#sessions 1968 1971

[jt1674]

[midchelle]

John and Yoko

The Beatles, Happiness is a Warm Gun (1968) // Yoko Ono, Play It By Trust (1966) // John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and Robert Fraser at the opening of You Are Here (1968) // John Lennon and Yoko Ono for Melody Maker (April 26th, 1969) // Tumblr screenshot // John and Yoko during sessions for The White Album by Linda Eastman (1968) // John Lennon's letter to Paul McCartney in Melody Maker (24 November, 1971) // Derek Taylor, As Time Goes By (1973) // Yoko Ono, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney at the premiere of Yellow Submarine (July 17, 1968) // George Harrison, John Lennon, and Yoko Ono during rehearsals for The Concert for Bangladesh (1971) // Lorde, The Louvre (2017) // John and Yoko for Look (March 18, 1969) // John and Yoko for New Musical Express (20 December, 1969) // Box art for The Wedding Album (1969) // John Lennon and Yoko Ono during their Bed-in for Peace at the Amsterdam Hilton (1969) // John and Yoko at a press conference at Heathrow Airport (April 1, 1969) // Lana Del Rey, Venice Bitch (2019) // John and Yoko (1971) // Bob Gruen, John Lennon: The New York Years (2005) // John and Yoko by Bob Gruen (9 November, 1972) // Yoko Ono, Death Of Samantha (1973) // John Lennon for Melody Maker (September 14, 1974) // John Lennon, Nobody Loves You (When You’re Down and Out) (1974) // Yoko Ono, Andy Warhol, and John Lennon (1971) // Yoko Ono, No, No, No (1981) // Yoko Ono for The Sunday Times (May 25th, 1981) // Twitter screenshot // John and Yoko for Playboy (September 1980) // John and Yoko during sessions for Double Fantasy by Kishin Shinoyama (1980)

[torchlitinthedesert]

I'd be curious to hear your Ob-la-di Ob-la-da take lol

I claimed Ob-la-di Ob-la-da as a political song. No, I'm not kidding.

Obviously, Ob-la-di Ob-la-da isn't a protest song. It's a perky ska-style number about the happy, everyday life of an immigrant family. And it was released in 1968, when immigration had just become the most inflammatory topic in British politics.

In spring 1968, the UK government proposed a new Race Relations bill, making it illegal to refuse housing, employment, or public services to anyone on the grounds of race or national origin. It was a response to racism, particularly against recent immigrants, especially those from the Caribbean.

Cue a lot more racism, most notoriously from politician Enoch Powell, who gave what is still commonly referred to today as the "Rivers of blood" speech. Powell ranted about sending "the immigrant and immigrant-descended population" back to the countries they or their families had once come from. He was particularly freaked out by the idea that, having come to Britain, people would settle down and - horrors - have babies, eventually outnumbering the white population. Powell was sacked by his party the next day, but he sparked a horrible wave of racist protest and abuse.

All this was brewing over the summer, as The Beatles worked on the White Album, and on this song. What is Ob-la-di Ob-la-da about? It's an everyday love story. The ska style frames Desmond and Molly as Jamaican - which, in a British context, strongly suggests that they're immigrants. The song builds a happy ending out of exactly the things that racists like Powell were terrified that immigrants would do. They work, get married, and have children, who grow up and help with the family business. Life going on, happy ever after.

The Beatles were certainly aware of the tensions sparked by Powell, immigration and the Race Relations Act; they were still talking about it, and trying to write a protest song about it, in the Get Back sessions in January 1969. Ob-la-di Ob-la-da doesn't talk directly about any of that. Its subjects - work, home, children - are the sort of thing that 1970s rock journalists would put down as Paul's normie bourgeois sensibilities.

But normie is where most people live. The song presents Desmond and Molly as deeply relatable. It assumes that their happy ending is something everyone can root for and sing along with. That is not an apolitical act, particularly not in Britain in 1968.

And people did sing along, in their millions. Ob-la-di was staggeringly popular. The Beatles didn't release it as a single in the UK or the US (though it topped charts in Australia, Japan and Europe). There were multiple competing cover versions. One by the band Marmalade went to No 1 in Britain, and sold about a million copies. Paul's own favourite cover was by The Bedrocks, whose members were all first-generation immigrants from the Caribbean.

(Obviously, there are other questions here about race, music, and appropriation; The Beatles, and most of the artists doing cover versions, are white people singing black music. Hello, history of western popular music.)

As I said, this isn't a protest song. But it has been sung in protest. @beatleshistoryblog found this great footage from a Women's March in London in 1971. Just listen to the first seconds: la la la la life goes on.

[idrinkyouryouthquake]

Can we just take one fucking minute to appreciate Nicky Hopkins? Aka the greatest sessions pianist of all time (also a founding member of The Jeff Beck Group and the keyboardist in Quicksilver Messenger Service)

No one actually knows everything he played on, this is just what's available on wikipedia and I'd like to double underline the part where it casually mentions that he played with Jefferson Airplane at Woodstock:

Solo albums

The Revolutionary Piano of Nicky Hopkins (1966)

The Tin Man Was a Dreamer (1973)

No More Changes (1975)

Soundtracks

The Fugitive (1992)

Patio (1992)

Namiki Family (1993)

Selected performances and collaborations

with the Rolling Stones

Their Satanic Majesties Request album (1967)

"We Love You" (1968)

"She's a Rainbow" (1968)

"Sympathy for the Devil" (1968)

"Street Fighting Man" (1968)

"Gimme Shelter" (1969)

"Monkey Man" (1969)

"Sway" (1971)

Exile on Main St. (1972)

"Angie" (1973)

"Time Waits for No One" (1974)

"Fool to Cry" (1976)

"Waiting on a Friend" (recorded 1972, released 1981)

with Jeff Beck

"Morning Dew" (1967)

Truth (1967)

"Girl From Mill Valley" on Beck-Ola (1969)

with Joe Cocker

I Can Stand a Little Rain (1974)

"You Are So Beautiful" (1974)

Jamaica Say You Will (1975)

with Art Garfunkel

Breakaway (1975)

Lefty (1988)

with George Harrison

Living in the Material World (1973)

Dark Horse (1974)

Extra Texture (Read All About It) (1975)

with Jefferson Airplane

Volunteers (1969)

"Wooden Ships" (1969)

"Eskimo Blue Day" (1969)

"Hey Fredrick" (1969)

Woodstock Festival set

with the Kinks

The Kink Kontroversy (1965)

Face to Face (1966)

Something Else by the Kinks (1967)

The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968)

with John Lennon

Imagine (1971)

"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" (1971)

Walls and Bridges (1974)

with Quicksilver Messenger Service

Shady Grove (composer of "Edward, the Mad Shirt Grinder") (1969)

Just for Love (1970)

What About Me (composer of "Spindrifter") (1970)

with Ringo Starr

Ringo (1973)

Goodnight Vienna (1974)

with Rod Stewart

Foot Loose & Fancy Free (1977)

Blondes Have More Fun (1978)

Every Beat of My Heart (1986)

with the Who

My Generation (1965)

"The Song Is Over" and "Getting in Tune" on Who's Next (1971)

"Let's See Action" (1971)

The Who by Numbers (1975)

This isn't even including the selected works section on Wikipedia which WILL NOT EVEN FIT IN THIS TUMBLR POST!!!!!

[therecordchanger62279]

MY 200 FAVORITE ALBUMS OF ALL-TIME

(Revised 2024 Edition)

To my way of thinking, a list of favorite albums changes over time. At any moment, there might be as many as 300 or 400 albums that are good enough to make a favorites list of 200. Where and how to cut is the question. I do a new list whenever the old one feels outdated to me. The criteria I use is pretty basic. I choose my favorite records to listen to, and those that get played more often are ranked higher. But my listening habits change from time to time, so when an album I love doesn't get played as often because I'm getting tired of it, it falls to a lower spot on the list, or disappears altogether. If I haven't played it in awhile, and it sound fresh to me, it goes back into regular rotation, and subsequently climbs higher on the list. I go through periods when I listen to one genre more than another, and that can also affect where the album lands on the list. Playability is the most important factor. That's why an album that has one great side that gets played all the time while the other side is ignored, won't rank as high as one that I enjoy playing from start to finish. And critics lists are things I often read, but completely ignore when it comes to doing my own. My list reflects my tastes, and my biases only.

This is my first revision since March of 2023. There are 28 new additions to the list this time marked with an asterisk. And, in case you're wondering, there were five artists that placed at least five albums on the list. They were The Rolling Stones (13), The Beatles (8), and The Beach Boys, Steely Dan, and Tom Petty each had five (though four of Petty's were with The Heartbreakers, and the fifth was a solo album). Here's my list, and I hope it encourages you to explore something you might not have heard, or to pull something out you may not have played in awhile.

