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What a great rendition of one of my all time fav U2 songs. Thanks for sharing this, David…

Not only are Bono and The Edge awesome together, the lyrics are sheer poetry…

I’m not afraid of anything in this world
There’s nothing you can throw at me that I haven’t already heard
I’m just trying to find a decent melody
A song that I can sing in my own company

I never thought you were a fool
But darling, look at you
You gotta stand up straight, carry your own weight
These tears are going nowhere, baby

You’ve got to get yourself together
You’ve got stuck in a moment and now you can’t get out of it
Don’t say that later will be better
Now you’re stuck in a moment
And you can’t get out of it

I will not forsake the colours that you bring
The nights you filled with fireworks
They left you with nothing
I am still enchanted by the light you brought to me
I listen through your ears, and through your eyes I can see

And you are such a fool
To worry like you do
I know it’s tough, and you can never get enough
Of what you don’t really need now my oh my

You’ve got to get yourself together
You’ve got stuck in a moment and you can’t get out of it
Oh, love, look at you now
You got yourself stuck in a moment and you can’t get out of it

I was unconscious, half asleep
The water is warm till you discover how deep
I wasn’t jumping; for me it was a fall
It’s a long way down to nothing at all

You’ve got to get yourself together
You’ve got stuck in a moment and now you can’t get out of it
Don’t say that later will be better
Now you’re stuck in a moment and you can’t get out of it

And if the night runs over
And if the day won’t last
And if our way should falter
Along this stony pass

And if the night runs over
And if the day won’t last
And if your way should falter
Along this stony pass
It’s just a moment
This time will pass

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I’m a fan of Michael Hurley’s blog, “We Move Together.” Urge you to check it out. As Michael says, this is “freaking brilliant.” I completely agree. Check out Michael post and U2’s Bono and The Edge performing “Stuck in a Moment.” Fantastic video clip to kick off your Friday.

“…You’ve got to get yourself together
You’ve got stuck in a moment
And now you can’t get out of it
Don’t say that later will be better…”

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Place where Bono can’t live…

The Meta Picture via Place where Bono can’t live….

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Go for Baroque!

Lately I’m having a real hard time listening to music. I’m one of those people who find ‘deep meaning’ in songs and while my wife is away some songs make me feel happy, but others can make me feel a bit melancholy. I love Pandora and I use it while I’m working to build a radio stream around a song an artist or a genre to set a mood while I’m working on a site or doing other technical work. Today I’m going for Baroque…

“Responses to music are easy to be detected in the human body. Classical music from the baroque period causes the heart beat and pulse rate to relax to the beat of the music. As the body becomes relaxed and alert, the mind is able to concentrate more easily. Furthermore, baroque music decreases blood pressure and enhances the ability to learn. Music affects the amplitude and frequency of brain waves, which can be measured by an electro-encephalogram. Music also affects breathing rate and electrical resistance of the skin. It has been observed to cause the pupils to dilate, increase blood pressure, and increase the heart rate.” via Music and the Brain.

Listen to this…

See what I mean? You feel better already don’t you. Look into Pandora while you’re at it — it’s free if you don’t want to use it on your phone but I gladly pay the $36 annual fee…

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With A Little Help From My Friends

“What do I do when my love is away.

(Does it worry you to be alone)

How do I feel by the end of the day

(Are you sad because you’re on your own)

No, I get by with a little help from my friends,

Mmm, get high with a little help from my friends,

Mmm, gonna to try with a little help from my friends”

via WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS LYRICS – THE BEATLES.

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Gene Vincent records “Be-Bop-A-Lula”; This Day in History

“When a music critic wants to indicate that a song lacks lyrical sophistication, he or she will often refer to its lyrics as being of the “moon in June” sort. It’s a label left over from the Tin Pan Alley era, when even great composers like Irving Berlin churned out a hundred uninspired Moon/June tunes for every highly original classic like “Blues Skies” or “Puttin’ On The Ritz.” If rock and roll has an equivalent in the area of clichéd lyrics, it is probably “Baby” and “Maybe”—a rhyming pair made most famous in the smoldering early-rock classic “Be-Bop-A-Lula,” which was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, by the rockabilly legend Gene Vincent on this day in 1956.” via Gene Vincent records “Be-Bop-A-Lula” — History.com This Day in History — 5/4/1956.

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This Day in History; James Brown is born…

“”Soul Brother #1,”The Godfather of Soul,” “Mr. Dynamite,” “Sex Machine,” “The Minister of the New New Super Heavy Funk.” These are some of the names by which the world would eventually know James Joseph Brown, Jr., the revolutionary musical figure who was born on this day in 1933. The story Brown himself would often tell is that he appeared stillborn when he first came into the world, but that an aunt attending his birth managed to breathe life into him.

