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Guns n Roses (or, as I used to tell my son, Guns Knuckles and bazookas)
Civil War


"What we've got here is failure to communicate.
Some men you just can't reach...
So, you get what we had here last week,
which is the way he wants it!
Well, he gets it!
N' I don't like it any more than you men." *


Look at your young men fighting
Look at your women crying
Look at your young men dying
The way they've always done before


Look at the hate we're breeding
Look at the fear we're feeding
Look at the lives we're leading
The way we've always done before


My hands are tied
The billions shift from side to side
And the wars go on with brainwashed pride
For the love of God and our human rights
And all these things are swept aside
By bloody hands time can't deny
And are washed away by your genocide
And history hides the lies of our civil wars


D'you wear a black armband
When they shot the man
Who said "Peace could last forever"
And in my first memories
They shot Kennedy
I went numb when I learned to see
So I never fell for Vietnam
We got the wall of D.C. to remind us all
That you can't trust freedom
When it's not in your hands
When everybody's fightin'
For their promised land


And
I don't need your civil war
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor
Your power hungry sellin' soldiers
In a human grocery store
Ain't that fresh
I don't need your civil war


Look at the shoes your filling
Look at the blood we're spilling
Look at the world we're killing
The way we've always done before
Look in the doubt we've wallowed
Look at the leaders we've followed
Look at the lies we've swallowed
And I don't want to hear no more


My hands are tied
For all I've seen has changed my mind
But still the wars go on as the years go by
With no love of God or human rights
'Cause all these dreams are swept aside
By bloody hands of the hypnotized
Who carry the cross of homicide
And history bears the scars of our civil wars


"We practice selective annihilation of mayors
And government officials
For example to create a vacuum
Then we fill that vacuum
As popular war advances
Peace is closer" **


I don't need your civil war
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor
Your power hungry sellin' soldiers
In a human grocery store
Ain't that fresh
And I don't need your civil war
I don't need your civil war
I don't need your civil war
Your power hungry sellin' soldiers
In a human grocery store
Ain't that fresh
I don't need your civil war
I don't need one more war


I don't need one more war
Whaz so civil 'bout war anyway

Right, edgar. What we have here is....

Led Zepplin

Hey, girl, stop what youre doin!
Hey, girl, youll drive me to ruin.
I dont know what it is that I like about you,
But I like it a lot.
Wont let me hold you,
Let me feel your lovin charms.

*communication breakdown,
Its always the same,
Im having a nervous breakdown,
Drive me insane!

Hey, girl, I got something I think you ought to know.
Hey, babe, I wanna tell you that I love you so.
I wanna hold you in my arms, yeah!
Im never gonna let you go,
cause I like your charms.
* chorus
I want you to love me all night...
* chorus
I want you to love me all night
I want you to love me
I want you to love...yeah! I want you to love!

good evening , listeners !
last night we heard a performance of the song :
"i'm hans christian andersen" .
i'll give you the interesting details in my next post .
hbg





STAY TUNED - DON"T TOUCH THAT DIAL !

last night we went to a performance by the "kingston theatre organ society" , a volunteer organization that has one of the most beautiful KIMBALL ORGANS .

...SIMON GLEDHILL... one of britain's top cinema organists was in town and kept as in the palm of his hands (and the soles of his shoes ) for two-and-a-half hours of showtunes from the twenties to the present .
he started out with "hans christian anderson" and ended with"happy birthday" for one of the listeners - it was a fun-night !
his "real" job is being a banker for the bank of england - to support his hobby of playing organs around the world - he explained .
two encores were required before the crowd went home hummimg , whistling and smiling !
hbg

Ah, hamburger. Raggedy and I love that song. Danny Kaye was such a fabulous performer.

Love this one by him.


{Refrain, sing throughout}
Two and two are four
Four and four are eight
Eight and eight are sixteen
Sixteen and sixteen are thirty-two


Inchworm, inchworm
Measuring the marigolds
You and your arithmetic
You'll probably go far

Inchworm, inchworm
Measuring the marigolds
Seems to me you'd stop and see
How beautiful they are

My word, hbg. It would take all the funds in the bank of England just to haul that electronic Kimball around. ah, Canada, you just reminded me of my mom's upright Kimball.

