Still on the Arcade Fire matter:

Listening to a biography of Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr., son of a great Air Force pilot and how he came to be a singer. He was once a member of the Mitchel Trio, a political singing group... He wrote "Leaving on a Jet Plane" later covered by the Peter, Pauil and Mary trio and it pretty much became their signature song. He even wrote a song that became an anthem of the State of Colorado called "Rocky Mountain High", written from his experience from a trip to the mountain wilderness at a time of the annual Pliedes Meteor shower.He sang some 300 songs and recorded some 200 of them. Listening to the songs and singing along with them brings back so many, many memories...

Oh, yeah, since Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. wouldn't fit on a marquee and despite the fact that he didn't want to change it, one of the people that he was with that day told him that from then on he was "John Denver"!.

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Husky, now I can't get Take me Home Country Roads out of my head!!

Thanks for the info, I didn't know anything about John Denver. Always nice to learn something new.

Hey, where'd you get that body from? I got it from my Daddy.

Eh???

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When Denver dies at the age of 53, he was flying solo in an experimental plane of his and crashed into Monterey Bay, irc. It was determined that he ran out of fuek in ine tank and was unable to switch to a full tank for some reason. Before this show I had never know what an accomplished pilot he was.

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Listening tonight to Celtic Woman: Destiny... wonderful music... Interesting note... this song "oro se do bheatha bhaile" that they performed, I seemed to recognize the tune but the lyrics were in Irish Gaelic, I believe.... I finally remembered what the tune was: "What do we do With a Drunken Sailor", which when I checked the translation, most definetly was not the words to THIS song...lol

I was channel surfing and found that on the same channel another musical group followed...

Libera: Singing Christmas Music in Ireland... Beautiful sounds...

Note, just because I am not now a religious, I grew up with this music and still enjoy it...

Oh, WOW... Their rendition of "Danny Boy" was wonderful!!!

Forgot to mention that Libera is a boy's choir... Kinda of a good counterpoint to Celtic Woman...

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Said The Sky's remix of Owl City's cute song "Fireflies"

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Hang Massive - Once Again

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I was enjoying the instrumental intro to the "Fireflies" tune, but really didn't care for the vocals... Something struck me as off about them and I was enjoying it like I did the straight music.

I have never heard of a hang drum before, much less what they sounded like... It reminds me a little of the Jamaican style steel drum and I did like listening to the beat...

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The hang drum is a newly invented instrument and clearly takes its inspiration from Caribbean steel drums but it has a softer more melodic tone. If I close my eyes so I'm not distracted by the video I would guess it was a digital sound.

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Various violin and viola covers of varying songs.

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3,2,1, Let's jam.

Mother 3 is a lovely game, you should all play it someday. It's an adventure filled with fun and feelings.

Shigesato Itoi, the creator of the Mother series, is the original voice for Tatsuo, Mei and Satsuki's father, and the man who wrote a few Ghibli film's slogans and catchphrases. He's an amazing man. His sensibility and love for music is also the reason why Mother has great soundtracks. That and the hardworking composers.

There are many references to real life music and The Beatles (Itoi was a big fan) as well.

About Itoi and Studio Ghibli: http://earthboundcentral.com/2009/03/shi...-studio-ghibli/

One of my close friends is literally addicted to Mother, he asks me for help at lunchtime. One of my other friends occasionally plays it.

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3,2,1, Let's jam.

Such a late night feels kinda song ^^

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I kinda agree with you, fen...

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Simon and Garfunkel tunes

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I listened to a greatest hits CD of theirs recently and it got me so depressed! All their songs are about lost love or failures in society. When I was young I felt I could connect to the stories they were telling but now I'm older they seem to be saying such sad and obvious things. Of course Paul and Art were young and rebellious then too so I expect their current material reflects their age. I know Paul Simon has written some upbeat music in recent years.

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As you all could probably tell from the music that I usually listen to, I generally prefer the 'oldies'. It reminds me of times from my past and I like to sing along with many of them.

Steppenwolf's 'Fire' could have caused me many a traffic ticket because when I heard it on my car radio (pre-CD) I would seem to press further on my accelerator and find myseld doing about 20 MPH or more over the limit (never in congestion). Not a smart thing to do but what the heck, I was young and, in my case, lucky in that I was never cited...

The cars I was usually driving at the time were either my '65 Mustang or my mothers '66 Dodge Charger with a 383 cu engine. I loved the sound of that car when it was accelerating

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Both very nice cars. My daughter would love to own (or get a chance behind the wheel of) either.

BTW, did you think this was the random thoughts thread Husky?

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