Saturday, December 31, 2011

Bobby Darin-Beyond The Sea

Somewhere beyond our ability to see, they are there watching over us....all the loved ones who have passed on , as we enter the new year , our thoughts are with them, relatives, friends, acquaintances, lovers ...they all live forever in our memory.

Madeleine Peyroux Dance me to the end of love

Can you hear Amy Winehouse and Billie Holliday, this is one great singer...

Madeleine Peyroux - This is Heaven to Me

I love Madeline Peyroux, she has some great songs, I will post a couple, then off to get ready for the New Year....Have a great New year

I Will Always Love You Whitney Houston Video The Bodyguard

this is one incredible arrangment that brought Whitney to the heights, the most beautiful arrangment of all those who competed.

♫ Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini"

Rachmaninoff is one of my favorite classical composers, his music has grandeur

Three Dog Night | Out in the Country

here is one I bet you missed. A great song,

Gladys Knight - Midnight Train To Georgia

What a great song, it just runs with everything that makes you want to dance and sing...

Oh What a Night - The Dells

A few songs that sprinkle memories on the coming evening, for those that know the great music of the past.....not that we don't have great songs and music today....but ....as in Bogey and Bacall, WE HAD IT ALL

The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You

sprinkling a little 50's music of love and memories for the advent of 2012

Johnny Mathis - Hold me, Thrill me, Kiss me

New Year's Eve music, remembering the great Johnny Mathis

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

hula hula surf music Hawaiian

Maybe in another life, I was a surfer in the Pacific Islands...one of the most beautiful sights is to see the surfers and the pipeline.

Jeff Beck - Sleep Walk

battle of the guitars, Jeff and Les Ford, play Sleepwalk

Les Paul - Sleepwalk

Gorgeous music, it tingles my throat, and he is 90 years old....where does this come from?

Chet Atkins, Les Paul "Moonglow/Picnic"

Another great song from the past, but, the artists performing, are the ones who make this special

Soft Summer Breeze By Eddie Heywood

this is a wonderful rendition, and Liberace had a great version. I wish I could find it, it has to be in my record collection somewhere.

Aleph by Paulo Coelho

When you read Coehlo, you go on a soul journey.  This is not one of his best books, in my estimation, but I stuck with it, and came away with the best way to describe life to young people who are still learning.the hard way. His analogy of a train is a wonderful way to describe to young people the way life is.

 Imagine life as a train and a train car you are riding in, any time you want to change that car, it is within you to be able to get up and walk into the next car, and the next car and so on.  What a good way to say it! You can choose your car, your travel mates, etc.  Books like this , which cause us to examine our lives are a wonderful way to relax and try to understand the why and what of life.  They often help you to analyze what is happening and why you are bringing sad events into your life, that you can  control by your choices.


Can we all go on a long journey in real life and discover the answers to our questions, I think not.  The train trip is also an analogy of life itself, as a long journey, that leads us to meet people, and someone in that crowd of people, if we give him or her time to know us , has answers for our soul, if we want to stop and try to discover , try to understand, etc.  How often will any of us ever get this opportunity?  Maybe never in this life time, and then maybe through introspection you realize that someone was a motivator in your life,  sacrificing his or her own life to give you a lesson that awakens your soul.  Maybe this is hard to understand, but I tried in my book, Secrets of the Heart, to say this, under cover of stories from different people, about events that happened in their lives.

So, if you want to spend some time with your soul try a little Coelho.

http://www.amazon.com/Aleph-Paulo-Coelho/dp/0307700186/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325010891&sr=1-1







Warsaw Concerto

when I was about 12 babysitting for my cousin Bob, I found this beautiful music on a 78 record at his home and thought it was a classical composition. What a surprise to find out that it was written for a movie. I cried, I lived a scene that each note in the piano called out to me, and even wrote a paper for school based on the music

Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse - Body And Soul

Yeah, Amy looks good here, and sounds wonderful, better than Billie Holliday....

Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga - The Lady Is A Tramp

Lady Gaga, with the "King" Tony Bennett, his son and he were interviewed by Piers Morgan and thanks to his son, he renewed his wonderful career with these duets, and they are really great for the most part. I love the one with K.D. Lang, now on to Amy Winehouse and Tony.