Rocket Man

Rocket Man is one of my favorite Elton John songs. When I was in junior high Chorus, this song was one of the songs we chose to sing, during the school's annual spring concert. At that time, I could hit the high notes fairly easily, but when that school year ended, I made a bad decision to start smoking, and by the time the new school year began in September, I could no longer hit the high notes, as easily, so needless to say, I decided not to do the Chorus thing anymore.
On a brighter note, I haven't smoked a cigarette, since I quit cold turkey in 1984, on Smoke Enders day. As far as being able to hit the high notes again, I can, but it's just not the same :(
I chose this video because it sounded the closest to the studio version of this song. Enjoy :)



What is your favorite Elton John song?

Brass In Pocket

I was heading toward my 18th birthday, when this Pretenders song came out. I thought that it was a cool song because it was a new sound, and I believe that it helped toward introducing me to alternative music. Of course I didn't make the connection until much later. I instead thought at that time that it had kind of a pop sound, with a bit of an edge to it.
I also would like to mention that it saddened me, when I found out, that two of the original members of The Pretenders, had died back in the 80's, due to drug overdoses, at the young ages of 25 and 30.
I hope that you will check out this video because Chrissie Hynde has a unique sounding voice, which is alto/tenor, sort of. Plus whenever I hear this song, it makes me want to bust out and start singing along with it.

Blinded By The Light

When this song started playing on the radio, I would listen to it and think, what is the meaning of this song? The song made no sense to me. I wondered, what he was really singing about. Anyways, I ended up liking this song, because the music sounded cool.

Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By The Light


Does anyone know, what he is singing about?

Live concert on tv

I remember watching this concert on tv, with my best friend Chris, at her house, when I was 16. They had one of those floor model 27 inch colored televisions that were built with wood around them, to make them look fancier, than just a plain looking smaller table top model.
And now, the flat screen tv rules, especially if it is one of those Plasm flat screen tv's, which you can hang up on the wall like a picture frame. Just look how far we have come with our television technology, within the past 30 something years.