When I first created this blog on a rare, rainy day in the South Bay of L.A., I intended to have plenty of readers happy to see what I share and willing to offer suggestions. Since, I forgot I had requested suggestions until I recently started receiving some. So, before anything 1) thanks so much to those who have suggested videos for my viewing pleasure and 2) what a great reminder that the Universe remembers even if you don't.
My first suggestion created a much appreciated "Rainbow Connection". Thank you, Mr. Bassett. The suggestion I write about here is a video created in honor of love for Planet Earth, which I find a little hard to have any reaction to but, "of course!". Thank you, engineersinyourear. Oh, and it really in my mind must not go without saying, thank you, YouTube. I'm more or less convinced you can find a video on just about anything on YouTube. With that...
Let's Play!
Video #1, Planet Earth
Before we proceed, did you realize that the word "earth" and the word "heart" have the same letters? If you take the "h" from the word "heart" and move it to the end of the word, you have "earth". I noticed this sometime back. I even created a t-shirt design in honor of this connection. Click here if you wish to buy any items with this design.
In the "never know what you're gonna get" column, I chose video #2 because it had the same title thinking because it was a different channel wasn't actually the same video. It is. Watch it again if you like. Otherwisse, skip to video #3.
Video #2, Planet Earth
Video #3, On The Planet Earth (original ukulele song)
of the related videos, I just had to pick the one I chose for #4. The artist is one of my FaceBook Friends.
Video #4, Ululele weeps by Jake Shimabukuro
Wow! This is kismet. Last night for the first time I heard this tribute to George Harrison of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" performed at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame that included George Harrison's son, Dhani, Tom Petty and Prince to name a few. It's not until about the last third of the performance where you really see or realize Prince is part of this amazing tribute. Then he kicks into gear at the end with this kick-ass guitar performance. And now today, this same performance ends up being one of the related videos of my game. All I can say is, "Awesome and Appreciation!" Enjoy!
Video #5, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame - George Harrison Tribute - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Video #6, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Phil Collins and Elton John
Video #6 had to be chosen. What can I say, I love me some E.C.?
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
A week ago I pleasured myself (mentally) with the mind links (that's right...the mind is the ultimate erogenous zone) that had me reconnect with an old friend, the song, Searchin' For A Rainbow, by the Marshall Tucker Band. As happens and in my mind is part of the fun of this game and blogging about it, is I never know what new thing it will bring into my awareness. In this instance I was made aware of a young, female guitar player by the name of Desiree' Bassett. In this video Desiree' at the young age of 15 was already playing on stage with the current members of the Marshall Tucker Band. And delightfully holding her own, I might add.
One of the things I love about the internet is it literally puts you within palpable reach of connecting with just about anyone on the planet, whether you've met them before or not. I'm going to assume Google Alert has something to do with Ms. Bassett's father (also her manager, promoter, guitar teacher and most likely #1 fan) reading my blog and sending me a video of Desiree' rockin' out to a rendition of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow". This makes our connection literally a "Rainbow Connection". Hmmmm...great name for a song. Wait! I see it's been done. In fact, Willie Nelson has covered this song originally performed by that delightful green character, Kermit the Frog.
In honor of our connection, I start today's game with the video Dan Bassett so graciously shared with me. Let's Play!
Video #1, Desiree' Bassett - Rockin' in Rehearsal 11-2009
Video #2, Sammy Hagar & Desiree'Bassett, MGM, Foxwoods, 7-20-08
Video #3, 1985 Sammy Hagar & Eddie Van Halen "Rock and Roll" Farm Aid
Video #4, Van Halen Pretty Woman LIVE
Video #5, Roy Orbison - Pretty Woman
YOU KNEW THIS WAS COMING AND HAD TO BE DONE, EH?
Video #6, Legends of Rock and Roll - All Star Jam
Ahhhh! Music for my soul.
Just 'cuz I can, I am going to include a version of the Rainbow Connection with Kermit the Frog and Debbie Harry. BONUS!
