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Halloween Journal – Heart and Teeth

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Halloween Journal Prompt: #16-  What do I have in common with a ghost, zombie, and werewolf?

In my loneliness I haunt my home, the woods behind my house, the railroad tracks behind my warehouse where I work, sometimes people catch sight of me moving through my life but if you ask the people who see me they will tell you they’re not sure what it is they saw.

My hunger for life makes me roar, I feast on it when I can catch it, I gorge on the darkness and drink the moonlight and when the Sun is too bright I hid under cool wet rotting leaves or the grave that someone dug for me, but I haven’t used yet.

When I lose my way I tilt my nose up to the sky and I howl  and then I run from shadow to shadow until I find my path.  Then I raise my nose to the sky again and I howl just a little louder with all of my heart and teeth.

Artist: Made by musician and digital artist Clayshaper.

Happy Caturday

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Welcome to a special addition of Caturday.

Today I’m celebrating two cool cats.

I used to watch Saturday Night Live because back in the 70’s I babysat a lot and SNL was the only good thing on that late at night

Plus I loved the skits and my favorites were any skits that Dan Ackroyd and John Belushi were in.

I remember the night the Blues Brothers made their first appearance and that at the next school dance I went to how many boys were dancing like “Jake”

What a great moment it was and how cool it is to say, “I saw that live”

Rock Me Amadeus!

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For this week’s Thursday Inspiration prompt, Jim Adams has given us the word “away,” and suggests we write about a song written in a foreign language and then became a hit in English.

 

One of my favorite songs- sung by one of the hottest looking men from the 8o’s music scene was Austrian artist Falco (Johann Hölzel)

” Rock Me Amadeus ” was released in German and became a hit in German. It was also released in English but it lost a little something in the translation, so I  still prefer to listen to it in German. I had friends who were from Germany so I knew what the song was about and I left it at that.

Falco was a complicated person, but he had a great voice and I loved his music. He died in a car crash in 1998

 

Rock me Amadeus Rock me Amadeus
Rock me rock me rock meAmadeusRock me all the time to the top 

 

Er war ein Punker

Und er lebte in der großen Stadt

Es war Wien, war Vienna

Wo er alles tat

Er hatte Schulden denn er trank

Doch ihn liebten alle Frauen

Und jede rief:

Come on and rock me Amadeus

 

Er war Superstar

Er war populär

Er war so exaltiert

because er hatte Flair

Er war ein Virtuose

War ein Rockidol

Und alles rief:

Come on and rock me Amadeus

 

Amadeus Amadeus, Amadeus

Amadeus Amadeus, Amadeus

Amadeus Amadeus,

oh oh oh Amadeus

 

Come on and rock me Amadeus

Amadeus Amadeus, Amadeus

Amadeus Amadeus, Amadeus

Amadeus Amadeus,

oh oh oh Amadeus

 

Es war um 1780

Und es war in Wien

No plastic money anymore

Die Banken gegen ihn

Woher die Schulden kamen

War wohl jedermann bekannt

Er war ein Mann der Frauen

Frauen liebten seinen Punk

 

Er war Superstar

Er war populär

Er war so exaltiert

Genau das war sein Flair

Er war ein Virtuose

War ein Rockidol

Und alles ruft noch heute:

Come on and rock me Amadeus

 

Amadeus Amadeus, Amadeus

Amadeus Amadeus, Amadeus

Amadeus Amadeus,

oh oh oh Amadeus

Come and rock me Amadeus….

 Rock me rock me rock meAmadeusRock me all the time to the top 

 

He was a punk

And he lived in the big city

It was Vienna, was Vienna

Where he did everything

He was in debt because he drank

But he was loved by all women

And each one shouted:

Come on and rock me Amadeus

 

He was a superstar

He was popular

He was so effusive

Because he had flair

He was a virtuoso

Was a rock idol

And everyone shouted:

Come on and rock me Amadeus

 

Amadeus Amadeus, Amadeus

Amadeus Amadeus, Amadeus

Amadeus Amadeus,

oh oh oh Amadeus

 

Come on and rock me Amadeus

Amadeus Amadeus, Amadeus

Amadeus Amadeus, Amadeus

Amadeus Amadeus,

oh oh oh Amadeus

 

It was around 1780

And it was in Vienna

No plastic money anymore

The banks against him

Where the debts came from

Was known by every one

He was a man of women

Women loved his punk

 

He was a superstar

He was popular

He was so effusive

Just this was his flair

He was a virtuoso

Was a rock idol

And even nowadays everyone shouts:

Come on and rock me Amadeus

 

Amadeus Amadeus, Amadeus

Amadeus Amadeus, Amadeus

Amadeus Amadeus,

oh oh oh Amadeus

Come and rock me Amadeus….

The only German-language song to ever hit #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart is “Rock Me Amadeus” by the Austrian artist Falco (Johann Hölzel)

While it is commonly categorized under the broader umbrella of 1980s pop, rap, and new wave, its prominent rock guitars and stylized theme—reimagining classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as a modern-day rock star—helped it achieve cross-genre success. It reached the top spot on March 29, 1986. 

Photo taken by de:Benutzer:Priwo, Public Domain

The Lion Sleeps Tonight ( Thank Goodness )

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Solomon Linda and bandmember circa 1941

When I was little and  was sure,  no, I was positive that the monster that lived in our attic was going to make an appearance in my room that night ( if you were five years old and had watched ” Nightmare Theatre ” and had an over active imagination like me, you’d have been on edge too ) I used to sing this song to myself until I fell asleep- even now when I’m feeling  stressed out for some reason-  that song pops into my head all on it’s own.

There are a lot of songs that I love, but this is the one that I have to say has stayed with me for my entire life.

The Lion Sleeps Tonight written and composed by the South African musician Solomon Linda in 1939. He has only recently been acknowledged and credited. In fact he lost control of his song when he signed a contract that he could not read.

By the time The Tokens released their version the practice of white washing rock and roll songs ( example- Pat Boone releasing covers of Little Richard’s songs ) was in full swing and in the end  Solomon Linda’s family  could not afford to buy him a tombstone upon his death in 1962.

Solomon Popoli Linda was born near Pomeroy, on the labor reserve Msinga, Umzinyathi District Municipality in Ladysmith in Natal, where he was familiar with the traditions of amahubo and izingoma zomshado (wedding songs) music.[2][3] He attended the Gordon Memorial mission school, where he learned about Western musical culture, hymns, and participated in choir contests