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Happy Birthday «Lady Of The Canyon» – Eine Legende wird 79
Joni Mitchell hat das «Kult-Hippie-Leben» rund um den Laurel Canyon (Los Angeles, West Hollywood, USA) erst richtig berühmt gemacht – ihr Song «Lady Of The Canyon» handelt davon. Sie hat manchem Mann den Kopf verdreht, vorab David Crosby (Crosby, Stills & Nash) und Led Zeppelin Frontmann Robert Plant welcher in «Going to California» eine Hommage an sie richtete.
«Die Rede ist von Adult Orientated Rock…
kurz: „AOR“ oder Melodic Rock.»
(Blog: «AOR«,2023)
«He’s just another power junky
Just another silk-scarf monkey
You’d know it if you saw his stuff
The man just isn’t big enough»
(Lyrics from «King Of Hollywood», 1979)
«It’s gonna be a long, hot summer
This place is like a burning hell
Get ready for a long, hot summer…»
(Lyrics from Song: «Long Hot Summer», 1992)
«You know, rock ‘n’ roll is not a job.
It’s a passion.
It’s a way of life. It’s a religion.»
(Singer of Fleetwood Mac, 1975)
«Life is funny.
If you don’t laugh, you’re in trouble.»
(Drummer of Foo Fighters)
«Seems it never rains in southern California…»
(Lyrics from «It Never Rains In Southern California…», 1972)
«…But that was yesterday
I had the world in my hands…»
(Lyrics from «That Was Yesterday», 1984)
I say, «Hey!» (Hey!)
It′s another nice day
Another nice day in L.A.
(Lyrics from «Another Nice Day in L.A.», 1991)
“I am a golden god!”
(Founder of Led Zeppelin, 1968)
«I see glitter – I see people – I see freaks – I see life on Sunset Boulevard…»
(Lyrics from «Sunset Blvd», 1978)
«Look at that, look at that
Get your money for nothin› (I want my, I want my)
Chicks for free (I want my MTV)
Money for nothin›, chicks for free (I want my, I want my, I want my MTV)»
(Lyrics from «Money For Nothing», 1985)
«We can be heroes,
just for one day…»
(Lyrics from Song: «Heroes», 1977)
«I’m making music because music makes things better
and it makes people happier.
That’s good enough for me»
(Founder of: Crosby, Stills and Nash, 1968)
«Don’t be lady…
..Be a legend!»
(Singer of Fleetwood Mac, 1975)
«Hey Bernadette, Say Bernadette
Hear what I say, and don’t forget»
(Lyrics from «Hey Bernadette», 1985)
«Ten miles east of El Paso I drive through the night…»
(Lyrics from «Ten Miles», 2018)
«…On the beach,
you can live in bliss.»
(Founder of the Beach Boys, 1961)
«Nobody on the roadNobody on the beachI feel it in the air – The summer’s out of reach»
(Lyrics from Song: «Boys of Summer», 1984)
«We are Motörhead…
And we play rock and roll.»
(Founder of Motörhead, 1975)
«If you′re going to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair»
(Lyrics from Song: «If you′re going to San Francisco»,1967)
