A follow-up to @unenlightened's music choice. I've No More F****s To Give:
https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/967306

The simple uke and its lightness of being. From a Concert for George Harrison.

For the first half of “Something,” McCartney accompanies himself on a Gibson uke that George had given him, playing the song almost as a light shuffle until Marc Mann comes in mimicking Harrison’s iconic electric guitar solo, before they’re joined by the full band and orchestra; it’s a stunning version.

Then, at the very end of the concert, for the encore, Joe Brown, who had earlier played guitar and mandolin as he guided the band through “Here Comes the Sun” and “That’s the Way It Goes,” came out with a little Martin soprano uke and went into a beautiful but heart breaking version of the 1920s standard “I’ll See You in My Dreams,” as thousands of pieces of large orange, yellow, and green confetti floated gracefully from the rafters of the Albert Hall like falling autumn leaves. There probably wasn’t a dry eye in the house after that one. It was the perfect ending to a magnificent tribute to George Harrison.

Be well. Take care. :sparkle: :flower:

Street by street.
Block by block.
Taking it all back

The youth's immersed in poison--turn the tide, counterattack.
Violence against violence:
let the roundups begin,
a firestorm to purify the bane
that society drowns in.

No mercy, no exceptions, a declaration of total war:
the innocents' defense is the reason it's waged for.

Born addicted,
beaten and neglected,
families torn apart,
destroyed and abandoned,
children sell their bodies,
from their high they fall to drown,
demons crazed by greed,
cut bystanders down.

A chemically tainted
welfare generation
Absolute complete
moral degeneration

Born addicted,
beaten and neglected,
families torn apart,
destroyed and abandoned,
children sell their bodies,
from their high they fall to drown,
demons crazed by greed,
cut bystanders down.

Corrupt politicans,
corrupt enforcement,
drug lords and dealers:
all must fall.

The helpless are crying out
We have risen to their call.

A firestorm to purify — Earth Crisis

Simply Red - Holding Back The Years

America - A Horse With No Name


Neil Young - Old Man


America - You Can Do Magic

And when I,
I wanna kiss you, yeah
All I gotta do
Is whisper in your ear
The words you long to hear
And I'll be
kissing you

And the same goes for me
Whenever
you want me at all
I'll be here,
yes I will
Whenever you call

"All I've Got to Do" (2:02)
With the Beatles, 1963
lyrics Lennon-McCartney
performers The Beatles

Re: a smooth (playa's) distillation of 'young romance' (thanks, Smokey) :smirk:

"Give the drummer some ..." ~JB

:cool: :smile:
'All I've got to do' reminded me of George Harrison's Blow Away.

Day turned black, sky ripped apart
Rained for a year till it dampened my heart
Cracks and leaks, the floorboards caught rot
About to go down, I had almost forgot

Chorus
All I got to do is to, to love you
All I got to be is, be happy
All it's got to take is some warmth to make it
Blow away, blow away, blow away

Verses
Sky cleared up, day turned to bright
Closing both eyes now the head filled with light
Hard to remember what a state I was in
Instant amnesia, Yang to the Yin...

Wind blew in, cloud was dispersed
Rainbows appearing, the pressures were burst
Breezes a-singing, now feeling good
The moment had passed like I knew that it should...

All it's got to take is some warmth to make it
Blow away, blow away, blow away,

Reading Harrison's book I, Me, Mine, p378:

In 1977, during a break from the music scene, he was inspired to write a song that his Formula One gang could enjoy. He was sitting in his hut looking out at the pouring rain. Getting away from the problems of leaks in the house.

...The problems start when you get attached to the problems! That's when the mind gets involved in too much thinking of whether one is supposed to go here, or do this or that; you know -- the bullshit.
I was feeling a bit rotten, a bit ratty; not feeling good in myself, and it was all getting next to me. It is remembering again that that isn't me. Remember what the masters say 'I am basically a potentially divine, wonderful human being' and all this rattiness...is me attaching myself to the mind. The biggest thing that screws us up in life is the mind, it plays tricks on us and can trip you over.
I thought 'I don't have to feel all this! I do love everybody', and that is really all you've got to do, manifest your love. The only thing we have to work at in this life is how to manifest love.

