Thread: FRIDAY NIGHT RELAX TIME .......... GRAB BAG

Tonight we all deserve a bit of relax time , The battle will begin again very shortly , While the Dream act has not came up , yet , You can be sure it will before this is said and done, we cannot give them an inch.

Before resuming our calls to action , take a few moments and consider this weeks selections
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I give you the first really heavy metal song IMO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGmkM4v9AaY

Mid 60s , a dark and evil song , a 17 year old guitarist , Brilliant work

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I give you one of the top 5 classic songs of all time , Take a moment and just LISTEN. The doors were amazing in so many different ways , some think of Morrison as a drug addled loser , but I can tell you , he was way beyond genius , I don't agree with his life style but would he have been Jim Morrison without it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flOvM4Z355A

The carnival signature sound conjures up something from a Ray Bradbury novel , This is the sound of a cool summer night on a Calif beach , been there done that.

I have extensively studied the Doors and their music , There will never be another
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As a sidebar the remake by Jose Feliciano is every bit as good but in a
different style, A true work of genius in music is when others cannot remake a bad version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00cEQHhbiVI
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For anyone here that is unaware Jose Feliciano is totally blind , and yet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC0CepMYALQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgIC6KOFySk
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For the impossible tonight I give you Stanley Jordan , Get ready to pick your jaw off the floor , I've seen this guy and beyond belief is an understatement , Don't try this at home , you couldn't do it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQZY87PDsnQ
(The guy playing Bass is a beast )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wljgs7dj ... re=related

Stanley is not human, I don't know what planet he is from , but its not this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT0Sz6iR ... re=related
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I've shown you a Hispanic , a Black and now a White guy

Eric Johnson can stand with these 2 any day of the week

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15eu7ar5 ... re=related
(Taste, speed and feel beyond compare)
Guitarist search for this tone for life and most never find it

from the comments "fing christ he is awesome" AND HE IS

Eric is not only a master of speed , taste and unbelievable tone but he is master of guitar chording

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL8aeeSTthQ
The run at 1:49 is amazing , a scale run done with cords
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Some amazing stuff here , I hope you can take a moment and ENJOY

I just heard this on Fox , on Shep Smith

Jim Morrison's college grades have just been released after all these years

He was an A/B student

Good work, JTF.

I think I'll sprinkle in some seasonal music.


The Roches Hallelujah Chorus 1982:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEtSkJDA61g

Here I Am Lord-one of my favorite Christmas hymns-by The Vandals:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVamq4O53Ek

The Christians and the Pagans:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCVt_j1A68c

Fairytale of New York, The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLb213lak5s

I will have a special Christmas show relax time in a couple weeks

You will not be disappointed

Sweet!

:P

In A Gadda Da Vida! The actual title was supposed to be In a Garden of Eden but the lead singer was so drunk at a rehearsal he was slurring it like this. It sounded good to everyone involved though so they kept it like that for the final recording.

It was the first album I ever bought that one entire side of the album was just one song. Still have it and the Metamorphosis album too.

JTF I thought you might enjoy these.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rtJOMBv ... re=related

I love the orchestra in this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw32fiasUSs

Followed Eric Johnson for a while.... Very good musician

Listening to In A Gadda Da Vida.....haven't heard that in years. Had that album way back when.

That was pretty amazing! Stanley is something else, maybe I shouldn't have put Ozzy's drunk --- on here. but Yuto is pretty cool to watch! That was nice and relaxing thanks JTF.