THE GREATIST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME

14. "A WHITER SHADE OF PALE"-PROCAL HARUM

BASED ON BACH'S "SLEEPERS AWAKE" AND "AIR ON A G STRING"
THOU NOT EXACTLY LIKE EITHER;PROCAL HARUM'S AUDACIOUS
SONG STAYED AT THE #1 POSITION ON THE BRITISH POP CHARTS FOR
SIX WEEKS.IN AMERICA IT REACHED #5 AND SOLD OVER A MILLION
COPIES{PLATINUM}.
WITH IT'S HAUNTING ORGAN MELODY AND ULTRA-TRIPPY LYRICS
"PALE" WAS THE PERFECT SONG FOR THE PEAK YEAR OF PSYCHADELICA;
1967.IT'S THE MOST PLAYED SONG ON BRITISH RADIO OF ALL TIME AND
OVER 800 ARTISTS HAVE RECORDED COVER VERSIONS OF THE SONG-
WHICH MUST BE SOME KIND OF RECORD.THERE IS NO OTHER SONG
EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER "PALE" THAT EVEN REMOTLY RESEMBLES
IT.IT'S A "ONE OF A KIND" SONG THAT ONCE HEARD IS UNFORGETABLE.

WRITTEN BY PETE HOLLY-COPYRIGHT-2008
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

13 Commonalities:American Book's 1800's-1900's

Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" and Mark Twain's
"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

by Pete Holly

1.Both books take place in America
2.Both center on two main characters and
the complex relationship between them.
3.Both books revolve around events expierienced
during travel.
4.Both books were and are described as trash by some
and genuis by others.
5.Both books sidestep traditional christian values in
favor of alternative beliefs-yet neither totally eschews
christianity,in fact there are strong christian elements in
both{truth tellin' and such}.
6.The path is clear in both-it's either the "The River" or
"The Road".
7.Neither book's have tight neat endings but leave the door
open for more adventure's.
8.Both book's portray differances between "City Folk"
those of the country.
9.Both dis-regard the traditional begining,middle and end
approach for a much more expansive and entertaining
yarn style.
10.Both book's were based on real people and mostly true events.
11.Both book's stretch the truth but in an enlightening fashion.
12.Stop's in towns signal that an important event is about to take place.
13.Both pronounce the importance of Black Freedom.

Pete Holly-copyright-2008

THE PRE-WIRED BRAIN

YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ "STEPHAN PINKERS" BOOK'S
{HOW THE MIND WORKS,THE BLANK SLATE,ETC.}TO CATCH
SCIENTISTS ON TV MAKING ERRONOUS STATEMENTS ABOUT
THE NATURE OF NATURE AND THE NATURE OF
THE HUMAN MIND;BUT IT HELPS.JUST LAST NIGHT ON A SHOW ABOUT
ANIMALS,INSECTS,BIRDS AND SUCH WHO MAKE THIER OWN
CONSTRUCTIONS WITH NO PREVIOUS EXPIERIENCE; A SCIENTIST
STATEDED AT THE END HOW AMAZING THIS ABILITY IS CONSIDERING
THAT "HUMANS CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT BEING TAUGHT".
THIS IS A TOTALLY FALSE STATMENT.HUMANS MANAGE TO LEARN
A NUMBER OF HIGHTLY COMPLEX SKILLS WITHOUT BEING TAUGHT;
THE MAIN ONE BEING LANGUAGE;WHICH NO OTHER ANIMAL HAS
MASTERED WHIETHER TAUGHT OR NOT.
ONE OF THE GREATIST,IF NOT THE GREATIST SKILLS OF ANY
LIVING ORGANISM ON PLANET EARTH IS THE ABILITY OF A
GROWING HUMAN BABY TO LEARN LANGUAGE WITHOUT BEING
FORMALLY TAUGHT-BOTH SPEAKING AND UNDERSTANDING.
THE HUMAN MIND IS NOT A BLANK SLATE ! IT COMES WITH CERTAIN
INNATE ABILITY'S AND ONE OF THEM IS TO UNDERSTAND AND
SPEAK WORDS.OUR BRAINS ARE PRE-WIRED TO HAVE THIS ABILITY.
THAT BRAINS CAN LEARN TO SPEAK AND UNDERSTAND SPEECH
SIMPLY FROM BEING EXPOSED TO OTHER HUMANS DOING THE
SAME MAY BE THE MOST MIRACLOUS EVENT A HUMAN CAN WITNESS.
BUT AS 'PINKER' POINTS OUT IT'S REALLY JUST THE WAY OUR BRAINS
WORK.