Okay. How can I have a "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" blog post without including the awesome rendition by IZ? I know! What about Dorothy's alter ego, Judy Garland's version from the Wizard of Oz? Sorry Dorothy. I have to draw the line somewhere even if you have the singing voice of an angel. Okay, I don't have to but I am.
One of the things I love about the internet is it literally puts you within palpable reach of connecting with just about anyone on the planet, whether you've met them before or not. I'm going to assume Google Alert has something to do with Ms. Bassett's father (also her manager, promoter, guitar teacher and most likely #1 fan) reading my blog and sending me a video of Desiree' rockin' out to a rendition of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow". This makes our connection literally a "Rainbow Connection". Hmmmm...great name for a song. Wait! I see it's been done. In fact, Willie Nelson has covered this song originally performed by that delightful green character, Kermit the Frog.
In honor of our connection, I start today's game with the video Dan Bassett so graciously shared with me. Let's Play!
Video #1, Desiree' Bassett - Rockin' in Rehearsal 11-2009
Video #2, Sammy Hagar & Desiree'Bassett, MGM, Foxwoods, 7-20-08
Video #3, 1985 Sammy Hagar & Eddie Van Halen "Rock and Roll" Farm Aid
Video #4, Van Halen Pretty Woman LIVE
Video #5, Roy Orbison - Pretty Woman
YOU KNEW THIS WAS COMING AND HAD TO BE DONE, EH?
Video #6, Legends of Rock and Roll - All Star Jam
Ahhhh! Music for my soul.
Just 'cuz I can, I am going to include a version of the Rainbow Connection with Kermit the Frog and Debbie Harry. BONUS!
Okay. How can I have a "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" blog post without including the awesome rendition by IZ? I know! What about Dorothy's alter ego, Judy Garland's version from the Wizard of Oz? Sorry Dorothy. I have to draw the line somewhere even if you have the singing voice of an angel. Okay, I don't have to but I am.
Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole 'IZ' 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow' HQ
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Fear of Liking Something?
We had the TV on (white noise). "Hidalgo" It ended and then horror, "The Dukes of Hazzard". Still on. I've never seen the movie. Was going to change the channel when my ears perked up to a Lynyrd Skynyrd song. If you've been following my blog, you know I am on a 70's music kick. "Free Bird" had to be like the anthem of my senior high school year. Not just "Free Bird" though. Wow! "Call Me The Breeze" is playing now. I was going there. Back in the day, I bought an entire album. I listened to all the songs eventually loving just about every one of them. And that was with having to get up off my you-know-what to turn the record over from Side 1 to Side 2 (or vice-versa).
So why didn't I watch the "Dukes of Hazzard" movie? Too good for it? Too much of a snob? I'd like to think not. I mean I watched the original TV show when it was on before "Dallas" and "Falcon Crest". I didn't feel bad about that. In fact, I'm pretty sure I enjoyed it. And then there it was. I think what I really feared is that I would like the movie. And then I would feel compelled to have to admit that if asked.
Yet in the cold light of day, why should I care if I liked the movie or not? Why should I care what someone else thinks about me liking it? How many other things have I not experienced for these reasons? Would "the Breeze" even give any of this a second thought. After all, "the Breeze" keeps rolling down the road. Forward motion. In honor of this attitude (and my love of Lynyrd Skynyrd old-school southern rock music), we start today's game with, "Call Me The Breeze". Let's Play!
Video #1, Lynyrd Skynyrd - Call Me The Breeze (Hint: Turn It Up and sing along like no one is listening and you are the greatest singer on the planet. Doesn't that feel good?)
Hell yeah! Mr. Breeze
Video #2, Eric Clapton/JJ Cale - Call Me The Breeze (can I just say how excited I am right now to hear Eric Clapton's version of this song...happy, happy, joy, joy)
JJ Cale rocked it.
