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Post by BoatBabe on Dec 8, 2012 11:59:28 GMT -5
Yes, definitely better. There was a story in today's paper about a mother planning a motorcade to welcome her son home, saying he's been gone for so many holidays he deserves a parade. He'll be home for his daughter's 7th birthday, the first he's been here for since she was born. I don't know the ins and outs of Guard and Reserve duty, but this man has been been on duty in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2005. The whole of WWII didn't last that long! Exactly.
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Post by gailkate on Dec 12, 2012 9:50:24 GMT -5
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Post by BoatBabe on Dec 12, 2012 10:09:34 GMT -5
Wow! He's quite a songwriter, too! I LOVE this part about our new electronic life: I need to listen to it ten more times to catch all the words.
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Post by gailkate on Dec 12, 2012 12:03:29 GMT -5
Yes, he's really clever!
I got this first as a FB post and had to google for a good link. I noticed there are sites that have posted the lyrics, but haven't looked them up yet. Just google Marine Singing Merry Christmas and you'll find them.
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Post by BoatBabe on Dec 14, 2012 9:28:04 GMT -5
Here's another good Christmas song for our troops:
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Post by gailkate on Dec 14, 2012 10:08:24 GMT -5
So touching. I've never heard this and don 't know Doug Stone, but is this song played much? It should be. Maybe it's only on country stations?
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Post by BoatBabe on Dec 15, 2012 15:40:24 GMT -5
I don't know. I heard it for the first time on youtube. It is a warming song.
Here's another with a well known artist. We hear this song on our Christmas station without, of course, the military addition.
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Post by BoatBabe on Dec 30, 2012 21:10:36 GMT -5
Pretty Good:
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Post by Jane on Dec 31, 2012 8:56:19 GMT -5
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Post by BoatBabe on Dec 31, 2012 9:34:37 GMT -5
That looks and sounds great, Jane!
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Post by gailkate on Dec 31, 2012 10:44:26 GMT -5
Is the movie sad, Jane? I've been looking for a movie to take a friend to, but I don't want sad. I may be the only person in the world who hasn't seen Les Miz because I think Victor Hugo probably depressed his own mother, (yeah, yeah, he did worlds of good, just like Dickens, but I can only take so much Vitamin X.) Been meaning to look up "I'll Be Home for Christmas" because I wasn't sure of my facts. I remembered it as a WWII song but wasn't sure of the date. Original release was 1943, smack in the middle of a very dark time, so the military voiceovers are totally appropriate. A Wiki summary: Theme The song is sung from the point of view of an overseas soldier during WWII, writing a letter to his family. In the message, he tells the family that he will be coming home, and to prepare the holiday for him including requests for "snow", "mistletoe", and "presents by the tree". The song ends on a melancholy note, with the soldier saying "I'll be home for Christmas, if only in my dreams."[2]
The song was written by the American lyricist Kim Gannon, and the Jewish-American composer Walter Kent. Buck Ram, who previously wrote a poem and song with the same title, was credited as a co-writer of the song following a lawsuit.[3] The original 1943 release of the song by Bing Crosby on Decca Records listed only Walter Kent and Kim Gannon as the songwriters on the record label. Later pressings added the name of Buck Ram to the songwriting credit. On October 4, 1943, Crosby recorded the song under the title "I'll Be Home For Christmas (If Only In My Dreams)" with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra for Decca Records, which was released as a 78 single, Decca 18570A, Matrix #L3203, reissued in 1946 as Decca 23779. Within a month of release, the song charted for eleven weeks, with a peak at number three. The next year, the song reached number nineteen on the charts. The U.S. War Department also released Bing Crosby's performance of "I'll Be Home For Christmas" from the December 7, 1944 Kraft Music Hall with the Henderson Choir, J.S.T., on V-Disc, as U.S. Army V-Disc No. 441-B and U.S. Navy V-Disc No. 221B, Matrix #VP1253-D5TC206.[4][5] The song touched the hearts of Americans, both soldiers and civilians, who were in the midst of World War II, and it earned Crosby his fifth gold record. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" became the most requested song at Christmas U.S.O. shows. Yank, the GI magazine, said Crosby "accomplished more for military morale than anyone else of that era".
1945 V-Disc release by the U.S. Army of "White Christmas" and "I'll Be Home for Christmas" by Bing Crosby as No. 441B. [edit] Notable history I remember my mother explaining this to me when I was a very little girl, and adding that, yes, people did tie presents to the tree. dolls? coloring books? wagons??!!!
