Sunday, July 13, 2014

Tina Turner's Incredible Version Of The Song "Missing You" - Radio DAZZ

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Tina Turner's Amazing Version Of “Missing You”

A Popular 'Mood Song” From The 1980s, Tina Turner takes pleasantly hypnotic, repeatedly riffed “elevator tune” music (I never cared for the original) and turns it into a kickin', fire-breathing dragon with a torn-up heart. Her performance of this song is stunning and spellbinding. It has so much power, so much slightly-supressed raw soul [with an amazing, pumping bass line in the back as well as pounding, throbbing drums offset against a backing of a full orchestra], I knocked me out when I first heard it. And like the thought of first love, it still knocks me out. I cannot hear enough of it. Play it loud with your bass booster up. And no worries – the signature guitar riffs stills shines as it cuts through the rich orchestration like a razor though a wedding cake...

I also wanted to dedicate this song to all of the people in my life who brought music to me, including (but not necessarily limited to, if my memory serves) Jay Goldberg, Debra Doff Horn, Joyce Becker Match, Gary L. Alexander, Michele Dagavarian Miller, Christine M. Knapp, Neil Grover, Rachael Adelson, Sharron Boecke, Danielle Kent, Robin Ellen Cohen, Patty Antone, Warren Green, David Ben Bernard, Ray Shattenkirk, Elizabeth A. Davis and my sister, Diane A. Castle-Feuer, who used to boogie around the house when we were children.

Thank you all. Now either click on the link or on the YouTube video player to listen to this amazing work of art -- the video is quite engaging as well. Enjoy this:








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Sunday, June 29, 2014

Bobby Womack R.I.P. - "If You Think You're Lonely Now" - RadioDAZZ

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Bobby Womack passed away at the age of 70 several days ago. His life had been a struggle with all of the pains of depression, addiction, and the struggle of a soul artist trying to ply his trade in a world of too much money and drugs... of fair weather friends and lies... of unresolved conflicts. He had a deep, rich baritone voice, similar in quality to that of the late Lou Rawls, but with a profound 'rough-around-the-edges' quality untainted by excessive vocal coaching and mainstream compromise. He didn't sing and bend guitar notes to please anybody but himself. He sang true. He had been suffering with Alzheimer's at the time of his death.

His greatest hit single, "If You Think You're Lonely Now," came into my life when I was sitting next to some fellow in 2006 and I overhead the song through his headphones, which were cranked (as was he) to the maximum. I couldn't get the refrain out of my head. It reminded me a bit of the Stylistics' "You Are Everything," but much more raw and achingly soulful. The resonance of both his speaking and singing voice throughout the recorded performance were authoritative and genuine, as if he were imparting the wisdom of the world from personal experience.

The song is a beautiful one. The premise is all-too-familiar to those of us who have been victims of ingratitude and have finally decided to pack up and walk away (I have, several times in my life), and to those of us who tried to push someone we had become too familiar with just a bit too hard, until we came home one day to find them gone (I have, several times in my life, too). Maybe we each have, in his or her own way, straddled the thin line between love and hate too frequently in a gambit for control. Maybe we've been too demanding. Maybe we've turned our need to possess some one into a prison, and we've ignored all of the signs of fault lines in the foundation of our relationships until we turned away (all too confidently and presumptuously) and the object of our ever-increasing demands had escaped.

If you've ever been in love, and if you have lived some span of your life between regret and redemption, this song is a powerful reminder of how important it is to compliment the good and express gratitude, instead of complaining and constantly nagging about our petty dissatisfaction with those things which we haven't got.

Feel the music. Focus your mind on the lyrics and Bobby's patter (he's warning a world of  discontented ingrates not to complain so damned much). Crank up your volume and let an ocean of emotion cascade over you. If this is the first time that you're hearing this potent, heart-grabbing song, you will not be able to stop playing it over and over again in your head. And maybe you'll be a bit more contented with your Significant Other.

Either click on either the hyperlink or on the video player below to savor this fabulous recording of a prophetic song. Enjoy this miniature introspective vacation.

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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

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Hello. If you’ve not yet joined “Colleagues Of Douglas E. Castle” on Sgrouples, you’re invited to do so by creating an account (ultra private inmail/email and Discussion Group, being run like a private club or community) at http://bit.ly/CODEC8. If you’ve already established your account, be certain to go to your Dashboard Page, go to “My Privacy Email” and click on (and choose) your “Notification Preferences”. Our group is a combination of the most secure email that you can access (check you inbox daily, or have your notifications forwarded to you) from member to member, combined with a Discussion Group [voluntary] which will have a completely practical focus: Members discussing specific business needs with other members. No theory. No selling or spam. Just requests and responses. It will be a great group -- I promise that much! Discussion posting guidelines will be posted within the next three days, so that we’re all of a similar mind. Thank you. - Douglas E. Castle



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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Occupy OptumRx - Patients Strike Back!

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OptumRx - Puts Your Life On Hold


Been mistreated by OptumRx? Please help us by filling out a fast survey at the end of the following article: http://douglasecastleblog.com/2014/01/05/optumrx-must-die-mailorder-pharmacy-monstrosity/ We need you! Thnx. #RF Bonus: You can learn more about how OptumRx has been frenetically responding so far at http://douglasecastleblog.com/2014/01/29/optumrx-and-united-health-group-think-were-stupi/ . 

These outlaws have got to be stopped, brought to justice and made to pay.

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Sunday, January 5, 2014

Hallelujah - De-Stress With An Uncle DAZZ Music Break

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This classically simple, somber, yet extraordinary work of songwriting by Leonard Cohen is sung gently and beautifully by young Rufus Wainwright. While Wainwright's version might not be as dynamic, dramatic or as clearly beautiful and emotional as versions which I've heard since then, this was the first that I heard. I am brought to my knees at the wordplay, wit and cutting irony cloaked in holy robes as the song weaves its spell upon the listener. This version shows the lyrics to the many verses in this profoundly sad passion play of the experience of love's violation and the bitter disillusionment which invariably follows. I dedicate this to all of the fans of Your Uncle DAZZ at RadioDAZZ(dot)blogspot(dot)com, and mostly to Elizabeth, who taught me that pure, uncontrollable, uncontainable love, as a power unto itself, can truly exist in this world. And to know it once, that unbelievable closeness as I did, and to have to let it go, as I did, taught me the meaning of bittersweet. Thank you for loving the man who you thought I was, and for making me want to be that man. Now, the world is grey again... with spots of light when I let myself think about us. Hallelujah.



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