Here's another funny one by Danny, folks.

Madam, I like your crepe suzette
I think your crepe suzette is wonderful
But for the moment lets forget
All about your crepe suzette
Madam, I like your cheese souffle
I think your cheese souffle is wonderful
But when you look at me that way
How can I eat cheese souffle
I regret to say I'm unable
To partake at your table
You'd be more delish
Account of you're my favorite dish
Madam, if I don't eat a bite
It's not because I lost my appetite
You know what I am thinking of
Madam I came here for love
I regret to say I'm unable
To partake at your table
You'd be more delish
Account of you're my favorite dish
Madam, if I don't eat a bite
It's not because I lost my appetite
You know what I am thinking of
Madam I came here just for love

here is "simon" - as he wanted to be called - entaining the happy listeners .

notice the large projection screen on the upper left - two webcameras were trained on his hands and feet to project his every movement onto the screen .
we were sitting in the frontrow and could see his movements directly .

couldn't size the picture - it kept running over the edges , so here is a "thumbnail" .
hbg

please click :


from his duke ellington medley - wonderfully acompanied by a sax player - a perfect match !

Love the Duke, hbg. Thinking of a little something upbeat by him this evening.

Cigarette holder- which wigs me
over her shoulder - she digs me
out cattin' - that satin doll

Baby shall we go - out skippin'
careful amigo - you're flippin'
speaks latin - that satin doll

She's nobody's fool so I'm playing it cool as can be
I'll give it a whirl but I ain't for no girl catching me

Telephone numbers - well you know
doing my rhumbas - with uno
and that'n my satin doll.

after "hans christian anderson" the organist at last night's concert switched to a medley from "the carpenters" including :

Good morning, WA2K listeners and contributors. It's rather gloomy here in my little corner of the world, and here is our weather report for today.

National Weather Service said it had received reports "well into the double digits" of twisters touching down in six southwest Kansas counties. Numerous tornadoes were reported from South Dakota south into Oklahoma as forecasters scrambled to keep issuing warnings.

and the rest of the story, folks:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070506/ap_on_re_us/severe_weather

Well, hbg, I love The Carpenters, so let's begin the day with a dream, shall we?

The Carpenters

Look To Your Dreams


To say I'm old-fashioned would be quite semantically true
But make-believe passion has fallen from fashion's milieu
It's understandable why we're a little confused
It's asking for trouble just watching the six o'clock news
But for a moment, all things aside look to yourself somewhere inside.

Look to your dreams
Don't they still seem worthwhile?
Don't they still seem in style?
Aren't you glad they're still there?
Look to your dreams
There's a need for them now
When the world has us down
Aren't you glad they're around?
Once conceived, once believed fantasy's reality's childhood
And like a seed, visions need constant care like a child would, we
should.
Look to your dreams
We can still make the stars
We can still break the bars
We have built here on earth
Look to your dreams
And tomorrow may be better for you and me
The future may say
Blame blind yesterday for taking dreams away
The could mean more than they seem

here's what tom waits had to say about the weather

Emotional Weather Report
Tom Waits

late night and early morning low clouds
with a chance of fog
chance of showers into the afternoon
with variable high cloudiness
and gusty winds, gusty winds
at times around the corner of
Sunset and Alvorado
things are tough all over
when the thunder storms start
increasing over the southeast
and south central portions
of my apartment, I get upset
and a line of thunderstorms was
developing in the early morning
ahead of a slow moving coldfront
cold blooded
with tornado watches issued shortly
before noon Sunday, for the areas
including, the western region
of my mental health
and the northern portions of my
ability to deal rationally with my
disconcerted precarious emotional
situation, it's cold out there
colder than a ticket taker's smile
at the Ivar Theatre, on a Saturday night
flash flood watches covered the
southern portion of my disposition
there was no severe weather well
into the afternoon, except for a lone gust of
wind in the bedroom
in a high pressure zone, covering the eastern
portion of a small suburban community
with a 103 and millibar high pressure zone
and a weak pressure ridge extending from
my eyes down to my cheeks cause since
you left me baby
and put the vice grips on my mental health
well the extended outlook for an
indefinite period of time until you
come back to me baby is high tonight
low tomorrow, and precipitation is
expected

Good morning, dj. Yes, it's going to be an emotional day, Canada. Tom Waits is right, I'm afraid. Someone stole edgar's truck and Walter said a very bad word on Joe Nation's lost and found thread.

