Following this weekend’s multiple mass shootings across our nation and what will surely be more in the coming days, or weeks, months, or years as things stand and have stood, our country will be buried alive in body-bags, drown in all the blood and endless tears from families and close friends… I desperately had to find relief. I paused to re-balance. I had to detox and find buoyancy in my music, reminding me that there are still many decent, stable, joyful, helpful, patient, compassionate, understanding, empathetic, peace-making people who do live, love, laugh, and gladly learn… then DO those things I list making this world a safer better place.
To that end, here are my three selected life-renewing songs (out of many) that have returned to me a warm smile and a bigger heart. I’ve also included a previous happy slideshow from a previous blog-post: Amour et Coeurs Jumeaux. Let me know if you like my songs. If you feel the need or urge, share one of your favorite happy feel good songs down in the comments. I think we could all use some.
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Live Well — Love Much — Laugh Often — Learn Always
What? Not a single selection from the Sex Pistols?
Pfttt!
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Hahaha… Ark, my playlist could’ve gone on for hours, the Sex Pistols might have been in there. 😉 Why didn’t you post them? Do you have one of your favorite happy soothing songs to add here?
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Well, the Sex Pistols might be pushing the limits of credibility of ”soothing” but how about, The Average White Band – Pick up the Pieces?
Seems an apt song under the circumstances.
Or how about Chuck Mangione – Feels so Good?
In a Sentimental Mood – Ellington and Coltrane
Have you ever heard of the band Solution? Dutch outfit from the seventies
They released an album titled Fully Interlocking. Superb.
Okay … here’s one to calm the savage beast …
The incomparable Chris Rea
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Nice. No, I had not heard of Solution. I will check them out! Your other songs are good suggestions, apropos for the circumstances. Chuck Mangione I’m very familiar with; in the 80’s early 90’s Mom liked him.
Thank you Ark. 🙂
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Pleasure, Senor.
Such lists could go on for ever, I imagine.
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Indeed, especially when you LOVE music so much and come from a long, long line of music and dance lovers… as both my families do. Our house was almost ALWAYS full of music growing up. 🙂
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Likewise our home.
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I feel your urge Professor. And what a massive urge it is.
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Ah, I see Akismet have now passed the comment. They’ve also posted the replacement version of it below which has different accompanying text. All seems well now Professor!
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Well? Define “well”! Well for now? Well full of spring water chickens!? How well is whale? Right, DANGER Well Robinson!
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Shut up and watch Miss Antonacci, ya big pedant!
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😆 I believe you meant to say… Savant. I’m sure of it.
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Oh MY!!! Anna Caterina AndIwannatouchey has some gorgeous…
lungs! 😮 What a lucky lad there at the end, to be spanked by such a Lass!
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Professor, I rather think the imagery is intended to convey the sense that the ‘lucky lad’ you mention is . . . how can one put it? . . . not merely a passive form upon which Miss Antonacci may take her post-ablution breather; but rather is he a more active participent over whom and whereupon she (smilingly) bestrides. Or does my imagination surpass the facts?
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How is Texas coping?
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Good question John. While I was out of town on that trip (previous post), one of those shootings had happened. The evening debates/discussions were primarily centered on all the typical rhetoric of the 2nd Amendment and our apparent need/right for MUCH LESS GOVERNMENT, interference/regulations, i.e. code for Wild Wild West “freedoms” and lawlessness. I’m sure gun shops, gun shows, and gun makers are still going strong, business as usual.
I’m considering going in to either the manufacturing of body-bags or maybe head-stones, or both. Those HAVE TO BE fields of promising high-growth, high profit trends! Stock prices too.
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Just saw this meme on Facebook …
“If a Walmart full of Texans won’t stop a mass shooting, you won’t either.”
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HAH!!! On several levels that is absolutely true! Whether that is a “good” truth, an “enlightened truth”… that is another debate.
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Produce a range of “Tiny Dick” products.
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Hahahaha! 😆 Should I ask you to elaborate on the “Tiny” part and the “Dick” part? 😉 After all, not so long ago here at our State Fair of Texas, “Big Tex” — because supposedly everything in Texas is GY-normously big — Big Tex caught fire! All of his enormous Dickie clothing was torched off. Guess what was REALLY revealed under “Big Tex’s” blue-jean pants?
NOTHING!!! Big Tex had always been dickless! Or perhaps transgendered! But clearly Big Texie had no Dickie, no ballsies! 😮 I tell ya, that day when all the smoke cleared… I was one VERY PROUD TEXAN! 🤭
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Re: your slides … I think animals and kids know what it’s all about.
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Agree Nan. 🙂
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I love those songs!
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Thank you Robert. Please feel free to share your fav happy song! 🙂
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Wow, there’s too many great ones to have just one favorite. But, Van Morrison’s 1967 hit Brown Eyed Girl always makes me happy!
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Then here ya go Robert! 😉 Besides, this post, comments, and music is for ALL OF US to not forget… not everyone in this weaponized country want to slaughter everything that is beautiful Quentin Tarantino or James Wan/Leigh Whannell style. And honestly, on this tiny, Pale-blue Dot of a planet among one Star/Sun in a galaxy of 300-billion stars and our Milky Way amongst at least 100-billion+ other galaxies — this goes on and on and on — you know what Robert? Let’s hear your song shall we? 😉 Every second, hour, day, year of joy and happiness on this ONE tiny, tiny continent on this one tiny, tiny, TINY planet… is pure gold. We have 3-mins for your favorite song. 😉 ❤
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Makes me dance every time Robert! Thank you. 🙂
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Hello Professor. I also understand, I am a bit worn down and out right now. Feels like the world is a spinning wheel and all the needed parts are being flung off. I love the songs, they are in my playlists also, and the slides made me smile. That said did you see where Texas is about to have 10 new pro-gun laws go into effect? Hey great timing! Hugs
https://www.joemygod.com/2019/08/texas-10-new-pro-gun-laws-about-to-go-into-effect/
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Regretably, I cannot listen to your songs, Professor, as the audio player does not function for me. I have had this issue previously, and suspect it has to do with my (preferred) Edge browser. Still, I can add a ditty of my own, one which may raise a smile (or something) at your end.
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Dwain, keep this one and delete the one up above, perhaps? Delete this message too. Thanks, and sorry for the issue. HX
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HARIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You my “CURRENT” Friend… 🤨 are making me work very hard today! I’m expecting some type of compensation, reparations, and stupefactions Sir!!!
😄 ❤
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FUCK! I need some serious SIMPLIFICATIONS! 🥴😵
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You can get stupefact!
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What’s their phone number Hariod and how much does it cost? 🤨
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