lotta good stuff...surprised & delighted w/ Tom Jones join'in' CSN&Y (but dang DC wuz higher than a kite, near cross-eyed)... nice Dylan, a surprise tour de force from Prince, & fer me Sly in his Glitter & Bling rounded it out (sportin' his famous Star of David Kapralik lol)....
T'day when I wartch noo/live concert band footage it's all missin' the wild, the unexpected, the improv'd--seems like it's all canned an' too slick by half. Watchin' this fine faded footage (likely much shot in 16mm) it was raw 'n real--the sweat, the bravura, an' the shared camaraderie that seems ta have left the thee-ate-er t'day. In these old cuts (the older ones 'specially) they simply are all jus' diggin' each other...the music shows it. Now methinks they're all bejabbered & dulled...ain't just age (as we see Old Bob still rocks it!)
Also want to say, in addition to J Buckley 's Hallelujah, there are amazing covers by K D Lang and Jon, yes, BonJovi. In addition to Cohen's uniqueness. Very familiar with tune, having learned it on piano and played it at a memorial.
Yes, I remember BEFORE! In the early days of covid, I was out on my patio planting bulbs in pots. I was so overwhelmed by the INHUMANITY that was pushed on us and was incredulous that people kept saying this was the NEW NORMAL. There was nothing normal about it, and humanity certainly could not live in this locked up state and survive. I put on some Tom Jones and planted away. The music helped. I also had a feeling that those SHOTS they were already talking about were going to be forced on us. Because my youngest son had a very serious reaction to his DPT shot at 2 months, there was no way in hell I was going to risk whatever it was they were going to come up with. Such dark days!
Mr. Miller, check out The Concert For George----Nov. 2002--Exactly One Year since Georges passing. I'd be happy to lend you the DVD, but I need it returned. It starts with an East Indian Sitar session and Anushkar Shankar does a Solo on The Sitar. She is better than her Daddy. Ravi Shankar, in my opinion. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers does a wonderful set as does Paul McCartney. I skip thru Monty Python as it seems too forced-The original sketch was Great!
Yeah, Great Concert! It seemed The Monty Python's didn't even wanna be there. It was fine when they were 30-ish--at 60-ish? They felt silly doing it or it seemed so. The awkwardness on their faces was quite apparent and was reflected in their acting. George was great friends with Eric Idle, I believe and Executive Produced their films---he paid for the Production. He made a couple of cameos as someone else in some of their films. Boy, I miss that man. I saw them in L.A. in the late 90's-Hollywood Bowl? -I think I did. Someone related to their act.--
As someone from Generation Jones (the baby boomers born in the mid 50s to early 60s), I was only a little kid when some of this music was made and performed. I remember some of it playing on the radio at restaurants where the jukebox selection could be made at a person's table.
As I reviewed these videos... every one of them amazing... I was reminded of a few things. A: Baby boomers are *not* to blame for every problem facing the world (and I'm so sick of hearing Gen X and Millennials blaming us for everything... it's just as bad as the R vs D BS). B: Race relations were healing in the 70s and 80s and, in my opinion, were much better than they are now. C: None of us really cared that much what someone did in their own time and their own bedrooms and didn't make a scene out of it. D: Times were tougher than they are now in many ways, but we still knew how to *do things* and we knew how to talk with each other.
The other thing that came to mind is just how mind screwed we've been for decades now. The societal "engineers" (Sociopaths, Psychopaths, and Philanthropaths) have done an incredible job at turning our joy and zeal for life into hatred for each other, instead of where are hatred should be focused: On them! The monsters in politics in every country on earth. The monsters wearing sheep's masks, yet are wolves who are destroying everything that has made us good.
We must stop pointing fingers at each other. We've just got to. There is no such thing as "left" and "right" or "red and blue". These are made up BS terms to keep us fighting with one another. There is such thing as humans. You and I. We all want a decent life, to be able to have a decent safe place to live, food on the table, time with friends and family, children who flourish, the choice as to what kind of medicine is prescribed to us without being forced to take an intervention, peace on our streets and on our borders, the ability to spend time with the groups we want to associate with, and to be able to speak out when we see things around us falling apart without being told we are racist, antisemitic, phobic, etc.
