“Someone said, drink the water, but I will drink the wineSomeone said, take a poor man, rich folk don’t have a dime Go fool yourselves if you will, I just haven’t got the timeYes you can drink the water (yes you can drink the water)But I will drink the wine Someone gave me some small… Read More Time Out: Favorite Son, Bad Boy Brother Frank
The Last Waltz – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down: Levon Helm leads The Band through a passionate take of the Civil War-inspired song, “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”.
“And lawyers haven’t been this popular /Since Robespierre slaughtered half of France“. Lyrics Sex Kills Joni Mitchell “I pulled up behind a CadillacWe were waiting for the lightAnd I took a look at his license plateAnd it said “Just Ice”. Is justice just ice?Governed by greed and lust.Just the strong doing what they can.And the… Read More Sex Kills. Joni Mitchell pulls up the cultural shades. 2004.
Another conversation with Tin Man. Me: I do hope you’ve had 🛢️🛢️ 🛢️ of fun today answering our stupid questions. But speaking of stupid, I make haste to ask an important question. Is it true as I have read that the reason we older men tend to get a, ahem!, larger girth is that in… Read More Of Wintry Blubber and Spontaneous Combustion
Track #2 from from Silly Wizard’s sixth and final studio album, “A Glint of Silver” (1986), now sadly out of print. An original jig by Phil Cunningham, coupled with an old Jacobite rallying song. Wha’ll be King but Charlie?” is a traditional Scottish song about Bonnie Prince Charlie, the leader of the 1745 Jacobite Rising,… Read More Who’ll be King but Charlie?
Planxty. Planxty[1] were an Irish folk music band formed in January 1972,[1]: 99–100 consisting initially of Christy Moore (vocals, acoustic guitar, bodhrán), Andy Irvine (vocals, mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica), Dónal Lunny (bouzouki, guitars, bodhrán, keyboards), and Liam O’Flynn (uilleann pipes, tin whistle). They transformed and popularized Irish folk music, touring and recording to great acclaim. Planxty
” …but she has come down to condemn that wild ocean for the murderous loss of her man.” “The Fisherman’s Song” by Silly Wizard reflects themes of loss and longing, particularly the emotional struggles faced by a fisherman and his wife. The song conveys a sense of melancholy and the hardships of life at sea,… Read More Silly Wizard. The Fisherman’s Song (Tragedy).
In 1984 I was working as News Director of a small to medium market AM – FM radio station in New York where the owner of the station was a friend of the once famous Protestant preacher Norman Vincent Peale,* who, together with Jimmy Cagney and others, was to receive the Medal of Freedom award.… Read More Speaking of the Fourth… I saw him weep
Fuga, J. S. Bach, performed by Tatyana Ryzhkova Recording was made in Weimar, where J.S.Bach lived from 1708 to 1717. She speaks of “projects of my heart: especially Italian Guitar Camp. See here. “Exceptional week in Italy with guitar, friends, food, love and Italian love of life.”
And When I Die, Blood, Sweat and Tears — Art and the passing troubadours do it again, delivering existential paradoxical honesty so often lacking in academic postmodernism.. ___ “I’m not scared of dying –And I don’t really care –If it’s peace you find in dying –Well then, let the time be near – If it’s peace… Read More “I swear there ain’t no Heaven. But I pray there ain’t no Hell”
“Where words fail music speaks“—Hans Christian Andersen.. “You will be my music“. Francis Albert Sinatra (/sɪˈnɑːtrə/; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the “Chairman of the Board” and “Ol’ Blue Eyes“, he is regarded as one of the most popular entertainers of the 20th century.[1] Born to Italian immigrants in Hoboken, New Jersey, Sinatra… Read More Sinatra. Time Out.
“Ain’t every day been easy… but I woke up to another one. “Thank God, I’m Still Breathing” is a grateful, soul-deep Delta King’s Blues tune about surviving hard times, carrying scars, and appreciating every sunrise that still finds you here. Ain’t asking for an easy road… A warm, weathered acoustic guitar moves slow and steady… Read More Blessed Day
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (born Rosetta Nubin, March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973)[1] was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. She gained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings, characterized by a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and electric guitar. She was rooted in a pentecostal church and became the first great… Read More Time Out: This Train…Sister Rosetta Tharpe
What does it mean and add up to? “There comes a point in a man’s life when the world starts spinning even if he hasn’t touched a drop — not from whiskey, but from years piling up heavier than they used to. Laughter gets slower, bones get louder, and everything hurts except the blues. “I… Read More Time Out: Ain’t Drunk, Just Old.
Unborn Child (the song in question) is the sixth studio album by American music duo Seals and Crofts, released on February 8, 1974 by Warner Bros. Records. It features two singles, “Unborn Child” and “The King of Nothing”, which reached number 66 and number 60 on the Billboard Hot 100 respectively. The title track reached… Read More How a 4 Minute Minute Song Destroyed Seals and Crofts Career
Hello Heartless Tin Man! Brainless Scarecrow here. 🛢️🛢️🛢️I want to ask your heartlessness about The Beatles song I Want to Hold Your Hand. In the interval(s) between the opening guitars and the vocals there seems to be another type of rhythmic sound. No? I hear, and have long heard, a different type of instrument or… Read More Time Out. Tin Man and The Beatles’ “Secret Sauce”.
