Category Archives: Music

It’s a tug of war…

Blogger @davidkanigan used the phrase ‘tug of war’ in a recent post and it reminded me of this Paul McCartney ballad — a forgotten favorite that you may have missed. The accompanying images of Paul and Linda made me nostalgic and the lyrics are actually quite good [and understandable]. Enjoy…

Bonus playlist [in case you need more Paul]:

Any road

The older I get, the more I appreciate the quiet Beatle, George Harrison. I just came across this song which was published posthumously and I thought I’d share it with you;

Road to Nowhere

8558472197_3f6004c5b7_z@PopsDigital writes:

On a foggy winter morning I was out snapping scenery. I decided to take a different perspective on a road near our home.

This is one of those images where you can stare and contemplate what deep meaning the artist was trying to convey.(That’s what I’m doing.)

via Road to Nowhere.

Me? I love the picture but here’s my favorite version of the Road to Nowhere: Continue reading →

Beethoven

Sunday Morning in Sabadell – Lead.Learn.Live..

Apparently, it’s not known when Beethoven was born — only when he was baptized.

A peer of Mozart and Haydn, he started becoming deaf at age 28, yet incredibly wrote some of the world’s most beautiful symphonies, concertos and sonatas.

This was Ludwig van Beethoven, baptized DECEMBER 17, 1770, in Bonn, Germany.

President Jimmy Carter noted while visiting Bonn, July 14, 1978:

“As the world’s people speak and work and live together, we all could well remember the poem of Friedrich Schiller, immortally put to music by the great Beethoven, a son of Bonn, the “Ode to Joy”:

“Alle Menschen werden Bruder Wo dein sanfter Flitgel weilt.” (“All mankind shall be brothers where thy gentle wings abide.”)

Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” is also used as the tune of Princeton professor Henry Van Dyke’s hymn “Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee.”

In 1801, Beethoven, being deaf, wrote:

“No friend have I. I must live by myself alone; but I know well that God is nearer to me than others in my art, so I will walk fearlessly with Him.”

I won’t give up

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When I look into your eyes
It’s like watching the night sky
Or a beautiful sunrise
Well there’s so much they hold
And just like them old stars
I see that you’ve come so far
To be right where you are
How old is your soul?

I won’t give up on us
Even if the skies get rough
I’m giving you all my love
I’m still looking up

And when you’re needing your space
To do some navigating
I’ll be here patiently waiting
To see what you find

‘Cause even the stars they burn
Some even fall to the earth
We’ve got a lot to learn
God knows we’re worth it
No, I won’t give up

I don’t wanna be someone who walks away so easily
I’m here to stay and make the difference that I can make
Our differences they do a lot to teach us how to use the tools and gifts
We got yeah we got a lot at stake
And in the end,
You’re still my friend at least we didn’t tend
For us to work we didn’t break, we didn’t burn
We had to learn, how to bend without the world caving in
I had to learn what I got, and what I’m not
And who I am

I won’t give up on us
Even if the skies get rough
I’m giving you all my love
I’m still looking up
I’m still looking up

I won’t give up on us
God knows I’m tough, he knows
We got a lot to learn
God knows we’re worth it

I won’t give up on us
Even if the skies get rough
I’m giving you all my love
I’m still looking up…