OT: The Music Thread: Part IX - RIP Kris Kristofferson
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I can listen to The Police day and night.
I saw Rick Wakeman in concert tonight. It was otherworldly.
In addition to a section dedicated to Yes, he did some songs he played on when he did session work.
In addition to a section dedicated to Yes, he did some songs he played on when he did session work.
Below, nothing at all to do with the above.
Continue, dear reader, if you wish..
"Relapse" was released in 2008.
I was broke and returned home to Detroit to live with my mother, her second husband, and my eldest brother, Greg.
Then I had a house sitting gig in Southfield, Michigan. The sticks.
Detroit, of course, was a mess. As it had been for 50 years.
The Mayor, Kwame Klilpatrick, dressed and behaved like a pimp.
He later went to jail. Apparently, he is a minister now.
Fast forward - with so much in between I can't provide explanation, inventory or proper insight - and Motown is, against all odds, thriving.
I always wanted out.
To Boston; Massachusetts; New England.
This is my spiritual home.
But I respect and admire the Detroiters who stayed, made a stand, and built again.
Downtown is safe and all four sports clubs play in the city, in excellent venues.
No one is afraid to go into town.
I say all this, because any town with heart, Any Town USA, is recognizable to all.
Aren't you glad that you live in a place, wherever that may be, with soul, and heart?
Marshall used the once glorious, long since dilapidated Michigan Central train station as a backdrop to say, in 2008,
"However f***ed up things are, however much others devalue you, whatever your failings,
*You are beautiful.*
Today, there will soon be a Gordie Howe International Bridge between Detroit and Windsor.
The Central Station has been restored, refurbished and made glorious through an almost billion dollar investment from the Ford automotive company. Directly adjacent, an innovation lab and a thriving downtown.
Detroiters are a lot like Bostonians, and all Americans, in basic ways.
Pugnacious, resilient and willing to stand.
The best of us.
End sermon,
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bruinsfan1968
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Below, nothing at all to do with the above.
Continue, dear reader, if you wish..
"Relapse" was released in 2008.
I was broke and returned home to Detroit to live with my mother, her second husband, and my eldest brother, Greg.
Then I had a house sitting gig in Southfield, Michigan. The sticks.
Detroit, of course, was a mess. As it had been for 50 years.
The Mayor, Kwame Klilpatrick, dressed and behaved like a pimp.
He later went to jail. Apparently, he is a minister now.
Fast forward - with so much in between I can't provide explanation, inventory or proper insight - and Motown is, against all odds, thriving.
I always wanted out.
To Boston; Massachusetts; New England.
This is my spiritual home.
But I respect and admire the Detroiters who stayed, made a stand, and built again.
Downtown is safe and all four sports clubs play in the city, in excellent venues.
No one is afraid to go into town.
I say all this, because any town with heart, Any Town USA, is recognizable to all.
Aren't you glad that you live in a place, wherever that may be, with soul, and heart?
Marshall used the once glorious, long since dilapidated Michigan Central train station as a backdrop to say, in 2008,
"However f***ed up things are, however much others devalue you, whatever your failings,
*You are beautiful.*
Today, there will soon be a Gordie Howe International Bridge between Detroit and Windsor.
The Central Station has been restored, refurbished and made glorious through an almost billion dollar investment from the Ford automotive company. Directly adjacent, an innovation lab and a thriving downtown.
Detroiters are a lot like Bostonians, and all Americans, in basic ways.
Pugnacious, resilient and willing to stand.
The best of us.
End sermon,
I've been working in Detroit for the past 15 years. Its come a long way. Mike Duggan has done a great job as mayor, but Dan Gilbert, and the Ford/Illitch families are really the ones who saved that city. Its still got a LONG way to go, but they've stopped the rot and are starting to dig their way out. When was the last time you were back there?
BTW, Southfield isn't the sticks......
Here's 3 for Detroit.
Older Detroit....
Newer Detroit....
