Ben E. King Dead: ‘Stand By Me’ Singer Dies at 76

With the death of Ben E. King, I’m reminded of an interview view he did with CBS News just a little over a month ago when the Library of Congress announced “Stand By Me” was to be preserved in its National Recording Registry.  Gosh, he was fully of joy in that interview, anyone that watched it couldn’t help but smile and be happy for him as everyone has some kind of connection to that piece of art.  I wish I could actually find the video of the interview, so I just settled on providing a link to an article.

He wrote and recorded the song which he says took him “maybe a day or two.”  But during the recording, the famous “darling, darling” part wasn’t in the lyrics, he simply improvised, which iconified it, and made music history.

There’s just a handful of songs that I feel I can really get lost in.  “American Pie” is one, and certainly “Stand By Me”.

 

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Bag of Randomness

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  • There was a shark attack in Hawaii recently.   This surprised me because I thought there weren’t any sharks around the Hawaiian Islands because of something relating to a coral reef.  And then it hit me, I was told that bit of info before my family vacationed there the summer before I entered the fourth-grade, and I’m sure it was one of those lies to alleviate my fears of going in the ocean.
  • That reminds me of another story of my ignorance and this is embarrassing.  During my spring semester of my freshman year in college, I needed a sociology credit and took a class named Sociology of Marriage.  It was a bit of a popular class because sex was often discussed, and since it was in the context of academia and God, you weren’t sinning.  Well you know, kinda.  In one class, the instructor was going over the female anatomy and pointed out the urethra and its use.  The girls around me noticed the perplexed expression on my face and asked what was wrong, and I told them that I didn’t know women urinated through their vagina, that the vagina was strictly where babies catapulted from.  Another girl inquired as to where I thought urine in females came from I said the anus (good time for a TICKET drop for you KTCK listeners).  The back of the class (yup, that’s where I sat) erupted in laughter when she said that would be one heck of a stream.
  • Buzzfeed – 30 Things That Will Give Christian Kids Intense Childhood Flashbacks
  • It thinks I’m 34 and you can try it out here – How Old Do I Look –  Engadget Article:  Microsoft can guess your age using facial recognition
  • Some days I find Kristen Wiig very attractive, and other days not so much.
  • Last night’s ‘Big Bang Theory’ had Sheldon’s mother who’s a fundamentalist Christian from East Texas.  Her character gave me two big laughs.  When Sheldon asked her how the loins were fed on the ark, she said they were fed by drowning sinners.  In reference to apologizing to someone after a verbal fight, she said the Christian in her makes her turn the other cheek, but the Texan in her makes her want to shoot her.
  • I have no interest in the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight.  I also have no interest in the NFL Draft, which is not like me.
  • President Obama has no sons, as did his predecessor, as did his predecessor’s predecessor.  So the last First Son our country has had was actually George W. Bush during his father’s administration, which ended in 1993.  That’s about 22-years the U.S. has gone without a First Son.
  • Yesterday, UnitedHealthcare announced a partnership with three telemedicine companies to cover video-based doctor visits just as it covers in-person visits. It’s the future of medicine.
  • Russian politician fears Apple’s free U2 album will make you gay
  • Man punches 300 lb bear: ‘I ain’t lettin’ no bear eat my puppies’
  • Today’s dose of ‘MURICA!
  • Three things about Vince Gilligan’s Reddit AMA
    • He said there’s talk of a Pollos Hermanos becoming a real restaurant, though he wouldn’t be associated.
    • His favorite episode he wrote for ‘The X-Files’ just might be my favorite, “Bad Blood‘.  Gosh, that episode sure was hilarious.
    • He thinks a spin-off backstory series of Gus Fring would be a good idea.  Man, I’d love to see that happen.
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