Living in the wish you were here and now world

MORE THAN A WISH... MAKE. SURE. THEY KNOW. YOU WERE HERE

Today’s  post  features the Rock and Roll Philosophy related to. Pink Floyd’s. wish You Were  Here.  

written by  Roger Waters and David Gilmore performed by Pink Floyd

So so you think you can tell 

Heaven from Hell

Blue skies from pain

Can you tell a green field 

From a cold steel. Rail 

A smile from a veil

Do you think you can tell

Did  they get. You to trade 

Your Heroes for ghosts

Hot ashes for trees

Hot air for a cool breeze

Cold comfort for change

Did you exchange 

A walk on part in the war

For a lead role in the cage

How I wish How I wish you were here 

We’re just two lost souls  swimmin’ in a fish bowl

Year after year

Running over the same old ground

And how we found the same old fears

Wish you were here

PHILOSOPHY

This short. Song as so much symbolism and  philosophy wrapped up in so few words, that it defies interpretation a bit....however...that never stopped me before and it’s not going to now.

the tune begin s by asking the listener how sure. We are about the  things we see and appear to be obvious.  It then. Asks in no uncertain terms if we sell out real but small  issues  for a comfortable. Life in a cage?  It pretty much announces that if you make. The.trade you will be “a “lost soul” always under. The watchful.I of oppression and prone. To making no progrtess.  

This is a haunting  warning about getting isolated due to comfort and insecurity  and after a while not being able to see the first for  the trees so to speak.  Heed. The warning 

 MORE THAN A WISH... MAKE. SURE. THEY KNOW. YOU WERE HERE

Today’s  post  features the Rock and Roll Philosophy related to. Pink Floyd’s. wish You Were  Here.  

written by  Roger Waters and David Gilmore performed by Pink Floyd

So so you think you can tell 

Heaven from Hell

Blue skies from pain

Can you tell a green field 

From a cold steel. Rail 

A smile from a veil

Do you think you can tell

Did  they get. You to trade 

Your Heroes for ghosts

Hot ashes for trees

Hot air for a cool breeze

Cold comfort for change

Did you exchange 

A walk on part in the war

For a lead role in the cage

How I wish How I wish you were here 

We’re just two lost souls  swimmin’ in a fish bowl

Year after year

Running over the same old ground

And how we found the same old fears

Wish you were here

PHILOSOPHY

This short. Song as so much symbolism and  philosophy wrapped up in so few words, that it defies interpretation a bit....however...that never stopped me before and it’s not going to now.

the tune begin s by asking the listener how sure. We are about the  things we see and appear to be obvious.  It then. Asks in no uncertain terms if we sell out real but small  issues  for a comfortable. Life in a cage?  It pretty much announces that if you make. The.trade you will be “a “lost soul” always under. The watchful.I of oppression and prone. To making no progrtess.  

This is a haunting  warning about getting isolated due to comfort and insecurity  and after a while not being able to see the first for  the trees so to speak.  Heed. The warning 

 MORE THAN A WISH... MAKE. SURE. THEY KNOW. YOU WERE HERE

Today’s  post  features the Rock and Roll Philosophy related to. Pink Floyd’s. wish You Were  Here.  

written by  Roger Waters and David Gilmore performed by Pink Floyd

So so you think you can tell 

Heaven from Hell

Blue skies from pain

Can you tell a green field 

From a cold steel. Rail 

A smile from a veil

Do you think you can tell

Did  they get. You to trade 

Your Heroes for ghosts

Hot ashes for trees

Hot air for a cool breeze

Cold comfort for change

Did you exchange 

A walk on part in the war

For a lead role in the cage

How I wish How I wish you were here 

We’re just two lost souls  swimmin’ in a fish bowl

Year after year

Running over the same old ground

And how we found the same old fears

Wish you were here

PHILOSOPHY

This short. Song as so much symbolism and  philosophy wrapped up in so few words, that it defies interpretation a bit....however...that never stopped me before and it’s not going to now.

the tune begin s by asking the listener how sure. We are about the  things we see and appear to be obvious.  It then. Asks in no uncertain terms if we sell out real but small  issues  for a comfortable. Life in a cage?  It pretty much announces that if you make. The.trade you will be “a “lost soul” always under. The watchful.I of oppression and prone. To making no progrtess.  

