An excellent concert: Just wish the names of the musicians had been included:
Showing posts with label YouTube. Show all posts
Showing posts with label YouTube. Show all posts
5/15/26
4/23/26
3/16/26
I GOT PLACES TO BE : FRED AGAIN and ANDERSON PAAK
I used to listen to this one in the morning, on my way - Lot's of energy here. Lyrics?
3/15/26
3/13/26
GIVE ME SHELTER : THE ROLLING STONES
Yes... I HAVE heard Rolling Stone's music being used for TELEVISION COMMERCIALS.
2/24/26
1/31/26
TRIVIAL or SUPERFICIAL or LIGHTHEARTED ; THE LIST OF THE MOMENT
WHAT'S NEW?
I'm Curious : Will this Year of the Fire Horse really be horribly erratic?
I Might Just Be Done With : HERD Elephant Orphanage in South Africa. Although a young female elephant did kill a carer, they put her to death. The hell with South Africa and their policy of not allowing elephant orphans to breed. The entire situation is unnatural and I no longer believe this is the place for them. I used to look at their videos very frequently but can't bring myself to do it anymore. Just let these elephants mix with and join the Wild Elephants!
So funny! : AI generated political cartoons of sorts on YouTube that feature "world leaders."
Am I what I eat?
Cheese Of The Moment : Cream
Bread : Everything Bagel
Soup : Curry chicken
Condiment : Mayo
Sweet/Snack : Werthers original hard tac candies. Bags and bags of them.
I'm Drinking : Ginger-honey-lemon instant tea (tisane) : love the ginger kick.
I'm Craving : Freshly cooked Chinese food that has no MSG and isn't overly salted.
AM I WHAT I BUY? white sweater with zipper front, brown suede denim slacks - wide legs, backpack that also has handles and excellent zippers, black sweatshirt beautifully colorfully embroidered with flowers that looks Polish.
AM I WHAT I MISS? Long hours reading books.
I'M GETTING BETTER AT : Discernment.
I FEAR : The crazy people who erupt at Central Library and are a danger to others and themselves. Screaming. Shoving.
I SHOULD : Go to the beach more often. Go to a sound bath. Get back into Yoga.
I WISH : The genie would appear and grant me three wishes.
C 2026 Christine Trzyna
Ask yourself the same questions.
Don't let me influence you.
10/27/25
YOUTUBE HAS NO SHAME (WHEN YOUR FAVORITE MUSIC IS BEING USED FOR COMMERCIALS FOR PHARMACEUTICALS IT'S ALL BAD) DON'T READ THIS IF YOU 'RE SQUEAMISH!
YOUTUBE HAS NO SHAME
(WHEN YOUR FAVORITE MUSIC IS BEING USED FOR COMMERCIALS FOR PHARMACEUTICALS IT'S ALL BAD)
DON'T READ THIS IF YOU 'RE SQUEAMISH!
Have YOU noticed that the Allman Brothers, the Rolling Stones, the Beatles (these two the early music which I believe is still owned by Allen Klein's company), and hell, not just music from the 1960's but even some music from the 1980's (which I suppose does qualify as Oldies) is being used to advertise products such as whisky and pharmaceuticals?
Sometimes I think an AI spy is looking to see who is watching what in a room. I especially hate the soothing voice overs that suggest the side effects that might be worth it to solve the maladies of aging, such as the appliance that stops the ruination of your (rear-end) skin from leaky bladder and runs off urine into a receptacle.
I think, OK, the guitar heroes and the owners of the musical intellectual properties are selling their catalogs (or at least a song or two) and are out of the control and so the music is being sold and used for these purposes. The guitar gods, the singers and songwriters, are facing their own mortality and want things to be more simple for their heirs, I get it, but it wouldn't just be Jim Morrison rolling in his grave over in Paris over the use of Light My Fire, because the energy of rock and roll is being used to suggest we medicate the aged with prescription substances. Would someone who liked whisky too much (or make it through a serious drug addiction) really want their music behind an ad for liquor?
It's assumed that if you love this music you must be old, old enough to be on at least one, maybe a dozen prescription medications... But if you like to be more natural in your approach to health there are advertisers waiting for you too.
Worse are the ads that come up on YouTube, which assume that if you love old Soul music, which I do, then you need pills for erectile dysfunction, and even worse than that, worse that some modern "snake oil" remedies that suggest that you will loose weight drinking some sort of pink salt mixture or simply warm water... (If drinking warm water was the cure, surely this would have been discovered eons ago.) ... Let's just say that almost every food that exists is bad for you and go from there. And that it's assumed by what I listen to that I have a penis that isn't working and obese.
