LATELY IT OCCURS TO ME.......WHAT A LONG STRANGE TRIP ITS BEEN
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Artist:Lawrence Gowan
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Album:Let It Rock
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Track:Good Golly Miss Molly
.....I guess another way to look at it is...........Got a good reason for takin the easy way out. What a day for a daydreamin boy.
....How many of us think in song quotes? What I mean is.....in casual conversation how many times are our own thoughts perfectly encapsulated in the words of others? Is this intellectual ennui? Have all the great thoughts on certain issues already been thunk? (nyuk nyuk). How many times do we run back to our personal books of quotations to reassure ourselves in times of trouble......
>>>>>>"Old lady judges watch people in pairs/ Limited in sex, they dare to push fake morals, insult & stare/While money doesn't talk, it swears./Obscenity, who really cares?/Propaganda, its all phoney" ...........B Dylan
.......But in doing so....do e shut off needed internal debate?
And so...with that....and having nothing at all to do with anything thats come before it.....Lawrence Gowan....of Styx fame (I guess,. Capndad?) here performs with Ronnie Hawkins, Carl Perkins, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson & others In a nice big band rocknroll take on the Little Richard classic.....Good Golly Miss Molly. To their credit, the boys don't try to match the frantic crackling energy of Little Richard's fierce original...instead they give it a good rock workout. See how ya like it.
Comments (37)
Sounds a lot like Macca on vocals. Styx should of let him take lead more often. People say I speak in lyrical phrases all the time- usually they don't get what I'm saying until I explain it.
Hey, what song ends with someone saying, "Same as it ever was" and havng that line fade out the song in repetition? Any idea?
I had a girlfriend once who gave me songs to listen to (almost as homework) that 'perfectly described how (she) felt". That really peeved me off. Didn't help much that is was usually N'SYNC or the like. shutter
I can't say I think in lyrics, though I envy those who do. Unless it's one of those random songs that get stuck in my head, I can't really recall song lyrics until I hear the song playing. Strange. I'm pretty good at remembering lyrics but I guess it's just not in my RAM.
MX - You're not thinking of "Once in a lifetime" by Talking Heads... are you?
not sure the name but its the talkin heads. A VASTLY over rated band if ever there was one.
Deadman thinks Byrne is a buffoon. But "Once in a Lifetime", we see a person who can relate the "new" context to an eternal notion. All ideas, despite their shiny coat when born in an individuals mind, are the result of a similar or replicated pattern of thoughts. Perspective allows us to view our seemingly original ideas as new and unique, when really we rehash the same "few" moral dilemmas which are simply attached to a re-fashioned context, like a simply designed pin that adorns many new lapels over years of ownership...
I am back to fight zombies.........
I sometimes wonder if ever good thought I have had came from a song lyric. Geez I hope not.
....I guess another way to look at it is...........Got a good reason for takin the easy way out. What a day for a daydreamin boy.
We all get those days DM. It's what we do about them that counts. And so to add to your statements that ensue, if we were just automatons, without originality of thought or idea, and without context that is indeed unique to each of us, then perhaps we'd take the road well travelled. But we do have choice.
.......But in doing so....do e shut off needed internal debate?
Dylan simply expresses what most artists express at some point in their career, and that is the futility and seeming fruitlessness of whatever they've chosen to write about. It's a dilemma to each artist, in order to live up to their name and reputation, whether to write truth or whether to seek the most dramatic expression of the arrogant objectivity we all live with.
Driftersescape007 - your summation is very good.
I love the smell of Philosophical debate in the morning.
Oh, and yes, Lawrence Gowan of Styx.
demo- that could be it, although it's not quite what I've been hearing in my minds ear. If you think of any others, please let me know folks.
@driftersescape007....who asserts that...."All ideas, despite their shiny coat when born in an individuals mind, are the result of a similar or replicated pattern of thoughts."
Two words....Balder & Dash. The "uniqueness" of each personal perspective warrants examination within the context of your assertion. Are there "Universal Moral Truths"? If there are not....then each experienced thought or expressed idea is a potential pathway to the utter randomness of existance. If there are "UMT's"...then each thought or expressed idea is a potential pathway to that truth.
