Favorite Quotes... Paulo Coelho said this...

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Wow...

I simply love

this simple quote...

this simple thought...

this simple truth...

that is at times just too fucking

impossible...

too fucking draining...

to achieve!!!

But...

sometimes when we heave...

when we bleed massive amounts of ho...

we do...

find that freedom.

I love this quote!

"It takes huge effort

to free yourself from memory"

These words of wisdom come from

one of my favorite author's...

Paulo Coelho

Paulo is the author

of one of my favorite books...

The Alchemist

The Eagles... Already Gone... A Perfect Lyric

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A Perfect Lyric

I heard this song on the radio

while driving back home today...

fuckin' AWESOME!

STILL!!

At first I was listening to

Aerosmith's "Live Bootleg" cd...

love that muthafuckin album!

Right after the last notes to

"Train Kept A Rollin'"...

and the fading of the crowd noise...

I switched over to the radio

and the song was right at the part

of these most perfect lyrics...

that I've heard, AND sang,

a million times over mind you but...

... for some reason, this time around,

they just hit me over the head

like a ton of fucking perfection.

Profound reality

is truly a wonderful thing isn't it!!

The song I'm talking about,

is performed by

The Eagles...

I made the switch to the radio

and this... is what I heard...

"Well I know it wasn't you

who held me down

Heaven knows it wasn't you

who set me free

So often times it happens

that we live our lives in chains

And we never even know

we have the key"

Already Gone

WOW!

That whole verse is amazing but...

it's the second line that just

fuckin' resonated with me SO much

at that very moment.

To realize that it's YOU...

who is the one that's holding YOU...

back...

from being everything

and doing everything...

that your little heart desires

is such a fucking wake up call

I have to tell ya... LoL

wow!!


And that fucking amazing dirty guitar
at the 2:36 point of the song
right after the word "free"...
just kicks my ass...
every time...
still!!

It was written by two guys

Jack Tempchin & Robb Strandlund

and was on the Eagles 1974 release...

On The Boarder

Can I Be...

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Was listening to a Scott Stapp
song the other day...
picked up a pen...
and this came out.

Not sure when I wrote this.


I really like it!

Can I Be...

Can I be an island

A self sustaining life

Running on cylinders --- full

Throttled to the max

Can I be that island

Without strife

Tensions within me --- pull

As I try my best to relax

Can I be more

Than an ocean filled with doubt

Surrounding my island --- treasure

A pirates creed

Can I be that ocean

Water's clear water's without

Skillfully maneuvering --- taking measure

Fruit-filled limbs only

Life beyond the seed

Can I be a sun

Refreshing yellow glow

Leaving behind shapes --- a stillness

Shadows revealing a tale

Can I be that sun

A brightness  a warmth  a show

Caressing your emotions --- a willingness

To embrace my rays

They never fail

Can I be a tick in time

Just listen to that click

As your heart moves from 1 to --- 2

Such safety is found inside

Can I be that tick in time

You are the candle I am the wick

My strength & love flows & believes --- in you

That time stands still as 1 & 2

You & I

Colide

Can I be your vision

Can I be your season

Can I be your present

Can I be your song

Can I be your future

Can I be...

Roger Daltrey... McVicar... Song of the Moment

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Song of the Moment

(((((1980)))))

Okay... this one is really...

Albums of the Moment!

Back in 1980...

when I was 19 and moved into my very first

apartment on Staten Island...

I listened to a ton... of rock music... but...

for some reason I bled...

these 9 albums...

that came out that year!

Except American Prayer which came

out in 1978, but my first listen

happened in 1980!

The doors Greatest Hits (1980)
(The doors)

An American Prayer (1978)
(Jim Morrison & The doors)

Let The Music Do The Talking (1980)
(The Joe Perry Project)

Empty Glass (1980)

(Fuckin' Pete!!!)

British Steel (1980)

(Judas Priest)

Back In Black (1980)

(AC/DC)

Blizzard of OZZ (1980)
(Fuckin' OZZY's first solo album)

Heaven And Hell (1980)
Black Sabbath
w/ Ronnie James Dio on throat!!!

... and of course THIS...

muthafuckin' masterpiece...

McVicar (1980)
(Roger Daltrey)

Roger and Pete

helped my friends and I

to always carry on!!

Rock 'n Roll Bookmarks

The music of my life...

and maybe yours!!!

Warren Zevon with Bruce Springsteen... Disorder In The House... Song of the Moment

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Song of the Moment

Warren Zevon was about to die...

so what did he do??

He recorded his very last album,

that's what!

It's a really good disc,

but this one track just kicks my ass.

Bruce Springsteen
joined forces with Warren on it.

Awesome.

The album is entitled... 

The Wind

And was officially released on...

August 23, 2003

And then...

Warren passed away

just 15 days later on...

September 7, 2003

Wow!

Another rock 'n roll great also

passed away on this very day

back in 1978...

Keith Moon!

But as for Disorder In The House...

absolutely love the energy

on this track.

Watch and listen to Bruce

just fuckin' wail on guitar in the booth

with that dirty... filthy lead.

I think you'll love this song

as much as I do!!!!

Warren fuckin' Zevon...

Bring

Lawyers... Guns & Money

MUTHAFUCKA!!!!


Disorder In The House

 (( Warren Zevon w/Bruce Springsteen ))

Rock 'n Roll Bookmarks

The music of my life...

and maybe yours!!!

Words From The Attic... Slow

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The world... needs... dreamers!

"A dreamer lives forever!"

The person who said this to me

was Margaret back in 1981.

She was the girl I began seeing

right before I left for bootcamp

You'll be reading a bunch of

things I wrote about

and to

her.

I was a dick

no other way to say it!!

I broke her heart and mine

at the same time.

Being young

AND stupid

should be a crime LoL

Slow

Slow...

A dreamer lives forever