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Glen Campbell releases powerful final song and video
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| Oct. 14, 2014
| Ed Payne, CNN
Posted on 10/14/2014 12:23:56 PM PDT by PROCON
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To: polymuser
Amazing video. Thanks for posting.
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
Yes, but his brain is damaged, and maybe he’s telling us, that’s the way it feels inside. Maybe you are picking up on that spiritual flatness, that devastation.
Maybe, Glen just truly sang what was left for him to sing. I think what you have perceived is what makes his last song to his family and the world, so tragically beautiful.
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posted on
10/14/2014 3:33:29 PM PDT
by
floralamiss
(O Lord, may I die thru love of your love, who were graciously pleased to die thru love of my love.)
To: Scoutmaster
And...he also played on the Irish Rover’s “The Unicorn”.
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posted on
10/14/2014 3:39:11 PM PDT
by
hoagy62
("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
To: bigbob
My older brother graduated from high school in 1963, and the class booked Campbell for their graduation banquet.
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posted on
10/14/2014 3:43:09 PM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign, number sign, or octothorpe. ###)
To: hoagy62
Thanks. I didn't realize that and will add the Irish Rovers to the list.
You cannot listen to popular music from the 60s without wondering if the guitarist is Glen Campbell. Even when Glen had a solo career from the 70s through the 2000s, he was still playing guitar on the albums of dozens of musical groups and music stars.
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posted on
10/14/2014 3:45:44 PM PDT
by
Scoutmaster
(You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred.)
To: adorno
Her mind is whole again.
When my mother breathed her last, my sister started wailing, but I just looked up and thought the same thing....."Mom, you're whole again, and now you're back with Dad"
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posted on
10/14/2014 3:48:44 PM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign, number sign, or octothorpe. ###)
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
If or when you ever get the unfortunate task of caring for someone with dementia, whatever the cause, you will often see their frustration and anger over the condition.
I saw the lyrics as Glenn’s way of expressing that in a form that the listener might understand.
It is in a very real way, a mourning song about that loss of memories, as it applies to his soon to be forgotten loves and life it’s self.
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posted on
10/14/2014 3:56:36 PM PDT
by
Cold Heat
(Have you reached your breaking point yet? If not now....then when?)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
To: Yaelle
Prayers for a quick recovery Yaelle.
I grew up on Mr. Campbell. My parents loved his music. This is so sad.
I saw an amazing documentary called “The genius of Marian”. Filmed and documented in love by the woman, Pam White's, son. I've never seen the suffering of Alheimer’s so aptly explained and it's relentless effects on family members of those who suffer with it. But it also demonstrates the love of a family who won't give in to the dreadful disease and continues to value her even though she is no longer with them in the same way.
http://geniusofmarian.com/
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posted on
10/14/2014 5:35:59 PM PDT
by
444Flyer
(How long O LORD?)
To: PROCON
Wow....very sad song.
Thanks for posting it.
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posted on
10/14/2014 6:22:11 PM PDT
by
Girlene
(Hey NSA!)
To: PROCON
Oh, my God.
I can’t even see my screen.
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posted on
10/14/2014 6:28:37 PM PDT
by
Colonel_Flagg
("Compromise" means you've already decided you lost.)
To: PROCON
Beautiful. Thanks, Mr. P.
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posted on
10/14/2014 7:43:34 PM PDT
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!l)
To: bigbob; GeronL
For those who arent aware of his early career,the book and documentary The Wrecking Crew really pays tribute to Campbells skill which made him one of the most-requested guitarists on the west coast, and paved the way for his solo career. By playing on all those hit records his musical talent influenced countless people who might not have liked his later country style as much. The book quotes one of his colleagues saying in essence if there was ever a person possessed of too much talent, that person is Glen Campbell. In before "Bob Dylan can't sing" < /sarc >
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan_Jazz
"Dylan Jazz is an instrumental jazz album of Bob Dylan songs featuring Glen Campbell on guitar and Jim Horn on saxophone and flute, released in 1965." (produced by Leon Russell)
http://www.amazon.com/Dylan-Jazz-Gene-Norman-Group/dp/B000QZYFKA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1413347911&sr=8-2&keywords=%22dylan+jazz%22
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posted on
10/14/2014 9:38:36 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
To: Scoutmaster
Glen replaced Brian Wilson onstage the day after his breakdown.
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posted on
10/14/2014 9:41:11 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
To: Scoutmaster
And Ed Big Daddy Roth
http://www.sundazed.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=2110
When it came time to follow up the success of Hot Rod Hootenanny, Capitol’s Fred Rice wisely stuck to the arithmetic of the first LP: great Ed “Big Daddy” Roth-inspired songs + the best session musicians + Capitol Studios = another outrageous LP! Rods n’ Ratfinks continued the party started on the first album under the direction of Gary Usher. Piling in the Weirdos’ woodie for this road trip were Glen Campbell, James Burton and Billy Strange on guitar, Ernie Freeman on piano, Carol Kaye and Steve LaFever on bass, Earl Palmer on drums and Steve Douglas on sax. Gary Usher, Richard Burns and Chuck Girard returned to do vocal duty. And, of course, “Big Daddy” himself created another screaming-technicolor-suitable-for-framing LP cover!
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posted on
10/14/2014 9:46:19 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
To: PROCON
May God bless this very talented man during his final time on this earth. I know the sadness as my Dad had Alzheimer’s too. One of the cruelest diseases known to mankind.
To: longtermmemmory
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posted on
10/15/2014 12:43:51 AM PDT
by
itsahoot
(Voting for a Progressive RINO is the same as voting for any other Tyrant.)
To: PROCON; AZamericonnie; ConorMacNessa; left that other site; E.G.C.; LUV W; beachn4fun; MEG33; ...
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posted on
10/15/2014 3:21:32 AM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))
To: PROCON
Yeah, I grew up on his music too. His voice is still good.
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posted on
10/15/2014 3:37:47 AM PDT
by
beachn4fun
(Guns are not the problem. People are. Forget the magazine...check your attitude.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
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10/15/2014 5:00:16 AM PDT
by
E.G.C.
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