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♫ A Change is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke Cover) | Brian Owens ♫
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I was born by the river
In a little tent
Oh, and just like the river, I've been running
Ever since
It's been a long
A long time coming, but I know
A change gon' come
Oh yes, it will
It's been too hard living
But I'm afraid to die
'Cause I don't know what's up there
Beyond the sky
It's been a long
A long time coming, but I know
A change gon' come
Oh yes, it will
I go to the movie
And I go downtown
And somebody keep telling me
"Don't hang around"
It's been a long
A long time coming, but I know
A change gon' come
Oh yes, it will
Then, I go to my brother
And I say, "Brother, help me, please"
But he winds up knockin' me
Back down on my knees, oh
There been times that I thought
I couldn't last for long
But now, I think I'm able
To carry on
It's been a long
A long time coming, but I know
A change gon' come
Oh yes, it will
Today is the 5th day of Valentine's month of February, and here is another work about love.
Your skin like dawn
Mine like musk
One paints the beginning
of a certain end.
The other, the end of a
sure beginning.
Maya Angelou
Diversity and inclusion is less about a program, and more about helping people become comfortable enough to have a dialog about their experiences—including times when we have felt like an outsider.” - Carin Taylor, Chief Diversity Officer, Workday
We have become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.
Jimmy Carter, President of the USA
We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, while others bright, some have weird names, but they have all learned to live in the same box.
Robert Fulghum, author
Our diversity is our strength. What a dull and pointless life it would be if everyone was the same.
Angelina Jolie, Actress, Filmmaker and Humanitarian
We have no hope of solving our problems without harnessing the diversity, the energy, and the creativity of all our people.
Roger Wilkins, Journalist, Professor and Civil Rights Leader
Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come (Official Lyric Video)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEBlaMOmKV4&list=PLFRPePkSwa8...
Make A Wave Music Video Demi Lovato and Joe Jonas
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP-VolAWP9s&list=PLFRPePkSwa8...
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Art Week Theme "Surrealism"
A Change Is Gonna Come (Official Lyric Video)
Sam Cooke
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEBlaMOmKV4
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Now I don't mean to bother you but I'm in distress
There's danger of me losing all of my happiness
For I love a girl who doesn't know I exist
And this you can fix, so
Cupid draw back your bow
And let your arrow go
Straight to my lover's heart for me
Nobody but me...
Don't know much about history
Don't know much biology
Don't know much about a science book
Don't know much about the French I took
But I do know that I love you
And I know that if you love me too
What a wonderful world this would be...
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I had to run down to The City to pick up a certified copy of my birth certificate and when I stumbled into the rotunda of the city hall, two lovely ladies were tying the knot…
Built in 1916 with a rotunda taller than The United States Capital, San Francisco City Hall is home to hundreds of marriages per year…
I thought this was an appropriate followup to my last upload...LOL. PLEASE TURN ON YOUR SPEAKERS AND BE SURE TO RIGHT CLICK AND OPEN NEW TAB FOR FULL EFFECT. ENJOY!
RIGHT Click And Open In New Tab-------> "I Love You For Sentimental Reasons"
I've got a right to sing the blues
Got a right to moan and sigh
I've got a right to sit and cry
Down along the river...
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The old trawler FV Brea, outta Coos Bay, sits waiting for the season to kick in on the Siuslaw River in Florence, Oregon...
A Change Is Gonna Come
Sam Cooke
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEBlaMOmKV4
I was born by the river, in a little tent
Oh, and just like the river
I've been running ever since
It's been a long
A long time coming
But I know a change gonna come
Oh, yes it will
It's been too hard living
But I'm afraid to die
'Cause I don't know what's up there
Beyond the sky
It's been a long
A long time coming
But I know a change gonna come
Oh, yes it will
I go to the movie
And I go downtown
Somebody keep telling me
Don't hang around
It's been a long
A long time coming
But I know, a change gonna come
Oh, yes it will
Then I go to my brother
And I say, brother, help me please
But he winds up, knockin' me
Back down on my knees
Oh, there been times that I thought
I couldn't last for long
But now I think I'm able, to carry on
It's been a long
A long time coming
But I know a change gonna come
Oh, yes it will
Or what IS it? Happy Abstract Saturday! We had the most interesting clouds the other day. They were reflecting the sunshine so beautifully, so I didn't want to miss out on taking their picture.