All I got to do is to, to love you
All I got to be is, be happy

And that was Blow Away, as simple as that.

The tune came into his head, the chords found and then later, he wrote the verse. A momentary lack of confidence, a feeling of embarrassment when he thought the tune too obvious...and didn't want to play it to anybody. But liked it more once it was recorded. Now, back in the game. Depression lifted. His cosmic view recalled.

And it’s important to remember that while everything else around you changes, the soul within remains the same; you have to constantly remember that and fight for the right to be happy.” — George Harrison

Thanks :flower:

Be happy. Take care! :hearts: :sparkle:

Jem - They

P!nk - Try

Got to roll me
Got to roll me
Got to roll me
Got to roll me
(oh, yeah)
Got to roll me ...
Keep on rollin'
Got to roll me
Keep on rollin' ...

"Tumbling Dice" (3:45)
Exile on Main Street, 1972
Jagger-Richards
The Rolling Stones

The Cranberries - In The End



Very true:

Ain't it strange
When everything you wanted
Was nothing that you wanted
In the end
Ain't it strange
When everything you dreamt of
Was nothing that you dreamt of
In the end
Take my house, take the car, take the clothes
But you can't take the spirit, take the spirit, take the spirit
But you can't
Ain't it strange
When everything you wanted
Was nothing that you wanted
In the end
Ain't it strange
When everything you dreamt of
Was nothing that you dreamt of
In the end
Take my house, take the car, take the clothes
But you can't take the spirit, take the spirit, take the spirit
But you can't
Take the spirit, take the spirit, take the spirit
Ain't it strange
When everything you wanted
Was nothing that you wanted
In the end

One of their best.



I'm-a gonna go,
Gonna load my shot gun
Point that barrel right where it hurts
Ain't no telling where I'll go after;
Might not be better but it can't get worse

And I could tell you but you can't imagine,
The first breath on the edge of this chasm (sometimes "After nothing happens)
You ain't cried like that since you come out your mother
Only thing holding back the great hereafter

Is bad primers
With good timing

I'm-a gonna go,
Gonna load my.....

"You Know My Name" - Chris Cornell

If you take a life do you know what you'll give?
Odds are you won't like what it is
When the storm arrives would you be seen with me
By the merciless eyes of deceit?

I've seen angels fall from blinding heights
But you yourself are nothing so divine
Just next in line

Arm yourself because no one else here will save you
The odds will betray you
And I will replace you
You can't deny the prize it may never fulfill you
It longs to kill you, are you willing to die?
The coldest blood runs through my veins
You know my name

If you come inside things will not be the same
When you return to the night
And if you think you've won you never saw me change
The game that we've been playing
I've seen this diamond cut through harder men
Than you yourself but if you must pretend
You may meet your end

Arm yourself because no one else here will save you
The odds will betray you
And I will replace you
You can't deny the prize it may never fulfill you
It longs to kill you, are you willing to die?
The coldest blood runs through my veins

Try to hide your hand
Forget how to feel (forget how to feel)
Life is gone with just a spin of the wheel (spin of the wheel)

Arm yourself because no one else here will save you
The odds will betray you
And I will replace you
You can't deny the prize it may never fulfill you
It longs to kill you, are you willing to die?
The coldest blood runs through my veins
You know my name

Beautiful track. Chris is quite an underrated lyricist. Tbf, he has one of the most incredibly voices humans have produced, so can see why.. lol.

It's an underrated song even if it's James Bond, he's got some great lines here.

Yes, a majestic voice, tragic to see him go so soon.

Skyfall was also amazing, so James Bond has a knack for decent tunes even now.

Estas Tonne - Fusion