On a Friday eve, a tribute to ‘those come-what-may places’
Here’s a beautiful version of a hauntingly beautiful song to send us into the weekend. The wistful words and music were written by Billy Strayhorn, who manages an uncanny melding of lyrical and musical phrases. The fact that most of it was written when Strayhorn was just 16 is, well, crazy.
It is performed here by Johnny Hartman, with John Coltrane on saxophone and McCoy Tyner on piano, a combination of talent impossible to match. If I ever drew up a personal Top Ten list of favorite recordings*, this one would be on it. It comes off a 1963 album recorded by Hartman and Coltrane that some experts call the greatest album ever made. The fact that it was recorded in a single day, with most songs laid down in a single take, still astounds, particularly in an era when musicians are often treated as a producer’s plaything.
Sink into “Lush Life,” and let it sink into you.
* (I started thinking about it, and my personal nominations to round out the Top Five jazz cuts would be Ellington’s “Take the A Train,” “Real Compared to What” by Les McCann and Eddie Harris, Miles Davis’ “Stella by Starlight” and Billie Holiday’s “Lover Man.”)
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HG3
January 28th, 2011
3:35 pm
Good choice, JB – have a great weekend!
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
3:37 pm
This guy is so talented, it’s plumb sickening.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQZY87PDsnQ
getalife
January 28th, 2011
3:38 pm
“Heck, all they had to do was ask me or ask Todd himself, ‘Hey Todd, you been hanging out with hookers in Anchorage,’ and he’d tell the truth,” Palin said.
Crazy times:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwELajFteTo
Bosch
January 28th, 2011
3:41 pm
What’s wrong with that chick’s legs?
Bosch
January 28th, 2011
3:41 pm
Jesus, after listening to that I’m gonna have to do a few jumping jacks to wake back up….
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
3:45 pm
If Les says you’re good, you’re good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2zOLAaYYJM&feature=related
Matti
January 28th, 2011
3:47 pm
Bosch,
Hahaha… Do you also get the feeling that Mr. Bookman is not a regular consumer of Red Bull, Mountain Dew, or Peet’s Italian Roast?
SOUTHERN ATL
January 28th, 2011
3:49 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l0Lb4i70JU
Bosch
January 28th, 2011
3:50 pm
Matti,
Indeed. While I obviously enjoy Mr. Bookman’s columns and blogs, our taste in music is on opposite ends of the spectrum. If I listened to jazz on a regular basis, I’d never get out of bed.
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
3:54 pm
SOuthern ATL
Nice tune, there.
Jazz is different things to different people. When I think jazz, this sort of thing is what immediately comes to mind.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MntF61BvFc
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 28th, 2011
3:55 pm
Bosch
Listen to getalife’s linkee. If Disturbed don’t wake you up, electric paddles charged to 300 won’t get you started.
Kamchak
January 28th, 2011
3:55 pm
* (I started thinking about it, and my personal nominations to round out the Top Five jazz cuts would be Ellington’s “Take the A Train,” ….
Another Strayhorn piece.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ellington and Coltrane
In a Sentimental Mood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR13ECD71xU
Joe the Plutocrat
January 28th, 2011
3:56 pm
JB, not a jazz aficianado, but I prefer the instrumentals (McCoy Tyner’s Happy Days, anything from Coltrane’s Ballads, and of course listening to Miles Davis is just plain mind altering). if Bruce Leer were a jazzman, he’d say instrumental jazz is ’singing wit out singing…” unfortunately, the Egypt blog has me dialed into the Clash/Sandinista… roger wilcon, over and out.
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 28th, 2011
3:58 pm
HD
Did you read the comments on your 3:37?
Joe the Plutocrat
January 28th, 2011
3:59 pm
or a spelling AFICIONADO
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
4:04 pm
SoCo
Just read a few of the comments. I can feel their pain.
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 28th, 2011
4:06 pm
HD
I’m having to wipe tears from my eyes from laughing so hard. There’s some good ones, but others are funny as hell.
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
4:09 pm
SoCo
Seeing somebody like Stanley makes people who play, want to just pack away the guitars and forget about it.
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
4:14 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzkixTbOchE&feature=related
Dusty
January 28th, 2011
4:15 pm
Well, Jay, you finally played something smooth and sweet. Reminded me of early Frank Sinatra. Yep, you picked a good one. Amazing..
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 28th, 2011
4:17 pm
HD
I’ve seen that comment made a few times. Here’s my favorite comments:
Trust me, All black people can do this!!! Its as easy as slam dunking a basketball.
thedarion79 2 months ago thedarion79 2 months ago
@Gamatube30 SO if I were black I could do this? I never knew it was that easy.
pudinheadwilson 3 months ago pudinheadwilson 3 months ago
That bassist looks like he’s trying to finger a fish.
JoshRom 2 months ago JoshRom 2 months ago
If this were any more insane… the planet earth would explode.
ZenDeividdo 1 year ago ZenDeividdo 1 year ago
I guess it’s like me watching Buddy Rich or Neil Peart. I stopped buying sticks after a while listening to them.
Pogo
January 28th, 2011
4:18 pm
I agree with you Bosch. A picture of woman with “very close” veins and a soundtrack that sounds like it came from some cheap Holiday Inn lounge singer. A va, va, va, boom!
Kamchak
January 28th, 2011
4:20 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx_aPXyXYjM
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
4:22 pm
SoCo
Those are some funny comments. When it comes to watching and listening to talented people, it’s a fine line between being inspired and being totally discouraged.
Here’s 3 guys rehearsing for a show, that unfortunately never took place.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f8E2v33r-c&feature=related
AmVet
January 28th, 2011
4:22 pm
Loved that Lou Rawls, SOATL.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhccIfevjCU
Pogo
January 28th, 2011
4:22 pm
Sounds like Stoney Curtis on the Flintstones.
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 28th, 2011
4:27 pm
Geez.. HD, where do you find stuff like that. Those guys are in a zone. One alone would be smoking hot, but damn!!!! That vid reminds me of the scene in the movie “Tap” when Gregory Hines is getting schooled by the old guys, Sammy, the Sandman, and others. That one’s going into my favs…
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
4:33 pm
SoCo
That show with Allen Toussaint, Professor Longhair and Tuts Washington was on PBS, many years ago. Too bad I couldn’t find a clip of the whole show, it was quite interesting to watch them work out the parts and stuff, and there was some good natured ribbing that went on between Fess and Tuts. They were rehearsing for a show but Professor Longhair died before the show took place.
Pogo
January 28th, 2011
4:36 pm
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/01/28/report-s-marijuana-kingpin-arrested-seniors-community/
Seems like the US Marshalls would have something better to do (like stopping terrorists coming into this country through our porous Southern border) than arrest an old man who smuggled pot into the country 31 years ago, doesn’t it? And they arrested him at a Seniors Home. They must be so proud. They arrest this old man meanwhile the Mexican and Russian mafias run rampant in this country.
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 28th, 2011
4:38 pm
HD
After seeing that, I would love to get my hands on a copy of the whole show. I’m gonna have to research that a bit. I spend a good bit of time on percussion from around the world. I’ve always said that if I hit the lottery, one of my splurges would be to gather percussion groups from all styles from all around the world for one huge show.
Tommy Maddox
January 28th, 2011
4:38 pm
He sounds like Joe Williams.
Kamchak
January 28th, 2011
4:38 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5nVizoi_1Y
TaxPayer
January 28th, 2011
4:45 pm
How ’bout a little Bela.
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 28th, 2011
4:49 pm
Seems like the US Marshalls would have something better to do (like stopping terrorists coming into this country through our porous Southern border) than arrest an old man who smuggled pot into the country 31 years ago, doesn’t it?
Would seem that way if you don’t understand jurisdiction and agency functions.
#1 The US Marshal Service was doing one of their job functions by apprehending a fugitive that had absconded from the judicial system.
#2 The function of stopping terrorists coming into this country through our porous Southern Border is a responsibility of US Customs and Border Protection. That task is split between CBP Officers and Border Patrol Agents.
#3 If you put US Marshals at the border to apprehend terrorists, you would need a search warrant and/or arrest warrant do do that, as they’re required by the 4th Amendment to have that needed paperwork. It’s pretty damned impossible to get a warrant issued for someone when you have no idea of when, where, or even if they’re going to try to come thru the border.
#4 The task of tracking terrorists generally falls under the FBI’s scope of authority.
#5 The FBI usually works on cases involving Mafias. Judging by the responses when they rounded up over a hundred last week, people here thought they were wasting their time.
So, if you have no idea of an agency’s jurisdiction and scope of authority, it would seem like the US Marshals would have something better to do. However, based on their actions in your link, they did exactly what the taxpayers pay them to do.
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 28th, 2011
4:51 pm
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/01/26/report-muslim-cleric-arrested-border-agents/
If you’re worried about terrorists coming thru our porous Southern Border, it’s not as easy as many think it would be.
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 28th, 2011
4:52 pm
And that’s the end of my politics stinking up the music thread today. Thank you all for your time and patience.
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 28th, 2011
4:52 pm
Pogo@4:36 pm
He seems like a dangerous criminal to me
AmVet
January 28th, 2011
4:52 pm
One of the prettiest songbirds in the wild…
Happy 43rd Sarah…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od587LPzOJ4
md
January 28th, 2011
4:53 pm
Figured this was appropriate with all the unrest continuing around the globe.
“We didn’t start the fire………………………………………”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a2SS0zqmzk
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 28th, 2011
4:53 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6OoOhKM_yc
Kamchak
January 28th, 2011
5:05 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPpxcKNzbjs
AmVet
January 28th, 2011
5:09 pm
For the always under-appreciated Redneck Convert.
Who quietly goes about his business of adding some sanity to our insane asylum here.
Let me clue you in
It ain’t like him
To argue or pretend
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNQ2FRzPCz8
Dr. Feel
January 28th, 2011
5:13 pm
This video explains it all! Poor Jane!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J04gTJvynjg
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 28th, 2011
5:13 pm
SoCo@4:53 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6OoOhKM_yc
——————————
Wasn’t that the theme song for the new movie coming out?
Right Wing Musical
Ray
January 28th, 2011
5:14 pm
A fine mellow tune, thanx Jay. You should stick to music.
