This song was from right smack dab in the middle of the 1980’s.
Dio, who had just left Black Sabbath, released this song.
The visual imagery is typical of that time period. Where in the late 1960’s and throughout the 1970’s it was nuanced, in the 1980’s it was outright, it was very Church-like and borderline occult-like. Which drove the Fundamentalist Christians crazy, they perceived as a attack of the mean ol’ devil. In all reality it was simply a marketing tool or a fad. The point is that it worked, and sold records.
I could tell you some very humorous stories about being in Church and hearing the wild tales about backward masking, Satanism. I laugh about it now, but back in the day, it was serious stuff.
Enjoy this video, it captures a master at his trade, at his best. This is “Stormy Monday”…
His List of accomplishments include:
Hayes was a longtime songwriter and arranger for Stax Records in Memphis, playing in the studio’s backup band and crafting tunes for artists such as Otis Redding and Sam and Dave in the 1960s.
He released his first solo album in 1967, and his 1969 follow-up, “Hot Buttered Soul,” became a platinum hit.
In 1971, the theme from “Shaft” topped the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks and won an Academy Award for best original theme song. The song and the movie score also won Grammy awards for best original score and movie theme.
Hayes won a third Grammy for pop instrumental performance with the title track to his 1972 “Black Moses” album.
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.
Isaac Hayes music embodied the black experience, Issac asked in his hit tune “Shaft”, “can you dig it?” and to that I simply say, yes, we all dug it, on some sort of a level or another.
I am sure that some asshole White, High-brow, Conservative and some other Conservative Minority will snivel at this man and dismiss him as a Liberal who promoted Identity Politics, But he was about so much more than that.
I, for one, am quite sorry to learn of his passing, an era in music has just ended. đ
I turned to look over my shoulder to see who had uttered that ridiculous statement.
âPardon Me?â I squinted at the dark-skinned man who had just interjected himself into my over-coffee conversation with my buddy, Kevin.
âObama ainât black.â He said again more matter-of-factly as he walked around the porcelain dividing wall and stood at our table where he could be more active in our conversation.
âMy nameâs Andree,â he said as he extended his hand. âI couldnât help but hear what you boys had been discussinâ and I donât mean to stick my nose in where it donât belong, but I couldnât leave without settinâ you straight. Obama ainât black.â
I looked at Kevin as he shifted nervously in his seat, not sure how to take this visitor to our table.
âWell, have a seat Andree,â somewhat trying to judge the book by its cover. âIâm Dave, but most folks call me Coach, and this is Kevin.â Kevin extended his hand politely.——- Click the link to read the rest of Conveniently Black by Dave Daubenmire (via NewsWithViews.com
I will simply say the following, that it is pretty telling when Obama is doing better in White America, out in places where blacks are in rare supply, than he is in the more urban communities.
I don’t have much to add to this article… Because Dave says it all in this article. Enjoy.
Back from a hiatus, itâs time for the Late Night Music Express!
Yes, I will confess, I am a self confessed Led Zeppelin fan.
This is one of my favorite tunes:
“Wearing and Tearing” is a song by English rock group Led Zeppelin. It was recorded at Polar Studios in Stockholm, Sweden during the In Through the Out Door sessions on November 21, 1978.
Due to space constraints, the song was not included on In Through the Out Door. It was left unreleased until 1982, when it was eventually included on the album Coda. It was one of three songs recorded at Polar Studios which were omitted from In Through the Out Door and later released on Coda, the other two being “Ozone Baby” and “Darlene”.
“Wearing and Tearing” was intended as a statement by Led Zeppelin that they could compete against the popular punk bands of the time.
This song was never performed live at Led Zeppelin concerts, although it was played by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant at their reunion at Knebworth in 1990.
Lyrics:
It starts out like a murmur
Then it grows like thunder
Until it bursts inside of you
Try to hold it steady
Wait until you’re ready
Any second now will do
Throw the door wide open
Not a word is spoken
Anything that you want to do
Ya know, ya know, ya know…
Don’t you feel the same way?
Don’t you feel the same way?
But you don’t know what to do
No time for hesitatin’
Ain’t no time for hesitatin’
All you got to do is move
They say you’re feeling blue, well
I just found a cure
It’s a thing you gotta do, yeah
Ya know, ya know, ya know…
Now listen: You say your body’s aching?
I know that it’s aching
Chill bumps come up on you
Yeah, the funny fool
I love the funny fool
?Just like foolin’ after school?
And then you ask for medication
Who cares for medication
When you’ve worn away the cure
Ya know, ya know, ya know…
Go back to the country
Yeah, go back to the country
Feel a change is good for you
When you keep convincin’
Ah, don’t keep convincin’
What’s that creeping up behind a you?
It’s just an old friend
It’s just an old friend
And what’s that he’s got for you?
Ya know, ya know, ya know…
Do your dance do your dance do your dance
Oooooh, medication. Medication! Medication!
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and with that Iâm outta here, see you all tomorrow!
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. â That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, â That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
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We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. â And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.
It was on this day, 232 years ago. That men decided that freedom was the only way. This post is for them.
A few videos:
A video that tells the story of our National Anthem and how it came to be:
A singing of our National Anthem, that I think is the closest thing to Heavenly Angels singing that we’ll ever get here on Earth:
Another American Classic:
Another one, done, only the way, this man could do it:
Even John Wayne knows:
I posted this, not for some stupid political ploy, not to be clever, but to remind everyone, no matter what your political stripe or conviction or feeling, You are, We are, all Americans. This is our land, and we should, at least once a year, stop and reflect on our freedoms. The freedom to write, the freedom to Pray to whatever God we wish or the freedom to not pray, at all. The freedom to agree, the freedom of dissent or to disagree, the freedom to assemble or simply the freedom to do nothing at all.
As Always, We remember our soldiers, especially those who have fallen:
One of my favorite songs:
Update: I could not remember the name of this song last night, I remembered the name this morning:
I cannot listen to this without tearing up⊠itâs tough, even for a guy:
God Bless the United States of America and God Bless and Keep our Soldiers.
