a Scots-language poem written by Robert Burns in 1788 and set to the tune of a traditional folk song. It is well known in many countries, especially in the English-speaking world, its traditional use being to bid farewell to the old year at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day. By extension, it is also sung at funerals, graduations, and as a farewell or ending to other occasions. The international Scouting movement in many countries uses it to close jamborees and other functions

I'm partying tonight with Danny Gatton, Tom Principato, and Peter Greene, I'm sure the night will ...

FearlessFly comments on Dec 31, 2019:

"Harlem Nocturne" is a jazz standard written by Earle Hagen and Dick Rogers in 1939 for the Ray Noble orchestra, of which they were members. The song was chosen by the big-band leader Randy Brooks the next year as his theme song. "Harlem Nocturne" was the theme song of the television series Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer and The New Mike Hammer.

I think I'll end the decade with a little Queen - Hammer To Fall [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 31, 2019:

The lyrics at several points refer to the Cold War era in which the band members grew up, fuelling the popular conception that the song was about nuclear war

[youtu.be] Michael Buble - Home ....another great guy with a great voice!

FearlessFly comments on Dec 31, 2019:

Bublé had been away touring in Italy when he co-wrote the lyrics, for his then-fiancée, Debbie Timuss. Bublé describes his loneliness from missing her in the lyrics.

70 Percent of the World’s Macadamia Nuts Came From One Tree in Australia [atlasobscura.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 31, 2019:

Headline is 'hyperbole' : In other words, 70 percent of the world’s macadamia varieties can be sourced back to a single tree or a couple of trees in Gympie, Australia. "

[youtu.be] Queen. - Radio Ga Ga ...one of my favourite Queen songs.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 31, 2019:

t was a commentary on television overtaking radio's popularity and how one would listen to radio in the past for a favourite comedy, drama, or science fiction programme. It also addressed the advent of the music video and MTV, which was then competing with radio as an important medium for promoting records.

How to Definitely Get a Hangover [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 31, 2019:

I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me, than a full frontal lobotomy :P

[youtu.be] The Killers. - Tranquillise (feat. Lou Reed)

FearlessFly comments on Dec 31, 2019:

"It took a day to break the ice with him," Flowers said of Reed. "The second day of recording was a lot nicer than the first. On the first day we were all really stiff. It's funny, because you refer to him as 'Lou Reed', not 'Lou'. I remember somebody came into the studio. They could only stay in the room with him for two minutes. They left, saying, 'Lou Reed's really freaking me out.'"

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FearlessFly comments on Dec 31, 2019:

Twain wrote the song on or near Christmas Day. In 2017, during a listening party for her fifth studio album Now, Twain revealed the reason behind using Brad Pitt's name instead of other suitable male celebrities saying that after she heard about the scandal between Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow's and the subsequent leaking of Pitt's naked photo in Playgirl magazine, she was left unimpressed by all the fuss as she found it was normal to see naked people.

Black Keys - Howling for you. Morning😊 [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 31, 2019:

"Howlin' for You" is featured on the soundtrack of the EA Sports video games, NHL 11, NHL Slapshot and Need for Speed Payback. The song is featured in the films and in TV commercials for The Dilemma, Limitless, The Guilt Trip, Moneyball, Dark Shadows, Citizen Gangster, and Deadpool. It is used as the theme song to the Australian police drama television series, Cops L.A.C., and has been featured in American television series, CSI: Miami, Detroit 1-8-7, Entourage, Once Upon a Time, Prime Suspect, Chuck, Necessary Roughness, Suits, Lucifer, Secret Diary of a Call Girl and The Chicago Code. MLB's Toronto Blue Jays used it as their home run song (except for José Bautista), and the NHL's Arizona Coyotes use it as their goal song. The song was also featured in NBA 2K14.

I was watching a movie Dating Daisy and fell in love with the music at the end.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 31, 2019:

The Barr Brothers is an indie folk band founded in Montreal, Quebec, consisting of two American brothers Andrew and Brad Barr as well as bassist Morgan Moore, pedal steel guitarist Brett Lanier, and harpist Eveline Gregoire-Rousseau. Their first song "Beggar In The Morning" debuted on Paste Magazine.

Feeling my oats... [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 30, 2019:

Notable tracks include "Bad Horsie", which was derived from a riff played by Vai during the final scenes of the 1986 film Crossroads

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FearlessFly comments on Dec 30, 2019:

Coldplay, a band influenced by A-ha, has been known to perform "Hunting High and Low" in concert.