    1. All Things Must Pass – George Harrison (1970)

    2. Revolver (UK) – The Beatles (1966)

    3. The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle – Bruce Springsteen (1973)

    4. Blood on the Tracks – Bob Dylan (1975)

    5. Sticky Fingers – The Rolling Stones (1971)

    6. Close to the Edge – Yes (1972)

    7. The Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd (1973)

    8. L.A. Woman – The Doors (1971)

    9. Surrealistic Pillow – Jefferson Airplane (1967)

  10. The Who by Numbers – The Who (1975)

  11. Help (UK) – The Beatles (1965)

  12. A1A – Jimmy Buffet (1974)

  13. Bitches Brew – Miles Davis (1970)

  14. Kind of Blue – Miles Davis (1959)

  15. Pet Sounds – The Beach Boys (1966)

  16. A Tribute to Jack Johnson – Miles Davis (1971)

  17. Pat Metheny Group (1978)

  18. A Hard Day’s Night (UK) – The Beatles (1964)

  19. Aftermath (US) – The Rolling Stones (1966)

  20. The Division Bell – Pink Floyd (1994)

  21. Heavy Weather – Weather Report (1977)

  22. Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel (1970)

  23. Sweet Baby James – James Taylor (1970)

  24. Surf’s Up – The Beach Boys (1971)

  25. Exile on Main St. – The Rolling Stones (1972)

  26. At Fillmore East – The Allman Brothers Band (1971)

  27. Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen (1975)

  28. The Hissing of Summer Lawns – Joni Mitchell (1975)

  29. The Doors (1967)

  30. Highway 61 Revisited – Bob Dylan (1965)

  31. Rust Never Sleeps – Neil Young & Crazy Horse (1979)

  32. Let It Bleed – The Rolling Stones (1969)

  33. Astral Weeks – Van Morrison (1969)

  34. (Untitled) (4th) – Led Zeppelin (1971)

  35. Teaser & the Firecat – Cat Stevens (1971)

  36. The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)

  37. On the Road to Freedom – Alvin Lee & Mylon LeFevre (1973)

  38. Tea for the Tillerman – Cat Stevens (1970)

  39. The Complete Africa Brass Sessions – John Coltrane (1961)

  40. Holland – The Beach Boys (1973)

  41. Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs – Derek & the Dominos (1970)

  42. Heartbreaker – Free (1972)

  43. Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, Jones, Ltd. – The Monkees (1967)

  44. Beggar’s Banquet – The Rolling Stones (1968)

  45. III – Led Zeppelin (1970)

  46. Seventh Sojourn – Moody Blues (1972)

  47. Forever Changes – Love (1967)

  48. My Favorite Things – John Coltrane (1961)

  49. Meet The Beatles – The Beatles (1964)

  50. Can’t Buy a Thrill – Steely Dan (1972)

  51. Beautiful Vision – Van Morrison (1982)

  52. Days of Future Passed – Moody Blues (1967)

  53. Setting Sons (US) – The Jam (1979)

  54. The Captain & Me – Doobie Brothers (1973)

  55. The Dream of the Blue Turtles – Sting (1985)

  56. Willy & the Poor Boys – Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)

  57. The Way It Is – Bruce Hornsby & The Range (1986)

  58. One Fair Summer Evening – Nanci Griffith (1988)

  59. The Beatles Second Album -The Beatles (1964)

  60. Who’s Next – The Who (1971)

  61. Idlewild South – The Allman Brothers Band (1970)

  62. Beatles ’65 – The Beatles (1964)

  63. Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes featuring Veronica - The Ronettes (1964)

  64. Chuck Berry is On Top – Chuck Berry (1959)

  65. First Circle – Pat Metheny Group (1984)

  66. The Allman Brothers Band (1969)

  67. Young Americans – David Bowie (1975)

  68. The End of the Day – The Reivers (1989)*

  69. Visions of the Emerald Beyond – Mahavishnu Orchestra (1975)

  70. Will O’ The Wisp – Leon Russell (1975)

  71. 461 Ocean Boulevard – Eric Clapton (1974)

  72. Band on the Run – Paul McCartney & Wings (1973)

  73. It’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll – The Rolling Stones (1974)

  74. Manassas – Stephen Stills & Manassas (1972)

  75. Pretzel Logic – Steely Dan (1974)

  76. Peter Gabriel (3rd/Melt) (1980)

  77. Made in Japan – Deep Purple (1973)

  78. Where Have I Known You Before – Return to Forever (1974)

  79. Green River – Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)

  80. Making Movies – Dire Straits (1980)

  81. Rock ‘N’ Roll Animal – Lou Reed (1974)

  82. Selling England by the Pound – Genesis (1973)

  83. Heroes – David Bowie (1977)

  84. Afro Blue Impressions – John Coltrane (1963)

  85. Some Girls – The Rolling Stones (1978)

  86. Diesel & Dust – Midnight Oil (1987)

  87. Mysterious Traveler – Weather Report (1974)

  88. Blues from Big Bill’s Copacabana – Various Artists (1968)

  89. Modern Times – Jefferson Starship (1981)

  90. Blow Your Cool – Hoodoo Gurus (1987)

  91. Ram – Paul & Linda McCartney (1971)

  92. Caravanserai – Santana (1972)

  93. Odessey & Oracle – The Zombies (1968)

  94. Black Market – Weather Report (1976)

  95. Heart Like a Wheel – Linda Ronstadt (1974)

  96. 12X5 – The Rolling Stones (1964)

  97. Santana (1969)

  98. In Concert: Live at Philharmonic Hall – Miles Davis (1973)

  99. Bridge of Sighs – Robin Trower (1974)

100. Pirates – Rickie Lee Jones (1981)

101. Benefit – Jethro Tull (1970)

102. Madman Across the Water – Elton John (1971)

103. Countdown to Ecstasy – Steely Dan (1973)

104. McCartney – Paul McCartney (1970)

105. Yesterday’s Wine – Willie Nelson (1971)

106. Howlin’ Wind – Graham Parker & The Rumour (1976)

107. Voice of America – Little Steven (1984)

108. Out of Our Heads (US) – The Rolling Stones (1965)

109. Blow by Blow – Jeff Beck (1975)

110. Robbie Robertson (1987)

111. Gaucho – Steely Dan (1980)

112. Desire – Bob Dylan (1976)

113. Vol. 4 – Black Sabbath (1972)

114. Abbey Road – The Beatles (1969)

115. Aja – Steely Dan (1977)

116. Yessongs – Yes (1973)

117. Rickie Lee Jones (1979)

118. Bare Trees – Fleetwood Mac (1972)

119. Something/ Anything? – Todd Rundgren (1972)

120. After the Gold Rush – Neil Young (1970)

121. Physical Graffiti – Led Zeppelin (1975)

122. Rock ‘N’ Roll – John Lennon (1975)

123. Abraxas – Santana (1970)

124. Hard Promises – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1981)

125. A New World Record – Electric Light Orchestra (1976)

126. Ghost in the Machine – The Police (1981)

127. The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys – Traffic (1971)

128. Dreaming My Dreams – Waylon Jennings (1975)

129. We’re an American Band – Grand Funk Railroad (1973)

130. Chicago Transit Authority – Chicago (1969)

131. What’s Goin’ On – Marvin Gaye (1971)

132. Don’t Cry Now – Linda Ronstadt (1973)

133. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Elton John (1973)

134. Jaco – Jaco Pastorius (1976)

135. Peter Frampton (1975)

136. Prisoner in Disguise – Linda Ronstadt (1975)

137. El Mocambo 1977 – The Rolling Stones (2022)

138. Document – R.E.M. (1987)

139. Harbor – America (1977)*

140. Love’s Melodies – The Searchers (1981)*

141. Doll Revolution – Bangles (2003)*

142. Learning to Crawl – Pretenders (1984)

143. Black & Blue – The Rolling Stones (1976)

144. The Yardbirds (Roger the Engineer) (1966)*

145. Lifes Rich Pageant – R.E.M. (1986)*

146. America (1971)*

147. Wildflowers – Tom Petty (1994)*

148. Aladdin Sane – David Bowie (1973)

149. Dusty in Memphis – Dusty Springfield (1969)

150. Everything – Bangles (1988)*

151. That’s Why God Made the Radio – The Beach Boys (2012)

152. Stephen Stills (1970)*

153. On the Border – Eagles (1974)

154. Baron Von Tollbooth & The Chrome Nun – Kantner, Slick & Freiberg (1973)

155. The Pretender – Jackson Browne (1976)

156. Under the Big Black Sun – X (1982)*

157. Stand Up – Jethro Tull (1969)

158. Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough) – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1987)*

159. London Calling – The Clash (1979)*

160. Live at The Star Club – The Beatles (1977)

161. The Joshua Tree – U2 (1987)

162. Eat to The Beat – Blondie (1979)*

163. One of These Nights – Eagles (1975)*

164. Scarecrow – John Mellencamp (1985)*

165. Live – Bob Marley & The Wailers (1975)

166. Tattoo – Rory Gallagher (1973)

167. Orange Crate Art – Brian Wilson & Van Dyke Parks (1995)

168. Damn the Torpedoes – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1979)*

169. Hard Again – Muddy Waters (1977)

170. Valley Hi – Ian Matthews (1973)

171. In the Court of the Crimson King – King Crimson (1969)

172. One Live Badger – Badger (1972)

173. Automatic for the People – R.E.M. (1991)*

174. Trilogy – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1972)

175. Sunflower – The Beach Boys (1970)

176. 80/81 – Pat Metheny (1980)