Not everyone likes or understands abstracts. Their meaning can be hard to interpret. Don't worry, there will always be tomorrow to post something more definite :) :) :)
Please!! NO Awards or Large Graphics...Buddy Icons are OK. Thank You!
"There will be peace in the valley for me, some day
There will be peace in the valley for me, oh Lord I pray
There'll be no sadness, no sorrow
No trouble, trouble I see
There will be peace in the valley for me, for me..."
I was born by the river in a little tent
Oh and just like the river I've been running every since
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will.
It's been too hard living but I'm afraid to die
Cause I don't know what's up there beyond the sky
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will.
♫ A Change Is Gonna Come ~ Sam Cooke ♫
Strobist: AB1600 with gridded 60X30 softbox camera right. AB800 with Softlighter II camera left. Triggered by Cybersync.
Taken in Pype Hayes Park (again!) - with music written and performed by Sam Cooke: one of my favourite songs....
For the record (see what I did there?)'Cupid' by Sam Cooke is playing.
Remember the movie Inner Space? Just me then.....
let me tell you that
I'd give my life to laugh at this strife
below below below
down here below, for I'd be a king
I'd follow each ring I blow
so little smoke rings I love
please take me above with you
As far as I'm concerned, there is no better voice than Sam Cooke. I love him and I could listen to him sing all day. Gospel, standards, songs he made into standards, live concert recordings... love it all. Seriously, his voice is so beautiful - silky with just that hint of gravel and totally soulful. Nobody sings like him - nobody. Songs like "A Change is Gonna Come" are heartwrenching, but his version of "This Little Light of Mine" just has me literally clapping and throwing my hands in the air like I'm at church.
Smoke Rings is a dreamy song that I just love - Sam Cooke doing what he does best.
Oh, that voice! I love it.
It would be awesome if I could really blow smoke rings, but alas - I cannot. Luckily this lovely one was photographed by Kristof Borkowski and uploaded under a Creative Commons license. :) I love the original photo - pretty pretty!
Otis Redding is here performing Sam Cooke's 'Shake' live for the television special "Ready Steady Otis!", with Eric Burdon (singer of the Animals) sharing some of the vocals. The date is 1966 and the dancers Patricia Kerr, Cassandra Mahon and Sandy Sargeant erupted between the artists and audiences with a sassy and stylish commitment that remembers back to the age of Swing when Lindy Hop interthreaded the musicians and guests at the Harlem Savoy.
Looking back at the footage of the Otis special, is to see a space where music shared between people, and this single black and white television special must be understood as one of the inputs that seeded the dance hall movement of late sixties northern England known as 'Northern Soul'. Otis was black and Eric was white, and with the life force of the soul music and the drive of the dancers, the space was alive and in full colour.
Although Otis did not write the track 'Shake', he did make it his own, here, refusing to let it stop within an expected format and extending it with 'na's' that see him simply join in with the horn section as an applied chant. Singing half and quarter beats with the rhythm section (also enjoyed by James Brown) would be enough to give Otis a thread within musical history; on top he was a master craftsman of song, and his track '(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay' is one of the finest short songs ever recorded. Add to this the fact that his live performances of "Try a Little Tenderness" were at the summit of dynamic energy, and Otis Redding importance to musical history is alive and assured.
The original television footage:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pKpfs5EK_s
Eric Burdon is well known for a house in the rising sun. An original folk form by Leadbelly can be heard here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5tOpyipNJs
Eric's classic version from 2 years prior to his evening with Otis:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-43lLKaqBQ
Otis Redding's '(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay," is another omnipresent song that furnishes the collective household of mankind. So present, it's almost possible to miss, and It has the quality of a good story photograph:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTVjnBo96Ug
'(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay was a track about a migrant from 'The Great Migration' whose dreams turned out to be empty - watching others anonymously float by. 'Try a little tenderness' talks of an overworked lady - weary and wearing a shaggy dress... both tracks adding fine melody and passionate support to quite desperate moments, both tracks laden with description and compassion. Today the track from this lens test 'Shake' might evoque a 'Blues Brothers' of ultra abandon gratuitous or a fleet of sexual innuendo. For Otis, the 'Shake' is a collective mood of shared dancing and the key is the question "Do you feel alright?". Like Jimmy Smith, Otis could be a preacher within music. Otis wanted the music to make everyone feel 'fine', refusing to leave people from his list. His thrilling energy is illustrated here through the lifeforce of a waterfall.
Shot with a vintage 35mm Takumar f2 on a Pentax K3
AJM 04.04.21
Vintage African American photography courtesy of Black History Album, The Way We Were.
