goyacobol said:
Thanks for this collection Goyacobol! I like the touch of flamenco mixed with Arabic notes as I used playing flamenco on my guitar in the past. I´m rather oxidized now :)
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Thanks for this collection Goyacobol! I like the touch of flamenco mixed with Arabic notes as I used playing flamenco on my guitar in the past. I´m rather oxidized now :)
Al Today
The Living Force
Howdy goyacobol ,
Have you read the articles on Laurel Canyon by Dave McGowan? Methinks they are interesting reads on the old hippie days around the time of Woodstock. With a little social engineering concepts thrown in...
If you haven't, this may be a good start:
http://www.sott.net/article/155794-Inside-The-LC-The-Strange-but-Mostly-True-Story-of-Laurel-Canyon-and-the-Birth-of-the-Hippie-Generation-Part-1
~AL~
Have you read the articles on Laurel Canyon by Dave McGowan? Methinks they are interesting reads on the old hippie days around the time of Woodstock. With a little social engineering concepts thrown in...
If you haven't, this may be a good start:
http://www.sott.net/article/155794-Inside-The-LC-The-Strange-but-Mostly-True-Story-of-Laurel-Canyon-and-the-Birth-of-the-Hippie-Generation-Part-1
~AL~
goyacobol said:
Siberia said:
I remember that when I was child, my dad listened to Dire Straits and I told him that there was something about that guitar that was just magical.
And I didn't know why because it was quite a simple tune, but it was SO beautiful. I never looked for more songs by them though, I will now, thanks!
AL Today said:
Yes, I think I have read that SOTT article (I'll read it again to make sure) but I get your drift. This is such an engineered world that we have to "think with a hammer" to even reminisce about nostalgic songs. I hesitated to post that song due to the possible undue levity considering the seriousness of the Vietnam war. While I think there was a probable intent to use these artists/musicians to "wishfully" manipulate the population of that era, I think they may have unwittingly also given us a sense of "mirth" needed to buffer the harshness of those "times".
Having received my draft notice from my parents at the end of my college graduation ceremony in 1970, I was duly inducted into the U.S. Army. While serving my time in Korea I remember some of these Laurel Canyon inspired songs. I now rejoice in the fact I can look back and more accurately assess how that music was used to soothe and comfort so many.
As we are now approaching the full brunt of the Wave I understand more fully the importance of music and how the PTB don't always have "total" control of the results of their "experiments".
Let's face it, if it were not for this forum and the interaction we are allowed for this marvelous brief "time" we wouldn't even be able to share our experiences with each other.
I am so honored to be able to share with you just a small part of my life and experience. It's kind of like "you had to be there" to understand that even though these damned programs were meant to control us maybe they were not totally successful. Maybe that gives me some hope. Or maybe I am just using too much wishful thinking myself. Who knows? As the Cs say "Wait and see". If you kind of felt kind of mirthful listening to the Country Joe and the Fish song , I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag, maybe that will give you an idea of where I am coming from. And in a musical sense "It ain't over till the fat lady sings."
Fellow Knights Unite, Tribal Unity, Connect Heart Chakras and above all keep on
Gandalf said:
I like this song too, thank you Gandalf, it's also Shrek and Fiona's theme, and Shrek is cool. :D
https://youtu.be/v4tYJdDj3_8
You feel down? Listen to Nina Simon. When I feel down I listen Nina. And then I don't feel down anymore. :)
https://youtu.be/3pscDRqkFro
https://youtu.be/3pscDRqkFro
truth seeker
The Living Force
BHelmet
The Living Force
The young, Irrepressible, if somewhat problematic to categorize, Danny Elfman.
Oingo Boingo definitely had a number of 'wake up' songs that made me think and this certainly was/is one right to the point.
https://youtu.be/KzEFLz_W2rw
They say you're stupid
That you're too young to vote
They say you'll swallow anything
That they shove down your throat
They say that you can't think
That you haven't got a brain
That you're just there to listen
That you're just being trained
CHORUS
There's something inside your head
They say you lost the ability to even think
That your tiny little brain
Slipped down the kitchen sink
They say that you'll buy anything
That they turn your way
That you'll listen to anything
That they decide to play
CHORUS
Grey matter grey matter ooh . . .
