tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post890547704636824060..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Music Monday ~ ERIC BURDON of The Animals, 70 this week.Twilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-12990485459229285022011-05-16T08:38:51.009-05:002011-05-16T08:38:51.009-05:00TNPOTUS ~~~ Oh yes, I remember Michael Grimm on AG...TNPOTUS ~~~ Oh yes, I remember Michael Grimm on AGT. Enjoyed him then. I'll look for his album, see if it sounds like my cup o' tea.<br /><br />Re the racial/ethnic angle, I guess black blues singers have a deal more to be blue about in their lives and backgrounds than most white, and especially white English singers of that genre. which makes it all the more surprising that a Yorkie like Joe, and t'others, can be so darn good. <br />:-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-16896254642361722952011-05-15T17:19:29.107-05:002011-05-15T17:19:29.107-05:00In my 'umble opin, Joe Cocker, along with Greg...In my 'umble opin, Joe Cocker, along with Gregg Allman and Frankie Miller - another of you Brits - are the best while male blues singers of all. Although, as his new album reveals, Michael Grimm, the young fellow we saw in Branson with Righteous Brother Bill Medley and the winner of last year's America's Got Talent contest, is catching up on those three. He has a remarkable, memorable blues-soul voice for a white cat! Sorry to break it down racially, but there is a slight difference when a great black blues singer sings.The Next President of the United Statesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-38197232738651694362011-05-15T13:59:27.762-05:002011-05-15T13:59:27.762-05:00Louise ~ I've managed to insert a rather ragge...Louise ~ I've managed to insert a rather ragged update into the post now (was afraid at any moment the lot would go down and be for ever lost!)<br /><br />Yes, I thought about those multiple Aquarius charts that were around in the winter of 1962, Garth Brooks and Clint Black, Eddie Izzard as you mentioned - and Sheryl Crow all had big clusters of Aquarius planets.<br /><br /><br />It'd be an interesting study to look for individuals with 5 or more planets in one sign - any sign. Maybe Astrodatabank has done this - but it's probably necessary to have their paid membership to access such data.<br /><br />Thanks again. :-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-15365380833610760762011-05-15T10:53:58.676-05:002011-05-15T10:53:58.676-05:00Hello Twilight,
The internet does seem to have bee...Hello Twilight,<br />The internet does seem to have been rather pesky the last few days or so - we lost our connection for a while yesterday (here in the UK).<br />Thanks for taking the time to transfer your notification of my post :) <br />Sagittarius rising would probably also be a help coping with the uncertainties of life as a musician. I wonder how often that line-up in Taurus occurs?! It reminds me of Eddie Izzard (UK comedian) who was born with an equally massive line-up in Aquarius (7 Feb 1962, 7.30pm, Aden, Yemen).Louise VLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00601479064222578141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-75764991304585561962011-05-14T14:22:51.885-05:002011-05-14T14:22:51.885-05:00TNPOTUS ~~ I'm listening to a CD of Joe Cocker...TNPOTUS ~~ I'm listening to a CD of Joe Cocker as I type - one of two I bought for a dollar or so on ebay. He's suddenly started to appeal to me after years of me thinking - "meh!"<br /><br />He was born 1944 - so just within the War Baby span. These are from 1996 and 2004, so not up to date. He sounds good on these though. Not sure how he sounds 2011.<br /><br />I always think of War Babies as those who remember from the stock of earliest memories, something about WW2 - bombs falling, seeing friends or relatives suddenly disappear - along with their houses, sirens, soldiers, American forces throwing them chewing gum from the back of transport trucks, or bringing coveted nylon stockings to get around a certain gal who caught an American serviceman's fancy.<br /><br />I remember all but the last as I was too young to wear nylons. ;-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-63600854033204993432011-05-14T11:06:57.849-05:002011-05-14T11:06:57.849-05:00I may be too hard on Eric. A few years ago, I was ...I may be too hard on Eric. A few years ago, I was thinking about bringing him to the concert series and went searching through some videos from '07 and '08. In many of them, his voice was cracking on notes he normally would have reached with no strain. The trademark "growl" was over-accentuated as well. But maybe he was just going through a voice change period. And as you said, that voice has held up better than some of his peers.<br /><br />I do understand the War Babies reference. Every time I hear it, makes me think of these lines from a Van Morrison song on the '73 album Hard Nose The Highway:<br />We were the War Children<br />born 1945<br />when all the soldiers came marching home<br />love looks in their eye.The Next President of the United Statesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-51366272695672216292011-05-13T18:15:06.389-05:002011-05-13T18:15:06.389-05:00TNPOTUS ~~~ Hi there! Thanks for your thoughts on...TNPOTUS ~~~ Hi there! Thanks for your thoughts on this.<br /><br />I hadn't thought of the term War Baby in quite that way - but have to say that you're right. When hasn't there been a war? For strict generational purposes (which I don't really approve of)true War Babies were born from 1939 to 1945. :-)<br /><br />Eric's voice doesn't seem too bad in the 2006 video, I thought - better than some of his peers' voices anyway. But it (and he) have changed from his heyday, as you say TNPOTUS. Jazz, or jazzy influence seems to be their saving grace as they age. ;-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-34303675308217413832011-05-13T18:08:29.672-05:002011-05-13T18:08:29.672-05:00Louise ~~~ just tried to update post but Blogger i...Louise ~~~ just tried to update post but Blogger is still having hiccups it seems - wouldn't allow me to post an update there. Will do so asap. :-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-13302627342045737532011-05-13T18:02:49.529-05:002011-05-13T18:02:49.529-05:00LOUISE left this post on thursday when blogger wen...