tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post6368918750269270946..comments2024-03-29T02:23:55.741-07:00Comments on Burning Wood: This Is Why He's The BossUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-81379109606301525342011-07-03T21:50:07.633-07:002011-07-03T21:50:07.633-07:00Wow... amazing. AMAZING!! What show is this perfor...Wow... amazing. AMAZING!! What show is this performance from? Must - get - immediately --Leonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-35501517847381220402011-07-03T09:48:09.058-07:002011-07-03T09:48:09.058-07:00I, too, will be remaining on my current medication...I, too, will be remaining on my current medication.<br /><br />Thank you for a most amazing video, and thank you to those that commented and touched my heart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-23722208896387808462011-07-02T21:56:17.050-07:002011-07-02T21:56:17.050-07:00Sal,
These posts show Burning Wood goes beyond a s...Sal,<br />These posts show Burning Wood goes beyond a simple discussion of musical taste. Thanks for sticking with it.elizabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-75627313167585521402011-07-02T17:09:19.714-07:002011-07-02T17:09:19.714-07:00I don't often get emotional, I'm not that ...I don't often get emotional, I'm not that sort of person really, but I have to admit that I was touched by some of the stuff on here.<br /><br />My dad, step mum and two step sisters died when I was 17 in an air crash.<br /><br />It's not something I mention often, part of it because It's not a topic of conversation that needs mentioning or comes up.<br /><br />However this and the Buddy Holly brought back memories for me.<br /><br />Buddy Holly was introduced to me at a very young age and music can be a great healer.<br /><br />Memories from my life are jogged by music.<br /><br />I was staying at my nan's whilst the family were away, due to taking two A Levels a year early.<br /><br />When the news came through, I was listening to Radio 1's Round Table and two of my heroes Andy Partridge and Ian Hunter were on it. That stays with me.<br /><br />I also remember something really trivial now but that shows the power of music and the wonder of my dad.<br /><br />I was 16 and I'd been going out with a girl all through school and surprisingly she dumped me.<br /><br />I was heartbroken and moping about.<br /><br />My dad had a great chat with me and then took me over to my growing record collection.<br /><br />He pointed to the records and said they'll never leave you, every one is like a photograph, you'll remember when you bought them and the times around it.<br /><br />He was right.<br /><br />Great thread Sal and for someone who doesn't get emotional, this post helps me as did the thread.<br /><br />Thank you.Anything Should Happenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05593722184088140203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-1392771414963325032011-07-02T12:49:41.025-07:002011-07-02T12:49:41.025-07:00To JB... thank you. I lost my mom a few years ago ...To JB... thank you. I lost my mom a few years ago after a long illness and it took her passing to make me realise just what she gave me...the ability to see the ridiculous in everything, love, softness and music. And to Mr S... I can't say I'm a fan, but his love for Clarence is so evident in his beautifully measured eulogy that it makes me think I owe him another listen. And thanks for sharing, Sal.Rushbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17368726463563067313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-3441496392845442952011-07-02T05:43:05.638-07:002011-07-02T05:43:05.638-07:00Sal --
Many thanks for posting this. Words fail m...Sal --<br /><br />Many thanks for posting this. Words fail me....steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-28467901825115564292011-07-01T07:37:08.961-07:002011-07-01T07:37:08.961-07:00JB,
Thanks for those thoughts. Much of what you s...JB,<br /><br />Thanks for those thoughts. Much of what you said could be said about my Mom, who introduced me to the wonders of reading and listening to what good music can be...she talked to her Dad in the "sundowning" of her life before going to meet him.<br /><br />Indeed, for all the clowning, that line, "I CAN promise you life....RIGHT NOW!" is very special because he and the boys do....each and every time they hit the boards.<br /><br />Springsteen, a peer and a guy from where I grew up, has always been the paradigm for what can be accomplished when you never surrender your dream and your faith in it.<br /><br />Of course, a boatload of talent always helps....Gene Obertohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03521444791272594982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-12488521438173948632011-07-01T04:28:37.464-07:002011-07-01T04:28:37.464-07:00@JB