Kamchak
January 28th, 2011
5:15 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNbD1JIH344
Finn McCool (Yes, Reps won, they now control a whopping 1/2 of 1/3 of the legislative body.) (Golf Clap.)
January 28th, 2011
5:19 pm
Coltrane’s “Afro Blue Impressions” live CD is pretty amazing as well.
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 28th, 2011
5:19 pm
NoCom
Wrong… Just wrong….. But as usual, your comedic genius shines right through.
md
January 28th, 2011
5:26 pm
And this one sums up this blog……………..
Extremes???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FwqaDPyewI&feature=related
carlosgvv
January 28th, 2011
5:31 pm
Good jazz must have good jazz guitar or it is not good jazz.
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 28th, 2011
5:33 pm
I remember the old Plaayboy Club downtown and their live jazz
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 28th, 2011
5:34 pm
Playboy geesh
Kamchak
January 28th, 2011
5:34 pm
The Rippingtons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEQ9c0yHFdU
kaycee
January 28th, 2011
5:39 pm
JB, young man, I salute your discriminating taste. I wonder if you can imagine Andy Bey singing Lush Life? I’ll bet that would be a cognac-like treat.
Scout
January 28th, 2011
5:57 pm
O.K. Enough music :
“USA ‘SECRETLY BACKS UPRISING’ ”
Looks like a possible repeat of the Carter/Iran debacle.
Do we want an Islamic state controlling the Suez Canal?
That’s the stuff you go to “big war” over.
Kamchak
January 28th, 2011
6:03 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pq3uBZtWOQ
josef nix
January 28th, 2011
6:09 pm
my contribution to the jazz part…not since Django himself…imho
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvht15Ifod0&feature=related
Dr. Feel
January 28th, 2011
6:10 pm
In collaboration with Israel, and openly described as an “ally” by Tel Aviv, Egypt has shown itself to be the anvil to Israel’s hammer against the Palestinian people. In keeping the Raffah Crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip closed, thus denying badly needed humanitarian aid to Palestinians in the aftermath of Israel’s murderous 2009 assault, Mubarak has shown unspeakable callousness and willingness to collaborate with the criminal US/Israeli policy of “collective punishment” of this civilian population.
The importance of Mubarak’s Egypt to the US government can be illustrated in another way. Imagine the repercussions for Washington if the Egyptian people were to succeed in overthrowing this military state and establishing genuine democracy, one where the abundant resources of that country are used to lift the mass of the population out of grinding poverty instead of serving to enrich a corrupt elite and its masters in Washington. Imagine a country that refuses to continue to be a US garrison and staging post for criminal wars in the region. Imagine the catalytic effect for democracy across the region and likewise the demise of other US puppet regimes.
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 28th, 2011
6:17 pm
O.K. Enough music :
“USA ‘SECRETLY BACKS UPRISING’ ”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dvkWqbmesE
josef nix
January 28th, 2011
6:21 pm
Dr Feel
It’s Friday…save it… or take it elsewhere…please…
Kamchak
January 28th, 2011
6:21 pm
Incognito
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlpQMvHoFCk
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 28th, 2011
6:26 pm
I said I was done with politics for the night, but damn that googley.
“USA ‘SECRETLY BACKS UPRISING’” when googled goes to the Drudge Report. That headline links to a story that says… Egypt protests: America’s secret backing for rebel leaders behind uprising
Now, considering semantics, it is entirely possible to back a rebel leader without backing the whole uprising. GIven the blunt nature of the Drudge headline, one would be lead to believe the US was secretly backing the whole uprising. Reading the actual story from the Telegraph, the US backed some of the student dissidents (information known thanks to Pvt. Manning and Wikileaks).
The two are not the same. It’s a damned shame when somebody creates a headline like that to grab clicks to their website when the story does not actually back up the headline. Journalistic credibility shot to hell in one quick click.
josef nix
January 28th, 2011
6:27 pm
I’m a little late today and just catching up…some really good stuff, y’all…thanks!
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 28th, 2011
6:27 pm
Now, I’m really done with politics tonight.
popeye
January 28th, 2011
6:28 pm
Nix….I believe our host has this statement at the top of the blog “An Atlanta blog with a little bit of opinion about a whole lot of things.” Understand?
Not just Monday or Friday!
If Dr. Feel wishes to write within reason about another topic who are you to tell him to go away?
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
6:29 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWg6iB0Evj0&feature=related
Keep up the good fight!
January 28th, 2011
6:31 pm
If you can ignore one of the worse rhymes ever in a song – Why cant we be friends?
Or maybe Edwin Starr
Dr. Feel
January 28th, 2011
6:33 pm
Da Prez be gettin ready to speak!
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
6:33 pm
I started thinking about it, and my personal nominations to round out the Top Five jazz cuts
Jay–By any chance, do you have any Grey Poupon??
My Top Five Jazz list is all Grover Washington Jr. I’m still kicking my self for missing his show down in L5P back in the late 90s. The weather was bad and I talked myself out of going. A year later, he was dead.
This one goes out to the Smoooooooth Southern Comfort:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWApqG3j3ao&feature=fvst
josef nix
January 28th, 2011
6:34 pm
as for jazz, I’m still a purist curmudgeon….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vio-TjMi5_s&feature=related
Dr. Feel
January 28th, 2011
6:36 pm
Resource extraction colonialism has it’s costs.
Kamchak
January 28th, 2011
6:37 pm
I got your Grover
Take another five
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVlrG8raX_c&playnext=1&list=PL53C740D64AA4F28E
Dr. Feel
January 28th, 2011
6:39 pm
What we are seeing across the Arab world is not just the undoing of corrupt regimes. We are seeing the undoing of America’s entire foreign policy in that region. No wonder there must be deep misgiving in Washington over the recent turmoil in this key energy-producing region. For decades, US administrations have, through a cocktail of ignorance and arrogance, deluded themselves that they could get away with a mendacious contradiction. That contradiction is the espousal of democracy and peace in the Middle East while at the same time sponsoring regimes that act in every way to undermine any path to democracy and peace. And the vast majority of people in the Middle East see through this delusion. They are well aware that at the root of democratic change in the region is not just getting rid of internal corrupt rulers – it is the overthrow of Washington’s imperialist policy, which has long subjugated Arab countries to despotic rule.
Scout
January 28th, 2011
6:42 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAy4J2IaaKE&feature=related
Jay
January 28th, 2011
6:43 pm
Why yes, Young Master Bruno, I do believe I do.
Btw, did you lend an ear to “Real Compared to What,” linked above?
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
6:43 pm
This guy was primarily known as a comedian but he was a pretty good drummer, too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EhaA9TO4RM
josef nix
January 28th, 2011
6:43 pm
good fight
Always time for some War…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQD70wb5fj8&feature=related
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
6:45 pm
Back at ya, Kam:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIRstLa1p_w
I’ve got this show on video ^^^^^ If you don’t have it, get it. Grover at his peak.
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
6:46 pm
Jay
I think that piano intro in “Real Compared To What” got copied into a few MoTown songs, over the years.
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
6:49 pm
Btw, did you lend an ear to “Real Compared to What,” linked above?
Ooops, caught me redhanded, Brother Jay. I will listen to it in a minute, trying to get my basketball picks together before the 7:05 starting time. (BTW, we decided to let you into the Blog Brotherhood)
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
6:53 pm
When in doubt, suck up ^^^^^^^^^
SOUTHERN ATL
January 28th, 2011
6:54 pm
Hillbilly Deluxe@3:54 that was cool….back at ya!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVRXaLkCvcY&feature=related
Mick
January 28th, 2011
6:55 pm
Jay – back from paradise, from the looks of key west, I’d say the economy looks pretty strong, You’re welcome to tag along anytime you’re down this way-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kaDSY46nkY
Jazz Man
January 28th, 2011
6:55 pm
On the whimsical side:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeoT66v4EHg
Kamchak
January 28th, 2011
6:56 pm
Bruno
Grover with Bob James
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V56yeZtqQTs
Jay
January 28th, 2011
7:00 pm
the sincerest form of flattery, and all that, HD.
I just love the way that song builds and builds.
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 28th, 2011
7:02 pm
Bruno
Gracias bondadoso, mi hermano. I’m not all rough and rugged as the uniform would suggest. One right back at ya….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxYCD6cwU1M
HD @ 6:43
Oh no you didn’t step into my realm…
I can play in that game…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otKKwKem570&feature=fvst
The closest I’ve seen anyone come close to that one, was at the Drum Corps International Grand Championships, and even an entire drum line couldnt’ match it.
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
7:05 pm
not since Django himself
Brother jo, how could you profane the blog like that?!?!?!?!? Mentioning Django in the same breath with any other artist?!?!?!?!? Shame, shame, shame on you!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPG1OnOrhis&feature=related
josef nix
January 28th, 2011
7:09 pm
Scout
Thanks again….
http://www.playingforchange.com/episodes/38/Imagine
kayaker 71
January 28th, 2011
7:10 pm
Top five,
l. Brubeck, especially Take Five
2. Ramsey Lewis Trio with Red Holt and LD Young, especially The In Crowd
3. Dave Grusin, favorite Mountain Dance
4. Bill Evans Trio, especially My Foolish Heart
5. Anything by Old Blue Eyes
This ain't Lady Gaga
January 28th, 2011
7:11 pm
Great piano jazz with a smooth vocal:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FVJdLRpXes
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
7:12 pm
SC @ 7:02–A nice tribute to Waymon Tisdale, a giant in two different fields, basketball and jazz.
Jay, question for you: You claimed a while back that you had difficulty connecting with Steely Dan on an emotional level, but somehow you can connect with these jazz artists??
Jay
January 28th, 2011
7:14 pm
all true, Bruno. Like I said, I admire the musicianship behind Steely Dan, but it comes across as sterile to me. More intellect than gut.
kayaker 71
January 28th, 2011
7:14 pm
Forgot to add a sixth, Diana Krall singing The Look of Love. Makes you stand up and take notice.
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
7:16 pm
Kam, nice little number @ 6:56. What I like about Grover is that his music is always accesible emotionally, unlike the vast majority of jazz artists I’ve heard. For years, I heard that Miles Davis’s B*tches Brew was the greatest album ever recorded. I bought it, listened to it once, and took it back for a refund.
