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Tina Turner's Incredible Version Of The Song "Missing You" - Radio DAZZ

2014-07-13T16:04:00.002-04:00

Tina Turner's Amazing Version Of “Missing You”

A Popular 'Mood Song” From The 1980s, Tina Turner takes pleasantly hypnotic, repeatedly riffed “elevator tune” music (I never cared for the original) and turns it into a kickin', fire-breathing dragon with a torn-up heart. Her performance of this song is stunning and spellbinding. It has so much power, so much slightly-supressed raw soul [with an amazing, pumping bass line in the back as well as pounding, throbbing drums offset against a backing of a full orchestra], I knocked me out when I first heard it. And like the thought of first love, it still knocks me out. I cannot hear enough of it. Play it loud with your bass booster up. And no worries – the signature guitar riffs stills shines as it cuts through the rich orchestration like a razor though a wedding cake...

I also wanted to dedicate this song to all of the people in my life who brought music to me, including (but not necessarily limited to, if my memory serves) Jay Goldberg, Debra Doff Horn, Joyce Becker Match, Gary L. Alexander, Michele Dagavarian Miller, Christine M. Knapp, Neil Grover, Rachael Adelson, Sharron Boecke, Danielle Kent, Robin Ellen Cohen, Patty Antone, Warren Green, David Ben Bernard, Ray Shattenkirk, Elizabeth A. Davis and my sister, Diane A. Castle-Feuer, who used to boogie around the house when we were children.

Thank you all. Now either click on the link or on the YouTube video player to listen to this amazing work of art -- the video is quite engaging as well. Enjoy this:

http://youtu.be/p11Ju-g4vas

Bobby Womack R.I.P. - "If You Think You're Lonely Now" - RadioDAZZ

2014-06-29T07:58:00.003-04:00

Bobby Womack passed away at the age of 70 several days ago. His life had been a struggle with all of the pains of depression, addiction, and the struggle of a soul artist trying to ply his trade in a world of too much money and drugs... of fair weather friends and lies... of unresolved conflicts. He had a deep, rich baritone voice, similar in quality to that of the late Lou Rawls, but with a profound 'rough-around-the-edges' quality untainted by excessive vocal coaching and mainstream compromise. He didn't sing and bend guitar notes to please anybody but himself. He sang true. He had been suffering with Alzheimer's at the time of his death.

His greatest hit single, "If You Think You're Lonely Now," came into my life when I was sitting next to some fellow in 2006 and I overhead the song through his headphones, which were cranked (as was he) to the maximum. I couldn't get the refrain out of my head. It reminded me a bit of the Stylistics' "You Are Everything," but much more raw and achingly soulful. The resonance of both his speaking and singing voice throughout the recorded performance were authoritative and genuine, as if he were imparting the wisdom of the world from personal experience.

The song is a beautiful one. The premise is all-too-familiar to those of us who have been victims of ingratitude and have finally decided to pack up and walk away (I have, several times in my life), and to those of us who tried to push someone we had become too familiar with just a bit too hard, until we came home one day to find them gone (I have, several times in my life, too). Maybe we each have, in his or her own way, straddled the thin line between love and hate too frequently in a gambit for control. Maybe we've been too demanding. Maybe we've turned our need to possess some one into a prison, and we've ignored all of the signs of fault lines in the foundation of our relationships until we turned away (all too confidently and presumptuously) and the object of our ever-increasing demands had escaped.

If you've ever been in love, and if you have lived some span of your life between regret and redemption, this song is a powerful reminder of how important it is to compliment the good and express gratitude, instead of complaining and constantly nagging about our petty dissatisfaction with those things which we haven't got.

Feel the music. Focus your mind on the lyrics and Bobby's patter (he's warning a world of discontented ingrates not to complain so damned much). Crank up your volume and let an ocean of emotion cascade over you. If this is the first time that you're hearing this potent, heart-grabbing song, you will not be able to stop playing it over and over again in your head. And maybe you'll be a bit more contented with your Significant Other.

Either click on either the hyperlink or on the video player below to savor this fabulous recording of a prophetic song. Enjoy this miniature introspective vacation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbbZ_k1Z8gU

Invitation

2014-04-08T15:46:00.000-04:00

Hello. If you’ve not yet joined “Colleagues Of Douglas E. Castle” on Sgrouples, you’re invited to do so by creating an account (ultra private inmail/email and Discussion Group, being run like a private club or community) at http://bit.ly/CODEC8. If you’ve already established your account, be certain to go to your Dashboard Page, go to “My Privacy Email” and click on (and choose) your “Notification Preferences”. Our group is a combination of the most secure email that you can access (check you inbox daily, or have your notifications forwarded to you) from member to member, combined with a Discussion Group [voluntary] which will have a completely practical focus: Members discussing specific business needs with other members. No theory. No selling or spam. Just requests and responses. It will be a great group -- I promise that much! Discussion posting guidelines will be posted within the next three days, so that we’re all of a similar mind. Thank you. - Douglas E. Castle

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Occupy OptumRx - Patients Strike Back!

2014-02-05T07:30:00.000-05:00

Been mistreated by OptumRx? Please help us by filling out a fast survey at the end of the following article: http://douglasecastleblog.com/2014/01/05/optumrx-must-die-mailorder-pharmacy-monstrosity/ We need you! Thnx. #RF Bonus: You can learn more about how OptumRx has been frenetically responding so far at http://douglasecastleblog.com/2014/01/29/optumrx-and-united-health-group-think-were-stupi/ .

These outlaws have got to be stopped, brought to justice and made to pay.

