Thursday, November 8, 2018

Street Games


Well I may need to take something back I said about 1989 being a bad year for music Tom Petty and the Heart breakers released free fallin' from Tom album Blue Moon Fever.   This may have been discovered years later.     But it was a huge radio hit and it is extremely difficult to get a song played on local radio      In other words there is a lot of criteria that has to be covered.     Then love shack came out in 89 but I am not going to discuss that. But Kate Pierson is still extremely hot.   She looks better as she has gotten older much like Susanna Hoffs or even Joan Jett.        I need sort of a Paula Aboul sort vibe to myself sort of dance vibe I could say the same thing about Belinda Carlisle’s do you feel like I feel?     From her album Live your life be free.   That sort of vibe.   I think we will all feel better hopefully listening to Belinda’s music for those who just think of this has  disposable pop music they are missing the point.   I think I have experienced growth listening to Belinda’s music.    Belinda’s album Real has more of a ballad type of feel to it.   For example: here comes my baby.     But it still contains a danceable  vibe to it.   There is more of a romantic feel to it.   Meaning it is still good it is just different.   I am going to add I have listened to different versions of lay down your arms I think the better versions of the song are performed live.   Lay down your arms and here comes my baby are on Belinda’s same album Real.    Or even tell me from Real as well from Belinda very well done but different also extremely sexy at times.    I was listening to an interview with Dorothy about something happens when music is absorbed it becomes a whole new thing when it is performed live it changes you really get to know the music there is real genuine emotion where the band gets lost in the process.   Now Dorothy has more substance to her voice.   That has to be so freeing.   Finding your own voice instead of trying to please everyone else.   No one can please everyone anyway.   That is what is so refreshing about Dorothy and her band.   They are a rock band but Dorothy’s voice has a blues vibe to her voice there is a mix to it which makes the music wonderful and confusing at times because there is so much going.    There is so much depth to it.    I really think Dorothy has created something of their own.   I am sure many musicans and bands will try to copy them and I do not think they will be successful that is how good this band really is.   I plan on coming back to this.    I need a little more time with the music.   If anyone is going to blame Van Halen 3 on anyone please do not blame Gary Cherone Van Halen has always been Eddie Van Halen’s band.   Much like Bon Jovi has always been Jon’s band.    I could say about Dorothy that she and the band are not trying to be what fans or record companies want the band to be there are many different emotions tied to 28 days in the valley.   For those of you who think you must knock on a piece of wood to prevent bad stuff from happening have you ever considered that bad stuff happens every one?   It is called life.   If I knock on a piece of wood bad stuff won’t happen to me is stupid.   Maybe bad things happened to you because you knocked on a piece of wood.   My favorite song on Dorothy’s album 28 days in valley has to be on my knees.   I really love the version I found on youtube.   It may be the same on the record.    Again there is a lot going on with this song.   I think it is what I will come to expect from Dorothy which is not a criticism of the band it just makes it difficult to break down.   But I dig it just love Dorothy’s voice on this track it is extremely heavy but alluring and her voice is heavily seductive it drives me crazy but in a good way it feels good.   I cannot take it.   You want me so much you cannot even see straight that pretty much sums it up.   Dorothy owns it!   When I say stay hard stay heavy I mean it not because it sounds good.   People can take that anyway they want but for me it is positive stay hard stay heavy is not just a cool saying even though it sounds cool.   It is a way to deal with this thing we call life to help us all feel better.   Believe for me it is about positive energy and feeding over of the positive  energy.   Sometimes it has to do with getting rid of negative energy I do not need any of that negative energy that negative energy has to go somewhere.   This could be part of accepting your lower parts.   Those maybe the parts of your personality that a person may not find acceptable or even understand but they are always there.   If you do not except those lower parts you will be miserable for no reason in some cases.   But for me my lower parts could be my addiction or a need for music in my life.   That heavy frequency gives me such peace it is an indescribable feeling.   Much like being on drugs without actually being on drugs.   I get that frequency watching and being a fan of Impact going after dark on pop or House of hardcore HOH.   Much like Tommy Dreamer said on Twitch do not mistake my kindness for any kind of weakness because I will not go down without a fight.   I support you Tommy and HOH I will go down with you if I have.   Those lower parts could be a positive I do not know.   But they could be any emotion that you are trying to suppress but they could work for you instead of against you.      Everyone’s lower parts will be different.   