I had a smart ass Gen X person ask me, "what the F was so good about the 1970s? You only had 3 channels to watch and get information from." I didn't even know where to start. Was it perfect? Oh hell no. But were we happier? Oh heck yes! And we still knew how to make music. We weren't focused on every damn thing going on in the world 24/7. We knew that the news came on around 9pm and we *might* have watched it for a half hour... maybe an hour at most. We knew how to play board games and cards with neighbors and family. Our food was still real (even at McDonalds!). The church doors were still open if we wanted to go.
I don't want to keep going here, but these videos had a huge impact on me. I remembered that things weren't always as insane as they've been for about 30 years now.
All that being said... many people had no clue that Prince was an insanely good guitar player, and that "The Chicks" (formerly known as The Dixie Chicks) are not only talented, but sing songs with insanely deep lyrics, and are incredibly humble people.
Can we get some of this back? Maybe. Just maybe. But it's going to take all of us humbling ourselves, realizing that none of us us 100% right about anything. It's going to take all of us who want to be free again remembering that freedom means we have to respect other people's freedom as well and that means being free *from* things as well. That courtesy, kindness, respect for elders and each other, morality, ethics, and pretty much all of the real virtues that used to be taught by parents and grandparents *matter* and that it is impossible to have a free society if we ignore those virtues and kick them out of every aspect of society.
I am ashamed to admit I have never seen this Prince performance and I am a huge fan of his and also Harrison, who was my favorite Beatle. Thank you for sharing this...
Not familiar but I'll look it up. You Tube? I bought the DVD version of The Concert for George and The Last Waltz live concert by The Band. Robbie Robertson is my 1st Cousin--Lead guitarist for The Band. He was born on my Daddies First Nations Reserve in Quebec and used to stop by on occasion to show Honor to my Daddy.
Thank you for this collection!! So needed at this time. Take care. You're special.
lotta good stuff...surprised & delighted w/ Tom Jones join'in' CSN&Y (but dang DC wuz higher than a kite, near cross-eyed)... nice Dylan, a surprise tour de force from Prince, & fer me Sly in his Glitter & Bling rounded it out (sportin' his famous Star of David Kapralik lol)....
T'day when I wartch noo/live concert band footage it's all missin' the wild, the unexpected, the improv'd--seems like it's all canned an' too slick by half. Watchin' this fine faded footage (likely much shot in 16mm) it was raw 'n real--the sweat, the bravura, an' the shared camaraderie that seems ta have left the thee-ate-er t'day. In these old cuts (the older ones 'specially) they simply are all jus' diggin' each other...the music shows it. Now methinks they're all bejabbered & dulled...ain't just age (as we see Old Bob still rocks it!)
Yeah --
This "While My Guitar" is quite good.
Prince: Hold my purple beer.
Also want to say, in addition to J Buckley 's Hallelujah, there are amazing covers by K D Lang and Jon, yes, BonJovi. In addition to Cohen's uniqueness. Very familiar with tune, having learned it on piano and played it at a memorial.
Yes, I remember BEFORE! In the early days of covid, I was out on my patio planting bulbs in pots. I was so overwhelmed by the INHUMANITY that was pushed on us and was incredulous that people kept saying this was the NEW NORMAL. There was nothing normal about it, and humanity certainly could not live in this locked up state and survive. I put on some Tom Jones and planted away. The music helped. I also had a feeling that those SHOTS they were already talking about were going to be forced on us. Because my youngest son had a very serious reaction to his DPT shot at 2 months, there was no way in hell I was going to risk whatever it was they were going to come up with. Such dark days!
Thanks for the tunes!
Oh, and Eric Clapton does a duet with the Symphony on his folk guitar--it's wonderful.
Mr. Miller, check out The Concert For George----Nov. 2002--Exactly One Year since Georges passing. I'd be happy to lend you the DVD, but I need it returned. It starts with an East Indian Sitar session and Anushkar Shankar does a Solo on The Sitar. She is better than her Daddy. Ravi Shankar, in my opinion. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers does a wonderful set as does Paul McCartney. I skip thru Monty Python as it seems too forced-The original sketch was Great!
I know it well!
Maybe it was The Ruttles.
