Showing posts with label John lennon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John lennon. Show all posts

Five On Friday - Still Miss John

Sparks Of Insanity By Vinny "Bond" Marini Friday, December 09, 2011 6 Of Your Sparks


Check out the other participants by clicking on the link to the left...and join in!

You can register for free at playlist.com and type in a band name and BAM the song will be there to assist in building your playlist.

Travis lays out some guidelines for this meme and they go like this:

1. Grab the banner, make your post title Five on Friday, and be sure to link back here.

2. Go to Playlist.com to make your play list of five songs. Choose a particular theme to share with us. You can simply post the play list, or you can add a little summary about what you are sharing.

3. No tags, but feel free to invite your friends to play along if they need a post topic on a Friday.

I was lying on the bed in my apartment in New York City, watching Monday Night Football with millions of other fans, when Howard Cosell made the announcement:


I sat there with my jaw open...just shaking my head.

31 years ago. A brilliant songwriter, musician, vocalist, father, husband, friend, seeker of peace was gunned down in front of his home at the Dakota in Manhattan.

What kind of music would he be making today? Would he even still be making music? Would he have taken the roll Bono and Bob Geldoff have taken in trying to help citizens of our world who are in need?

All things we will never know because of a deranged individual and John's love of the world which caused him to never have any security around him...how the times have changed, and not for the better.

Six from John...Five On Friday and one additional for the world.

HAVE A GRAND WEEKEND!

ENJOY!











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Christmas Songs For You...

Sparks Of Insanity By Vinny "Bond" Marini Monday, December 24, 2007 23 Of Your Sparks



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Well, we made it to San Antonio safely, if not totally frustrated after a 15-hour drive..but that is a story for another day...

Today, Christmas Eve and tomorrow, Christmas Day we leave you with the following collection of beautiful Tuneage...and a video we swiped from our Sweet friend Anndi...

The music will make you smile (we hope)...the video, may bring tears to your eyes, but this is our wish for Christmas as it is the wish of the woman who posted it...

May your Christmas be filled with family and friends and loved ones and safe celebrations.....

Again...WE LOVE YOU ALL




"Do You Hear What I Hear"
BING CROSBY

Words and music written by Noel Regney and Gloria Shayne in 1962. It was originally recorded by the HARRY SIMEONE CHORALE in 1962. However, Bing Crosby made a hit recording of the carol on Capitol Records on November 22, 1963 and released a week and a half later on a then-new Christmas album.



"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"
BRIAN SETZER

Written by Johnny Marks and recorded by Brenda Lee in 1958. Although Decca released it in both 1958 and again in 1959, it did not sell well until Lee became a popular star in 1960; that Christmas season, it hit #16 on the Billboard pop chart and turned into a perennial holiday favorite.



"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
BRENDA LEE

Music and lyrics by Tommie Connor. The original recording by JIMMY BOYD reached #1 on the Billboard charts in 1952, and on the Cash Box magazine chart at the beginning of the following year. The song was commissioned by Neiman Marcus to promote their Christmas card for the year, which featured an original sketch by artist Perry Barlow, who drew for the New Yorker magazines for many decades.

The record was actually condemned by the Catholic Church in Boston when it was first released on the grounds it mixed sex with Christmas. Boyd, aged thirteen, was widely photographed meeting with the Archdiocese to explain the song.



"Little Drummer Boy / Peace On Earth"
BING CROSBY & DAVID BOWIE

Words and music by Katherine K. Davis. Henry Onorati and Harry Simeone have been credited with writing the song, even though they were only the arrangers for their recordings of it.

The track was originally recorded on September 11, 1977 for Crosby's 1977 television special, Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas. The pair exchanged stilted dialogue about what they do for Christmas before singing a medley of a traditional song, "Little Drummer Boy", and a new song written for the special, "Peace on Earth". Bowie's appearance has been described as a "surreal" event, undertaken at a time that he was "actively trying to normalize his career". He has since recalled that he only appeared on the show because "I just knew my mother liked him." Crosby would die just over a month after recording the special.

According to co-writer Ian Fraser, Bowie balked at singing "Little Drummer Boy". "I hate this song. Is there something else I could sing?" Fraser recalls Bowie telling him. Fraser, along with songwriter Larry Grossman and the special's scriptwriter, Buz Kohan, then wrote "Peace on Earth" and arranged a medley of it with "Little Drummer Boy". Bowie sang "Peace on Earth" and Crosby performed "Little Drummer Boy".




"Happy Christmas (War Is Over)"
Also know as "So This Is Christmas"
JOHN LENNON

Released December 18, 1971...a different war was being fought...today, this song rings true once again...

And on that note....BRING THEM ALL HOME SANTA...






DONA NOBIS PACEM - Tuesday, November 7, 2006

Sparks Of Insanity By Vinny "Bond" Marini Monday, November 06, 2006 19 Of Your Sparks

"WAR"
"IMAGINE"
Welcome To THE COUCH...Sit on Down and Get Comfy..
Through my friend Cathy at Cathy's Rants and Ramblins', I was made aware of a terrific idea. Seems Mimi, over at Mimi Writes, had a brainstorm on October 12th. That brainstorm posting can be found HERE.

Now, as some of you know, I have this sound-track that is constantly playing in my head. As I go through my daily routine, different external stimuli trigger songs to play inside my head to match the stimuli.

OK, OK...It is part of my SPARK OF INSANITY I cherish, and I will NOT seek help to make it go away!
Back on subject...so, as I read of Mimi's idea, two songs immediately began playing.

Instead of THE COUCH pontificating today, I am going to let the lyrics of those two songs be our way of joining in on this WORLD OF BLOGGERS celebration.

Consider the insightful words of Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong and John Lennon.....
and consider what could be...



Dona Nobis Pacem

The literal translation of Dona Nobis Pacem from Latin to English is

Grant Us Peace.



WAR

War! huh-yeah
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing
Uh-huh

War! huh-yeah
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing
Say it again y'all

War! huh good God
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing
Listen to me?

Ohhh? War! I despise
Because it means destruction?
Of innocent lives

War means tears
to thousands of mothers eyes
When their sons go to fight
and lose their lives

I said - War! Huh Good God y'all
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing
Say it again

War! Whoa, Lord ...
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Listen to me?

War! It ain't nothing but a heartbreaker
War! Friend only to the undertaker
War! It's an enemy to all mankind
The thought of war blows my mind

War has caused unrest in the younger generation
Induction then destruction-
Who wants to die?

Ohhh? War Good God y'all
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing
Say it, Say it, Say it

War! Uh-huh Yeah - Huh!
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing
Listen to me?

War! It ain't nothing but a heartbreaker
War! It's got one friend, that's the undertaker
War has shattered many a young mans dreams
Made him disabled bitter and mean
Life is much to precious to spend fighting wars these days
War can't give life, it can only take it away

War! Huh Good God y'all
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing
Say it again

War! Whoa, Lord ...
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Listen to me?

War! It ain't nothing but a heartbreaker
War! Friend only to the undertaker
Peace Love and Understanding;
tell me, is there no place for them today?
They say we must fight to keep our freedom
But Lord knows there's got to be a better way

War! Huh Good God y'all
What is it good for?
You tell me
Say it, Say it, Say it

War! Huh Good God y'all
What is it good for?
Stand up and shout it.
Nothing!
IMAGINE

Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
So, in essence, I guess - to use another John Lennon lyric -
All We Are Saying, Is give Peace A Chance....


St. J - P.B.U.A.Q.B.


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SONG TITLE INDEX:
WAR:
Composers: Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong
IMAGINE: Composer: John Lennon

Music On The Couch