#The Whirlwind (album) - Wikipedia

[egsoon]

مسلسل عاصفة التغيير The Whirlwind مترجم الحلقة 12 والأخيرة

مشاهدة وتحميل الدراما الكورية عاصفة التغيير The Whirlwind 2024 الحلقة 12 والأخيرة مترجمة للعربية بجودة عالية الوضوح FHD قصة الدراما: تؤدي “كيم هي آي”(“صانعة الملكات”) دور نائبة رئيس للوزراء ،لا تتوانى عن فعل أي شئ من أجل سحق سياسي يهدد بكشف أسرارها. تفاصيل الدراما: اسم الدراما بالانجليزي: The Whirlwind اسم الدراما بالعربي: عاصفة التغيير ، عاصفة ، عاصفة من الرياح، دولبونج، دولبونج اسم الدراما…

[mclennonlgbt]

Walls and Bridges is a pretty fruity album, if you think about it

According to Wikipedia: "Walls and Bridges is the fifth studio album by English musician John Lennon. It was issued by Apple Records on 26 September 1974 in the United States and on 4 October in the United Kingdom". We also learn that the album was being recorded between July and September, 1974.

Let's look at the circumstances under which Walls and Bridges was created. It was during the "Lost Weekend". John left Yoko/she kicked him out for 18 months and he was living with May Pang in Los Angeles. He was drinking too much (which his buddy Harry Nilsson urged him to do), he was missing his wife, BUT the "Lost Weekend" also had a lot of positives.

Let's see:

John, at May's suggestion, finally renewed his relationship with Julian. The latter remembers this period as the best time he had ever spent with his father.

Lennon and Elton John became huge friends (Elton called this relationship as a "whirlwind romance"), they recorded a song together ("Whatever gets you thru the night") and made a performance at Madison Square Garden.

John finally could meet Paul quite at ease, not being controlled by Yoko (and also encouraged by May). On March 28, Lennon and McCartney jammed together at the club in LA, the first and last time since the Beatles break-up. In addition, one day the four of them (John, Paul, Linda and May) met. Linda asked: "Don't you miss London?", and Lennon replied: "Frankly, I miss Paris" (we all know what Paris means to McLennon theory).

Let's sum it up: Lennon spent a lot of time with Elton, gay (at the time he was 28, and he realized his sexual orientation at about 23 yo), and a musician connected to the glam rock scene (and glam rock is inherently queer). I guess that Elton knew or at least suspected what John feels towards Paul. And let's remember that at that time Lennon was coming to terms with his bisexuality which he already signaled in 1972. In 1974 John interviewed himself for Andy Warhol's Interview Magazine to promote Walls and Bridges. Here comes the question: "Have you ever fucked a guy?". The response: "Not yet, I thought I’d save it til I was 40, life begins at 40 you know, tho I never noticed it". Further dialogue: "Q. It is trendy to be bisexual and you’re usually 'keeping up with the Jones’, haven’t you ever… there was talk about you and PAUL… A. Oh, I thought it was about me and Brian Epstein… anyway I’m saving all the juice for my own version of THE REAL FAB FOUR BEATLES STORY etc.. etc..". The interview is full of queer references, for example the "journalist" asks John if he likes glitter.

John must have thought a lot about Paul at that period, and not in a purely platonic way. Announcing "I saw her standing there" at his and Elton's concert, he said: "And we thought we do another number of an old enstraged fiancee of mine, called Paul". Tony King stated that Lennon often referred to McCartney that way.

And now look at the songs.

Bless You: “In a way, it’s about Yoko and I, and in a way it’s about a lot of couples or all of us who go through that, whatever it’s called, love experience".

Steel and Glass has How do you sleep? melody. IMO it's another Paul reference.

Beef Jerky repeats Let me roll it riff.

Whatever gets you thru the night is a clear allusion to tolerating others, including LGBT people. "Whatever gets you through the night, it's all right, it's all right" - it reminds me of John's rhyme for the Gay Liberation Book (1972): "Why make it sad to be gay? Doing your thing is okay. Our bodies our own so leave us alone and play with yourself - today".

Here are my thoughts. What is your opinion? Cheers :3

[marleyrosey]

Marley Jade Rose- Future Week

Residing in California, Marley is currently working on her sixth studio album thorns - a cheeky nod to her last name that she is very proud of - which is to be released next year.

