Cruel To Be Kind - Nick Lowe - DAZZlexia

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One of the catchiest, finest popular songs of the middle - late 1970s. Full orchestration, great backup vocals, sock-it-to-you message, super treble/twangy guitar instrumental in the middle of the pop single. This is an in-concert version performed in 1979 -- the first version was recorded in 1976.

This is not exactly about tough love... it's a bit more sophisticated, though subtle; it has to do with restraint, resilience and a bit of manipulation. Psychology majors welcome. In fact, D.J. Sherman, President of MPower Brands Partnership recommends that we all gain some valuable insight into love and the games people play by listening to this song and studying the lyrics. There may be a pop quiz on Monday.

Click on either the hyperlink or the video player below to savor this great song and exceptional live performance -- this guy might be almost as good as Bo Donaldson And The Heywoods!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM4RtUo5s0g



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http://twitter.com/RadioDAZZ and http://twitter.com/DAZZRadio. It would be politically incorrect to make jokes about any of my fans and friends suffering from DAZZlexia [that's a Lingovation!]. DZ

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Get On Up! - End Of The Work Day...Pump It up!

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You will GET ON UP. You will be compelled to do the shing-a-ling and to do the Thing. Feel those endorphins rush as your troubles dissolve like Grape Fizzies. The Esquires had a wonderful hit with this one. Don't be a nerd. Get up and shake your body until the little kid inside of it takes over. What a fabulous blend of voices. Pay close attention to the chap who belts out the bass. This song is a 1960's Ode To Pure Joy.

You might want to close your blinds and curtains, lest the neighbors think you're an idiot.

Bodybuilders and Navy SEALS-in-training... this song is timed perfectly for a set of 75 perfect (all the way, arms shoulders' distance apart) pushups. I've done it.

Get the volume up, click on the link below, and GET OUT OF YOUR SEAT. Do it.

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The Lion Sleeps Tonight: Classic Rock De-Stresses Us.

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The Tokens' version of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is a multi-generational and cross-genre song, as it had already been well before The Lion King ever came out as a family music (sorry Timone and Pumba).

It features a genuine African lyric in the famous refrain [a whim-o-weh, a whim-o-weh...], and in the moving harmony that pervades this stellar pop classic and propels it rythmically like a train along the rickety trains. Listen for terrific "Frankie Valli"-style falsetto, the wonderful wooden drums (played with mallets!), a sneaky hint of the lengendary Theremin (an electronic instrument that never fully came out of the lab, with a few notable exceptions such as The Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations," the theme from the ancient television show "The Outer Limits" and some others -- an eerie, but distinctive sound), and other wonderful touches that make this melodic, harmonious sing-along-or-die-trying record immortal.

And with all of that going for it, it came into being after a gifted chap had visited Africa and couldn't get the refrain (actually based upon a chant of the indigenous people) out of his mind.

Listen to a RadioDAZZ re-discovered classic. You know what to do next. Enjoy this wonderful musical treat from your ears and your soul -- it will replay itself over and over inside your mind long after you've listened. Share or forward this to your friends, colleagues and even your your old classmates - People will be grateful at your seconding that emotion and passing the song along. Music is the language of the soul. It can help bring us together.

Thank you one and all. Thank you for sending a universal signal of love around the world. It's one way that we can all be Human together.

DAZZ [http://RadioDAZZ.blogspot.com]
Douglas E Castle [http://aboutDouglasCastle.blogspot.com] - An admirer of Dazz', the musical ambassador who never grew up, and reminds me of who I really am deep inside.

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