Bob Marley...

Reggae genius Bob Marley died  at the tender age of 36 in 1981.
  He left behind a treasure trove of music and I have been listening to a great album of his greatest hits.
  There is a song called "Three Little Birds" which contain my mantra for life..."Don't worry 'bout a thing, cause every little things gonna be alright,,,"
  Words to live by, right?
  There's also "Is This Love", and " I Shot The Sheriff", and "Jamming" and my all time favorite (that still brings tears to my eyes) "No Woman No Cry."
  The album is called "Bob Marley and the Wailers: Legend" and you can purchase it on amazon.com.
  A friend of mine at a place I used to work (Packaging Unlimited) gave this to me as a Xmas gift years ago and I still cherish it.
  Music at it's best...

Prince's "Dirty Mind"...

  In 1980, Prince released an album that sorta shook up America.
  The cover featured a picture of him dressed in a pair of black Speedos and a scarf around his neck...nothing else.
  He was standing in front of a box spring mattress.
  The album was entitled " Dirty Mind."
  Back in the late 70s and early 80s, Prince Rodgers Nelson was an enigma.  He sang about stuff most people only thought about...sex, drugs, sex, sex and more sex.
  The songs on the album are very indicative of this.  First is "Dirty Mind"  which has a chorus of "In my daddy's car...it's you I really wanta drive...underneath the stars.", and "Head" which is about the joys of oral sex.
  Then there's "Sister" which explores the world of incest and "Uptown" which discusses gay life.
   There is also 'When You Were Mine" a great little song about unrequited love.
  You can buy this LP on amazon.com and I have to tell you it is for adult ears only but it is worth a spot in your record collection.

Top 5 Party Songs...

  Being a "Party Animal" back in the 80s, I've noticed that some things never change...and neither does good music.
  Following is my Top 5-Songs-You- Will-Need-At-Any -Party.
1-"Atomic Dog" by George Clinton
2= "Flashlight" by Parliament/Funkadelics
3-"Let's Go Crazy"-Prince
 4-'It's Your Birthday"-50 Cent
 5-"Word Up" Cameo

  Five songs guaranteed to get people out of their seats...I know...I'm an expert (ahem)

'Ol Blue Eyes...

One of my later "loves" in life happens to be Frank Sinatra.
  I discovered Frank one night while working the night shift in 2004.
  The company had just installed a system that played music over the intercom and one of the albums was an lp by "'Ol Blue Eyes."
  As I listened to cuts like "Send in the Clowns", and "Luck Be A Lady", "Just The Way You Look Tonight" and my favorite "St angers in the Night"...I realized how great this guy really was.
  I started watching his movies on TCM "From Here To Eternity" (for which he won an Oscar) and "Guys and Dolls".and became an even bigger fan.
  You can buy any album you please on amazon.com as well as his movies.
  Frank has truly inspired me and to this day I am still doing it "My Way."

Chuck Berry...

I may have already written about Berry in the past but I have recently been listening to a greatest hits album called "The Great Twenty-Eight."
There is a song on it called "Little Queenie"...that song really is what rock and roll is all about! I love the guitar and the lyric...fantastic.
The album also features all the standard Berry hits..."School Days", "Maybelline", "30 Days", Johnny B. Good"...
It also has "Nadine". That was the first song I ever heard by Chuck...in the mid-sixties. My Daddy was a huge music fan (Thank God) and he introduced my sibs and I to all this incredible music. I think this is why I love it so much.
He used to say "Music is music...it has no color."
Amen.

( Previously published 8/16/2010)