177. Moving Pictures – Rush (1981)

178. Blue and Lonesome – The Rolling Stones (2016)

179. You Broke My Heart So I Busted Your Jaw – Spooky Tooth (1972)

180. Quadrophenia – The Who (1973)

181. Go for Your Guns – Isley Brothers (1977)

182. Hearts of Stone – Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes (1978)

183. Get Happy! – Elvis Costello & The Attractions (1980)*

184. Long After Dark – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1982)*

185. Master of Reality – Black Sabbath (1971)

186. Led Zeppelin (1969)

187. Sign O’ The Times – Prince (1987)

188. Ambient 1: Music for Airports – Brian Eno (1978)

189. Liars – Todd Rundgren (2004)*

190. Electric Ladyland – Jimi Hendrix Experience (1968)

191. Blonde on Blonde – Bob Dylan (1966)

192. Tattoo You – The Rolling Stones (1981)*

193. My Generation – The Who (1965)*

194. Going For The One – Yes (1977)*

195. The Tortured Poets Society: The Anthology – Taylor Swift (2024)*

196. Bloodletting – Concrete Blonde (1990)*

197. Fear of Music – Talking Heads (1979)*

198. English Settlement – XTC (1982)*

199. Brain Salad Surgery – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1973)

200. Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols – Sex Pistols (1977)

[pocketfulofelviss]

Elvis: one man, a thousand voices. 🎙

Have you ever paid attention to how much Elvis’ voice changes over the years? 🤓

“Elvis’s voice changed almost on a yearly basis, and I’m not sure anyone has ever come up with the real reason why this was. If we listen to Sinatra, we can say, ‘that’s the 50s,’ or ‘that’s the 70s.’ With Elvis, we can say, ‘that’s 1961’ or ‘that’s 1976’.

Elvis’s voice of 1953 doesn’t sound much like the voice of 1956 (compare the ballad singing, for example). 1960 doesn’t sound much like 1956. And those sweet vocals of the early 1960s really take hold in late 1960s (“His Hand in Mine”, “Wild in the Country” sessions). Those sweet vocals start to disappear in 1963.

By 1965, we have a weird thick, almost unhealthy sounding vocal. That’s gone by 1966, where we get a fuller, darker, deeper sound. The TV show from 1968 through the live recordings of 1960 bring us the edgier, raw sound. That starts to disappear as early as February 1970, and the ‘70s’ voice starts to appear as the year carries on.

1971 brings a weaker sound with more vibrato, but that’s gone by the November 1971 tour. 1972 has Elvis in fuller voice, with powerful vocals - much better than the year before. ‘Aloha’ returns us to the weaker voice heard in 1972, but by the end of 1973 he’s in better voice again - but still not sounding the same as 1972.

1974 sees him with more power again, as does most of 1975. 1976 is so full of ups and downs that you can almost pinpoint the tour, let alone the year. October 1976 finds him in much better voice than February or June, for example. […]

His voice matures and changes when in the army, and again between 1965 and 1966 - both times when we know he was making much music at home and recording himself on his own equipment there. He was trying out new material, new styles, and even trying to expand his range.” (Steve Hoffman)

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#elvispresley #presley #theking #graceland #elvis #smile #love #idol #music #iconic #vintage #style #classy #vintagefashion #kingofmusic #rockandroll #sideburns #blessedsoul #rip #elvisthepelvis #memphis #tupelo #soldier #elvislegacy #epe #istandwithelvis

[scotianostra]

Happy birthday Scottish musician David Paton

Paton was s member of Pilot, the band that had a smash hit in the 1970s with the song Magic in 1975, 47 years later the song is still being used in adverts surely making a lot of money for Paton.

Born 29th October 1949 in Edinburgh, he grew up in the south-eastern suburb of Gilmerton where he attended Inch Primary then Liberton High School where is art teacher was Roy Williamson of the Corries.

His first band was called The Beachcombers and they signed a recording contract in 1968 with CBS Records. The band were hugely popular in Scotland in the 60s, introduced the young Paton to the city’s live music circuit, venues like the Palais de Danse, Top Storey, The International on Princess Street, The Gonk Club and The Gamp

They changed their name for The Boots and released a couple of singles with little success, the band split because of money problems in 1970. He then replaced a guitarist in the Bay City Rollers, for a short period of time but never recorded with them, he is not related to the disgraced manager of the Rollers. After leaving them in October 1970, he became a member of another band called Fresh, which changed their name for Chrystian and published a single, “Nursery Lane”, in 1971.While still playing with the band, he took a job as a musician in Tiffanys, an Edinburgh nightclub where he met Ian Bairnson and they formed Pilot.

The band compromised, Paton with Ian Bairnson, Billy Lyall, and Stuart Tosh, Pilot literally made magic with their commercial single of the same title. “Magic,” (written by Paton and Lyall, produced by Alan Parsons) this skyrocketed the Scottish group to international star status. The band struck gold again with Paton’s “January.” More albums and singles followed. By 1977, only Paton and Bairnson were left from the original foursome, and they recorded Pilot’s final album (the aptly titled Two’s a Crowd) with session musicians, eventually Paton and Bairnson went there separate ways and Pilot folded.

After Pilot, Paton steadily built an impressive body of work, collaborating with The Alan Parsons Project, The Pretenders, Paul McCartney and Kate Bush, among others. In the last decade, Paton has toured the world in his own right and released his own music, including one album containing the first recording of January.

David Paton is still making music, his last album , The Traveler was released in 2019, followed up with the album called 2020 a year later, he also mentors and helps out his daughter Sadie in her musical projects.

In July 2021, Pilot (Paton and Bairnson) released The Magic EP, featuring 4 completely re-recorded older songs: Magic, January, Just A Smile and Over The Moon. The latter was completely rearranged for this purpose. On 21 March 2022, the long-announced follow-up album The Magic Collection was released, on which the EP tracks are also included. IainBairnson died on 7th April 2023, following a long time with dementia. He was 69.

Paton's autobiography Magic: The David Paton Story was released on 30th June 2023. Billed as From Live Aid to Pilot, a life in music recalled in new biography.

The video is a "live version of Magic recirded 4 years ago.

[hooked-on-elvis]

I am currently listening to "ELVIS: THE HOME RECORDINGS" (a collection of Elvis Presley's home recordings from the 1950s and 1960s) and I find incredible hearing him singing songs in that unprompted way, just having fun with friends and family, and then listen to the professional version he recorded years later.

Those are some of Elvis' personal favorites songs, folks. 🩷🥹 Here's some of them:

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"HANDS OFF" (or "KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF OF IT") Home recording: Fall 1960, at Monovale Drive, Hollywood (one of Elvis' homes). Studio recording: Elvis recorded this song again during a jam session at Nashville RCA's studio B in June 5th, 1970. The song was recorded in a version in conjunction with "Got My Mojo Working". The track was first release on the LP "Love Letters From Elvis" (1971).

2. "INDESCRIBABLY BLUE" Home recording: February 1966 at Rocca Place, Hollywood (another of Elvis' homes). Studio recording: Elvis recorded this song professionally, not long after, in June 10, 1966. It was first released by RCA Records as a single on January 10, 1967, backed with "Fools Fall in Love". It was releases in a LP as part of the "Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4" (January, 1968).

3. "AFTER LOVING YOU" Home recording: Recorded around 1966. Can you listen to Elvis' voice here being pretty much the same in the 1969 version? His voice by 1966 was already so improved. It's weird how they kept Elvis from singing what he really wanted to sing in order to keep the soundtrack albums going on. I'm not complaining, per say, because I don't actually hate the soundtrack songs of his movies, but we know Elvis himself was pretty beaten having to record what he called "silly songs" over the ones he truly loved, like this one (as we can see by the way he sings the song wholeheartedly).

Studio recording: During the American Sound Studio's legendary recording session under Chips Moman production, Elvis recorded this song professionally in 18th Feb, 1969, in Memphis, Tennessee.

My personal favorite. ♥ My absolute favorite Elvis album is "From Elvis In Memphis", no doubt. Hearing the home recording version of "After Loving You" is just priceless to me.

4. "WHAT NOW MY LOVE"

Home recording: Recorded sometime around 1966 too. Again, Elvis literally was kept from singing many great songs for a long time because of his Hollywood movie contracts, not to speak about the RCA deals causing the songwriters disputes over rights and proper payment. Long story short, the songwriters did not want to give up 25% of the rights to the compositions to Hill and Range Publishings and the other Presley publishing companies that published his recording materials. So Elvis ended up with some (crappy) less powerful songs to record for many, many years. Some of the songs he truly wanted to record thanks Heaven were brought to day light. Elvis had a great taste in music. (I just wonder how many more amazing songs recorded by his powerful voice we would have today if it wasn't for the tricky record deals he was under.)

Live version:  On January 14, 1973, Elvis Presley performed the song before a live audience of 1 billion people, as part of his satellite show, "Aloha from Hawaii", which was beamed to 43 countries via INTELSAT. Elvis' live rendition of the song is just breathtaking. You listen and see him performing it live and you just stop breathing. The song was first released on the live album "Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite" (February, 1973).

[get-back-homeward]

Imagine this

How Do You Sleep that

Have you considered the most interesting song on the Imagine album may be How?

George was right. The song deserves attention.

Tumblr search is zero help on this song because it only picks up How Do You Sleep. But has anyone ever written about it?

Given John’s “How? + Why?” response to Paul’s 12-page letter about dissolving the partnership, I think it’s worth looking at. That exchange is sometime in summer 1970.