Eartha Kitt - I Want To Be Evil [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 30, 2019:

Many of the songs recorded for this album That Bad Ertha, such as "C'est si bon", "Uska Dara" and "I Want to Be Evil" became closely associated with Eartha Kitt and were performed live by her until one of her last concerts at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival, shortly before her death in December 2008.

Hmmm...who would'a thunk it?

FearlessFly comments on Dec 30, 2019:

The 119 veterans were not chosen randomly, they already had brain damage.

In keeping with @Marionville’s theme of the day: Here’s the theme from High Noon, one of my ...

FearlessFly comments on Dec 30, 2019:

The song is about the film's main character, Will Kane (played by Gary Cooper), and the moral dilemma of his new wife, Amy Fowler Kane (played by Grace Kelly), abandoning (or "forsaking") him because he chooses to stay and fight (and risk being killed) instead of running away with her after their wedding.

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FearlessFly comments on Dec 30, 2019:

A music video to accompany the release of "High Hopes" was first released onto YouTube on 23 January 2013 at a total length of four minutes and ten seconds and stars Irish actors Liam Cunningham and Niamh Large.

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FearlessFly comments on Dec 30, 2019:

Lead vocals by Tina Turner Written by Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, and Ellie Greenwich Produced by Phil Spector Arranged by Jack Nitzsche Musicians: Leon Russell (keyboards), Michel Rubini (piano), Jim Horn (saxophone), Barney Kessel (guitar), Glen Campbell (guitar), Hal Blaine (drums), Earl Palmer (drums), Carol Kaye (bass guitar), Frank Capp (percussion).

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FearlessFly comments on Dec 30, 2019:

"River Deep – Mountain High" was the first recording that Tina Turner did for Philles. It was written by Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, and Ellie Greenwich. The track cost a then-unheard-of $22,000 ($169,885 today), and required 21 session musicians.

More stories from deep time, six for the price of one this time.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 30, 2019:

Very interesting.

Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 30, 2019:

Originally titled "Brown-Skinned Girl", Morrison changed it to "Brown Eyed Girl" when he recorded it. Morrison remarked on the title change: "That was just a mistake. It was a kind of Jamaican song. Calypso. It just slipped my mind [that] I changed the title." "After we'd recorded it, I looked at the tape box and didn't even notice that I'd changed the title. I looked at the box where I'd lain it down with my guitar and it said 'Brown Eyed Girl' on the tape box. It's just one of those things that happen."

Madness - Lovestruck [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 30, 2019:

"Lovestruck" is a song by the band Madness. The release marked the first time they had put out original material for over ten years, and signified their return to music. The song was the lead single from their 1999 album Wonderful, and was heavily promoted.

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FearlessFly comments on Dec 30, 2019:

The lyrics of "High Rise" are inspired by J.G. Ballard's book High-Rise and short story "The Man on the 99th Floor".

Do Me, Baby by Prince [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 29, 2019:

Although it was credited as being written by him, it is alleged to have been written by his former bassist and childhood friend André Cymone.

Van Halen. - Jump [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 29, 2019:

The synth line was written around 1981 by Eddie Van Halen but it was refused by the other members of the band. In 1983, producer Ted Templeman asked Roth to take a listen to the unused song idea. Riding around in the back of his 1951 Mercury, with band roadie Larry Hostler driving, Roth listened repeatedly to the tune. To come up with a lyric for it, he remembered seeing a television news report the night before about a man who was threatening to commit suicide by jumping off a high building. Roth thought that one of the onlookers of such a scene would probably shout "go ahead and jump". Roth bounced this suggestion off Hostler who agreed it was good. Instead of being about a threatened suicide, the words were written as an invitation to love. Roth later told Musician magazine that Hostler was "probably the most responsible for how it came out."

Röyksopp - Remind me Good relaxing music from this Norwegian electronic music duo! ...

FearlessFly comments on Dec 29, 2019:

The vocals on the song are provided by Kings of Convenience singer Erlend Øye.

