THE GREATIST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME

42."LEVON"-ELTON JOHN

ONE OF THE MORE MYSTERIOUS PROCESS'S OF COMPOSITION IS
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BERNIE TAUPIN{LYRICS}AND ELTON JOHN
{MUSIC}AND THE ASTONISHING AMOUNT OF GREAT SONGS THEY WERE
ABLE TO CREATE ESPECIALLY IN THIER HEYDAY,THE 1970'S.THE SONGS
HAVE OBLIQUE MESSAGE'S MADE EVEN MORE UNKNOWN BY ELTON'S
UNIQUE VOCAL DELIVERY WHICH TENDS TO FURTHER HIDE THE SONGS
EXACT LYRICS AND THIER TRUE MEANING.THE FACT THAT THIS DOESN'T
ERODE THE POWER OF THIER GREATIST ACHIEVMENTS-SAY'S THAT IN
ROCK 'N ROLL-IT NOT ALLWAYS WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY-BUT HOW YOU
SAY IT{OR SING IT}THAT IS THE TRUE BAROMETER OF ROCK GREATNESS.

HOW ABOUT A LITTLE FANFARE FOR THESE GREAT GUITAR SOLO'S

HOW ABOUT A LITTLE FANFARE FOR THESE
GREAT GUITAR SOLO'S

1."BLUE SKY"-THE ALLMAN BROTHERS-LEAD GUITAR-DICKY BETTS-SLIDE
GUITAR-DUANE ALLMAN
2."ALL ALONG THE WATCH TOWER"-THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPIERIENCE-
LEAD GUITAR-JIMI HENDRIX-SLIDE GUITAR-JIMI HENDRIX
HENDRIX ALSO PLAYED ACOUSTIC GUITAR AND BASS ON "WATCHTOWER"
3."LET IT RAIN"-DERICK AND THE DOMINO'S-LEAD GUITAR-ERIC CLAPTON
4."TAXMAN"-THE BEATLES-LEAD GUITAR-PAUL McCARTNEY
5."SOMETHING"-THE BEATLES-LEAD GUITAR-GEORGE HARRISON
6."FRICTION"-TELEVISION-LEAD GUITAR-TOM VERLAINE
7."SAMBA PA TI"-SANTANA-LEAD GUITAR-CARLOS SANTANA
8."WHOLE LOTTA LOVE"-LED ZEPPLIN-LEAD GUITAR-JIMMY PAGE
9."SUZIE Q"-CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL-LEAD GUITAR-
JOHN FOGARTY
10."#1 LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR-LEAD GUITAR-TODD RUNDGREN
11."INTO THE SUN"-GRAND FUNK RAILROAD-LEAD GUITAR-MARK FARNER
12."JOHNNY B. GOODE"-CHUCK BERRY-LEAD GUITAR-CHUCK BERRY
13."ALL THE YOUNG DUDES"-MOTT THE HOOPLE-LEAD GUITAR-MICK RALPHS
14."US AND THEM"-PINK FLOYD-LEAD GUITAR-DAVID GILMOUR
15."FUTHER ON UP THE ROAD"-THE BAND WITH ERIC CLAPTON-LEAD GUITAR-ROBBIE ROBERTSON-LEAD GUITAR-ERIC CLAPTON
16."SUFFERAGETE CITY"-DAVID BOWIE-LEAD GUITAR-MICK RONSON
17."WALK AWAY"-JAMES GANG-LEAD GUITAR-JOE WALSH
18."LITTLE WING"-STEVIE RAY VAUGHN-LEAD GUITAR-STEVIE RAY VAUGHN
19."THIRD STONE FROM THE SUN"-JIMI HENDRIX EXPIERIENCE-LEAD GUITAR-
JIMI HENDRIX
20."KING OF THE WORLD"-STEELY DAN-LEAD GUITAR-JEFF "SKUNK" BAXTER
21."EIGHT MILES HIGH"-THE BYRDS-LEAD GUITAR-RODGER MCGUINN
22."LIGHT MY FIRE{ALBUM VERSION}-THE DOORS-LEAD GUITAR-ROBBIE KRIEGER
23"SHOW BIZ KIDS"-STEELY DAN-LEAD GUITAR{SLIDE}-RICK DERRINGER
24."TRAIN KEPT A "ROLLIN-THE JOHNNY BURNETTE TRIO-LEAD GUITAR-JOHNNY
BURNETTE
25."GET BACK"-THE BEATLES-LEAD GUITAR-JOHN LENNON
26."UNDER MY WHEELS"-ALICE COOPER-LEAD GUITAR-GLEN BUXTON
27."ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT"-THE KINKS-LEAD GUITAR-DAVE DAVIES
28"YOURS IN NO DISGRACE"-YES-LEAD GUITAR-STEVE HOWE
29"HONKY TONK WOMAN"-THE ROLLING STONES-LEAD GUITAR-KIETH RICHARDS
30."THE END"-THE BEATLES-LEAD GUITAR{IN ORDER OF APPERANCE}PAUL McCARTNEY,GEORGE HARRISON,JOHN LENNON