Long before he changed the course of 20th-century popular music and crowned himself “The Hardest Working Man in Show Business,” little James Brown may well have been the hardest working boy in Augusta, Georgia, where he was sent to live with his Aunt Honey Washington at the age of six. He’d spent the previous several years with his father, James, Sr., who scraped out a meager living selling pine tar to the local turpentine factory in the woods of Barnwell County, South Carolina, just down the Savannah River from Augusta. James’s mother had left with another man when James was only four, and while Aunt Honey would play something of a maternal role for James, the fact that she ran a brothel and sold moonshine for a living made for anything but a traditional upbringing.” via James Brown is born — History.com This Day in History — 5/3/1933.

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Thanks for the happy memories, Presty. I grew up listening to WLS and I agree — it WAS great. Now I think WXRT in Chicago is the best station in the world…

Click ‘read more’ for the rest of Presty’s musical selections — follow his blog while you’re there. btw, here’s my favorite clip…

Steve Prestegard's avatarSteve Prestegard.com: The Presteblog

Today is the 52nd anniversary of what I used to consider the greatest radio station on the planet in its best format:

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Don’t Give Up (You’re on the Right Track)

Go to the source: Don’t Give Up (You’re on the Right Track) [BLOG] « Positively Positive.

Or, enjoy this song from one of my favorite musicals, Pippin:

Or this one from Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush, one of my all time favorite duets and love songs…

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No Line On The Horizon

Love this song…

U2- No Line On The Horizon (Official-Unofficial) Music Video (with lyrics) – YouTube.

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[Some of] My Favorite U2 Videos…

It’s no secret that I’m a U2 fan and have been for decades since the first time I saw them live and in concert in Justin Hermann Plaza in San Francisco in what became known as the ‘Save the Yuppies’ Concert…

Here are some of my my all time favorite U2 songs in video…

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You Are a Work of Art

Melody Beattie shares this today….

All the arts we practice are apprenticeship. The big art is our life. ~ M. C. Richards

What you do is not who you are.

You are more, much more, than that.

It’s easy to get so caught up in what we do that we’re only identifying ourselves through our daily tasks. I am a me­chanic. I am a parking lot attendant. I am a doctor. I am a dishwasher. When we link ourselves too closely to our jobs, we deny ourselves the chance to ever be anything else. We limit ourselves by believing that’s all we are and all we’ll ever be.

Our concept of who we are is one of the hardest, but most rewarding, ideas we can change. If you have been brought up believing that you are clumsy, you will probably demon­strate this belief in your actions—until you identify that idea, let go of it, and let yourself be something else.

Don’t limit yourself by saying you are just what you do. Stop seeing yourself as a static being. If I am “just” a parking lot attendant, then how can I hope to ever influence someone through my words, my art, my music, my life? But if I am a vital, living, growing soul who happens to be parking people’s cars, then everything I do can become a symphony. I can have an influence for good in the lives of everyone I touch. I can learn from them, and they from me. I can learn the lessons that I am supposed to learn at this place in my life, and I can move on to other lessons.

God gave us the power to change. You’re more than what you do. You’re a vital vibrant soul that came here to experi­ence, grow, and change. Make a masterpiece out of your life.

God, help me realize the glory of my soul. Thank you for my mor­tality and for the ability to learn and grow.

Source: April 24: You are a Work of Art | Language of Letting Go

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“Forgiveness”

I don’t care if you don’t like rap music! Listen and read along — this is good stuff…

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“Make Up Your Mind”

Check out THIS kid…

Jackson Guthy is a young singer and songwriter from Los Angeles, CA, who is preparing to stamp his mark on the music world. Following a breakthrough performance on The Ellen DeGeneres show, Jackson is currently in the studio recording his debut album (‘Launch’), set for release in 2012.

At the age of 15, Jackson balances his music career with school life, his close-knit family and friends. Jackson’s goal is to write songs that follow his personal journey through life, with the hope that others can relate to and find meaning in his music.

Source: 15-Year-Old Singer-Songwriter Jackson Guthy Sneak Preview of “Make Up Your Mind” [VIDEO] « Positively Positive

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Pilate’s Dream…

I have a theory; the music that you loved when you first ‘discovered’ music is the music that indelibly shapes your taste forever. Me? I discovered music in 1972. Carole King’s Tapestry, George Harrison’s Concert for Bangladesh and Jesus Christ Superstar were the ‘must own’ albums in my middle school class…

40 years later I still listen to Jesus Christ Superstar every Holy Week; not because its accurate from a biblical standpoint — it’s just an Easter ritual that makes me think. I love to put in my headphones and jack it up. The parts I appreciate most come from the work of guitarist Henry McCullough who later played with Paul McCartney and Wings amongst other bands. Listen to his work on this song…

Stunningly good. Amazing skill! Here he is on the banned in the UK hit Give Ireland Back to the Irish

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Just frikkin’ do it already…

Are you glued to the computer all day like me? Get inspired by Gemma Stone…

Since I saw her video post last December, I have been trying to work walking into my life. I used to poo-poo walking as not being exercise ‘enough’ but lately my wife and I have been ‘power’ walking for 40 minutes a day and the benefits are amazing!