I got to see this live. Crossroads Chicago. Stevie, Eric and Derek... wow. [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 29, 2019:

"Can't Find My Way Home" is a song written by Steve Winwood which was first released by Blind Faith on their 1969 album Blind Faith

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FearlessFly comments on Dec 29, 2019:

East of the Sun, West of the Moon Morten Harket – lead & backing vocals Magne Furuholmen – keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocals on "The Way We Talk", harmonica Paul Waaktaar-Savoy – guitars, bass guitar, drum programming, backing vocals, piano Additional musicians Jørun Bøgeberg – bass guitar Per Hillestad – drums Chris Hughes – drums Phil Todd – saxophone Martin Ditcham – percussion

Always makes a good start to the day [m.youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 29, 2019:

"Leave Me Lonely" is a song by Australian hip hop group Hilltop Hoods from their eighth studio album The Great Expanse. It was released as the first single from the album on 23 November 2018.

Anyone for a Smoke-y? [youtu.be] [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 29, 2019:

A slow, remorseful number, "Ooo Baby Baby" features Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson lamenting the fact that he cheated on his woman, and begging for her to overlook his mistakes and please forgive him.

"You just want free stuff"...

FearlessFly comments on Dec 29, 2019:

That word, I don't think it means what you think :

from 1971 I got the blues Rolling Stones [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 29, 2019:

Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, "I Got the Blues" is a slow-paced, bluesy song. It features languid guitars with heavy influence of both blues and soul feel.

Mandolin ORange-Golden Embers [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 29, 2019:

Very nice.

Dire Straits - Down To The Waterline [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 29, 2019:

The lyrics of "Down to the Waterline" tell of a brief sexual tryst. According to Mark Knopfler's brother and fellow Dire Straits member David, the song's imagery is based on Mark's memories of walking along the River Tyne at night under the lights with his girlfriend when he was a teenager

Harry Nilsson - Coconut. [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 29, 2019:

The lyrics feature four characters (the narrator, the brother, the sister, and the doctor), three of whom (narrator, sister, and doctor) are sung in different voices by Nilsson. The song describes a story in which a girl has a stomachache and calls her doctor who prescribes her the same drink that gave her the stomachache. With the help of her brother, they concoct a beverage consisting of lime and coconut. When the sister calls the doctor late at night, the doctor (annoyed at being awakened by such a complaint) laughs her off and recommends that she "put the lime in the coconut and drink 'em both together"—then call him in the morning.

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FearlessFly comments on Dec 29, 2019:

The story in the song is about the narrator's sexual frustration at the hands of a femme fatale who's described in the lyrics as being "a bad girl" and "like a narcotic".

Bill Evans - My Foolish Heart [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 29, 2019:

The music was composed by Victor Young, and the lyric was written by Ned Washington. The song was introduced by the singer Martha Mears in the 1949 film of the same name.

Blotto- Goodbye, Mr. Bond [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 29, 2019:

Blotto actually began as the Star Spangled Washboard Band, a bluegrass combo with plenty of country corn.

"A plurality of European countries" Wtf does that mean?

FearlessFly comments on Dec 28, 2019:

A majority would be more than half, but in this case, it means (according to State Dept) more countries oppose Nordstream 2 than countries support it.

My father only tolerated a few songs.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 28, 2019:

The music was written by Harold Arlen and the lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The song was nominated for the "Academy Award for Best Original Song" at the 18th Academy Awards in 1945 after being used in the film Here Come the Waves.

Yup they dont understand

FearlessFly comments on Dec 28, 2019:

(from urbandictionary) Listen to Ben Carson richsplain poverty: "I think poverty to a large extent is also a state of mind. You take somebody that has the right mindset, you can take everything from them and put them on the street, and I guarantee in a little while they'll be right back up there. And you take somebody with the wrong mindset, you could give them everything in the world, they'll work their way right back down to the bottom."

My mood this evening told in a song... [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 28, 2019:

"Sharing the Night Together" is a popular song written by Ava Aldridge and Eddie Struzick. Originally recorded by Lenny LeBlanc and then Arthur Alexander in 1976, the song was later a single produced by Ron Haffkine and performed by Dr. Hook from their album Pleasure & Pain.

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FearlessFly comments on Dec 28, 2019:

Voice – The Best of Beverley Knight is the first greatest hits album by British R&B recording artist and songwriter Beverley Knight. The album includes a second new track co-written with and produced by Chris Braide entitled "Who's Gonna Save Your Soul" and two live tracks.

Who Could Deny You by Tim Buckley [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 28, 2019:

Look at the Fool is the ninth and last album by singer-songwriter Tim Buckley before his death in 1975. It was recorded at Wally Heider Sound Studios and Record Plant in Los Angeles, California.