THE GREATIST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME

41."RAPHSODY IN BLUE"-GEORGE GERSHWIN
PAUL TILLOTSONS FULL VERSION OF GERSHWINS ORIGINAL ARRANGEMENT

GEORGE GERSHWIN HAD ONLY 37 YEARS TO MAKE HIS MARK ON THE WORLD OF
MUSIC.IF NOT FOR THE GENUIS THAT MARKED HIS PERSONA -THERE IS NO WAY
HE COULD HAVE MADE THE ASTONISHING AMOUNT OF MUSIC THAT HE DID.
GERSHWIN WROTE "RHAPSODY IN BLUE" AT A MERE 25 YEARS OF AGE.IT'S A
WATERSHEAD COMPOSITION IN NEARLY EVERY CONCIEVABLE WAY.IT
COMBINE'S CLASSICAL MUSIC IDEA'S WITH JAZZ,RAGTIME AND STRIDE PIANO
TECHNIQUE'S THAT GERSHWIN LEARNED FIRST HAND FROM THE GREAT BLACK PIANIST'S OF HARLEM-GERSHWIN WOULD MAKE MANY TRIPS TO HARLEM
IN ORDER TO LEARN THE FANTASTIC NEW ELEMENTS OF SYNCOPATION THAT
WERE EVOLVING IN HARLEM ON A DAILY BASIS.
ALONG WITH BILLIE HOLIDAY AND LOUIS ARMSTRONG;GERSHWIN WAS ONE
OF AMERICA'S FIRST ARTIST'S TO IGNORE THE BARRIERS BETWEEN BLACK AND
WHITE MUSIC-INSTEAD HE HEARD ALL MUSIC AND COMBINED THEM IN HIS
"RHAPSODY" AND IN DOING SO CREATED ONE OF THE GREATIST CONTRABUTION'S
TO THE WORLD OF MUSIC IN ONE STUNNING MASTERPIECE THAT WAS UNLIKE
ANYTHING EVER WRITTEN BEFORE OR SINCE."RHAPSODY IN BLUE" OPENED UP
A WHOLE NEW VISTA OF POSSIBILITIES IN MUSIC THAT ARE STILL BEING EX-
PLORED TODAY.

SO LONG MICHAEL

SO LONG MICHAEL



By Pete Holly



FOR ME THE FUNNEST MUSIC OF MICHAEL JACKSON'S WILL ALLWAYS

BE THE EARLY JACKSON FIVE HITS.I LOVED THEM WHEN THEY CAME

OUT ,AND SEEING THE YOUNG MICHAEL JACKSON SING AND DANCE ON

TELEVISION ,WHICH HE DID MANY TIMES,WAS A REVELATION.HE WAS

THE COOLEST DANCER OF ALL-NO MATTER WHICH AGE GROUP YOU

INCLUDED.MICHAEL INTRODUCED A WHOLE NEW STYLE OF SINGING

AND DANCING THAT WOULD TRANSFORM THE WORLD OF MUSIC AND OF

DANCE.

