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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2015 8:03:13 GMT -5
Taylor's surprise appearance at Kenny Chesney's concert....Kenny's 47th birthday Happy Birthday Kenny (a little late on my part but Taylor was right on time)
Wow she brings a lot of Pizazz to the party for sure.
Kinda made me want to go around back by the buses.
Anyway this is a prime example of her voice being bad.
She said that if she didn't write songs that she would have never been a singer.
I like that...the idea that these songs are her babies...no matter how bad they squall
You love each and every one of em with your heart...that's true love of the craft.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2015 8:21:48 GMT -5
I am having a hard time praying for my friend...no not you Jeff...nor you either Jo.
This prayer is needed for a friend named Joe...who has had lots of issues...a long time.
I got a call from him this morning at 2 AM...he was in jail again...AGAIN.
He is a Federal employee that has dozens of charges against him...with nothing done.
He will bully and intimidate folks into backing down...always in his favor.
Anyway my wife thankfully put her foot down and I went back to sleep.
I was on sleeping meds and just didn't want to go ...again.
He called at 4AM and said that it was an emergency...
that he get out because he had a meeting with the Chief.
Seems that management has finally gotten a case to fire him.
There will be a walking off the hill ceremony right after...is what I hear.
Now Joe is a man with a really good heart...but his soul is green.
Everyone is to blame for his predicaments...I told him it was all him bro.
I think that he appreciates the truth and the concise answers.
He has been in the system for 28 years...so I don't know...
maybe he will have to just resign.
All I know is that I also resign...from being used.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2015 8:26:19 GMT -5
Amazing how a good song can soothe the soul!
This video kinda slipped under the waves...
it is the reason I turned my music room with a Paris theme. lol
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2015 9:33:31 GMT -5
Michael, Mike (monkeesfan) pairs songs so well that now I'm starting to do it now and again in my head. Watching Taylor's video for "Begin Again" again just now I knew I'd pair it with George's "Blue Clear Sky". It's one of those songs I go to when I need to remind myself why I love the music so much. There's so much other stuff in life. Sometimes we have to go back to that quiet space with the music. I'm sorry that everything with your friend Joe is a mess. Other people are so much better at having the sentiment of what to pray for so I'm going to borrow from them this morning, with a brief explanation. Every Sunday in both church and Sunday school, we're all asked if there's anyone or anything we'd like to pray for. There's always a long list. In church, you fill out the little card and the usher's pick them up and the Pastor will have a personalized prayer for the whole congregation, adding in the requested prayers. Recently that even included the family of Leonard Nimoy. God Bless Mr. Spock and his family. In Sunday school, which is a much smaller group because there are different classes, studying different parts of the Bible, but the prayer's there are often more personal and detailed. One morning, one of the men asked that we pray for Grace for the son who had killed his parents and siblings the previous week. The dad who was killed was a minister and someone the man in our Sunday school class knew. I'm still very new to this church thing but the longer I go, the more I find that people pray for things I didn't think to reach for. So I'll add my prayers for your friend Joe, that he may find grace. ...and for you Michael, I'll pray that you find restful sleep, that your worries and struggles with Joe's problems become less and that peace and balance find you as you begin each day again...and Begin Again.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2015 10:37:40 GMT -5
Michael, Replying to your comment about the Kenny concert clip....we all know that I watch a whole lot of music clips online and have for years. All singers, even the big, big names have venues and days they don't sound great. We're all human and that's life. That said, there are many reasons to enjoy music and technical perfection has never been on my list. Character matters to me. Fiddles matter to me...okay, so that's my personal thing.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2015 13:06:18 GMT -5
Link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artistsIt won't be long before Taylor bypasses total sales for.....Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra, Aerosmith, Phil Collins, Billy Joel, the Eagles and probably Garth Brooks. There are some others in the same neighborhood of sales but they are still very active artists rather than older ones who don't tour and promote as much.
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2015 8:23:23 GMT -5
Link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artistsIt won't be long before Taylor bypasses total sales for.....Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra, Aerosmith, Phil Collins, Billy Joel, the Eagles and probably Garth Brooks. There are some others in the same neighborhood of sales but they are still very active artists rather than older ones who don't tour and promote as much. Jo has anyone ever told you that you are too kind? Well let me be the millionth ...prayers are all we can really do for some folks. Joe hasn't returned to work yet...to get his ceremony. I have a feeling that he will come out smelling like a rose!
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2015 8:23:59 GMT -5
A new summer movie???
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2015 8:26:40 GMT -5
Country music can't quit Taylor Swift – but it's trying to move on !
Taylor Swift may have gotten her start in country music, but she made it pretty darn clear in the lead-up to the release of her blockbuster album 1989 that she considers herself a pop artist these days. “I don’t really think people were surprised I made a pop album,” she admitted to HITS. “I think they were surprised I was honest about it.” Swift’s full embrace of pop was on full display with the launch of her stadium-sized 1989 World Tour on Tuesday night in Tokyo. With a dozen glittery, midriff-baring costumes; strobing laser effects; and neon bracelets that were synced to light up with the pulsating beats of the show, her debut 1989 concert was, like all of Swift’s tours, an outright spectacle. It looked as shimmery and effervescent as any great pop show should be.