I like this version by Adam Lambert too A Change is Gonna Come [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 28, 2019:

Lambert rose to fame in 2009 after finishing as runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol.

More interesting history.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 28, 2019:

Vemork was later the site of the first plant in the world to mass-produce heavy water developing from the hydrogen production then used for the Haber process. During World War II, Vemork was the target of Norwegian heavy water sabotage operations. The heavy water plant was closed in 1971, and in 1988 the power station became the Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum. A new power plant was opened in 1971 and is located inside the mountain behind the old power plant.

This song reminds me of all the past lovrs of my life and how I feel about them.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 28, 2019:

The music video for "Next Lifetime" starts with the title 'a story by Erykah Badu'. It then shows Badu and the man she longs for in several different time frames or 'Lifetimes' including 'Motherland, 1637 A.D.', 'The Movement, 1968' and 'Motherland, 3037'.

Warren Haynes is one of my top ten guitars.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 27, 2019:

"Workin' Man Blues" was a track on Haggard's 1969 album A Portrait of Merle Haggard

"IF YOU LEAVE" - ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK Very good song by this English Band from ...

FearlessFly comments on Dec 27, 2019:

It was recorded for the soundtrack to the film Pretty in Pink (1986), in which it is played prominently during the final scene. Along with 1980's "Enola Gay", the track has been described as the band's signature song.

[youtu.be] For What It’s Worth

FearlessFly comments on Dec 27, 2019:

Although "For What It's Worth" is often considered an anti-war song, Stephen Stills was inspired to write the song because of the Sunset Strip curfew riots in November 1966—a series of early counterculture-era clashes that took place between police and young people on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, California, beginning in mid-1966, the same year Buffalo Springfield had become the house band at the Whisky a Go Go on the Sunset Strip.

Marlene Dietrich- it would be her birthday today. Falling in Love Again [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 27, 2019:

The song was originally performed, in the 1930 film Der Blaue Engel (English translation: The Blue Angel), by Marlene Dietrich, who also recorded the most famous English version, which became her anthem. Dietrich is backed by the Friedrich Hollaender Orchestra.

diagram of the earth [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 27, 2019:

Just because our knowledge was imperfect, we have learned more, adjusted hypotheses/theories does not mean there were **lies**.

Hey Trumpers-Republicans: "During the House Intelligence Committee's investigation of President ...

FearlessFly comments on Dec 27, 2019:

. . . kinda "preaching to the choir" :O

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FearlessFly comments on Dec 26, 2019:

In 2011 Chantel McGregor released her debut album Like No Other. It was a many faceted collection of self-penned, predominately melodic blues numbers that sat comfortably alongside an acoustic take of Fleetwood Mac’s 'Rhiannon,' a cover of Sonny Boy Williamson’s 'Help Me' and a softer voiced, fourteen minute interpretation of the Robin Trower classic 'Daydream.'

To nap or not? [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 26, 2019:

https://www.sleepfoundation.org/articles/napping https://www.sleepfoundation.org/articles/debunking-sleep-myths-does-napping-during-day-affect-your-sleep-night

Showaddywaddy _ Under The Moon of Love [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 26, 2019:

"Under the Moon of Love" is a song written by Tommy Boyce and Curtis Lee, and first recorded in 1961 by Curtis Lee. In 1976 the song was revived by rock and roll revival act Showaddywaddy, and became a major hit in the UK. This version has become a traditional favourite with St. Mirren FC fans.

Dido - White Flag (Acoustic) [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 26, 2019:

In the song, the protagonist is unwilling to give up, even if she knows her relationship is over.

The Cadillac Kings - Left Handed Women [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 26, 2019:

Firm favourites on the blues, r&b, rock & roll & swing dance scenes, The Cadillac Kings feature five of the UK's top roots musicians. Mike Thomas: vocals, harmonica, slide guitar, Mal Barclay: lead guitar, vocals, Tim Penn: piano, accordion, vocals, Jason Reay: drums and Paul Cuff: double bass & Fender bass.

The SONG was pretty unimpressive, to my tastes, but the LANDSCAPE was worth watching the video for.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 26, 2019:

Racing Stripes marked a breakthrough for the band because frontman Jack Steadman came up with it after suffering from writer’s block. He commented on the track: It’s a good example of the emotional rollercoaster you go through. I was like, this is it, I can’t do this any more, and then the next morning you’re like, ah, this is a really good song.