THE SINGLE MOST TRANSFORMATIVE SONG OF HIS SOLO

CAREER WAS THE SONG "BILLIE JEAN" AND THE VIDEO.IT CREATED A

WHOLE NEW APPROACH TO VIDEO,TO SONG COMPOSITION,IN SONG

PRODUCTION {W/QUINCY JONES},AND THE BASS RIFF WAS SO INFECTOUS

AND HAD SUCH A COOL GROOVE THAT IT IS THE MOST COPIED AND

IMITATED BASS RIFF OF ALL-TIME.I WON'T MENTION ANY NAMES BUT

MORE THAN ONE BIGTIME ARTIST COPIED IT PRETTY MUCH NOTE FOR

NOTE AND JUST INSERTED A DIFFERANT VOCAL MELODY AND LYRICS;

BUT THE BASS RIFF IS STRAIGHT OUT OF "BILLIE JEAN".

FOR ALL MICHAEL'S TROUBLES-HIS INFLUENCE ON POPULAR MUSIC

AND POPULAR DANCE IS VAST-UNIVERSAL-AND THERE IS NO OTHER

SINGULAR ARTIST THAT HE IS COMPARABLE TO.IT'S FOR THAT THAT

HE WILL BE REMEMBERED AND LOVED.HE WILL BE MISSED FOR A LONG,

LONG TIME BUT HIS MUSIC AND HIS DANCE WILL LIVE ON FOREVER.



WITH LOVE

AND DEEP RESPECT,

PETE HOLLY



WRITTEN BY PETE HOLLY-COPYRIGHT-2009-ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Bio note-Michael mentions in an interview how he thought of writing a song about a girl
named "Bille Jean" one day then forgot about it. Three day's later he was driving down
Ventura Blvd. and the bass riff came to him-he imitates the riff perfectly with his mouth,
lips and vocal chords{i'm sure he showed to the bass player the same way}This is a
very Good Example of a musical idea that is not inspired by any previous artistic work
at all-as some people think all songs are-but is totally unique to Michael Jackson.
That many,including big stars of that time copied Michael's bass line is evidence
of just how influential Michael Jackson's music is.
P.H.-2009

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"LET'S PLAY ROCKHOUND"

ROCKHOUND IS A SIMPLE GAME.WE'LL QUOTE A LINE
FROM A SONG.YOU NAME THE BAND,ARTIST OR SONGWRITER WHO SANG IT.

1.YOU 96 DECIEBL FREAKS"
2.TORTURE IS THE MAIN ATTRACTION
3.YOU SCREAM AND EVERYONE COMES
4.THEY DON'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT ANYONE ELSE
5.AND JESUS HE WANT'S TO GO TO VENUS
6.I GOT A TWO PACK HABIT AND A MOTEL TAN
7.WHAT'S TO PAINFUL TO REMEMBER,WE SIMPLY CHOOSE TO FORGET
8.WHAT A FIELD DAY FOR THE HEAT
10.NIGHT AFTER NIGHT HE'LL TREAT YOU RIGHT
11.THE PRESIDENTS HEADS IN THE BACK OF THE CAR
12.WHO CAN DENY,THAT'S WHAT THE FIGHTINGS ALL ABOUT
13.SUDDENLY THE SUN BROKE THRU
14.THE MOVIES AND THE FACTORIES
15.THE SPEED OF LIGHT CREATED A FLOWER
16.THAT IS I THINK,IT'S NOT TO BAD
17.JUST LIKE DYLAN'S MR. JONES
18.I WANNA BE BOB DYLAN
19.YOUR EXACTLY THE WAY,THAT YOU USED TO BE
20.NOW HEAR THIS ROBERT ZIMMERMAN
21.THERE'S SOMEONE ON EVERYBODY'S TOES
22.I WAS CROWNED WITH A SPIKE,RIGHT THRU MY HEAD
23.YOU CAN'T LEAVE CAUSE YOU'VE BEEN SOMEWHERE
24.LOW LIFE,HIGH LIFE,HEY LET'S GO
25.MATCHSTICKS STRIKE,AS I'M RIDEN' MY BIKE TO THE DEPOT
26.FORGET ABOUT THE PAST AND ALL YOUR SORROW
27.I HATE MY SISTER,SHE'S SUCH A BITCH
28.COME ON BABY DO A SLOW FLOAT,YOU'RE A GOOD LOOKIN' RIVERBOAT
29.I'M GOIN' TO CALIFORNIA,WITH A ACHE IN MY HEART
30.GOD AIN'T JIVE,FOR I CAN SEE HIS LOVE