CAREER:

With the help of one of her most cherished and best friends in the world, Stevie Evans, Marley’s confidence grew enough for her to realize her dreams of being not just a songwriter but an actual singer-songwriter could be a reality. She began singing more and more with Stevie and on her own at local events, uploading videos to social media, etc, gaining more and more confidence. Before she knew it, she was gaining traction and her audience was growing. She was recording EPs and then a full-on album once she was signed with a label. Suddenly Marley Rose had her own Wikipedia page and was the opening act for Reckless X’s headlining tour. Life has felt like a complete whirlwind since then.

In the past ten years Marley has released five best-selling albums, won countless awards for said albums. Her songs have been featured in many television shows and movies and she’s even headlined a few tours of her own. She’s absolutely thriving in her career and every single album she releases, every award she wins, every chance she gets, along with her family and some other friends, she thanks Stevie and the boys from Reckless X for helping her get where she is today as she feels she owes her entire career to them.

PERSONAL/LOVE LIFE:

Around ten years ago, after having been outed to her entire circle of friends and her family, Marley went into a weird place mentally and she struggled for a long while with herself. After a few experiences and some deep soul searching, Marley finally officially came out on her own terms as a lesbian. After she discovered this about herself and personally told everyone who she was, it was like a giant weight was lifted off of her shoulders. This definitely helped her self-confidence grow and in other aspects as well.

Marley has been in an on-and-off relationship throughout the last decade with Lottie Puckerman. Lottie was the one all those years ago who was there when Marley was figuring herself out and for that reason she has always held space in her heart for her and regardless of where life takes them or how many girls she’s kissed or dated in the last decade, she always will.

In regards to Marley’s body confidence and her eating disorder, she still struggles and there have been a few times throughout the years where she’s hit a rough patch-- especially when she started being in the public eye more. But with consistent therapy and being more transparent with the people around her rather than hiding her feelings, she’s doing a lot better and hasn’t had any major setbacks.

Personality-wise, Marley is still sweet and kind and she tries to love everyone around her as much as she can. However, being a woman in the music industry has made her tougher and she’s more than capable of standing up for herself and standing her ground. She’s not afraid to take up space and her confidence is very apparent though not in an arrogant way.

[randomnotesnet]

The album is considered by music scholars to be an artistic breakthrough for the Rolling Stones. It is their first to consist entirely of original compositions, all of which were credited to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

Brian Jones emerged as a key contributor and experimented with instruments not usually associated with popular music …

Influenced in part by intense love affairs outside the band and their demanding touring itinerary, Jagger and Richards wrote the album around psychodramatic themes […] Women feature as prominent characters in their often dark, sarcastic, casually offensive lyrics.

[…]

The album's release was briefly delayed by controversy over the proposed packaging and title – Could You Walk on the Water? – by the Stones' manager/producer Andrew Loog Oldham. Decca and London rejected his idea, fearing the allusion to Jesus walking on water would provoke a negative reaction […] without another idea for the title, the Stones bitterly settled on Aftermath, and two different photos of the band were used …

[…]

The American edition was issued with […] the single "Paint It, Black" in place of four of the British version's songs, in keeping with the industry preference for shorter LPs in the US market at the time.

Background

In 1965, the Rolling Stones' popularity increased markedly with a series of international hit singles written by the band's lead singer Mick Jagger and their guitarist Keith Richards. This success attracted the attention of Allen Klein, an American businessman who became their US representative in August […] One of Klein's first actions on the band's behalf was to force Decca Records to grant a $1.2 million royalty advance to the group, bringing the members their first signs of financial wealth and allowing them to purchase country houses and new cars.

[…]

Within the Stones, tensions were rife as Brian Jones continued to be viewed by fans and the press as the band's leader, a situation that Jagger and Oldham resented. The group dynamics were also affected by some of the band members' romantic entanglements.

Jones' new relationship with the German model Anita Pallenberg […] helped renew his confidence and encourage him to experiment musically, while her intelligence and sophistication both intimidated and elicited envy from the other Stones.