I love this version [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 26, 2019:

The lyrics were written by Johnny Mercer with music by Rube Bloom. The major hits at the time of introduction were Tony Martin, Glenn Miller with Ray Eberle, and Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra. It was also recorded by Billy Eckstine. The song proved popular with 1960s pop and rhythm and blues artists, resulting in charted remakes in 1960 (Brook Benton), 1962 (Etta James), and 1963 (Ricky Nelson)

Moonglow [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 25, 2019:

The 1933 piece, "Moonglow", was written by Will Hudson, Irving Mills and Eddie DeLange. The 1955 piece, "Theme from Picnic", was written by George Duning. (Steve Allen set lyrics to the tune, and is credited on vocal versions of the song as a co-author, but not on the hit instrumental versions by Stoloff and others.)

Canadian Sunset [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 25, 2019:

"Canadian Sunset" is a popular song with music by jazz pianist Eddie Heywood and lyrics by Norman Gimbel. A version sung by Andy Williams was also popular.

THE CURE - BOYS DON'T CRY A very good English Band with a 1979 hit! [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 25, 2019:

Written by Michael Dempsey, Robert Smith, and Lol Tolhurst, the lyrics tell the story of a man who has given up trying to regain the love that he has lost, and tries to disguise his true emotional state by "laughing, hiding the tears in [his] eyes, 'cause boys don't cry".

BARRON LEE & THE BLUE RHYTHM BAND. REEFER MAN. 1932 NOVELTY SONG. [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 25, 2019:

I'm reminded of "Reefer Madness", but I'm inclined to dance the charleston :P

Ana Popovic, Can You Stand the Heat.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 25, 2019:

Can You Stand the Heat is Ana Popović's sixth studio album, released on March 27, 2013 on ArtisteXclusive records. The album has eleven original songs and three cover songs, and features guest appearances with Grammy Award winner Tommy Sims and Grammy nominee Lucky Peterson, and was produced by B.B. King's drummer of twenty-five years, Tony Coleman.

John McCutcheon - christmas in the trenches [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 25, 2019:

"Christmas in the Trenches" is a ballad from John McCutcheon's 1984 album Winter Solstice. It tells the story of the 1914 Christmas Truce between the British and German lines on the Western Front during the Great War from the perspective of a fictional British soldier.

Talk to me Lucille... tell me Merry Christmas! [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 25, 2019:

A Christmas Celebration of Hope contains 13 tracks totaling approximately 48 minutes in length. Produced by B.B. King himself and recorded in Lafayette, Louisiana at Dockside Recording Studios in June 2001. Some of the songs, including "Merry Christmas, Baby" have roots in blues or rhythm and blues.

1000th Chuck egg hatched for the Previously almost extinct Condor.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 25, 2019:

"Thirty-four states have expanded restrictions beyond the 1991 federal ban on the use of lead ammunition to hunt waterfowl." https://www.humanesociety.org/resources/lead-ammunition-toxic-wildlife-people-and-environment

STEPHEN BISHOP - IT MIGHT BE YOU A beautiful romantic song from 1982 by this good American singer.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 25, 2019:

"It Might Be You" is a song with music written by Dave Grusin, and lyrics written by Alan & Marilyn Bergman. It was performed by singer/songwriter Stephen Bishop in the 1982 film Tootsie starring Dustin Hoffman and Jessica Lange. The song was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1983.

The (Legal) War Against Nonbelievers

FearlessFly comments on Dec 25, 2019:

SCOTUS 101: Prayer in Public Schools https://www.historynet.com/scotus-101-prayer-public-schools.htm

DANNY COLLET. JUKE BOX SONGS. [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 24, 2019:

Danny Collet is a vocalist and accordion player from southwest Louisiana who took up playing music at the age of seven, and has been making music ever since. In 1991 he was a member of the Basin Brothers, when the group was nominated for a Grammy. In 2002 Collet formed his own band, Louisiana Tremor. It Wasn’t Supposed To Happen is a result of that collaboration

It’s Xmas morning here.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 24, 2019:

Although there is agreement among the band that "Fairytale of New York" was first written in 1985, the origins of the song are disputed. MacGowan insisted that it arose as a result of a wager made by the Pogues' producer at the time, Elvis Costello, that the band would not be able to write a Christmas hit single, while the Pogues' manager Frank Murray has stated that it was originally his idea that the band should try and write a Christmas song as he thought it would be "interesting". Banjo player Finer came up with the melody and the original concept for the song, which involved a sailor in New York looking out over the ocean and reminiscing about being back home in Ireland.

