Janis Ian-Society's Child (1967)

MY GRAND PARENTS FORBID "DATING " OUTSIDE OUR RELIGION", BUT NOT OUTSIDE OUR RACE. TOOK YEARS, & SOME LEVEL OF GUTS(COLLEGE) TO DATE "OUTSIDE RACE & RELIGION. MARRIAGE , ON THE OTHER HAND, WAS RESERVED FOR " OUR OWN KIND". I FOLLOWED THEIR WISHES, YET NEVER BELIEVED THEIR TENANTS. MY "KIDS" R TRULY "FREE"OF THOSE ARCHAIC PREHISTORIC BELIEFS & PRACTICES. LOVE "JANIS IAN" 4 EVER.

Pia Toscano - All By Myself - An Intimate Evening With David Foster - PB...

A MUSICAL GODDESS, A MAESTRO REACHING THE CLOUDS> PLZ SING ONE OF MY POTENTIAL # 1 HIT SONGS...

Hall & Oates - She's Gone - 12/11/1976 - Capitol Theatre

NOT ON BLEEKER ST< THE VILLAGE< (NOT AT THE " THE PINK TEA CUP(NO BOOTS OR PINK TOOTOO)DID MEET/DATE & JOIN IN NUPTIALS LATER ON(MET THRU FRANK MOSCA< AT THE " SALTY DOG"< UNIONDALE< HEMPSTEAD TRNPKE>LONG ISLAND)FACT" SHE TOO WAS " GONE"( FLEW TO SISTER IN MICHIGAN FOR FAMILY EMERGENCY(NEW BABY)<ONLY "MUFFIN" THE REGAL WHITE FELINE & "BRANDY:< THE PAIN> "LHASA APHPSO" TO HANDLE CALLS( NO ANSWERING MACHINES THEN))>> "SHE " FOUND ME "2" WEEK ENDS LATER AT " SALTY DOG">THAT'S ALL SHE WROTE"< MY LIFE WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME!!!!

Whitesnake - Is This Love - Now in HD From LOVE SONGS

ROCK ON!!> YOU ECHO MY THOUGHTS(WITH MY EXCEPTION OF " MARILYN MONROE")< SINCE VIEWING HER IN "SOME LIKE IT HOT"(BLACK & WHITE ONLY) < I< A MERE 7TH GRADER ) BEGAN MY DESTINED JOURNEY(MARILYN FELL FOR TENOR SAX GUYS(SHE SANG IN SWEET SUES BAND(UKELEULE TOO),SHE TOLD TONY CURTIS OF HER INFATUATION(HE POSING AS A GIRL TENOR SAX PLAYER IN THE BAND) FELL FOR HER>I BECAME A NEWSDAY PAPER ROUTE BOY< RAIN< SLEET< SNOW< HAIL(LIKE THE MAIL CARRIERS OF OLD), SAVED< BOUGHT AN ITALIAN TENOR< TOOK LESSONS<STILL PLAYING VIOLIN(1ST SEAT< @ND VIOLINS),THEN AUDITIONED ON A RENTAL ALTO(BAND DIRECTOR INSISTED< GAVE ME 2 WEEKS> PASSED< )JOINED HIGH SCHOOL BAND< TENOR SAX(NOW WITH A SUPER KOOL HORN< METAL BERG LARSEN MOUTH PIECES. QUIT ORCHESTRA< EVEN JOINED " JOE SEPE'S HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ BAND(WAY OVER MY HEAD_YET THEY LIKED MY SOUND & TENACITY(IN BASEMENT ROCK BAND TOO(THE ROLLING TONES)(NEW YEARS EVE GIG< EACH MAN GOT $10 TIP FOR PLAYING " WE CAN WORK ITY OUT" & " DAY TRIPPER"(1965/66). ALMOST MARRIED A GAL (BRUNETTE) MARILYN LOOK A LIKE, SHE OWNED MY SOUL!!( THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO MY TALE OF "TAO"(BORROWED FROM BRUCE LEE)); U WILL PLZ BUY MY BOOK" A LOVE(AND LIFE) LOST NOT FOUND"< WHEN IT COMES OUT>SINCE MY " TIA"< CAN NOT BE TOO SURE OF MUCH ANYMORE>(P.S> CREDIT FOR THIS BOOK GOES 100 % TO MY RECENTLY PASSED BROTHER< BARRY<(NOV 23RD 2020)> HE ENCOURAGED ME TO " WRITE A BOOK"< SCIENCE FICTION VAMPIRE SHORT STORIES TOO>"EVELYN FELINE VAMPIRE"< HE FELT MY OVER 1000 SONGS/POEMS WOULD NEVER FIND THE APPROPRIATE VOCALIST I WANTED>

