Donald Trump's Pop Music: Rolling Stone Magazine

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When I am not blogging it's CNN on HD for me. Fox News comes in the way only if the news pieces are interesting enough, otherwise the non HD channel has images so hazy and blurred from the Singapore telecast that I'd rather not watch the programmes on 702.  In fact watching the goggle box these days is near impossible without High Definition. I am spoilt.

So what do I watch on these channels. The big man on the small screen these days is The Donald. Watching Donald Trump on television has become second nature these past few months. I find him an enigma. Love him or hate him, the Trump is on the *POTUS campaign trail and I was following his Race for the White House. Since I am no #politikus, I would not like to discuss the subject on this blog , so this posting is just about the kind of music Mr Trump appreciates. Nothing more.

When I found him on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine on a You Tube video, it featured a taped interview about his favourite pop artistes. Being a television celebrity himself, Trump has many top gun friends that he mentions on the video.

According to his brief chat, Trump has been reading Rolling Stone for a long time and respects the talent of the Beatles, Elton John and other pop singers. He has many friends in the popular music field and mentions Aerosmith with Steven Tyler as people he appreciates. He is a big fan of the group and noticed that Tyler attended one of his debates recently.

Another fan of his is Bon Jovi and acknowledges the famous tenor Luciano Pavarotti. Another mega star that he used to keep in touch with was Michael Jackson (1958 - 2009). According to Trump, the singer who had passed away used to live at Trump Towers and the billionaire believes that MJ lost confidence in himself for different reasons.  

Paul McCartney, according to Trump, is another star he knows. McCartney is often seen in New York City and feels that the former Beatle is a terrific guy. Trump has also spoken well of Neil Young saying that the singer's voice is, perfect and haunting.  

Young's song, Rocking In The Free World (1989) was used by Trump in his presidential candidacy announcement.  Trump also used The Rolling Stones, Brown Sugar (1971) and Twisted Sister's, We're Not Gonna Take It (1984) during his rallies.  Apparently he is familiar with the members of these groups although they took objection to his using these songs. 

The billionaire has been attending Broadway shows often, mentioning that the place is one of the great things about New York. Going to Broadway is one of his reliefs since he was himself in a tough business.

Two of Trump's favourite musicals are, Chicago (1975)  and Evita (1976). He has seen the Andrew Lloyd and Tim Rice extravaganza Evita at least six times and said the show was riveting. Don't Cry For Me Argentina, a truly beautiful composition, gripped the musical world when Elaine Paige sang it. Madonna came on with a movie version and the song has been covered by multiple artistes.

Trump loved the darkly cynical musical, Chicago too. The hit became a 2002 Oscar winning movie that starred, Richard Gere, Renee Zelwegger and Catherine Zeta Jones. 

I found this musical entertaining and gripping. It is the second longest running show in Broadway today. My favourite piece is, All That Jazz.

"Wall Street may be tough but the theatre business is tougher.  Making it to Broadway is no easy feat," said Donald Trump.

But even in show biz the real estate mogul has no problem.  In Los Angeles, this side of the US, The Donald has a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame in L.A. and it shines the brightest  among the thousands of stars on the well-renowned walk area. In fact his has become a major tourist attraction.

Some of his fans, who frequent the area near the Chinese Theatre, remarked that it was sometimes decorated with graffiti, "They either love it, or they hate it." 

^Come on babe, we're gonna brush the sky
I bet you Lucky Lindy never flew so high
Cause in the stratosphere
How could he lend an ear
To all that jazz...

So what do you say dear readers?

NB:

*POTUS: President Of The United States
#An Indonesian term for a political being.
^Lyrics/Music: All That Jazz: John Kander/Fred Ebb.

Images and interview taken from You Tube: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhw69ihw4nk

http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/1348184/donald-trumps-favorite-musicals-evita-and-chicago-naturally

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Steven Tyler: Past Is Gone, It Goes By Like Dusk To Dawn

"Every time I look in the mirror
All these lines on my face getting clearer
The past is gone
It goes by, like dusk to dawn
Isn't that the way
Everybody's got their dues in life to pay

Yeah, I know nobody knows
where it comes and where it goes
I know it's everybody's sin
You got to lose to know how to win

Half my life
is in books' written pages
Lived and learned from fools and
from sages
You know it's true
All the things come back to you
Sing with me, sing for the year
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tears..."
(Dream On by Steven Tyler/Aerosmith)

I grew up listening to Dean Martin, Nat Cole and Cliff Richard. The King was always standing by. Middle of the road stuff like Beautiful Sunday, Killing Me Softly and Mother And Child Reunion were also my cuppa in the mid 70s (having listened to them on New Zealand radio day and night in 1973).

But I began to appreciate Badfinger's Come And Get It and Steven Tyler's Dream On after having been introduced to them by younger college mates who were around me in the 80s, especially in Canada. The grounding of course came much earlier from Deep Purple, with their heavy guitar drawl that was metal.

These songs gave me that extra edge for what I term kick music, songs with that extra under-the-jaw punch. But Tyler's composition was one that I kept in the back drawers of my mind. I never appreciated the screaming man and his harmonica although I like the song.

When I started seeing him again week after week on American Idol a few years ago, I thought I'd open the drawer again and take out the crumpled paper that had part of the lyrics, Dream On. And when I read the words once more, they made a lot of sense. "The past is gone, it goes by like dusk to dawn" but "sing with me, sing for the year, Sing for the laughter, sing for the tears." Thank you Steven Tyler and Canadian Uni mates.

Image: Google images.
Original article: Andy Lim.

Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) - DREAM ON - live on American Idol - HD      

Video by: pjanczyk - June 11th, 2012.

NB:
Lead singer Steven Tyler, 65, described local women as delicious and a great melting pot since there are a lot of different kinds. He was replying tongue-in-cheek to a female reporter who had asked his views on the subject.  The veteran Aerosmith rockers are in Singapore to attend and perform at the Social Star Awards at the Marina Bay Sands area this weekend. The Psy guy will be here too I hear. Gallop on...

This article is a rejuvenation of two earlier postings.