Is it really hamburger's birthday?

I just found out, listeners, that there was a movie, Gloomy Sunday, done in 1999. Nope, not going to play that song, but it was a bit of a surprise to learn that the thing was on film.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0155722/plotsummary

Here's a cheerful sunshine song by The Fifth Dimension.


Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in, the sunshine in
Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in, the sunshine in
Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in, the sunshine in


Oh, let it shine, c'mon
Now everybody just sing along
Let the sun shine in
Open up your heart and let it shine on in
When you are lonely, let it shine on
Got to open up your heart and let it shine on in
And when you feel like you've been mistreated
And your friends turn away
Just open your heart, and shine it on in

[FADE]

Bob Seger
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Background information

Birth name Robert Clark Seger
Born May 6, 1945 (1945-05-06) (age 61)
Dearborn, Michigan, USA
Genre(s) Rock and roll
Heartland rock

Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, guitarist
Instrument(s) vocals, guitar, piano
Years active 1960s-present
Label(s) Capitol Records
Associated
acts Silver Bullet Band
Website BobSeger.com

Robert Clark Seger (born May 6, 1945) is a Rock and Roll musician from Michigan, who after years of local Detroit-area success starting in the mid-1960s, achieved his greatest national success starting in the mid-1970s, which extended into the 1980s, finally reaching its zenith in the 1990s.

Best known for his work with the Silver Bullet Band, a group he formed in 1974, Seger is a Midwestern roots rocker whose songs deal with blue-collar themes and who toured constantly in support of his frequent album releases. Seger has recorded many rock and roll hits, including "Turn the Page", "Night Moves", "We've Got Tonight", "Like a Rock", and his iconic signature song "Old Time Rock and Roll", named one of the Songs of the Century in 2001. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.




Biography

Early years

Bob Seger was born at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. He was raised in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn until age 6, when his family moved to the college town of Ann Arbor, Michigan. When Seger was 10 years old, his father left the family and moved to California. Seger attended Tappan Middle School and Ann Arbor High School (now Pioneer High School) in Ann Arbor, graduating in 1963.


Regional favorite: 1966-1976

Seger started his musical career in 1961 in Detroit as a member of The Decibels and there met his future manager and record producer, Punch Andrews. Seger returned to Ann Arbor where he played with The Town Criers and then Doug Brown and the Omens. With them he released his first single in 1965, for the local Hideout Records label. In 1966 Seger sang on Doug Brown and the Omens' parody of the song "Ballad of the Green Berets", titled "Ballad of the Yellow Berets", which mocked draft dodgers. Soon after its release Barry Sadler and his record label threatened Seger with a lawsuit and the recording was withdrawn from the market.

In 1966 Seger left Brown's group but retained him as a producer. As Bob Seger and the Last Heard, Seger had his first big Detroit hit with "East Side Story", which sold more than 50,000 copies, almost all in Detroit and leading to a deal with Cameo-Parkway Records. Another of Seger's biggest early hit singles in the Detroit area was "Heavy Music" in 1967, which sold even more copies and had potential to break out nationally except that Cameo-Parkway folded. Nevertheless, "Heavy Music" would stay in his live act for many years to come. During these early Detroit years, Seger became friendly with Glenn Frey, who would later become one of the founding members of the Eagles.

