Elton John.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 5, 2019:

There is a brief homage to the Beatles' song "Drive My Car" that can be heard during the trumpet solo at 2:18, where Elton and the backup singers interject "beep beep, beep beep, yeah!".

Tiana Major9- Collide [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 5, 2019:

"The cinematic video for "Collide" follows the trio through the desert as they lay soulful vocals about an irresistible lover."

Happy birthday, Little Richard! Long tall Sally [youtu.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 5, 2019:

The song was originally called "The Thing", recorded in New Orleans by Little Richard.

Focus 1973 "Hocus Pocus [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 5, 2019:

"Hocus Pocus" takes the form of a rondo, consisting of alternation between a powerful rock chord riff with short drum solos and then varied solo "verses"

[youtu.be] HIM. - Heartache Every Moment. Love Ville Valo!!

FearlessFly comments on Dec 5, 2019:

"Heartache Every Moment" was described as containing all the essential elements of HIM's sound, including "the Bon Jovi, and the tongue-in-cheek gothicness of the lyrics".

Good morning.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 5, 2019:

t also featured Indian Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor in a brief role.

Jackson Browne Running on Empty I am scared to go to sleep tonight.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 4, 2019:

Jackson - "I was always driving around with no gas in the car," Browne is quoted. "I just never bothered to fill up the tank because — how far was it anyway? Just a few blocks."

I think we could all use a little love these days! [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 4, 2019:

The song is used in the Gus Van Sant film Drugstore Cowboy.

J.D. McPherson - Northside Gal. [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 4, 2019:

He is known for a retro sound rooted in the rock and roll, rockabilly, and rhythm and blues music of the 1950s.

I really like Samantha Fish-Bulletproof [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 4, 2019:

‘Bulletproof’ is an instantly infectious blues stomper that comes complete with spitting lyrics about a volatile relationship.

It’s come to the end of another day for me.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 4, 2019:

John Miles wrote this in Leeds when he had some time to kill and his song writing partner at the time Bob Marshall wasn't around.

ICE used a fake university to weed out student visa fraud.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 4, 2019:

entrapment ? I don't think so : https://www.justia.com/criminal/defenses/entrapment/

Heart.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 4, 2019:

Their version is a power ballad that begins with a piano line and a subdued vocal from Ann Wilson, leading to a synth-led hard-rock chorus. Tom Kelly, the song's coauthor and himself an experienced session singer, provided the high harmony parts on the record

The Rolling Stones - Saint of Me [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 4, 2019:

Mick Jagger sings about various people in history who had converted to Christianity, notably St. Paul and St. Augustine. Jagger then states that they will never make a saint out of him.

Hey, NASCAR fans, do you recognize the driver in the other car?

FearlessFly comments on Dec 4, 2019:

Dale Earnhardt Jr

Hey, NASCAR fans, do you recognize the driver in the other car?

FearlessFly comments on Dec 4, 2019:

The song also became a dance hit peaking at #11 in Billboard Hot Dance Club Play.

[youtu.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 4, 2019:

The song was written about the death of someone who had worked for the band, a murder committed by a soldier in Belfast.

[youtu.be] Motörhead - Heroes (David Bowie cover)

FearlessFly comments on Dec 4, 2019:

This is the first time the studio version of their Bowie cover has been released.

Dave Mason - We Just Disagree [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 4, 2019:

The ballad features Krueger's 12-string guitar prominently; the author also sang the harmony above Mason's lead vocal.

Nice job. Sheryl Crow & Stevie Nicks.-Redemption Day. [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 4, 2019:

Crow wrote or co-wrote all twelve of the album's original tracks, as well as "Redemption Day", which had previously appeared on her 1996 release Sheryl Crow.

Bob Segar / Beautiful Loser [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 4, 2019:

The song is about people who set their goals high but never achieve anything. Seger got the idea for the song from Beautiful Losers, a novel written by Leonard Cohen.

What There Is .

FearlessFly comments on Dec 4, 2019:

"What There Is", an earlier solo track by Magne Furuholmen, was re-recorded for the album.

Phil Lynott. - King’s Call (feat. Mark Knopfler). Miss ya Phil! [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 4, 2019:

A lament to Elvis Presley.

[youtu.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 4, 2019:

The title of the song attracted attention from fans, some of whom questioned Labrinth about the spelling of the word "Your" within the song's title, believing that was a grammatical error and should have been spelt "You're" (although the song's lyrics use "beautiful" and "perfect" as nouns).

A lil bit of the 90s (Jewel) [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 4, 2019:

It was the first song she ever wrote.

[cnn.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2019:

Isn't secrecy a really good idea for a trip like this ? Other POTUS have done it.