Kate Bush- Night Of The Swallow [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 24, 2019:

The lyrics concern a smuggler planning his next clandestine journey, Bush takes on the role of his lover, who begs him not to go ("I won't let you do it. If you go, I'll let the law know"). The song ends with the smuggler speaking in defiance ("Would you break even my wings, like a swallow. Let me, let me go").

G. Love & Special Sauce- Unified [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 24, 2019:

The band formed in January 1993, when Garrett Dutton was performing at a Boston bar, The Tam O'Shanter. Here he met drummer Jeffrey Clemens. Dutton and Clemens began working as a duo, and were joined a few months later by bassist Jim Prescott, and became the house band at The Plough and Stars in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Dean Martin [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 24, 2019:

"Everybody Loves Somebody" is a song written in 1947 by Sam Coslow, Irving Taylor and pianist Ken Lane.

Run Run Rudolph - Lemmy Kilmister, Billy Gibbons, Dave Grohl [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 24, 2019:

"Run Rudolph Run" is a Christmas song popularized by Chuck Berry, written by Johnny Marks and Marvin Brodie

Northern lights from space courtesy NASA

FearlessFly comments on Dec 24, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndQEq48IZA4

I hate Christmas music so every half hour or so I take a break from the family and listen to ...

FearlessFly comments on Dec 24, 2019:

Bob Mould - guitars, vocals, keyboards, photography, producer Jason Narducy - bass Jon Wurster - drums

KISS YOU ALL OVER - EXILE A great song from from this Kentucky band. (1978) [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 24, 2019:

The song was a number one single in the United States, but proved to be Exile's only big hit in the pop rock market (they would later have great success on the country music charts).

Trump administration rejects Congress vote on Armenia 'genocide' - BBC News

FearlessFly comments on Dec 24, 2019:

There was, in both House and Senate, overwhelming votes to pass this bill. Perhaps they will vote to override.

George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Rock & Roll Christmas [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 24, 2019:

George Thorogood – lead vocals and lead guitar Jeff Simon – drums, percussion (1973–present) Billy Blough – bass guitar (1976–present) Jim Suhler – rhythm guitar (1999–present) Buddy Leach – saxophone, piano (2003–present)

Grace Potter, Back to Me [m.youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 24, 2019:

Potter spoke to Esquire about “Back To Me,” telling the outlet: [That song] came in a complete, finished thought. I was listening to [Ann Peebles’s 1973 song “I Can’t Stand The Rain”] and just starting to feel like, oh man, I wanna go there. I want to have one of those songs that just slaps you in the face, but in such a sumptuous way that you can’t help but dance to it, even though it hurts.

I always like sharing this story around Christmas.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 24, 2019:

(from songfacts) "Thrill of it All" had to be re-recorded because of the reference tones a technician accidentally put on the master tape for the song, recording over the track itself. The band gave a nod to this in the liner notes

Grand Funk Railroad, Inside Looking Out.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 24, 2019:

"Inside Looking Out", is a 1966 single by The Animals. In 1969 it was covered by Grand Funk Railroad, who on their album Grand Funk added some marijuana references to the lyrics such as changing the original's "rebirth" to "reefer" and "canvas bags" to "nickel bags" ("burlap bags" in later reissues).

It is Lemmy Kilmister's birthday today! Here is Motörhead Overkill [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 24, 2019:

Lemmy - vocals, bass "Fast" Eddie Clarke - guitars Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor - drums

Boeing finally makes a change

FearlessFly comments on Dec 24, 2019:

Same story, different newspaper : "Boeing CEO Pushed Out as Company Reels From 737 MAX Debacle Dennis Muilenburg succeeded by David ..."

BELIEVE OR NOT - JOEY SCARBURY Beautiful theme song of the show "America's Greatest Hero" that ...

FearlessFly comments on Dec 23, 2019:

"Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not)" is a song composed by Mike Post with lyrics by Stephen Geyer, and sung by American singer Joey Scarbury. It serves as the theme song for the 1980s television series The Greatest American Hero.