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Just my world of dreams, music and thoughts. Author of two books, one a novel of Love stories set in Framingham, Mass, Secrets of the Heart the 2nd book an autobiography of growing up in Framingham, Mass. Small Town America, Framingham My generation was the first teenage generation, that was when the word was coined. Ours was the generation that started cruising through town and to the drive in theater and drive in restaurant. In our area, Ernie Kampersal,from Holliston, drove his bucking car through town, picking up girls. It rose in the air, like a stallion! We went to the soda shops and played the juke boxes. It was a different town, a different time, and it belonged to us!

Friday, June 8, 2012

Aaron Neville - Tell It Like It Is (Original Stereo)

Oh my!  How I loved this song back then.  Time to revive it?
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The Casinos - Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye

This is  a real love song from THE ERA OF MUSIC...when teens blasted onto the landscape with cars, records, drive in's  and more..

the duprees - you belong to me

Sonarman, says it like it was....on a warship, this often was the closest you got to home.  I had a brief encounter with that feeling when I was a young bride overseas.  We went to the enlisted mens club and the songs, the Americans around us, brought me back to the States in a brief flash....and I was so homesick for the moment!  Music makes miracles!

Jo Stafford - You Belong To Me (Original Remastered)

In the early 1950's we lived to this song.  Do you know what I mean, the music surrounded us, it was such a major hit.  When I write, I usually recall the songs that marked the time of my stories, they surrounded us.  We rushed to the record stores, we kept the portable radios with us at the beach, and we had the hit stations on our car radios.  Can you imagine life was wrapped in a song!

Teach Me Tonight - Jo Stafford

The song is great for her voice, Jo has a quality that seems her voice is reaching for the next lyric, longing for the next stanza, just super!


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This Is My Story by DINAH WASHINGTON (1963) - Original recording

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Marianne Faithfull - As Tears Go By (1965)

a monster hit  many years ago

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Moonlight in Vermont by Walter Jackson

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Dr. Stephen Hodi on new melanoma treatment | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Wonderful news, and the best news for those who know Framingham, Stephen is the son of our classmate Rita Stevens Hodi, and you can see her when you look at him.  Congratulations to the Hodi family, excellent!

Mel Carter - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me (Original Stereo)

Isn't it a pleasure to listen

Mel Carter - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me (Original Stereo)

another great one

It's All In The Game - Tommy Edwards

Even if you did not have a boyfriend or some one to cuddle with these songs reached into our hearts.

The Skyliners - Since I Don't Have You

The best version?  I loved this

Lenny Welch - Since I Fell For You (Original Stereo)

Some favorties from the past, on a dreary day in New England

Los Indios Tabajaras - Waltz of the Flowers

Got to get going, closing for now with Waltz of the Flowers...time for flowers...and a good spirit at work

LOS INDIOS TABAJARAS - LA MER

The grey day promises excitement as this song gets me ready....get creative today, make the flowers bloom

OS INDIOS TABAJARAS - Blue Moon

Just pretty music, the flowers that are hiding in the grey day look brighter when the music makes your soul feel light.

Walter Jackson I Won't Remember Ever Loving You

Can't stop listening to his voice, and this is a great song too!  Maybe he did not get enough play time, share time on YouTube?

Walter Jackson - Feelings

such a voice!  We missed him, back in the 70's.  What potential , and he never made it as big, as the many voices I hear within his voice.  It just goes to show you, promoter, arranger, they have to be magic with you.

Moonlight in Vermont by Walter Jackson

Oh, what a surprise, what a great voice, such potential...!!!  Imagine putting him with a super arranger!  A great promoter!

Walter Jackson Funny (Not Much)

this voice has great potential, have you heard of him?

nat king cole funny

Yesterday, I had a frustrating morning.  Everyone around me seemed to be in the same ditch.  So, when I got in the car to go to the gym, and this song came on....the lushness of it calmed me down, and by the time I got to the end, the stress was leaving, chased out by a beautiful combination of voice, melody, and the magic of Sirius in my car channel 71, Sinatra

Saturday, June 2, 2012

American Graffiti (9/10) Movie CLIP - Wolfman Jack (1973) HD

Longing for the Wolfman,  who can take his place in the new world?

Berry Gordy Jr. Biography - life, family, parents, name, story, history, school, mother, information, born, movie, contract

Berry Gordy Jr. Biography - life, family, parents, name, story, history, school, mother, information, born, movie, contract  Growing up listening to this music, I thought what great music comes out of Motown, and now I know it was the musical genius and ear that turned the groups they worked with into stars!

Not that they did not have talent, don't misunderstand, remember I am just a regular music lover, but ...I could feel the talent, someone had to be directing it....and I loved, loved, loved Motown...

as I always say, we need another , "Wolfman," and we need a new comer that is the Motown of our age...Yeah!

Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder

Here is the song Sidewinder, John P is mashing up with

Andrea Bocelli Live - Cuando Me Enamoro (2006)

This song is a winner for guitar and voice

St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)John Parr

Look for John Parr to record again

MELISSA COLLARD RETURNS: File Under “WHAT GOOD NEWS!” | Jazz Music Trends

MELISSA COLLARD RETURNS: File Under “WHAT GOOD NEWS!” | Jazz Music Trends

Listen to her album selections, I love , "Lullaby of the Leaves"  you can shop for Melissa at Amazon


Full Moon and Empty Arms

Interesting , if you listen you can hear music of the South Seas....what can you do with that knowledge?  How can your guitar sing?

Earroll Garner-Full Moon and Empty Arms

Self taught, creative, versatile, listen, some you might like, some you might love, some you might not like, but grow your own talent from ideas that spawn from fertile visits to other creative people.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

sydney opera house light show VIVID SYDNEY 2011

this is wonderful

Eros Ramazzotti & Tina Turner - Cose della vita live

Tina has appeared with many big name stars, but her voice is best with this star....listen to her  jams, with Mick J.  Paul McC, and others..

tina turner -70 years old

Imagine girls, yoga, Bhudda, and this is what happens at 70

Jerry Lee Lewis - Boogie Woogie Country Man

Wow, he could really boogie...

Micke Muster - Boogie Woogie Country Girl.mpg

Sounds like Jerry Lee Lewis?

northern soul-big joe turner-two loves have i

As a contrast ...this is a great arrangement , different sound, different voice, different voice...

J'ai Deux Amours by Madeleine Peyroux

I love this, her arrangement, her voice, all just great! 

Madeleine Peyroux Dance me to the end of love

this is one of her best!

Madeleine Peyroux - Walkin' After Midnight

Personally, I think that Madeleine Peyroux has talent and a unique voice that is suitable to jazz.  I hope she can increase her sales and visibility.

Monday, May 28, 2012

The Four Aces - Tell Me Why (1951)

this had a hit on the flip side, Garden  in the Rain.  I love that best by Sarah Vaughn.  I still have my collection of 45, and some 78's do you?

The Ink Spots- I don't want to set the world on fire.

We played this over and over on a 45 record....many still in my collection

Dells - Oh, What A Night (RARE 1969 clip)

This is a song that lives ....a good song to try...it reminds me of how important your record company is, and how they choose music.  Are you in the right place?  Barry Gordy had an ear for what was right for his artists!

Frankie Lymon - Goody Goody (Live)

This was a great version....of the song...probably the best...it fits his voice and the beat is right

Cheyenne graduated from Portsmouth Abbey School

Our graduate, Cheyenne, ready for college, hiding her singing voice, too shy to sing publicly!

Robert Palmer - Simply Irresistible

See the difference , and the response....this is better for his voice, the arrangement and even without the eye candy, it is good!

Robert Palmer LIVE - "Goody, Goody" - '92, stereo

I like Robert Palmer, but, this is not for him, wrong arrangment, voice is off....in my opinion

Tony Bennett - Old Devil Moon -

Here is Tony Bennett, when he is finding his voice, his beat....see the difference from the great Tony Bennett...practice other versions of each song....The Beatles said that they played so many gigs together in Germany, that it was practice practice practice, before they found their beat...

Connie Boswell - Blue Moon

.  As a teacher, I would suggest, that this is a great song for all voices to practice with, listening to other artists arrangments , voices, beat, etc... from the first recording, to subsequent recordings, until you find yourself in the mix .  Once you get your own beat, then move on to another song that has survived the years...with a mix of artists, do the same thing.  There are some songs that call you to listen, note that this song calls you to listen to what comes next from the orchestra....
many of them are posted on my blog....I think, Stareyes, is another great one to practice with.

Blue Moon - original version from the movie Manhattan Melodrama

The saga of Blue Moon,  We where playing this on the piano, every time we saw a piano, whether we knew how to read music or not....everyone could pick out the tune.

Santo & Johnny - Blue Moon (1959)

This song has been around so long

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THE GREAT GATSBY - Official Trailer (2012) [HD]

Understanding the 1920's,  from this trailer.  What you see is a picture of the super rich, but there was a world of immigrants....New York City was teeming with immigrants, fresh off the boats, and anxious to become part of the fabric of America.  Everyone wanted a chance to work and have the good life.  They left opression, they left a world without opportunity for a world wide open to start a business, and prosper.  The 1920's  where really interesting.   Everyone should know this story...it is telling in many ways. I will tell you more in another blog, soon.

Friday, May 25, 2012

Billie Holiday - If You Were Mine

This is the style that I think Amy Winehouse emulated...and it was right for her...