This is a haunting  warning about getting isolated due to comfort and insecurity  and after a while not being able to see the first for  the trees so to speak.  Heed. The warning 

 MORE THAN A WISH... MAKE. SURE. THEY KNOW. YOU WERE HERE

Today’s  post  features the Rock and Roll Philosophy related to. Pink Floyd’s. wish You Were  Here.  

written by  Roger Waters and David Gilmore performed by Pink Floyd

So so you think you can tell 

Heaven from Hell

Blue skies from pain

Can you tell a green field 

From a cold steel. Rail 

A smile from a veil

Do you think you can tell

Did  they get. You to trade 

Your Heroes for ghosts

Hot ashes for trees

Hot air for a cool breeze

Cold comfort for change

Did you exchange 

A walk on part in the war

For a lead role in the cage

How I wish How I wish you were here 

We’re just two lost souls  swimmin’ in a fish bowl

Year after year

Running over the same old ground

And how we found the same old fears

Wish you were here

PHILOSOPHY

This short. Song as so much symbolism and  philosophy wrapped up in so few words, that it defies interpretation a bit....however...that never stopped me before and it’s not going to now.

the tune begin s by asking the listener how sure. We are about the  things we see and appear to be obvious.  It then. Asks in no uncertain terms if we sell out real but small  issues  for a comfortable. Life in a cage?  It pretty much announces that if you make. The.trade you will be “a “lost soul” always under. The watchful.I of oppression and prone. To making no progrtess.  

This is a haunting  warning about getting isolated due to comfort and insecurity  and after a while not being able to see the first for  the trees so to speak.  Heed. The warning 

 MORE THAN A WISH... MAKE. SURE. THEY KNOW. YOU WERE HERE

Today’s  post  features the Rock and Roll Philosophy related to. Pink Floyd’s. wish You Were  Here.  

written by  Roger Waters and David Gilmore performed by Pink Floyd

So so you think you can tell 

Heaven from Hell

Blue skies from pain

Can you tell a green field 

From a cold steel. Rail 

A smile from a veil

Do you think you can tell

Did  they get. You to trade 

Your Heroes for ghosts

Hot ashes for trees

Hot air for a cool breeze

Cold comfort for change

Did you exchange 

A walk on part in the war

For a lead role in the cage

How I wish How I wish you were here 

We’re just two lost souls  swimmin’ in a fish bowl

Year after year

Running over the same old ground

And how we found the same old fears

Wish you were here

PHILOSOPHY

This short. Song as so much symbolism and  philosophy wrapped up in so few words, that it defies interpretation a bit....however...that never stopped me before and it’s not going to now.

the tune begin s by asking the listener how sure. We are about the  things we see and appear to be obvious.  It then. Asks in no uncertain terms if we sell out real but small  issues  for a comfortable. Life in a cage?  It pretty much announces that if you make. The.trade you will be “a “lost soul” always under. The watchful.I of oppression and prone. To making no progrtess.  

This is a haunting  warning about getting isolated due to comfort and insecurity  and after a while not being able to see the first for  the trees so to speak.  Heed. The warning 

 MORE THAN A WISH... MAKE. SURE. THEY KNOW. YOU WERE HERE

Today’s  post  features the Rock and Roll Philosophy related to. Pink Floyd’s. wish You Were  Here.  

written by  Roger Waters and David Gilmore performed by Pink Floyd

So so you think you can tell 

Heaven from Hell

Blue skies from pain

Can you tell a green field 

From a cold steel. Rail 

A smile from a veil

Do you think you can tell

Did  they get. You to trade 

Your Heroes for ghosts

Hot ashes for trees

Hot air for a cool breeze

Cold comfort for change

Did you exchange 

A walk on part in the war

For a lead role in the cage

How I wish How I wish you were here 

We’re just two lost souls  swimmin’ in a fish bowl

Year after year

Running over the same old ground

And how we found the same old fears

Wish you were here

PHILOSOPHY

This short. Song as so much symbolism and  philosophy wrapped up in so few words, that it defies interpretation a bit....however...that never stopped me before and it’s not going to now.

the tune begin s by asking the listener how sure. We are about the  things we see and appear to be obvious.  It then. Asks in no uncertain terms if we sell out real but small  issues  for a comfortable. Life in a cage?  It pretty much announces that if you make. The.trade you will be “a “lost soul” always under. The watchful.I of oppression and prone. To making no progrtess.  