The main aspect I have always felt about rock’n roll but music in general it is magic when you figure out how the guitar is going to sound like what the equipment will be I often wonder how these musicians and bands get the guitar to make that sound?   There is just so much that goes into what makes this thing called rock’n roll that I am truly fascinated almost mesmerized.   I am not sure if that comes from alienation but it is an aspect of my personality that I have learned to accept or I will be miserable.   For example: the riff or beat to circle in the sand by: Belinda Carlisle is done with a guitar.   I figured it was done with a keyboard.   When I listen to the song just a released track I would not think of the beat has a heavy riff but it is which I only learned watching the song performed live.   Circle in the sand is available on Belinda’s album Heaven is a place on earth.   This kind of reminds me of keeper of the flame by: Fiona Flanagan there is a keyboard and guitar thrown in there.     Little Ms. Dangerous is back!   That is a reference to an episode of Miami Vice where Fiona plays the villainess in the episode in titled little Ms. dangerous  I am glad that MLW will debut on the FITE app because more fans will get a chance to see it and enjoy it.   Stay hard stay heavy could be a work ethic.   Which I do not have I have to take a nap in the middle of the day to feel better.   It kind of like Bruce Springsteen sings in dancing in the dark they say you gotta stay hungry.   There a lot of wisdom from The Boss.   Clarence Clemmons of The E Street band the saxophone player was the best part of that band at least for me.   Clarence plays saxophone on Lady Gaga’s edge of glory.   No offense to Springsteen but Clarence was the best part of that band.   I have never been good at time management it is something I have never thought about time is nothing but a concept man which is not true.   But I never really thought about time management until I started reading Chris Hardwick’s book the Nerdist way how to get to the next level of your life.   It something I am just starting hopefully I will be successful but I am just taking small steps and hopefully I will become more comfortable with it.   I consider myself a geek or nerd.   Maybe I could spin a bottle to figure this out.   Just to go back to Dorothy’s song on my knees I cannot get enough of this track Dorothy kind of goes into this wonderful extremely sexy monologue: where she asks do you even like me baby?   How tremendous is that?   She sings about take you Vegas and she’ll make you famous!   The reason I like this so much because it is unexpected monologue in the track.   It is so excellent I cannot get enough of this track.   Also you cannot start a fire without a spark.   There is some more wisdom from The Boss.   In other words you need a fire lit under your ass.   I am trying to figure this out for a lot of reasons that I may not even be aware of at this particular time the main thing I see now is all attempt by me to better myself.   At least I know that is my end game so I enjoy more of my life.   It could be small stuff like exercise more which is a challenge for me and I do it and it keeps growing and getting easier.   My main problem I never think I have done enough.   I keep on living year after year I am not sure how I make it that for sure.   I am always thinking how did I make it through that?   Which is part of the mystery I guess.   It is part of God’s grace not to be too spiritual here but to me that is true.   Because let’s face it I do not take care of myself like I should.   I always admire people who have a direction in their lives.   If it is keeping a calendar even though I think that would stress me out.   I probably would not be able to get anything done.   But I am always trying.   Little MS. Dangerous Fiona Flanagan’s demo calling on you is such an energy based song it makes me sad at times because Fiona puts so much emotion and feeling into this demo or deep track.   Reminds me of James Christian’s House of Lords.   There was an interview where Fiona discussed maybe joining House of Lords or Ratt.   It just gives me that House of Lords vibe she talked a lot about the original guitar player for Ratt Robbin Crosby very cool from Little MS. Dangerous.   James Christan is so kool.   I miss spelled cool on purpose just cause I wanted to do it.   Back to Dorothy in her monologue: for on my knees she sings there are so many signals I don’t understand baby? I like that has a question.   The way she delivers that monologue is just breath taking.   Susanna Hoffs released one of the prettiest song entitled darling one from her self-entitled album Susanna Hoffs.   I love her version of Donovan’s classic catch the wind which is on a movie sound track.   But there is so much beautiful emotion in this credibility track as they said about 1980s hard rock this is just extremely comforting and beautifully crafted.   I enjoy most even not all Susanna’s solo stuff.   Her material with alternative rocker: Matthew Sweet is excellent check it out because Matthew and Susanna’s both favorite era of music is from the 1960s.   But there is probably a lot of deep tracks or material.   For example: different drum with Susanna and Matthew Sweet on guitar.     Which was originally written and recorded by Linda Ronstadt and her band.    Sometimes I think I use word dig too much like I dig that.   It is not purpose I just say it a lot.   Tonight Impact Goes after Dark I think the rematch between Tessa Blanchard and Lucha Royalty Taya Valkyrie challenges Tessa for the Knockouts Championship this is going to be a return from Bound for Glory in New York City.   