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Life IS history in the making. Every word we say, everything we do becomes history the moment it is said or done. Life void of memories leaves nothing but emptiness. For those who might consider history boring, think again: It is who we are, what we do and why we are here. We are certainly individuals in our thoughts and deeds but we all germinated from seeds planted long, long ago.
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Shindig!
Google's definition of a 'shindig' is a large, lively party, especially one celebrating something. It is an interesting little word with spellings with and without a hyphen. The origin of the term 'shin-dig' or 'shindig' can be found at World Wide Words. For sure, it is a perfect title for an American television musical variety series. The actual show Shindig! ran from 1964 - 1966 featuring the biggest acts in rock 'n' roll performing their latest hits.
Top American and British recording artists that were featured included
Marvin Gaye, Petulia Clark, Jackie Wilson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ian
Whitcomb, The Rolling Stones and Manfred Mann. Jimmy O'Neil was the
series host. Weekly regulars included The Blossoms, featuring Darlene
Love , " The Shindig Dancers", Bobby Sherman, The Shindogs rock band and
The Righteous Brothers who debuted their now legendary "You've Lost
That Loving Feeling". Regular house band members included Billy Preston
and Glenn Campbell.
2001Nickelback went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'How You Remind Me'. In an interview with MTV, Nickelback's lead singer Chad Kroeger said
that he wrote the song about his old girlfriend Jodi, who he had a
rather dysfunctional relationship with. He kept the lyrics very
ambiguous, however, which accounts for much of the song's success, as
many people could relate to an ex who started pointing out all of your
faults at the same time and caused considerable heartbreak: "This time
I'm mistaken, for handing you a heart worth breaking."
2013Bruce Springsteen's latest album 'High Hopes' briefly appeared for
download on Amazon's US site for several hours, two weeks ahead of its
scheduled release date. Although it was subsequently removed from sale,
the record had now appeared on several file-sharing sites. The album's
official release date was listed as 14 January.
Top American and British recording artists that were featured included Marvin Gaye, Petulia Clark, Jackie Wilson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ian Whitcomb, The Rolling Stones and Manfred Mann. Jimmy O'Neil was the series host. Weekly regulars included The Blossoms, featuring Darlene Love , " The Shindig Dancers", Bobby Sherman, The Shindogs rock band and The Righteous Brothers who debuted their now legendary "You've Lost That Loving Feeling". Regular house band members included Billy Preston and Glenn Campbell.
Jimmy O'Neill (1940-2013)
2013 Bruce Springsteen's latest album 'High Hopes' briefly appeared for
download on Amazon's US site for several hours, two weeks ahead of its
scheduled release date. Although it was subsequently removed from sale,
the record had now appeared on several file-sharing sites. The album's
official release date was listed as 14 January.
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