Video #3, Eric Clapton/JJ Cale - After Midnight
Okay, I am going to admit here and now that I am cheating for the last half of this game. I really wanted to hear the Clapton/Cale version of "Call Me The Breeze", but I was more interested in hearing Skynyrd. YouTube is not giving me a related video choice for Skynyrd at this point. So, I'm going to start fresh. What? It's my game. I can make the rules then change them if I want. I'm just sayin'!
Video #4, Lynyrd Skynyrd - That Smell
(could it be the smell of cheating?)
Video #5, Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Three Steps
Well you know I just MUST do the big finale with the song, "Sweet Home Alabama". I know. You thought I'd choose "Free Bird".
TURN IT UP!!!!
Video #6,
Wow! Over five million views of the above video.
Remember in the movie "Cocktail" with Tom Cruise and Bryan Brown when Bryan Brown's character, Douglas Coughlin (pronounced cog-lin) would recite what he referred to as "Coughlin's Law"? BTW, this movie was blasted by the critics along with the Beach Boys song, Kokomo. I enjoyed this movie and the song. I also love the Bruce Willis movie, Hudson Hawk. It made me come up with one of my own laws. Bjork's Law: Never apologize for liking, enjoying or loving something (especially if you harm no one else in the process and a difference of opinion is not harm).
When I saw the following, I couldn't resist. Had to include it as a bonus. Love this song.
BONUS Video #7, I Know A Little by Lynyrd Skynyrd
So why didn't I watch the "Dukes of Hazzard" movie? Too good for it? Too much of a snob? I'd like to think not. I mean I watched the original TV show when it was on before "Dallas" and "Falcon Crest". I didn't feel bad about that. In fact, I'm pretty sure I enjoyed it. And then there it was. I think what I really feared is that I would like the movie. And then I would feel compelled to have to admit that if asked.
Yet in the cold light of day, why should I care if I liked the movie or not? Why should I care what someone else thinks about me liking it? How many other things have I not experienced for these reasons? Would "the Breeze" even give any of this a second thought. After all, "the Breeze" keeps rolling down the road. Forward motion. In honor of this attitude (and my love of Lynyrd Skynyrd old-school southern rock music), we start today's game with, "Call Me The Breeze". Let's Play!
Video #1, Lynyrd Skynyrd - Call Me The Breeze (Hint: Turn It Up and sing along like no one is listening and you are the greatest singer on the planet. Doesn't that feel good?)
Hell yeah! Mr. Breeze
Video #2, Eric Clapton/JJ Cale - Call Me The Breeze (can I just say how excited I am right now to hear Eric Clapton's version of this song...happy, happy, joy, joy)
JJ Cale rocked it.
Video #3, Eric Clapton/JJ Cale - After Midnight
Okay, I am going to admit here and now that I am cheating for the last half of this game. I really wanted to hear the Clapton/Cale version of "Call Me The Breeze", but I was more interested in hearing Skynyrd. YouTube is not giving me a related video choice for Skynyrd at this point. So, I'm going to start fresh. What? It's my game. I can make the rules then change them if I want. I'm just sayin'!
Video #4, Lynyrd Skynyrd - That Smell
(could it be the smell of cheating?)
Video #5, Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Three Steps
Well you know I just MUST do the big finale with the song, "Sweet Home Alabama". I know. You thought I'd choose "Free Bird".
TURN IT UP!!!!
Video #6,
Wow! Over five million views of the above video.
Remember in the movie "Cocktail" with Tom Cruise and Bryan Brown when Bryan Brown's character, Douglas Coughlin (pronounced cog-lin) would recite what he referred to as "Coughlin's Law"? BTW, this movie was blasted by the critics along with the Beach Boys song, Kokomo. I enjoyed this movie and the song. I also love the Bruce Willis movie, Hudson Hawk. It made me come up with one of my own laws. Bjork's Law: Never apologize for liking, enjoying or loving something (especially if you harm no one else in the process and a difference of opinion is not harm).
When I saw the following, I couldn't resist. Had to include it as a bonus. Love this song.
