T P O

T   P   O
The Patient Ox (aka Hénock Gugsa)

G r e e t i n g s !

** TPO **
A personal blog with diverse topicality and multiple interests!


On the menu ... politics, music, poetry, and other good stuff.
There is humor, but there is blunt seriousness here as well!


Parfois, on parle français ici aussi. Je suis un francophile .... Bienvenue à tous!

* Your comments and evaluations are appreciated ! *

Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts

Thursday, May 6, 2021

Lily Was Here ~ By David A. Stewart with Candy Dulfe

 

Lily Was Here ~ By David A. Stewart with Candy Dulfe
===============//=================

--- Serious Coolness ! ---
A conversation between a guitar and a saxophone 

... there's nothing here but breezy coolness !!!

🤔 💫 >>




Wednesday, March 17, 2021

The Vanquishers! ~ by TPO

 

The Vanquishers ! 

~ by TPO ~
~ Whoever they are I love them !
~ Actually they are the Salut Salon Quartet from Hamburg, Germany
Angelika Bachmann (violin)
Iris Siegfried (violin)
Anne-Monika von Twardowski (piano)
Sonja Lena Schmid (cello)

❤️  ❤️ 
❤️  ❤️

 

 

Sunday, February 28, 2021

TSOS (after all these years) ! ~ by Simon & Garfunkel

 

(left to right) Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel
TSOS * 

(still sweet after all these years !) 

~ by Simon & Garfunkel ~

* The Sound of Silence -- by Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel

 

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Monday, January 25, 2021

Teamir Gizaw (ተዓምር ግዛው) ~ by TPO

 

Teamir Gizaw - ተዓምር  ግዛው

Teamir Gizaw (ተዓምር  ግዛው) 

~ by TPO ~

 Her name is Teamir Gizaw (ተዓምር  ግዛው) !
... She's endowed with great voice and good looks !
~ ድምፅ ብቻ  አይደለም  ያላት  ውበትም  ጭምር  ነው ።

 

Thursday, December 31, 2020

The Parting Glass ~ by Liam Clancy

 

 

Liam Clancy (1935-2009)

The Parting Glass 

~ by Liam Clancy ~

//////// 🇮🇪 🇮🇪 🇮🇪 ////////


 ... and may joy be with you !

 

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Most Impressive ! ~ by TPO

 

Ethiopian peasant woman

Most Impressive ! 

~ by TPO ~

This young Ethiopian gal competed in Norway's version of "Idol" ....
~ At the end, she does the "Eskesta", the Ethiopian crazy dance !
~ She is a free spirit !!!~

💚 💛 ❤️  🇳🇴  🇪🇹

   
               

Friday, December 11, 2020

Thursday, December 3, 2020

Monday, October 26, 2020

Backlash Blues ~ Nina Simone


Nina Simone (1933-2003)

Backlash Blues  

~ Nina Simone ~ 

 =====================================

Mister Backlash, Mister Backlash,
Just who do you think I am?
Tell me, Mister Backlash,
Who do you think I am?
You raise my taxes, freeze my wages,
Send my son to Vietnam.

You give me second-class houses,
Give me second-class schools,
Second-class houses
And second-class schools.
You must think us colored folks
Are second-class fools.

When I try to find a job
To earn a little cash,
Try to find myself a job
To earn a little cash,
All you got to offer
Is a white backlash.

But the world is big,
The world is big and round,
Great big world, Mister Backlash,
Big and bright and round—
And it's full of folks like me who are
Black, Yellow, Beige, and Brown.

Mister Backlash, Mister Backlash,
What do you think I got to lose?
Tell me, Mister Backlash,
What you think I got to lose?
I'm gonna leave you, Mister Backlash,
Singing your mean old backlash blues.

You're the one,
Yes, you're the one
Will have the blues. 

* “Backlash Blues” (1967) written by Langston Hughes  for his friend, Nina Simone. This was one of the last of Langston Hughes' protest poems before his death in 1967.  

 

Saturday, October 24, 2020

Universal Love for Music and Dance ~ by TPO

 

Universal Love for Music and Dance ~ by TPO

Music and Dance ... that's what we're all wired for !
ሙዚቃ እና ዳንስ ... በደም ሥራችን ውስጥ ነው ያለው !

💙 ❤️ 💙

[ Silent Place - by Jiggy ] 


 

Monday, October 12, 2020

"CATS" and Francesca Hayward ~ by Hénock Gugsa

 

Francesca Hayward

"CATS " and Francesca Hayward 

~ by Hénock Gugsa ~

Despite all the horrible reviews it has picked up here and there, I found "CATS" [now on HBO] quite enjoyable.  The music and the choreography are quite good, and a new and charming discovery is regaling her talents to the medium of film ....

Her name is: Francesca Hayward.  I guarantee you'll fall in love with this sweet Kenyan-British ballerina !! 

🤔  ❤️  🙂  



 

Saturday, May 16, 2020

A Great Cabaret Song ! ~ by TPO


A great song from the cabaret days of 1930's Paris
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Charlotte Dauvia: " Boulevard des rêves brisés " - 1932


Frances Langford: "The boulevard of broken dreams" - 1939