I use an app called Endomondo for my smartphone that tracks my distance and time and I use Pandora to give me some upbeat music to keep the pace up. Stop making excuses and join me! Everyone in your life will thank you…

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I wanna talk about me! :-D

Lately I’ve been on a country music jag on Pandora. This makes me laugh…

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Harden my heart

Ya gotta love ’80’s music videos…

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Crazy People Can Make You Crazy

Crazy People

“He’s making me crazy I don’t understand. Why would someone say they were going to do one thing, then do something so different from what they say? He looks so good and talks so good. His promises sound so, so real, but then everything falls apart. I end up doing all this work, and he just disappears. I get so dang angry Then about the time I’m ready to blow a gasket, he calls, charms my socks off, and the whole cycle starts over again. I walk away, scratching my head and wondering, ‘What’s wrong with me? Did I just imagine this whole thing? Did I overreact?’ I don’t get it. I don’t understand,”

Maybe it’s time for an Al-Anon meeting.

“And when we’re talking on the phone, I feel like I’m the only one for him. But then when I see him, I know he’s lying to me. I know he’s seeing someone else and standing there looking me right in the eyes and lying about it. When I ask him, he says, ‘Your insecurity is enchanting, and you’re usually such a together person.’ I don’t understand why I feel so insane.”

Maybe it s time for an Al-Anon meeting.

“And then I catch him straight-out lying to me, and I blow up. I just can’t stand that lying stuff especially when

I knew all the time he was lying to me and he denied it. I put up with it and put up with it and then finally I can’t take it anymore. By the time I blow up, he’s standing there looking calm and serene and I’m acting like an insane person.”

Crazy people make us feel crazy. It’s not you. It’s him. How about that meeting?

“And then he calls a few days later, and he says how sorry he is and I can tell he’s sorry Before I know it, I’ve forgotten about everything that happened, and it starts all over again. I keep wondering whether I’m being used, and then I look at him and I just feel so guilty for everything I’m feeling and thinking. Oh yeah. That Al-Anon meeting.”

Step One: Powerless over people, places, and things. My life has become unmanageable. Take a deep breath. Say it again. Then say it one more time. Crazy people make us feel crazy It will happen every time.

Value: Detach in love. Disentangle. Un-embroil yourself from other people’s insanity so you can be restored to sanity. It’s a value many of us learned the hard way.

Source: January 2: Crazy People Can Make You Crazy | Language of Letting Go

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Bono, Christ and Christmas

Bono

As you celebrate Christmas, consider who we are celebrating.  Music legend Bono puts it best when talking about Jesus Christ.  In conversation with Michka Assayas he says, “Jesus being God isn’t farfetched to me. Look, the secular response to the Christ story always goes like this: He was a great prophet, obviously a very interesting guy, had a lot to say along the lines of other great prophets…but actually Christ doesn’t allow you that. He doesn’t let you off that hook.  Christ says, ‘No. I’m not saying I’m a teacher, don’t call me teacher. I’m not saying I’m a prophet.’ I’m saying: ‘I’m the Messiah. I’m saying: ‘I am God incarnate…’

So what you’re left with is: either Christ was who He said He was or a complete nutcase…I’m not joking here. The idea that the entire course of civilization for over half of the globe could have its fate changed and turned upside-down by a nutcase, for me, that’s farfetched…The point of the death of Christ is that Christ took on the sins of the world, so that what we put out did not come back to us, and that our sinful nature does not reap the obvious death. That’s the point. It should keep us humbled.  It’s not our own good works that get us through the gates of heaven.”

Source: Bono, Christ and Christmas | All Pro Dad

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Bono’s green guitar

Recently, Adam Bevell, who lost his sight more than two decades ago, attended his 20th U2 concert in Nashville. Throughout the show, he held up a sign that read “Blind Guitar Player: Bring Me Up!” And eventually Bono took him up on the offer by inviting him on stage to strum along to “All I Want is You” and then letting him leave with a parting gift. The green guitar…

via allprodad.com

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The 9/11 YouTube Project

YouTube worked with The New York Times on a YouTube Channel featuring archived news broadcasts and personal stories and reflections from the public…

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