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Nothing like listening to a bunch of old songs with the word 'chain' in the title.
From left is Sam Cooke's woeful hit from 1960 called Chain Gang, which peaked at No.2 on the US Billboard charts and at No. 9 in the UK.
Next is the song Chains, written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, recorded by The Beatles for their first album, Please Please Me released in 1963. It was only released as an album track with lead vocals by George Harrison.
Aretha Franklin's Chain of Fools was released in 1968 and reached No.2 on the US Billboard charts and No. 1 on the US Billboard R&B charts cementing Aretha's standing as the Queen of Soul. An amazing song by an amazing singer.
Ball and Chain is the Big Mama Thornton song recorded live and released in 1968 on the album Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & the Holding Company. It proved that Janis Joplin could do justice to the blues with her powerful rendition of the song.
The Pretenders were a proto-punk/ new wave band led by guitarist-songwriter Chrissie Hynde. They released Back on the Chain Gang in 1982. It reached No. 7 on the US Billboard charts and No. 17 in the UK. I remember this song getting a lot of air play, at least in southern Ontario.
We're Here looks at Chains today.
Another in my Famous Strangers project of people who are not the famous person but share the name. Here is Sam Cook but you will say Sam Cooke the singer spelt his name with an E at the end and this Sam doesn’t. Well it would appear Sam Cooke changed his name from Cook to Cooke.
When I was photographing people for the 100 Strangers project I found some of my models had famous names: Richard Burton, Paul Newman etc and I remembered one of my lecturers at Uni introduced himself as The Real Richard Burton because Richard Burton the actor’s real name was Jenkins.
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for a variety of reasons… busy schedule, unplanned hole in the head, lack of proper waves, its been over a month since i've been surfing. I sincerely hope that doesn't go on much longer.
Thanks again for all the nice words and flickr love, I've been away working the last few days and will catch up with you all soon as i can
More waves and surf action at www.soul-surfing.co.uk/
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©2009 Jason Swain, All Rights Reserved
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“To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That's what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul - would you understand why that's much harder?”
― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
Wax n' Facts
Atlanta, Georgia
2008
History of Otis Redding
ATCO S 418
Notice the song writer for track 2 - “Nick Jagger”!
At least they spelled Keith Richards’ name right (and Steve Cropper)
I was born by the river
In a little tent
And just like the river
I've been running ever since
It's been a long, long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come
Oh, yes it is
It's been too hard living
But I'm afraid to die
I don't know what's up there beyond the sky
It's been a long, long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come
Oh yes it will
Then I go to my brother
I say brother help me please
But he winds up knocking me
Back down on my knees
There's been times that I thought
I wouldn't last for long
But now I think I'm able to carry on
It's been a long, long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come
Oh, yes it will
Sam Cooke
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This morning, I inexplicably awoke at 5:30 am. I am not, nor have I ever been, a morning person, let alone an early riser. I no longer sleep in very late anymore (late these days is 9:30), but 5:30? 5:30 is normally a very painful hour.
Not today. Good morning! And in a delightful mood, no less.
So there was really no choice. I laced up my fanciest shoes (Costume National, don't you know, a gift once, from Chicago). Some days just call for you to walk tall (and with a little swing, if you know what I mean).
I wore my wide-legged trousers and striped socks, put my hair up and smiled. Slid behind the wheel of my zippy German motorcar (okay, it's a 2000 VW Golf and it needs both a servicing and a cleaning). And through the thick fog I drove toward my morning appointment, up to the Caldecott Tunnel, where the fog broke for a glorious moment of wisps and sunshine and blue sky, only to become heavy and dark again on the other side, as I descended toward Orinda and Lafayette.
The entire ride, I sang with Otis Redding. 8:35 am, the windows wet, and I'm laughing and singing. That voice! The way it catches you on that bittersweet edge, pleasure and raggedy pain swirled into one. He moans at you, and you moan right back: How can one voice take you from searing heartbreak to the uncontainable joy of falling head-over-heels to the hand reaching out promising you love everlasting and then taking you back to uncertainty and a little touch of heartache all over again? Whatever it is, it's magic. A little like love itself.
Vintage African American photography courtesy of Black History Album, The Way We Were.
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I was born by the river
In a little tent
Oh, and just like the river, I've been runnin'
Ever since
It's been a long
A long time comin', but I know
A change gon' come
Oh, yes it will...
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Various old quarts of 'earl'...black gold...Texas tea...