@Alpha_Zero thanks for your reply. By the way! Great post. Take care and GOD bless.   ... View more

@Alpha_Zero I cannot define one rock band as my favorite because I have many favorite songs by multiple rock bands. What I can do is give you my top five and my favorite albums from those groups. 1.)   Led Zeppelin IV (Remaster) favorite song from this album is #4 Stairway to Heaven. 2.)   Willy And The Poor Boys (Expanded Edition) favorite song on this album is #8 Midnight Special.  3).    1984 (Remastered) favorite song from this album is #2 Jump. This was also album of the year in 1984. 4).   Greatest Hits 1990-1999: A Tribute To A Work In Progress... favorite song from this album is #4 She Talks To Angels. 5).   The Razors Edge favorite songs on this album are #1 Thunderstruck and #3 Money Talks. Take care and GOD bless.   ... View more

@AlyssaPandora thank you for your very kind words dear friend, and I thank you for your support as well. I'm very happy for being here and for the friends I have made through Pandora. Music has power to heal, and it is a great companion to have as well. Have a blessed night dear friend, take care and GOD bless. ... View more

A Huge Thank You to @Pandora and My Incredible Supporters @Pandora , I truly appreciate the "Shout Out"! This streaming service has been an absolute lifesaver for me, and I can't thank you enough. I also want to express my deepest gratitude to @AlyssaPandora, @ErickPandora,@AdamPandora, @TannerPandora, @MariaPandora, @ShannonPandora and @LeonPandora —you have all been incredible supporters and even better friends. A special thank you goes to @AlyssaPandora, @ErickPandora, @AdamPandora, and @TannerPandora who have been with me from the very beginning of my journey with @Pandora. Your unwavering support has meant the world to me. I also want to give a heartfelt shoutout to the amazing Community members who have been encouraging and supporting me through the posts I curate. Your kindness and encouragement have been invaluable. Thank you all for being part of this journey with me! Take care and GOD bless you dear friends. ... View more

@AngelaMCmusic looking forward to your new music. Have a great Saturday, and a wonderful Sunday. Take care and GOD bless. ... View more

Good Saturday afternoon friend, today we are going to take an Indepth look at the meaning of the song Never Satisfied by CORPSE. This song was requested by @lily_kim5, thank you for your request. Enjoy the song as well as the read. "Never Satisfied" by CORPSE expresses the artist's struggle with self-acceptance and satisfaction. He feels that he is a screw-up and cannot live a simple life. He is constantly on edge, running away from his opposition and chasing success. However, no matter how much he achieves, he is still unable to find happiness or acceptance within himself. The artist also touches upon his relationships with other people, particularly his exes. He acknowledges that they cannot forget him, but their memory does not bring him any fulfillment or validation. Instead, he wallows in self-hatred and continues to seek temporary highs to distract himself from his problems. Overall, "Never Satisfied" is a song that highlights the difficulties of finding peace and contentment within oneself. The artist recognizes his faults and shortcomings but is unable to overcome them and find lasting happiness. (Source comes from Meaning of Never Satisfied by CORPSE Have a blessed day. Take care and GOD bless. ... View more

@lily_kim5 I would be honored to do that song for you, either later this evening or perhaps tomorrow if I can't make it happen for you later.  Have a blessed night, take care and GOD bless. ... View more

@AdamPandora thank you dear friend for your kind message and for your great support. Pandora has been my 2nd home, and it has been an honor to be a part of it. Take care and GOD bless. ... View more

Good Thursday evening, dear friend, perhaps this is what we both need to help us through some very trying times! "When life feels overwhelming, remember to offer yourself the gift of kindness. You don't have to carry the weight of the world alone. Speak to yourself the way you would a dear friend—with words of understanding and encouragement. It’s okay to not be okay, and it’s okay to give yourself grace. This simple act of self-compassion can transform stress into strength and remind you of your resilience." "When stress starts to rise, pause and place your hand gently on your heart. Take a few slow breaths and silently say, 'I am enough. I am doing my best.' This simple gesture reconnects you to the comfort of self-compassion and provides a moment of peace in the chaos."  Have a blessed night, friend, take care, and GOD bless.  ... View more