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Post by Jane on Dec 31, 2012 17:23:23 GMT -5
No, not sad. He is not in the least bothered that he has stayed very poor while someone (it's unclear who) made money from his genius. He is a lovely man who makes lovely music.
I hate, hate, hate Andrew Lloyd Weber. I saw Les Miz on stage and thought it would never end. And my daughter and I walked out of Cats (so painful) at intermission. Fortunately, I've never had to sit through Phantom.
A friend posted her review of Les Miz. "Bread is stolen. Singing. They all die."
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Post by BoatBabe on Jan 1, 2013 20:55:37 GMT -5
No, not sad. He is not in the least bothered that he has stayed very poor while someone (it's unclear who) made money from his genius. He is a lovely man who makes lovely music. I hate, hate, hate Andrew Lloyd Weber. I saw Les Miz on stage and thought it would never end. And my daughter and I walked out of Cats (so painful) at intermission. Fortunately, I've never had to sit through Phantom. A friend posted her review of Les Miz. "Bread is stolen. Singing. They all die." Well, THAT is exactly why I have avoided it as well. I expect entertainment to be entertaining. Some of the songs are great for Les Miz, but I can't afford depressing fun stuff.
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Post by doctork on Jan 1, 2013 21:40:01 GMT -5
I saw Phantom in San Francisco. Don't remember anything about it except the friend that I went with.
Saw "Rent" years ago in Seattle at the 5th Avenue Theater when I was visiting on a business trip. What I most remember is how surprised I was to be in a big city on a business trip and still be comfortably safe going to the theater alone at night. Seemed to me that western WA was a pretty nice place!
We moved to Bellingham a year or two later.
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Post by BoatBabe on Jan 2, 2013 9:01:14 GMT -5
Buddy Guy was also an honoree this (I guess it was last) year. About Time!
Bonnie Raitt rocks the house, but this was my introduction to Beth Hart:
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Post by BoatBabe on Jan 2, 2013 9:03:30 GMT -5
This girl is hot
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Post by BoatBabe on Jan 15, 2013 0:54:28 GMT -5
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Post by BoatBabe on Jan 20, 2013 17:29:42 GMT -5
The first line of this Gail Steiger song is, "Well, I've have known days that seemed like more shaft than elevator . . ."
I sent this song to My Dahhlink, as this is truly his life right now. And I told him, "I'm so glad the whole elevator crap is done now. You did a great job. So just hold true. And let's celebrate the daily luck you get."
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Post by BoatBabe on Feb 27, 2013 23:00:43 GMT -5
My Mom asked me to find this song for her tonight. She called it, "When the Yanks took Iwa Jima," and said it was the neatest tune.
I think it is this one from The Sons of the Pioneers:
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Post by joew on Feb 27, 2013 23:13:17 GMT -5
Good one, BB.
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Post by gailkate on Mar 13, 2013 10:26:01 GMT -5
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Post by rogesgallery on Mar 13, 2013 20:17:56 GMT -5
Jus cain't stop the girl. Even had that Fred A-stair(at a time) goin. You go Gramma!
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Post by BoatBabe on Mar 13, 2013 23:25:24 GMT -5
That was Just Great!
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Post by BoatBabe on Jun 2, 2013 10:51:55 GMT -5
I gotta share this song with you while I can still post songs in our Old Format.
This is the coolest song I've heard in a while: great instrumentals, great rhythm, great vocals. One negative: Break-Up Song! But it's a Happy break-up song. I had to prepare My Dahhlink for the "Three out of Four Ain't Bad" deal.
;D
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Post by BoatBabe on Jun 13, 2013 0:12:37 GMT -5
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Post by BoatBabe on Jun 26, 2013 23:15:09 GMT -5
Anybody listen to this thread?
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Post by gailkate on Jun 27, 2013 8:54:49 GMT -5
I can't quite make out all the lyrics, but the sentiment sure strikes a chord!
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Post by BoatBabe on Jun 27, 2013 21:06:05 GMT -5
Sorry, gk! Here are the lyrics and the chords for the song, so just ignore the stuff in [ ].
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Post by gailkate on Jun 27, 2013 23:48:10 GMT -5
Thanks, Babe, that's a hoot! I wonder if we could have that played when the med school comes to pick up our mortal shells. "Pass me all around" is exactly what we hope will happen to anything usable before we get sliced and diced by young docs like K.
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Post by BoatBabe on Jun 29, 2013 0:40:32 GMT -5
So, I'm thinking that you aren't that familiar with John Prine tunes, eh, gk?
This is one of my favorite covers:
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