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unapologetic wrote:
As teenager I’ve heard the terms ‘Torch Song’ and ‘Torch Singer’ but didn’t know what they meant. I didn’t recognize anything I was familiar with in those terms. And I didn’t care enough to ask anybody. But when I went to see Woody Allen’s movie ‘Annie Hall’ and watched Diane Keaton sing, I was moved.

I think I broke my own…[Read more]

I’ve already posted elsewhere the second video that’s below. But I want to showcase how PMJ, as PMJ typically does, can ingeniously rearrange a famous song, and add fantastic talent and humor to the set as well.

First, the original song. It has over 2-1/2 billion views so far:

Now the PMJ rearrangement, with two of…[Read more]

unapologetic wrote:
And you are laghing! I can’t judge it if you keep inserting your idiotic opinion every 5 seconds.

OK, I didn’t predict this. I completely understand where you’re coming from. I would feel the same way sometimes, if I hadn’t watched the original version first. In this case, I’ve heard the Puddles/PMJ version so many times, a…[Read more]

@ Reg

Rory inspired me to drink a half a bottle of Jameson and do a line of coke.

More seriously, Rory was a monster on guitar, though looking at PB’s conditions, to remind you:

1. Gives (you) goosebumps and or teary eyes almost every time.
2. (You) can learn something musically deep, technical, or explanatory wrt why (you) really like it.

You…[Read more]

Some artists, management, or labels are paranoid about any presentation of the artist/artists work which they can’t control and/or directly monetize.

Rick Beato has pointed out how shortsighted this is.

The Warning has taken the opposite approach to the extent that I’ve seen reactors play a song all the way through and react to it afterward,…[Read more]

Today is Darwin Day.

The songs that are reviewed are regularly interrupted to get around copyright laws.

@Unapologetic – This version?

Spend some time listening to Rory Gallagher and you will be inspired. It could be his heavy blues or something like this, a song that gets me almost every time I hear it (Especially after some good weed).

Just look at the guitar and you will hit the play button 🙂

Robert, Jesus still has not replied to me so it looks like I will have to survive on fine food and wine while the Catholics can get cigarette ash stains on their abject foreheads to display their piety in public.

Remember folks Lent starts on Valentines Day.  I am torn between having stale bread and cold tea or a meal out with fine food and wines. I will use my new Super Bowl prayer app to decide!!