by DaveStuff | Dec 13, 2009 | Music
Ever wonder which guy in the Beatles is playing the guitar? They were all guitar players right? There seems to be some mixed opinions about this.
It has been known for years that Geogre Harrison brought in Eric Clapton to play the leads on While my Guitar Gently weeps during the White Album sessions. I have often wondered who else is playing on that record. They were really starting to get on each other’s nerves by then.
Well, I was just reading a Beatles magazine that my daughter brought home for me and it has a articla about the recording of the Revlover album. It seems that Harrison was struggling with the solo on “Taxman”. He goofed with it for a few hours and Gearge Martin suggested that Paul give it a try.
So apparently Paul plays the guitar solo on Taxman. A Harrison song.
It says also that Paul plays the solo for the Lennon song Good Morning on the Sgt Pepper album. Geeze….Who knew?
Guess you can learn something everyday. Especially when your kid brings home a magazine.
by DaveStuff | Dec 5, 2009 | General
I was reading the Tulsa World‘s website the other day. It was talking about a guy that got stabbed several times in his apartment complex. It was a violent crime. It happened in a poor neighborhood. There are lots of minorities there and crime and stuff.
Incredibly the guy survived thanks to the efforts of the ambulance staff and emergency room at the hospital. He was in critical condition but they stabilized him. It appears he’s going to be OK.
What I found interesting however was the comments that people were leaving under the story. Of course that’s what this site is all about… Opinions. Fortunately I own this site and can write a whole article myself about opinions that I see elswhere… The search engines can find it and my opinion will stand out bigger than those that get posted on a newspaper site… You dig?
The comment that caught my attention said:
Who’s going to pay his medical bill?
That was all it said.
Well, isn’t that the question of the day? I mean, he lives there right? He MUST be a criminal. You know… one of “those” people and obviously doesn’t have any money or insurance.
So what would you suggest? I’m sure he was up to no good… They should just let him go on and bleed to death huh? Why should US taxpayers pay for something he probably deserved anyways right?
Do me a favor hipsters… If I ever say anything that cold and rediculous on this site, please spam and hack the hell out of this domain until it completely crashes…
Thanks! Peace to ya’ll!
by DaveStuff | Nov 21, 2009 | Beliefs, Culure, Evil, God
Well we all got problems don’t we? A quick surf of the net or a newscast on TV will abundantly confirm this.
I like to ponder stuff you know? I like to try and “figure it all out”. And wonder what a “Higher Power” should be doing about all this. He is supposed to be all powerful right? Can’t He fix this world that we humans have totally screwed up?
Or is it up to us? Religious people tend to be just trying to hold on until they get to the great by and by. Right? I mean, I have heard it said. “This is not our home, our home is in heaven”
Jesus is coming, right? Could be today! But, what if it’s not for another 50 millennia? Hey, that’s a long time. There’s gonna be a lot of generations of people that have to try and make due until they get to heaven. Meanwhile the world get’s worse.
Big Global Problems
- Hunger and malnutrition
- Climate Change
- Conflicts
- Financial instability
- Water and Sanitation
- Subsidies and Trade Barriers
- Population/migration
- Communicable diseases
- Education
- Governance and corruption
What a list. those are real problems. Who is gonna fix this mess?
I have heard Bible teachers say that this “fallen world is too far gone to be fixed. It will take a complete regeneration from God to fix this. ”
Maybe. But, perhaps talking about it would help to get ideas to give the Big Guy a hand in it. Most of us have children and grandchildren right? Each of us do our part?
I’m just a middle aged hipster. I probably got a few years before I go to the pearly gates. Perhaps, there is SOMETHING I could do to make a difference here and now. You dig?
by DaveStuff | Nov 14, 2009 | Culure, Music
Well who do you think is the greatest band ever to exist? Ya know there are just so many to choose from it’s hard to tell. I think by far the greatest pop band there ever was is The Beatles.
They simply hit every range of music and have influenced coutless artists over the years. You want to learn about how to do music on your own? How to consturct songs? Listen to the Beatles first.
Some things the Beatles can teach you.
How to play percussion – In the times I have played with a band that had somebody playing percussion they usually didn’t know when to play and when not to play…They would simply shake something constantly throughout the entire song. If you listen to The Beatles who often used percussion, they didn’t do this but used the percussion to “build” a song.
How to sing and harmonize – I have heard people say “the Beatles can’t sing” Sorry…But your mistaken. They took pop singing to a new level.
How to construct songs – Verse, choirs, verse choirs, middle, verse choirs End. They simply had the system down to perfection. And they often expanded on these simple techniches and took it to new levels.
Various rhythm ideas – Like to strum a guitar? Just learning? Pay attention to the strumming techniches done on Beatles songs. The acoustic rhythms they did on so many songs is incredible. Different time signatures too.
Colorful Bass Playing – It’s amazing how much can be done with a bass on a song. Sure it can be overdone. But Paul did it to perfection.
Lyric Writing – From boy meets girl to girl loses boy to trippy kaleidoscope scenes, political revolution, drug craziness, religion, sexual orientation, comical storytelling. These guys did it all and more.
