I’m now following Kid LAROI, an Australian rapper, singer and songwriter. Only age-19.
Great voice. Great video.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. With Bieber.
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Category: music
B-52’s Vegas Residency 2023
Seems the B-52’s are trying to retire.
Their last show scheduled for September 3, 2023.
Fred is in his 70s now.
One of my most influential bands, this news got me back listening to their hits.
WHICH was the best song?
… “Love Shack“? … “Roam“?
I finally decided on Give Me Back My Man.
What I love best about the B-52’s are the vocals of Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson.
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A New England by Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg is one of the few artists I’ve seen live. And in a small venue.
He’s exactly my age and I related to his political activism. An opponent of fascism, racism, bigotry, sexism and homophobia, and a supporter of a multi-racial Britain.
His record label boss Andy Macdonald observed that “his presence onstage took on more of the avenging angel”.
An impressive and passionate performer.
Kirsty MacColl recorded the song the year after its release by Bragg (1983). It was her biggest solo hit.
Billy first performed it like a busker. Rough. And a short version. Kirsty expanded the song.
This duet, to me, seems a good compromise between the versions.
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I was twenty one years when I wrote this song
I’m twenty two now, but I won’t be for long
People ask when will you grow up to be a man
But all the girls I loved at school
Are already pushing prams
I loved you then as I love you still
Though I put you on a pedestal
They put you on the pill
I don’t feel bad about letting you go
I just feel sad about letting you know
I don’t want to change the world
I’m not looking for a new England
I’m just looking for another girl
I don’t want to change the world
I’m not looking for a new England
I’m just looking for another girl
I loved the words you wrote to me
But that was bloody yesterday
I can’t survive on what you send
Every time you need a friend
I saw two shooting stars last night
I wished on them but they were only satellites
It’s wrong to wish on space hardware
I wish, I wish, I wish you’d care
I don’t want to change the world
I’m not looking for a new England
I’m just looking for another girl
I don’t want to change the world
I’m not looking for a new England
I’m just looking for another girl
Looking for another girl
Looking for another girl
Looking for another girl…
Mystwick School of Musicraft by Jessica Khoury
I’d recommend the book for kids as young as age-7.
Surprisingly, I’m STILL sending money to Amazon for 12 audio books each year.
I’d call their control over audio books a monopoly.
Prices have never come down since I joined. They’ve not innovated much.
A monopoly.
What Audible.com should do is offer services in addition to the books.
And since 2016 there is some ORIGINAL content. Podcasts. Short stories and novellas.
The Mystwick School of Musicraft is one of those Audible originals. FREE for those who pay for a subscription.
It’s something like the 1st book in the Harry Potter series. But at Mystwick magic is created along with music. The book is available, as well, but the audio version includes all the music. Better.
Amelia Jones has always dreamed of attending the Mystwick, as her mother had gone there.
She is accepted into the academy by accident — and faces plenty of challenges.
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Friendship – Good ol’ Days
Professor Galloway explains that friendship is in decline in 2022.
Since 1990, the percentage of Americans who report having fewer than three close friends has doubled, from 16% to 32%. The share who report having no close friends at all has gone from 3% to 12%.
Covid; political polarization; fewer random encounters, as we no longer go to the mall/theater/office; social media raising a generation of disconnected people.
Personally, I’m OK with having fewer friends than when I was younger. But I definitely feel it’s unhealthy for society in general.
I love this song about friendship.
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That’s MACKLEMORE FEAT KESHA – GOOD OLD DAYS.
I wish somebody would have told me babe
That some day, these will be the good old days
All the love you won’t forget
And all these reckless nights you won’t regret
‘Cause someday soon, your whole life’s gonna change
You’ll miss the magic of the good old days
Wish I didn’t think I had the answers
Wish I didn’t drink all of that glass first
Wish I made it to homecoming
Got up the courage to ask her
Wish I would’ve gotten out of my shell
Wish I put the bottle back on that shelf
Wish I wouldn’t have worry about what other people thought
And felt comfortable in myself …
Never thought we’d get old, maybe we’re still young
Maybe we always look back and think it was better than it was
Maybe these are the moments
Maybe I’ve been missing what it’s about
Been scared of the future, thinking about the past
While missing out on now
We’ve come so far, I guess I’m proud
And I ain’t worried about the wrinkles around my smile
I’ve got some scars, I’ve been around
I’ve felt some pain, I’ve seen some things, but I’m here now
Those good old days
You don’t know, what you’ve got
Till it goes, till it’s gone
You don’t know, what you’ve got
Till it goes, till it’s gone …
My VIDEO Highlights 2022
Happy New Year!
To celebrate, I’m posting my hiking highlights of the past year.
I got a cheap drone December 2021 and most of the clips are from the drone.
My favourite music of 2022 was by Odesza — so it’s appropriate that the soundtrack is one of their songs: Wide Awake.
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Peace on Earth / Little Drummer Boy
My favourite Christmas carol.
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Bing died just over a month after recording it.
Many tributes have been made, including Colbert & Willie Nelson.
New to me is the Will Ferrell & John C. Reilly – Funny or Die. (VIDEO)
British Music Experience, Liverpool
Of many exhibitions and museums I visited in the hometown of the Beatles, best for me was British Music Experience.
Born 1957, it was like walking through a timeline of my life:
Beatles ➙ Petula Clark ➙ Stones ➙ Kinks ➙ The Who ➙ Pink Floyd ➙ Led Zeppelin ➙ Queen ➙ The Police ➙ UB40 ➙ The Clash ➙ The Smiths ➙ Arctic Monkeys ➙ Coldplay ➙ Amy Winehouse ➙ Adele ➙ Ed Sheeran … to name a few artists who had great influence on me.
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I got closer to a hologram than ever before. Local boy Boy George.
The history of popular music in the UK is told through a narrative divided up into galleries with common components. …
There is an interactive timeline in each of the galleries. …
Wikipedia
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HAPPY – Walk off the Earth Ft. Parachute
I love the Pharrell Williams classic. It makes me HAPPY.
But this version is even better. 😀
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Work Song by Hozier
Original and excellent song and video.
“Work Song” (2014) possesses gospel backing vocals and church-like hand-claps, with literary themes of love, sin, and religion returning to the record. …
Hozier shot the video the day after the Grammy Awards, and reportedly woke up with an “outrageous hangover” during the shoot.
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