In 1968, Bob Seger signed with major label Capitol Records and formed The Bob Seger System. This incarnation was essentially a Michigan proto-punk band not very unlike the SRC or The Frost. His and their first album was Ramblin' Gamblin' Man in 1969; the title song was a moderate hit, which made it to #17 on the national Billboard pop singles chart, while the album reached #62 on the Billboard pop albums chart. The same album's "2+2=?" is considered by some to be one of the most fiery anti-war songs ever written, and reflected a change in his political attitudes.

Seger was unable to follow up this early moderate success; the Seger System's follow-up album Noah failed to chart at all, leading Seger to briefly quit the music industry and attend college. Seger returned the following year, but his next few albums, released on Punch Andrews' Palladium label and distributed by Reprise Records, were stylistically erratic and appeared in the low 100s on the Billboard albums chart, if at all. These albums included Mongrel (1970), Brand New Morning (1971), Smokin' O.P.'s (1972 Currently the earliest release of a Bob Seger album on CD), and Back in '72 (1973). Back in '72 features a long list of known session musicians and work from J.J. Cale. It also has the studio version of his live classic Turn the Page(later covered by "Metallica"). Seger maintained his regional appeal in Detroit, and had built a modest following in Florida (necessitating many drives back and forth), but to the general music world was regarded as a one-hit wonder.

In 1974 Seger formed the Silver Bullet Band and put out the album Seven, which contained the Detroit-area hard-rock hit "Get Out of Denver". 1975 saw Beautiful Loser, whose single "Katmandu" was another Detroit-area hit and marked Seger's return to Capitol Records. In April 1976 Seger and the Silver Bullet Band came close to their breakthrough with Live Bullet, recorded over two nights in Detroit's Cobo Hall in September 1975. It contained Seger's rendition of Tina Turner's "Nutbush City Limits" as well as Seger's own classic take on life on the road, "Turn the Page", from Back in '72.

Critic Dave Marsh later wrote that "Live Bullet is one of the best live albums ever made ... In spots, particularly during the medley of 'Travelin' Man'/'Beautiful Loser', Seger sounds like a man with one last shot at the top." Live Bullet began to get attention in other parts of the country, and became his best-selling album since Ramblin' Gamblin' Man. In July 1976 he was a featured performer at the Pontiac Silverdome outside Detroit in front of nearly 80,000 fans. Yet three nights before in Chicago he had played before 50 people in a bar.


National success: 1976-1987

Seger finally achieved his commercial breakthrough with his October 1976 album Night Moves. The title song "Night Moves" was a highly evocative, nostalgic, time-spanning tale that was not only critically praised, but became a #4 hit single on the Billboard pop singles chart as well as a heavy album-oriented rock airplay mainstay. The album also contained "Mainstreet", a #24 hit ballad that emphasized Seger's heartland rock credentials, as well as the AOR anthem "Rock and Roll Never Forgets". Night Moves was Seger's first Top 10 album in the Billboard 200, and through late 2006 had sold over 6 million copies in the U.S. Furthermore it activated sales of Seger's recent back catalog, so that Beautiful Loser would eventually sell 2 million and Live Bullet 5 million copies in the U.S.

Seger followed this up strongly with 1978's Stranger in Town. First single "Still the Same" emphasized Seger's talent for mid-tempo numbers that revealed a sense of purpose, and made the Top 5 on the pop singles chart. "Hollywood Nights" was an up-tempo rocker Top 15 hit, while "We've Got Tonight" was a slow us-against-the-world ballad that not only was a Top 15 hit on its own, but would become an adult contemporary mainstay in years to come for both Seger and other artists. The final single, 1979's "Old Time Rock & Roll", was the least successful single from the album, reaching only the Top 30, but achieved substantial AOR airplay. Moreover, it would later became one of Seger's most recognizable songs following its memorable Tom Cruise-dancing-in-his-underwear use in the 1983 film Risky Business. Album tracks from Stranger in Town were equally strong, with "Feel Like a Number" being especially memorable for its raging powerless fury. Around this time Seger also co-wrote the Eagles' #1 hit song "Heartache Tonight" from their 1979 album The Long Run, their collaboration resulting from Seger and Glenn Frey's early days together in Detroit.

