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Bonjour Je suis là dans l impuissance à ne pouvoir rien faire Sinon regarder à ma fenêtre A Cause de ce virus qui fait peur au monde entier Je peux apercevoir depuis celle ci un piéton… Continue reading Isolement Et Confinement Virus
Quote of the day …
“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.”
Dolly Parton
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Don Charisma
What a guitar riff … Classic Clapton/Cream. “Psychedelic Rock”
“Sunshine of Your Love” is a 1967 song by the British rock band Cream. With elements of hard rock, psychedelia, and pop, it is one of Cream’s best known and most popular songs. Cream bassist and vocalist Jack Bruce based it on a distinctive bass riff he developed after attending a Jimi Hendrix concert. Guitarist Eric Clapton and lyricist Pete Brown later contributed to the song. Recording engineer Tom Dowd suggested the rhythm arrangement in which drummer Ginger Baker plays a distinctive tom-tom drum rhythm, although Baker claimed it was his idea.
The song was included on Cream’s second album Disraeli Gears in November 1967, which was a best seller. Atco Records, the group’s American label, was initially unsure of the song’s potential. After recommendations by other label-affiliated artists, it released an edited single version in December 1967. The song became Cream’s first and highest charting American single and one of the most popular singles of 1968. In September 1968, it became a modest chart hit after being released in the UK.
Source – Wikipedia.
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Don Charisma
And now for something completely different … I first heard this on a TV advert. Dunno why, but I like it … Maybe because it’s simple and cheery.
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Don Charisma
Originally posted on Myuniquedesign:
I really love photos of water, so these caught my eye – well done ddivna 🙂 Please comment and like on the original photographer’s blog (I have disabled them on DonCharisma.org) Myuniquedesign View original post Continue reading Gold sea
I’m proud of my own flag – I assume others are too.
I’ve added the French flag to my sidebar, as many French people visit my blog (almost 25000 views), and occasionally I get comments in French (Thanks Google translate).
Welcome and hello to all my French readers, best wishes to you all. Thankyou for reading and visiting my blog.
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Don Charisma
Quote of the day …
“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”
Milton Berle
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And now for something completely different (I’d never heard this before, nothing wrong with trying something new) … A reader of my blog’s request :
“(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman” is a song written by Ray Davies that was first released on the Kinks’ 1979 album, Low Budget. The song, inspired by Superman: The Movie, employs a disco beat and lyrics that describe the singer’s wish to be like the fictional character Superman. The song’s disco style was created as a response to Arista Records founder Clive Davis’s request for “a club-friendly record,” despite Ray Davies’ hatred of disco.
The song was released as the lead single from Low Budget, becoming a moderate hit in North America. It has since appeared on numerous compilation and live albums.
Source – Wikipedia
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Don Charisma
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Another classic, for Friday :
“My Sharona” is the debut single by the Knack. The song was written by Berton Averre and Doug Fieger, and released in 1979 from their album Get the Knack. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart where it remained for 6 weeks, and was number one on Billboard’s 1979 Top Pop Singles year-end chart.
It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, representing half a million copies sold, and was Capitol Records’ fastest gold status debut single since the Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand” in 1964.
Source – Wikipedia
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Don Charisma
Quote of the day …
“Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive good things and good people will be drawn to you.”
Mary Lou Retton
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Don Charisma
Quote of the day …
“Winning is fun, but those moments that you can touch someone’s life in a very positive way are better.”
Tim Howard
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Don Charisma
These things always come in threes 🙂
Moving on Up is the seventh overall single from British band M People, and the second single from their second album, Elegant Slumming (1993). Written by Mike Pickering and Paul Heard and produced by M People, it was released on 13 September 1993.
The song peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, and was the biggest selling M People single. The song also became a Top 40 hit on the US Billboard Hot 100, and number one on the Billboard dance chart.
Source – Wikipedia
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Don Charisma
Quote of the day …
“Positive anything is better than negative nothing.”
Elbert Hubbard
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Don Charisma
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Already said, I like Heather Small’s vocals … so another favourite …
“Search for the Hero” is the third single (remixed) from Bizarre Fruit (1994), the multi-platinum selling album from M People. The song was written by Mike Pickering and Paul Heard and produced by M People. It was released on 12 June 1995. The song peaked at number nine on the UK Singles Chart.
