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JAZZ FUSION FUNK AND SOUL

Gotta get up!!

Watch these videos with the sound turned off while listening to this track in loop mode: 

FPV DRONE - Flying over sea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuE_gic_0OU

30 Tage Zeitraffer auf See | 4K | Durch Gewitterstürme, sintflutartigen Regen & starken Verkehr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHrCI9eSJGQ

Lands of Lore 2 - City of the ancients: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD4C8LA0_24

Top 10 Creepiest Statues Found Underwater: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcQElKYkD3w

Royal National Park Sunrise - Sydney Cinematic FPV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa27jz93zS8

A music piece about a mythical, legendary, glorious and long forgotten time. Despite the troubling times we are facing now, hopefully a new Golden Age will reach us in the time ahead.

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Chronicles of Atlantis - The Golden Age

This is the second part of Grandfaith; it's about my grandfather. He leaves behind a complicated legacy. This song is about when he would step outside to be alone when he wasn't feeling well. Rest in peace. 

Grandfaith pt2

You lived with us, since winters were warm
But you were restless, hiding a form
You went outside alone again
It happened a lot when I was ten
You didn’t walk, you sat the car
In the backseat, parked in the dark

Years later and you're dead
I'm up inside in my head
I'm losing all my sense
Is it time to go? 

You weren’t well is what I find
More and more as yours is mine
But when their love began to crack
They sent a child to bring you back

Years later and you're dead
I'm up inside in my head
I'm losing all my sense
So it's time I go 
Outside like you did
Let’s both lose it
Then we’ll come back home

What they taught me
Was to give myself to them
But for myself
Now, that’s a sin

Years later and you're dead
I'm up inside in my head
I'm losing all my sense
So it's time I go 
Outside like you did
Let’s both lose it
Then we’ll come back home

Years later, you’re still dead
I'm up inside my head
I'm losing all my sense
It's time to go

Years later, you’re still dead
I've fallen time and again
I’ve learned how to tread
More lightly when
Outside

Grandfaith (Part 2)

'insecure'

Ultrasonic Pest Repellent: music
Scotty: lyrics & vocals
Painter: art

Would you bring me home some roses?
Could you make me food to eat?
Can we candy up our noses?
And make ourselves each other's treat? 

Girl, you know that I love you
wholeheartedly and true.
But if you stop reciprocating,
I swear to Jah that we are through. 

Baby, now that you have had me,
have I left you satisfied?
Or have I left you like the others;
to feel the need that you should lie? 

Girl, you know that I love you
wholeheartedly and true.
But if you stop reciprocating, 
I swear to Jah that we are through. 

I'm insecure. 
It's true.

insecure (with Ultrasonic Pest Repellent)

The classic story of miscommunication. Ba......Bel,  Ba.......Bel,  Ba..............bull

Babel

Copyright 2024. Joe Stroffolino

I keep up with all the latest health and fitness trends every single day
I’m trying really hard to do my best to keep the aging process at bay
Sometimes I get overwhelmed by all the conflicting advice
Taking a break from all this this healthy stuff sure would be nice
I’m buttoned down a bit too tight
I really want to take a bite
Of something that’s not right
And one day I just might
I try to make good food choices when I shop at the grocery store
When I go to a friend’s house I drink one beer, even though I want to drink more
I try to get regular exercise and keep my weight under control
I try not to turn up the volume when I listen to rock and roll
I’m buttoned down a bit too tight
I really want to take a bite
Of something that’s not right
And one day I just might
These days my idea of being crazy is having an extra scoop of ice cream
These days my idea of being crazy is having an extra scoop of ice cream

When you’re living a life of self deprivation
Sometimes you’ve gotta take a little break
Sometimes you gotta put down the celery and have a slice of cake
Sometimes you just gotta let down your hair
Even if you don’t have very much left up on top of there
I’m buttoned down a bit too tight
I really want to take a bite
Of something that’s not right
And one day I just might
These days my idea of being crazy is having an extra scoop of ice cream
These days my idea of being crazy is having an extra scoop of ice cream
These days my idea of being crazy is having an extra scoop of ice cream
These days my idea of being crazy is having an extra scoop of ice cream

Buttoned Down A Bit Too Tight

Wandering Mouse Part 1

A young guy hanging around the station feeling blue but discovers hope for a better future: 'this summer the rye will grow right to the chin'.

Hanging around by the station
Security guy aint too thrilled to see me
Drawn in by the expectation
I know
The hope it will kill me
I'm always there to meet every train
Coffee lasts long then day light
My faded blue rain coat don't keep out the rain
Setting sun blurred through the skylight.
This summer the rye will grow right to the chin
Cherry ripe within

Hanging Round The Station

"Bruce Douglas Cockburn OC (/ˈkoʊbərn/ KOH-bərn; born May 27, 1945) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist. His song styles range from folk to folk- and jazz-influenced rock to soundscapes accompanying spoken stories. His lyrics reflect interests in spirituality, human rights, environmental issues, and relationships, and describe his experiences in Central America and Africa.
Cockburn has written more than 350 songs on 34 albums over a career spanning five decades, of which 22 have received a Canadian gold or platinum certification as of 2018, and he has sold more than one million albums in Canada alone. "
"Pacing the Cage" is a song by Bruce Cockburn about feeling trapped in a situation that seems to be going nowhere. Cockburn described the feeling as: Angsty, feeling trapped where you are, but having put yourself there, Feeling like an animal that's where it doesn't want to be".          Wikipedia

Pacing the Cage - Bruce Cockburn (Cover)

"Petty’s song “Wildflowers” is a soothing, fan favorite from the late songwriter’s catalog. He first released the song in 1994 as the title and opening track on his second solo album, which was also his first solo album release with Warner Bros. Records. Outside of that, though, what other nuggets of wisdom are left to be plucked from Petty’s “Wildflowers”?       
The creative process for “Wildflowers” actually spooked the songwriter at first. The song had come out so easily that Petty had surprised even himself.

“I just took a deep breath and it came out,” he said in a 2014 interview. “The whole song. Stream of consciousness: words, music, chords. Finished it. I mean, I just played it into a tape recorder and I played the whole song and I never played it again. I actually only spent three and a half minutes on that whole song. So I’d come back for days playing that tape, thinking there must be something wrong here because this just came too easy. And then I realized that there’s probably nothing wrong at all.”

Image: Nishino Minase

Don't Change Horses (In the Middle of a Stream) [Remastered]

Tower Of Power

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