GOOD LUCK-IN THE EVENT THAT NO-ONE CAN GET ALL THE SONGS
MATCHED CORRECTLY WITH THIER PERFORMERS.THE PERSON WHO
GET'S THE MOST LINE'S MATCHED CORRECTLY WITH THIER PERFORMERS
AND/OR WRITERS WINS.

"ROCKHOUND" IS A TRADEMARKED/COPYRIGHTED NAME FOR THIS GAME.
IT IS THE PROPERTY OF LOOK'S MUSIC PUBLISHING AND PETE HOLLY.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED-COPYRIGHT-2009-JUNE,22,2009

THE CRUSADE AGAINST QUALIFIERS AND STANDARDS

THE CRUSADE AGAINST QUALIFIARS AND STANDARDS

BY PETE HOLLY

ARE YOU A BAD SEED? YES,BUT I MEANT WELL.SEE THE QUALIFIER?
YOU MAY BE A BAD SEED BUT SINCE YOU MEANT WELL YOU'RE REALLY
NOT SO BAD.HERE IS A STANDARD:"THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH
GOOD INTENTIONS",HEY,I GOT NEWS FOR YOU PAL,THE ROAD TO HELL
AIN'T PAVED-IT'S A SLOW DIRT ROAD WITH FOLKS BACKED UP TO
PURGATORY.THE ROAD TO HEAVEN I HEAR IS LESS CROWDED-MUCH
LESS-I HEAR.
BAD QUALIFIARS THAT DEFY LOGIC ARE RAMPANT."I HATE TO
BE CRITICAL BUT"-NO,YOU LOVE TO BE CRITICAL-IT'S BUILT IN
TO THE HUMAN MIND-A SURVIVAL MECHANISM I BELIEVE THEY CALL
IT.
PLEASE SIR OR MADAM,THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK OR YOU MAY
BETRAY YOUR OWN IGNORANCE."IT ISN'T UP TO OUR STANDARDS"-
PEOPLE MAKE THIS ANNOUCMENT AS IF THEY REALLY HAD STANDARDS.
IT ISN'T BLAND ENOUGH-IT'S TO RAW-COULDN'T YOU GIVE IT A HAPPIER
ENDING.GRIND IT INTO MUSH-MORE EASILY DIGESTED THAT WAY-
BIGGER PROFIT MARGINS-THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET WILL BE
HUGE.FOX WANT'S TO MAKE IT INTO A SIT-COM-OR A REALITY SHOW
THAT'S BASED ON A PERSON WHO LIVE'S CONSTANTLY IN A WORLD OF
FANTASY-WHERE THE MYSTERY WOMAN ASK'S-"HOW CAN IT LOOK SO
GOOD AND BE SO BAD?".BECAUSE IT'S JOB IS TO CREATE ILLUSIONS.
THEY HIRE EXPERTS WHO MAKE A LIVING AT IT.
THAT'S WHAT WE DO HERE IN THE LAND OF MEDIA/ENTERTAINMENT-
WE CREATE ILLUSIONS.OF GRANDOUR?-NO,OF GLAMOUR;THERE'S A
DIFERANCE YOU KNOW ! REALLY ,WHAT IS IT?.I'D LIKE TO KNOW.
WELL ONE'S A STANDARD AND THE OTHER IS A QUALIFIER AND
THERE'S A CRUSADE AGAINST BOTH.WHEN DOES IT START? NOW.

