Music
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Lyrics from an Unreleased Beach Boys Album*
Lyrics from an Unreleased Beach Boys Album *Songs with (B) are written by me, all others by the listed writer Right Time to Say Goodbye (B) B. Wilson, C. Wilson (Cascade of undulating vocal harmonies mixed in with a subtle countdown from 10) This time is the right time our last words echo in…
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music=magic
Magicians play fools, using prestidigitation and axiomatic misdirection to create two legs out of a box, twitching as their body’s head goes on smiling, complacently unaware that they’re missing something down there. (possibly even something on top) its not worth worrying over. But real magic comes from musicians who play chords, scale up scales to…
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The Name of the Band
You can’t imagine what it was like then: the girls screaming their heads off, the boys throwing the girls out of the way to get a closer look at how our hands formed the chords. Sweat pouring off of all of our faces, the beat and the heat combining powerfully to change the chemistry of…
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All Things Must Pass
This is a remix of the Beatles demo of “All Things Must Pass” recorded during the early part of 1969 for the Get Back/Let it Be album. George Harrison was very proud of the song (as shown in his post Beatles solo album of the same title) and had a hard time getting the others…
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Paul Simon: Note Perfect
PAUL SIMON THE ONLY LIVING BOY IN NEW YORK There was a young boy in Queens, New York City, who played baseball and grew up to create beautiful music. His father and mother listened to jazz and classical music and made sure to share it with their son. This boy was Paul…
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Jazz For Lovers
Not writing as much personal stuff now as Winter Quarter has started, but here is a little essay I wrote for my history of Rock and Roll class: When I picture jazz music, I see snapping fingers, berets, and goatee sporting beatniks. It’s a romantic image, one that rings false but excites. I first heard…
The Numinous Cosmos 