Melissa Manchester Full Concert - circa 1980

@ 4:01 & 45:06 & @53:20: MS. MANCHESTER TAKES ME ALONG ON HER VOCAL JOURNEY TO THE CLOUDS< BACK TO THE DEPTHS OF SORROW & THEN LAUNCHES ME ONCE MORE THRU THE CLOUDS TO THE SUN> SO " HEART WRENCHINGLY BEAUTIFUL<(STILL LOVE THOSE SOARING " VIOLINS"(& STILL FALL BACK TO MY YAMAHA WHEN ABLE< THOUGH MY PASSION IS THE " TENOR"( AS LONG AS MY JAW HOLDS OUT)>

Expose on Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Exposé - I'll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me (Live).flv

WHO CAN EXPLAIN " WHAT EFFECT "LOVE" HAS UPON & DOES TO A PERSON(ANIMALS TO?)"3X'S" IN VARYING DEGREES(SLOW BURN TO ERUPTING VOLCANO) LOVE HAS GRABBED A HOLD OF MY MIND & HEART" NEVER " FORGOT THESE SPECIAL LADIES & NEVER WILL ERASE THEM FROM MY MIND, TILL I DIE. "MUSIC" SERVES TO REKINDLE "EVENTS" & IMAGES & ALLOWS ME TO TRAVEL BACK IN TIME TO THOSE "WONDEROUS MOMENTS & WOMEN."ALL IN MY OWN HUMBLE OPINION!" NO REGRETS HERE.

The Doors Wake Up/Light My Fire Live at Hollywood Bowl 1968 5 July

MUSIC AFFICIANDOS ACTUALLY SAT IN ROWS< TILL THOSE IN FRONT GOT UP> ONLY FLOOR SPACE WAS STANDING> TILL THE "RIOT"><<IMAGINE "PETE TOWNSEND & KEITH MOON IN THE DESTRUCTIVE THROES OF ENDING THEIR GIG< AFTER A STIRRING< SUPER LOUD< OVER THE TOP PERFORMANCE: THEN!!< RAY< ROBBY & JOHN ON STAGE PATIENTLY BUSY< AWAITING " THE LIZARD KING's ENTRANCE> THE WARM SUMMER AIR FILLED WITH THE FRAGRANCE OF FRESHLY SMOKED JOINTS< & WHIFFS OF LIQUOR BOTTLES EVERYWHERE> OUT OF THE DARK< THE LORD OF THE REALM APPEARS< SAUNTERS TO THE STAGE EDGE< BUMS A LIGHT< CONTINUOUSLY DRAGGING< TILL< WHAT SEEMS LIKE A LIFE TIME< JIM TAKES HIS PLACE BY THE MIKE< & THE HEAVENS PART< MAKING WAY FOR A HEAVENLY CONCERT> ALL THINGS MUST PASS(GEORGE HARRISON) & SURELY COME TO AN END IN THE SINGER BOWL> TIME FOR THE RIOT> CHAIRS THROWN< I GOT THE HELL OUT OF DODGE>(OLD WESTERN SAYING)>

Laura Nyro " Up On The Roof " (Studio Recording)

So sweet, so rare, so overwhelming vocally.It appears "the lot in life of "the purest,most endearing & talented artists thru modern history suffer a tragic, shortened life,leaving only there acclaimed,sometimes under appreciated works as their "footprints" thru this life.The most wicked, crooked evil ones seem to keep on ticking like the old "TIMEX WATCH" commercial. No one, nowhere, has found an answer.So, " QUE SERA SERA"(WHAT WILL BE WILL BE"(DORIS DAY)

Taylor Dayne Love Will Lead You Back Live & Extended

RAPTURE OF THE DEEP..

