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True story https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Edmund_Fitzgerald Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian singer-songwriter, dies aged 84 Musician best known for folk-pop hits such as If You Could Read My Mind and The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald continued to tour in his later years Guardian staff and agencies Tue 2 May 2023 04.02 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/02/gordon-lightfoot-canadian-singer-songwriter-dies-aged-84

25 April: Liberation Day (Italy) A very important celebration to us Italians https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_Day_(Italy)

Marzabotto mayor says 25 April divisive for fascists It's a celebration for all Italians says Valentina Cuppi ROME, 23 April 2024, 13:31 ANSA English Desk https://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2024/04/23/marzabotto-mayor-says-25-april-divisive-for-fascists_9f20917b-478e-40ad-8738-94b20358d46a.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marzabotto_massacre

UN rights chief ‘horrified’ by reports of mass graves at two Gaza hospitals Spokesperson says some bodies allegedly had their hands tied while others were bound and stripped Ruth Michaelson in Jerusalem Tue 23 Apr 2024 16.31 CEST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/23/un-rights-chief-horrified-by-reports-of-mass-graves-at-two-gaza-hospitals

Protesting against slaughter – as students in the US are doing – isn’t antisemitism Education is all about provocation. Without being provoked even young minds can remain stuck in old tracks Tue 23 Apr 2024 16.32 CEST Robert Reich https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/23/israel-gaza-campus-protests

From beautiful ( yes I know...Repeating myself...But I do like them enormously) "Elegy" album Awesome piano ( as usual) and tambourine ( somehow essential....You be the judge) To me ( I'm very biased mind you) a dropdead track...Esp the 1st half... Fillmore East, NYC late 1969 (Keith was 25 years old...Just saying...) Voice here appears to be much better...I don't know who's the vocalist .....Sure enough doesn't sound like Jackson at all...Or maybe it's still him....just better rec'd / mixed....But again...I just don't know... For a moment in track below Keith Emerson even makes a reference to "Summertime" by George Gershwin

This is the original ( composed by K.Emerson).... Then Dutch band "Ekseption" (with awesome keyboardist Rick Van Der Linden - RIP) made its own version which is as good...I'd dare to say maybe even better ( sorry, Keith...You sure have the great merit of composing this one btw...)...More modern somehow.... Agree on the fact bass player & vocalist Lee Jackson has apparently a terrible voice esp on this particular track.....

From "Five Bridges" live and studio (beautiful) album Fugue: 4th Bridge Live

Country Pie ( B.Dylan) intertwined with Brandenburg Concerto No.6 ( by J.S.Bach, who composed also 1st track)...Live https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach

Featuring stunning Keith Emerson ( later to found Emerson, Lake & Palmer ) at age 24... Likely greatest keyboardist in pop-rock history....RIP Right after him for me there's Rick Van Der Linden-RIP of Dutch band Ekseption Got so overwhelmed when I heard this for the 1st time......I was around 14 / 15..... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nice

Beautiful vid ( and sad)... I once just felt like writing this on youtube comments: Our lives are just meant to be like symbolically going up and down those escalators.......Until the end comes....With the hope it all did make some ( if at all...) sense for ourselves and the ones around us .....

Painfully beautiful & moving ( just like most of his songs)...A gem He will not be forgotten Respect for a Giant Artist

So powerful...Deep...It does get to you The great jazz bass player Ron Carter on "The Prisoner"

Another great track ( and real social issue...worldwide)

Special to me..... RIP Karen Silkwood (mentioned in lyrics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Silkwood There's a great movie about her life ( & murder) featuring Meryl Streep & Kurt Russell ..It's called "Silkwood"

Note: song should be understood / interpreted in the ( difficult) context of its time ( many years ago when struggle / conflict was real strong)...Just saying...

One of the absolutely greatest...Love the lyrics ( and music)...RIP And he ( not the only one, mind you) achieved a little big miracle....Intelligent songs....Sort of a dream come true....... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Scott-Heron

What are you I love this one...Too bad it doesn't last long ( enough) Awesome riff...

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