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey - Imagination

Today a strange event.  I was listening to Sirius in the car, Sinatra station 71...I thought it sounded like Sammy Davis, and I looked at the title in my car radio, surprised to see it was Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey, I forgot the song, but at the end he stretched to hit a high note....just listen to Sinatra fitting himself to the rhythm of Tommy Dorsey.. it is the Tommy Dorsey beat, sound etc...and he is fitting his voice to that...then listen to the Nelson Riddle years...everything changes...I think Frank is the best example of finding your own voice.  He was great with Dorsey, but with Nelson Riddle, I don't think anyone can argue, it was RIGHT!

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Los Indios Tabajaras Adios, Begin the Begining

Still my favorite...

DON COSTA - ADIOS

Ray Conniff: Adiós

Walk the Line ~~Joaquin Phoenix & Reese Witherspoon

there is something special about this musical...the stars are great and the music, super

It Never Rains In Southern California - Albert Hammond 1972

a nice song

Cherokee Nation-Paul Revere and The Raiders

another big song from the past

Please; Mr Custer

Ha ha, this was a big hit

Sonny James - Running Bear

 Remember this one, even Pat Boone sang it...although it says Sonny James, it sounds to me like Pat "Boone

Guy Mitchell - Singing the blues (1956).mpg

 more of 50's greats

Johnny Mathis - It's Not For Me To Say (Original Stereo)

Back in 1957, this was the love song that played on car radio's, portable cassette radio at the beach or picnics.  Johnny Mathis hey day!

Monday, May 21, 2012

Million Dollar Quartet.m4v

These guys are SO GOOD!
Have you heard about this yet....?  I thought I was listening to the real Johnny Cash! 

Midnight In Paris Movie Trailer Official (HD)

The young folks tell me  me this is a great movie, so I am going to make arrangements to get it. 

Sunday, May 20, 2012

I don't know how to love him

Here is a school girl with the same song that the great artists are doing, uninfluenced on the emphasis, and her vocal quality is much better at the lower scale for the song....do you agree?  But, then ...what do I know....I just think there is potential here.

Elaine Paige - I don't know how to love him

this is interesting, because of all the versions, hers is the least harsh....listen to the start...."I don't know how to LOVE him"  her love is tempered it is not harsh, but i fyou listne to Hellen reddy and others, they emphasize the love and it is too shrill in the start.

Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) (11HQ) I Dont Know How To Love Him (((Ste...

When this movie came out over 30 years ago, it was shocking to some, and to some sacrilegious.  I wondered why we could not appreciate it, for it did not change the story , it just presented it , in the future, as artists often depicted  scenes of the crucifixion in the era in which they painted.  The creativity and some of the music was spectacular.  I did not like all the ties to modernity, but, I appreciated the film, and especially this song.

Dreams: wisdom, power, insight, magic, mystery, sincerity

Doors are opened into secrets through dreams and the magic of what happens as you near death, and life review.  A peek into the quantum world that is coming our way, as we begin to  understand the magic of life, sound and light.  See if you agree with me on my Chapter on the Resurrection, in my first novel, Secrets of the Heart, available at Amazon.

The Tibetan Rainbow Body & the Christian Resurrection

The Tibetan Rainbow Body & the Christian Resurrection  I have written about this before in past blogging.  I can't recommend it high enough on your learning curve.   I gasped when I  first read  Father Tiso, because his studies are fantastic.  I was always suspecting that light has / had something to do with our impressions of the world, I felt vindicated in my experience, as I read it and it motivated the chapter on the Resurrection in my book, Secrets of the Heart


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Friday, May 18, 2012



The Age of the Unthinkable: Why the New World Disorder Constantly Surprises Us And What We Can Do About It (Hardcover)
I particularly liked the ideas of mash up, and the music reference, since we have done that in the past with Moonglow/Picnic, which is beautiful. I appreciated being introduced to the Grey Album and its mash up idea, however, it never compares to Moonglow/Picnic. My thought led me to Eminem, and how wonderful a mash up with his rhythm and a great song would be.

Truly, I agree that we have to be resiliant,and people that have trouble buying a home because of many reasons, should be renters, to allow them the freedom to move to an area where they can get a job, if need be. This points out the danger of the Government wanting everyone to own a home. It is not necessarily right...another reason for our Government to get out of our lives.

Every decision we make causes a reaction, are we ready for that reaction, have we thought out what could, might happen, it is going to happen. Just like government employee contracts, during the good times, the unions can negotiate great deals, but no one ever thinks about the downside in Government, so the contracts are not tied to the up and down of the market. This is where the problem lies. A business can function by adjusting to ups and downs in a market, unless it has union contracts, for the same reason. We never think ahead, and put in our contracts that this is the deal, as long as we are making an income of such and such....

A good book for thinking and coming to conclusions about life .

Joni James - Star Eyes

which version is your favorite?  I did not put up Anita 0'Day, because the tempo is too fast for this song, in my opinion.  Joni James gets an A, and what voice can do this justice today?

Art VanDamme - Star Eyes

Star Eyes with the mellow tone of the accordion, how long has it been since we have had a star with the accordion?  Does anyone learn the instrument anymore?