There may be hope for America after all.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2019:

'Progressive Digital Media' is now called GlobalData : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GlobalData this website says "privately held International group of companies" -- how can you/anyone know about its' private funding ? http://www.progressivemediagroup.com/about.html

Is alcohol necessary for your first 'date'?

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2019:

candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker :O

GOP Rep to plead guilty in campaign finance case he calls a "Witch Hunt"

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2019:

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

Atheist/Agnostic

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2019:

In the less-than 3 months since I started, I think I have posted this half-a-dozen times : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum_of_theistic_probability . . . beating a dead horse much ? :P

Teaching assistant accused of sexually abusing student to turn him straight / LGBTQ Nation

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2019:

Other article(s) have no mention of "turn him straight" : https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10444252/teacher-sexts-sex-student-teen-school/ https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/ex-teaching-assistant-charged-in-sexual-assault-of-boy-at/article_3739bea8-da8b-58e8-a82f-f6ab87676516.html

There may be hope for America after all.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2019:

Good (journalistically) and popular are not synonymous. It could be that confirmation bias is seriously at work.

Ozzy Osbourne - One Up The 'B' Side.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2019:

Originally the B-side of the "Bark at the Moon" single.

Obsidian Dome – June Lake, California [atlasobscura.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2019:

I have read about surgeons who choose to use obsidian scalpels that are extremely sharper than anything else.

Dead South - In Hell I'll be in Good Company. [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2019:

The release in 2017 of the YouTube music video for "In Hell I'll Be In Good Company" retroactively fueled interest in the band's earlier debut album Good Company as well

Russia to upgrade homegrown encyclopedia after Putin pans Wikipedia [reuters.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2019:

In Russia, Encyclopedia looks-up YOU :P

Televangelist Acton Bowen Pleads Guilty To Sexually Abusing Multiple Children | Michael Stone

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2019:

. . . history repeating itself :P

Two Supreme Court justices appeared in a photo with a hate group leader / LGBTQ Nation

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2019:

They are being asked to recuse themselves from current (perhaps other) SCOTUS cases : https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-homophobic-activist-who-won-an-audience-with-two-supreme-court-justices https://www.newsweek.com/supreme-court-justices-brett-kavanaugh-samuel-alito-urged-recuse-themselves-lgbt-cases-1470290

The History of Electric Vehicles Began in 1830

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2019:

I just posted the trailer of "Who Killed The Electric Car?" in the Documentaries group, (I have seen it) :)

The History of Electric Vehicles Began in 1830

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2019:

. . . known this for a long time, even long before this series -- the hospital (ca. 1900) gets an electric ambulance : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Knick

There may be a few Corvids here since they are a personal favorite. Enjoy. [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2019:

Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies, choughs, and nutcrackers.

Randy Meisner - Hearts On Fire [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2019:

"Hearts on Fire" peaked at number 19 on the US Billboard 100

[secular] humanism.org | What is Secular Humanism | Free Inquiry Your thoughts?

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2019:

https://secularhumanism.org/what-is-secular-humanism/secular-humanism-defined/

[youtu.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2019:

The song was described by AllMusic as a "seductive, bittersweet ballad".[4] 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'."

Letter From America I am guessing this is about the Highland Clearances.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2019:

"Letter From America" is a song written and performed by Scottish band The Proclaimers. Lyrically, the song reflects Scotland's long history of emigration with Scots leaving behind economic depression in their own nation to start new lives in America and Canada.

[youtu.be] Whitesnake. - Now You’re Gone.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2019:

The power ballad follows an alternately slow/fast-paced rhythm, and the lyrics tell about longing for the woman after a break-up.

Dead South - In Hell I'll be in Good Company. [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2019:

I get : An error occurred. Please try again later. (Playback ID: u3gQCBR4ORUA_d9x)

The Only Human To Be Buried On The Moon [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2019:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/eugene-shoemaker-buried-moon-celestis-nasa I think this guy would be jealous :O : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Leary

Trying to offend

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2019:

(kids joke) did you know Santa is a gardener ? . . . that's why he says Ho Ho Ho :P

It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World - Orchestral Funk James Brown Cover ft. Morgan James - YouTube

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2019:

voice . . . . . . from her website bio : "A gift bestowed upon her that she has expertly trained, meticulously nurtured, and passionately galvanized into action by an urgency to make real music.

[youtu.be] Roxy Music. - Oh Yeah! Love their style..l!

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2019:

Bryan Ferry explained to The Mail on Sunday: “In this song I was trying to create a picture of Americana, and long hot summer evenings at drive-in movies. It is wistful and nostalgic, rather like a country record.