Song Origins

The earliest version of How? is a home demo dated as late 1970. This demo only has the “we” part of the song:

How can we go forward When we don’t know which way we're facing? How can we go forward When we don’t know which way to turn? How can we be certain About something we’re not sure of? Oh, no, oh, no

In the final version, this part is the end of the song (the bolded words change slightly). This ending is a shift from the personal “I” used in the rest of the song. So he started with “we” in 1970 and then evolved it into more self-directed reflection over time.

The demo is very rough, he's still searching for the notes. But something about it made me think of Look At Me, which has a similar plaintive tone and features several existential questions to the listener (Who am I supposed to be? and Who are we?). Look at Me originates from India and has an earlier 1968 demo that captures a glimpse of John’s state of mind during this crucial time. The How? demo would be recorded around the same time John is revisiting Look At Me to record formally for the Plastic Ono Band album.

The added self-reflection verses continue the same format of existential questions, moving from feelings to love. It's a blatantly honest look at depression in the wake of a loss, which I think George would have noticed and in some sense seen himself in. It's unclear when these verses are added (John just says “last year” in 1971 for all the verses), but they are probably influenced by John's experience of undergoing Janov's primal scream therapy (April-September 1970?). Possibly the questions left unanswered at the end of those 6 months.

How can I have feeling when I don't know if it's a feeling?

How can I give love when I don't know what it is I'm giving?

All three verses include the idea of uncertainty (I don’t know), which could be its own essay on existentialism vs epistemology in the face of a destabilizing event. But for now, let’s focus on the emotional aspect. Here, two places ascribe blame to drive his uncertainty: his feelings have always been denied and love is something he never had. This seems to go a bit far, but remember depression is a liar and part of Janov's therapy was probably that John’s closest relationships had all been a lie.

John adds the middle eight during Imagine sessions. It balances the bleakness of depression with the will to live:

You know life can be long

And you got to be so strong

And the world is so tough

Sometimes I feel I've had enough

This middle eight repeats twice, and each time, the end fuses to the first word of the questioning verses, without the typical space of a few beats in between. This lack of space suggests a relationship, as if the questions are part of the fight to keep him going past the bleakness of feeling like giving up.

Its first recording is May 26, 1971, nine days after Ram is released. Take 31 and Take 40 (Raw Studio Mix) were released on the Ultimate release of the album but aren't too different from the final lyrics/melody wise.

Supposedly, another version of How? includes a question about home: “how can I go home when home is something I have never had” and it’s not clear which lines replace it. Perhaps “how can I give love when I don’t know what it is I’m giving?” Questions of home would be a result of Janov’s primal scream digging into his childhood and bringing forth old wounds. But in the absence of a physical home, it’s the people around you who become your home. This home line makes me think of that Get Back sessions moment, when John shares with Paul his excitement about getting Apple Studio functional and feeling like home. It's a picture of feelings being denied in action as Paul responds by changing the subject. For whatever reason, this home line gets cut by Take 31.

The placement of How? in the album tracklist is curious too, directly after the angry Paul-directed How Do You Sleep. Its title holds the same question but none of the anger. It’s like an echo of How Do You Sleep, informing the source of its anger and revealing what it masks: fear and indecision about the future.

Song Context

It’s interesting to place this song next to Ram, where the overwhelming theme is the exact opposite: grab life by the horns and move forward to find your own way. Ram sessions started in NYC in October 1970, around the same time as the How? demo. Each song, from Too Many People to Back Seat, reveals Paul’s mental exercise of extricating himself from his former life and moving on with his family in Scotland. Personally and professionally, Paul is building a new home away from John.

The final version of How? is produced more in the vein of The Long and Winding Road, the song at the nexus of the breakup. Its beginning is marked by the same distinct stop-start syncopated beat and the instrumentation builds across the song to make a bleak song more palatable. If Paul didn’t turn off the record the moment he heard John’s diss track, he would have almost certainly picked up How?’s link to TL&WR. That song being his own plaintive moment of fearing the future, considering life without the band that was his world. And the last straw when Spector remixed it without his approval.

In his April 1971 LIFE interview that precedes the Ram release, Paul shares a recent exchange between him and John. John recalls the infamous “bubble bursting” question, and Paul corrects him in the past tense: the bubble has already burst. This is one of several exchanges where Paul’s saying catch up, it’s done, let me go and John’s saying what does that even mean?!

Hearing Paul’s declaration of independence on Ram made John angry. He calls How Do You Sleep “an outburst” in response to Ram and not reflective of how he thinks of Paul all the time. But Ram also gave him a direction forward that McCartney did not. If John thought the album had messages to taunt him, he almost certainly heard the taunt in Monkberry Moon Delight:

Catch up! Cats and kittens Don’t get left behind

I don’t know about you, but hearing that taunt from my ex-partner/BFF/lover/whatever would certainly make me angry, hot enough to ignite my competitive streak and get to work.

It reminds me of the moment Fred Seaman recalls in 1980, when John hears Paul's Coming Up:

John told me that Paul was the only musician who could scare him into writing great songs, and vice versa.

Imagine is hardly my favorite John solo album. I'm not about to dismiss the terrible things John said about Paul or Ram or forget how the bad press buried the album for years. But I think in focusing on the anger, we can miss the simple fact that Ram inspiring John to write anything was actually the biggest compliment he could give. Sometimes, anger is the only fuel available to drive you forward, where anything is preferable to nothing. It’s not ideal or fair, and it’s up to you to pick up the mess of your storm later, but it’s something. Like a basic survival instinct kicking in in the midst of drowning. Any fight that pushing you back to the surface is preferable over laying down and dying.

In that way, I think John was being honest when he later admitted that How Do You Sleep was about himself. Not in the exact lines specific to Paul but in the action, to write (or accept), record, and release them. How? as an echo to this anger shows the before and after, how John used Paul as a punching bag in response. That action was all about John himself.

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Last weeks poll ended with 16 votes, the winner (it was to be expected) was ZZ Top's 1983 "Eliminator" with 31,3%. It was a struggle for me aswell, but i ended up choosing "Afterburner" because it's the one that i keep going back to. It's must have something to do with that unique 80's sound...

The video for "Paranoid" was filmed in Belgium (1970), it was the first song i ever heard by Ozzy and Black Sabbath... i was hooked instantly! It's still my favorite Sabbath album to date, i mean... how can it not be with classics like "War Pigs", Paranoid", "Planet Caravan", "Iron Man" and "Fairies Wear Boots"?

Considered by many to be the first heavy metal band, Black Sabbath was formed in 1968 by Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward in Birmingham, UK. The band's original name was the Polka Tulk Blues Band (later shortened to Polka Tulk) and later on changed to Earth before becoming Black Sabbath inspired by an Italian horror movie of the same name. The original line-up lasted until 1979, after which Osbourne was fired and replaced by Ronnie James Dio. The line-up changes would continue, with no line-up remaining intact for consecutive studio releases. Throughout the changes, only Tony Iommi and keyboardist Geoff Nicholls, who also joined the band in 1979, would remain with Black Sabbath, although Nicholls would not always be credited as a full member. In 1997, Iommi, Butler, Ward, and Osbourne reunited, touring and releasing a live album in 1998, although a long-rumored studio release did not appear (the group attempted to record a new album in 2001 with producer Rick Rubin but the sessions were scrapped). After that, the group periodically reunited to tour with Ozzy's "Ozzfest" tour. In 2004, longtime keyboardist Geoff Nicholls was replaced by Adam Wakeman for an Ozzfest tour. No reason was given for the replacement. In 2006, the original line-up was inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall Of Fame.

In 2007, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Ronnie James Dio, and drummer Vinny Appice (who were featured on 1981's "Mob Rules" and 1992's "Dehumanizer") announced that they would tour together as Heaven & Hell (with Iommi, who owns the Black Sabbath name, deciding to keep the Black Sabbath name solely for the original line-up in light of their Rock 'n' Roll HOF induction) to support a Dio-era greatest hits release, which also featured 3 new Dio/Iommi compositions. A brand new live album was released under the Heaven & Hell name that same year, followed by a studio album in 2009.

In 2009, Osbourne sued Iommi over control of the Black Sabbath name. The lawsuit was settled the following year. In late 2011, it was announced that the original line-up would be recording and touring. Shortly, afterward, Bill Ward dropped out, stating he had been given a contract that was "unsignable". The three remaining members opted to continue without him. In 2013, the band released "13", their first studio album with Osbourne in 34 years. The band played their final live show in Birmingham, UK, on February 4, 2017. Although the band has announced that full-scale touring is done, Tony Iommi has stated that the door is still open for future music and possible live appearances.

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IMAGINING OCEAN CHILD: OVERDUE HOMAGE TO AN ICONIC EXILED VISIONARY – tribute by David D. Fowler / playlists by Aeon 999 – updated & expanded Feb 26, 2023

This post is MFF's tribute to YOKO ONO's music, multimedia works, filmmaking, performance art – and of course, her relentless peace activism. We present links to the best available editions of most of her discography, and lots of items documenting her extraordinary life. Her many collaborations with JOHN LENNON are highlighted, as well as those with musicians such as LADY GAGA, SONIC YOUTH, FRANK ZAPPA, IGGY POP, FLAMING LIPS, SEAN LENNON, and various remix artists.

