Now that would explain quite a lot on account of what's wrong with this world! :ha: :hilarious:Quote:
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Now that would explain quite a lot on account of what's wrong with this world! :ha: :hilarious:Quote:
Originally posted by bsbray
Or maybe even a lot of what's right with it. :eyebrows:
I love bacon myself but if I ate a whole lot it probably wouldn't be too good for me. I've had it in chocolate bars but not yet in ice cream...
In chocolate bars... <gulp> :shocked:Quote:
Originally posted by bsbray
Yep, this one:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41g9DIxVhbL.jpg
Ironically the only place I can find them is at an international food market. And they're $5 each. :(
At the Renaissance festival a few years ago they were selling bacon covered in dark chocolate. My husband and I shared a piece. It was so good!
Another great oldie, this time from sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson, also known as Heart. It's the only one of their hits where Nancy did the lead vocals, although the video suggests that Ann also sang part of the lead. ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41P8UxneDJE
Spare a little candle
Save some light for me
Figures up ahead
Moving in the trees
White skin in linen
Perfume on my wrist
And the full moon that hangs over
These dreams in the mist
Darkness on the edge
Shadows where I stand
I search for the time
On a watch with no hands
I want to see you clearly
Come closer than this
But all I remember
Are the dreams in the mist
These dreams go on when I close my eyes
Every second of the night I live another life
These dreams that sleep when it's cold outside
Every moment I'm awake the further I'm away
Is it cloak 'n dagger
Could it be spring or fall
I walk without a cut
Through a stained glass wall
Weaker in my eyesight
The candle in my grip
And words that have no form
Are falling from my lips
These dreams go on when I close my eyes
Every second of the night I live another life
These dreams that sleep when it's cold outside
Every moment I'm awake the further I'm away
There's something out there
I can't resist
I need to hide away from the pain
There's something out there
I can't resist
The sweetest song is silence
That I've ever heard
Funny how your feet
In dreams never touch the earth
In a wood full of princes
Freedom is a kiss
But the prince hides his face
From dreams in the mist
These dreams go on when I close my eyes
Every second of the night I live another life
These dreams that sleep when it's cold outside
Every moment I'm awake the further I'm away
These dreams go on when I close my eyes
Every second of the night I live another life
These dreams that sleep when it's cold outside
Every moment I'm awake the further I'm away
I don't think I realized that fact about this song. It's a beauty. Thanks, Aragorn.
I was looking over the bacon posts. I got my brother a bacon puzzle for Xmas. (Regular puzzle, lots of pieces pictured).
This great piece of music has been used in the movie "Eyes wide shut", but nontheless has survived the "abuse".
Anyway, I think I'll start introducing something Classical.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmCnQDUSO4I
Elen
Another favorite oldie of mine, dating back to my days in college... ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R71bWoZ__e0
I just can't pretend no more
I keep runnin' out of lies
Lovin' you is killin' me inside
Every time I find the words to end it
Something in your eyes won't let it
Shandi, tonight must last us forever
Forever we say goodnight and go home
But you know me very well
And I know you
You can't tell me goodnight
(Say goodnight)
We been holding on so tight
We're afraid to let it go
Shake it loose, we both could use the ride
Here's another mess I got myself in
And when you touch me you ain't helpin'
Shandi, tonight must last us forever
Forever we say goodnight and go home
But you know me very well
And I know you
You can't tell me goodnight
(Say goodnight)
Say goodnight
When we should say goodbye
(Say goodbye)
(Shandi, Shandi) Tonight must last us forever and ever
Forever we say goodnight and go home
Shandi, Shandi, tonight must last us forever
Lisa Gerrard an Australian genius. I love her music ever since the Gladiator movie. She is using words that are not of this world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ1o3mBbhws
Elen
This guy has been a significant influence on me as a guitarist, and as I've only recently still discovered, he shared his birthday with me. This song here is from what I personally consider his best musical period.
Rest in peace, Gary Moore.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZCnq7yvXtk
They came for him one winter's night
Arrested, he was bound
They said there'd been a robbery
His pistol had been found
They marched him to the station house
He waited till the dawn
And as they led him to the dock
He knew that he'd been wronged
You stand accused of robbery
He heard the bailiff say
He knew without an alibi
Tomorrow's light would mourn his freedom
Over the hills and far away
For ten long years he'll count the days
Over the mountains and the seas
A prisoner's life for him there'll be
He knew that it would cost him dear
But yet he dare not say
Just where he had been that fateful night
A secret it must stay
He had to fight back tears of rage
His heart beat like a drum
For with the wife of his best friend
He'd spent his final night of freedom
Over the hills and far away
He swears he will return one day
Far from the mountains and the seas
Back in her arms again he'll be
Over the hills and far away
Each night within his prison cell
He looks out through the bars
He reads the letters that she wrote
One day he'll know the taste of freedom
Over the hills and far away
She prays he will return one day
As sure as the rivers reach the seas
Back in his arms again she'll be
Over the hills and far away
He swears he will return one day
As sure as the rivers reach the seas
Back in his arms is where she'll be
Over the hills and far away
She prays he will return one day
As sure as the rivers reach the seas
Back in her arms is where he'll be
Over the hills
Over the hills and far away
Over the hills
Over the hills and far away
Love Gary Moore, Aragorn. He had an all time classic here. The best guitar solo ever!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbJI1y0i1mk
Elen
I discovered Lisa Gerrard listening to Dead Can Dance. Oh that voice...