Yeah, Great Concert! It seemed The Monty Python's didn't even wanna be there. It was fine when they were 30-ish--at 60-ish? They felt silly doing it or it seemed so. The awkwardness on their faces was quite apparent and was reflected in their acting. George was great friends with Eric Idle, I believe and Executive Produced their films---he paid for the Production. He made a couple of cameos as someone else in some of their films. Boy, I miss that man. I saw them in L.A. in the late 90's-Hollywood Bowl? -I think I did. Someone related to their act.--
As someone from Generation Jones (the baby boomers born in the mid 50s to early 60s), I was only a little kid when some of this music was made and performed. I remember some of it playing on the radio at restaurants where the jukebox selection could be made at a person's table.
As I reviewed these videos... every one of them amazing... I was reminded of a few things. A: Baby boomers are *not* to blame for every problem facing the world (and I'm so sick of hearing Gen X and Millennials blaming us for everything... it's just as bad as the R vs D BS). B: Race relations were healing in the 70s and 80s and, in my opinion, were much better than they are now. C: None of us really cared that much what someone did in their own time and their own bedrooms and didn't make a scene out of it. D: Times were tougher than they are now in many ways, but we still knew how to *do things* and we knew how to talk with each other.
The other thing that came to mind is just how mind screwed we've been for decades now. The societal "engineers" (Sociopaths, Psychopaths, and Philanthropaths) have done an incredible job at turning our joy and zeal for life into hatred for each other, instead of where are hatred should be focused: On them! The monsters in politics in every country on earth. The monsters wearing sheep's masks, yet are wolves who are destroying everything that has made us good.
We must stop pointing fingers at each other. We've just got to. There is no such thing as "left" and "right" or "red and blue". These are made up BS terms to keep us fighting with one another. There is such thing as humans. You and I. We all want a decent life, to be able to have a decent safe place to live, food on the table, time with friends and family, children who flourish, the choice as to what kind of medicine is prescribed to us without being forced to take an intervention, peace on our streets and on our borders, the ability to spend time with the groups we want to associate with, and to be able to speak out when we see things around us falling apart without being told we are racist, antisemitic, phobic, etc.
I had a smart ass Gen X person ask me, "what the F was so good about the 1970s? You only had 3 channels to watch and get information from." I didn't even know where to start. Was it perfect? Oh hell no. But were we happier? Oh heck yes! And we still knew how to make music. We weren't focused on every damn thing going on in the world 24/7. We knew that the news came on around 9pm and we *might* have watched it for a half hour... maybe an hour at most. We knew how to play board games and cards with neighbors and family. Our food was still real (even at McDonalds!). The church doors were still open if we wanted to go.
I don't want to keep going here, but these videos had a huge impact on me. I remembered that things weren't always as insane as they've been for about 30 years now.
All that being said... many people had no clue that Prince was an insanely good guitar player, and that "The Chicks" (formerly known as The Dixie Chicks) are not only talented, but sing songs with insanely deep lyrics, and are incredibly humble people.
Can we get some of this back? Maybe. Just maybe. But it's going to take all of us humbling ourselves, realizing that none of us us 100% right about anything. It's going to take all of us who want to be free again remembering that freedom means we have to respect other people's freedom as well and that means being free *from* things as well. That courtesy, kindness, respect for elders and each other, morality, ethics, and pretty much all of the real virtues that used to be taught by parents and grandparents *matter* and that it is impossible to have a free society if we ignore those virtues and kick them out of every aspect of society.
I couldn't agree more.
I am ashamed to admit I have never seen this Prince performance and I am a huge fan of his and also Harrison, who was my favorite Beatle. Thank you for sharing this...
What a great selection-thank you!!
Yes I feel like my life is divided now. BC doesn’t mean what it used to.
and Billy Preston, known as The Fifth Beatle does wonderful songs. Here Comes The Sun, if I remember correctly. What a Keyboardist and singer!
The Outlaws did the best version of Ghost Riders In The Sky. I hope you have heard it.
Not familiar but I'll look it up. You Tube? I bought the DVD version of The Concert for George and The Last Waltz live concert by The Band. Robbie Robertson is my 1st Cousin--Lead guitarist for The Band. He was born on my Daddies First Nations Reserve in Quebec and used to stop by on occasion to show Honor to my Daddy.