Exposé - I'll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me (Live).flv

RAPTURE OF THE DEEP..

Exposé - Let Me Be The One (Official Video)

YES, THOUGH U "GOT OVER ME ,OH SO RAPIDLY. I STILL FIND U & I SO CLOSE, DARK MOONLESS NIGHTS TAKE ME BACK TO THOUGHTS OF ME & YOU, IT MUST BE TRUE, STILL HOPELESSLY HEAD OVER HEELS FOR YOU, WHY, OH WHY, MUST THIS BE SO??WHEN WILL I BE FREE??OF YOUR HOLD OVER ME!!

Firefall - Strange Way (1978)

HERE TO TELL THE WORLD: " SOME MOMENTS THE LAUGHTER STILL COMES & WITH IT HER" ETERNAL RADIANT BEAUTY SHINES THRU < MY AGING EYES STILL ABLE TO SEE THIS RADIANCE I HER SMILE & VOICE>{AGSAINST HER WILL< SHE DROVE ME TO LICAL " SAM ASH" STORE< TO TRY OUT A USED< CHEAP TENOR SAX> WHILE IT LOOKED & SOUNDED GREAT, THIS " CONN BLACKSTAR HAD AN UNUSUALLY HIGH LEFT HANDED KEY CONFIGURATION< THOUGH THE $ 499 PRICE WAS TEMPTING< & TO HER RELIEF< I "PASSED> OF COURSE MY SUPER DUPER HORN AT HOME HAS NO LIVING COMPARISON(IMOHO & OTHERS TOO).I WILL CONTINUE DREAMING OF " MARILYN MONROE" & THE " SELMA TENOR GRAND JUBILEE($ 23,000 OR SO>))"SHE "WAS & STILL IS(??)? MY MARILYN MONROE<ALBEIT GREY HAIR< NO MORE BLOND STREAKS).

LAURA NYRO (and LABELLE) the bells

WITH THE BEST OF INTENTIONS AND OFFERING UP A PURE HEART & SOUL(??IF INDEED I HAD ONE THEN??), " WE " HEARD THOSE BELLS", UNDER THE " CHUPA"(CANOPY), YOU GAZED INTO MY SOUL AS I REPEATED THAT "VOW", AND SO YOU DID, WHILE YOU GAZED INTO MY EYES. FOR MYSELF, THE OUTSIDE WORLD STOPPED EXISTING, & ALL I WAS AWARE OF WAS YOUR BEAUTIFUL SELF, SECURE IN THE KNOWLEDGE YOU INDEED LOVED & WANTED TO SHARE YOUR LIFE WITH MYSELF. IS IT POSSIBLE THIS EPIC MILESTONE WOULD EVER HAPPEN, BACK SO MANY YEARS, GIVING US "2"WONDERFUL. LOVING,PRODUCTIVE GROWN CHILDREN. YES, WE HAVE MADE YOUR MOTHER, MY PARENTS & GRANDMA & MY BROTHER EXTREMELY PROUD THRU THESE YEARS.:{{EPILOGUE: BEEN DIVORCED SINCE DEC> 21ST(MY LATE DAD'S B/D), 2006, THOUGH LIVING TOGETHER/APART>>SHOWS ME "YOU NEVER CAN TELL WHAT"S WAITING AROUND THE NEXT BEND OF LIFE'S HIGHWAY!))