Studio Recording – Nobody had ever done the wacky stuff that they came up with in the studio. From fake stereo to delayed tape effects and backward guitars. Sure everybody does it now…They did it first.
Oh I could go on and on…But I’ll let ya disagree with me if ya want… Please, tell me why you HATE them guys…
by DaveStuff | Oct 23, 2009 | Addiction, Culure
Red Wine Good Stuff!
This friend of mine was telling me that red wine is good for you. He says it’s good for your heart. And it won’t put on all those extra claries that beer will. Of course wine is fine but wiskey’s quicker or so they say.
It’s all about moderation of course… So is a 3 liter box every day too much?
Hey…The Chicks dig the wine too.. ya dig?
Fun stuff…Till the bill comes.
by DaveStuff | Sep 21, 2009 | Culure, General, Internet Relationships
Wow isn’t that the question? How do ya know if your in love? Let’s think about this a bit… Ever heard the statement:
I love you, but I’m not IN love with you?
So what’s the difference?
There seems to be some different kinds of love floating around. Agape love which would be unconditional love. And then there’s the falling in love with your mate… Of course this would certainly have conditions right?
Now isn’t it just as easy to fall OUT of love as it is to fall IN love? It has to be right? That’s why there are so many divorces and such. That just seems to be the sign of the times.
You could say I been in a few relationships (understatement) and I can say I have loved them all…But was I IN love? Gee… I guess I’ll never never know..
But there’s always next time around in the love experiences of life. They happen everyday. All that love poetry!
On my next post I am going to consider good looks, lust, and love. Ya’ll come back now ya hear?
by DaveStuff | Sep 5, 2009 | General, Music
Free music marketing. When you do a search for “free Music” or “free music downloads you don’t get any “free music” It’s all about radio. Last FM consistantly comes up #1 on in a google search… That is internet radio. Then it’s GrooveShark, Pandora Radio ETC.
These systems look and seem to work pretty good. But my goal is to get MY music heard. You know, little ole ME.
Not that the music I have done with different bands is any good or anything. But I’d like to get noticed anyhow… You dig? Heck, I wanna record contract and make millions of dollar too…. What garage band musician doesn’t?
Using basic make money online for beginners methods taught by this Grizz guy who I was introduced to by another blogger who teaches passive online income I have started a SEO campagn to try to drive traffic to my free music site.
To get “Free Music” hi on the search engine rankings could prove to be a impossible task. But what’s a mediocra song writer supposed to do? Except sing for a rock and roll band? I just gotta take on the challenge.
I’ll fill all you loyal Hip Opinion readers in later about how it’s going and let you look at the projects I have put together to try to get this agenda going.
Until Later… Happy Labor Day!
by DaveStuff | Sep 4, 2009 | Culure
American Beer. Let’s consider it shall we?
Take a look at these 99 bottles of beer . It appears that us Americans just aint all that great at brewing beer. According to Fortune at CNN we just can’t seem to keep up the game with the forgen brewed beer.
In fact according to that fancy little interactive beer show the classic American beers are now owned by foreigners . Oh My…
Of course there’s nothing like a cheap 6 pack of Oklahoma 3.2 natural light beer from the Quiktrip huh? Oh that smooth pilsner taste. And low on calaries too!
What beer are YOU drinking this weekend?
by DaveStuff | Sep 3, 2009 | Culure, General
Well look here. Conservative Christian Movies! My brother, the movie reviewing guy he is has started a new blog..Gee.. Looks like he was keeping it a secret from me. Now that I know he is blogging again I, of course, subscribed.
I always enjoy reading movie reviews from ANYBODY. But my brother’s christian conservative slant makes it that much more viable to study a movie. Is the movie really doing anybody good? Or simply pushing the boundaries as so many filmmakers and TV show makers do these days. We just got to show more to SHOCK people.
My bro has been reviewing movies and music for as long as I can remember. He is a prolific writer… If I could just convince him to move away from that typewriter, or 1980 word processor he uses and actually get a new computer and write for the web I do believe he could be a voice to be reckoned with.
Studying popular culture…Especially movies with consistent conservative christian (but not preachy) style of writing would do much good for the net. The internet needs good writers that deserve exposure. And I can always appreciate what he has to say…
A Christian Conservative and His Movies. I can dig it…Can you?
by DaveStuff | Sep 2, 2009 | General, Money
Well this is my favorite blog… It was a brainstorm of mine after meeting a friend who had a celebrity blog and was making some money at it.. ( A living actually)
It was a crazy dream of mine that people would actually be interested in what DaveStuff actually has to say. I figured people would often search for “controversial opinion” (and they do) would want to comment on my silly opinions and perhaps contribe to them too. I am #1 in controversial opinions in google… But to what avail?
I used techniques I learned from ProBlogger to put this site together and hopefully to monetize it! (Do ya see the ads?)
I have not made enough money to even get the first check from Google‘s AdSense program. But that’s OK
I Still Love To Give my Opinions and have more plans to continue this blog and to certainly keep my loyal readers happy… I get anywhere from 20 to 60 visitors every day and would love to keep serving it up!
I’m working on a new brainstorm now… On a later post I’ll elaborate on that one…So stayed subscribed… You dig?
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