We also invite you visit our previous tribute to Yoko and John, – which has been totally overhauled and expanded, in honor of Yoko's 90th birthday. In 1970, the Ono Lennons separately issued their first solo albums. What if they had instead merged all that material into one release, alternating their songs in a similar way to their 1980 swan song, DOUBLE FANTASY? We offer our version of the resulting double album – along with lots of other entertaining items.

To go to that post, click the first link at the bottom of the page. You'll also have access to our other posts about John Lennon and the Beatles. Finally: all blessings of birth upon Ocean Child. We are happy to honor this extraordinary woman's life – as she marks nine decades of gracing this beleauguered earthly sphere with her immense talent, fearless integrity, and inspiring strength.

HISTORY OF A LEGEND Yoko Ono: The Most Famous Unknown Artist https://www.thecollector.com/yoko-ono/ Yoko Ono's Life in Photos https://people.com/music/yoko-ono-life-in-photos/ Yoko Ono Lennon: Then & Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdG9aObHIvU Yoko Ono: The Untold Truth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3LVGDEls3g The Case For Yoko Ono https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoU0E_ab36Q The Real Yoko Ono https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f5SbaMMI7U&list=PL66C0D87412005F39 John & Yoko On Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmvmnYEy9NY Top 20 Yoko Ono Quotes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma-wAZ9LYss Yoko Ono's Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoko_Ono Yoko Ono Exhibit At MoMA https://www.moma.org/artists/4410 Fluxus: Happening Artists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UQFU-Nswro A Leading Woman In Fluxus Art https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTjMU7fW3H8 Fluxus Archive http://georgemaciunas.com/exhibitions/fluxus-foundation-archive-yoko-ono/ Fluxus Plays Ono's 'Lighting Piece' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxhrVKPtgu4 Concept Art On Show In London 1966 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ahjdOaJ4JE ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Music Of The Mind 1967 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxNJbRtqTPs When John Met Yoko 1968 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT3nTx1exHE Amsterdam Honeymoon 1969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1p1IC_rXIA Bed Peace 1969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGHklZPuUjs War Is Over 1969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhgq_XRKynY Sweet Toronto 1969 https://www.johnlennon.com/music/albums/live-peace-in-toronto/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb_PRqyqn_A Yoko Ono & Her Sixteen-Track Voice 1971 https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/yoko-ono-and-her-sixteen-track-voice-237782/ When John & Yoko Met Frank 1971 https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/john-lennon-yoko-ono-frank-zappa-jam-session-1971/ Dick Cavett Show 1971 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMKIitr-5gA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxoxMuca-2s Mike Douglas Show 1972 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag02O1HIAwU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMOgIGWfDZ4 SNL: Mr & Mrs Lennon At Home 1980 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYRa8oXksoA John Lennon's Final Interviews 1980 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qofTunet3g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VegLeptUQ4M ----------------------------------------------------------------------- John Lennon Murder News Reports 1980 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3pMYI4Q2uM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L21zEKnw5G0 Lennon's Last Day & Death in NY City 1980 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ68xik2pMo Shocking Facts About Lennon's Death 1980 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sArxAjlBvRw Yoko: An Intimate Conversation 1981 https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/yoko-ono-cover-story-john-lennon-death-1234681088/ Walking On Thin Ice 1981 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft7-xEiwvJw 20/20: Yoko Pays Tribute To John 1981 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2olNCHH1-XE John & Yoko: A Love Story 1985 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q92u8seVWs Ubi Fluxus 1990 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M9-pwgHB3E Inside Edition 1998 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBWx9KKmeho A Night For John Lennon's Words & Music 2001 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGVASx7Rz9g Yoko's Charm Offensive 2003 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uym1cYvLV8g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZbwM0XBG0M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn3Bs6P-G0o ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The US Vs John Lennon 2006 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI6vnXAdDZM Imagine Peace Tower 2007 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLTp11aWn-o Yes I'm A Witch 2008 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI7bSY6LwJc Yoko In Liverpool 2010 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfi4sxYfFfw Yoko Ono: Inspired By Iceland 2010 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABoAMKOPfBc MBL Interview 2011 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bghYe3edOEQ Yoko's Favorite Things In Reykjavík 2011 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMWjaT8s2Tw My Hometown 2011 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isPVjHxxW5s Yoko Ono Speaking Freely 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5CQ5cgxKTE Imagine Peace 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCSBUXUXNg8 Lennonono Grant For Peace 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAqQ_9wKYHk Meltdown 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFqU1R48nUc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6-_fv_t4eQ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Kulturjournal 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKO3paQHKZc Jonathan Ross Show 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXgVugii5LA Ono Hits Back Against Ageists: 'Don't Stop Me!' 2015 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/yoko_ono_hits_back_against_ageist_critics_dont_stop_me.html Yoko Ono Gets Long Overdue Recognition 2015 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/yoko-ono-w-magazine_n_7077946 Reconsidering Avant-Rock Icon Yoko Ono 2016 https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/reconsidering-yoko-ono-three-reissues-honor-legacy-of-avant-rock-icon-111164/ TimesTalks Interview 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WIosw1gv50 Ono’s Music Goes Back To The Future – Again 2016 https://hyperallergic.com/280337/with-a-new-remixes-album-yoko-onos-music-goes-back-to-the-future-again/ Just A Story 2016 https://madelinex.com/2016/12/08/yoko-songs-walking-on-thin-ice/ Walking On Thin Ice 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkGBz24KqtA Ono Added To 'Imagine' Writing Credits 2017 https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40286790 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/the_story_behind_imagine_by_john_lennon-83853 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Six Vocalists On The Power Of Yoko Ono 2017 https://daily.bandcamp.com/scene-report/six-vocalists-on-the-power-and-influence-of-yoko-ono Re–Listen Without Prejudice To Yoko’s Debut 2018 https://www.popmatters.com/yoko-ono-plastic-ono-band-2530856589.html Life Lessons From Yoko Ono’s Twitter Feed 2018 https://www.dazeddigital.com/art-photography/article/39851/1/life-lessons-from-yoko-onos-twitter-feed Imagine Peace Tower 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msqonZoUDiw Yoko Ono’s Art of Defiance 2022 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/06/20/yoko-onos-art-of-defiance Imagine Global Peace 2022 https://www.imaginepeace.com/ https://www.cnn.com/style/article/yoko-ono-imagine-peace-broadcast/index.html Chasing Ghosts 2023 https://donaldbrackett.substack.com/p/chasing-ghosts Yoko At 90: Still Misunderstood After All These Years https://www.nextavenue.org/yoko-ono-at-90-still-misunderstood-after-all-these-years/ Sean Creates Virtual ‘Wish Tree’ For Yoko’s Birthday 2023 https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/feb/17/sean-ono-lennon-creates-virtual-wish-tree-for-yoko-ono-90th-birthday Scribble Portrait Of Two Virgins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXBHWKRSJEA Don't Let Me Down: John & Yoko Tribute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGDSAVr13Uw

