The Regular Friday Post

Rando Lyrics: Like a storm wind that will ring the freedom bell

Sep 13, 2024

Last week’s rando lyrics: The lyric, “I don't care, no, that's no big surprise” is from the song "You Got The Silver”, by The Rolling Stones . Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, it is Track 7 on the December 1969 album “Let It Bleed”. Produced by Jimmy Miller.

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News from around the “biz” for today - From Music Business World this week:

From Music Business Worldwide:

Johnson & Johnson Sued For Copyright Infringement - Lawsuit alleges copyright infringement of 30 songs by the company.

Satellite Streaming Services Rate Brouhaha - Music rights organization BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc - they’re a PRO - a “performing rights organization”, like ASCAP and SESAC) has filed suit against SiriusXM. Note SiriusXM is a satellite streamer and must pay royalties for songs used on their streaming service, and apparently they want to pay less than they do now. AM/FM terrestrial radio (WKRP in Cincinnati, for example….) doesn’t pay royalties for music - your music, my music, anyone’s music, but satellite (subscription) streaming services do. Note that it’s illegal for commercial, terrestrial radio stations to be paid for airing songs played without acknowledging payment - that’s “payola” - (Ed. - “Payola, in the music industry, is the illegal practice of paying a commercial radio station to play a song without the station disclosing the payment. Under U.S. law, a radio station must disclose songs they were paid to play on the air as sponsored airtime.” Source: Wikipedia - Ed. see also the WKRP episode with Mr. Carlson’s “foot powder”… S1, Ep 14 “Johnny Comes Back” - episode aired Feb 26, 1979, Source: IMDB)

Some Stuff

I think this article sorta belongs in this section….. Link: >Keef Meets Merle Haggard<

Notes:

Mark Knopfler’s “Guitar Heroes Going Home” website for donations to help teenage cancer victims is still open. Link: Guitar Heroes

Those last 4 images are from an X(Twitter) account @othingstodo_com. Striking images, mostly AI, but some photos, wallpaper, irreverent survey type questions (Ed. FTR - I never participate in those…) as well - beautiful and interesting stuff, and this from a guy who is kind of an AI hater….

Some Links For Today

I’m moving the links bits around and interspersing them by theme - the biz, etc. I think they weren’t getting much love stuck together at the bottom - I’ll do links to articles that follow a specific theme - songwriting and theory, guitars and playing techniques, recording, gigs, gear, etc each week so it’s a bit more limited

Today it’s Gear (yes, Carvin Audio again - it’s good stuff!):

Tips For A First Sound System - You’ll never guess the brand recommendation…

Play Gigs Without A Cabinet - sorta requires the house to have a system you can plug in to, but aside from that….

ED. None of these result in compensation to me in any way, and I’m not endorsing (no compensation, but well, yeah, I kinda am endorsing them…. for free, though) any of them, but some of my readers may find them as interesting as I did…

For Today:

I have to admit I don’t recall ever hearing “You Got The Silver”, though at some point I know I heard the entire Rolling Stones album, “Let It Bleed” and really only remember “Gimme Shelter” and “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”. Meh, getting older will do that, but it does have the advantage of hearing things again as if for the first time!! Yay….

Anyway… I chose today’s song just because I thought I needed to balance the scales with “Keef” a bit. Not that anyone is ever going to overlook Keith Richards, but this was the first Stones song where he was the solo vocalist. Interesting story from Genius:

Link: “>Richards said this song is about his then-girlfriend Anita Pallenberg<. (Ed. Link is from the Genius entry - lots of photos from those days.)

Pallenberg, the blonde German-Italian beauty who had left Brian Jones for Keith Richards two years before, possesses an alluring presence that hovers over a number of the band’s masterpieces: i.e. “Ruby Tuesday”.

Also: “Alongside Keith, Brian Jones is still present – on the autoharp – on this track.”

Credit: Read the whole thing here: Genius Link >You Got The Silver<

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…A Song To Play…

Credit: Chordify Link: >You Got The Silver< (Ed. - if you’re at all unsure how to play that Bb, C(dominant)7, or playing the F as an Fadd9, they’re all actually pretty easy in open position - check jguitar.com Link: >Jguitar<)

(Ed. - interesting songwriting from Jagger/Richards - no choruses, no bridge, no middle 8, no intro or outro. Just verses - play it and sing it.)

The “ME!” Section…..

What I’m Listening2: Link: >Back On The Treadmill<

This is my workout playlist. Have fun! Yes, my own song is on my own playlist - you jelly?….. and most of the songs on there are ones I’ve written about over the last 3 years….

Shameless Self Promotion Section:

My song is out! Link: “>Long Road Back<”click on this link for streaming options, then scroll down for links (or just click on these links) to Amazon, Apple, Pandora, iTunes and even Spotify

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