Thanks for sharing that with us.@JB<br /><br />Thanks for sharing that with us.Sal Nunziatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09221629293545204260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-80030701230108312392011-06-30T21:33:30.296-07:002011-06-30T21:33:30.296-07:00CC passed while Mom was in the hospital, losing a ...CC passed while Mom was in the hospital, losing a long battle to keep her left leg. She was there for a week while they tried to save it, and during that week she spiraled down, down, down. By the time they gave up and scheduled the amputation she was so weak she could barely talk or move, and she was delirious.. they call it "sundowning"... from the pain meds and the pain. We weren't sure she'd make it through the surgery, or be able climb out of the psychological hole she'd fallen into even if she did. <br /><br />A day or so after she appeared to be out of the woods I left the hospital and went home for a break. The dog was overdue for a walk so I grabbed the iPod and we set out. The 2nd song to shuffle up was a boot of one of those epic performances of Light of Day. ("Boston Tea Party 8/99")<br /><br />As the song progressed, all of the pent-up emotion of the previous days came rushing up to the surface. I found myself walking down the street laughing and crying simultaneously. "Life... RIGHT NOW!!" sounded pretty damn good, and it was no joke.<br /><br />I'm happy to report that Mom, who introduced us to great jazz, folk, and pop... who welcomed rock and roll into her home... who got me a snare and a cymbal for Christmas when my drumming on everything in the house got out of hand... who paid for guitar lessons before I was big enough to hold the thing... who can't carry a tune but loves music as much as anyone I know ... that Mom is back with us now, with a gleam in here eye, minus that goddammed ungrateful limb. <br /><br />It turned out that when I was leaning over her, softly singing along with those gentle tunes from Willie's Stardust LP to try to calm her down, well, she was just around the corner from the light of day. <br /><br />Mom will turn 85 next month, and perhaps she'll be out of rehab in time to celebrate it at home. I'll always love her (hey, she's my Mom) but I'll always be in debt to her for fostering my appreciation for wondrous, life-enhancing music. <br /><br />My 5 year old keeps me from getting out for many shows these days, but in the next month or so I'm getting lucky. I'm catching Lucinda Williams, my old fave Leo Kottke, the admittedly overpriced (but worth it to me) Steely Dan tour, and best of all, Elvis and the Spinning Wheel from the 10th row, with a bunch of Costello junkies I've known since the late 70s. Maybe one of us will get to give the wheel a spin.<br /><br />So I'll say it again, and not for the last time: Thanks Mom.JBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-39321897750678829892011-06-30T12:41:23.710-07:002011-06-30T12:41:23.710-07:00that was pretty remarkablethat was pretty remarkableNoam Sanehttp://refreshingbeverage.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-63873891437772091552011-06-30T11:15:43.884-07:002011-06-30T11:15:43.884-07:00now i'm running in place and throwing my hands...now i'm running in place and throwing my hands in the air and people are pointing at my windowsoundsourcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05513218897301902518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-91646899267725399872011-06-30T11:13:02.310-07:002011-06-30T11:13:02.310-07:00ok i'm standing and shouting and people are lo...ok i'm standing and shouting and people are looking in the window.....also I never noticed that little stevie is playing the lick from satisfaction for most of the song and actually the underpinnings of the rhythm are satisfaction......and I'm still standing but now i'm typing and shoutingsoundsourcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05513218897301902518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-4172332688985889082011-06-30T10:45:20.219-07:002011-06-30T10:45:20.219-07:00Hopping on the Bruce wagon for the third time in t...Hopping on the Bruce wagon for the third time in the early 00s, I bought this DVD and LoD was the icing on the cake. Part rock and roll messenger, part mock-manic street preacher, part stand up comic - Bruce is King. Thanks, Sal.<br />My most poignant Clarence moment - 4/5/08 in San Jose - a radio competition would choose the "audible" for the night and "Fire" won. "Fire"? Even Bruce mocked it and yet played the Romeo and Juliet act with C. throughout the second verse and with the VERY pregnant pause before the third verse (nearly a minute of silence, with Bruce and C. wrapped in a passionate embrace), the guys looking deep into each other's eyes and doing all they could to not lose it, there was a slight kiss and an explosion of sound as the band ripped into the rest of the song. What had always been a throwaway for years became one of the best parts of the show and now a memory I'll hold dear forever. Thanks, Big Man, and Sal, for sharing.Paul in Brentwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17733224891533205668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-46527791315439721332011-06-30T10:03:12.187-07:002011-06-30T10:03:12.187-07:00He's a class act, that Scooter.
Thanks again,...He's a class act, that Scooter.<br /><br />Thanks again, Sal.stevesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-51629933867625286882011-06-30T08:03:23.630-07:002011-06-30T08:03:23.630-07:00Sweet, I don't need to change medication. That...Sweet, I don't need to change medication. That's a relief.Lesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-76885692799908821042011-06-30T07:46:50.334-07:002011-06-30T07:46:50.334-07:00Read this on Bruce's website the other day. M...Read this on Bruce's website the other day. Made me very sad and made me smile at the same time. Thanks for sharing.Troynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-82377711164594103202011-06-30T06:34:06.195-07:002011-06-30T06:34:06.195-07:00thanks for printing this Sal much appreciated on m...thanks for printing this Sal much appreciated on many levels.stunoreply@blogger.com