New booth setting: "YouTube Algorithm"

By Jean Sexton Beddow (Jsexton) on Tuesday, June 20, 2023 - 04:24 pm: Edit

All posts prior to 2023 will be deleted June 27, 2023.

By Garth L. Getgen (Sgt_G) on Thursday, August 10, 2023 - 12:46 am: Edit

This is absolutely incredible: 15 Year Old Emma Sings Voilà


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By Garth L. Getgen (Sgt_G) on Sunday, January 14, 2024 - 03:44 pm: Edit

This is just: Wow!!

Brad Paisley - The Medicine Will


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By Garth L. Getgen (Sgt_G) on Monday, February 05, 2024 - 11:18 pm: Edit

What happens when a geeky song writer gets stuck in a New Mexico town for ten days??


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By wayne douglas power (Wayne) on Thursday, April 11, 2024 - 05:32 am: Edit

Some wonderful music from the 1960s with
The Seekers [Judith Durham].

I'll never find another you.
Danny Boy.
We shall not be moved.
The carnival is over.
When the stars begin to fall.
Walk with me.
I am Australian. [which is to many Australians our national anthem]

By Mike Grafton (Mike_Grafton) on Thursday, April 11, 2024 - 08:36 am: Edit

Not Waltzing Matilda?

By wayne douglas power (Wayne) on Thursday, April 11, 2024 - 10:15 pm: Edit

Waltzing Matilda is another popular one.

Our current national anthem Advance Australia Fair is also a good one. [stand with hand on heart]

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, May 07, 2025 - 10:59 pm: Edit

I stumbled into a cool song called KINGS AND QUEENS which is used in a lot of those AI videos of queens and warrior princesses walking with deadly weapons escorted by gigantic animal monsters. It's got a good beat and leaves you out of breath; the dance video on YouTube is pretty cool.

But I have some comments.
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If all of the kings
Does she mean literally kings? Does that include the emperor of Japan, the prince of Monaco, and the sovereign duke of Luxembourg? Does it include just royalty or does it include CEOs, presidents, prime ministers, generals, etc? Does it includes the patriarchs of extended families or the fathers of single households?
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had their queens on the throne
I think she means turning over power to (or sharing power with) the queen. I think it would flow better as "put their queens on the throne" meaning an abdication of the king's birthright. Why?
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We would pop champagne and raise a toast
Let me get this straight. You want me to give up my sovereign birthright, not because it would right some wrong or build a better world, but to give you an excuse to get drunk? I think I am missing the point. If there was one other than the patriarchy needs to just go away.
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To all of the queens who are fighting alone
I cannot think right away of a current sovereign queen whose country is fighting a war. Is this a political struggle? Or a fight against the patriarchy?
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Baby, you're not dancin' on your own
So you're going to give this queen moral support by dancing? I'm not grasping the point, although the dancing in the video is quite entertaining in a high energy sort of way.
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And you might think I'm weak without a sword
You can buy swords in lots of weapons stores, or order one from BudK. Or if you're a queen I suspect that the royal armory has one that you could comfortably wield.
From the gestures on the video, I don't think she means a metal object.
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But if I had one, it'd be bigger than yours
Assuming a metal weapon, I don't think your 98 pound frame can swing a sword bigger than my 240 pound frame could before I broke my hip.
If you mean something else, this is a meaningless phrase as there is not an easy way for you to obtain one, and why would you want it?
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Even so, a Cool song.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, May 07, 2025 - 11:33 pm: Edit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaqRCmrUs6k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH1RNk8954Q
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/48L-3LAqqgk
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/77bgVWFLaIA
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yrf2Xw30QRY

By Mike Grafton (Mike_Grafton) on Thursday, May 08, 2025 - 02:04 pm: Edit

"a sovereign queen whose country is fighting a war..."

Queen Victoria for sure. Catherine the Great and Queen Elizabeth II. Several Other British Queens "ruled of their own right" but had consorts

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, May 12, 2025 - 12:19 am: Edit

None of whom are alive TODAY or involved in wars TODAY. The key word is "is" in the present tense. Please read my posts before commenting.

By Michael F Guntly (Ares) on Wednesday, June 11, 2025 - 06:53 pm: Edit

Brian Wilson died today, age 82. No other details available at this time.

By Ryan Opel (Ryan) on Wednesday, June 11, 2025 - 07:46 pm: Edit

Siriusxm 76 8n all Beach Boys for 24 hrs.

By Michael F Guntly (Ares) on Tuesday, August 25, 2026 - 03:28 pm: Edit

Though I have never been a fan of country, Dolly Parton died today, age 80. No other details available at this time.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, August 25, 2026 - 03:41 pm: Edit

Rest, Dolly, you did more than your share.

By Jeff Anderson (Jga) on Tuesday, August 25, 2026 - 04:02 pm: Edit

Her Imaginarium Project; getting books into the hands of needy children, was truly angelic work. Literacy is the best chance for breaking generational poverty.

She and her husband built Dollywood, not to celebrate her, but to provide a way for local people from her childhood home to have jobs and to build a tourist industry to such a desperately poor part of the country.

May she rest in peace.

By Xander Fulton (Dderidex) on Tuesday, August 25, 2026 - 05:57 pm: Edit

She truly was the best of us, when she didn't even have to be - she had her success and fame, and then simply chose that harder work, anyway.

The world is smaller, today.

By Ryan Opel (Ryan) on Tuesday, August 25, 2026 - 07:34 pm: Edit

WSM Nashville has become the Dolly Parton station.

Rest in Peace you beautiful soul.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, August 25, 2026 - 11:42 pm: Edit

Trump ordered flags at half-mast for her.

By Garth L. Getgen (Sgt_G) on Wednesday, September 02, 2026 - 10:40 pm: Edit

Amelia sings "Gunga Din" A Song Inspired by Rudyard Kipling

This one is dang good.


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By Ted Fay (Catwhoeatsphoto) on Thursday, September 03, 2026 - 10:41 am: Edit

It's good.

Interestingly, though, I've noted a whole lot of similar structure in the music that AI comes up with. Yes, it's moving and pretty good, but from a musician's perspective it's staid.

I like her voice, though, a lot. I wonder if that is a real woman's voice?

By Jeff Anderson (Jga) on Thursday, September 03, 2026 - 11:35 am: Edit

I think I heard her sing "Scotland the Brave" with lyrics on screen. Orchestra behind her, not Bagpipes. Loved it!

By Garth L. Getgen (Sgt_G) on Friday, September 04, 2026 - 10:55 am: Edit

For Jeff: Amelia Sings “Scotland the Brave”. I never knew there were words to that tune.


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