In 1980 Seger released Against the Wind; it became his first (and as of late 2006, only) #1 album on the Billboard 200. First single "Fire Lake" featured Eagles Don Henley, Timothy B. Schmit, and Frey on backing vocals and reached #6 on the singles chart, while title song "Against the Wind" reached #5 as a single. "You'll Accomp'ny Me" became the third hit single from the record. Against the Wind would also win two Grammy Awards. Through late 2006 both Stranger in Town and Against the Wind had sold over 5 million copies in the U.S., and were followed by the 1981 live album Nine Tonight which encapsulated this three-album peak of Seger's commercial career. Seger's take on Eugene Williams' "Tryin' to Live My Life Without You" became a Top 5 hit from Nine Tonight, which would go on to sell 4 million copies.

Seger released The Distance in 1982. Critically praised for representing a tougher sound than some of his recent material, the album spawned hits with "Shame on the Moon" (which also did moderately well as a country music song), "Even Now", and "Roll Me Away". But perhaps because Seger and his band were ill-equipped to exploit the new MTV era, Seger's album sales dropped noticeably, with The Distance only selling at the 1 million copies level. The following year country music superstar Kenny Rogers would team up with pop singer Sheena Easton to cover "We've Got Tonight". This version was a world wide hit and was so successful Rogers used it as the title cut to one of his own albums.

Seger was no longer as prolific and four years elapsed before his last studio album,1986's Like a Rock emerged. The fast-paced "American Storm" garnered both pop and rock airplay, and "Like a Rock" became yet another successful Seger ballad, later most familiar to many Americans through its association with a long-running Chevrolet ad campaign (something Seger explicitly chose to do to support struggling American automobile workers in Detroit). Seger's 1986-1987 American Storm Tour was his self-stated last major tour, playing 105 shows over 9 months and selling almost 1.5 million tickets. But yet again, despite all this promotion the album only reached the 1 million sales level in an era when Springsteen, Mellencamp, and Tom Petty, the other major heartland rockers, were at the peaks of their commercial powers. The following year Seger's "Shakedown", a somewhat uncharacteristic song off the 1987 film Beverly Hills Cop II's soundtrack, became his first and only #1 hit on the pop singles chart. Despite this, the era of Seger's commercial prime was over.


Later years: 1988-present

By the time of Seger's next record, 1991's The Fire Inside, Seger's brand of rock was completely out of vogue, with hair metal, grunge and alternative rock, and rap metal all taking the forefront. Seger still had enough hard-core fans to show decent sales, but his new music found little visibility on radio or elsewhere. A similar fate befell 1995's It's a Mystery. In between, however, his Greatest Hits compilation was a major success, achieving sales of over 8 million units through late 2006. Seger did go back on the road again for a 1996 tour, which was successful and sold the fourth-largest number of tickets of any North American tour that year.

In June 1997 Seger drove his automobile off the Trans-Canada Highway in Nipigon, Ontario.[1]

Seger took a sabbatical from the music business for about ten years to spend time with his wife and two young children. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 15, 2004; fellow Detroiter Kid Rock gave the induction speech, and Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm proclaimed that date Bob Seger Day in his honor.[2]

Seger's first new album in 11 years, titled Face the Promise, was released on September 12, 2006. In its first 45 days, the album sold more than 400,000 copies, according to Soundscan. His supporting tour has also been eagerly anticipated, with many shows selling out within minutes. Showing that Seger's legendary appeal in Michigan had not diminished, all 15,000 tickets available for his first show at the Van Andel Arena sold out in under five minutes; three additional shows were subsequently added, each of which also sold out.[3]

On October 21, 2006 Seger performed "America the Beautiful" at the first game of the 2006 World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Detroit Tigers.

Events in late March of 2007 suggested that Seger may move on from Capital records because those who had worked with him to this point are now gone from the label. The same press release also confirmed Seger's intention to release a live CD/DVD package chronicling his Face the Promise tour at some point in the fall.