[youtu.be] Please Come Out Tonight. - Phil Collins

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2019:

Phil said "This song, like a lot of my songs, wrote itself. I remember playing the chords then singing whatever came into my head.

Robert Palmer - Bad Case Of Loving You [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2019:

"Bad Case of Loving You" is an example of mixing the rarer 10-bar blues structure in charted country compositions.

It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World - Orchestral Funk James Brown Cover ft. Morgan James - YouTube

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2019:

Powerful voice . . .

Lord Daniel did what he had to do. [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2019:

What's not to like about Doc Watson's guitar virtuoso ?

The Smiths. - How Soon Is Now? [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2019:

"How Soon Is Now?" was subsequently featured on the compilation album Hatful of Hollow and on US, Canadian, Australian, and Warner UK editions of Meat Is Murder.

Save the Rich (Official Video) by Garfunkel and Oates - YouTube

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2019:

Garfunkel and Oates is an American comedy–folk duo operating out of Los Angeles, California, consisting of actresses and songwriters Riki Lindhome (Garfunkel) and Kate Micucci (Oates).

Uhhhm, yup.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 2, 2019:

And if wishes were horses the devil would ride :P

My favorite Led Zeppelin [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 2, 2019:

It was the last single released in the US before they formally disbanded in 1980.

Irving Burgie died at age 95. [bbc.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 2, 2019:

Mr Burgie is best known for helping singer Harry Belafonte bring calypso music to the mainstream. Songwriter of calypso hit Day-O.

I used to enjoy propaganda as art. Now, I just enjoy art. [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 2, 2019:

Earth among the Three Pillars of Creation ? :P

So it is now legal to kill hibernating bears?

FearlessFly comments on Dec 2, 2019:

How does one shoot a bear-in-the-den from an aircraft (as the article claims) ? Infrared camera ?

New poll shows majority of Republicans think Donald Trump is a better President than Abraham Lincoln

FearlessFly comments on Dec 2, 2019:

. . . Trump did predict a civil war :P

In World First, Scientists Reprogram Bacteria to Exist Solely By Consuming CO2 From the Air 🤯 ...

FearlessFly comments on Dec 2, 2019:

. . . they also consume formate (readily available in nature)

From Mother Nature Network.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 2, 2019:

clicking on a link that doesn't disclose its' destination is a fools game . . . (((**t.co/FP47iwruKQ**))) I don't recommend it.

A Literal Nazi Will, Again, Run for Congress as a Republican from Illinois | Hemant Mehta | Friendly...

FearlessFly comments on Dec 2, 2019:

Why be surprised after he got 26% in the 2018 race : https://ballotpedia.org/Illinois%27_3rd_Congressional_District_election,_2018

Creepy incoherent uncle Joe strikes again. [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 2, 2019:

. . . this is a dupe -- from less-than an hour earlier : "Creepy incoherent uncle Joe strikes again. [youtube.com]"

The Moody Blues [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 2, 2019:

At most of the Moody Blues' concerts, "Ride My See-Saw" is the encore presentation at the end of the shows.

Anybody know anything about the lands in this article? [greenandgrowing.org]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 2, 2019:

. . . surely not the first time native Americans fight (often unsuccessfully) to protect ancestral lands. Mining on a burial site does seem over-the-top.

The phoney GOP leader in the senate wants to cut social security and medicare. [msn.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 2, 2019:

You/me not liking his politics doesn't make him phoney :O

Hillbilly Moon - Queen of Hearts [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 2, 2019:

Hillbilly Moon Explosion is a Swiss rockabilly band founded in 1998. The group is known for a versatile mix of Rock and Roll, Jump Blues, Swing, Country, Roots rock and Surf music elements.

Marshall Tucker Band - Heard It In A Love Song [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 2, 2019:

. . . the tempo seems to fast in this live version, but : Doug Gray-lead vocals Toy Caldwell-lead & acoustic guitars Tommy Caldwell-bass guitar, background vocals George McCorkle-rhythm guitar Paul Riddle-drums Jerry Eubanks-flute, background vocals

What happened to the word Peace?

FearlessFly comments on Dec 2, 2019:

. . . since this article is OPINION :) , I'll give this -- visualize whirled peas :O

[youtu.be] Manic Street Preachers. - A Design For Life.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 2, 2019:

The opening line of the song 'Libraries gave us power' was inspired by a legend engraved over the entrance to the former library in Pillgwenlly, Newport, some 15 miles from the band's home town of Blackwood in Wales: 'Knowledge is Power'

[youtu.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 2, 2019:

The album's inner sleeve on LP releases features a photograph of Callanish Stones, a neolithic stone arrangement on Lewis in Scotland.

