"Easy To Be Hard" by Three Dog Night

Randy Underwood and Gaylen Bodily coming down the mountain and me leaning against Gaylen's Gremlin

My brother Randy and I were talking about how sad Gaylen's passing was (See my post from last year: 29-Mar-2017) and he sent me some pictures of Gaylen he had.

I remember Randy (my brother) specifically liking one of Three Dog Night's songs, but now I can't remember which one.  It might have been this one...  I know I really like this one!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIffz-72B8Y
YouTube (live TV): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrD14jqTtAE
YouTube (lyrics): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgaXs7OlBIg

"One (Reprise) Finale" by Original (1975 Broadway) Cast

Salt Lake School for Performing Arts production of "A Chorus Line"

A few of the cast afterwards

My friend Sherri invited me to see her son, Noah, in the Salt Lake City School for the Performing Arts production of "A Chorus Line" last night.  I had never seen the show before.  It was so much FUN!  And I was totally impressed by all of the performances!  Noah is such a rock star!  I had a wonderful time!!

This song is one I have loved for years, it was so fun to hear it performed live!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G18qq0UekNM
YouTube (live TV): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyZeGOsR9IA


Update 9-Mar-2018 - added a family photo:

"The End of the World" by Skeeter Davis

RCA 45 Record Player like I had as a kid

I watched the DVD "Girl, Interrupted" last night.  I have a vague recollection of seeing it in the theater with SueZQ, but had very little memory of what happened in the film.

The song "Downtown" jumped out at me and played a part in the film.  I however posted it in my old blog on 8-Nov-2012.

This song was playing when Suzanna woke up at Daisy's apartment.  Lisa commented that Daisy had been playing it all morning.  I immediately thought Daisy had committed suicide and it was a record player that repeated the last record over and over, like my old RCA 45 player.  It turned out that was exactly what the record player was.  A different model than mine, but the same mechanism.

I went searching for a picture of one and found the website shown above.  It is crazy that (admittedly restored) players like the one I had are for sale for $720!!

I also have this 45 RPM record.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sonLd-32ns4
YouTube (live TV): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbZ9ILRYQ2o
YouTube (movie): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksNg2Bx_vMA

"Loose Lid Special" by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra

I was listening to this "Tribute to Dorsey" record this morning and this song grabbed me.

Wacky to think this record is almost 60 years old and the 78's shown in some of the videos were recorded in 1941, almost 80 years ago.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCsyUSJh-jk
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAaN-LYTL6U
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ugzjjRmIVk
YouTube (78 RPM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dglJ2T-Mt00
YouTube (78 RPM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr9EN0Hh9wc
YouTube (Topic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VCmNnxhI0U
YouTube (Perdue): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QR51ewSdmM

"This Is Me" by Kesha

WJ sent me a link to this song this morning, said it reminded her of me.  I can say that I totally relate to this song.  This IS me!  This is who I am and I am proud of who I am!

This is kinda funny though.  I didn't make the connection, until I was searching for videos on YouTube: this song is from "The Greatest Showman" movie.  My friend Sherri took me to see it just before Christmas, it was wonderful!

YouTube (movie clips): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xthfyWV2sQk
YouTube (lyrics): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXsGBSsGzWQ

This is the soundtrack from the movie with vocal by Keala Settle:

YouTube (movie w/lyrics): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjxugyZCfuw

"Prelude to a Kiss" by Wax Poetic

I'm trying to finish this post almost a year after I started it.  I cannot remember where I heard this, unless it was in the movie of the same name.  I can't find it on YouTube.

Here is the Wikipedia page for the Wax Poetic Trip-Hop band

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wax_Poetic

"It Ain't Me Babe" by Nancy Sinatra

I've been listening to my old "Boots" album.  It's in Mono, that seems so weird.  Anyway, I really loved hearing her version of this song.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EHdXt4nljQ
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhqryh-PooE
YouTube (Topic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyH41XmECnU