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Hallelujah - De-Stress With An Uncle DAZZ Music Break

2014-01-05T01:50:00.001-05:00

Douglas E Castle

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This classically simple, somber, yet extraordinary work of songwriting by Leonard Cohen is sung gently and beautifully by young Rufus Wainwright. While Wainwright's version might not be as dynamic, dramatic or as clearly beautiful and emotional as versions which I've heard since then, this was the first that I heard. I am brought to my knees at the wordplay, wit and cutting irony cloaked in holy robes as the song weaves its spell upon the listener. This version shows the lyrics to the many verses in this profoundly sad passion play of the experience of love's violation and the bitter disillusionment which invariably follows. I dedicate this to all of the fans of Your Uncle DAZZ at RadioDAZZ(dot)blogspot(dot)com, and mostly to Elizabeth, who taught me that pure, uncontrollable, uncontainable love, as a power unto itself, can truly exist in this world. And to know it once, that unbelievable closeness as I did, and to have to let it go, as I did, taught me the meaning of bittersweet. Thank you for loving the man who you thought I was, and for making me want to be that man. Now, the world is grey again... with spots of light when I let myself think about us. Hallelujah.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR0DKOGco_

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Stay Open. Be Receptive. Feel The Jam. Then Wail From The Heart

2013-08-30T13:51:00.000-04:00

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Angry Scream Against Government Madness

2013-08-06T12:46:00.001-04:00

I've definitely featured the late (52 years old) Eddie Harris and Les McCann performing "Compared To What?" several times before. It is the thinking person's angry, frustrated scream against a government gone wild in a country which seems to have lost its way, forgotten The Constitution and completely forgotten about the wishes and hopes of its Founding Fathers.

In "Tryin' To Make it Real Compared To What?" Harris and McCann render a live performance that gets everyone's heart racing -- it is pure, unadulterated soul played with funky sponteneity. The dynamics and other live, in-concert effects will turn you on and make you angry, too. But it's so worthwhile. While your temperature rises, you will be grabbed by the urge to get up and dance. Listen to the lyrics as they ring clear and true. And listen to McCann's voice. He means it. He is the caged bird, screaming soulfully.

Al Jarreau's version follows. He isn't as fully spontaneous and funky, and he gives a slickly-polished performance, with some of his signature scatting, vocalese and new instruments created by his stunning voice. I particularly like this version (although not quite as much as the original) because of its upbeat tempo and wild sax riffs. You'll enjoy the ride.

I want to dedicate this article, and these songs with love to three wonderful friends, and exemplary Human Beings, each with amazing talents and Old-School integrity: Lidia Szczepanowski, Fran Petito and Paul Parsons. My message to them, aside from thanks for making my life so much richer? It's simple -- when we heal each other, we heal ourselves.

United We Stand!

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AL JARREAU

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zNo4pe55_8

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Leave A Little Light On For Uncle DAZZ

2013-08-01T21:24:00.004-04:00

I'm Not Jealous Of Alec Baldwin. I'm Just Jealous Of His HAIR.

Friends, Colleagues, Clients, Readers And The Occasional Paper Clip Thief:

I should be back to my usual pattern of obsessive blogging on too many subjects by August 8th, and I thank you so kindly for your patience while I'm rapidly on the mend.

In the meantime, would you please do me a great kindness and 1) visit my new blog at http://douglasecastleblog.com, and then 2) follow me (please...this only takes a quick moment) on my brand-new Twitter account at http://twitter.com/DECastleAdvisor?

Thank you, and I'm hoping that you've missed me.

Until then, please be healthy, safe, of good spirits and prosperous -- or on your way to prosperity.

Faithfully,

Douglas

LinkedIn: http://www.LinkedIn.com/in/douglascastle

p.s. Kindly look at the image below. When I've looked at it (in a darkened room) for more than a minute or two, I have found that simultaneous with my body relaxing, my mind starts to wander in a fascinating way. I recommend it. It's wonderful, easy meditation, and you don't need any dangerous drugs. Seemingly silly exercises like this one have made my "comeback" much quicker. You can click on the image to see it at its full size, which is considerably larger.

The fascinating shape is actually an impossible recursive pattern wrapped around a doughnut-like shape called a toroid. Really. Look it up if you like.

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PSYCH Theme - By The Friendly Indians

2013-07-18T07:30:00.000-04:00

The Psych television series is infantile, dumb, predictable, totally devoid of credibility, and I watch it sometimes, well, just because I like to see Corbin Bernsen with and without his toupe (he was a heartthrob on L.A. Law), and I think that Dule Hill [with that accent over the 'e' in his first name] is a perfect straight man for the starring twosome. If you've ever seen the outtakes, they are very funny, and funnier, is that the commentary shows you that Lassie and some of the other incompetents on the show are all bright, articulate and genuinely funny. I like Lassiter -- and he's really acting -- he's actually a bright fellow acting the part of a dufus.

The theme song is one of those catchy little ditties in the key of G, with a wonderful open twangy, fast-paced (DAZZ calls this "drivin' music") and a nice little bit of wordplay (on the refrain) with kind of throw-away verses which don't really seem to matter. The refrain "I know/ you know..." is all that's necessary:

Click and enjoy:

THEME SONG FROM PSYCH - TV - Performed By The Friendly Indians
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_Gced_Z_KU

Lyrics:

In between the lines
There's a lot of obscurity
I'm not inclined to resign to maturity
If it's all right then you're all wrong
Why bounce around to the same downed song
You'd rather run when you can't crawl

I know You know that
I'm not telling the truth
I know you know they
Just don't have any proof
Embrace the deception, learn how to bend
Your worst inhibitions,
They will Psych you out in the end

I know you know, I know you know,
I know you know, I know you know ,
I know you know, I know you know
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Hot, Fresh Issue Of RadioDAZZ Extra Newspaper Is Out! 07.03.2013

2013-07-16T17:30:00.001-04:00

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