BONUS Video #7, I Know A Little by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Monday, January 25, 2010
Bacon and Eggs
I write another blog, Bjork's BLEEP Blog. I just finished a post I titled, "Sucker for Great Sax". I was reminded of how much I love to hear great saxophone (sax) in songs like Hall & Oates', "Do What You Want, Be Who You Are". I have enjoyed many moments listening to Hall & Oates. Made me curious about them. Had me pondering what it must be like to have had so much public attention only to be less in the limelight. This got me to thinking about Will & Grace season 8, episode 15 where Karen hires a now less popular seeming Hall & Oates to sing at Will's wedding, among other chores she has for them. I loved that Hall & Oates were game enough to poke a little fun at their expense. Since I couldn't find a (a first) YouTube video of this (you can watch the entire episode if you like, click here), it got me to thinking of what I suspect is my favorite Will & Grace episode, Bacon and Eggs. The episode with Mr. Six Degrees himself, Mr. Kevin Bacon, who also seemed to enjoy having a bit of fun at his own expense.
With that, our game begins. Let's Play!
Video #1, Will and Grace foot loose
Okay, when I decided to write this blog, I didn't check to see if the embedding code was available for this video. It is not. If you want to see this video, click here. To see the entire episode 2 from season 5, click here.
Video #2, Random Top Gun Reference on Will and Grace
Video #3, Will and Grace "My Work Here Is Done"
Video #4, Will and Grace Jack and Will Singing Carpenters
Video #5, Will & Grace Jack Coffee
Video #6, Will and Grace Season 8 Bloopers
With that, our game begins. Let's Play!
Video #1, Will and Grace foot loose
Okay, when I decided to write this blog, I didn't check to see if the embedding code was available for this video. It is not. If you want to see this video, click here. To see the entire episode 2 from season 5, click here.
Video #2, Random Top Gun Reference on Will and Grace
Video #3, Will and Grace "My Work Here Is Done"
Video #4, Will and Grace Jack and Will Singing Carpenters
Video #5, Will & Grace Jack Coffee
Video #6, Will and Grace Season 8 Bloopers
Friday, January 22, 2010
Searchin' For A Rainbow
So today is day 6 of the great rain-athon in what will soon enough become a part of 2010 SoCal history. Way back in time before this rain (okay barely a week ago as I write this), I was driving on Interstate 10. At the west end of this amazing interstate highway, it curves right as you travel through a tunnel and "poof", "voila" (pick whichever seems more magical to you) as you emerge from the tunnel...there in all of its glory...the beach in Santa Monica...and you traveling north on the PCH toward Pacific Palisades, Malibu and who knows what other majestic points north.
Now if you have ever been to Maui and driven along the coast by Lahaina and Ka'anapali (can you tell I love the beach?), well, my point is that it popped in my mind that the view I mention in the above paragraph is about as close to the view of my memory of the majesty of Maui. While I love to feel I am a "glass full" kind of gal, my mind then went to what appeared to be the only thing missing. Can you guess it? A rainbow. While I was in Maui, they seemed oh so plentiful.
Now if you are about my age, your mind may then have quickly moved from rainbow to searching for a rainbow and hey, there's a song called "Searchin' For A Rainbow" by the Marshall Tucker Band. I loved them. Haven't heard them in so long. Their music was a welcome companion through much of the 70's for me. So, I thought let me Google the song. Sure enough, I could find it on YouTube. And it is my pleasure to share it with you here.
Video #1, Marshall Tucker Band - Searchin' For A Rainbow
BTW: Hearing this song again after such a long time put such a smile on my face. It was like I couldn't help it. Plus, I had totally forgot about the "pot o'gold" thing that is mystically tied to rainbows. Does it count that when I was at El Porto yesterday I found a plastic container washed up on shore that was filled with a bunch of gold-foiled covered pieces of chocolates that were fashioned to look like gold JFK coins? So I didn't find a rainbow but I sort of found a "pot o' gold". Hmmm!
