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Leon Russell - Magic Mirror (1972)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
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[Verses 1-6]
I'm standing by the highway
Suitcase by my side
No place I want to go
I just thought I'd catch a ride
Many people look my way
And many pass me by
In moments of reflection
I wonder why
To the thieves I am a bandit, whoa
The mothers think I'm a son
To the preachers I'm a sinner
Lord I'm not the only one
To the sad ones I'm unhappy
To the losers I'm a fool
To the students I'm a teacher
With the teachers I'm unschooled
To the hobos I'm imprisoned
By everything I own
To the soldier I'm just someone else
Who's dying to go home
The general sees a number
A politician's tool
To my friends I'm just an equal
In this whirlpool
[Chorus]
Magic mirror won't you tell me please
Do I find myself in anyone I see?
Magic mirror if we only could
Try to see ourselves as others would
[Verses 7-10]
To policemen I'm suspicious
It's in the way I look
I'm just another character
To fingerprint and book
To the censor I'm pornography
With no redeeming grace
To the hooker I'm a customer
Without a face
And the sellers think I'm merchandise
They'll have me for a song
The left ones think I'm right
The right ones think I'm wrong
And many people look my way
And many pass me by
And in my quiet reflection
I wonder why
...
(yeah, I'm in a 60's - 70's playlist list at the moment...)
Speaking of Captain Beyond, there's this tune ...
Captain Beyond - Sufficiently Breathless (1973)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
...
Sitting on the door stoop
Watching multi bizarre people pass me by
Look through the windows, through the houses
Oh, they're made of sky
Gargoyle watching the bouncing ball
Strangers mystified by all
All the goings on
Sufficiently breathless
Sufficiently breathless
Hey, Mr. Policeman, can you point the way
Oh, with your handgun?
...
Armageddon - Silver Tightrope (1975)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
genius.com
...
I close my eyes to worldly skies
I leave behind the day
And deep within me, Ishallbegin
To chase mythoughts away
As loved ones hold meto their sides
Their strength flows into me
To cast me outofsorrow'sblindness
Into eternity
I thoughtI heard themsoftly calling
The voices of the spheres
As light years flash forever falling
Away from waking fears
I reach out, try to touch the passing
Of beings bathed in light
But they just smile, their eyes not asking
To see beyond their sight
...
Armageddon is an interesting group.
Armageddon (British band)
en.wikipedia.org(British_band)
...Armageddon were an English hard rock band formed in 1974. Their self-titled debut, Armageddon, was recorded in England and released in the United States on A&M Records. The albums' original liner notes use the term "supergroup", as their personnel were drummer Bobby Caldwell (previously a member of Captain Beyond), singer Keith Relf (who had fronted the band the Yardbirds and was a co-founder of Renaissance), guitarist Martin Pugh (from Steamhammer), and bassist Louis Cennamo (also formerly of Renaissance and Steamhammer). ...
So much talent.
Then this happened ...
Keith Relf
en.wikipedia.org
... William Keith Relf (22 March 1943 " 12 May 1976) was an English musician, best known as the lead vocalist and harmonica player for rock band the Yardbirds. He then formed the band Renaissance with his sister Jane Relf, the Yardbirds ex-drummer Jim McCarty and ex-The Nashville Teens keyboardist John Hawken. ...
On 12 May 1976, Relf died in the basement of his home at age 33 from electrocution while playing an ungrounded electric guitar. ...
Curious for me ...
Rep. Mike Flood of Nebraska is the latest GOP member of Congress to face angry crowds back home
apnews.com
... More than 200 people converged on an eastern Nebraska high school auditorium Tuesday evening for a town hall held by Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Flood. Only minutes in, a cacophony of jeers, boos and angry demands for answers revealed most were there to voice their displeasure with the congressman.
It was unfamiliar territory for Flood " a former speaker of the Nebraska Legislature and popular politician in his deep red state. He had picked Columbus, Nebraska, for his first in-person town hall this year, hometown of Republican Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen and the seat of a county that voted nearly 3-to-1 for Trump in November.
Flood was the latest Republican member of Congress to face backlash at home over actions by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency to slash government spending. Those actions have sparked fear among the public that popular programs like Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security services and benefits could be cut. ...
I do give Rep Flood credit for holding that forum.
But I guess the outcome may not have been what he expected.
Indeed, then, he seemed to switch his approach ...
Congressman Mike Flood greeted by hostile crowd at Columbus town hall
nebraskapublicmedia.org
... Boos followed, prompting Flood to ask the crowd, "How can you be against a balanced budget?"
Moments later, a "tax the rich" chant was echoing throughout the auditorium.
Applause was seldom throughout the night, but the crowd's most positive reaction came when Flood expressed his support for Ukraine and NATO.
"I do not feel like Ukraine should have to give up any land to Russia. I also believe that the Russians should return the 20,000 Ukrainian children they kidnap. I want better relations with Ukraine, and I want a strong NATO, and I want us involved in NATO," he said, each line interrupted by thunderous applause. ...
@#291 ... perplexity.ai ...
Yeah, I won't click on that.
But when I pop it into google, I see ...
Yeah, maybe I do not necessarily agree with that ..