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You all are right....what was I thinking at 3 in the morning? Just a brain fart...thanks for the correction! I listen to and sing this song all the time cause I love it and I go screw it up when the fingers hit the keyboard. The line is....freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose

Hey Carl....to ensure your friend pulls apart the Honda, just tell him the rat got loose and is somewhere in the car. That leads me to my next question....If the rat gets away are there any distinguishable marks or could you get away with replacing him with another where your friend would not be the wiser?

I admit.....I love Desperate Housewives! Don't ask me why because I do not know but it keeps me coming back for more. Other shows include Jeopardy (Ken Jennings had me taping every night when I was not home!), The Apprentice (who doesn't love The Donald?), and of course Lost.

I'll drink to that!!

One of my favorite quotes is from Janis Joplin's Me and Bobby McGee (written by Kris Kristofferson). The line is....freedom's just another word for nothing left to do

JR...I think your question is a great question. I have always said that I stopped listening to music in 1980, meaning that I just gave up on current stuff. I was 21 years old at the time. It was the time of new wave and punk rock making a more prominent place in rock. Though the new wave had a few good hits (I can think of Devo's Whip It and B-52's Love Shack) as a whole I never endeared myself to it. There were also the hair bands of the early eighties. I am not sure if it is me or did alot of their music sound the same? I will say though that the hair bands had the greatest power ballads I ever heard. Around 1980 U2 debuted but I did not really care for their music until The Joshua Tree hit the shelves and at that time I decided to give more of a listen to them. Now that I think back, I am not sure if it was the fact I didn't like their music or more than likely just that I turned my back on new music after 1980. Today I am a U2 fan. I guess when music continued to progress in the 80's I did not think any of it compared to the rock of the mid 60's through the late 70's. Think of it....were there any bands out there in the 80's as good as The Who, Grand Funk, Cream, The Stones, The Beatles or Pink Floyd? I say there wasn't, hence the term classic rock for the era (mid 60's through late 70's)

I like Rock music, then again I also do not like rock music. I think it does matter when a broad question like that one is asked. The reason being is there are so many types of rock music and I would bet most folks do not care for all kinds of rock. Let's see....there is alternative rock, punk rock, classic rock, pop rock, christian rock, heavy metal rock, etc., etc., etc.

Over the last few weeks I felt MJ would get off. Regardless of if there was a crime or wasn't the jury came back with the only decision they could bring forth with the evidence presented to them. As many of us know, when on a jury if there is even the slightest doubt in a juror's mind they can not convict as guilty. This case had all the markings of doubt. Tom Sneddon acted on the poor credibility of the victim's mother and brought forth a case. He confiscated all computers at Neverland which in the end showed no evidence at all of child porn. The magazines he presented as evidence were all legal. The mother hit on other celebrities prior to getting to MJ. She had claims against JC Penney for being roughed up by security guards after most thought the marks on her were created by her abusive ex-husband. She collected a nice sum of money and never reported it to welfare when she signed up making her a cheat. The boys recanted their original confession and then under cross examination screwed up their stories. Sneddon also brought in previous young friends who for the most part testified on behalf of MJ. I even read earlier today that on the week the mother claimed they were being held captive at Neverland, the truth was she got a full body wax and her kids got orthodonture work, all paid for by MJ. All of this and more made the prosecution team at best weak in their case. I have always thought Michael to be somewhat off the wall when it came to youngsters, especially boys. There was probably some truth to the previous two cases he was involved in as well as this case but the jury was left helpless and with the case presented to them by the prosecution they could not convict. Though the results may have been not what many thought should have been, you have to admit the justice and jury system in this case did prevail.

Rick Wakeman played keyboard for Yes and in my opinion is the best synthesizer man in rock history. His first album with Yes was Not Fragile and surely was a plus when he joined with them. I have to agree with Sammy on this one.There is no keyboard solo like the one Elton does with Burn Down The Mission on his 11-17-70 live album.

When I first saw the subject of this thread the song that popped into my mind immediately is a theme song for a coffee brand here in the U.S., Chock Full O' Nuts. Most of us have heard the theme and I must admit it can become an earworm. "Chock full o'Nuts is that heavenly coffee, heavenly coffee, heavenly coffee Chock full o'Nuts is that heavenly coffee, Better coffee a millionaire's money can't buy."

