[Vision2020] Music to my ears
Sunil Ramalingam
sunilramalingam@hotmail.com
Mon, 08 Mar 2004 17:18:14 -0800
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<P>Shawn, </P>
<P>I wasn't going to do this, but since you went through all the trouble...The song was in fact written by Biddu [Appaiah? I think that's his last name] who went to the Bishop Cotton Boys School in Bangalore, India, where I attended 9th and 10th grades in '76-77. 'Kung Fu Fighting was a huge song back then, and in '77 a film crew showed up with Biddu, working on a documentary of his life. Like all the other boys and most of the staff, I spent the next few days trying desperately to get in front of the camera. I'm the one with the glasses, skinny legs and bad hair.<BR></P>
<P>Carl,</P>
<P>How about Seasons in the Sun? How on earth can you ignore that masterpiece?<BR>Sunil</P></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>From: "Shawn Clabough" <SHAWNC@OUTTRACK.COM>
<DIV></DIV>>To: <VISION2020@MOSCOW.COM>
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Music to my ears
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 14:34:27 -0800
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<DIV></DIV>>Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas 1974
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<DIV></DIV>>Jamaican-born Carl Douglas was working with producer Biddu during 1974 when the necessity to record a b-side to 'I Want To Give You My Everything', resulted in 'Kung Fu Fighting', a song which apparently took only 10 minutes to record. When the Douglas composition was presented to the A&R department at Pye Records, they wisely elevated the song to an a-side. Capturing the contemporary interest in Kung Fu in films and magazines, and bestowed with a catchy chorus, the song topped the charts in both the UK and USA. Douglas, gamely dressed in martial arts garb, executed his 'hoo!' and 'haaa!' grunts while performing the song and kept up the novelty long enough to chart again with 'Dance The Kung Fu'. Three years later, Douglas made a return to the UK charts with the Top 30 hit, 'Run Back', since when little has been heard of him.
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<DIV></DIV>>- http://www.70disco.com/kungfu.htm
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<DIV></DIV>>Shawn
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<DIV></DIV>>From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com] On Behalf Of Tim Lohrmann
<DIV></DIV>>Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 9:52 AM
<DIV></DIV>>To: Carl Westberg
<DIV></DIV>>Cc: vision2020@moscow.com
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Music to my ears
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<DIV></DIV>>Carl,
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<DIV></DIV>> Didn't you forget "KUNG-FU FIGHTING?"
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<DIV></DIV>> I'm clueless as to who recorded that gem, but something tells me that you've probably got a pretty good idea.
<DIV></DIV>> Are you familiar with the term "sick puppy," Carl? Cool <HTTP: ?partner="ZSzeb001" www.smileycentral.com>
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<DIV></DIV>>Carl Westberg <CARLWESTBERG846@HOTMAIL.COM>wrote:
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<DIV></DIV>> "Billy, Don't Be a Hero" by Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods, "The Night
<DIV></DIV>> Chicago Died" by Paper Lace, and "You're Having My Baby" by Paul Anka.
<DIV></DIV>> Music just doesn't get any better than those three...
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<DIV></DIV>> Carl Westberg Jr.
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<DIV></DIV>> >From: Tim Lohrmann
<DIV></DIV>> >To: vision2020@moscow.com
<DIV></DIV>> >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Music to my ears
<DIV></DIV>> >Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 09:52:13 -0800 (PST)
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<DIV></DIV>> >OK, here's the big top tres!
<DIV></DIV>> > 1. STILL DOIN' TIME(In a Honky-Tonk Prison) by "the possum" George Jones
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<DIV></DIV>> > 2.Stan Kenton's version of HEY JUDE, off the album entitled Live at
<DIV></DIV>> >Redlands, by Stan Kenton and his Orchestra.
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> > 3. THE TIME HAS COME TODAY, by the Ramones(cover of the Chamber's
<DIV></DIV>> >Brothers tune.)
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >bill london wrote:
<DIV></DIV>> >I like the goal of shifting V2020 top! ics to a more positive and
<DIV></DIV>> >uplifting subject -- and so here are my three favorite songs.
<DIV></DIV>> >Of course, that was not an easy choice, since I do like many kinds of
<DIV></DIV>> >music.
<DIV></DIV>> >In no order:
<DIV></DIV>> >1. Redemption Song, by Bob Marley (reggae is a real fave of mine, and if
<DIV></DIV>> >forced to choose, I think this poignant languid song is the best)
<DIV></DIV>> >2. Tiny Whiny Boom-Boom by Arrow (soca is the bouncy music of Trinidad
<DIV></DIV>> >and Arrow is a soca master)
<DIV></DIV>> >3. The Sound of Music by Julie Andrews (just to show you that I am at
<DIV></DIV>> >heart just a normal American kinda guy)
<DIV></DIV>> >BL
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >amy smoucha wrote:
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<DIV></DIV>> > > Ok. I am a geek. I got so excited with Rose's question that I had to
<DIV></DIV>> > > answer, then go fondle some CDS, then pose a new question. How about
<DIV></DIV>> > > your top few CDs/LPs? The ones where you like EVERY track? Hmmmm? Mine
<DIV></DIV>> > > are:
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<DIV></DIV>> > > Global Divas--a 3 cd set with the best female vocal sta! rs from around
<DIV></DIV>> > > the globe. If you haven't heard it, you really, really haven't lived.
