Posted on 05/10/2015 9:08:28 AM PDT by Mariner
he pool is still there. It's shrouded by palm fronds and heavy gates, but it's there. Stand on Pierce Street, beyond the walls of the Fort Harrison Hotel, and you can hear families splashing, even smell the chlorine.
Close your eyes and picture this pool a half-century ago. Picture the Rolling Stones, then a scrum of scrawny Brits in lounge chairs...
Depending on the legend you believe, it was here, 50 years ago while in town for a concert on May 6, 1965, that Keith Richards and Mick Jagger wrote (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction. It's the Rolling Stones' signature song and one of the most enduring rock singles ever recorded.
Richards supposedly composed that one-of-a-kind riff while half asleep in his sixth-floor bed, and Jagger banged out those eyebrow-arching lyrics in 10 minutes by this very pool.
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I admire Zep for having the integrity to fold up the tent after John Bonham’s death.
I like to think that Led Zeppelin went out like James Dean and the Stones are going out like Marlon Brando.
But not all sages are equal. Some pretend, some real.
You sound like the devil incarnate, pouring a drink for her.
So what do you suggest?
Sorry? Suggest as to what?
I prefer von Mises over Jagger. I can do that with a drink!
Just a suggestion. Other than taking a Sunday afternoon to take it easy.
Don’t get me wrong, there’s a time and place for rest. But I noticed that the boss feels privileged to tell his employee to relax. Not so easily the other way around. My son just said to me your comment is a form of condescension.
At the time the song was written AM Top 40 radio was the dominant medium. The song with it’s signature riff was just made for AM Top 40. It grabbed your attention when coming through a car speaker or a “transistor radio” at the beach. Now it seems a bit tired, old and overplayed.
Actually I’ve had employees tell me to “chill” from time to time. Not bad advice. We go balls-to-the-wall Monday through Friday but the weekends are important for recharging the batteries. Sometimes I need to be reminded of that and I don’t see it as “condescending”.
Since we’re bartering advice . . . wait . . . I think you’re swindling me. I’ve given you von Mises, you’ve given me nothing!
Dude. Zen.
Sam gave you better advice than you immediately recognized.
Mises his own self would benefit by it.
:)
See you on Monday then, if you care to reason.
“Who are you referring to?”
Yes - I believe you’re right!
“Popular music is like a candy bar. Sure, it’s of little nutritional value, but it can give a momentary burst of pleasure.”
Neil Peart (RUSH) was asked what he thought of today’s music. He said something to the effect of “Well - it’s pop music. Popular. I once heard an art critic who said the final and highest praise of art is how much it sells for. So obviously if it is “pop” and they are famous because of it - they are doing something right!”
I find myself going through phases and will listen to one band for awhile, then change to another one, etc. But RUSH is ALWAYS the preferred group. And if I want a certain style - I just pick one of their albums that fits the mood I’m in.
“I like to think that Led Zeppelin went out like James Dean and the Stones are going out like Marlon Brando.”
LOL!
At the 2008 Republican Convention, while Palin was swinging with joyous arms in the air, they were playing Journey, "Don't stop believing." It's got that feel-good pop sound, not so gritty like Jagger, but pop just the same. They paid them $500,000 to do it again for a fundraiser in 2012.
The candy is the music that sweetens some strange chemicals in the lyrics.
One toke ain't too bad, but this stuff gets pumped everywhere through the media IV.
“I like to think that Led Zeppelin went out like James Dean and the Stones are going out like Marlon Brando.”
You guys know this song:
Marlon flew his Lear Jet to the Indian Nation
They thought he was Led Zeppelin on a rock vacation
How could they know he was Marlon Brando?
“At the time the song was written AM Top 40 radio was the dominant medium. The song with it’s signature riff was just made for AM Top 40. It grabbed your attention when coming through a car speaker or a “transistor radio” at the beach. Now it seems a bit tired, old and overplayed.”
Over the long pull of music history, most pieces fall into a short-medium time length, and the sound grabs and seeks to hold attention.
What strikes me is that between 1963-75 there was a very interesting variety to the musical sounds, etc. compared to these days.
On another site, a guy posted current groups he thought were worth noting.
I listened and they had a boring, sameness to them. Not only did several songs by a group sound very similar, but groups sound similar.
They just don’t make them, like they used to.
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