tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837676046760437505.post7722672436845825736..comments2024-03-28T22:42:37.931+10:00Comments on Just Watching the Wheels Go Round: Life is Beaches, Songs and Popcorn ... and Then ... The End?Brizdaz (Darren)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837676046760437505.post-68628619168931986332021-03-01T13:02:15.665+10:002021-03-01T13:02:15.665+10:00The song 'The Wind Beneath My Wings' that ...The song 'The Wind Beneath My Wings' that is.Brizdaz (Darren)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837676046760437505.post-41666922167208979822021-03-01T13:00:49.039+10:002021-03-01T13:00:49.039+10:00Being an Aussie like you Spartan I was surprised t...Being an Aussie like you Spartan I was surprised that the song was first recorded by Kamahl in 1982 for a country and western album he was recording.<br />Kamahl talked about being the first to record the song in an appearance on Australian TV show Spicks and Specks, but stated it was not commercially released because it was felt he did not suit the country and western style.Brizdaz (Darren)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837676046760437505.post-59759308514703646632021-03-01T09:22:34.944+10:002021-03-01T09:22:34.944+10:00I've met Willie's son Lukas Nelson a few t...I've met Willie's son Lukas Nelson a few times at the Byron Bay Bluesfest, and he is a down to earth nice kid.Brizdaz (Darren)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837676046760437505.post-52393916446434784782021-03-01T09:19:31.693+10:002021-03-01T09:19:31.693+10:00Sorry to hear about the fire, it's something I...Sorry to hear about the fire, it's something I always think about when it comes to my own personal collections in the home.<br />No amount of money can replace the hard memories you have collected throughout your lifetime.<br />I always wonder too, just how good these fire walls are between units if the neighbour's place goes up in flames.<br />But I saw in the news the other day when that prick killed his ex-partner and torched the unit, that the firewalls in that place did an excellent job of not burning down the place next door. Brizdaz (Darren)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837676046760437505.post-2503444358225074512021-03-01T08:04:19.084+10:002021-03-01T08:04:19.084+10:00I think that’s the right option. It’s the solace. ...I think that’s the right option. It’s the solace. Kind of like telling Collingwood they’re going to do ok this year though we all know they’ll be using their first draft pick come 2022.<br /><br />Willie Nelson got me into my Townes Van Zandt obsession. Went through a stage where I bought every Townes CD and film I could find. Anyway lost it in the Blue Mountains fire of 2013. Luckily I have Spotify. spartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16335867706308591878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837676046760437505.post-87738240210193360772021-02-28T15:04:18.129+10:002021-02-28T15:04:18.129+10:00Yeah, it's not the best Willie Nelson record a...Yeah, it's not the best Willie Nelson record around (I think mum won it on a Brisbane radio station), and I have a heap of Willie on CDs, but it was the record that was on my father's turntable when he died, mum said.<br />My dad was in a nursing home for a year before he died, so that record must have been on the turntable for a year or more at mum and dad's place.<br />'Wind Beneath My Wings' must have been the second last song that was played on his record player.<br />Allison's books are worth a read for the human stories of hope that they tell, and her version of her life events, although some of the stuff she said she relays from the dead I don't buy, unless it's just the dead person's way of spurring on the living.<br />For instance she tells a lot of people that their dead pets are being looked after by dead relatives over on the other side, which I find a bit hard to believe.<br />Not that I don't believe pets live on in some form, but why would they need Aunty Jan to look after them until their owners got over there to do it?<br />But, if I was dead and Allison was bringing me through to calm my living relatives, I'd tell them that I'm looking after their dead cat, too ... just so they would stop worrying about their bloody cat and live the rest of their life in peace.<br />Bit like when ambulance officers look at you when you are bleeding to death and they say, "don't worry it's gonna be OK, you'll be fine" ... when they know darn well you won't :-(<br />And how would you break the news to 'em that granddad ain't up here with me because he's been reincarnated as your daughter love?-)<br />I think the dead would have to use a bit of diplomatic BS to the living who wouldn't have the benefit of an overall life/death game-plan from where they are.Brizdaz (Darren)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837676046760437505.post-23159319112244445102021-02-28T13:29:38.004+10:002021-02-28T13:29:38.004+10:00Willie’s, Beaches and your Dad’s record collectio...Willie’s, Beaches and your Dad’s record collection and Dubois book - is her book worth a read? - is an uncanny sync. spartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16335867706308591878noreply@blogger.com