There is something about Tessa I do not know what it is.   But I think The Golden Announcer: Don Calais is right when he says when Tessa winks it is as if she is winking at you!   Lucha Royalty Taya Valkyrie seems to be just sweet.   But extremely powerful in the ring her power may be unmatched.   The thing about Taya she is extremely quick.   This is going to be excellent rematch main event.   When Lucha Brothers Fenix and Pentagon JR. finally face the OGS that going to be something to see.   After what happened last week in a match that I am going to call a classic The Impact World Champion Johnny Impact defending against Fenix.   After the match Fenix was attacked by The OGS.   Johnny Impact was taken out by Killer Kross in the back.   But these two will face each other on November 8th in the final hour with the title on the line.   I have to add: Madonna’s crazy for you from the movie soundtrack Vision Quest.   This just a great 1980s ballad.   There was this whole thing in the 1980s where if a musican or a band did not do a ballad they were not really artists.   I do not know maybe I am crazy but I really enjoyed Impact after Dark more last week on Pop.   I would think Pop would be a perfect channel for Impact because what do many people call professional wrestling a soap opera that happens to take place inside of a ring.   On Pop they feature soap operas or comedies like Gilmore Girls or the Days of our lives.   Impact’s youtube channel does get a lot of views.   They recently reached 1.9million subscribers on youtube.   So the company has seen a postive turning point this year thanks to Scott D’amore and Don Calais.   I do not know maybe I am in denial.   But I love to see the positive.   I sure am evolving so that is a postive.   I love that Eddie Edwards was talking to his Singapore Cain he calls Kenny this dude is totally deranged and I love it!   In the movie Logan’s run it is built as Logan’s Run starting Farrah Fawcett but she only in film for 5 seconds or something like that.   For the   record that a huge peeve of mine when the movie gets you all excited with the promise of a big star and it is a letdown.   It is one of the reasons I am not really a fan of many movies except a handful.    “I am the ultimate narcissist I   want to enjoy my life.”   Adam Carolla on compartmentalizing from The Adam Carolla Show Monday October 29th 2018 with Dennis Miller.   You see my dear friends Adam was talking about not letting one thing effect your entire being.   Which I unfortunately think that one thing is becoming more of an issue it is awful.    I am not dig it.     I am not sure what it is whether it politics religion do not let one thing ruin your life or even your day.    It is becoming more of a problem it is not good.   I have to add Joan Osbourne’s album Relish to one of my favorite albums.   Joan I think is best known for her #1 hit one of us.   There is so much soul in Joan’s voice that reminiscent of Motown that sort of vibe and feel to it.   When I think about great songs on Relish one of those songs has to be crazy baby.   The sad part or the most beautiful part of the song it is relatable.   One of the best things about music it is a double edged sword meaning: there are both positives negatives to it.   Music can be both healing and dangerous usually at the same time.   Next up St. Teresa this is a beatuful song it is an extremely sad song.   If you can find it watch Joan Osbourne’s VH1’s Storytellers.   The main thing that I get from listening to crazy baby is about not putting out your own light.   Which is a very diffcult thing to figure out but it is extremely relatable.    Which makes the song sad and uplifting at the same time.     I like the relationship that Tommy Dreamer and HOH has with Twitch.   I think Tommy was a little ahead of the game with his relationship with Twitch because Impact followed at the beginning of the year.   This to me gave more respect for Tommy he was offered a lot of money by the WWE to close House of hardcore I think the main reason Tommy did not accept the offer I think because he understands that if places such as: HOH go away the WWE will not have talent to develop that is just the truth. Maybe the powers that be who work for the WWE do not understand that or worse they do not care.   I hope they are only naïve.   But what I think the WWE should understand there are no companies nor territories that are competition or even a threat to them.   They could only be potential breeding grounds for the WWE to develop talent.   The best thing about the malochio or the iconic devil horns you can either ward off the evil eye or you can give the evil eye both of those things apply.   Gene Simmons claimed he invented the horns but according to Gene Kiss invented rock’n roll in the prehistoric age.   But there is only one thing I agree with Gene that it is only enough money when you are dead that is when it is enough.   One more song from Joan Osbourne’s tremendous album Relish let get naked this just has a great vibe to it is wonderful.   It is a wonderful album but those are some of my favorites.   There is a lot of funk in Joan’s voice.      Before Elvira was Mistresses of the Dark she was Cassandra Peterson who was a rock groupie she went on a date with Elvis Presley and Elvis gave her the best advice she ever received and that was get out of Vegas or you will be oldest girl in Vegas.   She eventually became Elvira and the rest is history.   