And yet, even as Swift is rubbing elbows with Justin Timberlake and allegedly feuding with Katy Perry, country music is working its hardest to reel her back in. Like that sad boyfriend that just can’t get over his ex (a situation Swift has chronicled in song more than once), Nashville is bending over backwards to win back music’s golden girl and looking more than a little desperate in the process.
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2015 8:30:09 GMT -5
Two weeks ago, the Academy of Country Music Awards essentially strong-armed Swift into appearing at the annual ceremony by awarding her with a Milestone award. Swift accepted her award gracefully, though she was notably the only one of the seven recipients to not perform at the event. And last week, John Dickey, the VP of Cumulus Media, boasted that his company was going to start playing Swift’s new pop singles on country stations. “Why let the Top 40 stations have a monopoly on the biggest artist on the planet because she wanted to creatively expand her horizons? It’s crazy,” he said. “We are back in the Taylor business.”
How much does Taylor Swift want country music’s affection in 2015? That’s tough to say, and Swift’s far too savvy ever to admit whether she’s frustrated that the genre won’t respect her move to pop. But we’ll see how it all plays out in the next few months, especially when the 1989 world tour reaches America.
In the meantime, country music is working hard to find its next Swift, and labels are pushing a new crop of young women that they’re hoping can fill the massive void left by the star and attract a young female audience to the format. Of course, country music is not a very welcoming place for women at the moment, but here are a few of the industry’s favoured candidates:
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2015 8:34:10 GMT -5
Classic now!
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2015 8:36:58 GMT -5
Two sold out shows in Japan...hold on world...here she comes!
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Post by jeff2k6 on May 7, 2015 21:26:44 GMT -5
I am having a hard time praying for my friend...no not you Jeff...nor you either Jo.
This prayer is needed for a friend named Joe...who has had lots of issues...a long time.
I got a call from him this morning at 2 AM...he was in jail again...AGAIN.
He is a Federal employee that has dozens of charges against him...with nothing done.
He will bully and intimidate folks into backing down...always in his favor.
Anyway my wife thankfully put her foot down and I went back to sleep.
I was on sleeping meds and just didn't want to go ...again.
He called at 4AM and said that it was an emergency...
that he get out because he had a meeting with the Chief.
Seems that management has finally gotten a case to fire him.
There will be a walking off the hill ceremony right after...is what I hear.
Now Joe is a man with a really good heart...but his soul is green.
Everyone is to blame for his predicaments...I told him it was all him bro.
I think that he appreciates the truth and the concise answers.
He has been in the system for 28 years...so I don't know...
maybe he will have to just resign.
All I know is that I also resign...from being used.
I'm so sorry to hear about your friend, Nash. I know situations like that are especially tough when you put so much effort into a person and they still continue to resort back to the same behavior.. I'll be thinking of him and you as you endure the situation along with him. (See, thats the thing most people don't realize a personal choice doesn't just affect that person, but everyone who cares about them also) It's just really sad and I wish I had a resolution for you. The only thing I can say is rest your head on the fact that you've continuously opened your heart to help him, Nash. You're a good man and he's lucky to have you. In fact, this World is lucky to have you.. never forget that. Praying you find peace in those words as you try and sleep tonight.. be proud of yourself and know, you can only do so much. Now, it's up to him to fight his way out.. if he wants out. Whatever happens, remember to take care of yourself too Nash. Your worth it, bro! =]
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2015 13:21:27 GMT -5
And last week, John Dickey, the VP of Cumulus Media, boasted that his company was going to start playing Swift’s new pop singles on country stations. “Why let the Top 40 stations have a monopoly on the biggest artist on the planet because she wanted to creatively expand her horizons? It’s crazy,” he said. “We are back in the Taylor business.”
In the meantime, country music is working hard to find its next Swift, and labels are pushing a new crop of young women that they’re hoping can fill the massive void left by the star and attract a young female audience to the format. Of course, country music is not a very welcoming place for women at the moment, but here are a few of the industry’s favoured candidates:
I made the quote shorter...hope you don't mind Michael....I just included the two things I'm replying too. I'm not sure how much John Dickey at Cumulus has to do with programming but Taylor had one radio add on the Mediabase report before the latest and she's not on the list for the latest one I've seen posted. I included her on the Mediabase thread I did last week so that's why I went to look to see the new report. As for the new women in country, Mickey Guyton is poised to be the new star. She doesn't have an album out yet but her first single, which has barely gotten into the top 40 has already sold 65,000. Compare that to Taylor's first single "Tim McGraw" ...it peaked at #40 and stayed there for two weeks. Later sales were massive, like all of Taylor's sales but timeline wise, it takes some momentum to get going. Not that there's not room for Taylor wherever she goes too...she is, after all, Taylor. : )
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2015 13:24:26 GMT -5
Jeff,
You are so good at knowing the exact right thing to say. : )
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