I went to a live show recently, right here in our own San Jose, California, downtown. The Psychedelic Furs were playing the summer concert series, “music in the park“, it was a really fun time. An old friend had won tickets from some website, some promoter… And my buddy asked me if I wanted to …
Category: music
Lyrics Post: “Changes”, Bruce Hornsby
Loved this song since the first time I heard it… somehow, even though the lyrics are quite wondering, little little funky, speaks to me every time I hear it…
Sing Song
I love music, and I L O V E this song. It’s one of my favorites, over the few decades since I first heard it. I learned the words long ago, and sing along pretty much whenever I listen to the tune. “A Pirate Looks At Forty” by Jimmy Buffett. It’s a great one. Many …
Black History Month 2022: Lena Horne
Mmm, mmm, what a lady what a lady. Seasame Street was the first time I recall Ms. Lena Horne. She performed for decades, stole the hearts of countless, and shined bright for all to see. Lena Horne: “Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, …
Lyrics Post: “Alone Again”
This from long ago… Many feelings… The hard rock sound, beat, thick energy, heavy, soulful, especially for an adolescent (which I’m not anymore…) And the lyric, the rock-stain angst… Still speaks truth, at least to me, How I should have been, how I wish it’d been…but I can’t, because it wasn’t… I'd like to see …
Lyrics Post: “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”
This one from the animated movie, another gem, “Encanto“, SO good. My kids walking around the house singing this song, the chorus anyway, catchy, fun…err, joy…truly, a little splash of joy. [Pepa:] We don't talk about Bruno, no, no, no We don't talk about Bruno, but It was my wedding day [Félix:] It was our …
Lyrics Primer: “Twelve Days of Christmas”
A little primer is all you need to sing this simple, classic Christmas carol…it took me having kids to learn and remember this song…FUN…! 12 Drummers… 11 Pipers… 10 Lords 9 Ladies… 8 Maids… 7 Swans… 6 Geese… 5 Gold Rings… 4 Calling Birds… 3 French Hens… 2 Turtle Doves… A Partridge in a pear …
Lyrics Post: “Silent Night”
A classic…more than 200 years old…infused into my soul… “Silent night, holy nightAll is calm, all is bright'Round yon virgin, mother and childHoly infant so tender and mildSleep in heavenly peaceSleep in heavenly peace Silent night, holy nightShepherds quake at the sightGlories streams from heaven afarHeavenly hosts sing, alleluiaChrist the savior is bornChrist the savior …
Lyrics Post: “Second Nature”
This one from RUSH, all those years ago… Still speaks, still magic… "Second Nature" A memo to a higher officeOpen letter to the powers that beTo a god, a king, a head of stateA captain of industryTo the movers and the shakers...Can't everybody see? It ought to be second natureI mean, the places where we …
Lyrics Post: “Easy On Me”
My kids turned me on to this one just the other day; their mom was playing it, apparently; they knew it; like it. So we listened on the drive around town. Good one. We all could use a little now and again… "Easy On Me" There ain't no gold in this riverThat I've been washing …
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