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[renee]

@ renee, dont know, that you are have a access in mod room

Best regards

Yes, ig0r, SMod status, but I figured it out without
going in there

@ararat... I wonder what happened to the millions that
have been collected for Haiti, some people there got very rich - read the history of Haiti, you know it all then

no banning today :thum:

 

[ararat]

Of course, you´re right, renee. Lot of money went the wrong way.
There always exist(ed) selfish people profitting in times of misery, while the majority is suffering.
But I think, I´d rather send 100 € to Haiti, knowing 50 € get lost (to s.b. who gets rich), perhaps 20 € are being used for business management and only 30 € reach the poor, than sending 0 € and 0 € is what people in need will get.
But you´re right - it´s a shame and I think, those greedy thieves should be sent to jail.

But I didn´t post the "catastrophe" vids, yesterday, to make people donate money - don´t think that a SAT forum like SU is the right place for such things. If everybody started donation campaigns for all the catastrophes in the world here, we probably wouldn´t find any posts on SAT related topics any more.

Posting flood/haiti vids should only show, how lucky we all (hopefully) are compared to many others and how happy poor people in other parts of the world often can be if they don´t have to complain about e.g. the missing hbbtv support of a > 1000 € sat-receiver.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUcXI2BIUOQ&feature=related"]YouTube - Nina Simone - Ain't Got No...I've Got Life[/ame]

We are (or perhaps - only I am) old (of course not you, renee - you´ll never get old), gifted and white:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc7VJAhnxlc&feature=related"]YouTube - Aretha Franklin - (To Be) Young, Gifted, And Black[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaMzGFVccSQ"]YouTube - Young, Gifted, and Black(Live)- Donny Hathaway[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3gfg3ITyyw&feature=related"]YouTube - Aretha FRANKLIN- "Call Me" (1971 At The Montreux Jazz Festival Part 1)[/ame]


Just wanted to post some soul music, today. (Could have been much more, but I didn´t want to exaggerate.)

No ban today.

 

[unieno]

I agree with Ararat.:thum:
That's a shame that some people(so selfish,so greedy,) can do the thing while people are suffering.It's funny they don't feel guilty at all.We ban these kind of people forever..period.
Thanks for soul musics... :thum:

 

[ararat]

Searching through youtube for some (g)oldies really is fun. I´m surprised myself, too, how much one can find, if one enters a search keyword/keyphrase in the searchbar there.

I even got interesting music results when I entered "I´m fed up with videos not available in my country".

First you find one interesting song and then you automatically get reminded of precious "pearls" in music history that seemed to be long forgotten.

Yesterday again I found some interesting stuff and I always have to restrain:mecry: myself not to post too much, because the youtube "vault" is filled with so much.


JJ Cale & Eric Clapton - After Midnight (Live)
For those who don´t know J J Cale**** Further hits are, e.g. "Cocaine", "Anyway the wind blows", etc..
Lots of musicians like Allman Brothers, Johnny Cash, Eric Clapton, Randy Crawford, Deep Purple, Dr. Hook, Brian Ferry, Santana, ZZ Top and many many more covered JJ Cale Songs

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5Tiqv4Irjs&feature=related"]YouTube - Eric Clapton/JJ Cale-After Midnight[/ame]

Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing - Sydney 1986 (Live)
The whole LP "Brothers in Arms" was a worldwide success.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2PCBx6s9SY&feature=related"]YouTube - Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing SYDNEY 1986 -- GREAT!!![/ame]

Billy Cobham - Stratus (Live)
From the LP "A Funky Thide of Sings"
As the Title of the LP already says - it´s funk. Something to wake up with.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N_SqtFerjg"]YouTube - BILLY COBHAM STRATUS[/ame]

All these songs I either possessed as LPs or had them on "tape" when I was young(er) - all gone - should start collecting again:thum:.
Hope you like them. If not, I have to ban you - lol -.

 

[renee]

Great songs, I like funk :thum:


in case you havent seen this section, ararat,
Rock posted one of the saddest and nicest songs there is
with text

http://www.sat-universe.com/showthread.php?p=733631#post733631

I wish you all a great weekend

 

[ararat]

Yes, wish all of you a great weekend, too.

Sorry that I couldn´t watch Alson Moyet´s version of "Windmills of your mind" (your link to Rocknrolls post from January 2011, renee - Youtube says: "not available in your country").

I always liked Alison Moyet, but ... but the song isn´t one of my favourites, anyway.