HD–I’m trying to catch up to some of the nice numbers you put out there earlier.
SOUTHERN ATL
January 28th, 2011
7:19 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38QsNXQa_xI&feature=related
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
7:21 pm
I admire the musicianship behind Steely Dan, but it comes across as sterile to me. More intellect than gut.
I can’t explain why, but I connect deeply with Fagan’s lyrics and musical twists and turns. He captures perfectly the disaffected feeling I had as a teen. Either that or it was all the acid I was taking at the time.
Kamchak
January 28th, 2011
7:21 pm
The Rippingtons with Jeffrey Osborne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSarwd_LwiM
Soames
January 28th, 2011
7:27 pm
I’m a big Monk fan myself. It seems like the horn players get all of the attention when it comes to jazz. This man was a genius and a lot of the big name jazz players of those days didn’t like to play with him because he would lead them around rather than accompany. An interesting man. Blue Monk is my favorite tune of his but I thought I would post something different. Enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVP3lIoDjKk&feature=related
josef nix
January 28th, 2011
7:27 pm
Bruno
Just for you in case you haven’t been following Jimmy the Kid…!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QgYUuEapHE&feature=related
Kamchak
January 28th, 2011
7:29 pm
David Sanborn Slam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZyp96mtGR0
larry
January 28th, 2011
7:31 pm
Some of the best drums on a song by Steely Dan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaNt5S9pibQ
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
7:32 pm
I haven’t heard the Rippingtons before. They’re good.
Like I said, I admire the musicianship behind Steely Dan, but it comes across as sterile to me.
I tend to feel that way, too, with a couple of exceptions. Some of the jazz leaves me with that feeling, too, especially the fusion stuff. It’s too much like math, to my ear.
The Dixieland stuff is what I lean to.
SOUTHERN ATL
January 28th, 2011
7:34 pm
AmVet@4:22 ….I like that one!! Gotta run……but back at ya!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxF2WlWrLnQ
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
7:37 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgYfys7vErI
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
7:38 pm
It’s too much like math, to my ear.
Math?? Did someone mention math???????
God’s equation: e^i x pi – 1 = 0. It just doesn’t get any more beautiful than that.
josef nix
January 28th, 2011
7:42 pm
mick
Make that 60!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQGTaS0IFOs
This ain't Lady Gaga
January 28th, 2011
7:45 pm
Wynton Marsalis and Dianne Reeves:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBbzXd4StRg
md
January 28th, 2011
7:46 pm
“Either that or it was all the acid I was taking at the time.”
Have to say it may be the later……….during my “experimentation” days, I didn’t find a whole lot that didn’t sound good. I listen to some of my old alums (the tubes) and wonder what possessed me…..then I remember.
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
7:47 pm
e^i x pi – 1 = 0.
I like things simple and to the point. I always thought 2 + x = 4 was just a pretentious way of saying 4 – 2 = 2.
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
7:47 pm
Back at you, larry:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4n5t8c9-FI
josef nix
January 28th, 2011
7:48 pm
Hillbilly
@ 7:47
Me, too!
RW-(the original)
January 28th, 2011
7:49 pm
e^i x pi – 1 = 0
If that’s supposed to be Euler’s formula I believe it needs to be +1 to equal 0.
/That’s about all I can add to a jazz thread…
md
January 28th, 2011
7:49 pm
I think we resembled the lyrics…………..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP8nGNbk7oQ
White punks on dope????
And now you younguns know why parents worry………..
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
7:52 pm
I always thought 2 + x = 4 was just a pretentious way of saying 4 – 2 = 2.
Not really, HD. f(x) = x + 2 represents a function, with the value f(x) = 4 being only one possible solution. The beauty is revealed by the generalized function, not by any one particular solution.
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
7:53 pm
LOL @ RW. Mega brownie points for catching the typo.
md
January 28th, 2011
7:54 pm
Or maybe a little “Mondo Bondage”…………………..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTiaVT_BViY
josef nix
January 28th, 2011
7:55 pm
jazz man
@ 6:55
Best one tonight!
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
7:57 pm
f(x) = x + 2
All I know is, if I have 4 chickens and I eat 2 of them, I’ve got 2 left. That’s all I need to know in my world.
35% beef taco
January 28th, 2011
7:58 pm
Zappa Jazz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIo3fid5RR0
josef nix
January 28th, 2011
8:01 pm
hillbilly
here ya go!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNDp9ScQ8js
Kamchak
January 28th, 2011
8:05 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgSR9NP_V7w
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
8:08 pm
Josef @ 8:01
I missed the one about 3 eggs plus 3 eggs. I thought it was half a dozen.
josef nix
January 28th, 2011
8:10 pm
Hillbilly
@ 8:08
josef nix
January 28th, 2011
8:12 pm
jazz man
For you…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjeXYbZ4Nd8
AmVet
January 28th, 2011
8:12 pm
md @7:49, good goof music!
And my buddy Prairie Prince on drums.
http://prairieprince.com/
To RW’s point, I too am pretty much useless when it comes to jazz.
Just isn’t my cup of tea…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7x_vWNRS5c
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
8:14 pm
I’m having some degree of difficulty getting through high school
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB6KFa7-6B4
BADA BING
January 28th, 2011
8:15 pm
Dear Mubarak, Denial is not a river in Egypt.
BADA BING
January 28th, 2011
8:20 pm
A math problem in poem form……A dozen, a gross, and a score, plus three times the square root of four, divided by seven, plus five times eleven, equals nine squared and not a thing more.
Jazz Man
January 28th, 2011
8:20 pm
Thanx josef.
da cat iz more muzik than Justin Beiber
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
8:23 pm
A math problem in poem form
And one in song form:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMAeEvhJ4eo
@@
January 28th, 2011
8:24 pm
Lush Life? Very apropos ’cause I can’t imagine anyone BUT a lush enjoying music like that, jay.
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
8:29 pm
A dozen, a gross, and a score, plus three times the square root of four, divided by seven, plus five times eleven, equals nine squared and not a thing more.
I knew an old man, who when asked how old he was, would say, “Twice six, twice seven, twice twenty, and eleven”.
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
8:31 pm
josef @ 7:27–I’ll grant you that the kid has great talent. I just don’t like it when someone is called “the next Django”. There is only one Django as far as I’m concerned.
P.S. I almost kicked your butt last night when you tried to invite that wimp “quick” to FNM.
AmVet
January 28th, 2011
8:32 pm
Right before 911…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXt9ShJsAIo
@@
January 28th, 2011
8:33 pm
Don’t know if anyone has posted the latest, but
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in an address broadcast on state television Jan. 28 said that he has dissolved the government and will form a new government Jan. 29. In other words, Mubarak is not stepping down.
Excuse the interruption.
josef nix
January 28th, 2011
8:35 pm
Bruno
Now, now! Methinks “our” Django would not disapprove! Of course, I agree that Django was, is, and always will be the master…
Now, now squared…he really should pop in…and, well, Granny told me to be nice…
Jazz Man
January 28th, 2011
8:36 pm
Schoolhouse Rock’n Bookman Jazzy Style:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEJL2Uuv-oQ
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
8:39 pm
josef–You might be right about Django. Jerry Garcia was never upset if someone played/reinterpreted one of his songs. I guess music is something that people should never be jealous about.
As for your second point, no way, Jose!! The guy complained in post after post that no one was offering “real solutions” here on the blog, without ever offering one “real solution” himself. We’re better off without that kind of noise.
Kamchak
January 28th, 2011
8:41 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjj7Q4D3Rsg
josef nix
January 28th, 2011
8:42 pm
@@
“Excuse the interruption.”
Meanwhile, back to our regularly scheduled programming… ISH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5N7RNQUKts&feature=related
AmVet
January 28th, 2011
8:43 pm
For SOUTHERN ATL, some Con Funk Shun…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maxm_u-4QaI&feature=fvw
And the reason why?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66UUgH5k1eo
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
8:45 pm
josef–Ditto for (unnamed) people who come to the blog day after day to demean Jay. I don’t agree with his politics, but Jay is the man in my book. One of these days you’ll have to host a blog party and invite Jay and the Blog Brotherhood. HD can supply the chickens and hogs while you and Jay do the cooking. AmVet and I will take care of the Scoobie Snacks.
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 28th, 2011
8:47 pm
Same song 2 versions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htz01-kp3tA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAbCxSWhhEw&feature=related
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
January 28th, 2011
8:47 pm
Well, if that’s good music I’ll kiss your butt. I kept waiting for it to get started but it just droned on and on.
Anyway, my thanks to AmVet for the compliment but Bookman’s music just puts me to sleep. I was expecting some Homer & Jethro or maybe some Flatt & Scruggs, but all I got was a bunch of people droning along to a piano and being boring. If I want boring I can just log in to Sister Dusty and her so-called poetry. Which, again, if that’s poetry I’ll kiss your butt.
Have a good Friday night everybody but if that’s the best you got I’ll just watch Fox News till it’s time for bed.
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
8:48 pm
Am @ 8:12–Back at ya, bro:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqn80Iw48dw&feature=related
I remember back in the 70's...
January 28th, 2011
8:49 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLP_HGKq-jg
AmVet
January 28th, 2011
8:54 pm
josef, did you see we linked that same Carole King song at the exact same time?
I saw her at Chastain in 1993 doing her then new LP. Just a killer show. What a treat, I’ve always adored her and her music. (Tapestry was the very first CD I ever bought. I owned the LP of course, but wanted her in this brave new digital world…)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mtUYD98Qqc&feature=related
josef nix
January 28th, 2011
8:56 pm
Jazz man
We use those with our kids at school…it works, too….you should see them mouthing the lyrics at test time!
Bruno
He got on your last nerve, I see!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3F4GmbHl5g
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
8:57 pm
I remember back in the 70’s…
Geez, guy, if we’re remembering the 70s, you gotta do better than Schoolhouse Rock. I always liked this one, if only for the opening refrain:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyKXW3ioY1Q&feature=related
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 28th, 2011
8:59 pm
f(x) = 1/x as x approaches infinty approaches 0
f(x) = 1/(x+1) as x approaches infinty approaches 1
However, if I have a six-pack of beer and you drink five, I’m gonna be one pissed off brother.