Even worse than that are ads coming up on videos, including podcasts, telling you how to conquer not just DIABETES but also STUCK POOP! (One states no, it's not about SUGAR, another that it's not about FIBER. These "experts" who are selling products are in conflict with each other by the way.)
It happened slowly that such ads showed up on GOOD SONGS WITH LOVING and ROMANTIC LYRICS. (Not, as my buddy says, more appropriately on "Rap Crap.") But now, it seems I'm getting one ad after another and some of them are gross and graphic. I swear to you that one of these commercials actually suggests how many times one would normally wipe, and another showed what looked like poop streaks on someone's underwear. Like I really want to have to experience such a commercial simply because I was thinking of The Temptations or - more locally - Pepe Marquez!
What can a YOUTUBE VIDEO POSTER DO?
First of all, I resent the way that these commercials ruin my experience, take the pleasure out of listening by inducing anxiety and worry. I resent being pushed to pay for a listen by accepting interruption. I have never bought a single product thrust upon me and have bookmarked very few for future consideration.
Who does profit from these ads?
I suggest that if you post on YouTube, that you say NO to having ads on your video... If you have enough hits, you should still be PAID BY YOUTUBE as promised. The videos I post here are acceptable to me because I did not encounter a commercial. I hope when a reader listens to them here they contribute to the hits.
I will continue my policy of not posting videos that have commercials on this blog. YouTube would not exist if it were not for the way people early-on decided to CONTRIBUTE TO IT. People spent many hours creating content as volunteers. I seek out those contributors who believe in this COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. Some of us did that at no charge to Google or the Universe in the spirit of NON PROFIT SHARING for years, but YOUTUBE is worth millions... And, sadly, you may here there is no such thing as a free lunch, but there is because you served it!
C 2025 Christine Trzyna All Rights Reserved Including Internet and International Rights.
10/22/25
9/15/25
THE BEATLES : LIVE AT WASHINGTON D.C. 1964 THIS IS WHY THEY WERE GREAT!
The Beatles were my first "favs" and, though I rarely post videos of them and their music on this blog, I do return to them time and time again. Sometimes one of their songs comes to me. When first did I hear a Beatle's record? I think some of my older relatives had their 45s and played them... or maybe it was the hip mom of a childhood friend who lived on the same street... or my best friend in high school who used a lot of her babysitting money to buy the albums... that contributed to my fandom.
Recently a friend invited me to hear a Beatles music concert in Long Beach California at an event called First Friday. The band that played (which included one woman singer) was very good and 'a good time was had by all.'
Looking at the comments that were posted under this video... I excerpt from this one:
@Myguitar-y2e1
No drum mics, no vocal stage monitors, no ear monitors, no guitar pedals, no backup row of instruments, ready to play in case of a broken string, only two roadies, no banks of backing vocalists, No fireworks, no smoke, no string section, no huge video screens, no spotlights or stage lighting,, No electronic guitar tuners, no synthesizers, no digital mixing board, no Guitar techs, no amp techs, no personal assistants, no make up and hair, no costumes, bodyguards, masseuses, lawyers, drivers, personal chefs…. ….. am I leaving anything out?
*****
THEY WERE TIGHT AND THEY WERE HOT...
*****
@cmwfeb65
Being able to play anywhere near in time AND in harmony, in the middle of a screaming arena, without stage monitors is miraculous. These guys were road-worn pros after a solid year of European Beatlemania, as well as a thousand gigs in noisy, crappy clubs in the previous 5 years.
*****
I note that they had to clumsily turn Ringo's drum platform, which was wobbly, but that meant they could face the audience in each direction over the time of the concert, that three of the songs they did were cover tunes, and - have we forgotten? - harmonies! And George's musicianship, especially!
C 2025 Christine Trzyna BlogSpot
slight edit October 9 2025
8/26/25
MY FAVORITE BACKGROUND MUSIC TO WRITE BY THESE DAYS : COZY LIBRARY COFFEE SHOP : LOFI MUSIC
KODI LOFI YOUTUBE STATION : COZY LIBRARY COFFEE SHOP
Damn but this one makes me want to own a coffee shop, maybe near some beach.
8/15/25
ANDERSON PAAK and THE FREE NATIONALS (THE MOST EXCITING PERFORMER TODAY!)
Yes, I do think Anderson Paak (with the Free Nationals) is the most talented and exciting performer, musician,songwriter, etc. in existence today. That said, I WARN YOU THAT THERE IS A HELL OF A LOT OF WHAT WE USED TO CALL FOUL LANGUAGE IN THE WORDS USED (MUSICALLY AND NOT) IN THIS VIDEO.
Southern California claims him - and most of his musicians - as our "own." He grew up in Ventura County, just a little north-west.
5/9/25
4/6/25
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