Tuesday, February 25, 2014
With a Yo-Ho-Ho and a Ya-Ha-Ha and a Ye-Hee-Hee-Ho-Hum, with a Yo-Ho-Ho and a Ya-Ha-Ha and a Yum-Yum-Jum-Jum-Jum, or: Born Seventy-One Years Ago, Sixty-Five Today
George was born seventy-one years ago. I never need listen to The Beatles again, so often did I hear them I can play any song in my head any time I want and often when I don't, but I still love George, I've always loved George, I've always loved George best, people can vouch. Love love love.
High Egoslavian Holy Day. It's also this guy's birthday, he's sixty-five today:
His shoes cost more than your house. Here, the best George Traveling Wilburys song which is simultaneously the best Traveling Wilburys song. That I like a band with Bob Dylan and Tom Petty and the unfortunately named for me Jeff Lynne is testament to my love love love for George.
Here, the full album, quite possibly the second most listened-to album of my life.
No links today, probably tomorrow, though Prunella tells me John Doe is 60 today, gives me songs.
Also too, per Egoslavian tradition, The Pirate Song.
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1) i agree - this is the best wilburys song
ReplyDelete2) what is the first most-listened-to album for you?
Kate Bush's *Hounds of Love.* Especially the song sequence of Side Two.
Deletethe vinyl that hit my turntable* most was todd rundgren's** healing, especially the twenty minute sequence of guided meditation, healing parts i-iii - although the music adds a great deal, the words are as follows
DeleteHealing - Part One
Listen, listen
Listen to the voice,
the voice is an illusion
Listen to the voice,
don't let the words confuse you
'Cause you need something to concentrate on,
concentrate on me
You need something to meditate on,
meditate on me
Listen, listen
Listen to your heart
tune into the rhythm
Listen to your heart
beating with precision
Like the waves upon the seaside,
it goes on and on
Like the spinning of the world,
it goes on and on
Listen, listen
Listen for the sound
that is not in the music
Only you can hear it,
only you can use it
It's the sound of someone breathing,
it's the breath of life
It's the sound that you are weaving
with the thread of life
Listen, listen
Listen to the sound,
let nothing disturb you
You are in a place
where nothing can hurt you
If you feel a strange sensation,
it can do no harm
Like the spiral of creation,
it will soon move on
Healing - Part Two
Where you are going
you cannot take your body
You are on a journey,
the baggage is too heavy
You can leave your legs behind you,
you will learn to fly
You can leave your arms behind you,
you will touch the sky
You can leave your head behind you,
you are thought itself
You can leave the rest behind you,
you are breath itself
Now you are naked,
there's no one here to judge you
See the clear light
shining high above you
Then you're floating in the silence,
you are not alone
For the power of your being
keeps you flowing on
Look upon yourself
only with compassion
Strip away the shell
hiding your perfection
Though your past was full of darkness,
now the past is gone
And your life is starting over
when it's just begun
Now you are whole,
don't you recognize it
Towering eternal
behind the troubled thoughts that hide it
Though at times it seems so distant,
it is always there
When you need its peace and power,
you will know it's here
Healing - Part Three
Listen, listen
Listen to the cry
of a world that's calling to you
Listen to the cry
of the helpless souls that need you
Though you may have trepidation
you can not refuse
You will find your own salvation
in the path you choose
Listen, listen
Listen to the voice
that whispers in the silence
Listen as the voice
solidifies your self reliance
Let the peace that you've discovered
be a guiding light
Let the cry that you've uncovered
set the world aright
You could not be closer to your maker
never more or less alone
If you know thyself
there's nothing else to know
You are whole
*i still have my vinyl collection, but haven't had a turntable working since 1991 - in a couple of years i may commemorate the quarter century by getting a new one, deo volente
**whose most played song is 'bang the drum all day' - but when todd tours with ringo's all-starr band he also performs the song he wrote that was a hit for england dan and john ford coley, 'love is the answer'