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 28th, 2011
8:59 pm
josef nix@7:42 pm
mick
Make that 60!
———————
He’s pulling 60 while you’re pushing it LOL.
And I am right behind
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 28th, 2011
8:59 pm
Crap… completely flubbed that 2nd equation…
AmVet
January 28th, 2011
9:00 pm
B, it is extraordinary, even now, that the Fab Four were SO far ahead of everybody else. Lyrically, sonically, culturally.
In seven years their sophistication level went up by orders of magnitude. And not only did they have a giant influence on pretty much everybody else in modern music, they really did change the world…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFWEocD30BA&feature=fvst
Jazz Man
January 28th, 2011
9:00 pm
Josef – Hell yes it works !!
Today is my 42nd birthday and I still remember circa nineteen seventy sumthin… Between Hong Kong Phooey and Fat Albert I learned me some stuff.
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
9:00 pm
HD, Am and jo–Let me hear some of your favorite 70s pop songs. “Ride, Captain, Ride” and “Brandy” were a couple of great ones.
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 28th, 2011
9:00 pm
meant to say as x approaches 0 in the 2nd equation.
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 28th, 2011
9:02 pm
Hey Bruno, do you know any Japanese?
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 28th, 2011
9:03 pm
Happy B’day Jazz Man
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
9:04 pm
f(x) = 1/(x+1) as x approaches infinty approaches 1
Let me help you, SC:
The limit of (1 + 1/n)^n = e (the natural logarithm) as n approaches infinity.
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 28th, 2011
9:05 pm
LOL!!!!
So, I killed a few brain cells since graduation… Who knew???
Jazz Man
January 28th, 2011
9:05 pm
Thx Common.
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
9:08 pm
Hey Bruno, do you know any Japanese?
Primarily terms that relate to playing GO along with words associated with Japanese food.
Did you ever get around to trying GO?? I’ll gladly be your sensei, Grasshopper.
josef nix
January 28th, 2011
9:08 pm
AmVet
I saw that…but, hey, great minds! I wore out three of the Tapesty LP’s!
And this is one of her lesser known ones, but definitely one of my favs…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXNgqkdIC_M&feature=fvw
Kamchak
January 28th, 2011
9:08 pm
OK Bruno, you asked for it. Not a favorite but a 70s pop song nonetheless.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYuIsowBAIA
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 28th, 2011
9:09 pm
So, I killed a few brain cells since graduation… Who knew???
————-
Before or after you became the MAN
Mick
January 28th, 2011
9:09 pm
I’m in and out tonight…..there are some great, great, tunes….thanks all….what’s appropriate today ? revolution..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imb4tYOk8GE
Del
January 28th, 2011
9:10 pm
Sounds like Repubs and Dems…a little Delaney and Bonnie. Bonnie was blue eyed soul once upon a time with Ike and Tina Turner.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTUtvx7Ubc0
josef nix
January 28th, 2011
9:10 pm
Jazz Man
Mazel tov!
AmVet
January 28th, 2011
9:12 pm
Jazz Man, I have a couple of people in my life who were also born on the 28th.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Nz9B1XFio
Slick call on that Skylark, B.
1970 pop…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL_6gYWXsUM
(of course…)
BADA BING
January 28th, 2011
9:15 pm
What a wimp Charlie Sheen is! He went straight from the hospital to rehab, all because he could not handle a few hookers, strippers, porn stars, cocaine, and alcohol. What a lightweight!
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
9:16 pm
Bruno
Well, there are so many 70’s songs. “Wildflower”, “Brandy” and “Ride Captain Ride” (which was supposedly about the USS Pueblo) were all good ones. This may not qualify as pop but it’s one of my favorites from the period. The guy never got his due as a guitar player, either.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6g4K-ZALWE
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
9:16 pm
I wore out three of the Tapesty LP’s!
A big favorite around my house as well, josef.
Not a favorite but a 70s pop song nonetheless
Not particularly a favorite either, Kam. I liked “Candida” better, although in retrospect, a song devoted to yeast is kind of strange.
I like this one when I was 12. Special for Brother SC:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVYxKRXDT2I&feature=related
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 28th, 2011
9:16 pm
I saved it on my pc, but haven’t hit it too much lately. It’s addictive as hell…
The reason I asked that was, as much as people try to talk about lack of education in the Black community, more Black people spoke some Japanese in the late 70’s thru the 80’s and into the 90’s than any other community in the US other than the Japanese community themselves. The sad part is, I’d guess at least 90% have no clue.
I know there’s many who would say I’m batshiite crazy for saying that, but if you ask anybody that listened to old school rap, they can count to 4 in Japanese and don’t even realize it. Proof???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWyG5p87–E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh1AypBaIEk&feature=related
Ich… ni… san… shi…. translates to: one… two… three… four. I pointed that out to people at work, and some had no clue.
*This lesson in Hip-hop was sponsored by ABM Anger Management Consultants — “When you have to take charge, leave no doubt as to who’s in charge.”
Scout
January 28th, 2011
9:17 pm
Ah ……………………..Obama says Egypt “should have a government that is “transparent” and doesn’t “steal from the people.”
Don’t do as I do, do as I say !
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 28th, 2011
9:17 pm
NoCom
Before maybe???
josef nix
January 28th, 2011
9:17 pm
Del
Oh, yes! I grew up with that Bramlett bunch. They’re from my neck of the woods!
AmVet
January 28th, 2011
9:18 pm
josef, nice deep cut by her! Great Latin feel…
For me, this is 76 pop done to perfection…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90Xyy3-cha4
Del
January 28th, 2011
9:19 pm
Charlie Sheen with a suit case full of blow…he’s about a suicide bomber.
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
9:21 pm
Another good 70’s pop ditty with a good driving rhythm section.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3YY83uUW3w
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 28th, 2011
9:21 pm
Mick
here’s one to go with it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgTPH5y1-ZI&feature=related
Del
January 28th, 2011
9:22 pm
josef, he died too soon and Bonnie lives on.
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
9:22 pm
LOL @ Am’s 9:12–Never miss a chance to slip in some TR.
The guy never got his due as a guitar player, either.
Several years ago, I saw the O’Jays, the Isley Bros and EWF at Chastain. The Isleys stole the show.
Guys, these are the good ol days right here on FNM!!!
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
9:24 pm
Here’s another one. It has to be live.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD2D6eter7M
Mick
January 28th, 2011
9:25 pm
common
And back atcha…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjI4p8_NZVc&feature=related
AmVet
January 28th, 2011
9:25 pm
Mick, that live Revolution is great! (But where is Billy Preston?)
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 28th, 2011
9:28 pm
Catch up with you all later… Time to punch out for the evening..
Laters!!!!
josef nix
January 28th, 2011
9:28 pm
Okay, off to the ’70s…this one is one I will always remember as, well, special
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_a46WJ1viA
and this one…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcqauC49Xmc&feature=related
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
9:28 pm
This lesson in Hip-hop was sponsored by ABM Anger Management
SC taking us to new levels with the Afrikaa Bambaataa!!!
Jazz Man
January 28th, 2011
9:28 pm
I think – ve = √(2GM/R)
Am I dreaming?
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
9:29 pm
AmVet played this one recently. I like this live version, I think he really nails the vocal on it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVoDQhVg8e8&feature=related
Mick
January 28th, 2011
9:31 pm
amvet
**But where is Billy Preston?**
It looked like they were all playing for real. They finally let billy get his due on let it be rooftop concert – enough said-
Del
January 28th, 2011
9:33 pm
Good nite y’all…great blasts from the past.
AmVet
January 28th, 2011
9:33 pm
Later, brosoco…(Formerly(?) the MAN.)
This is pretty poppy…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgkBx8csEws
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
9:33 pm
For me, this is 76 pop done to perfection…
When that song came out, I was working at an X-rated swingers motel, complete with waterbeds and mirrors on the ceilings. We used to joke that it was our unofficial theme song.
Back at ya, HD:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9Y0×1jLkLg
In retrospect, it’s amazing how many of these pop hits were sung by Brothers, though no one knew (e.g. Drift Away by Dobie Gray).
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
9:33 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrbNeOEG0GY&feature=related
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
9:40 pm
The songs are popping into my head now, faster than I can post them. We may be here a while, boys.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NRvCCKbLOE
josef nix
January 28th, 2011
9:41 pm
not exactly pop, but definitely a 70s memory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ygI3BZxdCY
Kamchak
January 28th, 2011
9:41 pm
Here you go Bruno
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJOuTr0BXb4
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
9:42 pm
josef @ 9:28–Hard for me to consider Jim Croce as “pop”. To me it’s “great music”.
Jazzman @ 9:28–You trying to escape on us??
This one might be called “pop”, but it’s also great music. For HD:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdBvTvxHy7E
AmVet
January 28th, 2011
9:44 pm
Alright, Hillbilly revives Wildfire. And you know its a cold Nebraska night tonight.
And nice call with that Jackie Blue. It too has that syrupy sweet pop feel to it…
B, you really are hitting some deep funky stuff. (grin)
Almost pop by Fagen & Becker…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zmX6_ujBN0
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 28th, 2011
9:44 pm
Josef and HD
you might like this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onWArx6Ui1A
Mick
January 28th, 2011
9:44 pm
hd
The cbs orchestra back up was note perfect. Here’s one more-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P02sjpf7RSU
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
9:46 pm
LOL. HD’s 9:40 = Bruno’s 9:42. Worth playing more than once, for sure!!!
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
9:47 pm
Mick
Yeah the CBS orchestra’s harmonies helped it a lot, I thought.
This song, although it never was a number one, was one of the biggest selling songs of the 70’s It’s rise up the charts was slow and it’s fall took a long time, too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L886mjb0O8&feature=related
josef nix
January 28th, 2011
9:47 pm
Bruno
@ 9:22
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NwP3wes4M8
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
9:48 pm
One of the great rock voices of the 70’s and 80’s.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIK5F4zRN0Y&feature=related
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
9:52 pm
not exactly pop, but definitely a 70s memory
It’s a shame that Hotel California got played into the ground, josef, because it really is well written with great lyrics.