Jagger came to view his girlfriend, Chrissie Shrimpton, as inadequate by comparison. While Jagger sought a more glamorous companion commensurate with his newfound wealth, the aura surrounding Jones and Pallenberg contributed to the end of his and Shrimpton's increasingly acrimonious relationship.

Richards' relationship with Linda Keith also deteriorated as her drug use escalated to include Mandrax and heroin.

Writing and recording

[…]

According to the band's bassist Bill Wyman […] they originally conceived Aftermath as the soundtrack for a planned film, Back, Behind and in Front. The plan was abandoned after Jagger met the potential director, Nicholas Ray, and disliked him.

Title and packaging

[…]

Rolling Stone discerns a connection between the final title and themes explored in the music: "Aftermath of what? of the whirlwind fame […] and of hypocritical women". In Norman's view, an "aftermath" of the earlier title's "sacrilegious reference to the most spectacular of Christ's miracles" is "the very thing from which their God-fearing bosses may well have saved them" …

… [T]he liner notes were written by Hassinger and were a straight commentary on the music […] Hassinger wrote in part: "It's been great working with the Stones, who, contrary to the countless jibes of mediocre comedians all over the world, are real professionals, and a gas to work with."

Track listing – UK edition

Side one

1. "Mother's Little Helper" 2:40 2. "Stupid Girl" 2:52 3. "Lady Jane" 3:06 4. "Under My Thumb" 3:20 5. "Doncha Bother Me" 2:35 6. "Goin' Home" 11:35

Total length: 26:08

Side two

1. "Flight 505" 3:25 2. "High and Dry" 3:06 3. "Out of Time" 5:15 4. "It's Not Easy" 2:52 5. "I Am Waiting" 3:10 6. "Take It or Leave It" 2:47 7. "Think" 3:10 8. "What to Do"

Total length: 26:15

All tracks are written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

— Aftermath (Rolling Stones album) – Wikipedia

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[bunnyword]

Ali Project - Haramitsu Renge

波羅蜜恋華 (Haramitsu Renge/Perfect Lotus of Love)

Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry ED

Album: Single

Song and lyrics: Takarano Arika (宝野アリカ)

Music: Katakura Mikiya (片倉三起也)

Anyone knows I love AliPro? I mean, why else would I willingly translate Buddhism hell?

Notes: ・“perfect”: 波羅蜜 haramitsu, paramita, a Buddhist concept that roughly means perfection. I won’t dare try to explain it. Wikipedia ・ ”lotus of love”: a pun on 恋 “love”, which can be read as “ren”, and 蓮華 renge, “lotus flower”. ・ “impossibly long”: 永い nagai. When written with that character, it can mean “eternal” or lasting an infinity. ・ “a path of carnage”: 修羅道 shuradou. One of the six realms of samsara, that of the asura demigods. They are said to be constantly fighting among themselves, and 修羅場 shuraba means literally a “scene of carnage” or “battleground”, which is why I translated it like this. ・ ”this life”: as in “this incarnation”. Goes without saying it has to do with the Buddhist cycle of death and rebirth. ・ ”celestial nymph”: 天女 tennyo. A Buddhist angel or nymph, portrayed as women with otherworldly beauty. Wikipedia ・ kalavinka: a Buddhist creature said to live in the Western pure land and sing with a beautiful voice. Wikipedia

To live is to cross a wicked path At its end, do we meet our fate? The land of awakening is a dream in reality In days older than those of myth I, a blazing phoenix Took off from the Emperor's shoulder And flew across crimson skies What an impossibly long journey it was My memories dance in a whirlwind of sand And although now I finally know peace In your arms I must still turn my wing into a sword To love is to go down a path of carnage My armor is one of scarlet thorns If this flesh and blood are a flower of death I'd like you to make it bloom with your blade People sacrifice their kindness In order to obtain strength And so they seek enlightenment About what lies beyond the darkness I, too, change And although I can hear A lotus bud open up Deep inside my chest Petals of blood float in the water The land of love is as a country at war Why must it be so in this life as well? As the fires of hell weave me fluttering silken robes of pure red I'll appear to you as a celestial nymph To live is to cross a wicked path Woman, become a demon Sing an ode, kalavinka To love is to go down a path of carnage My armor is one of scarlet thorns This flesh and blood are a flower of death So please scatter it with your blade 

(video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXBTdMWZttU)

[gojiro]