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Well, Southfield was the sticks to me at the time. I would experience worse in future, but it was a tough time. And I was lucky to have that gig in Southfield.
Certainly Detroit has a long way to go, but I believe it is on its way.
I would never want to live there again, but I respect those who do. Things were so bad, so so bad for so long. They couldn't even keep the lights on.
And if you know detroit, you could probably fit Manhattan and Boston into the confines of greater Detroit.
It's a Grand Old City, but they tear things down. The opposite of what we do here in New England.
I was in Detroit perhaps 3 years ago.
I spoke in elegy, at a eulogy, for my mother and my brother Greg.
At that time, I quoted Tennyson's "Uylsses," doubtless out of place here.
Nonetheless this might provide small solace to some here whom I know.
Pick up here,
"The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks;
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Certainly Detroit has a long way to go, but I believe it is on its way.
I would never want to live there again, but I respect those who do. Things were so bad, so so bad for so long. They couldn't even keep the lights on.
And if you know detroit, you could probably fit Manhattan and Boston into the confines of greater Detroit.
It's a Grand Old City, but they tear things down. The opposite of what we do here in New England.
I was in Detroit perhaps 3 years ago.
I spoke in elegy, at a eulogy, for my mother and my brother Greg.
At that time, I quoted Tennyson's "Uylsses," doubtless out of place here.
Nonetheless this might provide small solace to some here whom I know.
Pick up here,
"The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks;
Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Comments & analysis: It little profits that an idle king, / By this still hearth, among these barren crags, / M
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Many years ago (Aug 1988) I saw Sting (Nothing like the Sun Tour). He and the band were excellent.
bruinsfan1968
I'm rich I can do whatever I want! Lol MARW
Blue Oyster Cult
Astronomy
Flaming Telepaths
This Ain't The Summer Of Love
Astronomy
Flaming Telepaths
This Ain't The Summer Of Love
Here are a few cuts from my favorite Leftover record. My son and I saw them again last Thursday and they were great.
Waylon
TAJ
Lucinda
Waylon
TAJ
Lucinda
Dennis Bonvie
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New country is fine but I remember when guys like Jimmy did it on homemade guitars and such
He wrote this for a lesson he was giving his class when he was a High School teacher
He wrote this for a lesson he was giving his class when he was a High School teacher
bruinsfan1968
I'm rich I can do whatever I want! Lol MARW
Went to the new Market Basket a couple towns over this morning. It's in an outskirt of Portland and closer to the unfortunate in society than I. I saw a man in the parking lot in baggy clothes and noticed he was missing a shoe. I thought about giving him mine but I drove past thinking I wouldn't be able to drive. Now I wish I had. Damn.
Jake Owen
The One That Got Away
Homemade
Anywhere With You
The One That Got Away
Homemade
Anywhere With You
White I'm at it,
(Yes, I am a Katrina and the Waves fan.
(We saw them in '85 @ The Paradise, the same year & venue where we saw Public Image Limited.
(I shook the hand of a pajama clad John Lydon [aka Rotten] and he leered at my girlfriend's decolletage.
(Good times.
("Our hearts were young and gay.")
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Dennis Bonvie
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not a song to post but stumbled upon a podcast called Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp who was the lead singer of Spandau Ballet and Guy Pratt , bass player whose played with everyone from The Smiths to Iggy Pop.
Insider stuff , they interview some big names and more than often tell/share hilarious stories, really fun stuff, the interview with Billy Idol was one of my fav`s, Spinal Tap`s bass player Derek Smalls equally as funny
This pod isn`t for everyone, often it discusses the business of music which is the stuff I love hearing about
Insider stuff , they interview some big names and more than often tell/share hilarious stories, really fun stuff, the interview with Billy Idol was one of my fav`s, Spinal Tap`s bass player Derek Smalls equally as funny
This pod isn`t for everyone, often it discusses the business of music which is the stuff I love hearing about
bruinsfan1968
I'm rich I can do whatever I want! Lol MARW
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