Kam–Not a big Bobby Sherman fan, but thanx for the effort.
This one was on the charts for a while. Special for Am:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbj2uxUhjzg&feature=related
Too bad SC cut out before I could play this one for him ^^^^^^
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
9:52 pm
These guys were based out of Atlanta and played locally a lot. Used to let one of my siblings in for free. Guess somebody in the family had to have the gift of schmoozing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCuQQcISZTM
Jazz Man
January 28th, 2011
9:53 pm
Bruno wins. I’m having a crappy B’Day, tired of jazz, Egypt is on meltdown, news channels suck and my girlfriend is making me nutz.
I’m headed to the bar up the street. Peace, luv and best wishes to everyone for the $66 million lotto tonight.
This con is elvis.
Bring on Mr. Daniels and Coca-Cola.
Ciao.
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
9:55 pm
I liked the Bobby Sherman cut.
This is a simple song with a lot to say.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79NiN7ISW7E&feature=related
AmVet
January 28th, 2011
9:56 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsDMxWgPQcg
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
9:56 pm
josef @ 9:47:
For you, my Brother:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g62FAjh400A
Kamchak
January 28th, 2011
9:57 pm
Bruno
I’m trying to come up with the cheesiest songs that I can remember.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGNdvKvbxYQ
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
9:58 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr6H1a7YUac&feature=related
josef nix
January 28th, 2011
9:59 pm
The best thing about the seventies—at least what I can remember–was the music…what was pop, what was country, what was rock, funk, soul, disco, it didn’t matter…we listened to it all…a democratic time in music…a great decade, if I remember correctly…
AmVet
January 28th, 2011
10:00 pm
I’m trying to come up with the cheesiest songs that I can remember.
Yeah, and you’re succeeding. So please quit! (J/K LOL!)
Rockin’ pop…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRTMWzVoT_U
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
10:02 pm
Really good voice here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_3QqzI23sE&feature=related
AmVet
January 28th, 2011
10:02 pm
Kam, check this one out…
The Top Ten Weirdest Songs of the 70s:
1. Angie Baby – Helen Reddy
2. Ma Belle Amie – The Tee Set
3. Ben – Michael Jackson
4. Spill The Wine – Eric Burden and War
5. Hocus Pocus – Focus
6. I Am … I Said – Neil Diamond
7. Space Oddity – David Bowie
8. Brand New Key – Melanie
9. Rocket Man – Elton John
10. Chick-A-Boom – Daddy Dewdrop
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
10:03 pm
This song, although it never was a number one, was one of the biggest selling songs of the 70’s It’s rise up the charts was slow and it’s fall took a long time, too.
HD–Why did you have to go and get me all weepy with “I Go Crazy”?????
Makes me think of all the GFs I blew it with over the years.
BTW, you’ve never mentioned if you were ever married before. You’re usually tight-lipped ( a smart man), but I’m sure your fans would like to know about that.
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
10:06 pm
This was the song that went over biggest in this guy’s live shows. People focus on the persona, the charisma, and all that but the fact is, he had a world class voice. They don’t come along often.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBmAPYkPeYU
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 28th, 2011
10:07 pm
I went to high school with these guys LOL
They never made it big but what the hell it was the 70’s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETJda31iT8c
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
10:08 pm
Bruno
I’m like Mr Wrestling #1. The mask never comes off.
Kamchak
January 28th, 2011
10:08 pm
Brother AmVet
Been looking at this list
http://www.furious.com/perfect/badsongs.html
Even TR made it for “Hello, It’s Me.”
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
10:09 pm
HD nailing it @ 9:55.
From the side bar on “Reflections”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1KtScrqtbc&feature=related
What do you say, josef–should we make this the official song of the Blog Brotherhood?? ^^^^^^^^
AmVet
January 28th, 2011
10:09 pm
“…her 1978 cover of Neil Young’s “Lotta Love”, her debut single, was a Number One Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks hit and #8 pop hit that year.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reSa2ipIH8s
moonbat betty
January 28th, 2011
10:10 pm
Like it or not, 70’s classic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkTQUtx818w
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
10:10 pm
I’m like Mr Wrestling #1. The mask never comes off.
LMFAO @ HD.
Then I’m the Grand Wizard of Wrestling……..
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
10:10 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5grdfnGUss
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
10:12 pm
Looks like I opened the fllodgates with the 70s songs—just a little past 10 and 228 entries already. Can’t wait to see what moonbat betty threw out for us. She always brings the killer to the party….
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
10:14 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3×7DAia1eI
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
10:14 pm
Almost pop by Fagen & Becker…
Great song, but way too complex to be pop.
And still working the Grand Funk angle @ 9:56 I see.
Kamchak
January 28th, 2011
10:14 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZL_tZxyBDo
moonbat betty
January 28th, 2011
10:16 pm
to Bruno:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbtO_Ayjw0M
AmVet
January 28th, 2011
10:17 pm
Hysterical, as he has referred to it as his albatross. But I saw Jackson Browne, Moody Blues and plenty of other heavy weights, too! Love it.
Dug that Guadalcanal, Common.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJYREFafQ9s
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
10:18 pm
I’m trying to come up with the cheesiest songs that I can remember.
Kam, I’ll see your “Timothy” and rasie you a “Seasons In the Sun”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd_Fdly3rX8
josef nix
January 28th, 2011
10:19 pm
Bruno
I’ll vote for that….
And, y’all keep it rolling…gotta run, somebody wants to take me somewhere…and, well, this is from him to me….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go9aks4aujM
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
10:19 pm
Been listening to this song for close to 40 years now. The vocal still amazes me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw8nXCx5qgo&feature=related
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
10:19 pm
we listened to it all…a democratic time in music…a great decade, if I remember correctly…
And everyone sleeping with one another all the while. A great time for sure.
Kamchak
January 28th, 2011
10:21 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY8APrYU2Gs
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
10:22 pm
Am kickin some major ass @ 10:00.
moonbat betty—I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1977, an experience I’ll never forget.
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
10:22 pm
Pick the tempo back up a little.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiZg82R89Qc&feature=related
AmVet
January 28th, 2011
10:23 pm
The first track on their debut album.
I saw the show in 74. (Screw that pop! Thanks, betty!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxvV75C1a2g
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
10:26 pm
Am–I’m tempted to return fire with some more Chicago, but we’d be here all night. My poor bunny rabbit must be starving by now.
moonbat betty–”Beth” was one of the original “power ballads”. You’re definitely showing your age, girl.
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
10:27 pm
Am, you played it before, but it’s amazing how different Nicollette Larson’s version of “Lotta Love” sounds compared to the original.
Kamchak
January 28th, 2011
10:30 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz1ex78QeQI
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
10:30 pm
Another uptempo one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvVN_KRriTM&feature=related
AmVet
January 28th, 2011
10:34 pm
B, its just a righteous song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjfR8FUOEv0
Kamchak
January 28th, 2011
10:34 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku6aErtjV0M
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
10:35 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EBMo8xHGNs
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
10:39 pm
Another one with a driving bass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htZir_Taizg
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
10:43 pm
Thanks to whoever put up “Carefree Highway”.
HD–Big Guess Who fan here. Saw them along with Three Dog Night at Chastain as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvkFjgRMbNI
AmVet
January 28th, 2011
10:45 pm
Yeah, HD along with Chicago, BS & Ts, and others, they really had that horned up, beat driven power-groove. And superb musicianship…
And though lots of folks don’t care for Alice, he really does have a nice voice.
A monster hit for them…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP94PlEtsEQ
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
10:45 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyBS_1vGwpU
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
10:47 pm
Kam @ 10:34–I’ve been meaning to put up “Only Women Bleed” for Matti for quite some time. Great call!!
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
10:50 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFCnVC2C8As
Bruno
January 28th, 2011
10:50 pm
Guys, I’ve gott hit the road. Great trip down Memory Lane tonight:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z7MaFE-uRQ
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
10:57 pm
A Canadian band that never really made it big in the US but they did get some airplay in Atlanta in the late 70’s. Always liked them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_gBmXQQCNU&feature=related
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
11:01 pm
A really overlooked one fom the ’70’s.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kJ2YgfNwhw
AmVet
January 28th, 2011
11:05 pm
Thanks for that Boz.
Take care, Bruno.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCQdasbNe0E
Scout
January 28th, 2011
11:11 pm
Hillbilly:
I have always liked this song because the guitar and sax get a little “off key” and the drummer messes up in the middle. Great stuff ……………..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xm3qnh1sck
AmVet
January 28th, 2011
11:11 pm
Love the harmonies of those two; that is really a nice song. (and that they made Love is the Answer a hit.)
Well, buddy, its getting close to just you and me, so why not some Dan?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwZ4OOWPTLI&feature=related
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
11:14 pm
Linda Ronstadt hat a hit with this but this is the writer’s version. Saw her do it at the Great Southeast Music Hall.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU8inRDAIw8
Scout
January 28th, 2011
11:19 pm
Talk about falsetto ……………
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sFy5_kmEi4&feature=related
Scout
January 28th, 2011
11:22 pm
For you N.O.W. ladies out there:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmOrWG2FTbg&feature=related
AmVet
January 28th, 2011
11:22 pm
Must have been a fun show, HD. Her pop hit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwZ4OOWPTLI&feature=related
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
11:22 pm
Scout
They recorded “live” in those days. You know what they say, “don’t stop; keep playing and hope nobody notices”.
AmVet
Go to this site and listen to “It’s A Crazy World”. Been hunting an online version of it for years. I’ve had it on vinyl since 1977. He’s from Mississippi, down in Josef’s neck of the woods. Plays in Buffett’s band and writes hit songs in Nashville, now.
http://www.myspace.com/macmcanally
Scout
January 28th, 2011
11:25 pm
Gettin’ even:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QvP0Q5w7qM&feature=related
Scout
January 28th, 2011
11:26 pm
Hillbilly:
Yep …………. just makes it better !
Scout
January 28th, 2011
11:28 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXGAif4dKhs …………………………….:o
AmVet
January 28th, 2011
11:28 pm
HD, as you know I’ve played this one a few times.