<DIV></DIV>> > > Some songs make me weep, and I don't understand a damn word they are
<DIV></DIV>> > > saying. Everyone must have it.
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > Joni Mitchell, Blue.
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > Bonnie Raitt, Collection
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > Bruce Cockburn, Nothing But A Burning Light or Breakfast In New
<DIV></DIV>> > > Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > Liltih Fair, Volume 2 (Did I leave Queen Latifah off my other list?)
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > The Weavers, Live
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<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > I know this is a community forum, but we do need to get to know each
<DIV></DIV>> > > other, to put our posts in context, and we should get to have fun like
<DIV></DIV>> > > this until winter is really over, don't you think? I think all
<DIV></DIV>> > > occasional and frequent posters using their real name should tell us
<DIV></DIV>> > > what is "music to your ears."
<DIV></DIV>> > >! ;
<DIV></DIV>> > > Amy Smoucha
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<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > ----Original Message Follows----
<DIV></DIV>> > > From: DonaldH675@aol.com
<DIV></DIV>> > > To: vision2020@moscow.com
<DIV></DIV>> > > Subject: [Vision2020] Music to my ears
<DIV></DIV>> > > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 00:19:10 EST
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<DIV></DIV>> > > Visionaries:
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > Allegedly I have only one song. Well, actually, not quite. But it did
<DIV></DIV>> > > cause
<DIV></DIV>> > > me to wonder what members of our Internet community liked to listen to
<DIV></DIV>> > > (and
<DIV></DIV>> > > sing along with). We can reliability predict certain responses to
<DIV></DIV>> > > topics on
<DIV></DIV>> > > V2020, but I imagine our musical tastes might prove surprising. My
<DIV></DIV>> > > baby brother
<DIV></DIV>> > > once told me that the music I liked best was a reflection of my
<DIV></DIV>> > > personality -
<DIV></DIV>> > > an abiding affection for lost causes songs, songs about revolutions, and
<DIV></DIV>> > > glorious Protestant hymns. He is right. At any rate, wo! uld anyone care
<DIV></DIV>> > > to share
<DIV></DIV>> > > their top three or four songs of-all-time list? I'm willing to go
<DIV></DIV>> > > first, in no
<DIV></DIV>> > > particular order. The lyrics (if anyone is interested) follow the list.
<DIV></DIV>> >I
<DIV></DIV>> > > would guess that most of them are available on Amazon. Drum roll
<DIV></DIV>> > > please for :
<DIV></DIV>> > > Simple Gifts, Lachin Y Gair, (Blakes) Jerusalem, and The
<DIV></DIV>> > > Internationale, .
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > Simple Gifts
<DIV></DIV>> > > 'Tis the gift to be simple,
<DIV></DIV>> > > Tis the gift to be free,
<DIV></DIV>> > > Tis the gift to come down
<DIV></DIV>> > > where we ought to be,
<DIV></DIV>> > > And when we find ourselves
<DIV></DIV>> > > in the place just right,
<DIV></DIV>> > > It will be in the valley
<DIV></DIV>> > > of love and delight.
<DIV></DIV>> > > When true simplicity is gained,
<DIV></DIV>> > > to bow and to bend ,
<DIV></DIV>> > > we will not be ashamed.
<DIV></DIV>> > > To turn, turn, will be our delight,
<DIV></DIV>> > > 'Til by turning, turning, we ! come round right.
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > Lachin Y Gair
<DIV></DIV>> > > (John McDermott performs my favorite version of Lord Byron’s poem)
<DIV></DIV>> > > “Away, ye gay landscapes, ye gardens of roses!
<DIV></DIV>> > > In you the minions of luxury rove;
<DIV></DIV>> > > Restore me the rocks where the snow-flake reposes,
<DIV></DIV>> > > Though still they are sacred to freedom and love;
<DIV></DIV>> > > Yet, Caledonia; beloved are thy mountains,
<DIV></DIV>> > > Round their white summits though elements war;
<DIV></DIV>> > > Though cataracts foam ‘stead of smooth-flowing fountains,
<DIV></DIV>> > > I sigh for the valley of dark Loch Nagar.
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > Ah! There my young footsteps in infancy wandered:
<DIV></DIV>> > > My cap was the bonnet, my cloak was the plaid;
<DIV></DIV>> > > On chieftains long perished my memory pondered
<DIV></DIV>> > > As daily I strode through the pine covered glade;
<DIV></DIV>> > > I sought not my home, till the day’s dying glory
<DIV></DIV>> > > Gave praise to the rays of the brigh! t polar star;
<DIV></DIV>> > > For fancy was cheered by traditional glory,
<DIV></DIV>> > > Disclosed by the natives of dark Loch Nagar.