I know it´s a very good one (both lyrics & composition) - but I prefer (if at all) only those sad songs with a glimpse of hope in them - songs that don´t say "how sad life is" but "how wonderful life could be, if only" (e.g. Tschaikowsky - who wasn´t really satisfied with his life. There´s always a kind of longing aspiration in his compositions, but only rarely pure sadness.) But after listening to "Windmills of your mind" I could easily commit suicide, if I were in a bad mood anyway, because it´s all sad - both melody and lyrics.

The most important of a song to me is - first the melody and then the melody, followed by the melody.
It does not hurt if the lyrics are as good as the melody, but I´d rather listen to a good song with bad lyrics than vice versa.

So if Aretha Franklin instead of "Like a bridge over troubled water" would sing "Like a duck in a copper pan" - I would still like the song - although I must admit, that the original lyrics make an advantageous difference.
(Perhaps I should ban my ignorance, today:mecry:.)

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DBl5gAs6WI"]YouTube - Aretha Franklin - Bridge Over Troubled Water[/ame]

 

[ararat]

Sorry - this morning I clicked twice on the "Answer" button, because the server didn´t react (message "...try later..." appeared). Later the post existed twice and when I wanted to edit it, it was not possible any more:mecry:.
(Thought I sounded too harsh. Wanted to change "but I´d rather listen to a good song with bad lyrics than vice versa" into "but I´d rather listen to a pleasant song with bad lyrics than vice versa". Otherwise my sentence sounded as if "Windmill of your mind" was no good song, but in fact it is - I just only don´t like it too much.) -

Have a nice weekend:thum:

 

[ig0r]

np mate!
Double post is delete

 

[renee]

Cant you delete your own double posts, ararat ?
you should
I actually agree with you about melody, for me its the
most important and Ive thought you are a text man
It always surprises me
when I see clips or concerts on TV and they show the whole audience singing with the artist - they know all texts


I still like the melody of the Windmill of your mind - I know its a simple one that repeats itself ,
for me it goes to the core, to the end -
normally I do like happy melodies,
but sometimes I like the dramatic ones also.

Is your PC fixed now, ararat ?
I hope the weather gets better at your end but also in Brazil and Australia


No banning tonight - I want to have sweet dreams

 

[ararat]

thx ig0r for deleting double post. Didn´t know a way how to do it myself. (If I should know - please, tell me how and where. If I needn´t know - just forget about it.)

Yes, my pc´s fixed for some weeks already, renee. (8 GB new, epensive DDR3 1333 7-7-7-21 RAM was inserted - runs at a lower voltage - 1,35 V instead of DDR3 1066 8-8-8-24 RAM with 1,4 V before - doesn´t get that hot - now pc runs more stable:thum:.)

It´s not the sadness in "Windmills ...", that I don´t like. Can´t explain why - it´s the same with "Where do I begin", "Speak softly love (From "The Godfather") or "Summertime (... when the living is easy)" - don´t like those ones either, although they are good songs.
But there are lots of sad songs, that I like (even requiems).

Today burial of #1´s mother - feel sorry for him.
And, although I don´t like the following Mahalia Jackson song (but the performance), here it is:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eiI52WluF0"]YouTube - Trouble of the World - Mahalia Jackson[/ame]

To me it´s another "suicide" song - lol.

Followed by music for the (still) living (Curtis Mayfild - Move on up)

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z66wVo7uNw"]YouTube - Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up[/ame]

Hope we´ll all have a tremendous week:thum::clapping:

 

[unieno]

Yes,ig0r. I'd like to know how to delete,also.Just in case if I might make mistake sometime.
Glad you have your nice computer back,Ararat.:thum:
Here is one of the songs I like from Eagle :
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ygI3BZxdCY"]YouTube - The Eagles - Hotel California - Original[/ame]

No banning today.

 

[ararat]

Nice song - especially this live perfomance:thum: - the longer one listens to it, the better it gets.

Just discovered one nice thing that comes with VIP status (in case, you yourself have not noticed it yet, unieno + one more time THX @ ig0r).
I can/could post in my own thread (TS-Doctor) again.
Shortly after I had opened it in july 2009, it was closed (for me and others), so that from then on only MODs, ADMINS and VIPs regularly could load up new software versions there.
Nice that I can/could contribute again, because - opposite to many others who post(ed) there, I´m member of the german software producers board. So, if ever urgently needed, I could add insider knowledge - e.g, how to solve a software problem. But I suppose that won´t become necessary, because the software developper usually solves problems himself very quickly.