THE ARTS OF AN ICON Yoko Ono's Performance Art https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGCKom0bKIk John & Yoko’s Best & Strangest Collaborations https://musicfeeds.com.au/features/john-lennon-yoko-onos-best-strangest-collaborations/ Yoko Ono’s 5 Most Iconic Works https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-yoko-onos-5-iconic-works John Cage & Yoko Ono: Osaka 1962 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC_bg0_Tp4g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOuZnKVoMzw Cut Piece 1964 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbQBD06N0Hs Satan's Bed 1965 https://archive.org/details/satans.-bed.-1965.-dvdrip Bottoms 1966-67 https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1280941726041621 https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/yoko-ono-bottoms-short-film/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/yokoonoofficial/3304679559/ https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/events/2017/screening-yoko-onos-bottoms/ https://madelinex.blogspot.com/2016/07/getting-to-bottom-of-yoko-onos-film-no.html https://www.moma.org/calendar/galleries/5511 https://www.gardinermuseum.on.ca/blog-exploring-yoko-onos-film-no-4/ https://www.moma.org/audio/playlist/15/380 https://vimeo.com/48883603 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- AOS 1968 https://www.beatlesbible.com/1968/02/29/live-yoko-ono-and-ornette-coleman-royal-albert-hall-london/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0d9VDIfNuY Two Virgins 1968 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUdG5EfHrPU https://www.johnlennon.com/music/albums/unfinished-music-no-1-two-virgins/ https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/john-lennon-yoko-ono-two-virgins-album-cover-naked-controversy-censorship-a8649476.html https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/john-lennon-two-virgins-cover-court-case-1319452/ David Frost Hammers In A Nail 1968 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGyKlaGwya8 John & Yoko Have A Loud Conversation 1968 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZLTQ0Iwz3A Revolution: Take 18 1968 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3glcY2LQIk What's The New Mary Jane 1968 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI2LDXfHPL4 Revolution #9 1968 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF7SgFtSbaI Life With The Lions 1969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgIvWeOTnGk ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Wedding Album 1969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GA0bSyllxo Plastic Ono Band 1970 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D0nMzHjMR8&list=PL6ogdCG3tAWis8381V3_hT6zlRmOVKJ_u https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK36mKhnvyQ Fly 1971 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpqu8kzp56I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlGnwOab_aE Plastic Onos Of Invention 1971 https://vimeo.com/799935514 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl5nL_tKXLA Some Time In New York City 1972 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5RuCEhHcG4&list=PL2L2BDLggO-C-nBI9u5CzGcvgVmEb6P3- Plastic Ono Elephant's Memory 1972 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe24sT7_NOQ Approximately Infinite Universe 1973 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZclA4vKtt4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-l8peTtSxY&list=OLAK5uy_n-lSeTHdHd7gyEmlAFe6WHeKftwUgkHGA ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Feeling The Space 1973 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IXHUeQQZ0Q One Step Festival, Japan 1974 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOFogstDqb0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPz0v2dvqYE Shaved Fish 1975 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob2sGJk97DQ Double Fantasy 1980 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWG9KAgD6UA&list=PLI6kLIhBBwmS-yWgD9TJFSAbb1wwiqIEb This Is Not Here: Rarities 1969-80 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfwc1DgiFdc Season Of Glass 1981 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDTp2XjoJHA It's Alright (I See Rainbows) 1982 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnjkdw-aREQ Heart Play: Unfinished Dialogue 1983 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOPGiI7YX5E Milk & Honey 1984 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJgn68PA8X0&list=PLI6kLIhBBwmQjI_-Ggya-kUuCFRIZVhTl Every Man Has A Woman 1984 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-yqvCeW01o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3ZtAJE-kFg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=befr6EIGVGk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhRhsDOOOLc ----------------------------------------------------------------------- StarPeace 1985 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnbwTPafGBo New York Rock 1994 https://genius.com/albums/Yoko-ono/New-york-rock Rising 1995 https://open.spotify.com/album/3Eul0rbOz62sBPAOtFhlqr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqiSVpYc4p0 A Story 1997 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYTLSCxfgqI Blueprint For A Sunrise 2001 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCSoPJ_FGyc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfDHmIPg9CM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQiz5MulA2o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g45PgwycVuU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znH_xUc8EPM Yes, I'm A Witch 2007 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kmcOFpQ-YD9vcEYuLJeBzyq_6pJEQKoTg Open Your Box 2007 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kPWBoUgHfNgR3IKnh8cjqS4KHcEPHmTmY Between My Head & The Sky  2009 https://open.spotify.com/album/4BpAwcuCB5GAykJqbHjWjx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Voice Piece For Soprano & Wish Tree 2010 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GMHl7bmlzw Plastic Ono Flaming Lips 2011 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi55FjvnVi8 The Road Of Hope 2011 https://www.imaginepeace.com/archives/13631 https://beatleshelp.net/collabo/yokoroad.html YokoKimThurston 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u-KTl8ke9Q&list=PL68pqhiMhQL7wCPYKEZDqb91fTGez6zi6 Take Me To The Land Of Hell 2013 https://open.spotify.com/album/5tVy5MAp2SYdxFbWZeLSX9 Cut Pieces 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8GzrtesFsQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMAIrFWk1fs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODG1Ha3YY0Q https://iconfetch.com/reviews/various-artists-cut-pieces-a-tribute-to-yoko-ono-review Yes, I'm a Witch Too 2016 https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/feb/18/yoko-ono-yes-im-a-witch-too-review https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/yes-im-a-witch-too-190238/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Warzone 2018 https://open.spotify.com/album/5EvPFlJpDNTJ6qFMiEJnwH SuONO 2019 https://open.spotify.com/album/2cbA9uLwDzvPeeG1QdJZ1R Yoko Ono Goes Metal! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wP3dOUl3Xg Ocean Child: Songs of Yoko Ono 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p25T01GWns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fgaQAKgOFQ&list=PLS4jAfE9d3aIGR1SPLm0GEOQay6UGuoA9 https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/feb/18/various-artists-ocean-child-songs-of-yoko-ono-review-canvasback-music-atlantic-records https://ultimateclassicrock.com/ocean-child-songs-of-yoko-ono-album-review/ https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/various-artists-ocean-child-songs-of-yoko-ono/ https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Ocean-Child-Songs-of-Yoko-Ono-Tribute-Compilation-Released-Today-20220218 Don't Worry Yoko https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6WU0rp4S2gsgjagf2hMjwB Passport Office: Yoko Ono Tribute 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5mE_oj7B7A Yoko's Smiles Film Project https://smilesfilm.com/ OceanChild Calls Me https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5iHenyL2W0nf58ze2jT8uL

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PLASTIC LENNONO BAND’S DOUBLE FANTASY REDUX https://musemash.tumblr.com/post/637199656638693376/plastic-ono-bands-double-fantasy-playlists OBSCURE BRIT POP BAND CONQUERS AMERICA https://musemash.tumblr.com/post/190742973420/on-this-day-in-1964-some-obscure-brit-pop-band IMAGINE THERE’S NO LENNON https://musemash.tumblr.com/post/189549754295/imagine-theres-no-lennon

Image credit: #9 by Bill Cannon

[f1]

Need to know ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix

Need to know ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix By Balazs Szabo on 04 Jun 2023, 08:00 Following a nail-biting qualifying session that saw the rise of Max Verstappen and the fall of the likes of Charles Leclerc, George Russell and Sergio Perez, the field is getting ready to compete at today's Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. F1technical.net's Balázs Szabó reveals what to know ahead of Round 7 of the 2023 F1 season. Long history – The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is one of the longest serving venues on the Formula 1 calendar, having held the Spanish Grand Prix every year without interruption since it was opened in 1991. Today’s Spanish Grand Prix will mark the 53rd time that a Formula One race takes place in Spain. The event first appeared on the calendar in 1951, and has been held at five venues. The 1951 and 1954 races took place at Barcelona on the Pedralbes street circuit before the race moved to Madrid where the Circuito del Jarama hosted the race between 1968 and 1981. The third venue was Barcelona’s Montjuic Park, playing host to the event in 1969, 1971, 1973 and 1975. The Spanish Grand Prix had a short stint at Jerez between 1986 and 1990 before moving to the Circuit de Catalunya in the following year. Stewards – Garry Connelly, Felix Holter, Derek Warwick, and David Domingo will form the group of FIA stewards at today’s Spanish Grand Prix. The most successful team – Scuderia Ferrari is the most successful constructor at the Spanish Grand Prix with 12 victories. However, the Italian team recorded its most recent triumph long ago, back in 2013 when Fernando Alonso took a popular home win. McLaren is the second most successful outfit with eight victories with Mercedes being the third most successful thanks to their seven triumphs in the history of the Spanish Grand Prix. Average length – The Circuit de Bacelona-Catalunya features a layout that has a length of 4657m. The start line-finish line offset is 126m. Drivers will need to rack up a total of 66 laps at today’s Spanish Grand Prix, which is equivalent to 307.237km. Pit lane – Drivers will need to adhere to a speed limit of 80 km/h in the pit lane. Schumacher and Hamilton – The German and the Briton are the most successful drivers at the Spanish Grand Prix with six victories each. Schumacher first won in 1995 with Benetton, followed by five victories for Ferrari (1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004). Hamilton won here in 2014 for the first time, and was unstoppable in the years between 2017 and 2021. Two DRS zones – As in the previous years, two DRS zones will be in use. The first has a detection point 86m before Turn 9 and an activation point 40m after. The second detection point is at the Safety Car line, with activation 57m after Turn 16. Modifications �� The track has been updated since the field last visited the venue last May. The most significant change is that the track reverts to the previous layout that results in the removal of the final chicane. Instead, cars will take the faster route, rushing through the extremely fast second-to-last corner. Two-stop strategy - For today’s 66-lap Barcelona round, Pirelli expects a two-stopper. This is down to the relatively high levels of tyre wear and degradation seen at the Barcelona circuit, with its abrasive asphalt and high-energy corners. Another reason is the fact that not so much time is lost in the pits, which makes a two-stopper much more viable, as well as the fact that the hard tyre is slower here. via F1Technical.net . Motorsport news https://www.f1technical.net/news/

[just-your-average-tangerine]

Song of the day: September 27 2024

The Chain by Fleetwood Mac

About Fleetwood Mac:

Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band formed in London in 1967 by guitarist and singer Peter Green. Green recruited drummer Mick Fleetwood, guitarist and singer Jeremy Spencer and bassist Bob Brunning, with John McVie replacing Brunning a few weeks after the band's first public appearance at the 1967 National Jazz & Blues Festival in Windsor. The band became a five-piece in 1968 with the addition of guitarist and singer Danny Kirwan.

Primarily a British blues band in their early years, Fleetwood Mac achieved a UK number-one single in 1968 with the instrumental "Albatross", and had other UK top ten hits with "Man of the World", "Oh Well" (both 1969), and "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" (1970). Green left the band in May 1970, with McVie's wife Christine McVie (who had previously contributed to the band as a session musician) joining as an official member on vocals and keyboards two months later. Spencer and Kirwan also left in 1971 and 1972 respectively, with Bob Welch replacing Spencer, and Bob Weston and Dave Walker replacing Kirwan. By the end of 1974, Weston and Walker had been dismissed and Welch had left, leaving the band without a guitarist or male vocalist. While Fleetwood was scouting studios in Los Angeles, he heard the American folk-rock duo Buckingham Nicks, consisting of guitarist and singer Lindsey Buckingham and singer Stevie Nicks. In December 1974, he asked Buckingham to join Fleetwood Mac. Buckingham agreed on the condition that Nicks could also join.

