I Remember Everything

 This morning I heard this on my wake up alarm and thought I'd share it.

 It was just so appropriate and said everything I wanted to say to someone last night but just couldn't. Well, here it is:

Unforgettably,

Hello Sunshine !

  

   No matter who you choose to represent the American Rock and Roll phenomenon- which continues to this day- if you don’t recognize its epitomy- that is, of course, Bruce Springsteen then you’re not really in on the deal or you’re out of it! He’s been quiet for quite a number of years up until the latter part of 2020. I’m not sure what brought him out of his self-exile but he’s done a great job of a comeback in the form of a new LP titled Western Stars. The first single he released was a song titled Hello Sunshine and it seemed as if everyone was asleep when it did.

     Knowing that I can’t let this slip by I’m going to present it here and expect to see many comments in a matter of days. If I don’t I’ll know that something’s really wrong with the state of our indigenous music. Ignore the Boss? Whoo-hoo! Never !

 

 

    

If you want to hear and see more you can watch an eight episode series on Spotify all about what’s been going on with him. It is titled Renegades Born in the USA and consists of a set of cross-interviews between him and Barack Obama ! This series was released only a couple of months ago and were scheduled by Higher Ground which happens to be Barak Obama’s production company! I have seen parts of it on Good Morning America and also heard some clips by a very with-it DJ in Boulder who works for KBCO on his early morning show. It’s time to get with the program and check it all out! Don’t let any more spring (steen) grass grow under your feet! I've got another update on the Boss coming up shortly, so come back soon and you can see and hear more about the latest release which you can get a hint about in the comment left. It's nice to have a friend who has your back isn't it? Yeah!

 

Have a blast man !

Tov Lachasot Bashem

Here's a bit of Passover music, imagery and lyrics from an ever changing musical group brought together by Jews for Jesus over the decades. It wouldn't be Passover without music would it ? Right. Enjoy! - The Castle Lady 

 

 www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NRL84L_R9A

Tov lachasot baShem mib’toach ba’adam

Hashem li lo irah ma ya’aseh li adam

Hatorah nitna b’yad Moshe

V’hachesed v’ha’emet baoo al y’day Y’shua

  HaMashiach

Vayomer Y’shua anochi hat’kumah v’hachayyim

Hama’amin bi yichyeh gam ki yamut

 

(It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to put confidence

in man. With the Lord on my side I do not fear.

What can man do to me?

For the Law was given through Moses;

Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Jesus said… “I am the resurrection and the life;

He who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.”)

 

© by Liberated Wailing Wall 1972, 1975

 

Psalm 118:8 & 6, John 1:17, John 11:25

 

Erin go Bragh

 It's always appropriate to have a song for St. Patrick's Day so here's one for the record books- in my case anyway since I have Irish in me on both sides. Here we go with one from The Tossers:

Uncle Sam, as you know, changed our names long ago
When we got to Americas door
And we slaved and we cowed,
and we begged and we bowed
For a dime and a place on the floor

Now Chicago it rings with the old songs and things
That the Irish we brought to this shore
And there’s no one to say Paddy you go away
Now it’s Erin go Bragh ever more

Erin go Bragh

In the pubs far and near there is music and beer
Any time of the bright blessed day
And our dancers they skip with their hands at their hips
While the pipes and the old fiddlers play

And our voices resound through the halls of the town
All the way to the president’s door
We were hungry and small but we conquered it all
Now it’s Erin go Bragh ever more

 

 

A Winning Love Song

Have you ever wanted to change the lyrics of a song? I don’t believe I have until now. If you are familiar with Amy Winehouse’s song Love is a Losing Game you may understand what I mean in saying that it’s a beautiful tune but the lyrics absolutely break your heart. If you know Amy’s story you’ll know this is her swan song and that’s heartbreaking enough. I sat down the other day and wrote my own lyrics to Amy’s torch hymn. I believe they are a much more affirmative and positive approach to my own modern experience of love. I have put them up underneath a video of her singing the original with her lyrics. Mine are directly beneath. Give them the once over and then try it with the song. Let me know if you like the change. –The Castle Lady    

 

For you, I was a flame

Love is a losing game

Five-storey fire as you came

Love is a losing game

One I wish I never played

Oh, what a mess we made

And now, the final frame

Love is a losing game

Played out by the band

Love is a losing hand

More than I could stand

Love is a losing hand

Self-professed, profound

'Til the chips were down

Though you're a gambling man

Love is a losing hand

Though I battle blind

Love is a fate resigned

Memories mar my mind

Love, it is a fate resigned

Over futile odds

And laughed at by the gods

And now the final frame

Love is a losing game.

 

 

 

Caught up in wild games

Love flick'ring like a flame

Chasing me, on you came

Love soon forgot its name.

 

One for which I often prayed

Oh what a mess you made

You never took the blame

Love hung its head in shame.

 

Then taken by the hand

Love made for me a stand

I just couldn't understand

Foolish became my brand.

 

In love ourselves we found

Our dance went round and round

Gambling got out of hand

Laid down the cards, the man.

 

Did I almost lose my mind?

Never was the loving kind

Learned love, learned time

Will heal all past design.

 

I bow while crowds applaud

My love was saved by God

In all I've lost or gained

Love is still what remains.

A Love Song for your Valentine

 This is my favorite song for this day. For a musician or singer, it says it all and more...

 

 

There we go. 

 

The Castle Lady