This is a haunting  warning about getting isolated due to comfort and insecurity  and after a while not being able to see the first for  the trees so to speak.  Heed. The warning 

In honor of Neil Who was a new world man

In HONOR OF. NEIL PEART DRUMMER

NEW WORLD MAN PERFORMED BY RUSH

Written. By  Neil Elwood PEART )RIP) 

Gary Lee Weinrib & Alex Zivojinovich 

He’s a rebel and a runner 

He’s a signal turning green 

He’s a restless young romantic

Wants to run a big machine

He’s got a problem with his poisons

But you know you’ll find a cure

He’s cleaning up the system

To keep  his nature pure

Learning to match the beat of the old world man

Learning to catch the heat of the third world man

He’s got to make his own mistakes

And learn to mend them as he makes

He’s old enough to know what’s right and young enough not to choose it

He’s noble enough  to win the world and weak enough to lose it

He’s a new worl man

He’s a radio receiver

Tuned to factories and farms

He’s a writer and a ranger

And a young man bearing arms

He’s gat a problem with his powers

Weapons on Patrol 

He’s got to walk a fine line

And keep his self-control

Trying to save the world for the old world man

Trying to pave the way for third world man

He’s not concerned with yesterday

He knows constant change is here today 

He’s noble enough to know what’s right

But weak enough not to choose. It

He’s wise enough to win the world

But. Fool enough to loose it

He’s a new world man 

He’s learning to match the beat of the old world man

Learning to  catch the heat of the. Third world man

HE’S A NEW  WORLD MAN

PHILOSOPHY

Since this is a cross-over. Post  between. My Peace and Joy Blog and the Rock and Roll Philosophy  Blog I’ll try to limit my  comments to those that. Fit both.  Neil “Elwoood” PEART passed onto the never-ending  heart-pounding  solo section of his spiritual life yesterday and boy could he bring it.  Most of the time there was  subtle  joy in his driving  style as he punctuated every Rush  lyric and backed almost any sound that this  remarkable. Three-person  group could crank out.  He was a human. Controlled. Explosion  and yet he never. Covered up  the Rush lyrics which almost always had  a social. Justice or observation  message and made it clear that living in todays world was complicated and changing.  Neil  brought. The group. Right to the edge of the change with his beat all the time and  the lyrics took it the rest of the way.  

In my listening career and that includes a lot of hours I haven’t heard better....I have heard some equal drum solos sometimes because. Let’s face it drummers get possessed by their  spiritual rhythms and  do remarkable things in a flow and peace and joy come in a flow.  

New world man (this song I have  selected among n many) tells us to pay attention to the world around us and differences between the  old and new worlds and all the perspectives  each of us can bring to their experiences.  The song clearly says the  best can happen but it will have to be chosen.  

The  song tells us that those caught in the  new world are well aware of their. Situation and those of their fellow man.  For a  song written nearly 30 years ago  the message of the “new world” generation screams out true even today.  

REST IN PEACE

 Neil

We’ll return to a more. Regular post tomorrow.not change is  going to  be with us now and In HONOR OF. NEIL PEART DRUMMER

NEW WORLD MAN PERFORMED BY RUSH

Written. By  Neil Elwood PEART )RIP) 