(Via Wikipedia)

About The Chain:

“The Chain” is a Fleetwood Mac anthem and one of their best-known songs.

“The Chain” is the bond that keeps the relationship going and never-ending. It can also be seen as the chain that keeps the band together; linking the members together in ways that don’t allow them to truly part ways. Written in a time when the band members were not on talking terms due to breakups and rifts in the relationships they had, the lyrics are often said to have been attacks at each other, but the band also suggests that there is some underlying love that doesn’t let them completely part ways.

In 2017, 40 years after the song’s release, it was used in blockbusters Marvel Studio’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” and Margot Robbie’s “I, Tonya” as part of the movies' soundtracks.

(Via genius.com)

[jpbjazz]

LÉGENDES DU JAZZ

SONNY FORTUNE, LE DERNIER DES GUERRIERS

"Well, Sonny left it all on the bandstand, right up until the end."

- Reggie Marshall

Né le 19 mai 1939 à Philadelphie, en Pennsylvanie, Sonny Cornelius Fortune était le fils de Cornelius et Margaret Fortune. Le père de Fortune était chauffeur de camion. Malgré ses origines modestes, Fortune avait grandi dans un environnement où la musique était à l’honneur.

Fortune avait débuté dans la musique comme chanteur à l’adolescence. Fortune, qui adorait le rhythm & blues, avait modelé son style sur celui de ses groupes favoris des années 1950, les Spaniels, les Drifters et les Clovers.

Fortune était passé au saxophone à la fin de l’adolescence. Fortune avait étudié à la Granoff School of Music, où il avait eu comme camarades de classe de futurs grands noms du jazz comme John Coltrane et Dizzy Gillespie. Durant ses études, Fortune avait aussi décroché quelques contrats avec des groupes de rhythm & blues locaux.

Fortune avait été soumis très tôt aux responsabilités de la vie adulte. Marié dès l’âge de seize ans, il était déjà père de deux enfants deux ans plus tard. Fortune avait dix-huit ans lorsqu’il avait commencé à s’intéresser au jazz. La même année, son père avait fait le premier paiement sur son premier saxophone alto. Au début, Fortune s’attendait à maîtriser son instrument en seulement six mois. Lorsqu’il s’était aperçu que ce ne serait pas aussi facile qu’il le croyait, il avait rangé son saxophone dans un sac et ne l’avait pas ressorti avant un an. C’est à ce moment-là qu’il avait découvert John Coltrane. Il expliquait: “I became very disciplined. It was listening to John Coltrane’s ‘My Favorite Things’ that turned me around. His playing was about Black thought.”

Parmi les premières influences de Fortune, on remarquait aussi Charlie Parker et Sonny Rollins.

DÉBUTS DE CARRIÈRE

Fortune avait amorcé sa carrière en 1965 lorsqu’il avait co-dirigé une session de soul-jazz avec l’organiste Stan Hunter.

Après la mort de Coltrane en 1967, Fortune s’était installé à New York et s’était joint au groupe du batteur Elvin Jones. C’est d’ailleurs Coltrane qui avait recommandé Fortune à Jones peu avant sa mort. Fortune se produisait avec le groupe de Jones au Pookie’s Pub de Lower Manhattan lorsqu’il avait appris la mort de son mentor.

Durant cette période, avait aussi joué avec le saxophoniste Frank Foster. Décrivant son arrivée à New York, Fortune avait commenté: "Eventually, in order to find out if you really have what it takes, you have to go to the center, and that's New York...you can only do so much in your hometown."

De 1968 à 1969, Fortune avait accompagné le percussionniste afro-cubain Mongo Santamaría. Après s’être installé à Los Angeles en 1970, il avait brièvement joué avec le big band de Buddy Rich avec qui il avait enregistré un album en concert.

Après avoir passé sept mois en Californie, Fortune avait accompagné le chanteur d’avant-garde Leon Thomas avant de se joindre au groupe du pianiste McCoy Tyner dont il avait fait partie de 1971 à 1975. Le talent d’innovateur de Fortune était particulièrement mis en évidence sur les albums de Tyner ‘’Sahara’’ (1972), ‘’Song for My Lady’’ (1973) et ‘’Song of the New World’’ (1973).

En septembre 1974, Fortune avait été contacté par Miles Davis, qui lui avait proposé de remplacer le saxophoniste Dave Liebman avec son groupe. Même s’il avait déjà décliné une offre similaire pour demeurer avec le groupe de Tyner, Fortune n’avait pu laisser passer l’occasion de faire quelque chose de complètement différent. Fortune avait fait partie du groupe de Davis jusqu’au printemps 1975, alors qu’il avait cédé la place à Sam Morrison. Avec Davis, Fortune avait collaboré aux albums Big Fun (1974), Get Up With It (1974), Agharta et Pangaea (tous deux enregistrés au Japon en 1975). Décrivant sa collaboration avec le groupe de Davis, Fortune avait commenté: “Miles was definitely one of my heroes. It was an unbelievable experience. The music he was playing was somewhat out of my realm, but it was Miles.”

Après avoir quitté le groupe de Davis, Fortune avait joué avec le trompettiste Nat Adderley avant de former son propre groupe la même année.

Fortune avait enregistré un premier album comme leader en 1974 sous le titre de ‘’Long Before Our Mothers Cried.’’ L’album, qui avait été enregistré avec un groupe composé du trompettiste Charles Sullivan et du pianiste  Stanley Cowell, mettait notamment en vedette une section de percussionnistes d’origine africaine et afro-cubaine.

La pièce-titre était une des cinq compositions de Fortune qui figuraient sur l’album. Fortune avait utilisé sensiblement les mêmes musiciens sur ses deux albums suivants intitulés respectivement Awakening (1975) et Waves of Dreams (1976) qui avaient été acclamés par la critique. Fortune avait enchaîné par la suite avec deux albums de jazz-fusion, Serengeti Minstrel (1977) et Infinity Is (1978), qui incorporaient des éléments de funk et de disco. En 1977, Fortune avait également fait une apparition sur l’album live The Atlantic Family Live at Montreux.

DERNIÈRES ANNÉES

Même s’il avait beaucoup moins enregistré dans les années 1980, Fortune avait fait un retour au milieu des années 1990, et avait enregistré plusieurs albums pour Blue Note. Parmi ces albums, on remarquait un hommage à Thelonious Monk intitulé Four in One (1994) qui mettait en vedette Kirk Lightsey au piano. En septembre 1995, Fortune avait enchaîné avec A Better Understanding, un album qui comprenait exclusivement du matériel original et qui avait été enregistré dans le cadre de différentes formations allant du duo au septet.

Ce deuxième album avait été suivi en septembre de 1996 de From Now On, un enregistrement de post-bop composé à la fois des compositions de Fortune et de créations d’autres artistes. L’album avait été enregistré avec une formation composée de John Hicks au piano, de Santi Debriano à la contrebasse et de Jeff "Tain" Watts à la batterie. Parmi les artistes invités qui avaient collaboré à l’album, on remarquait Eddie Henderson à la trompette et Joe Lovano au saxophone ténor.

En 2014, Fortune avait enregistré un album live intitulé Last Night at Sweet Rhythm dans lequel il avait fait ses adieux au célèbre club Sweet Basil de Greenwich Village qui était devenu pour lui une sorte de seconde résidence. L’ancien propriétaire du club, James Browne, avait confirmé: “Sweet Rhythm had an open door policy with Sonny, all he had to do was tell me when he wanted to play and that was his engagement. Sonny was all about the music and a man of great integrity.”

Durant cette période, Fortune avait aussi travaillé régulièrement avec un groupe en hommage à son ancien patron Miles Davis appelé 4 Generations of Miles qui comprenait le guitariste Mike Stern, le contrebassiste Buster Williams et le batteur Jimmy Cobb. Fortune avait également rendu hommage à son mentor John Coltrane dans le cadre de l’album de 2005 ‘’In the Spirit of John Coltrane.’’ Fortune était aussi membre du Coltrane Legacy Band aux côtés de McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones et Reggie Workman, tous d’anciens collaborateurs de Coltrane.

À la fin de sa carrière, Fortune avait également fondé la compagnie de disques Sound Reason. C’est avec cette compagnie que Fortune avait réédité certains de ses albums pour Blue Note, qui n’étaient plus disponibles sur le marché. Il avait aussi enregistré du nouveau matériel, dont “Continuum’’, un CD qui comprenait sept de ses compositions. Commentant la formation de sa compagnies de disques, Fortune avait déclaré: “My record label is my meager attempt to start my own business. We are consumers rather than owners in this society.”

Au cours de cette période, Fortune avait aussi joué en duo avec l’ancien percussionniste de Coltrane, Rashied Ali. Commentant une performance du duo en 2005, le critique du New York Times, Ben Ratliff, écrivait: “The age of superheroics in jazz is mostly behind us; musicians have found many other, more temperate strategies to hold an audience’s attention. But every time Sonny Fortune and Rashied Ali play duets it’s as if they’ve brought their capes and masks.”