Source – Wikipedia
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Don Charisma
Continue reading “Search For The Hero Inside Yourself – M People”
Quote of the day …
“When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple.”
Paulo Coelho
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Don Charisma
On my playlist … fact – only music concert I ever went to was M People in Cardiff … My friend one tickets on the radio, and I provided the transport. I didn’t know I liked them until listening to them live, Heather Small is an amazing vocalist, so I was blown away by her “charisma”.
“One Night in Heaven” is the sixth overall single from British band M People and the first single from their second album Elegant Slumming (1993). Written by Mike Pickering and Paul Heard. Produced by M People. It was released on 14 June 1993. The song peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart. In Iceland, “One Night in Heaven” reached number five.
Source – Wikipedia
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Don Charisma
Quote of the day …
“The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down.”
Stephen Richards
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Quote of the day …
“In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a
positive impact.”
Les Brown
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Don Charisma
Otis or The Commitments ?
“Hard to Handle” is a 1968 song written by American soul star Otis Redding along with Al Bell and Allen Jones. Originally recorded by Redding, it was released in 1968 as the B-side to “Amen” (shortly after the singer’s sudden death in 1967). The song also appears on the 1968 album The Immortal Otis Redding. Redding’s version reached #38 on the Billboard R&B charts and #51 on the pop charts.
Source – Wikipedia
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Don Charisma
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Seems there’s been a run on toilet paper owing to panic buying. I found a couple of amusing comments on Styx’s latest YouTube video, so to get you started :
Toilet paper manufacturing is on a roll.
The situation with the toilet rolls is starting to unravel.
“So you prepped?” “Yeah 60 packets of toilet paper” “Good lad”
This virus is great news for the New York Times. When the toilet paper runs out, people will start buying newspapers again.
I had 46 years-worth of toilet paper. Unfortunately, the rats in my basement chewed it up and made a massive nest.
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Don Charisma
A reader of the blog reminded me of this song – Another oldie but classic. Motown, aka these days, Universal Music
“Nightshift” is a 1985 song by the Commodores and the title track from their eleventh album of the same name. The song was written by lead singer Walter Orange in collaboration with Dennis Lambert and Franne Golde, as a loving tribute to soul/R&B singers Jackie Wilson and Marvin Gaye, both of whom died in 1984. The song was released as the album’s first single on January 31, 1985 by Motown Records in the United States.
Source – Wikipedia
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Don Charisma
Quote of the day …
“Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.”
Zig Ziglar
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Don Charisma
Another oldie but classic. Motown, aka these days, Universal Music
“Easy” is a song by Commodores for the Motown label, from their fifth studio album, Commodores. Group member Lionel Richie wrote “Easy” with the intention of it becoming another crossover hit for the group given the success of a previous single, “Just to Be Close to You”, which spent two weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart (now known as the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart) and peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1976
Source – Wikipedia
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Don Charisma
Tesco, Watford, UK – Pasta shelves are completely empty. It was a similar sight in the tinned food aisle, and some of the others. The in-store pharmacy had completely sold out of paracetamol.
The store manager (the guy in the blue shirt in the photo) was quite rude and aggressive towards me for taking the photo, which has never happened before to me in the UK. I ceased and desisted for a quiet life. Not quite sure why he would be annoyed at me taking a photo of empty shelves, maybe he didn’t buy any for himself and now there’s none left ? Or could just be he’s an asshole. My guess is the asshole theory.
The checkout guy was a complete contrast, we had a chat about wearing masks and beards etc. I guess he was bored and having a chat with someone beats scanning items and collecting money, all day, over and over again, just to fill the pockets of his globalist overlords, so they can afford their Krug, Foie gras and Caviar.
Anyway, enough of saying what I actually think, here’s the photo :
Taken about at 15:30, 13-Mar-2020 UK time.
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Don Charisma
Continue reading “Empty Pasta Shelves – Tesco Watford, UK – Rude And Aggressive Manager”
Quote of the day …
“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.”