In an interview with Elvira she said she is not a fan of modern horor movies because of the gore but she is a fan of the Walking Dead.   I respect that Tommy Dreamer wants to use wrestling for good which could be a problem for some companies and people he and The Monster Abyss make me proud to be a fan of professional wrestling.   The WWE will say that this is just business well guess what this is Tommy Dreamer’s business.   For the record I have no problem with WWE fans I just have chosen not to support them anymore.   But I will always support Tommy and HOH.   I mean this metaphorically how many times does Tommy have to get stabbed in back before a fan such as: myself say no more I cannot support this in good conscience anymore.   Again I am not knocking any WWE fan they seem to be very sensitive when other fans do not go in lock step with NXT or the WWE but that is the beauty of being a fan of the genre.   Merdeith Brooks produced Jennifer Love Hewitt’s album bare naked.      Which is a great album.   What is Caribou Coffee it sounds terrible give some of that Coffee and a chocolate donunt    and I’ll will be set.   A song that I actually do like from The Boss Bruce Springsteen and his E Street band has to be the streets of Philadelphia from movie soundtrack Philadelphia with Denzel Washington.   The reason this particular song catches my ear is genuine emotion the sadness of it.   It is an extremely depressing and sad track.   Jimmy Page would not appear on VH1 Classic’s That Metal Show simply because the word “metal was in tittle.   The program was hosted by: Eddie Trunk Jim Florentine and Don Jamieson.   Here is  the thing about Led Zepplin I have never considered Led Zepplin a heavy metal band they are a classic hard rock band but they laid the ground work for what would become heavy metal.   I would put Deep Purple Black Sabbath in that exact same category.   The main thing about doing the wrong thing at least do not lie to yourself about it.   That to me is the worst part about it.   I am not sure if I am good at compartmentalizing it sounds like a simple task but when I break it down it is not so simple.   Basically compartmentalizing is not letting one thing or even two things to define you or letting those two things effect your whole day your life.   It could be politics anything I am not sure if this is a result of social media but I know it has not helped.   So it is a diffcult task and problay takes a lot internalizing which is something more and more people are not willing to do.   But I am sure being able to compartmentalize will help indviuals have happier lives.   I sometimes think happiness and being happy is impossible but that does not mean people should not try because of the social consequences associated with it.   That could be not denying yourself of any pleasure.   I would not advice it any pleasure it depends on what your pleasures are.   If House of Hardcore/HOH comes to my town I am defiantly going.   The whole issue I have I heard from so many fans who say it is better to watch on TV.   So those are some of those good pleasures that I am referring.   But I am loving the relationship between Twitch and House of hardcore.   I have realized that I feel as if I am doing my best but I always think that my best is not good enough.   That may sound harsh but maybe that is what keeps me motivated because if I get complacent and what happens I will start to atrophy and it happens pretty quickly if you do not get a handle on it.   This Thursday on Final Hour on Pop the match I am most looking forward is between Eddie Edwards and Money Moose the reason Eddie is competly deranged and unpredictable.   “Chicks with guitars on my God they are everywhere”.   Joan Osbourne.   To me there is nothing more attractive than a chick with a guitar.   That is what made the Lilith Fair so great.   There is no equivalent to that festival today.   I really enjoy Halestorm’s verision of the Heart’s 1980s song all I wanna do is make love to you.   I never really cared for this song until I heard Halestorm’s version of it.   I realized why I love this particular verision and that is Lizzy’s vocals are filled with a heaviness love passion and genuine true emotion which is not hard to dig in to.   Halestorm will be classic rock soon!   I either want to be in a band or work for a professional wrestling promotion maybe one of those two dreams will come to fruition.   So it easy to have goals but it is harder to break them down.   There are always endeavors that I at least want to try and not really focus on wheather I will be successful or not.   For that reason I like the title of Chris Jericho’s book No is a four word.   So I am never really focused on success sometimes the indivuals that are the most successful are the most miserable I hope there could be that happy medium something in the middle.   I really wish Dennis DeYoung could be back in Styx at some point.   Dennis DeYoung was of Styx the front man who performed most of the ballad sort of material for Styx.   Even though rocking to paradise is a pretty heavy song in terms of tempo.   Tommy Shaw was the front man who held more of heavier rock sot of material.   That to me is what made their partnership work.   But I guess there will always be certain members that fans wish they should be.   For example: I did not think Jon Bon Jovi would be successful without Ritchie Sambora but Jon continues to be a stadium act.   Oh I wanna play street games with you.  

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