Posted on 02/16/2011 1:38:07 PM PST by James C. Bennett
1970 D-18, Such a beautiful sound, even with my sorry playing.
Great Ten Years After Tune.
neither am I that good, but this sure sounds good!
I took a German course in Germany at the Goethe Institute and there was a class of Saudi students there. Part of this course was familiarization with German/European CLASSICAL music (Bach/Beethoven/Mozart etc).
The Saudi class was forbidden to participate—as such music was deemed evil and corrupting...
Anyway, in case you haven't seen/heard a live Buckley version of "Hallelujah", here's a nice one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKnxmkOAj88
And, just to keep it on topic: Bilal Philips, Yusuf Islam, and the rest of the rabid music-hating Islamic assclowns can pound sand! Music is one of the most direct of God's gifts to man.
I’m sure he rationalizes it as making money from the infidels...
Holy smokes...me too. :-(
I usually take the low E off so I can grow up to be like Keef, only without the drugs, but when I have more money invested in a set of strings than in the whole guitar I feel like using them all at first.
I love that guitar!
Who do you mean ‘’we’’?
Good post..
As a former(and proud) rock ‘n’ roll drummer I’d say Martin guitars are some of the finest on Earth. I’m also very partial to Fenders(Startocasters) and Gibsons(ES335).
“Turning Muslim In Texas.”
May piss be upon them.
“I am concerned that as we turn in revulsion against the evil practice of Islam, we end up embracing perversion etc. as something enlightened and wonderful.”
“Who do you mean “we?””
Americans.
Not me Bub, I’m an American and I don’t embrace ‘’perversion’’. And that’s a pretty broad indictment you make, care to elaborate on that?
Islam is perversion so I don’t see “us” embracing it.
I’ll elaborate.
We are getting more and more news about the evils of Islam. They cut off the genitals of little girls, stone women for being raped, arrest people for kissing on the beach, ban music, hit women with sticks or spit on them if their ankle shows, marry women to filthy old men, practice serial one hour divorces to excuse their adultery, refuse medical attention to women, refuse education to women, beat kids as they instruct them that all non-Muslims are to be murdered, strap explosives onto handicapped children for suicide bombs, etc.
They also oppose homosexuality.
I fear that as we reject all the evils of Islam, we, as Americans, may think we must therefore embrace stuff like homosexuality, porn, fornication, drunkenness and etc., because Islam supposedly opposes it. We want to be on the opposite side, right?
(Even though there is heavy porn use, plenty of rape, and drunkenness in Moslem countries).
In other words, I don’t want to see the West, the U.S., us, promoting perversion because the Muslims condemn it. As though that is the answer, or as though that is freedom.
I sense it as a trap, that in our zeal to oppose Islam (which I certainly do) we might inadvertently behave as though some of the immoral behaviors I’ve listed are ok. They are not ok.
Wow, that’s as convoluted a rational as I’ve ever heard, all due respect, please don’t think I’m jumping down your throat but cause does not always equal effect. Why would you think this would be the case if Americans learn more about the evils of Islam? I don’t see any evidence of that. Plenty of Americans are capable of denouncing Islam without jumping into a moral sewer.
Of course we are capable.
But to many, even on FR, it seem lately that “freedom” or “western values” involves sexual perversion.
It seems mostly to come from the Libertarian contingent.
There is like, an assumption, that if you oppose the extremes of Islam you are just fine with homo marriage, legalized drugs, pornography, etc.
I’m not crazy! I see it.
The continuous commercial interrupting the video “Turning Muslim in Texas” has one very appropriate line...”living dead”.
Thanks ZULU for #26.
Travis, you nail it in #30.
Thanks for the ping, LucyT.
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