A distinctive voice...

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↓Something a little different...

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↓Copies, reposted 11/30/22:

Rest in Peace Christine McVie 🕊🎹 pic.twitter.com/ibmQEsJo0U

— Christine McVie (@christine_mcvie) November 30, 2022

 

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— Stevie Nicks (@StevieNicks) November 30, 2022

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Gutted to learn about the passing of Christine McVie. Just gutted.
Songbird forever. 🩸

— Garbage (@garbage) November 30, 2022

I am so sad to hear of Christine McVie going on to heaven. The world feels weird without her here. What a legend and an icon and an amazing human being. RIP https://t.co/nr6nfZ8rTM

— Sheryl Crow (@SherylCrow) November 30, 2022

 “We are deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Christine McVie. Hers was a vibrant, soulful spirit, and her music was, and will remain, a gift to the world. We had the utmost admiration and respect for Christine. We send our heartfelt condolences to her family, her bandmates, and her legions of fans.

The Eagles”

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...A favorite, favorite popular music voice, for 50+ years 

..It hurts..

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"...The family's statement said "we would like everyone to keep Christine in their hearts and remember the life of an incredible human being, and revered musician who was loved universally.""

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↓..More earlier Fleetwood Mac backing vocal...

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...A terrific 2017 return (sample)...:

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...weep not that she is gone,

but tears of joy that she was here

A sample: Pages of spontaneous tributes after Christine's passing, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCRln1kqUc4 (comments section)

HERO

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3/14/22: ...As it currently appears...

↓5/1/2022 update: Interesting article (link below). (FWIW: I, for one, currently believe Marina's story. Not everyone is devious, or dishonest...or a 'spy':) 

"The Mysterious Case of Marina O."

7/17/22 update: Marina is still at it...:"Russian Journalist Behind Anti-War TV Protest Detained, Charged With 'War Fakes'"

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>>>10/17/22 update: "State TV journalist who denounced Ukraine war flees Russia"

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"Anti-war protester disrupts live Russian state TV bulletin"

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More: (3.14.22 news report, link): https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/anti-war-protester-interrupts-main-russian-news-show-2022-03-14/

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3/15/22 (link): "Marina Ovsyannikova: Russian journalist fined after TV protest"

↓Update: 3/20/22 copies, no affiliation. Brief comment: It is a little curious how + why Marina is "allowed" to continue to speak out to world media outlets...

EXCLUSIVE: Russian state TV editor, Marina Ovsyannikova, who protested Russia's invasion of Ukraine on the evening news broadcast tells @gstephanopoulos: "The Russian people are really against the war. It's Putin's war, not Russian peoples' war." https://t.co/TdtedIjD5D pic.twitter.com/Rwi0LoBXtC

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) March 20, 2022

"The propaganda on our state channels was becoming more and more distorted."

Russian state TV editor, Marina Ovsyannikova speaks to her protest on live television: "I was hoping that my performance, in a way, would help people change their mind." https://t.co/q2P3KQgXol pic.twitter.com/xQ7uvkgq0N

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) March 20, 2022

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(Temporary post:) Selected retro-music 'songs-of-the day'

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(↓Previously posted:) Why not? ↓Some of Dad and Mom's music from the '80s.  ..Wind here currently (up to) 45 mph tonight, wind chill = 8 (above), blowing snow....

...All sorts of time to re-post '80s flashback songs... for my remaining viewers -- both of 'em.  ↓Note: Some are "PG-14"-ish....Also: This post may be best experienced by scrolling the music videos from the bottom (of the post) to the top... 

 

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↓↑*Winding this one-time posting up for tonight...+ getting a little (more) random...*

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Reminder: please watch your earphones' volume..

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Retro-music 'songs-of-the day'

  Temporarily reposted. ...Multiple clips; a few selected songs/performances (mostly) from the popular music 'utopia' of the 1960s (+ '70s, IMO). (Remember: Please mind your earphones' volume:)

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(>>>..A longer clip -- identifying the lead dancer as Bobby Banas -- also from YT: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2v8IgJdsm4)

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Selected retro-music 'songs-of-the day' (2)

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↓A couple of older, slightly less-well-known "post-punk"/alternative music songs:

Song from 1987:

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Song from 1982:

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Selected retro-music 'songs-of-the day' (2)

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..↓Fittingly desolate/dreary lyrics, per the genres. Sounds good though..

Song from 1980:

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Song from 2009:

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Selected retro-music 'song-of-the day'

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Song from 1979:

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"Official video", link via YouTube. (Their drummer is unbelievable:)

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Selected retro-music 'songs-of-the day' (5+)

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... Insert: FWIW -- I don't like the overused, over-applied, overly-mindless phrase, "you rock".."they rock" .. he "rock".......ad nauseam..

...↓Watch your earphones' volume, because these (darker-music) bands DO (...'rock'):

Song from 1990:

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Song from 1990:

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Song from 1985:

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Song from 1990:

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Song from 1988 (..YT video was posted here previously):

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(...You've made it this far....👏)

Song from 1978:

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Selected retro-music 'song-of-the day'

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Song from 1979:

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Selected retro-music 'songs-of-the day' (2)

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Song from 1980:

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Song from 1987 (..even your blogger knows this one...):

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