myLot Discussions| Live life with love. | | From what I've understood from life is that, life is love . So it is Love Supreme that controls our lives.We all must live in love. All of us feel happy if we feel loved. Feeling loved in the sense of belonging, in the sense of being missed by someone, in the sense of being admired and appreciated in whatever we do, is wonderful feeling. That's life. We feel that we need love for it is love that has made us and love that has saved us,as the song goes. But love is also pain when man is willing to seek it inside out. 'Love is not love when it alteration finds'. But does that attribute to harm someone,if love is transcended from the special other to the others as well? Most of the time it is difficult.As we are bound to the other by our biological demands.Most of the time, those who love,develop in them a sense of need,attachment and succumb to fury,jealousy,possessiveness etc..etc if anything apart from what is expected happens. Only the faith in the Grace alone can help one love in a way called universal love.When we show our love to our kids or pets, that doesn't ignite feelings, negative in sense, why should then it be a problem if it is given to someone else? Loving truly is... | |
| | Jones'n for Jazz: An Unabashedly Biased Commentary on Jazz "Must Haves" | | I think it would be rather bold to try to write to the history and current practices in and of jazz in one article. Either that or, hey, I just don't have the endurance or the attention span to attempt such a comprehensive undertaking and/or analysis. I can, however, offer a starting point that I think would provide a jazz newcomer to some delicious and EVER so exciting pieces of and moments in jazz music. I can in no way begin to know all of what is good and great in the vast discography of jazz which, by now is closing in on the century mark. You can look as far back as Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton, and the heavyweights in blues and gospel, in vaudville and, yes, even the burlesque, and find some claim to the rich history and collective flavors that make up the stew we today enjoy as much as ever.I can tell you to go drink up and absorb yourself in the musical treasures of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Oscar Peterson. I can drool on about the tones and talent of Billie "Lady Day" Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, and even the sultry and sumptuous Bessie Smith or Ma Rainey - both of very early blues and jazz... | |
| | Songs Of The Century | | The list, in the order of votes received. Each song is followed by the name of an artist who made a recording of the song.Title Artist
1. "Over the Rainbow" Judy Garland
2. "White Christmas" Bing Crosby
3. "This Land Is Your Land" Woody Guthrie
4. "Respect" Aretha Franklin
5. "American Pie" Don McLean
6. "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" The Andrews Sisters
7. West Side Story (Album) Original Cast
8. "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" Billy Murray
9. "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" The Righteous Brothers
10. "The Entertainer" Scott Joplin
11. "In the Mood" Glenn Miller Orchestra
12. "Rock Around the Clock" Bill Haley & His Comets
13. "When the Saints Go Marching In" Louis Armstrong
14. "You Are My Sunshine" Jimmie Davis
15. "Mack the Knife" Bobby Darin
16. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" The Rolling Stones
17. "Take the A Train" Duke Ellington Orchestra
18. "Blueberry Hill" Fats Domino
19. "God Bless America " Kate Smith
20. "Stars and Stripes Forever" Sousa's Band
21. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Marvin Gaye
22. "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" Otis Redding
23. "I Left My Heart In San Francisco " Tony Bennett
24. "Good Vibrations"... | |
| | Music to Soothe the Savage Breast | | William Congreve said "music hath charms to soothe the savage breast" and, of course, he was right. The right music can make me feel relaxed, take away anger, and just put me in a frame of mind that is in touch with the more peaceful nuances of the Universe.My personal soothing "mixtape" (it's actually a CD compilation I burned but "mix CD" doesn't have the same ring to it for me for some reason) includes:Bach's "Air on the G String" (a most sublime piece of music as recorded by Pablo Casals and the Marlboro Festival Orchestra)Elton John's "Your Song" (perhaps my all-time favorite love song)Emmylou Harris' exquisite version of The Beatles' "Here, There, and Everywhere"Cassandra Wilson's sultry version of Van Morrison's "Tupelo Honey"Pachelbel's "Canon" (both the inspiring version by Neville Marriner & Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and the lilting vocal version..."How, When, Where"...by Cleo Laine and James Galway)John Coltrane's "Acknowledgement" (from "A Love Supreme")Norah Jones' "Don't Know Why"Miles Davis' "Blue in Green"and Enya's ethereal and graceful "How Can I Keep From Singing?"What tracks would you (or have you) put on... | |
| | How to Love and Like Difficult People | | I find it easier to love difficult people than like them. Liking them means you wanna be with them all the time. Loving them means you forgive them and accept them as they are--and then see them around some time. Well, loving and liking them is the best thing, but I believe it all starts with liking them--and it's the hardest part. I guess you'd have to have some self empowerment first, like I do by first getting inspiration from posting on my website. It gives me joy enough to face difficult people. | |
| | I Love Studying People | | People always comment that I'm a good listener. It's because I love to study people--they're minds, how they talk, their aspirations, frustrations, attitude and character, priorities, etc. I learn a lot from people from all walks of life. I listen to both the rich and poor, old and young--even to kids. You'd be amazed at the diversities of human kind, and yet they have many things in common. And I see God in all this. I love featuring people on my website, specially noting their funny sides. | |
| | Love | | Love is a word that means to appreciate something. Love for a special person is very much common and is all around us. You see people with girlfriends and boyfriends around you. People with a husband or a wife. People with buddies, friends and best friends. People with cousins, aunts, uncles and grand parents. Love makes the world go round. If you love your work you will be productive. If you love what your doing it doesn't matter what it will turn out into. If you love someone looks aren't important, distance isn't a problem, problems always have solutions and you both believe and trust each other. | |
| | Castle! Love it! | | I make it a point to watch this show every week! I wish that Castle and Beckett would just get on with it already!! I understand they hafta prolong the up and coming relationship between them but, darnit, I want it to happen! Anyone else? | |
| | | The reason to love and the reason to hate | | Not long ago, I asked my girlfriend, what's the reason for her to love me. And she had no answer. She had no reason to love me.. And my thoughts was, if she had no reason to love me, then someday, she may hate me for no reason. I actually afraid to write that down, and i hope I'm wrong. but, what do you think? am I right or wrong? | |
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