Willie Nelson
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Don Charisma
One of my favourite “soothing” tunes …
“Lifted” is a song written by British duo Lighthouse Family, for their debut album Ocean Drive (1996). The song was produced by Mike Peden. It was released as the lead single on May 1995 and reached the top 70 in the United Kingdom. In February 1996 the song was re-released, reaching a new peak of number four in the United Kingdom and reaching the top 40 in Austria, Iceland and Ireland, as well as on the Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary chart
Source – Wikipedia
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Don Charisma
Quote of the day …
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.”
Helen Keller
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Quote of the day …
“It always seems impossible until it is done.”
Nelson Mandela
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Quote of the day …
“You are never too old to set another goal or dream a new dream.”
Les Brown
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Another oldie but classic, by Antoine “Fats” Domino Jr. – His most famous song
“Blueberry Hill” is a popular song published in 1940 best remembered for its 1950s rock and roll version by Fats Domino. The music was written by Vincent Rose, the lyrics by Larry Stock and Al Lewis.
Source – Wikipedia
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Don Charisma
Another oldie but classic, by Antoine “Fats” Domino Jr. .
Two versions, second is live – a good live performance.
“Blue Monday” is a song originally, written by Dave Bartholomew, first recorded in 1953 by Smiley Lewis and issued as a single, in January 1954, on Imperial Records (catalog # 5268). The single, with a slow-rocking beat, features an instrumental electric guitar solo by Lewis.
It was later popularized in a recording by Fats Domino in 1956, also on Imperial (catalog # 5417), on which the songwriting credit was shared between him and Bartholomew. Most later versions have credited Bartholomew and Domino as co-writers. The baritone saxophone solo is by Herbert Hardesty.
Source – Wikipedia
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Don Charisma
This is general information vitamin D and immunity, from about 4 hours ago @ 9-Mar-2020 18:31 UK time.
Hope you are safe, and stays that way.
Continue reading “Vitamin D And Immunity – Dr John Campbell”
Quote of the day …
“You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
A.A. Milne
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Don Charisma
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Quote of the day …
“Winning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve
done before.”
Bonnie Blair
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Don Charisma
Classic Bob Marley. Couldn’t decide which version I prefer, so I posted both (second one is 12″ extended about 12 minutes). …. But, on balance I prefer the second version.
“No Woman, No Cry” is a reggae song by Bob Marley and the Wailers. The song first became known in 1974 from the studio album Natty Dread. This studio version used a drum machine. The live version from the 1975 album Live! was released as a single and is the best known version; it was included on the greatest hits compilation Legend, and was recorded at the Lyceum Theatre in London on July 17, 1975 as part of his Natty Dread Tour.
Source – Wikipedia
Photo Courtesy CC2.0 – Eddie Mallin
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Don Charisma
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Or more correctly – “Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine”. Another oldie but classic. Video has been cleverly cut to match the audio, props to the video maker !
“Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine” is a song recorded by James Brown with Bobby Byrd on backing vocals. Released as a two-part single in 1970, it was a no. 2 R&B hit and reached no. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Source – Wikipedia
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Don Charisma
Quote of the day …
“No one is perfect – that’s why pencils have erasers.”
Wolfgang Riebe
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This is general information about infections, from about 1 hours ago @ 7-Mar-2020 16:58 UK time.
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Another oldie but classic. I think it’s an official release by Motown aka Universal Music
“Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” is a song performed by Motown recording act the Undisputed Truth. It was written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong in 1971, and released as a single in May 1972. It peaked at number 63 on the Pop Charts and number 24 on the R&B Charts. The song was included on the Undisputed Truth’s album Law of the Land (1973).
Later that year, Whitfield, who also produced the song, took “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” and remade it as a 12-minute record for the Temptations, which was a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and won three Grammy Awards in 1973. While the original Undisputed Truth version of the song has been largely forgotten, the Temptations’ version of the song has been an enduring and influential soul classic. It was ranked number 169 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, one of the group’s three songs on the list. In retrospect, the Temptations’ Otis Williams considers “Papa” to be the last real classic the group recorded (it would be the Temptations’ last number one hit and would win them their second and final Grammy Award in a competitive category).
Source – Wikipedia
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Don Charisma
Continue reading “Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone – The Temptations”
Quote of the day …
“You always pass failure on the way to success.”
Mickey Rooney
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Don Charisma
Continue reading ““You always pass failure on the way to success.” – Mickey Rooney”
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