Sonny Fortune est mort d’une attaque à New York le 15 octobre 2018. Il était âgé de soixante-dix neuf ans. Au moment de sa mort, Fortune était hospitalisé à l’hôpital du Mont Sinaï de New York après avoir subi différentes attaques le mois précédent. Ont survécu à Fortune son fils Dwayne, deux petits-enfants et une arrière-petit-fils. Fortune avait aussi une fille, Tina, mais celle-ci était morte en 2005. Le seul mariage de Fortune s’était terminé sur un divorce.

Selon son agent Reggie Marshall, Fortune avait livré sa dernière performance comme chef d’orchestre à la mi-juillet au Smoke Jazz and Supper Club de New York. Le groupe de Fortune était composé à l’époque du pianiste Michael Cochrane, du contrebassiste Calvin Hill et du batteur Steve Johns, un collaborateur de longue date qui l’accompagnait depuis 1999. Exprimant sa reconnaissance envers Fortune, Johns avait précisé: “I was so honored he liked what I did and was very proud that he believed in me.’’ Rendant hommage à Fortune, le batteur et professeur Ronnie Barrage, qui avait joué avec lui dans le groupe de McCoy Tyner, avait ajouté: “Sonny was one of my dearest friends and instrumental in my expansion of the music. My working with McCoy Tyner was because of him. Sonny was one of the last real warriors.”

Au cours de sa carrière, Fortune avait collaboré avec de nombreux musiciens de jazz, dont Miles Davis, Nat Adderley, George Cables, Ronnie Matthews, John Hicks, Elvin Jones, Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Brooks, Buddy Rich, George Benson, Rabih Abou Khalil, Roy Ayers, Oliver Nelson, Gary Bartz, Rashied Ali, Frank Foster et Pharoah Sanders. Musicien très éclectque, Fortune excellait tant dans le swing que le hard bop, le jazz-fusion, le hard salsa (aussi appelé salsa dura) et le free jazz. Décrivant sa polyvalence comme musicien, Fortune avait déclaré au cours d’une entrevue qu’il avait accordée au site All About Jazz en 2006: “The thing that I love about it is that the music itself has no boundaries. It expands itself as far as your imagination can go.”

Mais contrairement à d’autres admirateurs de John Coltrane, Fortune n’avait jamais été un simple imitateur et avait toujours un style très personnel. Comme le critique John S. Wilson l’écrivait dans le New York Times en 1975, Fortune avait su conserver ‘’he full tonal qualities of his instruments in much the same way that Duke Ellington's great baritone saxophonist. Harry Carney, did. Richness and completeness of tone are combined with great facility in almost everything he plays."

Très préoccupé par le sort du peuple afro-américain, Fortune avait précisé: “It’s a travesty for Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Langston Hughes and others to have said what they said and for us to be where we are at today. I saw jazz as a step up. So how can we step up to be more accountable, reliable and understandable? I am more concerned about my people recognizing their worth than I am about jazz.”

Fortune avait toujours joué de façon très intense. Décrivant le style de Fortune, un critique avait commenté:

‘’To watch Fortune play alto saxophone is equivalent to being in the eye of a hurricane with winds blowing at 160 miles per hour. He plays with the riveting intensity of an improvisational jazz wizard dispensing notes sharper than Othello’s dagger dripping with callisthenic rhythms that dare to explode the sun. Fortune once remarked, “When I play I’m playing for real.” He is the living torch, playing in the tradition of influential giants John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins and Charlie Parker.

Même s’il était d’abord saxophoniste alto, Fortune était devenu avec les années un multi-instrumentiste accompli et excellait aussi aux saxophones soprano, ténor et baryton. Il jouait ainsi de la clarinette et de la flûte. Saxophoniste sous-estimé, Fortune n’avait cependant pas toujours obtenu la reconnaissance qu’il méritait pour tout ce qu’il avait apporté au monde du jazz.

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The Evolution of Intel: From Pioneering Innovations to Dominating the Gaming Industry

Introduction

The Evolution of Intel: From Pioneering Innovations to Dominating the Gaming Industry is a fascinating journey that showcases the growth and development of Intel Corporation, one of the world's leading semiconductor chip manufacturers. Over the years, Intel has not only revolutionized the computer industry but has also made significant contributions to the gaming sector. This article will explore the progression of Intel, its impact on gaming, and its ongoing competition with other market players.

The Beginnings of Intel: Pioneering Innovations in Computing

In 1968, Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore founded Intel Corporation with a vision to create advanced semiconductor technology. Their breakthrough invention, the microprocessor, paved the way for modern computing devices. The release of the Intel 4004 microprocessor in 1971 marked a significant milestone in computer history. This small yet powerful chip laid the foundation for future innovations and set Intel on its path to success.

The Impact of Microprocessors on Computing

Microprocessors revolutionized computing by enabling faster and more efficient data processing. They allowed computers to perform complex tasks, making them more accessible and user-friendly. With each subsequent generation of microprocessors, Intel pushed boundaries and introduced new features that improved computer performance. These advancements directly influenced the gaming industry by providing developers with powerful tools to create immersive gaming experiences.

Expanding Horizons: Intel's Progression into Gaming

As computers became more capable, gaming started gaining popularity as a form of entertainment. Recognizing this trend, Intel began focusing on developing technologies that would enhance gaming experiences. By collaborating with game developers and investing in research and development, Intel positioned itself as a key player in the gaming industry.

Intel's Contributions to Gaming

Intel's commitment to pushing technological boundaries has resulted in several notable contributions to the gaming industry. Let's explore some of the key advancements that have shaped gaming as we know it today.

1. Graphics Processing Units (GPUs)

Graphics play a crucial role in gaming, and Intel has made significant strides in GPU technology. The integration of powerful GPUs into Intel processors has allowed gamers to enjoy visually stunning games with realistic graphics and smooth gameplay.

2. Optimized Game Performance

Intel's dedication to optimizing game performance has led to the development of technologies like Intel Turbo Boost, which dynamically adjusts processor frequency based on workload demands. This ensures that gamers can enjoy consistent performance and smoother gameplay, even during resource-intensive gaming sessions.

3. Overclocking Capabilities

For enthusiasts looking to push their gaming systems to the limit, Intel offers overclocking capabilities on select processors. Overclocking allows users to increase the clock speed of their CPU, resulting in improved performance for demanding games.

4. Virtual Reality (VR) Support

Intel has been actively involved in advancing virtual reality technology and creating immersive VR experiences. By partnering with VR developers and providing http://sergioisop741.fotosdefrases.com/the-evolution-of-intel-from-pioneering-innovations-to-dominating-the-gaming-industry hardware optimizations, Intel has played a crucial role in popularizing VR ga

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Happy Birthday musician Davey Johnstone, who forged a career of over 50 years as Elton John;s guitarist.

Born David William Logan Johnstone  on this day 1951 in Edinburgh, Davey was having a perfectly fine career in the folk music world before he was whisked away to a life of rock and roll with one of the worlds biggest “pop” stars Elton John.

Having moved to London in 1968, Davey got his first album credit that year on the Noel Murphy LP, Another Round. Noel and Davey then formed the band Draught Porridge in 1969. In 1970 Davey played on the album Seasons by Magna Carta and in 1971 joined that group as second guitarist. Their next album, Songs From Wasties Orchard, was helmed by Elton’s producer, Gus Dudgeon.Gus asked Davey to contribute to Bernie Taupin’s solo album in 1971. Davey played guitar, sitar, banjo, mandolin and lute while Bernie read his poetry aloud. 

Soon after, in August 1971, Gus called upon Davey once more, this time to play acoustic guitar and mandolin parts on four songs on Elton’s Madman Across The Water album, including the intricate harmonic part that anchors the title track. A week or so later, Elton invited Davey to join the band full-time, joining drummer Nigel Olsson and bassist Dee Murray both in the studio and on stage — and thus was born the group that solidified Elton’s sound.

Since then Davey has been an indispensable part of most of Elton’s albums.Through the decades, Johnstone has squeezed in an equally impressive, varied body of work as an in-demand session player. His roster includes Stevie Nicks, Bob Seger, Alice Cooper, Rod Stewart, Meat Loaf, the Pointer Sisters, Olivia Newton-John, Judy Collins, and many others. He has also done movie music for James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer.

Johnstone lives in Los Angeles with his wife. He has seven children.

On 10 June 2009, Johnstone played a landmark 2,000th show as a member of the Elton John Band at the SECC Glasgow , he is currently serving as John's musical director, in addition to his guitar work. I looked through the credits for the Elton John film, Rocketman, due out this month and he doesn't seem to feature in it, you will however be able to see Scotsman Richard Madden as Eltons manager John Reid, a much better casting than Irishman Aidan Gillen, who played Reid in the Freddie Mercury bio, Bohemian Rhapsody

.Johnstone recently said "I’ve Had an Amazing, Unbelievable Career”: He released a new solo album – Deeper Than My Roots, only his third solo project, from what I can gather he put the album together during the hiatus most people had during the covid pandemic.

For the musicians out there he mainly uses a Les Paul Deluxe which he bought inn 1972. As you can imagine he has used a plethora of guitars including his trusty ’72 Les Paul Deluxe, a Gibson L-5, B.B. King Lucille, a ’69 Strat, and an Ernie Ball EVH. Acoustics included a Takamine, Gibson J-200, and a late-’60s Yamaha FG-140 he played on many of John’s ’70s classics.