I first heard (part of) it in a film and just had to find out who it was…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X8Ryn82QLo
Scout
January 28th, 2011
11:30 pm
We used to sing this on the school bus in high school ……….. and of course you know what would happen…………………..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MJLi5_dyn0&feature=related
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
11:31 pm
Scout
I had a friend who was pretty good harmonica player and he seldom messed up but one night, right in the middle of a solo, he missed so bad that a tone deaf person would of noticed. He happened to be looking right at me when it happened, he just shrugged his shoulders and kept on playing. Nobody seemed to care and I think it kind of got the crowd on his side, that he acknowledged his mistake.
This is a good story song from early Buffett. Written by Willis Alan Ramsey.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMIig33sCHU
Scout
January 28th, 2011
11:33 pm
And I’ll close out with my personal favorite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irX7MpeMeig&feature=related
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
11:39 pm
A couple of sisters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMpjL92kigU
AmVet
January 28th, 2011
11:45 pm
OK, fellas.
I’m out with this one…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvazuyF6eXw
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 28th, 2011
11:48 pm
Nite to anybody left standing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWH_nvLK7jc
Mick
January 28th, 2011
11:52 pm
You guys are killing me…had to scrap the bottom of the barrel for this gem-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVtdYKVXYhI
Mick
January 29th, 2011
12:01 am
I’m cooked…been to key west and back with my girl….time to greet the sandman….roger out..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQVz6vuNq7s
RW-(the original)
January 29th, 2011
12:09 am
Oops! Should’ve left a drive by tag on my last comment. Too bad I never thought to blame my eff ups on typos back in the school days. I guess since they were few and far between they were kind of out of reality out of mind.
You don’t always have to reach back either….. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8itvQSruCE
RW-(the original)
January 29th, 2011
12:55 am
http://video.yahoo.com/watch/2037895/v2167622
stands for decibels
January 29th, 2011
6:12 am
mornin’.
Kam, I’ll see your “Timothy” and rasie you a “Seasons In the Sun”
wish i didn’t feel so beaten-down-with-that’s-going-around rotten yesterday eve, looks like I missed a good’un. Curse you, Nyquil!
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 29th, 2011
8:20 am
I’m like Mr Wrestling #1. The mask never comes off.
I knew there was something familiar about your style…
Bruno
January 29th, 2011
8:23 am
Keeping it going from last night:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiEIToOWr64
Bruno
January 29th, 2011
8:25 am
SC–Since Brother SouthernComfort is kind of awkward, I came up with a ne frat name for you: Bro So. How does that sit with you??
P.S. Hope you caught my Chi Lites dedication to you last night.
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
January 29th, 2011
8:26 am
Well, if you want weird just play Neil Diamond’s “Stones.” I never could figure out what that song was about.
Have a good Saturday everybody.
Bruno
January 29th, 2011
8:27 am
For josef:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UM249-WfP4
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 29th, 2011
8:28 am
Bro So… I likes it. I’ll have to check that Chi Lites when I get to the house. Gov’t puters don’t likee youtube at all..
@@
January 29th, 2011
8:45 am
Couldn’t tell ‘ya what song was sung when (70s/80s). I only remember how I was dressin’.
80s? Men’s undershirt, leather bomber jacket, blue jeans and high-tops with the tongue hanging out. It was a KICK ASS look and I LOVED IT!
Bruno:
I’m a big Hillbilly fan but you seem to be the only one here who wants to delve into his private life. That’s the second time you’ve stuck your nose in…
Mick
January 29th, 2011
8:48 am
bruno
I guess this is a good a song as any to wake up to…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKOngTfTMs0
AmVet
January 29th, 2011
8:53 am
Happy Kansas Day! From a true blue Jayhawker son born on it, ninety years later!.
For me!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=439Hp_kxaW4
Mick
January 29th, 2011
8:59 am
Anybody catch bill maher last nite? He had a congressman from georgia, jack kingston, it was funny as hell-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEep67akIn4
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 29th, 2011
9:00 am
I’ve tried linking to this article twice, maybe the 3rd time’s a charm…
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sectionfronts/politics/index.html?nid=top_politics
Rand Paul is going to end up butting heads with the custodial staff in the Capitol Bldg at the rate he’s going…
TaxPayer
January 29th, 2011
9:12 am
I see that the tear gas canisters, used on the rioters in Egypt looking to change to a Democratic form of government, were proudly made in the USA. Who said we have lost our manufacturing base.
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 29th, 2011
9:22 am
TaxPayer
I saw that too. As I told Del the other day, our foreign policy is mostly bullets and bombs. Whether it’s the manufacturing, buying, selling, or using of them is the only difference.
TaxPayer
January 29th, 2011
9:25 am
Billionaire brothers David and Charles Koch are hosting their bi-annual secret gathering of right-wing billionaires at the Rancho Mirage Resort in Palm Springs this Sunday, January 30. The tycoons of Koch Industries, a private multi-industry company, are also well-known for their support of the Tea Party through their foundation Americans for Prosperity.
Even though the guest list for this weekend’s event is being kept under wraps, The Guardian reports that this “will be a meeting of ‘doers’, men and women willing to fight the Obama administration and its perceived attack on US free enterprise and unfettered wealth.”
The New York Times reported on this event last October, when invitations first went out. The event invite included exhortations to “develop strategies to counter the most severe threats facing our free society and outline a vision of how we can foster a renewal of American free enterprise and prosperity” and “review strategies for combating the multitude of public policies that threaten to destroy America as we know it.”
I assume several of our Supreme Court justices will once again be present at this event. How else could they hope to learn about the plight of the poor trampled-upon billionaires.
Mick
January 29th, 2011
9:29 am
sc
No matter how you look at it, the next half dozen years or so are going to be a grind. I’ve prepared my whole life for just this kind of scenerio. Still, its scary as hell, and some of the crew that we just elected doesn’t exactly inspire confidence..
bruno
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAsYrsrwnWI
Mick
January 29th, 2011
9:42 am
taxpayer
No disrespect to the many good repubs in the US, but the majority have been hoodwinked by the richest of the rich to carry their water and are unbelievably “proud” to do it…capiche?
Time to go biking…out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAVhKjsImeI
TaxPayer
January 29th, 2011
9:42 am
By all accounts, Sen. Jack Murphy, R-Cumming, is a nice guy. But it’s past time for Murphy, or GOP Senate leaders, to decide that a man being sued by federal banking regulators shouldn’t chair the state Senate Banking Committee.
Can you believe Kyle actually posted that! Where’s the swooning couch.
wet wiccan
January 29th, 2011
9:43 am
Hey AmVet – Happy Birthday!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkPsAFoVVPQ
@@
January 29th, 2011
9:52 am
So what if Egypt is taken over by hard-liners opposed to the U.S.? Will our access to the Suez Canal be in jeopardy?
“There are almost innumerable scenarios at this point,” he said. “But one possible scenario is that a hard-line government comes to power and takes an anti-American policy and cancels the peace treaty with Israel.”
Strategic value of Suez Canal
The Suez Canal is also a concern, Bender said.
According to the 2009 CRS report, the U.S. Navy sends an average of a dozen ships through the canal every month and “receives expedited processing for nuclear warships to pass through the canal, a valued service that can normally take weeks otherwise required for other foreign navies.”
“A lot of U.S. military strategy in the Middle East and, in the Persian Gulf especially, presupposes very close relations with the Egyptian government and essentially free access to use the Suez Canal,” Bender said. If there are now questions about that access, he said, that may require changes in U.S. strategic thinking.
http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/What_The_United_States_Has_At_Stake_In_Egypt__114850084.html
wet wiccan
January 29th, 2011
9:55 am
For Mick (and anyone else who likes Saturday morning cartoons)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJriOurLLzI
Jack
January 29th, 2011
9:57 am
I think Coltrane was way before Bookman’s time. I mean, Bookman being a young dude and all.
AmVet
January 29th, 2011
9:59 am
wiccan, thanks! Loved that.
Every day is a party…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmaKSpTIJzI
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 29th, 2011
9:59 am
Mick
I have no problem with the people elected. They may indeed be good people. I have a problem with the mindset. How can you talk about making necessary cuts to the budget, when you’re only considering only about 15% of the budget as areas that can be cut?
My line of thinking is this, if you’re going to cut the budget, then cut the whole budget. It’s time for us to be honest with ourselves. If we’re not going to manufacture jobs to expand the tax base, then we need to cut spending. It’s obvious that the business community is not fully vested in the former option, so we need to execute the latter. Until we get serious and quit accepting the fantasies that DC keep propagating, we’re going to keep sinking further and further into the hole.
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 29th, 2011
10:20 am
SoCo
I don’t think a Fed. study has been done YET to get rid of redundancy in Fed services. I don’t just mean depts. but overlapping technology and technical resources.
The fed uses multiple platforms and software to accomplish the same thing. All technology related functions including the IRS need to be combined and streamlined.
The DoD needs to take over (at least temporarily) all the technology needs of the services (except hands on weapons delivery systems).
All projects need to be reviewed to get the bang for the buck and be funded by the dept receiving the services.
Does every Fed dept need a dynamic website? I think not.But then again a lot of private industries don’t need one either and continue to waste money on the
AmVet
January 29th, 2011
10:33 am
Scenes from the Sunflower State.
Ad Astra per Aspera (”Through hardships to the stars”)…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZqQTTT_T5E
@@
January 29th, 2011
10:37 am
Just found out from a friend (owner) that electric vehicles are pretty useless in cold weather. He lives below the Mason Dixon so the inconvenience is minimal. Anyone living above should think twice about purchasing one.
Egyptian protesters are now asking for changes to their constitution. Democratic elections opens the door to you know who, the Muslim Brotherhood. Hopefully there are enough secularists who would oppose them.
With the army responsible for maintaining security, a key question is whether it will align with Mubarak and confront the protesters. There have been unconfirmed reports from Al Jazeera about differences between the army and the presidency over how to quell the agitation. It is not clear just when efforts to end the protests would happen, but it is more likely that the army would prefer to force the president to resign rather than use force against protesters, especially given that there is no sign that the demonstrators are prepared to end the unrest without Mubarak’s removal from power. Furthermore, the resignation of the secretary-general of the ruling National Democratic Party, Ahmed Ezz, shows that many of Mubarak’s key allies seem to be deserting him.
