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Have you heard John Lennon’s “Instant Karma”? I hadn’t before 2 minutes ago. And even better then the song is the video. And to answer your burning question, yes… that is Yoko blindfolded in the background, yes she is knitting in close-ups. Yes!
And we all shine on! Have a great week from Team SF!
The always classic Beatles really hit it out of the metaphorical ball park with this one. It’s a tune about the linear nature of time and the futile nature of worrying about the past and future! Or you could say it’s just a fun song. At what ever level it impacts you, I hope you enjoy. Have a great day and a great tomorrow.
“Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah!…
Lala how the life goes on…
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah!…
Lala how the life goes on.”
With love,
Chris
Every Sunday, Team SuperForest brings you a song to inspire, uplift, move and groove you through the rest of your week.
As Spoon pointed out, it’s been a musical week here at SuperForest, full of inspiration and sweet sweet grooves. From MLK raps to Sister Rosetta Tharpe to Cat Stevens, it’s been a SuperForest Celebration of tunes. So I figured I might as well send it out with a bang. Or a whole lot of love!
If you’ve never seen the Beatles perform this iconic song live, then I highly recommend you watch this now. And then again. And again. And then go to the comments section and vote whether you think this should be SuperForest’s theme song. I do. Who’s with me.
All You Need is Love also kicks off my Song of the Week theme for this beautiful warming up month of May. Love Baby! Stay tuned next Sunday.
Love is all you need,
j
I can’t say why, but these two tracks sum up perfectly how I’m feeling right now.
Hopeful and bouncy, that’s me right now.
Both of these tracks are from Let It Be (Naked), which is so beyond excellent. If one has the means, I highly recommend getting it on vinyl.
May all the gods bless this wonderful land of ours and all it’s incredible inhabitants.
Love!
-Jackson
Good Morning SuperForest!
It being Columbus Day, we are sadly unable to go into the SF office as the building is closed.
So, I’m at home listening to Ken Boothe records and drinking some strong black coffee.
Listen at home with me!
First, brew up some coffee, (or whatever quaff you prefer,) and then give these tracks a listen:
Ken Boothe is incredible. I just heard about him recently through Pandora. His song “Tomorrow” came on while I was at work and it was so mind-blowingly sweet that I had to buy the vinyl version. Then I had to buy a record player so I could listen to it.
Now I’ve got a little tiny collection of Reggae albums that make me so happy and set me ol’ mind at ease.
I’ve got:
Peter Tosh – Equal Rights and Wanted Dread &Alive
Ken Boothe – A Man and His Hits
Desmond Dekker – 16 Greatest Hits
And that’s it. So when I say little tiny collection, I mean four. I’d love to get some more Peter Tosh, some Prince Buster, some Jolly Boys. I think I’d like to have only Reggae in my collection. Okay, only Reggae and “Let It Be… Naked” (which, IMHO, must be listened to on vinyl to be truly appreciated.)
I’ve never had a record player before, so the intense pleasure of coming home after work, taking off my jacket and shoes, and walking over and putting on an album is new to me. The very physical-ness of listening to an album is quite reassuring, for reasons I cannot entirely name.
So, I’m home, drinking coffee, listening to Reggae. Columbus Day good!
I think the dog is depressed. I must take him for a nice long walk.
Love to you fine people wherever and however you are.
Yours,
Jackson
Out… In!
Have a great evening.
(who did the Revolution illustration? I love it.)
Say you’ve heard this! It’s so very good. Another good one to get jammed into the gray matter before the weekend.
Copyright – 1971 EMI Records Ltd.“Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” is a song by Paul and Linda McCartney on the album Ram. It hit number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in September 1971. The song is probably the most ambitious and experimental track on Ram, and is less a song and more a collection of melodic fragments pieced together, in a similar way to the song-cycle on the second half of The Beatles’ Abbey Road.
The melody and lyrics are upbeat and nonsensical (Albert was an uncle of McCartney’s, while Admiral “Bull” Halsey was a World War II figure). The sophisticated arrangement, production, sound effects, and vocal treatments strongly recall The Beatles during their psychedelic phase.”
P.S. the songs works best when listened to really LOUD. Really, really loud. Tremendously loud.
All Things Must Pass is not only an incredible album, it also happens to be the best selling work of any solo Beatle. (Not that sales mean anything, but still, he out-sold two cats named Lennon and McCartney.)
Thanks to the magic of the internet, we present disc one, cobbled together from youtube uploads.
“I’d Have You Anytime”
“My Sweet Lord”
“Wah Wah”
“Isn’t It a Pity”
“What is Life”
“If Not For You”
“Behind That Locked Door”
“Let it Down”
“Run of the Mill”
So good.
We’ll post disc two tomorrow.
Until then, be excellent to each other.
Love to all,
Special Thanks to all of those kind souls who uploaded these clips to youtube.
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