I was never a fan of Jimmy Eat World (nothing against them, I’m just a just a few generations too far back to be a fan) but I love this beautiful rendition of The Middle by Audrey Assad.
“The Middle” by @jimmyeatworld
Maybe you need this song today as much as I still do after all these years ♥️♥️ pic.twitter.com/yThfCO0f6I
— Audrey Assad (@audreyassad) July 23, 2019
Everything will be alright.
(365)
https://twitter.com/PaulMcCartney/status/707514935111192576?s=09
Bohemian Rhapsody rockgrass cover by Hayseed Dixie.
Posted by Rockabilly Worldwide on Friday
, February 19, 2016
Watch the whole thing.
[H/T Althouse]
The internet is a wonderful thing. Wikipedia answers the question implied in the title of this post.
The term “colitas” in the first stanza (“warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air”) has been interpreted as a sexual slang or a reference to marijuana. “Colitas” means “little tails” in Spanish; in Mexican slang it refers to buds of the cannabis (marijuana) plant. However, Felder said: “The colitas is a plant that grows in the desert that blooms at night, and it has this kind of pungent, almost funky smell. Don Henley came up with a lot of the lyrics for that song, and he came up with colitas.”
Emphasis mine.
The past month has been a tough one for show-biz deaths. Let’s hope the pace slows down a bit. But sadly, just as my dad was forced to come to grips with 40 years ago, we need to start getting used to the musical stars of our youth checking out on an unfortunately regular basis.
Yeah.
While I’m on this Eagles kick at the passing of Glenn Frey, here’s one more.
It’s hard to beat a band’s sound in its prime. And this band was prime, baby.
Had a crazy (good, but crazy) day at work. I found myself suddenly very understaffed. In addition I was also sick, and the price of the product we produce has gone over a cliff and down a very deep hole. I came home and spent the evening finishing up unfinished office work while sneezing like a banshee.
Then I heard that Glenn Frey has passed away. We’ve certainly lost a couple of classic rockers here in the past few days.
This song (footage below from a 1977 concert) was co-written by Frey, Don Henley (on the drums) and Randy Meisner (vocals and bass). Glenn is the guy on the keyboard with the excellent Fu-Manchu. The guys were all so young. And so, so good.
Take it to the limit may have been the first Eagles song I was aware of as a kid, and it’s always been my favorite. Such a sense of longing and searching in this one.
Rest in peace Glenn Frey.
I was never a huge David Bowie fan, but I liked some of his songs and can appreciate his artistry. I was saddened to hear this week that he had died of cancer at the age of sixty nine.
I’ve read some about Bowie this week and it’s clear that the man had a spiritual sense and hunger that led him to search out God in a variety of different religions and experiences. I don’t know enough about his personal faith, if any, at the time of his passing or the faith of his wife Iman, but I am always hopeful. I think this past year suffering through cancer and his impending death may have made a difference. I hope he is in Christ and with Christ now. Lord have mercy.
The last words Iman tweeted before his death: “The struggle is real, but so is God.”
Some favorite moments
Bowie saying the Lord’s Prayer at the Freddie Mercury memorial at Wembley stadium, 1992
Kristen Wiig singing A Space Oddity in the Sweet Life of Walter Mitty (this was my favorite scene from that excellent movie
I’m pretty sure I actually saw this one when it first aired when I was a kid. It was one of the most incongruous moments I’d ever seen, but it worked beautifully.
Bowie and Bing Crosby singing Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth
I think this song is amazingly beautiful. We heard it at our son’s Junior High choir concert the other day. The video below is of Sissel singing it.
Pie Jesu – Andrew Lloyd Webber
Pie Jesu, Pie Jesu
Pie Jesu, Pie Jesu
Qui tollis peccata mundi
Dona eis requiem
Dona eis requiem
Lord, have mercy
Lord, have mercy
You who take away the sins of the world
Grant them rest
Grant them rest
Agnus Dei, Agnus Dei
Agnus Dei, Agnus Dei
Qui tollis peccata mundi
Dona eis requiem
Dona eis requiem
Sempiternam, sempiternam requiem
Lamb of God, Lamb of God
Lamb of God, Lamb of God
You who take away the sins of the world
Grant them rest
Grant them rest
rest everlasting, everlasting