BRIDGE
I think you like it--like it
To be told what to do--isn't that true
I think you're better--better--better off
Stone cold dead--without your head
They say you're stupid
That you're too young to vote
They say you'll swallow anything
That they shove down your throat
If they say--lie down--don't do it
If they say--buy it now--don't do it
If they say--turn around--don't do it
If they say--hit the ground--don't do it
If they say--bite the big weenie--don't do it
If they say--wasn't that good--don't do it
If they say--bend over baby--don't do it
If they say--take it and like it--don't do it
CHORUS
Oingo Boingo definitely had a number of 'wake up' songs that made me think and this certainly was/is one right to the point.
https://youtu.be/KzEFLz_W2rw
They say you're stupid
That you're too young to vote
They say you'll swallow anything
That they shove down your throat
They say that you can't think
That you haven't got a brain
That you're just there to listen
That you're just being trained
CHORUS
There's something inside your head
They say you lost the ability to even think
That your tiny little brain
Slipped down the kitchen sink
They say that you'll buy anything
That they turn your way
That you'll listen to anything
That they decide to play
CHORUS
Grey matter grey matter ooh . . .
BRIDGE
I think you like it--like it
To be told what to do--isn't that true
I think you're better--better--better off
Stone cold dead--without your head
They say you're stupid
That you're too young to vote
They say you'll swallow anything
That they shove down your throat
If they say--lie down--don't do it
If they say--buy it now--don't do it
If they say--turn around--don't do it
If they say--hit the ground--don't do it
If they say--bite the big weenie--don't do it
If they say--wasn't that good--don't do it
If they say--bend over baby--don't do it
If they say--take it and like it--don't do it
CHORUS
BHelmet
The Living Force
goyacobol said:
Good words, goyacobol. I heard Country Joe do that song a couple times live. My favorite band in that era was Spirit. Pretty much long forgotten. A lot of guys in Nam, I know, could relate to things like "Death falls so heavy on my soul. Somebody tell my father that I died. Somebody tell my mother that I cried.".
Anyway - I got my draft notice about that time too. I will never forget my number (155). I fought it - I resisted - I refused to go. It was a pivotal point in my life. I just 'knew' I would die if I went, whether physical or spiritual/psychic death or both. Talk about high level stress. I had my self psyched up enough to jump out of a 2nd story window picture window at the induction center in LA if they had said 'You are going'. What a berserker! But yeah - stress like that really made music a place of refuge and support, especially when there was none at home.
BHelmet
The Living Force
Here is the Spirit song I was referring to: Mechanical World - somebody put some video with it which is actually pretty effective although it misses the Viet Nam era pics of war.
https://youtu.be/XCc_5oMwI_M
really basic, repetitive lyrics but highly effective in an archetypal way - mood is intense - Randy California lays down some nice licks -
they don't play with the same emotional fire these days - too many notes and scales, not enough phrasing - e.g., at about 1:26 the brief outburst of the guitar still rips into my soul.
Mechanical World:
Death falls so heavy on my soul
Death falls so heavy, makes me moan
Somebody tell my father that I died
Somebody tell my mother that I cried
Once in my younger days
Once in my younger days I had a girl to love
https://youtu.be/XCc_5oMwI_M
really basic, repetitive lyrics but highly effective in an archetypal way - mood is intense - Randy California lays down some nice licks -
they don't play with the same emotional fire these days - too many notes and scales, not enough phrasing - e.g., at about 1:26 the brief outburst of the guitar still rips into my soul.
Mechanical World:
Death falls so heavy on my soul
Death falls so heavy, makes me moan
Somebody tell my father that I died
Somebody tell my mother that I cried
Once in my younger days
Once in my younger days I had a girl to love
BHelmet said:
BHelmet,
It's interesting that we both made it through those sometimes confusing and stressful years and are now possibly facing "the unknown" this time around. I know this thread is mostly for sharing the music but our thoughts about the music I hope is sometimes good too.
I can't help but think of this excerpt from Carlos Casteneda's book The Fire From Within Chaper 1 The New Seers:
Today there is no shortage of petty tyrants to face and if we can make it past them and through these times I feel we can then face the "unknown with impunity".