Taylor Dayne - Can't Get Enough Of Your Love

OH HER " GOLDEN VOICE(" DON"T RUSH ME")& MANY MORE:" TELL IT TO MY HEART"< " LOVE WILL LEAD YOU BACK"}}ONCE MORE< DOWN ON BENDED KNEE< YES< IMPLORE YOU> MS> LESLIE WONDERMAN" ( DISCOVERED?PROMOTED BY THE " LATE PRINCE"}}< RECORD JUST " 1" OF MY " SONGS(" TRYIN' TOO HARD" WILL BE 1ST"}.YOUR VOICE/RENDITION WILL MAKE THIS A # 1 ON THE HOT 100 BILLBOARD CHART<(IF i AM LYIN' I AM DYIN"!!!!!)" CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVE"(REMAKE OF BARRY WHITE MEGA HIT>>JUST AS GOOD((IMOHO)

Van McCoy - The Hustle [Extended Edition]

1975: {{SHE WAS YOUNGER THEN SPRINGTIME: I WAS ,STILL TODAY< # YRS.OLDER}}"EILEEN & MYSELF AT "PENRODS< EAST MEADOW, LONG ISLAND< "WHEN "THE MAGIC STILL FILLED THE AIR WE BREATHED< FILLED THE HEARTS OF YOUNG< YES YOUNG< LOVERS & NEWBIES ALIKE> DANCING CHEEK TO CHEEK REPLACED WITH GRACEFUL< RHYTHMIC (CHOREOGRAPHED) STEPS< WITH NEITHER PARTNER LEADING & WOMEN WERE PROVOCATIVE ,SPINNING ON THE DANCE FLOOR WHILE FULLY CLOTHED<

Born Too Late ~ The Poni-Tails (1958)

MY BFF OLDER BROTHER< BARRY(GONE LAST NOVEMBER)< LET ME TAG ALONG< DOUBLE DATE<TAKE PART IN HIS SOCIAL GROUP(BASEMENT PARTIES TOO)> FELL FOR BETH LONDON(2 YRS OLDER)< WHAT SEE SAW IN ME(KINDA CUTE< W/JET BLACK HAIR) I'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND> WE SLOW DANCED< MADE OUT< WHAT A KISSER SHE MUST STILL BE)> ALAS< ALACK> BETH LEFT ME FOR A COLLEGE BOY)< NEXT< WAS BARBRA ANNE GOLDSTEIN< & FINALLY LOIS WEINER(ALL LEFT ME EVENTUALLY FOR OLDER GUYS(WITH CARS)> SWORE OFF OLDER LADIES> FELL YEARS LATER FOR 17 YEAR OLD BEAUTY WHO PICKED ME(??)< TO START HER LOVE LIFE(LADY DIANE)< HER BREAK UP SET OFF MY SONG WRITING<BOOK WRITING CAREER< IN SPURTS LIKE MODERN ROCKET LAUNCHES FROM " CAPE CANAVERAL"> TO THIS DAY<AS I "KEEP ON TRUCKIN"(JERRY GARCIA/GREATFUL DEAD MEGA HIT}, KNOCKING OUT MORE CREATIONS< WILL INCLUDE LADY DIANE(A FEW I CREDIT TO WIFE/EX< EILEEN}>AFTER ALL SHE PICKRD ME UP 2 YEARS LATER(STILL DON'T KNOW WHY}< DUSTER ME OFF< & POOF< ENGAGED< MARRIED< RELOCATED< & @ WONDERFUL CHILDREN(NOW PRODUCTIVE ADULTS)> MORAL OF MY SAGA: " DON"T SET YOUR SIGHTS TOO HIGH ABOVE YOUR HEAD ALL THE TIME> LOWERING THE BAR(AGE WISE)< MAY LEAD YOU ONTO A MOST INTERESTING> CHALLENGING< VERY FRUSTRATING AT TIMES< PATH> "YOU GOT TO PAY YOUR DUES IF U WANT TO SING THE BLUES...& U KNOW IT DON"T COME EASY"(RINGO STARR(THE BEATLES DRUMMER) MEGA HIT"){RINGO SINGS< WRITES SONGS & MAYBE STILL IS THE ALL TIME " BEST JAZZ DRUMMER" IN ENGLAND}))(THAT"S WHY PAUL & JOHN ASKED RINGO TO REPLACE DRUMMER PETE BEST}}