Influences

Growing up, Seger listened to WLAC In Nashville. He especially liked James Brown saying that among him and his friends, Live at the Apollo was the absolute favorite record. "I learned how to sing 100 percent hard all the time, full beat stop and how to move from him." The first record he bought was "Come Go With Me" by The Del Vikings. Regarding Springsteen, Petty, Fogerty and Mellencamp, Seger said: "We all listen to each other. I think we all sound like each other at times." Mentioning Frankie Miller, Graham Parker, Bruce Springsteen, ....Seger said: "There's a whole little clique of male vocalists. We're just sort of all connected. I think every last one of us has a connection with Van Morrison."[4]


Silver Bullet Band

The Silver Bullet Band was formed in 1974. Its original members were:

Drew Abbott, guitar
Charlie Allen Martin, drums
Rick Mannassa, keyboards
Chris Campbell, bass guitar
Alto Reed (real name: Thomas Neal Cartmell[5][6]), saxophones and flute
Seger himself does all lead vocals and plays guitar and piano.

In 1982 Abbott was replaced by Dawayne Bailey on guitar. Around 1977 Martin was replaced by Dave Teegarden on drums, who in 1983 was replaced by Don Brewer. In 1975 Mannassa was replaced by Robyn Robbins on keyboards, who in 1980 was replaced by Craig Frost.

Seger has almost always used session musicians, most notably The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, on his albums as well.

I planted some birdseed. A bird came up. Now I don't know
what to feed it.

I had amnesia once -- or twice.

I went to San Francisco. I found someone's heart. Now
what?

Protons have mass? I didn't even know they were Catholic.

All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me
happy.

If the world were a logical place, men would ride horses
side-saddle.

What is a "free" gift? Aren't all gifts free?

They told me I was gullible . and I believed them.

Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and,
when he grows up, he'll never be able to merge his car
onto a freeway.

Two can live as cheaply as one, for half as long.

Experience is the thing you have left when everything
else is gone.

What if there were no hypothetical questions?

One nice thing about egotists: They don't talk about
other people.

When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem
begins to look like a nail.

A flashlight is a case for holding dead batteries.

What was the greatest thing before sliced bread?
Hmmmm?

My weight is perfect for my height -- which varies.

I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure.

The cost of living hasn't affected its popularity.

How can there be self-help "groups"?

Is there another word for synonym?

Where do forest rangers go to "get away from
it all"?

The speed of time is one-second per second.

Is it possible to be totally partial?

What's another word for thesaurus?

Is Marx's tomb a communist plot?

If swimming is so good for your figure, how do you
explain whales?

It's not an optical illusion. It just looks like one.

Is it my imagination, or do buffalo wings taste like
chicken?

Good morning, Bob of Boston. Thanks once again for the great bio's, hawk. Of course, you left us with a smile with your humorous turn around definitions. Love the one about the protons, especially since it's Sunday.

Today is our Roger's birthday, and we are thinking of him.

Until our pretty puppy arrives, let's hear one from another Bob.

Old Time Rock & Roll
As performed by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band


Just take those old records off the shelf
I'll sit and listen to 'em by myself,
Today's music ain't got the same soul,
I like that old time rock and roll.

Don't try and take me to a disco,
You'll never even get me out on the floor,
In ten minutes I'll be late for the door,
I like that old time rock and roll.

Still like that old time rock and roll,
That kind of music just soothes my soul,
I reminisce about the days of old,
With that old time rock and roll.

Won't go and hear 'em play a tango,
I'd rather hear some blues or funky old soul,
There's only one sure way to get me to go,
Start playin' old time rock and roll.

Still like that old time rock and roll,
That kind of music just soothes my soul,
I reminisce about the days of old,
With that old time rock and roll.

Call me a relic call me what you will,
Say I'm old fashioned say I'm over the hill.
Today's music ain't got the same soul,
I like that old time rock and roll.

Still like that old time rock and roll,
That kind of music just soothes my soul,
I reminisce about the days of old,
With that old time rock and roll.

(REPEAT CHORUS)

I like: "One nice thing about egotists: They don't talk about
other people."

Beautiful day here. Hope you all are having the same.

And, the faces (as they were then, with the exception of George, who is now) to match Bob's bios: