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I was unaware of all the health problems he had, sort of amazing he lived as long as he did much less touring.

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Bye bye.

Trending on Twitter....Rest in Hell.



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God works in mysterious ways. :wave:
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So long to that asshole. Here's a better one. Oldest CA state worker dies after 80 years of service. She died late last month; would have been 103 later this month.
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-go ... 98921.html

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The world is a better place, less one miserable hate-monger.

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Trump: “We had the safest border in the history of our country - or at least recorded history. I guess maybe a thousand years ago it was even better.”

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O Really wrote:
Thu Jun 08, 2023 11:10 am
The world is a better place, less one miserable hate-monger.
:thumbup:

The world is a worse place, less one brilliant peace activist:
History-making whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg has died at 92

Hero, RIP.

We were at the same events several times, but we never spoke.

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Former Connecticut Gov. Lowell P. Weicker Jr., maverick senator during Watergate, dies at 92

One of the last decent Republicans. He was the only U.S. senator, Dem or GOP, to get arrested at the South Africa embassy in the 80s, a fact I delighted in throwing in the face of Dem Sen Max Baucus (MT) during a town hall. RIP.


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"Birthed from the desolate hollers of Southeastern Kentucky (and coming of age near Dayton, Ohio), the Osborne Brothers kicked things up a few notches, taking the traditional bluegrass of Monroe and pushing it across the once-forbidden musical boundaries into popular country music. Radio jingles like “Rocky Top”'

https://youtu.be/mJNU7YqTBks

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Trump: “We had the safest border in the history of our country - or at least recorded history. I guess maybe a thousand years ago it was even better.”

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billy.pilgrim wrote:
Tue Jul 11, 2023 5:43 am
"Birthed from the desolate hollers of Southeastern Kentucky (and coming of age near Dayton, Ohio), the Osborne Brothers kicked things up a few notches, taking the traditional bluegrass of Monroe and pushing it across the once-forbidden musical boundaries into popular country music. Radio jingles like “Rocky Top”'

https://youtu.be/mJNU7YqTBks

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/musi ... 234780880/
Bluegrass Lost Two Pioneers in Mere Days: Why Bobby Osborne and Jesse McReynolds Matter
The mandolin players were members of the first class of bluegrass. Says contemporary picker Ronnie McCoury: "This is the end of that generation"


Bobby Osborne, 91
Osborne Brothers, until 2005

Jesse McReynolds, 93
High Fidelity (feat. Jesse McReynolds), "Tears of Regret" [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO], just 2 1/2 years ago

:-|| :-|| RIP

Ronnie McCoury

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She struggled with mental health. Hope she's found peace.

What a wonderful song.

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GoCubsGo wrote:
Wed Jul 26, 2023 2:49 pm
She struggled with mental health. Hope she's found peace.

What a wonderful song.

https://twitter.com/DannyDeraney/status ... 8826600448
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She was right about John Paul II and the Church, years before it was cool.

Full version:


Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U (Official Music Video) [HD]

Very very few people can say without question that they did a Prince song better than Prince. That's not to say that his version wasn't great, too, greater than even he knew until Sinéad covered it.

Prince - Nothing Compares 2 U (Official Music Video)

The following is previously unseen rehearsal footage of Prince & The Revolution from the summer of 1984. It was in this very room at Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse in Eden Prairie, Minnesota that Prince created and committed to tape one of his most beloved and iconic compositions, which six years later would become a worldwide hit for Sinead O’Connor. Prince’s original studio version of "Nothing Compares 2 U" is presented here for the first time.
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https://www.eightieskids.com/why-sinead ... -her-head/

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Thought I'd heard he wrote it for her. Guess not.

Cool to hear though.
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GoCubsGo wrote:
Wed Jul 26, 2023 3:56 pm
Thought I'd heard he wrote it for her. Guess not.

Cool to hear though.
Right.

Nothing Compares 2 U

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Vrede too wrote:
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GoCubsGo wrote:
Wed Jul 26, 2023 3:56 pm
Thought I'd heard he wrote it for her. Guess not.

Cool to hear though.
Right.

Nothing Compares 2 U
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Sinéad O'Connor recorded the song for her 1990 second album I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got with a completely new arrangement by her and producer Nellee Hooper. O'Connor's version is in the key of F major
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GoCubsGo wrote:
Wed Jul 26, 2023 5:47 pm
:thumbup:
Sinéad O'Connor recorded the song for her 1990 second album I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got with a completely new arrangement by her and producer Nellee Hooper. O'Connor's version is in the key of F major
Nellee Hooper has a helluva resume'.

Since NBC News chose to cut from holding up the intace pic to tossing the pieces - stupid, mean and cowardly:


Sinéad O'Connor rips up picture of Pope John Paul II
SNL 3 October 1992

:-||

Fwiw, Entertainment Tonight, also on NBC, showed the full clip. :headscratch: Go figure.

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Randy Meisner - nobody ever did "Take It To The Limit" like he did.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/music/news/ra ... 8339&ei=77


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Yeah, that was the first story I saw this morning on yahoo. Or at least the first one I clicked on. RIP

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