The Fleetwoods - Come Softly To Me

THIS TIMELESS MAGICAL MASTER PIECE OF 3 PART HARMONY & BEWITCHINGLY SOOTHING LYRICS STANDS THE TEST OF TIME IMEMORIUM> ONE CAN NOT HELP BEING PUT INTO A "PEACEFUL TRANCE< BEING OVERCOME BY THE WARMEST FEELINGS OF LOVE & LONGING FOR DAYS GONE BY & LOVES LOST < NOT TO BE FOUND>(LADY DIANE< EVELYN< BETH LONDON & LOIS WIENER(BARBRA ANNE TOO)

Gordon Lightfoot - "If You Could Read My Mind" (Live TV performance)

LOST IN A SEA OF STRANGE FACES, SMILING, TALKING, DRINKING TO LIFE, & ME; SURROUNDED BY THIS MULTITUDE, ON COMES"IF U COULD READ MY MIND" AGAIN(1 GUESS WHO PUT THE QUARTER IN THE JUKE), NOW "SINGING ALONG W/"GORDON", CARESSING MY "SOUTHERN COMFORT" GLASS", TRYIN TO EMPTY MY BRAiN OF ANYTHING CONNECTED TO HER(DIANE-MY 1ST ,BUT NOT LAST TRUE LOVE). STRANGE THOUGHTS R SWIRLING IN MY HEAD, SHORTLY TO BECOME"TRYIN' TOO HARD", MY VERY 1ST SONG(WORDS, MUSIC& SONG SHEET).SO, NO PAIN, NO GAIN. OWE IT ALL TO U, THE LOST "LADY DIANE". ROCK ON.

Janis Ian - At Seventeen

I FEEL A KINSHIP TO U> NEVER MET U> THIS SONG & "SOCIETY" I HAVE LIVED DIFFERENT PERIODS IN MY LIFE< RANGING FROM 7TH GRADE TILL <{YES)PRESENT< SONG WRITING " EXPLODED AFTER "LADY DIANE " KICKED ME TO A WINTERY<FEBRUARY CURB< MY SONG TOOK "PROPER FORM(MASTER MAESTRO SISTER IN LAW SAT ME AT DEAR MOM"S UPRIGHT< SAM ASH NOTE BOOK/PEN> SHE OVER SAW ME JOT DOWN ON "EACH BAR"< NOTE FOR WORD< ENTIRE" TRIN' TOO HARD"> SINGING COUSIN JOEL STAHL WAS CONVINCED TO LET ME BRING HIM TO EAST MEADOW> HE SANG< I PLAYED RUDIMENTARY PIANO< RECORDED ON $100 SONY STATE OF THE ART CASSETTE DECK.( THE(BOUGHT W/EMPLOYEE DISCOUNT< NATCH)>< BLINDLY<COPIES IN HAND< TOOK LIRR TO NYC< VISITED "#" MAJOR RECORD CO>, SADLY< ONLY " APRIL BLACKWOOD" RETURNED MY SAMPLE(HARDLY A " DEMO"< W/BRIEF " SORRY< GOOD LUCK" NOTE>WISHED I KEPT IT< ALONG W/ MR. MUHAMMID ALI's AUTOGRAPH ON MY ALSO "LATE: " " BONWIT TELLER BLANK CREDIT SLIP( I WAS AN EXEC<M IN MEN'S SHOP THEN)> WELL< TODAY< OVER 1000 SONGS/POEMS, 1 BOOK. 1 & 3/4 SCI/FI WORKS, ESSAYS/& MORE> NEVER FOUND A WONDERFUL LADY SINGER WHOSE VOICE " STIRS ME AS YOURS DOES & EVOKES SAME EMOTIONS I HAVE REPRESSED TOO LONG> WELL< "LIVE LONG & PROSPER"(STAR TREK'S MR. SPOCK ).