Kevin....your comment reminds me of the funniest line in the movie Armageddon when Steve Buscemi (Rockhound) looks over to Bruce Willis (Harry) right before liftoff and makes the following comment: You know we're sitting on four million pounds of fuel, one nuclear weapon and a thing that has 270,000 moving parts built by the lowest bidder. Makes you feel good, doesn't it?

Jman....being a fan of brass bands (Blood,Sweat & Tears - Chicago - Earth, Wind & Fire, etc.) I think the use of brass in song brings a new quality to the song. As far as Beatles songs go, Earth, Wind & Fire did a nice cover of Got To Get You Into My Life using brass.

This song is one of my very favorite songs because of what it stands for. About 15 years ago or so I was at a bar holding a Karaoke night. Some guy had come to the mike and before singing he said he was dedicating the song to a fallen fireman who had recently died and to all of the firemen in NYC. He then broke into song, sang it beautifully and there was not a dry eye in the house. Over the years prior to that event I had listened to the song and enjoyed it but never really thought of the meaning of that song until that evening.

You can never go wrong with the Woodstock video from the original Woodstock concert.

The only show I admit is well worth watching as far as reality TV goes is "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition". This show is a show of good values and moral consciousness. It does not create competition and peoples lives are transformed for the better through the charitable work of the designers, Sears and the homebuilders who come together to get the project done. I also admit to watching the Apprentice only because I am a Donald Trump fan. Outside of that, reality TV to me has become a wasteland of bad ideas melded into real lives. When I saw some of the shows in the summer schedule, I turned to my gf and told her the execs are really running out of ideas. Do you all think reality TV is a passing phase or is it here to stay? I thought the infomercial wouldn't last because who in their right mind would watch a half hour commercial over and over again every night? Well I was wrong then because the infomercial celebrated it's 20th anniversary about a month ago. Does reality TV have the same legs the infomercial has proven to have? Also, if you guys were going to create a reality TV series what would be the premise? Like I said, the ideas have to deplete sooner or later.

I too listened to some of Mickey Dolenz's show this past Friday morning when I was out and about. On my mornings home from work I would listen to him as well. I even mentioned on another SF posting concerning the Monkees that Mickey Dolenz was now doing morning work on WCBS-FM. This is totally outrageous what was done to WCBS-FM. I believe it was the oldest oldies radio station in the country. Infinity Broadcasting pulled this off without any warnings to their listeners. I was a loyal listener for many years. A few years ago when they got rid of Don K Reed's Doo-Wop shop on Sunday nights I was upset as it was the best doo-wop show in the area. What made WCBS-FM unique were the DJ's. They were not new Syracuse U. graduates. They were the men who first brought this music to the air with the likes of Don K Reed, Harry Harrison (who recently came back), Bob Shannon and even Mickey Dolenz who played some of these oldies. That uniqueness and the factoids they shared about the music and eras was an education in music itself when you listened to CBS-FM. The suits up at Infinity who believe they can do better, including playing music currently without DJ's until the current ones can be replaced really did an injustice to music and it's history. For all of you in the NYC area who listened to CBS-FM, I say we boycott this new format and write letters to Infinity with our gripes. For those of you who really enjoyed listening to the Sunday night Doo-Wop shop and live in the NYC area, you can find a very similiar show on Sunday nights at 8:00 p.m. on WFAS-FM in Westchester. This show includes many guests who recorded this genre of music. It is 103.9 FM on the dial.

About twenty years ago I had a horrible toothache. My wife told me to take it like a man! She went through the whole "I gave birth to your son and pulled through it" story to which the only reply I had was this is worst than childbirth! (All you ladies can now yell at me) Anyway, it was about 2:30 in the morning and I could not do anything but cry as the pain was so immense. I have had temporary back paralysis, broken bones, etc. but nothing could ever exceed the tooth pain I felt that night. It was so bad that at one point I was banging my head against the wall. I went out in the middle of the night hoping to find some Bronx bodega open. I did, they had OraJel and I sucked on it all night like it was candy. Next morning the dentist started root canal and I was finally relieved. I have always believed nerve endings in your teeth was just one of those little jokes God pulled on us!