Gary Lee Weinrib & Alex Zivojinovich 

He’s a rebel and a runner 

He’s a signal turning green 

He’s a restless young romantic

Wants to run a big machine

He’s got a problem with his poisons

But you know you’ll find a cure

He’s cleaning up the system

To keep  his nature pure

Learning to match the beat of the old world man

Learning to catch the heat of the third world man

He’s got to make his own mistakes

And learn to mend them as he makes

He’s old enough to know what’s right and young enough not to choose it

He’s noble enough  to win the world and weak enough to lose it

He’s a new worl man

He’s a radio receiver

Tuned to factories and farms

He’s a writer and a ranger

And a young man bearing arms

He’s gat a problem with his powers

Weapons on Patrol 

He’s got to walk a fine line

And keep his self-control

Trying to save the world for the old world man

Trying to pave the way for third world man

He’s not concerned with yesterday

He knows constant change is here today 

He’s noble enough to know what’s right

But weak enough not to choose. It

He’s wise enough to win the world

But. Fool enough to loose it

He’s a new world man 

He’s learning to match the beat of the old world man

Learning to  catch the heat of the. Third world man

HE’S A NEW  WORLD MAN

PHILOSOPHY

Since this is a cross-over. Post  between. My Peace and Joy Blog and the Rock and Roll Philosophy  Blog I’ll try to limit my  comments to those that. Fit both.  Neil “Elwoood” PEART passed onto the never-ending  heart-pounding  solo section of his spiritual life yesterday and boy could he bring it.  Most of the time there was  subtle  joy in his driving  style as he punctuated every Rush  lyric and backed almost any sound that this  remarkable. Three-person  group could crank out.  He was a human. Controlled. Explosion  and yet he never. Covered up  the Rush lyrics which almost always had  a social. Justice or observation  message and made it clear that living in todays world was complicated and changing.  Neil  brought. The group. Right to the edge of the change with his beat all the time and  the lyrics took it the rest of the way.  

In my listening career and that includes a lot of hours I haven’t heard better....I have heard some equal drum solos sometimes because. Let’s face it drummers get possessed by their  spiritual rhythms and  do remarkable things in a flow and peace and joy come in a flow.  

New world man (this song I have  selected among n many) tells us to pay attention to the world around us and differences between the  old and new worlds and all the perspectives  each of us can bring to their experiences.  The song clearly says the  best can happen but it will have to be chosen.  

The  song tells us that those caught in the  new world are well aware of their. Situation and those of their fellow man.  For a  song written nearly 30 years ago  the message of the “new world” generation screams out true even today.  

REST IN PEACE

 Neil

We’ll return to a more. Regular post tomorrow.not change is  going to  be with us now and In HONOR OF. NEIL PEART DRUMMER

NEW WORLD MAN PERFORMED BY RUSH

Written. By  Neil Elwood PEART )RIP) 

Gary Lee Weinrib & Alex Zivojinovich 

He’s a rebel and a runner 

He’s a signal turning green 

He’s a restless young romantic

Wants to run a big machine

He’s got a problem with his poisons

But you know you’ll find a cure

He’s cleaning up the system

To keep  his nature pure

Learning to match the beat of the old world man

Learning to catch the heat of the third world man

He’s got to make his own mistakes

And learn to mend them as he makes

He’s old enough to know what’s right and young enough not to choose it

He’s noble enough  to win the world and weak enough to lose it

He’s a new worl man

He’s a radio receiver

Tuned to factories and farms

He’s a writer and a ranger

And a young man bearing arms

He’s gat a problem with his powers

Weapons on Patrol 

He’s got to walk a fine line

And keep his self-control

Trying to save the world for the old world man

Trying to pave the way for third world man

He’s not concerned with yesterday

He knows constant change is here today 

He’s noble enough to know what’s right

But weak enough not to choose. It

He’s wise enough to win the world

But. Fool enough to loose it

He’s a new world man 

He’s learning to match the beat of the old world man

Learning to  catch the heat of the. Third world man

HE’S A NEW  WORLD MAN

PHILOSOPHY

Since this is a cross-over. Post  between. My Peace and Joy Blog and the Rock and Roll Philosophy  Blog I’ll try to limit my  comments to those that. Fit both.  Neil “Elwoood” PEART passed onto the never-ending  heart-pounding  solo section of his spiritual life yesterday and boy could he bring it.  Most of the time there was  subtle  joy in his driving  style as he punctuated every Rush  lyric and backed almost any sound that this  remarkable. Three-person  group could crank out.  He was a human. Controlled. Explosion  and yet he never. Covered up  the Rush lyrics which almost always had  a social. Justice or observation  message and made it clear that living in todays world was complicated and changing.  Neil  brought. The group. Right to the edge of the change with his beat all the time and  the lyrics took it the rest of the way.  

In my listening career and that includes a lot of hours I haven’t heard better....I have heard some equal drum solos sometimes because. Let’s face it drummers get possessed by their  spiritual rhythms and  do remarkable things in a flow and peace and joy come in a flow.  

New world man (this song I have  selected among n many) tells us to pay attention to the world around us and differences between the  old and new worlds and all the perspectives  each of us can bring to their experiences.  The song clearly says the  best can happen but it will have to be chosen.  

The  song tells us that those caught in the  new world are well aware of their. Situation and those of their fellow man.  For a  song written nearly 30 years ago  the message of the “new world” generation screams out true even today.  

REST IN PEACE

 Neil

We’ll return to a more. Regular post tomorrow.