How I Became Pro-Palestine & Why It Matters. | elephant journal

FearlessFly comments on Dec 2, 2019:

Unless/until Netanyahu and Trump are gone, aren't things likely to get worse ?

How about some Engelbert.... [youtu.be] [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 2, 2019:

The title translates as "When, When, When".

The Faces. - Stay With Me. [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 2, 2019:

The lyrics describe a woman named Rita with "red lips, hair and fingernails" he "found... down on the floor"; the singer proposes a one-night stand on the condition that she must be gone when he wakes up.

Neil Finn. - Don't Dream It’s Over. (Live with strings, Auckland 2015) [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 2, 2019:

"Don't Dream It's Over" is a song by the Australian rock band Crowded House, recorded for their 1986 self-titled debut studio album. The song was written by band frontman Neil Finn, and released in October 1986 as the fourth single from the album.

Is a Mini Ice Age Coming? [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 2, 2019:

https://thebulletin.org/2018/12/little-ice-age-no-big-warming-age-yes/ https://eos.org/articles/the-little-ice-age-wasnt-global-but-current-climate-change-is

Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart - I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 2, 2019:

"I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight" was written, produced, and sung by Boyce and Hart and arranged by Artie Butler.

[youtu.be] Blondie. - Call Me. This was used on the soundtrack of the movie American Gigolo.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 2, 2019:

The lyrics were written from the perspective of the main character in the film, a male prostitute.

[youtu.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 2, 2019:

The song (with the English lyrics) was introduced in the film The Thomas Crown Affair 1968, and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in the same year

[mavenroundtable.io]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 2, 2019:

http://sdcitybeat.com/news-and-opinion/sordid-tales/are-atheists-the-most-arrogant-ignorant-dangerous-people-on-/

Walmart dodged US tax on $2 billion by routing cash through multiple countries, whistleblower says

FearlessFly comments on Dec 2, 2019:

This is a dupe : "Walmart dodged US tax on $2 billion by routing cash through multiple countries, whistleblower says..."

[mavenroundtable.io]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 2, 2019:

The Fox News article is an OPINION piece, worth what I paid for it :P

Madness - Mr. Apples [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 2, 2019:

Mr Apples, (devout by day, whorer by night)

For those interested just read Foresight by Eberline.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 1, 2019:

For all but the OP, I suggest we not feed the troll.

From CNN: High speed trains are close to doubling their speed [cnn.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 1, 2019:

From 80mph to 370mph is more than quadruple :O

White House Adviser Launches Project To Protect Trump From Witches And Demons | Michael Stone

FearlessFly comments on Dec 1, 2019:

. . . to his base -- it is "preaching to the choir", they will eat-it-up :P

Photos of the Week: Illuminated Boars, Lucid Dancing, Presidential Notes - The Atlantic

FearlessFly comments on Dec 1, 2019:

Nice pix :)

Madness - Shut Up😄 [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 1, 2019:

The song tells a story of a criminal who, despite obvious evidence, tries to convince people he is not guilty. Even though the song is called "Shut Up", the two words do not appear in the lyrics at all. However, they were the final words of an additional verse which was part of an early version of the song.

Free things are usually more expensive.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 1, 2019:

I was taught that "the best things in life are free" -- a nice sentiment, but I think not universally accurate :P

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination

FearlessFly comments on Dec 1, 2019:

Wouldn't it be fair to say that imagination **needs no** reality ? :P

There's a rumour doing the rounds here in the UK that the queen died early on Sunday morning, but ...

FearlessFly comments on Dec 1, 2019:

NOT a rumor : https://www.royal.uk/death-queen-elizabeth-queen-mother

Has anyone heard of "Global Comments"?

FearlessFly comments on Dec 1, 2019:

. . . sure, there aren't enough opportunities for fake news :P

Someone posted this post and deleted the post not sure why but for years this is the song I heard ...

FearlessFly comments on Dec 1, 2019:

. . . the song was posted in multiple groups Thanksgiving :)

[youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 1, 2019:

This haunting song was composed and written by Scottish folk singer, Ian Campbell, and first released in 1963 but made famous by Simon and Garfunkel, who included it on their first album, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., one year later. It tells of the horrors of a nuclear blast and was written at a time when the movement for nuclear disarmament was growing. It became the official song of CND -- the British organisation Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

[youtu.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 1, 2019:

The Norwegian Nobel Committee decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2015 is to be awarded to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011.

Not gonna lie: I am SO EXTREMELY looking forward to this. [thevintagenews.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 1, 2019:

The surviving cast of Ghostbusters have signed on for slime detail. Bill Murray, Dan Akyroyd and co. will be picking up their proton packs and teaming up for the first time since 1989, in Jason Reitman’s much-anticipated Ghostbusters 2020.