<b>LOUISE</b> left this post on thursday when blogger went down. I've retrieved it from my e-mail notification:<br /><br /><i>Louise has left a new comment on your post "Music Monday ~ ERIC BURDON of The Animals, 70 this...": <br /><br />Astrodatabank gives him a time:<br /><br />Frank C. Clifford quotes Jenni Harte from Burdon, "midnight of May 10/11." (Quoted BC/BR)<br /><br />It gives him Sagittarius rising, and Moon at 15 Scorpio, with all those Taurus planets in the 5th (aptly) using Placidus. <br /><br />I always loved 'Tobacco Road', but the Dave Lee Roth version - this is the first time I've heard the original. I love it! Oddly, my birthday is 10th May, but I only have Sun, Moon and Mercury there :) <br /></i><br /><br />My reply:<br />Thank you for that info Louise - I usually do check Astrodatbank for times of birth - must have missed doing so in this case.<br /><br />Sag. ascendant will loosen up all that Fixedness in his chart - quite a good thing I reckon!<br /><br />I'll update the post with a link to AstroDB.Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-3211301074550564912011-05-13T16:22:42.657-05:002011-05-13T16:22:42.657-05:00Unfortunately, the history of the 20th and 21st ce...Unfortunately, the history of the 20th and 21st centuries makes us all "War Babies," doesn't it? But that's not why I'm jotting this note.<br /><br />You hit me with Eric Burdon. During that British Invasion y'all launched at unwitting American young'uns in the '60s, The Animals were one of my favs. During my "angry young man" period (which lasted from age 9 to, oh, about age 49) "It's My Life" was one of my personal theme songs!!<br /><br />Loved the work Eric did with War, although it was too brief, and he put out a couple really tasty solo albums in the late 70s and early 80s.<br /><br />Unfortunately, that memorable voice has betrayed him in the last decade or so. But he had some great moments and is a pivotal player in rock 'n' roll.The Next President of the United Statesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-39098309268665475332011-05-12T11:58:32.233-05:002011-05-12T11:58:32.233-05:00Astrodatabank gives him a time:
Frank C. Clifford...Astrodatabank gives him a time:<br /><br />Frank C. Clifford quotes Jenni Harte from Burdon, "midnight of May 10/11." (Quoted BC/BR)<br /><br />It gives him Sagittarius rising, and Moon at 15 Scorpio, with all those Taurus planets in the 5th (aptly) using Placidus. <br /><br />I always loved 'Tobacco Road', but the Dave Lee Roth version - this is the first time I've heard the original. I love it! Oddly, my birthday is 10th May, but I only have Sun, Moon and Mercury there :)Louise VLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00601479064222578141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-61339901888495607232011-05-10T08:24:16.833-05:002011-05-10T08:24:16.833-05:00WWW ~~~ I didn't! I knew the song was old tho...WWW ~~~ I didn't! I knew the song was old though, not written in the '60s. Now you come to mention it, the words do seem much more appropriate to a female. :-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-28904210586231599982011-05-09T22:41:51.492-05:002011-05-09T22:41:51.492-05:00Gee I do like this guy, I don't know how all o...Gee I do like this guy, I don't know how all of a sudden he's become 50 years older than me.<br />As to "House" it was originally a woman's song, did you know that piece of trivia, T?<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-19199959612323328252011-05-09T15:30:15.153-05:002011-05-09T15:30:15.153-05:00Anonymous ~~~LOL! I know that ancient feeling wel...Anonymous ~~~LOL! I know that ancient feeling well! <br /><br />It seems like only yesterday that I was rushing off to work, bag in one hand piece of toast in the other, singing to myself:<br /><br /><i>Oh mother tell your children <br />Not to do what I have done <br />Spend your lives in sin and misery <br />In the House of the Rising Sun</i><br /><br />;-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-11216165022497979052011-05-09T14:56:02.878-05:002011-05-09T14:56:02.878-05:00OMG... He was performing at a nightclub I was work...OMG... He was performing at a nightclub I was working at and I decorated the cake for his 40th birthday celebration. I can't believe that was 30 years ago the 11th... I feel ancient.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-78660392146892207312011-05-09T09:26:25.382-05:002011-05-09T09:26:25.382-05:00Vanilla Rose ~~ Hi!
Your mention of female singe...Vanilla Rose ~~ Hi! <br /><br />Your mention of female singer and House of the Rising Sun in the same breath immediately reminded me of one of American Idol's final 4: Haley Reinhart's version of the song. She sang it last week - great version, I thought.<br /><br />Don't know if this link will work in the UK - sometimes Idol ones are limited to USA - but here's a link to try:<br /><br />http://youtu.be/035GStnLOaITwilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-50694727011699814072011-05-09T09:04:38.045-05:002011-05-09T09:04:38.045-05:00I suppose I count as a War Baby too ... if you cou...I suppose I count as a War Baby too ... if you count Vietnam. Okay, it wasn't happening anywhere near me, for which I am grateful. One of my Mum's friends adopted 2 Vietnamese children in the early 70s. <br /><br />This excellent post comes at the wrong time for me, as I am planning to buy an MP3 type techno-thingummy and am trying to come up with more songs by female singers (or songwriters) for the sake of balance. You have just reminded me of "The House of the Rising Sun" and "We've Gotta Get out of This Place", so adding to the male singer(s) category! Never mind! ;)Vanilla Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07946634138308342764noreply@blogger.com