WRITTEN BY PETE HOLLY-2008-COPYRIGHT-ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

RE-THINKING BOISE IDAHO

THE CITY OF BOISE,IDAHO'S NAME HAS BEEN MUCH MALIGNED OVER
THE YEARS.NOTHING AGAINST JOHNNY CARSON BUT HE IS PROBABLY
MORE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE AMERICAN PUBLIC ASSOCIATING THE
WORDS BOISE,IDAHO WITH A PLACE THAT IS BACKWARDS AND OUT
OF TOUCH WITH MODERNITY{LENO & LETTERMAN CONTINUE IT'S USE}
IT WAS THE CITY HE NAMED MOST WHEN THE JOKE CALLED FOR THE
NAME OF A "HICKTOWN" FOR IT'S PUNCHLINE AND SO PEOPLE WHO
DIDN'T KNOW BETTER THOUGHT OF BOISE IN THIS MANNER SINCE CARSON
REACHED SUCH A LARGE AUDIENCE.
THERE ARE SOME ATONISHING IRONIES WHEN ONE LOOK'S AT THE
TRUE FACTS ABOUT BOISE AND IDAHO.

1.CARSONS CAREER WAS POSSIBLE ONLY BECAUSE OF THE INVENTION
OF TV WHICH HAPPENED IN IDAHO,NOT FAR FROM BOISE BY PHILO T.
FARNSWORTH.

2.POTATO'S ARE THE NUMBER ONE SOURCE OF FOOD IN THE WORLD AND
IDAHO GROWS THE LARGEST AMOUNT.{INDEED-THE WORLD AS WE KNOW
IT COULD NOT EXIST WITHOUT POTATO'S}.

3.THE MAN WHO DESIGNED THE CHUNNEL IS A RESIDENT OF BOISE,IDAHO.
IT'S THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLEX STRUCTURE EVER BUILT BY MAN.

4.FOR THE BETTER PART OF THE 20TH CENTURY MORRISON-KNUDSEN WAS
THE LARGEST CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN THE WORLD AND WAS AND
STILL IS HEADQUARTERED IN BOISE;NOW UNDER THE NAME
"THE WASHINGTON GROUP".

WRITTEN BY PETE HOLLY-COPYRIGHT-2008
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

THE GREATIST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME

13."FUNKY BROADWAY"-WILSON PICKETT

IF THERE IS A FUNKIER RECORD THAN "FUNKY BROADWAY" I'VE YET
TO HEAR IT.RECORDED AT FAME STUDIOS IN MUSCLE SHOALS,AL.,IT
PACKS A MIGHTY BIG SOUL SHOUT INTO IT'S BRIEF THREE MINUTE
LENGTH.THE RECORD CONTAINS WHAT MUST BE THE BIGGEST BASS
SOUND OF ANY RECORDING OF THE 60'S OR 70'S.THE MUSCLE SHOALS
HOUSE BAND WAS FAMOUS FOR THIER ABILITY TO CREATE THIS AND
MANY OTHER SOULFUL AND FUNKY SOUNDS.WILSON PICKETT IS BY
FAR THE MOST INTENSE SOUL SHOUTER OF ALL TIME-RENDERING
SCREAMS OF JOY THAT WOULD HAVE RUINED ANY OTHER SINGERS
VOCAL CHORDS.IT TRUELY WAS A MIRACLE THE WAY WILSON COULD
BLOW PEOPLE DOWN WITH HIS SCREAMS AND THEN CAUSUALLY RETURN
TO HIS INCREDIBLE SOULFUL SINGING VOICE.ONLY HE COULD DO ALL
THAT AND TAKE IT TO THE TOP TEN.

BY PETE HOLLY-COPYRIGHT-2008

THE GREATIST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME

12."I HAD TO MUCH TO DREAM [LAST NIGHT]"-THE ELECTRIC PRUNES

THE QUINTISENTIAL PSYCHADELIC GARAGE BAND SONG OF THE 1960'S.
SUBSTITUTING "DREAM" FOR DRINK PLACED THE SONG IN A NEW REALM OF
INTERPRETATION THAT DID NOT EXIST PRIOR TO THE 1960'S AND HAS
SELDOM BEEN SEEN OR HEARD OF SINCE.
FOR A BRIEF MOMENT THE MINDS OF AMERICANS OPENED IN A WAY
THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY ONLY BEEN KNOWN THRU RELIGOUS EXPIERIENCE
OR BY THE SUPERNATURAL, WHICH AS ALDOUS HUXELY NOTED WAS
"JUST THE NATURAL WORLD WITHOUT ALL IT'S NAME AND LABELS.
THE SONG HAS POWER RARELY ACHIEVED IN ANY OF
TODAY'S MUSICAL ENVIRONMENT'S-IF AT ALL.A TRUE CLASSIC.