Sad anniversary - Bob Marley's

Today is the sad anniversary of Bob Marley's death. Which occurred on May 11, 1981, in Miami.

For me and many other people, Bob truly represent the roots and the mystic power of reggae.

He was a true rocker at heart! From his early Ska debuts, to his famous recordings with The Wailers, I give thanks and praise to mighty Jah and Bob Marley !

May i just add:  "Don't worry about a thing, ‘cuz every little thing ‘s gonna be all right!"
MusicFan

Some History !

So, Napoleon did face his waterloo, right ?

This song makes a good reference to a famous historical event. In June 1815, soldiers under the command of Emperor Napoleon were defeated and they had to capitulate. This brought to an end Napoleon’s reign, and he got captured and was exiled on Saint Helena island

The song from ABBA called, Waterloo,  makes a clever reference to this when she says she is “Facing her waterloo”. It is said more commonly nowadays as an expression, that if someone faces his waterloo, he faces something he is unable to achieve, win, or get.

We all face our waterloo I guess, in our lifetime.
MusicFan

A legend of the Sea

Today's is about a band that is timeless for many generations. The song is even more ageless as it features a 1798 lyric poem.
It's an old English rime about a sea legend, Yes I am talking about The Rime of The Ancient Mariner, from Iron Maiden.

If you did not already know, the lyric of the song is not an original writing from Iron Maiden but rather and old poem that is usually read, in it's form.
However, they did interpret it wonderfully and with the right spirit behind the story.
Because I really feel like i am sailing aboard as a seaman, when listening to this.

The poem goes as follow: A third person narrates the story of a sailor who has returned from the sea.
As he walk on the land, he meets a man who is on his way to a wedding, and then he starts telling a story to that man.
The 'wedding guest' gets impatient but is fascinated and feared about the story. But he is totally mesmerized.

The Story is about the adventure of a ship, full of hopes, that just departed at sea.
They end up off the planned course because of a storm, and end up near cold Antarctica.
A good omen albatross is following the ship, since it's departure, and is praised by the crew.
But the captain believes it is not of good omen, and he eventually end up shooting the bird despite his crew's beliefs.
As the warmer and calmer seas lead them out of there, and the crew is happy again.
But eventually after, the ship goes back in uncharted  cold, and windless waters.
Again, the crew gets angry and force the captain to wear the dead albatross on his neck for having killing it and to appease the spirit of the dead Albatross.
They eventually come across a cursed ghost vessel who is after their souls, and after this all of the crew member die one by one.
Only the captain is saved from this horrible fate so that he can tell his story to whoever he meets !
MusicFan

Hello World !

Being a big music fan, I could not help but start to blog about it. I have been thinking about it for years now, and now Ii think is the time to actually do it.

I love almost every kind of music, from Jazz, classical music, blues and country . . . to rock and roll, hard rock, metal, and death metal.

When you love music, you just have to love everything that is out there, otherwise you are not a true music fan. :)

More to come soon, as I will review artists, songs, albums and lyrics from deep in the past and up to today's modern music !

MusicFan