Read more: Uncertainty over Mubarak’s Collapse in Egypt and What Comes Next | STRATFOR
The Egyptian government has issued warnings to youth demonstrators not to allow the Muslim Brotherhood to use the protests to push their own “hidden agenda.”
Also on Friday, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton offered his own thoughts on the precarious situation facing Egypt and the potential ramifications of the Brotherhood’s involvement.
“I think what’s clearly happened today [in Egypt] is that the Muslim Brotherhood, the radical Islamist party in Egypt has called it’s supporters into the street,” Bolton told Fox News.
“I think after the Friday prayers the Brotherhood brought its people out. That’s why the protests are even more extensive today. That constitutes no doubt about it a direct threat to the military government, and I think the failure of the other security forces to bring the demonstrations under control also now explains the presence of the military.”
I’m looking at pictures of protesters shaking hands with military personnel. One can only hope.
Sheeplecrats rule!
January 29th, 2011
10:38 am
The week in short review I:
“The American government secretly backed leading figures behind the Egyptian uprising who have been planning “regime change” for the past three years, The Daily Telegraph has learned.”
I wonder, where are all the liberals who whined about Reagan, HW Bush, and W Bush and “regime change” huh? Anyone heard a peep out of them since the Egyptian uprising? Hillary? Obama? Olbermann? Bueler? Bueler?
“SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Rush Limbaugh’s imitation of the Chinese language during a recent speech made by Chinese President Hu Jintao has stirred a backlash among Asian-American lawmakers in California and nationally.”
Yeah these are the same liberals who said nothing when Plugs Biden said you can’t walk into a 7-11 without having an Indian accent. Or when Plugs Biden said Obama doesn’t act “black enough.” But that’s okay, the Democrats and Obama are hell bent on ensuring that we will ALL eventually be forced to speak fluent Chinese. No worries there, liberals.
“The move by Egyptian authorities to seal off the country almost entirely from the Internet shows how easily a state can isolate its people when telecoms providers are few and compliant.”………meanwhile……….”A proposed bill would grant President Obama the authority to shut down public and private networks — including the restriction of internet traffic — as part of a cybersecurity emergency plan introduced by West Virginia Democratic Sen. John Rockefeller and Sen. Olympia Snowe, a Republican from Maine.”
My take is Democrats and RINOs will use that power to shut down voice of opposition and dissent. We can’t go against our government minders now, can we?
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 29th, 2011
10:38 am
AmVet@10:33 am
Scenes from the Sunflower State
—————-
Is the Sunflower the state tree?
I swear I didn’t see any tall ones in the pictures.
If it’s your B’day have a happy one (it is according to moonbat)
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 29th, 2011
10:44 am
If it’s your B’day have a happy one (it is according to moonbat)
Sorry that was wet wiccan that wished you a happy one
@@
January 29th, 2011
10:47 am
With all the negativity that emanates from AmVet, it’s hard to believe he originates from the Sunflower State (one of my favorite flowers) by the by. The other? The sweetpea.
A stinkweed by any other name is still a stinkweed.
schnirt
Scout
January 29th, 2011
10:48 am
Headline: “U.S. Consular Worker May Face Murder Charges for Killing Pakistan Gunmen”
“Under Pakistani law one can only act in self-defense if attacked first. Merely being approached by someone wielding a gun is insufficient cause under law for the victim to pull the trigger. Also, when firing in self-defense it is only admissible to aim at non-life threatening parts of the assailant’s body, such as arms or legs.”
Well, there you go.
(Note: Islamic terrorists in Pakistan are exempted from the above provisions per the Koran.)
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/01/28/consular-worker-face-murder-charges-killing-pakistan-gunmen/?test=latestnews
Sheeplecrats rule!
January 29th, 2011
10:50 am
The week in short review II:
“The jobless rate has been stuck above 9 percent since May 2009. With the economy’s growth potential between 2.5 percent and 2.7 percent, analysts say an expansion rate of at least 3 percent over several quarters is needed to cope with new entrants in the labor market and the unemployed. The unemployment rate fell to 9.4 percent in December from 9.8 percent in November.”
Sure am glad that $860 billion rammed through Congress back in 2009 has kept unemployment from going above 8% like Biden promised. How ’bout them shovel ready jobs, eh?
“WASHINGTON – Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio is suing a congressional cafeteria for dental damage he says he suffered after biting into an olive pit in a sandwich wrap he bought there.”
Okay so let me get this straight: a government-run kitchen can’t keep an olive pit out of the mouth of a government-paid government-lover who is now going to sue for a broken tooth funds while enjoying private health care that we Americans won’t have the option to have after Obamacare becomes reality. Oh, you mean you didn’t get the memo?……..
“The Obama administration’s waivers to temporarily exempt certain companies, unions, and charities from rules established by the new health care law are a “perfect example of special interests” having influence in the administration and will be looked into by Congress, Sen. Charles Grassley, the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee.”
Scout
January 29th, 2011
10:50 am
‘We need a new president!
‘Thousands of demonstrators moved through the streets of Cairo today with an oft-repeated message. “We don’t need a new government, we need a new president.”
Hey President Obama …………. they need you !
wet wiccan
January 29th, 2011
10:52 am
AmVet – As you know, I am from the Sunflower State too. Some people don’t see the beauty of wide open spaces, and although I love the trees and lushness of Georgia, there is beauty for me in the Flint Hills at sunset, or a thunderstorm seen from miles away across the prairie. And I’m sure you remember what magic can happen in the middle of a wheat field on a warm summer night with a gazillion stars over head.
Common Sense – this is the state tree of Kansas
http://www.rjpole.com/images/telephone_pole1.jpg
TaxPayer
January 29th, 2011
10:55 am
Did someone say battery. Who would have ever thought that battery output varies with temperature. That is, unless one tried to crank their vehicle when it’s at -40, especially a diesel.
Sheeplecrats rule!
January 29th, 2011
10:56 am
Ah, the week in short review III:
“A move to draft Keith Olbermann to run for Senate is underway. With the announcement of Sen. Joe Lieberman retiring after serving four terms as a U.S. Senator from Connecticut, a Daily Kos blogger, ‘Stranded Wind’, is championing the fired MSNBC host. But will a draft Olbermann movement go anywhere? With the White House trying to appear toned down after the Gabrielle Giffords shooting, is Keith Olbermann just too plain caustic to get elected?”
Oh my GOD please run! Just what we need! Another failed liberal talk show host and alleged comedian in Congress! And an asshat who likes to think he’s his OWN God and doesn’t need to abide by rules – even those established by MSNBC! Don’t let us down you Connecticut liberals! Speaking of failures, has anyone heard from that genius Al Franken lately? Yeah, the guy that stole that MN election? The last I heard out of him he was asking SCOTUS candidate Sotomayor which case Burger actually won. I assume that was a small-minded attempt at Suart Smalley humor. Yeah, one of the most powerful candidates on the planet being grilled in front of Congress and Franken cuts pathetic jokes. Great job Minnesota. I hope you’re proud.
Finally, you just have to love this snippet on Obama’s State Of The Disarray…err Union Speech:
“President Obama‘s announcement on Tuesday that “this is our generation’s Sputnik moment” came across as puzzling. Had al Qaeda sent a suicide bomber into space? But it turned out to be just a clumsy metaphor. The first Sputnik launch in October 1957 is a now distant event that no longer arouses passion. It would be as if someone described the Watergate scandal as that generation’s Teapot Dome. Nothing has happened recently that could be roughly analogous to Sputnik….Mr. Obama was simply touting his new budget proposal. He would like to see the same level of national commitment as during the space race, but without a goal, without passion, and certainly without identifying any country as an adversary.”
Touché.
@@
January 29th, 2011
11:00 am
Taxpayer:
Can an electric car be jump started? Only by the left.
AmVet
January 29th, 2011
11:06 am
“AmVet – As you know, I am from the Sunflower State too.”
Rock, chalk, baby!
“Some people don’t see the beauty of wide open spaces…”
And apparently some humping boors too!
“…and although I love the trees and lushness of Georgia, there is beauty for me in the Flint Hills at sunset, or a thunderstorm seen from miles away across the prairie. And I’m sure you remember what magic can happen in the middle of a wheat field on a warm summer night with a gazillion stars over head.”
Niice.
And LOL at the state tree! However…
http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/trees/ks_cottonwood.htm
And a stand of them along a river is beautiful thing.
So forget the downers around here!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwjfUFyY6M
TaxPayer
January 29th, 2011
11:08 am
@@,
Can a battery stored at -40 be effectively used to jump start another battery at -40? Only by whomever.
AmVet
January 29th, 2011
11:10 am
Arguably the most iconic state song of them all…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKBqz6FWvlo
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 29th, 2011
11:13 am
NoCom
The other day on one of the threads, I made the comment that the government needs to perform a reorganization process, kinda like what a company does when it goes through bankruptcy proceedings. Things like you suggest could be done then. I’m sure there would be substantial savings that could be reached that way instead of just arbitrarily cutting out programs that you do not agree with. Along the way, I’m sure some of those programs would be eliminated anyway or consolidated under a different program that already exists that’s doing almost the same thing.
Geezzz Scout. If that US Consular official did not know Pakistani law or follow it, then they are still subject to it, unless they have diplomatic immunity. It’s no different than if somebody commits a crime in the US. If their laws do not meet “Our” level of satisfaction, there ain’t sh*t we can do about it, other than pull our people out of the country completely. I’m waiting to see your faux rage when the guy that killed his wife in NY doesn’t get acquitted because in his country, that’s what his laws in his home country would do.
@@
January 29th, 2011
11:18 am
Taxpayer:
You’re of the opinion that if one fails, all fail.
Can a battery stored at -40 be effectively used to jump start another battery at -40?
Yes.
@@
January 29th, 2011
11:22 am
Egypt’s official Middle East News Agency on Jan. 29 reported that the country’s head of intelligence, Omar Suleiman, has been appointed vice president. This is the first time in his three-decade rule that President Hosni Mubarak has appointed someone to that post. Suleiman has long been seen as one of the prime candidates to succeed Mubarak.