>>>>>We make take solace & comfort & guidance from our fellow travelers....but in the end....we alone vest it all with meanings that we can relate to.
>>>>Which of course the good Capn has already said much more sustinctly
Same as it ever was
THis is a great cover. No one SHOULD try to match Little Richard in intensity - amps, even if they go to 11, don't go that high.
Talking Heads overrated? Not an obsession of mine but certainly respectable. Not sure any rock stars CAN be overrated, especially Mr. $300-for-my-teenage-belches, Neil Young.
"If there are not....then each experienced thought or expressed idea is a potential pathway to the utter randomness of existance. If there are "UMT's"...then each thought or expressed idea is a potential pathway to that truth."
That's deep, Jeff.
yeah...the stuffs gettin deep folks....put on your boots
If there are UMT's, then each thought or expressed idea is not only a pathway to that truth, but is, as a learning experience, either an agreement with the UMT or a departure from them. i.e. UMT's do not come about through our measly dabblng in defining truth. they are, or they are not. Therefore we are in alignment or we are not.
UMT's do not come about through our measly dabblng in defining truth
>>>>>so true, & yet the path is the answer.
I would say the path is tyhe adventurous journey to the answer, but not the answer itself. Course, the journey can be darned fun!
"they are, or they are not. Therefore we are in alignment or we are not."
>>>>I think we are just spokes, capn, & the only question is the direction of our travel. We are either at the hub of our perspective flying outward to a destination uniquely our own (& so random & puposeless). Or we are at an edge by the very act of being self-aware....heading toward the UMTs.
The path you take is the answer to your UMT. However too many people choose the wrong path, which causes their UMT to become their UIN (Universal Immoral Non-truth). Once we become immoral or non-truthful, our path can become our own personal hell, or that for others.
Alignment only come out of being as moral and truthful as we can. When we abandon that, we abandon our compass and lose our way in life. And that, of course, sends a ripple effect throughout our universe and those we touch.
Wow, how did we get here from a topic of song lyrics? Oh yeah-
"And in the end, the love we take, is equal to the love we make." "Life is a highway- I want to ride it all night long." "If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with." "We are the world, we are the children. We are the ones who make a brighter day."
WTF? Someone dissed Talking Heads and "Once in a Lifetime," and had good things to say about a member of Styx? There really is no accounting for taste.
I knew you'd love that, Mike. LOL
Rex says....."However too many people choose the wrong path," which of course presupposes a UMT
Yup!
I think ur wrong. Not about UMT's.......but the wrong path thing. A person cannot be anywhere but where they are. That path is for their steps alone. direction is key.
Yes- and where they are, may be on the wrong path- one that is destructive or damaging to them or one that they regret going down. Perhaps I should have phrased it "many people choose unfortunate paths". Unfortunate, is however, defined in the heart and mind of the beholder and no one else, since everyone's experience is unique.
IMHO, a path is a direction. You can't go down a path unless you head in one direction or the other.
Anyway, it was my attempt at being deep. I don't know if I succeeded, but I couldn't resist. :)
Rex Dude! Greater minds than ours have wrestled this question to a draw through out history, birthing religions & wars. What harm can we do? LOL.
But you're still missing a central point here. Your verbal tapdance notwithstanding, a person's path is uniquely their own. We have posited that they move toward a hub of UMT....though it could well be they move away. You have injected the element of free will, a central tenet of christianity (though its also one of the many paradoxes) into the equation, fair enough. So each moment becomes it's own entity, a starting point, as detached from the past as it is from the future....a series of decisions that lead to the present. And the present, as the master philosopher POEBEGONE has noted, is longer than either of them.
So yes...each has his own path...based on happenstance or design.....but what's the frequency, Kenneth?
Help. I'm a rock.
Spike, you are a rock, I am an island. And a rock feels no pain; And an island never cries.
Jeff, I think we are closer to agreement on this than we sound. Slight differences in our perspectives, and me counting the past as part of our path instead of starting a new path at each moment. Very interesting discussing this with you. I see Drifter and Cap couldn't keep up, so we must have gone too deep. LOL
What is the frequency, Jeff? Oh, let's not start that!! :)
Not that I couldn't keep up, I just haven't received notices of this conversation.