Spiritchaser is my favorite.
Yes Dreamtimer, there are some artists that cannot be copied by anyone, soooo unique. Love that!
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Originally posted by Elen
That particular guitar solo is indeed a memorable and iconic one, but it roughly centers around the same chord progression as he had already used on a similarly iconic song, with an equally memorable solo. The version here-below is from a live performance with his former Thin Lizzy buddy, Phil Lynott. The studio version of the song has vocals by Gary Moore only, though.
Gary and Phil used to work together quite a lot, which also yielded this little anthem here...
That is just unbelievable, Aragorn. Wow, how could he possibly play that like that? Love Elen
Yeah, when Gary Moore made his guitar cry, it really did cry. ;) My guess is that he put a lot of dedication into the building up and maintenance of his dexterity. He also practised at playing jazz at home, but not in public — he didn't feel confident enough for that — and he has covered many different musical styles over his career, all the way from progressive jazz-rock and heavy metal over to hard rock, blues rock, and even some funk stuff. So he probably had a very good grasp on music theory as well. ;)Quote:
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He was also known for using relatively heavy strings on his guitars — 0.11 to 0.56 as opposed to the more common 0.09 to 0.42 or 0.10 to 0.46 gauges for solid-body electric guitars — which makes his string bending and vibrato even more epic. ;)
He was also an avid guitar collector. The 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard which Gary used in that live performance of "Parisienne Walkways" used to belong to the legendary Fleetwood Mac guitarist Peter Green, and Gary had the Gibson Custom Shop make him a custom Les Paul based upon that model. (Peter Green's Les Paul had the neck pickup magnet — which had fallen out during the repair of a broken wire — accidentally reinserted upside down, which yielded a strange (but later on quite popular) out-of-phase sound when both pickups were switched on together.)
This one's for our sister Elen, since she likes guitar solos. :p (This is another guy who has influenced me a lot as a guitarist, especially when I was much younger.)
And here's yet another guy who has influenced me quite a lot. He is considered one of the two best guitarists on the planet — the other one being his friend and mentor, Joe Satriani — and he's a bit weird because of his use of masonic and esoteric symbolism, but he truly is a musical genius, and he's actually a very cool guy.
At only 18 years old, he was recruited into Frank Zappa's Mothers Of Invention, in order to play the solos that Zappa himself deemed "impossible to play". Like Zappa himself, Vai meticulously writes, practises and arranges his songs down to the shortest note, even though he often likes coming across as "reckless" during live performances. He would later also go on to replace the legendary Yngwie J. Malmsteen in Alcatrazz, and he would team up with ex-Van Halen singer David Lee Roth a short while later.
After that, he would join Whitesnake for the recording of the Slip Of The Tongue album and the associated tour, but at the same time he was already working on his solo career, creating the seminal Passion & Warfare album, of which the song here-below is the seventh song. (Steve Vai ritually makes the seventh song on each of his albums into an epic ballad.)
He also had a guest role in the 1980s road movie Crossroads, as Eugene's (Ralph Macchio) opponent Jack Butler — a guitarist who (literally) sold his soul to the devil in exchange for success — in an epic guitar duel. In reality however, even though actor Ralph Macchio can actually play the guitar, all the guitar parts of the final phase of the famous guitar duel — a classical piece by Paganini — had been played in by Steve Vai himself, and Eugene's other guitar parts in the movie were played in by Ry Cooder.
(As a little bit of background information on the guitar duel — without wanting to recount the whole movie — Willie, Eugene's elderly friend with the harmonica, had once sold his soul to Scratch, the devil. Eugene wants to help Willie retrieve his soul, so he offers Scratch a deal, in the form of a duel. If Eugene wins, then Willie gets his soul back, and if he loses, Scratch will have Eugene's soul as well.)
Another brilliant guitarist, or actually two brilliant guitarists, often touring together. The song is called "Room 335" and is Larry Carlton's tribute to his own trusted 1960s-era Gibson ES-335 semi-hollow electric guitar.
Although he has recorded and played many different versions of this song over the years, I personally feel that the live version here-below — from his 1995 tour of Japan with fellow guitar virtuoso Lee Ritenour — is the very best. This particular version also features an awesome bass guitar solo by Melvin Davis. ;)