Hope I get used to my new medicaments, soon, that I have to take since january, 4th. Feel totally worn out and hyperactive at the same time, food tastes bitter and sometimes I´m close to become a ruminant..., my head aches (and other parts of the body, too), can only sleep short time (completely reorganized my daily routine). Whole life seems unreal, suddenly and a day has too many hours.

Now a big lie (for at least this time of the day):

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzlpTRNIAvc&feature=channel"]YouTube - James Brown - I Feel Good (From "Legends of Rock 'n' Roll" DVD)[/ame]

I´m rather in a mood like this at the moment:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR4Ovy3LarE"]YouTube - Earth, Wind and Fire - After the love has gone[/ame]

and now I´ll have my (bitter) breakfast.

 

[ararat]

Addtional remark: Hope you had your "sweet dreams" (post #549), renee.

(Why I used an additional post instead of editing the old one? - If I had done so, the "embedding" of youtube vids would have got lost. As a result only link lines (without video window) would have remained and you would get "redirected" to youtube page, when clicking on them.)

 

[unieno]

I feel good while I am having a good meal,listening a song "I feel good". :thum:
I still feel good while listening a song "after the love has gone". :thum:
:yahoo:You come alone,so you go alone
why bother after the love has gone.:rofl

 

[ararat]

What I meant, was s.th. different.
I only wanted to express, that I felt very bad that day - without any chance to change that.
This was and still is due to essential new medicaments/medicine that I have to take since the 4th of january 2011 = for 17 days until now (1 pill costs 20 € - have to take three a day - kind of chemo therapy ...).
Until the 3rd of january I took 4 other medicaments - 16 pills a day, that I had already got used to - but I had the same problems with those pills, when I started taking them 13 years ago. Now I stopped taking them because at long sight it should be better to replace 16 pills a day by only 3.

With the new 3 pills a day, I had to reorganize my daily life from the 4th of january on (get up earlier, sleep and eat at other times than before, etc., post in SU at a different time - about 8-9 o´clock instead of noon or afternoon - because I should eat my breakfast at nine instead of half past twelve - (so I must hurry to finish this post - I´m already too late).

The worst thing with the new pills is, that I´ve got unpleasant side effects (may take up to half a year until they hopefully disappear - I´ll see) and have to live with these side effects - because without therapy, I would die soon. Could only return to my 16 pills, in case I couldn´t live with the new ones.

So at the moment no way I could do, what you can, unieno.
Of course, I can have a good meal, but I can´t enjoy it like you, because all that I eat or drink (bread, vegetables, meat, coffee, tea, etc.) tastes as if I had a pill of high intensity sweetener in my mouth.
Everything tastes bitter sweet - even bread. In addition my head, limbs, stomach and kidneys ache, my blood pressure is low, i feel vertiginous, feel tired, can´t sleep as good as before, etc., etc..

Therefore I wrote, "I feel good" by James Brown was a lie, as far as I was concerned that day and I rather was in a similar mood/ felt bad like "Earth, Wind & Fire", having lost a love - but of course I hadn´t lost one - only lost quality of life (for hopefully only a short time - until my body gets used to the chemicals in my new pills).

But there´s no use complainig - wouldn´t change anything anyway.
So some music to lift us all up:thum:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l75skRMlXk"]YouTube - Prince - Purple Rain.[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucZRore0-EE&feature=related"]YouTube - Prince - When Doves Cry[/ame]

 

[renee]

If you have to take a new pill, ararat, ask Doctor if another
company makes them also and try that one ?

Since Im taking Melatonin (not available in Germany)
I can sleep good, I only take half (1.5mg)helps me to fall asleep fast, its not a sleeping pill , I wouldnt touch those


I hope you do get used to your new pill ararat, it must be terrible to not enjoy and taste the food one is eating


Thank you all for your uTubes - yes its great to sit here and listen to the various music :thum:

In a large forum its very difficult for the owner and
Mods/SMods to see which member likes to post in diverse
sections. That they cut you off from your own thread, ararat, was bad judgement from the responsible Mod/SMod -
thats why, in general , I like smaller forums better -
its easier to check members and what they post.
But Im happy for you that you can post in your thread again :thum:

Im banning all Adm./ Mods/SMods that are jealous and dont know what they're doing

 

[ig0r]

Im banning all Adm./ Mods/SMods that are jealous and dont know what they're doing

I know

 

[ararat]

If you have to take a new pill, ararat, ask Doctor if another
company makes them also and try that one ?

