What are you listening to?

'Story of Isaac' from Leonard Cohen performed by Suzanne Vega (the story of Abraham and Isaac)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ30w3eQR4o

lyrics :

The door it opened slowly, my father he came in,was nine years old.
And he stood so tall above me, his blue eyes they were shining
and his voice was very cold.

He said, I've had a vision and you know I'm strong and holy,
I must do what I've been told.

So we started up the mountain, I was running, he was walking,
and his axe was made of gold.

Well, the trees they got much smaller, the lake a lady's mirror,
we stopped to drink some wine.

Then he threw the bottle over. Broke a minute later
and he put his hand on mine.

I thought I saw an eagle but it might have been a vulture,
I never could decide.

Then my father built an altar, he looked once behind his shoulder,
he knew I would not hide.

You who build these altars now to sacrifice these children,
you must not do it anymore.

For a scheme is not a vision and you never have been tempted
by a demon or a god.

You who stand above them now, your hatchets blunt and bloody,
you were not there before,

When I lay upon a mountain and my father's hand was trembling
with the beauty of the word.

And if you call me brother now, forgive me if I inquire,
Just according to whose plan?

When it all comes down to dust, I will kill you if I must,
I will help you if I can.

When it all comes down to dust, I will help you if I must,
I will kill you if I can.

And mercy on our uniform, man of peace or man of war,
the peacock spreads his fan
 
Discovered my Rodriguez - Cold Fact CD again.

Sounds even better now than it did back then.


Establishment Blues


The mayor hides the crime rate

council woman hesitates

Public gets irate but forget the vote date

Weatherman complaining, predicted sun, it's raining

Everyone's protesting, boyfriend keeps suggesting

you're not like all of the rest.



Garbage ain't collected, women ain't protected

Politicians using people, they've been abusing

The mafia's getting bigger, like pollution in the river

And you tell me that this is where it's at.



Woke up this moming with an ache in my head

Splashed on my clothes as I spilled out of bed

Opened the window to listen to the news

But all I heard was the Establishment's Blues.



Gun sales are soaring, housewives find life boring

Divorce the only answer smoking causes cancer

This system's gonna fall soon, to an angry young tune

And that's a concrete cold fact.



The pope digs population, freedom from taxation

Teeny Bops are up tight, drinking at a stoplight

Miniskirt is flirting I can't stop so I'm hurting

Spinster sells her hopeless chest.



Adultery plays the kitchen, bigot cops non-fiction

The little man gets shafted, sons and monies drafted

Living by a time piece, new war in the far east.

Can you pass the Rorschach test?



It's a hassle is an educated guess.

Well, frankly I couldn't care less.
 
Dirty Projectors - Temecula Sunrise

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtXtgHGrL9E
 
Regina Spektor - Eet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPMIXk-ipT0

Regina Spektor - Us

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzrC72Xv6pE&feature=related
 
Songbird

For you......
there'll be no more crying.
For you......
the sun will be shining.
And I feel that when I'm with you,
It's alright...
I know it's right.

To you.......
I'll give the world.
To you.......
I'll never be cold.
Cause I feel that when I'm with you,
It's alright...
I know it's right.

..And the songbirds are singing, like they know the score.
..And I love you, I love you, I love you..
Like never before.

And I wish you all the love in the world.
But most of all, I wish it from myself.

..And the songbirds keep singing, like they know the score
..And I love you, I love you, I love you..
Like never before.
Like never before.
Like never before.
 
The Red Hot Chili Peppers: Johnny Kick a Hole in the Sky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b84TqijvkFk

One of my favorite 'speak truth to power' songs.
 
I just listened to arguably one of the finest rock-n-roll guitarists walking on this BBM.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-miLbYrpdvQ

:cool2: :cool2: :cool2:
 
"Crying Don't Even Come Close" : "Waylon Jennings"
Looking out this evening mainly for myself, I can't tell whats missing and what's mine.
I only know aim only leaving an easy farwell, it's hard to tell what else I leave behind.
But it seems to me at a time like this, only silence can say what is real.
Crying don't even come close, to the way that I feel.
Some dreams are not for sleeping, some nights are not for rest, some stories are better left inside.
I'll keep on believing, that's all for the best, let the beckoning highway provide.
But it seems to me at a time like this only silence can say what is real.
Crying don't even come close to the way that I feel.
Crying don't even come close to the way that i feel!
 
Luar na Lubre

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fjubqY1N2w&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO7bUhJlAek&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ_p8KrelTM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PVwf6nssoQ&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOxkNKGWnSc&NR=1

beautiful, very celtic and very melodic, I love it :love:
 
Al Today said:
I just listened to arguably one of the finest rock-n-roll guitarists walking on this BBM.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-miLbYrpdvQ

:cool2: :cool2: :cool2:

Yeah, I love Satch. I went to several of his shows when I was younger, and was never disappointed. I like the interplay he has with Stu Hamm, when they end up on the same tour together (which happens most of the time).
 
I went to one of his shows too a couple years ago and it was really good, high quality, i was really surprised. A friend of mine, a complete fan of Satriani, convinced me to go with him . It was a very good show and a nice surprise.

Well, a bit different, i'm listening to this song at the moment: a tribute to the 50s by Queen, really nice too.

Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love


:)
 
It's been a bad year so far for Canadian music. First Lhasa died, now it is Kate McGarrigle, mother of Rufus and Martha Wainwright -- for you younger folks -- and an accomplished singer and songwriter herself with her sister Anna. Their harmonies and arrangements, mixing Irish, Quebecois, and pop, and English and French, made them a very distinctive voice in music.

She died last night from cancer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcbIjfLYxOY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyjG0Tk3HFQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb2x9uZVPek&feature=related
 
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