ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? “So, are you experienced?Have you ever been experienced?Well, I have” “Are You Experienced” written by Jimi Hendrix Are You Experienced was the first studio album and title song released by the “Jimi Hendrix Experience.” The album hit the shelves in May of 1967 as a critical and commercial success. I remember clearly […]
Teach Your Children “You, who are on the road Must have a code you try to live by And so become yourself Because the past is just a goodbye” “Teach Your Children,” written by Graham Nash Graham Nash wrote “Teach Your Children” in 1968 while still a member of the Hollies. It was first released […]
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MOVING ON “That big eight-wheeler, rollin’ down the track / Means your true-lovin’ daddy ain’t comin’ back / Cause I’m movin’ on, I’ll soon be gone / You were flyin’ too high, for my little old sky / So I’m movin’ on.” – written & performed by Hank Snow I woke up at 5am, rolled […]
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“We are spirits in the material word” Spirits in the Material World Written by Sting & Performed by the Police The theme for this month’s column draws from one of my favorite bands and songs from the 1980s: “Spirits in the Material World” by the British rock trio, The Police, written by Sting. It’s the […]
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The Bottom of the Food Chain “There’s not a moment’s rest at the bottom of the food chain. You’re always on the run at the bottom of the food chain. There’s never peace of mind at the bottom. We’re always running, running, running, running, running, running, running away.” The Bottom of the Food Chain By […]
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Temporary End – musings by Randy Lewis Brown on “From Behind the Pine Curtain” “Another link in an endless chain Behind the joy here comes the pain But wait… here comes the joy again Just goes to show that you CAN tell Something’s over when it starts again Someday losers always win When the homeless […]
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Everybody Wants to Rule the World “I can’t stand this indecision Married with a lack of vision Everybody wants to rule the world” Tears for Fears – Orzabal, Stanley and Hughes 1985 “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” is a song by the English pop/rock band Tears for Fears. It was written by Roland Orzabal, […]
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Truth is a rabbit, is a rabbit, is a rabbit Truth is a rabbit in a bramble bush. “Truth is a Rabbit” by Randy Brown from the CD Dream Big This month’s lyric is from one of my songs from my first solo record, released in 2006. This was before I added the “Lewis” to […]
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“One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do” From the song: One – By Harry Nilsson “One” is a song written by Harry Nilsson and made famous by Three Dog Night whose recording reached number five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1969 and number four in Canada. Nilsson said he wrote the […]
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“I am a snowflake, I fell from heaven There is no other just like me I am in wonder of my existence My perfect symmetry” By Randy Brown (Before I added Lewis) From the album “But Wait, There’s More…” This month I am quoting my own song. “I Am a Snowflake” which was originally released […]
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