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  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    In celebration of this being one of John Lennon's favourite songs, and Pete Townsend has gone on record as this is his favourite pop song, and the fact that this is the only time in chart history that the credited act and the song title are both palindromic, I give you...


    Where are those happy days, they seem so hard to find
    I tried to reach for you, but you have closed your mind
    Whatever happened to our love?
    I wish I understood
    It used to be so nice, it used to be so good

    So when you're near me, darling can't you hear me
    S. O. S.
    The love you gave me, nothing else can save me
    S. O. S.
    When you're gone
    How can I even try to go on?
    When you're gone
    Though I try how can I carry on?

    You seem so far away though you are standing near
    You made me feel alive, but something died I fear
    I really tried to make it out
    I wish I understood
    What happened to our love, it used to be so good

    So when you're near me, darling can't you hear me
    S. O. S.
    The love you gave me, nothing else can save me
    S. O. S.
    When you're gone
    How can I even try to go on?
    When you're gone
    Though I try how can I carry on?

    So when you're near me, darling can't you hear me
    S. O. S.
    And the love you gave me, nothing else can save me
    S. O. S.
    When you're gone
    How can I even try to go on?
    When you're gone
    Though I try how can I carry on?
    When you're gone
    How can I even try to go on?
    When you're gone
    Though I try how can I carry on?


     


    Makes me shiver just reading it.  Sentimental old UT ! ( or is that just mental ?)



    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    Been a long time since we had one of these:

    The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.
    John Milton. Probably came up with this in between producing mild sterilising fluid for babies.
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    One does not lie down to sleep with demons; the tension of their proximity is too great.
    Paul Klee talking about Emil Nolde in 1927
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down iuventusiuventus
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    "Somewhere along the way, Demons got a bum rap. That just ain't right." ~ Iuventus P Goodbottom
    If I were dead, could I do this?
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    iuventus said:

    "Somewhere along the way, Demons got a bum rap. That just ain't right." ~ Iuventus P Goodbottom


    Klee was actually paying Nolde a compliment with this quote. He referred to Nolde as 'the demon of his region' and was alluding to his deepest respect for Nolde and his abilities as an Artist.
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down iuventusiuventus
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    Nevertheless, consider why he (or a translator) would've chosen such a word rather than angel, genius, ruler... Regardless of how Klee might have esteemed Nolde, demons are still...well, demonized.
    If I were dead, could I do this?
  • Vote Up0Vote Down A_is_AA_is_A
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    "...I wear boots all summer long" Nightbird- Stevie Nicks
    LOVE tasted CRITICAL
  • Vote Up0Vote Down iuventusiuventus
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    Stevie's feet must staaaank!
    If I were dead, could I do this?
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    A_is_A said:

    "...I wear boots all summer long" Nightbird- Stevie Nicks


    Even in bed A ?
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    iuventus said:

    Nevertheless, consider why he (or a translator) would've chosen such a word rather than angel, genius, ruler... Regardless of how Klee might have esteemed Nolde, demons are still...well, demonized.


    I agree that Demons have got a bad rep that is not always deserved. In the Klee quote, I think he was using Demon in a positive way, the same way you would use it in the phrase speed demon, to describe Nolde's passion for his art and the references within his work to the area in which he lived.
    Below is Nolde's piece 'Lost Paradise' (Adam & Eve Banished from Paradise) depicting Adam and Eve after they were expelled from the Garden of Eden. That pesky snake is there; the silver tongued serpent. This painting is in the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art just outside Copenhagen. Eve's eyes do appear like she has been watching too much porn !

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    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down PonygurlPonygurl
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    “Here's all you have to know about men and women: women are crazy, men are stupid. And the main reason women are crazy is that men are stupid."

    -George Carlin
    U R I E L
    What is done in the dark will always come to light
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Appy61Appy61
    Posts: 638
    Life is an illusion created by the lack of alcohol
    What if the Hokey Cokey is what it's all about?
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    This is so funny, if not for the reason it first appears.
    On the net, Albert Einstein is widely quoted to have said:
    "I fear the day when the technology overlaps with our humanity.  The world will only have a generation of idiots".
    What follows is a lot of server space and comment taken up by people who go to great lengths to argue that It cannot be proved that Albert ever said this. This misses the point. Even if AE did not actually say this ( it is more likely it is a later interpretation of other comments AE made about the science being used to create weapons of mass destruction), it is so true of the way people are today, and their obsession with Twitter, Facebook, Tumbler (even the odd fan forum). Look at the photos below and tell me, honestly, that you do not see yourself and friends in some of these pictures.
    I was Rabbi Urban Tribesman and this has been thought of the day.  Tomorrow; God.  Who is he?

    image

    Coffee Break

    image

    Dinner with friends

    image

    Enjoying some culture at the Art gallery

    image

    An evening with your BFF !

    image

    Healthy fresh air at the Seaside

    image

    Supporting your team

    image

    On a date ( "Yuk, he's got a beard !"  "Yeah, she's only a 5 but I will")

    image

    Out for a drive (check the driver)

    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down iuventusiuventus
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    Ponygurl said:


    “Here's all you have to know about men and women: women are crazy, men are stupid. And the main reason women are crazy is that men are stupid."



    @Ponygurl You do realize that this quotation presumes heterosexual relationships, don't you?
    If I were dead, could I do this?
  • Vote Up0Vote Down iuventusiuventus
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    "Who do these kids think they are? I mean, taking part in a culture into which they were born..." ~ Iuventus P Goodbottom
    If I were dead, could I do this?
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