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > Shades of the dead, have I not heard your voices
<DIV></DIV>> > > Rise on the night-rolling breath of the gale
<DIV></DIV>> > > Surely the soul of the hero rejoices
<DIV></DIV>> > > And rides on the wind, o’er his own Highland vale.
<DIV></DIV>> > > Round Loch Nagar while the stormy mist gathers,
<DIV></DIV>> > > Winter presides in his cold icy car;
<DIV></DIV>> > > Clouds then encircle the forms of my fathers;
<DIV></DIV>> > > They dwell in the tempests of dark Loch Nagar.
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > Yet, Caledonia; beloved are thy mountains,
<DIV></DIV>> > > I sigh for the valley of dark Loch Nagar.
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > Ill-starred, though brave, did no visions foreboding
<DIV></DIV>> > > Tell you that fate had forsaken your cause?
<DIV></DIV>> > > Ah, were you destined to die at Culloden,
<DIV></DIV>> > > Victory crown’ed not your fall with applause;
<DIV></DIV>> > >! Still were you happy in death’s earthly slumber,
<DIV></DIV>> > > You rest with your clan in the Caves of Braemar;
<DIV></DIV>> > > The pibroch resounds, the piper’s loud number,
<DIV></DIV>> > > Your deeds on the echoes of dark Lock Nagar.
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > Years have rolled on, Loch Nagar, since I left you,
<DIV></DIV>> > > Years must elapse ere I tread you again:
<DIV></DIV>> > > Nature of verdure and flowers has bereft you.
<DIV></DIV>> > > Yet still are you dearer than Albion’s plain.
<DIV></DIV>> > > England! Thy beauties are tame and domestic
<DIV></DIV>> > > To one who has roved on the mountains afar:
<DIV></DIV>> > > Oh for the crags that are wild and majestic!
<DIV></DIV>> > > The steep frowning glories of dark Loch Nagar!
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > Yet, Caledonia; beloved are thy mountains,
<DIV></DIV>> > > I sigh for the valley of dark Loch Nagar.â€
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > Blake's Jerusalem
<DIV></DIV>> > > And did those feet in ancient time
<DIV></DIV>> > > Walk upon England's mountains green?
<DIV></DIV>> > ! > And was the Holy Lamb of God
<DIV></DIV>> > > On England's pleasant pastures seen?
<DIV></DIV>> > > And did the Countenance Divine
<DIV></DIV>> > > Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
<DIV></DIV>> > > And was Jerusalem builded here
<DIV></DIV>> > > Amongst these dark satanic mills?
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > Bring me my bow of burning gold
<DIV></DIV>> > > Bring me my arrows of desire
<DIV></DIV>> > > Bring me my spear: O clouds unfold!
<DIV></DIV>> > > Bring me my Chariot of Fire.
<DIV></DIV>> > > I will not cease from mental fight
<DIV></DIV>> > > Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand
<DIV></DIV>> > > Till we have built Jerusalem
<DIV></DIV>> > > In England's green and pleasant land.
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > The Internationale (Billy Bragg’s version is superb)
<DIV></DIV>> > > Stand up, all victims of oppression for the tyrants fear your might
<DIV></DIV>> > > Don't cling so hard to your possessions for you have nothing, if you
<DIV></DIV>> > > have no
<DIV></DIV>> > > rights
<DIV></DIV>> > > Let racist ignorance be ended for res! pect makes the empires fall
<DIV></DIV>> > > Freedom is merely privilege extended unless enjoyed by one and all
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > Chorus:
<DIV></DIV>> > > So come brothers and sisters for the struggle carries on
<DIV></DIV>> > > The Internationale unites the world in song
<DIV></DIV>> > > So comrades come rally for this is the time and place
<DIV></DIV>> > > The international ideal unites the human race
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > Let no one build walls to divide us walls of hatred nor walls of stone
<DIV></DIV>> > > Come greet the dawn and stand beside us we'll live together or we'll die
<DIV></DIV>> > > alone
<DIV></DIV>> > > In our world poisoned by exploitation those who have taken, now they
<DIV></DIV>> > > must give
<DIV></DIV>> > > And end the vanity of nations we've but one Earth on which to live
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > And so begins the final drama in the streets and in the fields
<DIV></DIV>> > > We stand unbowed before their armour we defy their guns and shields
<DIV></DIV>> > > When we fight, provoked by t! heir aggression let us be inspired by like
<DIV></DIV>> > > and
<DIV></DIV>> > > love
<DIV></DIV>> > > For though they offer us concessions change will not come from above
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > (It goes with out saying that my favorite first is the first one.)
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > Rose Huskey
<DIV></DIV>> > > Once you lose integrity everything else is easy.
<DIV></DIV>> > >
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