Sold? not EYE

“A Corporation,

essentially, is a pile of money to which a number of persons
have SOLD their moral allegiance.”

~ Wendell Berry

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“Perhaps the most extraordinary
Characteristic of current America is the attempt to reduce life to buying and selling.
Life is not love unless love is sex and bought and sold.
Life is not knowledge save knowledge of technique, of science for destruction.
Life is not beauty except beauty for sale.
Life is not Art unless its price is high and it is sold for profit.
All life is production for profit, and for what is profit but for buying and selling again ?” 

~ W.E.B. Du Bois
"The Autobiography of W.E.B. Du Bois:

 A Soliloquy on Viewing My Life from the Last Decade of Its First Century

 

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Joe Cocker

 John Robert "Joe" Cocker born 20 May 1944 and died of lung cancer today, on December 22nd. 2014. 

He was an English rock and blues singer, who came to popularity in the 1960s, and was known for his gritty voice, his spasmodic body movement in performance and his cover versions of popular songs, particularly those of the Beatles. His cover of the Beatles' "With a Little Help from My Friends" reached number one in the UK in 1968, and he performed the song live at Woodstock in 1969. His version also became the theme song for the TV series The Wonder Years. His 1975 hit single, "You Are So Beautiful", reached number five in the US. Cocker is the recipient of several awards, including a 1983 Grammy Award for his US number one "Up Where We Belong", a duet with Jennifer Warnes. In 1993 he was nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Male, in 2007 was awarded a bronze Sheffield Legends plaque in his hometown, and in 2008 he received an OBE at Buckingham Palace for services to music.

Personal life

In 1963, Cocker began dating Eileen Webster, also a resident of Sheffield. The couple dated intermittently for the next 13 years, separating permanently in 1976. In 1978, Cocker moved onto a ranch owned by Jane Fonda in Santa Barbara, California. Pam Baker, a local summer camp director and fan of Cocker's music, persuaded the actress to let the house to Cocker. Baker began dating Cocker and they eventually married on 11 October 1987.[37] The couple resided on the Mad Dog Ranch in Crawford, Colorado.

Cocker was not related to fellow Sheffield-born musician Jarvis Cocker, despite a rumour to this effect (particularly in Australia, where Jarvis' father, radio DJ Mac Cocker, allowed listeners to believe he was Joe Cocker's brother)

Cocker died of lung cancer on the 22nd of December 2014 in Crawford California.[40][41] The two living Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, were among those who paid tribute to the singer, while his agent, Barrie Marshall, stated he was "without doubt the greatest rock/soul singer ever to come out of Britain.

Source; thanks Wikipedia

 The cigarette assembly line just keeps chugging straight ahead on it's pathof destruction to some for glory to others, just follow the blood money.

yes I have that opinion.
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Rest in peace, Joe Cocker and thank you for the beautiful music memories.

Melanie

I loved Melanie back when... unique, inspirational & honest & her song Johnny Boy my friend was intense... "I Really Loved Harold" " "I don't eat Animals" are some of my favourite tunes I'm not sure which album I had, it's in Boston, I'm in Southern England it remains to be seen, I know the cover was a deep tone.

Back tracking back to Melanie & the days of the early 70's with these videos from folks at Youtube, thanks for posting.

Melanie Safka - I Really Loved Harold Lyrics 

I'm pretty sure it's suppose to be Alfie as in Alfred not alpha as in male 

♥

Melanie Safka - Johnny Boy Lyrics
( I think of you Dad, this always reminded me of you 
now more than ever. 
♥)

Lay Down- Candles in the rain

Melanie's website http://www.melaniesafka.com/

"Melanie Anne Safka-Schekeryk (born February 3, 1947) is an American singer-songwriter.[1] Known professionally as Melanie, she is best known for her hits "Brand New Key", "Ruby Tuesday", "What Have They Done To My Song Ma", and her song about performing at the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival, "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)"

"Melanie was born and raised in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens, New York City, New York. Her father, Fred, was of a Russian-Ukrainian ethnic background and her jazz singer mother, Polly, was of Italian heritage.[4][5] Melanie made her first public singing appearance at age four on the radio show Live Like A Millionaire, performing the song "Gimme a Little Kiss". She attended Red Bank High School in Red Bank, New Jersey, graduating in 1966. After school, her parents insisted that she go to college, so she studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York,[6] where she began singing in the folk clubs of Greenwich Village and signed her first recording contract."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie_Safka   Wikipedia