6th Feb 2012 Everybody Sings Dylan

Bod Dylan, perhaps the most famous singer of the 20th century, spending a good part of his life trying to destroy the myth of his reputation as being the singer of political protest. Today, however, a new disc is edited to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the creation of International Amnesty, exclusively composed of Bob Dylan's verses.

'Chimes of Freedom', - Songs of Bob Dylan, including 75 of his original compositions, performed by Patti Smith, Adele, Diana Krall, Sting, Pete Townshend, Billy Bragg, My Chemical Romance, Maroon 5 and My Morning Jacket ... amongst many more others.

The dimension of the product, 4 CD's with more than 5 hours of music, turns it into the most uncommon beneficiary disc ever recorded.

Chimes of Freedom was, in fact, the song that closed the concerts of Dylan's tour 'Human Rights Now' which International Amnesty organised in 1998, performed together with Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Peter Gabriel, Tracy Chapman and Youssou N'Dour.
 

Another significant fact: International Amnesty initiated their activities in 1961, the same year Dylan travelled to New York & offered his first concerts in the Big Apple. As Dylan didn't celebrate his own 50th anniversary, this quadruple CD would be more like a birthday cake.

'Chime of Freedom' unites artists of all generations and vocations - Pop stars (Miley Cyrus, Ke$ha), veterans (Kris Kristofferson, Pete Seeger), rockers (Bad Religion, My Chemical Romance), regulars (Sting, Jackson Browne, Sinead O'Conner, Lenny Kraviitz, and inseparable duels (Paul Rogers with Nils Lofgren, Seal with Jeff Beck). All these versions have been recorded specially for this project, with the exception of 5 live performance: of Dave Matthews Band, Adele, Sugarland, Marianne Faithful and Dierks Bentley.

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6th Feb 2012 Perfume, Misic, Lovers & Lamb Chop ...

A lady friend and I were talking about perfume this morning over coffee. We both declared perfume addicts, but with a big difference. She is a one perfume woman (as signature she said) and collects lovers, changing them frequently. I am the exact opposite, I change perfume often, but a one man woman once I am happily committed.

 

Her explanation to the one perfume is clear and simple, her signature; her many lovers need no explanation; totally her own business. I think she was hoping I would ask why, but I didn't!

For me, perfume speaks. And it's not just the pleasant smell or that it makes a woman feel feminine. It evokes emotions and memories. People can sense your presence before you come close enough for them to actually see you, and your presence lingers after you had gone. Very much like music often does. It lingers in your mind and stored in your memory which often pops up when your emotion of the moment calls for it without your consciously doing so.

 

I change my perfumes depending on occasions or moods. Fresh and floral for day, sensual and musky for night, and a variety of subtle difference in each category for different occasions. Most women put on perfume for others; I do for myself, with company or not, and I spray perfume every night even on my pillows.

Why should I use just one perfume, when there are others better suited for my mood, and better express how I feel for certain days, nights or moments? Music too. If one likes rock, one can be equally fond of concert music of Bach, no?

 

Like all other delightful things in life, why limit yourself to one thing only? If you adore steak, it doesn't mean you don't enjoy the change of a lamp chop, right?

 

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6th Feb 2012 Friends, Good Friends, Best Friends & True Friends

** A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walk out.

** A best friend shares the good times and help you out by listening during the bad times.

** A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.

** Best friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you anyway.

** Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.

** Never explain yourself. Your friends don’t need it and your enemies won’t believe it.

** It takes a long time to grow an old friend.

** There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends.

** One who finds a faithful friend, finds a treasure.

** A friend is a gift one give oneself.

** Good friends are like stars…. You don’t always see them, but you know they are always there.

** My best friend is the one who brings out the best of me.

** The medicine of life is to have true faithful friends.

** True friends are like diamonds, precious and rare. False friends are like leaves, found everywhere.

** A best friend can tell you things you don’t want to tell yourself.

** Lots of your friends want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

** The best mirror in the world is an old friend.

** A true friend is someone you can disagree with and still remain friends .If not, they weren’t true friends in the first place.

** A best friend is like a four leaf clover, hard to find and lucky to have.

** A friend accepts us as we are yet helps us to be what we should.

** True friends are very difficult to find, hard to leave, and impossible to forget.

** A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart.

** A friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself.

** Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don’t say.

** A true friend is one who thinks you are a good egg even if you are half cracked.

** Thick and thin, tall and small, fast and slow. Tell me who is always there for you. I am sure you know. Your best friend, of course, don’t let him or her go

** A single rose can be my garden, a single true friend … my world

** True friends are never apart - maybe in distance but never in the heart!

** We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.

** Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.

** When it hurts to look back, and you’re scared to look ahead, you can look beside you and your best friend will be there.

** A true friend is someone who can look at you with the biggest smile on your face and still tell something is wrong.

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