Which means I can now have the last word. Where do I start?
Lemme see, my path is different from your path is different from his path... But they can all end up in the same place ultimately. Which is the beauty of our created selves, and the amazingness of its complexity. For while the paths are, and indeed should be, different (lest we all be just carbon copies of each other) it's the ultimate destination that counts in a universe of UMT.(singular, not plural)
And at his point I could easily cross the line into eternal perspectives. There IS right and there IS wrong. The ultimate UMT. And the question we all wrestle with, internally if not externally, is where that UMT points as the destination. I mean, can a UMT have multiple stops? Pluralism would say so, but does that not, then, deny the existence of UMT in the first place if that's the case? I mean, Canibalism is acceptable in some places. Are they wrong, or are we dealing with an example of a MMT? (Multiple Moral Truths)
Cap- I guess you only see the continuing comments in your feed. I have to check it each day to see what's going by me. It's now part of my path.
You raise some interesting points, there, Capn. Christian philosophy holds that good & bad cannot exist, or rather only exists on this planet because of....and through...mankind. We are, according to christian beliefs, a synthesis of the finite & the infinite walking our lonely difficult path to the light. Of course the christian philosophy has been twisted & distorted by various religions for a couple of eons into something else entirely, perverted by the countless predjudices & foibles of the men & woman who have claimed exclusive knowledge of the ways of heaven.
I'm not sure I agree with your "according to christian beliefs" statement ("a synthesis of the finite & the infinite walking our lonely difficult path to the light.") Christian beliefs of course do focus on the path in that it teaches a way of daily living. But it does not assume we're all heading for the light. That's where the other major tenet comes into play, that of choice.
I do agree that "the christian philosophy has been twisted & distorted by various religions for a couple of eons into something else entirely, perverted by the countless predjudices & foibles of the men & woman who have claimed exclusive knowledge of the ways of heaven." In fact, as a Christian myself, I would say that's my biggest complaint. It makes no sense to me that we preach love and tolerance on the one hand, while on the other we go to great lengths to defend our point of view, even to the point of violence and intolerance.
The problem here is that man invented "religion," but man did not invent Christianity. I'll give man credit for the motivation, but the enacting of his invention was stained by the very thing Christianity was established to counter. And the fact that there are so many Christian religions is a testament to our falibilities and weaknesses. I do see a need to be accommodating to our differences that take the form of human likes and dislikes. I do not see the need for "pushing" our beliefs forcefully. Christ demonstrated true faith through his actions and an amazing strength of character that attracted the crowds. We have sadly demonstrated our faith through bullheadedness, intolerance, and demanding action. Then we wonder why people are intolerant back! Some TV evangelists have done little for the cause.
But that does not negate the UMT of Christ's teaching. Just because we've made a mess of it doesn't mean it ain't so. But that's what we'll all find out some day. In the mean time, I choose to act out my faith IN the world with my fellow human brothers, and hopefully be a positive example.
It's my path, and the growing never stops.
You are indeed a most trusted MOgger, my friend. I don't know about you for sure, but i suspect you enjoy kicking these things around as much as I.
So........God.......An anthropormorphic entity? Or cosmic Mufffin?
"anthropormorphic - ascribing human characteristics to that which is not human. Often used to describe a deity."
So you're right on the button there Jeff. the Bible teaches the Trinitarian doctrine. I spent many months studying it to be sure myself. So regardless of what you may hear, that's what's in there.
And the second person of the Trinity is Jesus, who was the huiman form of God. So yes, anthropormophic, although not quite in the usual sense of personification.
And yes, I enjoy very much kicking these things around. I'm a past seeker in places like LSD, Mescaline, and others too numerous to mention. Never did the hard one though. And I've explored eastern mysticism. Do those things make up my path? Yes they do. And my destination is still my destination, but was chosen as the path unwound.
I stand corrected- you can keep up! I hate what religions have done to Christian perceptions and perceptions of Christians.
John, have you seen this? After reading your last comment, I thought this fit nicely. It explains the second person of the Trinity.
......Jesus is my crutch & my excuse.