Back to the Gospel. I’m aware of what some might criticize as his own form of soft theological and political Leftism, but Bono is certainly correct to this extent: Yahweh. U2 “Take these shoes-Click clacking down some dead end street-Take these shoes-And make them fit-Take this shirt-Polyester white trash made in nowhere-Take this shirt-And make… Read More Crazy political zealotry, Far Left and Right.
Paul McCartney after approximately 1966 surged to become the band’s most melodic songwriter. This cover constructed by the Ethan Gontar channel, A.I. > two young Irish ladies, I think does justice to both the song and its original singer / songwriter. [See also the link to the Tony Bennett and Diana Krall collaboration below.] McCartney… Read More Days We Left Behind
Tom Donald is the founder and principal of the London Contemporary School of Piano. A composer, and educator who has revolutionized piano education through his emphasis on chords, improvisation, and real-world experience. A passionate advocate for adult amateur musicians, he helps students tap into their inner genius and achieve musical transformations. Donald has taught over… Read More Can random chords actually make music? If so, how?
🎶 “The more I read the papers, the less I comprehend; the world and all its capers, and how it soon will end… The radio and the telephone and the movies that we know may be passing fancy… we’ve got something permanent, that is in the way we care…” 🎵
Especially older persons must have wholesome and productive hobbies, like chess maybe and / or piano, isn’t it so? I have chosen the piano and I’ve been enjoying the learning and the progress immensely all winter. It’s certainly better than spending one’s retirement watching the Soaps and much other television nonsense. A keyboard 🎹 today… Read More Golf is Not the Only Option.
It’s a work of mercy I hope to revisit it. Michael Steven Bublé OBC (IPA: /buːˈbleɪ/ boo-BLAY; born September 9, 1975)[1] is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Regarded as a pop icon, he is often credited for helping to renew public interest and appreciation for traditional pop standards and the Great American Songbook. Bublé has sold over 75 million records worldwide,[2] and won numerous awards,… Read More The Christmas Concert I Somehow Missed. Michael Buble’.
Music is universal. When the message is not truly bad it is good enough, and cheers the human heart in recreation. John Paul II reminded us that whatever is truly and universally human participates in the essential goodness of Creation. Only we can wreck that! (Phil. 4:8) If all music had to be overtly religious… Read More Play skilfully
By now we’ve all long heard Cohen’s honest testimonial to the faltering universal holy quest. “I’ve heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the lordBut you don’t really care for music, do you? It goes like this, the fourth, the fifthThe minor fall, now the major liftThe baffled king composing… Read More Who Hasn’t Known the Broken Chord?
Francis Albert Sinatra (/sɪˈnɑːtrə/; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the “Chairman of the Board” and “Ol’ Blue Eyes“, he is regarded as one of the most popular entertainers of the 20th century.[1] 🎶 Watch here 🎶 Born to Italian immigrants in Hoboken, New Jersey, Sinatra began his musical career in the swing era. He… Read More Sinatra in the studio
C.S. Lewis on ‘Brutal’ Truths About Family “Isn’t it a pity?Isn’t it a shame?How we break each other’s heartsAnd cause each other pain?How we take each other’s loveWithout thinking anymoreForgetting to give backIsn’t it a pity? Some things take so longBut how do I explainWhen not too many peopleCan see we’re all the same?And because… Read More C.S. Lewis on A Time of Unprecedented Family Stresses.
“Towards the end of the show someone out in the crowd … knew I wasn’t feeling too well,” recalled Dylan in a 1979 interview. “I think they could see that. And they threw a silver cross on the stage. Now usually I don’t pick things up in front of the stage. Once in a while… Read More Dylan’s Cross.
Unexpected hope. “The lyrics reflect a journey from loneliness to love, emphasizing the joy and fulfillment that a loving relationship can bring. The song captures the essence of finding hope and happiness through connection with another person. a journey from loneliness to love, emphasizing the joy and fulfillment that a loving relationship can bring. The… Read More Time Out: “You Turned My World Around”
Time to say goodbye. In November 1996, Andrea and Sarah Brightman were invited to perform the duet ‘Time To Say Goodbye (Con Te Partirò)’ at the farewell contest of the German World Light-Heavyweight boxing champion, Henry Maske. A national hero held in unrivaled esteem, he is known for his love of selecting entrance themes to… Read More Time Out. Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman. 1997.
The song starts off with a slow intro in which the abandoned husband describes his two sons. “If you look at them both for awhile, you can see that are you, they are me,” he says, beautifully summing up the way we see ourselves in our children, not just physically but emotionally. “You should have… Read More Time Out. Sinatra: Michael and Peter
Frank Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim Medley – The Girl From Ipanema, I Concentrate On You, and More | Live from A Man and His Music (1967) [Remastered HD] Frank Sinatra and Antônio Carlos Jobim collaborated on a medley that features songs from their album “Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim,” which includes bossa… Read More Sinatra and Antonio Jobim Medley
Goodbye, What’s Now Is Now and The Train are all excerpts from Sinatra’s concept ( i.e., single narrative) album ‘Watertown’ (1970). It charts the story of a middle-aged man in Watertown, New York, whose wife has left him with his children.” Watertown” was produced and co-written by Bob Gaudio, one of four members of the… Read More Time Out. Sinatra. You Should Have Told Me Long Ago…
A Gorgeous Concept (one story) Album by Sinatra: ‘Watertown.’ Read more about it in Wikipedia. More importantly, give yourself a break and hear it. (Click the cover image) My feelings about Sinatra are similar to my feelings about The Beatles. James K. Fitzpatrick put it very well, “I think Sinatra was a musical genius…” “But…” … Read More Time Out.