Read more: Egypt’s Mubarak Appoints Suleiman as Vice President | STRATFOR
A good move on Mubarak’s part. I’m thinking he’s looking for a way to bow out gracefully rather than be forced out.
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 29th, 2011
11:26 am
I kind of like the case in the UK where a SA dip or kinsman of the royal family beat his male servant to death.
In SA he would not be executed for killing the servant but would be for having a homosexual relationship with him..
TaxPayer
January 29th, 2011
11:30 am
@@,
If a battery can be used to jump start another battery under a given set of conditions, then a battery-powered car can also be made to work under those same conditions. Then again, perhaps you think that engineers and designers of electric cars don’t know anything about temperature extremes.
TaxPayer
January 29th, 2011
11:32 am
You’re of the opinion that if one fails, all fail.
I hold no such opinion about batteries.
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 29th, 2011
11:33 am
If every fed dept did a software audit to see if there were multiple licenses purchased and also software no longer needed but still being paid for they would probably save between 5-20 percent of their immediate software budget.
The next step is to take those results and compare them to other depts for license redundancy and price breaks from the vendors.
After that they can start looking at replatforming the IT infrastructure. They use every database available in one dept or another throughout the gov’t. whether or not it is the best for their needs. Little kingdoms need to end for the good of the US taxpayer
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 29th, 2011
11:43 am
NoCom
Do that for the software, agencies, programs, and all other functions the government performs. I’m sure we could find far more substantial savings that way as opposed to doing it thru tax and budget cuts.
@@
January 29th, 2011
11:47 am
Taxpayer:
I’m well aware that solutions are underway. Never said they weren’t. I was referring to the present.
I can buy a decent pair of jumper cables for $9. So what’s the cost of a battery-pack in electrics?
The battery pack for the Nissan Leaf (above) reportedly costs $375 per kilowatt-hour. Coda says the pack costs more than $1,000 per kWh. Actual costs are a guessing game.
I can buy a conventional car battery for somewhere between $40 to $100.
And don’t forget the electric car’s connection to coal.
The weather’s pleasant so I’m out to vacuum the pool.
TaxPayer
January 29th, 2011
11:50 am
@@,
Perhaps you simply are not meant to own an electric car, for whatever reason. As for the cost comparison you wish to make, why not compare the cost of the battery pack to the cost of the combustion engine. Wouldn’t that be a more fair comparison as opposed to your claim about the cost of a battery for cranking a vehicle and the cost of jumper cables. Furthermore, not all electricity is generated by burning coal.
Honu
January 29th, 2011
11:51 am
Dang, AtAt — you sure do go to an awful lot of trouble for that pool of yours. Why don’t you just let the air out?
Bruno
January 29th, 2011
11:52 am
Howdy again, gang–Appreciate the song dedications from earlier. Nothing like 70s pop music to put you into a good mood. We’re going to have an office bowling party this afternoon, am trying to talk the boss into playing for $1 per point, but he’s not biting.
Bruno
January 29th, 2011
11:55 am
As for the cost comparison you wish to make, why not compare the cost of the battery pack to the cost of the combustion engine.
And while we’re at it, TP, maybe we should factor in the environmental cost of dumping millions of spent batteries into landfills. As a materials engineer, I’m sure you know how toxic cadmium and other heavy metals are.
@@
January 29th, 2011
11:57 am
Honu:
Before I go….not everyone can afford an in ground pool like mine. There are others who choose something less permanent.
Do you have a problem with either?
If you don’t mind my saying, yours was a rather snobbish comment.
I’m out.
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 29th, 2011
12:13 pm
As for the cost comparison you wish to make, why not compare the cost of the battery pack to the cost of the combustion engine.
http://www.motorauthority.com/blog/1030462_corvette-zr1-supercharged-ls9-crate-engine-priced-at-21000
If you’re buying this little puppy here, I don’t think cost matters….
Bruno
January 29th, 2011
12:18 pm
Bro So–Is this you??
http://www.rickchris.com/Beef%20images/lthrcopcar.jpg
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 29th, 2011
12:20 pm
Also, when firing in self-defense it is only admissible to aim at non-life threatening parts of the assailant’s body, such as arms or legs.
Just cause that’s where you’re aiming doesn’t mean that’s where your rounds will land.
I made the comment that the government needs to perform a reorganization process,
I agree that’s a good idea but I also lived through Governor Jimmy Carter’s re-organization of State government, which was a total turkey screwing, in my view. Beware unintended consequences.
AmVet
January 29th, 2011
12:21 pm
OK, pay attention. There will be a test later!
http://alpine.websitewelcome.com/~answerco/7/pictures-of-the-western-meadowlark.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqzdKRhBrrg
TaxPayer
January 29th, 2011
12:22 pm
I am not a materials engineer, Bruno. Furthermore, heavy metals such as mercury and cadmium are much more readily introduced into the environment through the extraction, refining and combustion of coal than through the proper recycling of batteries (versus your strawman claim that they’re just haphazardly dumped into illegal landfills).
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 29th, 2011
12:29 pm
Well, those stories of an economic recovery are true for some folks. Why am I not surprised, who it is?
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/01/goldman_sachs_triples_salaries.html
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 29th, 2011
12:30 pm
I’m happy to see that the Egyptian VP is such a youngster
Mick
January 29th, 2011
12:33 pm
wet wiccan
Superman cartoon was an excellent throwback…got any others?
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 29th, 2011
12:34 pm
The financial meltdown on wallstreet reminds me of the dotcom bust.
They don’t make anything just move paper around.
The dotcoms that went bust did not sell products that they made only hosted companies that wanted a web presence.
The ones that made it Amazon etc, actually HAD a product to sell
Mick
January 29th, 2011
12:35 pm
hd
You hit about a streak of six songs that I haven’t heard since they came out and I loved everyone one of em but have not heard them since…thanks…out
TaxPayer
January 29th, 2011
12:43 pm
Happy BOOM day to you, Happy BOOM day to you…
My wife was just telling me about a suicide bomber that was all rigged up to blow including a cell phone back up in case she tried to back out or whatever while still in her safe house when she unexpectedly received a happy birthday message from her cell phone service provider. Needless to say, the failsafe device worked as designed — it blew up the bomb upon receipt of said text message on the attached cell phone.
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 29th, 2011
12:45 pm
TP – Isn’t technology wonderful LOL
Bruno
January 29th, 2011
12:45 pm
Furthermore, heavy metals such as mercury and cadmium are much more readily introduced into the environment through the extraction, refining and combustion of coal than through the proper recycling of batteries (versus your strawman claim that they’re just haphazardly dumped into illegal landfills).
Your original comparison was between combustion engine vehicles vs. electric cars, which is what I referred to. The coal comparison came straight out of your butt. Also, if you reread my post, I said nothing about illegal landfills. Once again, your inferior GT education has let you down.
AmVet
January 29th, 2011
12:46 pm
OK, out for some fun and sun.
Thank you Great Spirit for making this day. (And extra thanks for letting it warm up for the first time in frickin’ ages!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bihNBqx__Ro
Bruno
January 29th, 2011
12:47 pm
Am–Back at ya:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdHkaKGgTcg&feature=related
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 29th, 2011
12:53 pm
Bruno
Blocked out here.. I’ll check it out when I get to the house.
Bruno
January 29th, 2011
1:01 pm
One more for the road:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5bhBSb92LY
GWB in 2003
January 29th, 2011
1:07 pm
The nations of the Middle East, he said, are no less entitled to freedom from “despotism” than all the nations liberated in the past. He congratulated the Islamic nations he believes are making at least some progress towards democracy, mentioning Bahrain, Oman, Morocco, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait and Yemen. And he praised the governments of Egypt, which said “should show the way toward democracy in the Middle East.”
No different than what Obama is doing right now. GWB was ahead of the curve. Obama is coming from behind.
TaxPayer
January 29th, 2011
1:14 pm
Bruno,
If you actually took the time to truly follow the exchange between @@ and I (rather than try to prove your prowess to someone), you might have noted the little fact that it was @@ that initially mentioned coal-fired power plants and their usage in generating electricity for charging those electric vehicles. Finally, even if @@ had not mentioned coal, most people are aware of the fact that coal is currently used as a fuel in many power plants and is therefore necessarily used to some degreee to recharge batteries in electric vehicles. As for your continuing strawman regarding environmental pollution from dumped batteries, I see no need to reply beyond my original comment on the matter. Now, did you actually have a valid point to make or will you persist with your attacks against me.
Mick
January 29th, 2011
1:36 pm
amvet
Have a great day…and keep,,,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7goTCQgmNLQ
Scout
January 29th, 2011
1:38 pm
josef:
I hate to do this to you on such a nice day but you need to see this !
AN AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENT:
USM = University of Santa Barbara
MSA = Muslim Student Association
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FwIC7agtqE (Short Version :30 seconds)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYEV0Xo45jA&feature=related (Long Version 3:29 minutes)
Scout
January 29th, 2011
2:32 pm
“When asked if Mubarak was a dictator, Biden responded, “Mubarak has been an ally of ours in a number of things and he’s been very responsible on, relative to geopolitical interests in the region, Middle East peace efforts, the actions Egypt has taken relative to normalizing the relationship with Israel … I would not refer to him as a dictator.”
Well, there you go.
Scout
January 29th, 2011
2:38 pm
“Georgia authorities say a mom checked her son and his friends out of school to help her rob a bank”
Now that’s what I call parental involvement !
Mick
January 29th, 2011
2:48 pm
scout
The smartest thing we can do is not show our hand…..work the back channels and see which direction all this unrest takes….the mideast is a hornets nest and it never is a good time to go swatting their hives…chess not checkers.
Scout
January 29th, 2011
2:59 pm
Mick:
You are correct. We have to go with the flow. Too big for us to get involved ………… but I am betting if an Islamic state takes over and “closes the canal to the west” you will see a multi-nation operation a la First Gulf War.
Scout
January 29th, 2011
3:19 pm
P.S. It will be interesting to see if there is a move on our embassy there.
God bless those Marine Guards. You can bet the adrenaline is pumping now.
Scout
January 29th, 2011
6:15 pm
Southern Comfort :
Excellent. Most of the knuckleheads on here no nothing about law enforcement or the real world.
They’re still watching “One Adam Twelve”.