I could only chose between few alternatives, which all are not available from other companies, yet - because they are too new - original manufacturers still own copyright. It´s no way allowed to reduce the dosage of these pills, because they wouldn´t work then and if they ever fail, you can´t take them any more your whole life. Then there would even remain less medicaments to choose from. They all have nearly the same side effects anyway. In addition they ruin your organs (liver, stomach, thyroid, etc.) the longer you take them and influence badly on the bodies capabilty to absorb vitamins, minerals, etc. (B12, B6, ferrum, calcium, etc.) Then you (I) have to take other pills/ get additional injections to help against this, too. I take more than twenty pills a day/ inhale cortisone, etc., etc., ... to preserve myself like a walking mummy - lol. Luckily people can´t see that I´m ill because I look healthy.

My sleep is not normal, yet, but seems to be normalizing day by day. This night I slept six hours - not bad (I was used to 7+ hours before) - not only 3 or four hours, like the first days with my new pills. I should be optimistic, that all gets well.
So, on long terms, I should do without melatonin. But good to hear, that it helps you, renee - better take a natural substance (that the body usually produces itself - but sometimes not enough), than sleeping pills (only if unavoidable).
One day, food will taste normal again, too and then I can be more satisfied, that I´m still allowed to live (especially if I don´t have to suffer from pain - seems to be normalizing, too - varies from day to day).

Enough about illness/diseases. There are lots of godsends to be thankful for (family, friends, nature, hobbies, eye-sight, hearing, emotions ......, etc.) The last two are precious gifts without which we all couldn´t enjoy music like this:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ul-cZyuYq4&feature=related"]YouTube - Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way (HQ)[/ame]

Oh, how much I love this one (the whole album):thum: - again and again and again ...
(but I prefer the studio version, a bit - sounds more perfect)

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXn-iY7bJTU&feature=related"]YouTube - Paul Simon, Graceland[/ame]

and this one

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OafqYNCzq5U&feature=related"]YouTube - Paul Simon: Diamonds on the soles of her shoes /zimbabwe[/ame]

and couldn´t resist to add a fourth one (because of Miriam Makeba´s participation) - I know I´m exaggerating.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB26L8nbRiw&feature=related"]YouTube - Paul Simon & Miriam Makeba[/ame]

Hope you have a nice day:thum:

And I ban all jealous people, too (no matter if Adm./Mods/SMods - or perhaps even VIPs), ...
but only, if their jealousness results in misbehaviour.
People who keep their jealousness for themselves, without harming others, won´t be banned - they can not change the fact that they have these feelings.

 

[unieno]

Wow! there are so many pills you have to take.
I hope you can feel much better after taking those pills.
At least day by day,soon will be back to normal.
Think positive. :thum:

There are lots of godsends to be thankful for (family, friends, nature, hobbies, eye-sight, hearing, emotions ......, etc.) The last two are precious gifts without which we all couldn´t enjoy music

I agree with you 100 %. :clapping:
I think you might take some naps during the day time,if you think sleeping at night is not enough,Ararat.
Take good care of your Mental health & physical health. :thum:
Enjoy while you can. :thum:

 

[ararat]

Can´t change taking pills - but I notice that get used more to the new ones ... as time goes by ....
Still most food tastes ugly to me, though and I often can´t even stand the smell of a just prepared meal, but this "misfeeling" will disappear within a few weeks/ months (if not, I can return to my old medication, if I want to).
You´re right, unieno - I should take some naps during daytime. With my old pills I was awake nearly only half a day - stood up at 11 o´clock am and often fell asleep at about 11 pm already in my living chair.
Nowadays I´m awake about six hours more every day than before and, of course, it´s normal that I´m tired :Yawn: because of that.

Although I always swear that I´ll never do it again (because it´s very exhausting to me), i cooked beef roulades, yesterday.
But I was too lazy to prepare the rest of the intended meal (mashed potatoes, red cabbage) and on top I was already too late for my meal/pills.
Thus later I stored the prepared beef in my fridge, although surprisingly I had liked the smell of the roulades in my kitchen (if they had tasted the way they had smelled ... :spcartman: ... yummie).
I ate some fast food instead (sorry, renee, - but I warmed that up in my microwave oven).
So, I´ll have yesterday´s meal today. Perhaps I may enjoy it much more today (not being exhausted from cooking).
The only thing I must do:

I hereby ban the bad taste on my tongue.

Don´t want to forget some music (nearly 10 minutes live in Berlin, germany):
The question is - will he do it? Sometimes he doesn´t, but this time, he will! He still screams - don´t expect miracles from an older man - nearly as in his early days in this song.


Joe Cocker - With a little help from my friends

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQLtCoh5EaI&feature=channel"]YouTube - Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends (From "Live in Berlin" DVD)[/ame]