WRITTEN BY PETE HOLLY-COPYRIGHT-2009-ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

THIS IS A WORK OF FICTIONAL HUMOR-ANY RESEMBLACE TO REAL PERSONS
IS PURELY INCIDENTAL

THE NAZCA LINES-PREFERING MYTH OVER FACT

THOU NOT TOTALLY PERPLEXED BUT JUST BIT THAT
THE HISTORY CHANNEL OR THE LEARNING CHANNEL OR
THE CHANNEL INBETWEEN THEM-I BELIEVE IT'S THE TRAVEL
CHANNEL AIRED THE VON DONAKEN THEORY SHOW
WHICH PROMOTES THE IDEA THAT VISTORS FROM OUTER
SPACE EITHER BUILT OR HELPED BUILD THE NAZCA LINES
AND THE GIANT GLYPH'S OF SPIDERS,A MAN,AND OTHER
ANIMAL SHAPES PLUS ABSTRACT DESIGNS AS WELL ON THE
SIDES OF LARGE HILLS.
IT'S PERPLEXING BECAUSE ABOUT 28 YEARS AGO WHEN
CABLE FIRST CAME TO BOISE THERE WAS THE BEST
DOCUMENTRY PROGRAM I'VE EVER SEEN ON THE LINES
THAT WAS AIRED QUITE A FEW TIMES ON ONE OF THESE
SAME CHANNELS.
THIS DOCUMENTRY WAS MADE BY A HIGHLY ESTEEMED
SCIENTIST WHO HAD SPENT 10 YEARS DIGGING AROUND
AND UNDER THE LINES-PRETTY TOUGH WORK-AND HOT
TOO.WHAT HE FOUND;TO HIS AMAZEMENT WAS THAT
IN JUST ABOUT ALL OF THE GIANT AREA WHERE THE NAZCA
LINES ARE LOCATED RUN A VAST NETWORK OF UNDER-GROUND
WATER CHANNELS.IF ALL THE CHANNELS WERE STILL
IN USE TODAY,IT WOULD BE THE LARGEST IRRIGATION
SYSTEM IN THE WORLD.THE CHANNELS ARE EXTREMLY
LONG-SOME TRAVELING UP TO 700 MILES TO BRING
WATER FROM THE ANDE'S MOUNTAINS TO THE NAZCA
PLAIN.
AT POINTS WHERE TWO LINES MEET THERE IS ALLMOST
ALLWAYS A GIANT SISTURN TO HOLD AND STORE THE
WATER.THE INDIANS OF THE AREA,DECENDANT'S OF
MOCHE PEOPLE STILL PRACTICE A SPIRITUAL CEREMONY
THAT STARTS BY WALKING FROM THE END OF A NAZCA
LINE TO THE POINT WHERE IT MEETS ANOTHER LINE.
ARTIFACTS DUG UP INDICATE THAT VILLAGES WERE
OFTEN LOCATED AT THESE POINTS;AS WELL AS
SPIRITUAL SHRINE'S.
THE CEREMONY'S ARE STILL CARRIED ON
TODAY WITH FEASTS AND THE USE OF THE
THE SAN PEDRO CAUTUS TO PRAISE AND
SPEAK TO THIER GOD'S-SO THERE IS ALOT OF
EVIDANCE THAT DESTROY'S THE THEORY
OF VISIT'S FROM ALIEN BEINGS.TO MUCH
FOR ANYONE TO STILL BELIEVE IN THE
ALIEN THEORY.THESE ANCIENT PEOPLE
WERE MASTER ENGINEERS WHO BUILT
THE LARGEST WATER SYSTEM OF ALL
TIME.THE GIANT GLYPH'S ARE
OFFERINGS TO THE MOCHE GODS.
THE ANCIENT INDIANS ALSO
SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMED BRAIN
SURGERY.THE SKULLS FOUND SHOW
THAT THE OPERATIONS HEALED AND
THAT MEANS THE SURGERY'S WERE
SUCCESSFUL.THESE PEOPLE
ACOMPLISHED INCREDIBLE FEATS OF
ENGINEERING AND ALSO HAD
DOCTORS WHO WERE QUALIFYED TO
TO PERFORM SUCCESSFUL BRAIN SURGERY.
THEY ARE AMONG THE GREATIST
PEOPLES TO HAVE EVER INHABITED
OUR PLANET EARTH.

WRITTEN BY PETE HOLLY-2009-COPYRIGHT-ALL RIGHTS RESERVED