Video #2, Fire On The Mountain, Marshall Tucker
Video #3, Fire On The Mountain (Marshall Tucker Cover Band)
Video #4, Desiree Bassett, 15 year old young lady plays lead with the Marshall Tucker Band
Video #5, Desiree' Bassett - Layla
Video #6, All Along The Watchtower
Now if you have ever been to Maui and driven along the coast by Lahaina and Ka'anapali (can you tell I love the beach?), well, my point is that it popped in my mind that the view I mention in the above paragraph is about as close to the view of my memory of the majesty of Maui. While I love to feel I am a "glass full" kind of gal, my mind then went to what appeared to be the only thing missing. Can you guess it? A rainbow. While I was in Maui, they seemed oh so plentiful.
Now if you are about my age, your mind may then have quickly moved from rainbow to searching for a rainbow and hey, there's a song called "Searchin' For A Rainbow" by the Marshall Tucker Band. I loved them. Haven't heard them in so long. Their music was a welcome companion through much of the 70's for me. So, I thought let me Google the song. Sure enough, I could find it on YouTube. And it is my pleasure to share it with you here.
Video #1, Marshall Tucker Band - Searchin' For A Rainbow
BTW: Hearing this song again after such a long time put such a smile on my face. It was like I couldn't help it. Plus, I had totally forgot about the "pot o'gold" thing that is mystically tied to rainbows. Does it count that when I was at El Porto yesterday I found a plastic container washed up on shore that was filled with a bunch of gold-foiled covered pieces of chocolates that were fashioned to look like gold JFK coins? So I didn't find a rainbow but I sort of found a "pot o' gold". Hmmm!
Video #2, Fire On The Mountain, Marshall Tucker
Video #3, Fire On The Mountain (Marshall Tucker Cover Band)
Video #4, Desiree Bassett, 15 year old young lady plays lead with the Marshall Tucker Band
Video #5, Desiree' Bassett - Layla
Video #6, All Along The Watchtower
Friday, January 8, 2010
Elvis
Today (as I write this 'cuz you may not be reading this on January 8, 2010) would have been Elvis's 75th birthday. He died in 1977. I still have memories around it. I sort of grew up with Elivs...not like my mom but enough to really remember him. It just seems that every year the reminders get less and less...the fanfare too as all those born after 1977 get older and have their own icons.
I thought it would be interesting to start today's game with whatever the first video that comes up when I search Elvis on YouTube is. So...as I always love to say...LET'S PLAY!
First can I say "WOW" (okay I wrote it and I guess I just did)...there is an official Elvis Channel on YouTube. You can check it out for yourself if you like. The first actual video that is listed though is the following:
Video #1 Elvis Presley Jailhouse Rock 1957 Colour
Can I just write that I am a little surprised they feel the need to include the "Presley" and yet he isn't the only ELVIS, so...I get it.
Video #2, Elvis Presley Blue Suede Shoes color
Video #3, Elvis Presley - Fever
Video #4, Elvis Presley vs jxl - a little less conversation
Video #5, Elvis, A Little Less Conversation
Video #6, Christina Aguilera Ft Beyonce - A Little Less Conversation
I thought it would be interesting to start today's game with whatever the first video that comes up when I search Elvis on YouTube is. So...as I always love to say...LET'S PLAY!
First can I say "WOW" (okay I wrote it and I guess I just did)...there is an official Elvis Channel on YouTube. You can check it out for yourself if you like. The first actual video that is listed though is the following:
Video #1 Elvis Presley Jailhouse Rock 1957 Colour
Can I just write that I am a little surprised they feel the need to include the "Presley" and yet he isn't the only ELVIS, so...I get it.
Video #2, Elvis Presley Blue Suede Shoes color
Video #3, Elvis Presley - Fever
Video #4, Elvis Presley vs jxl - a little less conversation
Video #5, Elvis, A Little Less Conversation
Video #6, Christina Aguilera Ft Beyonce - A Little Less Conversation
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