Quick question.....what pioneers? Besides being the pioneers of the British invasion they were not the pioneers of rock! My vote goes to the colonies! When you read interviews from the Stones, Beatles, Elton John and so on they all talk of first loving rock and roll when they heard the American rock pioneers including Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Elvis Presley, the Beachboys and even the Everly Brothers. Let's give credit where credit is due.

I have to believe Elton John had a number one every year in the seventies (1970 - 1979).

This is a great song and I believe can be found on CSNY's Deja Vu album. I listed the lyrics below. The line you are asking about has be taken into context with the rest of the stanza. In the song this line is mentioned twice. The first stanza says: Teach your children well Their father's hell did slowly go by And feed them on your dreams The one they picked, the one you'll know by I believe they are saying here the father had a tough life, perhaps coming out of the depression era considering this song appeared in 1971. The father may have had dreams of making it big but instead didn't as mentioned in "Their father's hell did slowly go by". Instead it was a tough life but his dreams remain. If his children are taught to do better in life his dreams would become evident in them and he will know they have achieved by seeing his dreams have been fulfilled by them. The second stanza is a little more perplexing to me. In this stanza the situation has reversed where the children are asked to teach their parents. The stanza states: Teach your parents well Their children's hell did slowly go by And feed them on your dreams The one they picked, the one you'll know by In this stanza I am not really sure how to undertand it. Keeping it in context with the last stanza of the song I am going to guess that the children found it tough achieving their parents dreams, probably because it was not their own. The last stanza says: Don't you ever ask them why If they told you, you will cry So just look at them and sigh And know they love you And know they love you The parents are down about not seeing their own dreams fulfilled but should know their child/children love them. This is only because the children were raised proper and taught well in all their parents ways and for that the children have a great respect for their parents. I have always thought this song to be a way of telling children that whatever their parents mistakes were in life, know that they do not want their children to make the same mistakes but instead do better and make their dreams come to fruition. It is also a song where parents and children need to understand eachother and what is hoped for by both with the parents allowing their children to pursue their own dreams. That is the way I see the song but it is only my opinion. I may have missed the point completely! Teach Your Children Well You who are on the road Must have a code that you can live by And so become yourself Because the past is just a good bye Teach your children well Their father's hell did slowly go by And feed them on your dreams The one they picked, the one you'll know by Don't you ever ask them why If they told you, you will cry So just look at them and sigh And know they love you And know they love you And you, of tender years Don't know the fears that your elders grew by And so please help them with your youth They seek the truth before they can die Can you hear me and do you care, can't you see You must be free to teach your children What you believe in Make a world that we can live in Teach your parents well Their children's hell did slowly go by And feed them on your dreams The one they picked, the one you'll know by Don't you ever ask them why If they told you, you will cry So just look at them and sigh And know they love you And know they love you

As far as a song regarding women empowerment I can not think of a song more suitable than Helen Reddy's "I Am Woman". As far as using a song with Dominican flair, keep in mind Dominicans prefer merengue over salsa.

Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson played the flute on alot of their hits. As for the violin, Kansas used it on Dust In The Wind and of course there was the great fiddle solo by Charlie Daniels on The Devil Went Down To Georgia.

What I love most about Songfacts are the things you learn here. I have always thought Paul Anka to be the original lyricist of My Way but now I have learned it was a rewrite in English of the French song Comme d'habitude as reported by Edna. Secondly, it looks like Sinatra did record the song prior to Anka who did it less than a year after Sinatra in 1969. I stand corrected!

Edna, I am not sure what "Comme d´habitude" means so I will take your word it is My Way covered by Sinatra. But if indeed it is, then Claude François's version is a cover as well. The original was written and sung by Paul Anka.

Back in the 70's when they still kept the Top 100 Of The Year charts (I am not sure if they still do, Billboard that is) I once read this album was the only album ever to have every song on the album on the chart. Can anyone else confirm this? That fact alone would make this album one of the classics of our generation!