Open thread 4/29/21
This might put a smile on your face. It certainly put a smile on mine to see and hear this particular group of singers all together. The song was written by Larry Gatlin and Barry Gibb, and the video was apparently recorded in June of 1985:
The Bee Gees have said many times that when they were children and starting to sing, Roy Orbison was a huge favorite of theirs. His first big hit was in 1960, when Barry would have been around 13 and the twins 10. Barry looks happy as a clam to be standing right next to Orbison and hearing him sing a song Barry helped to write.
Thank you for presenting that, Neo!
Tenor-time
Other economists are skeptical that anything outside of perhaps large-scale immigration can increase U.S. labor force participation, especially with so many baby boomers retiring from work. The 2020 Census also shows the slowest population growth in 90 years as the nation’s birthrate continues to decline.
2020 Census shows U.S. population grew at slowest pace since the 1930shttps://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/interactive/2021/2020-census-us-population-results/
the population collapse continues and we really dont care…
really dont… as they hide the decline with immigration…
imagine what the numbers would be without 100s of thousands over the borders?
The first numbers to come out of the 2020 Census show the U.S. population on April 1, 2020 — Census Day — was 331.5 million people, an increase of just 7.4 percent between 2010 and 2020. It is the second-slowest rate of expansion since the government began taking a census in 1790. In the 1930s, the decade with the slowest population growth, the rate was 7.3 percent.
Unlike the slowdown of the Great Depression, which was a blip followed by a boom, the slowdown this time is part of a longer-term trend, tied to the aging of the country’s White population, decreased fertility rates and lagging immigration.
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Without robust immigration, the United States would look more like Japan, Germany and Italy, where births and the influx of newcomers have been unable to keep pace with the graying of the population, placing burdens on social services and the labor force. A Pew Research Center analysis showed that over half of the U.S. population increase between 1965 and 2015 was due to immigration, which alone added about 72 million people. With no immigration in the next half-century, growth in the United States would nearly flatten.
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They Are Now Talking About Gassing Whites
Via Post Millennial:
“When this race war hits its crescendo. I’ll gather you all into a beautifully decorated room under the pretense of unity. I’ll give a speech to civility and all the good times we share; I’ll smile as we raise glasses to your good, white health, while the detonator blinks under the table, knowing the exits are locked and the air vents filled with gas.”
The last time a nation was dominated by an ideology based on race hate like ours is now, something very similar occurred.
After the host read this passage aloud, she responded by saying: “I mean that’s… I’m a Jewish person, and my grandparents survived the holocaust. I can’t tell you how it felt to read that sentiment, and I wanted to say to you that I’m so sorry that your experience of the world made you feel that way.”
There is nothing stopping this collision of realities…
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The current fertility rate in the United States is 1.73, below the 2.1 figure considered to be the replacement rate
Michael Collins, the astronaut who didn’t walk on the moon while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made history, died yesterday. God bless him.
As a kid I wondered how Collins felt. I’m sure he was a better sport than I would have been. Later I discovered Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull actually wrote a song about Collins. (L.E.M is the Lunar Excursion Module.)
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I’m with you L.E.M.
Though it’s a shame that it had to be you
The mother ship
Is just a blip from your trip made for two
I’m with you boys
So please employ just a little extra care
It’s on my mind
I’m left behind when I should have been there
Walking with you
–Ian Anderson, “For Michael Collins, Jeffrey, And Me”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2GTNhmPbtg
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But why is the song also for “Jeffery and Me”? I’ll hazard a guess.
Jeffrey was Jeffrey Hammond, a close friend of Anderson’s from art school. They had a band together, but Hammond left the band to study painting. Apparently Jeffrey was never far from Anderson’s thoughts, judging by the multiple songs he dedicated to “Jeffrey.”
I believe “For Michael Collins, Jeffrey and Me” was in part Anderson’s wondering how Jeffrey might be feeling about the success of Anderson’s band — walking on the moon if you will — while Jeffrey was left behind. Perhaps the song was even part of Anderson’s campaign to woo Jeffrey into Jethro Tull.
However it happened, Anderson succeeded. Jeffrey Hammond played bass on the next Jethro Tull album, “Aqualung.”
Wow! Thanks, neo.
Gatlin’s birthday is this Sunday. I know this because he and my mother were born on the exact same day in 1948.
Nice video. For a while I was wondering, “Where’s the cool guy with the shades?”
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My favorite new term, courtesy of Sister Toldja,
I’ve read very little of Sister Toldja, so apologies if this is one of her common witticisms.
Awww . . . perfect tonic after the Biden atrocity speech last night.
Roy left us too soon.
Last week (April 23), Roy Orbison’s three surviving sons and their families celebrated what would have been his 85th birthday anniversary.
I read a few years ago an article about Robin Gibb’s medical difficulties, and it detailed that when he (Robin) was in a coma, his family played Roy’s music, and (if I’m recalling the article well) Robin became newly conscious when he heard “Crying”.
For me personally, I’ve been a Roy Orbison fan since “Only The Lonely” in 1960. I regard his masterpiece to be “In Dreams” — written by Roy (no co-writer on this one) and, of course, sung by Roy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqdLKtxApHw
This is the original studio recording, from 1963.
Great sharing, thanks a lot, dear Neo.
Teens Robin&Maurice are here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTLV9Et2g2U
Off Topic for this Open Thread, not so happy an occasion:
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2021/04/29/ashli-babbitts-family-to-file-10-million-lawsuit-against-capitol-police-and-officer-who-shot-her-n371318
Justice delayed is justice denied so I’ve heard.
That was fun. It makes me want to listen to some Freddie Mercury.