When You're Falling - Afro Celt Sound System (with Peter Gabriel)

When You're Falling - Afro Celt Sound System

Big Time - Peter Gabriel

 

Strange as it may sound - every time I heard this song I knew I was going to have a good day.

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

When You're Falling - Afro Celt Sound System

More Linky Links

More stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Heh Heh - now the 8 Northwestern students who claim they were the victims of hazing have hired legal representation. That endowment fund is going faster than I thought. Now now it seems like only the college President and AD are without legal representation. How long before they lawyer up?

- I think about this song and how prevalent it became in Hollywood often

- Alan Sepinwall of the new Justified miniseries.

- If you know your Bible this is both relevant and amusing

When You're Falling - Afro Celt Sound System

 

With Peter Gabriel on vocals.

Peter Gabriel's Solsbury Hill

How Peter Gabriel's Solsbury Hill inadvertently became a Hollywood soundtrack staple.

Big fan of both Peter Gabriel and Solsbury Hill. Always thought the song was based upon the book I Heard the Owl Call My Name but I'm probably mistaken on that (though the book and song do synch up very nicely).

While we're talking about Peter Gabriel - I should mention that I consider his 1986 album So to be one of the so called "perfect albums" where every song is great and it would be hard picturing changing anything.

Top 5 - Peter Gabriel Songs

Today is Peter Gabriel's birthday. Here are what I consider his top 5 solo songs.

1. Solsbury Hill
2. Red Rain
3. Here Comes the Flood
4. In Your Eyes
5. (tie) Big Time (tie) I Have the Touch

Just missing the list San Jacinto, D.I.Y. and Don't Give Up.

Did you know that Phil Collins is his cousin?

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

America's sustained competitive advantage stems from our vast natural resources and our freedoms. Of the two our freedoms are by far the most important and irreplaceable. And we are chipping away at the bedrock of our freedoms - sometimes it seems with sledgehammers... No need to call me Lord... Peter Gabriel's first choice for the female lead on the song Don't Give Up wasn't Kate Bush - it was Dolly Parton! Just another example of how legendary Dolly is... Sadly this is true!... Time to dust off my Ben Ben Theory. I have a theory that if you substituted Ben Stiller for Ben Affleck and vice versa in any of their movies - the movie would automatically become much more interesting to watch... You may be cool but you'll never be as cool as Debbie Harry lounging in her New York apartment under an Andy Warhol portrait of herself...  

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

I would love to watch a documentary on Internet trolls narrated by David Attenborough... A major study finds little evidence that eating red meat is linked to cancer, diabetes, or heart disease. Yay meat!... Who knew? During Prohibition Walgreens grew from 20 stores to 500 in large part from sales of "medicinal" whiskey... Really looking forward to the NBA season - not just to see how Kemba Walker fits with the Celtics but also to see how Russell Westbrook fits with the Rockets... Roddy Piper set to Peter Gabriel's In Your Eyes. Rowdy Roddy was the best... "It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes." - Thomas Aquinas... I would love to see Larry Bird made head of USA Basketball...

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Taking a page from the books of others - I am placing the blame for the Pats loss Sunday to the Steelers squarely on Global Warming. It wasn't the penalties, the mistakes, the turnovers - it was Global Warming. I will now stick my head in the sand.. Baseball Hall of Famer Pud Galvin was born on Christmas Day 1856. He was nicknamed Pud because he made batters look like "pudding" at the plate not because he was a dick... Who knew? Peter Gabriel's first choice for the female lead on the song Don't Give Up wasn't Kate Bush - it was Dolly Parton!... Random thought - Spare Time would be a great name for a bowling alley... "Ball Peen Hammer" sounds like it could be a sex act straight from the Urban Dictionary. Is "peen" even used in any other phrase?... The 1951 version of A Christmas Carol with Alastair Sim is the best ever made. The second best is the 1999 version with Patrick Stewart... Kirsty MacColl was killed 18-years ago today. RIP...

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- More reasons why reading should be a daily habit. My daily goal is 30-pages of non-fiction or 50 pages of fiction.

- Interesting comparison of the GDP of individual US States vs whole countries.

- This was the only thing from the Royal Wedding I found of interest.

- Why are gas prices so high and what happened to fracking?

- This remains one of my favorite albums of all-time

- US, China agree to abandon trade war. Looks like we got some concessions from China who also exerted pressure on North Korea. Abandoning the trade war talk is probably the price we paid in the Korean negotiations.

- Impressive was the right word to describe this

100 of My Favorite Songs

Today's offering (21) Here Comes the Flood by Peter Gabriel.

Top 5 - Peter Gabriel Songs

Today is Peter Gabriel's birthday. Here are what I consider his top 5 songs.

1. Solsbury Hill
2. Red Rain
3. Here Comes the Flood
4. In Your Eyes
5. (tie) Big Time (tie) I Have the Touch

Just missing the list San Jacinto, D.I.Y. and Don't Give Up.

Did you know that Phil Collins is his cousin?

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting and thought I'd share.

- When I see something like this - first I laugh and then I remember that TGI Friday's was started as a single's bar.

- Awesome photo - the Milky Way over Mount Rainier.

- Very cool look at Peter Gabriel's song Biko. One of my favorites.

- The was the answer from the last debate that was the nail in the coffin of Obama's campaign.

Pete Gabriel - San Jacinto



I'm a fan of Peter Gabriel. I like his music, his lyrics and his showmanship. I do find him to be politically naive but in general I don't look to my artists for political or economic insights.

It would be interesting though to revisit some of the blather from the Amnesty International concert from 1986 to see who made more of a difference in worldwide freedom - the musicians or the US Marines. I think we all know the answer to this and it isn't the folks taking bows and collecting royalties.

Top 5 - Peter Gabriel Songs

Today is Peter Gabriel's 58th birthday and in his honor here are what I consider his top 5 songs.

1. Solsbury Hill
2. Red Rain
3. Here Comes the Flood (Shaking the Tree version)
4. In Your Eyes
5. (tie) Big Time (tie) I Have the Touch

Just missing the list San Jacinto, D.I.Y., Come Talk to Me, Love to be Loved and Don't Give Up. For your enjoyment - here's Peter singing Here Comes the Flood.

Morning Music

Here's this morning's listening (and watching I guess) music selections.

- The Cult - Fire Woman. I love cranking the volume on this song.

- Peter Gabriel - Come Talk to Me

- Dead Can Dance - The Wind That Shakes the Barley. Haunting.

- Squeeze - Cool for Cats

- Foo Fighters - The Pretender

Morning Music

Here's this morning's listening (and watching I guess) music selections.

- Peter Gabriel - Here Comes the Flood. One of my favorite songs.

- Eddie Vedder - Guaranteed

- The Shins - Phantom Limb

- The Clash - Radio Clash (live).

- Silver Chair - Straight Lines. This band came out of nowhere with a sound that reminded people of Led Zepplin but now they sound like a less masculine Coldplay. I still like this song though.