The Vinyl of the Day is ‘Alice’s Restaurant’ by Arlo Guthrie, 1967. What do you do when your father (Woody Guthrie) is a legend of folk rock with his songs of human rights and rebellion, and you’re going to record your own debut album of your own music? Why, you create your OWN legendary folk rock song about human rights and rebellion, of course! And that’s what Arlo Guthrie did here, with his amazing, rambling, black-comedic story that lasts over 18 minutes and takes up the entirety of Side 1, ‘Alice’s Restaurant Massacree’. The song immediately struck such a chord with the Vietnam-era youth of the day with it’s political and anti-war statements (or as Arlo puts it, anti-stupidity), served up with a heavy helping of satirical comedy, that it became a staple of the counter-culture and anti-war movements. It made such an impact that it was turned into a film, with some radio stations still playing the song each Thanksgiving, and Guthrie now has a tradition of performing it once a decade. Guthrie told Rolling Stone, “I never expected it to even be on a record, let alone get airplay, let alone have it made into a movie. I mean, that was all like a whirlwind of events that were way beyond my control.” A VERY quick synopsis of the lyrics: On Thanksgiving 1965, Guthrie and some pals went to throw out garbage from the church where the titular Alice lived, but the dump was closed for the holiday. So he instead tossed the waste at an unsanctioned site, was caught and arrested, and his arrest prevented him from being drafted to fight in the Vietnam War. In the song he tells this story with heapings of humor and twang, and it culminates in him advising would-be draft-dodgers to go into their draft office and sing the chorus of the tune to show themselves unfit for service.

Of course there’s a lot more to the song than I can tell here - if you’d like to learn much more of the history of it, I urge you to check the Wikipedia site;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Restaurant

With the enormous success of ‘Massacree’, the rest of the album can be easily forgotten or overlooked, but it also contains two far more lyrical pieces: "Chillin' of the Evening" and the gorgeous, sweeping "Highway in the Wind”, which really show the range and songwriting ability Arlo had. Most will turn to this countercultural classic for side one's epic, but it's the exceptional songs on side two that will offer finer rewards. 

Admittedly, the song and format are pretty tough to listen to for audiences of today - but it’s a worthwhile listen for the history, and to gain insight to what your parents or grandparents were thinking and feeling. You don't have to be of a certain age to enjoy this album, but if you lived through the '60's and thought that the Vietnam war was a tragic mistake, or are living through today’s time of endless war with yet more meaningless wars looming close on the horizon, this album might still speak to you. Remember, if you want to end war and stuff, you gotta sing LOUD.

AllMusic Review by Lindsay Planer

Although he'd been a fixture on the East Coast folk circuit for several years, Arlo Guthrie did not release his debut album until mid-1967. A majority of the attention directed at Alice's Restaurant focuses on the epic 18-plus-minute title track, which sprawled over the entire A-side of the long-player. However, it is the other half-dozen Guthrie compositions that provide an insight into his uniformly outstanding, yet astoundingly overlooked, early sides on Warner Bros. Although arguably not 100 percent factual, "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" -- which was recorded in front of a live audience -- is rooted in a series of real incidents. This decidedly anti-establishment saga of garbage dumps closed on Thanksgiving, good ol' Officer Obie, as well as Guthrie's experiences with the draft succeeds not only because of the unusual and outlandish situations that the hero finds himself in; it is also his underdog point of view and sardonic delivery that maximize the effect in the retelling. In terms of artistic merit, the studio side is an equally endowed effort containing six decidedly more traditional folk-rock compositions. Among the standouts are the haunting "Chilling of the Evening," which is given an arrangement perhaps more aptly suited to a Jimmy Webb/Glen Campbell collaboration. There is a somewhat dated charm in "Ring-Around-a-Rosy Rag," a sly, uptempo, and hippie-friendly bit of jug band nostalgia. "I'm Going Home" is an underrated minor-chord masterpiece that is not only reminiscent of Roger McGuinn's "Ballad of Easy Rider," but also spotlights a more sensitive and intricate nature to Guthrie's craftsmanship. Also worth mentioning is the first installment of "The Motorcycle Song" -- which was updated and discussed further on the live self-titled follow-up release Arlo (1968) -- notable for the extended discourse on the "significance of the pickle."