Good Thursday evening, friend, tonight we are going to get to know the meaning of the song LightningCrashes by Live. Enjoy the song as well as the read.  Ed Kowalczyk was sitting on the edge of his brother’s bed, strumming a guitar, when he wrote what would become “Lightning Crashes.” Kowalczyk, 21 at the time, was living in his mother’s house in York, Pennsylvania, after his band Live had finished touring for their debut album, Mental Jewelry. In a 2004 interview included on the DVD for Awake: The Best Of Live, Kowalczyk said, “To this day I have no idea where that song came from – and I love that.” Lyrically, “Lightning Crashes” is a meditation on the cycle of life, death, and reincarnation. Kowalczyk’s vision of the song was a hospital emergency room where people died and babies were born, a never-ending transference of life energy: “Lightning crashes an old mother dies/Her intentions fall to the floor/The angel closes her eyes/The confusion that was hers/Belongs now to the baby down the hall.”  Just a few years before, Kowalczyk discovered the writings of Indian spiritualist Jiddu Krishnamurti, whose philosophy of living life from a place of selflessness and humility influenced the singer’s songwriting process, as well as the band’s creative philosophy. “Lightning Crashes” was recorded and produced with Talking Heads’ Jerry Harrison as part of the sessions for Live’s sophomore effort, Throwing Copper, at the famed Pachyderm Studio in Minnesota, during the summer of 1993. Around this time, Barbara Lewis, a longtime friend of the band, was killed by a drunk driver while fleeing from the police after a robbery in York. The band dedicated the song to Lewis, who was only 19 when she died. “It was something that we hoped would honor the memory of a girl we grew up with and help her family cope with the sorrow, which it seems to have accomplished – keeping with the theme of the song,” Kowalcyzk said, in a 1995 interview in Spin magazine. Lewis was also a registered organ donor; when she died, she helped save the lives of many people, including a ten-month-old baby who received her liver.  Throwing Copper was released on April 24, 1994. The album’s first single was “Selling The Drama,” followed by “I Alone.” Live’s drummer, Chad Gracey, said when “Lightning Crashes” was presented to record executives, the band was told the song would become a single “over their dead bodies”. Clocking in at about five-and-a-half minutes, the record label thought the song was too long. “Of course, it became probably the biggest hit from Live, and so it was ironic that I was told that, yet the people chose that to be the biggest song,” said Kowalczyk. The band debuted “Lightning Crashes” at Woodstock ’94 and released the official single a month later, on September 24, 1994. “Lightning Crashes” owes much of its success to the extremely '90s music video that was played on constant rotation on MTV. Helmed by veteran music director Jake Scott, the video was shot in an old mansion in downtown Los Angeles and caused some misinterpretations around the song’s intent. “While the clip is shot in a home environment, I envisioned it taking place in a hospital, where all these simultaneous deaths and births are going on, one family mourning the loss of a woman while a screaming baby emerges from a young mother in another room,” said Kowalczyk. “Nobody’s dying in the act of childbirth, as some viewers think. What you’re seeing is a happy ending based on a kind of transference of life.”For the next two years, “Lightning Crashes” dominated alternative radio and MTV, peaking at No.6 on the US Mainstream Top 40 and No.1 on both the US Alternative and Mainstream rock charts. At the time of the single’s release, Throwing Copper was a gold record. By the spring of 1995, the record had jumped to triple-platinum. Gracey believed the way the song slowly “builds from starting very quiet to the crescendo that comes at the end” is one of the things that made it stand out.  A nation grieves On April 19, 1995, 168 people were killed in the Oklahoma City bombing. A remix of Live’s single, created by an Oklahoma City DJ, which included sound bites from Bill Clinton and Tom Brokaw, as well as fire-engine and ambulance sirens, became the soundtrack for tributes to the event. “It sort of became the de facto song [for the bombing],” Gracey said. “It was very bittersweet and surreal and strange to see this impactful event in our country and then have a song that we wrote be associated with it.” On May 6, Throwing Copper was the bestselling album in the US, shifting more than eight million copies in the US alone. Now, more than two decades later, the song is synonymous with a very specific time and place, and remains a staple of the band’s live shows, without leaving a dry eye in the house. (Source comes from 'Lightning Crashes': The Story Behind Live’s Meditation On Life Have a blessed night, take care, and GOD bless. ... View more

@FNEazyE Thank you for sharing your playlist. To be honest, it was too explicit for my liking as a whole, but I did find some songs that I do like that were non-explicit. Jelly Roll and XXTENTACION had some cool songs. Thanks again. Have a blessed night, take care, and GOD bless. ... View more

@Pandora, Back in 2019, during an incredibly difficult time in my life following the passing of my brother Donnie and other stressors, I found my solace here. GOD saved me, and @Pandora provided me with a sanctuary through music. This streaming service has been life-changing and truly exhilarating for me. Thank you, @Pandora, for helping me find peace and comfort when I needed it most. And thank you for the friends I have come to know and appreciate greatly through Pandora.  Take care and GOD bless. ... View more

@MCravens I listen to Pandora while I work, while I sleep, eat, read, and any other time I'm not watching TV or having company over.  Take care and GOD bless. ... View more

@Trainman_Man200, "I've always had a deep love for trains, partly because of my late grandfather, William Hempstead. He dedicated 25 years to the D&H Railroad before retiring, later continuing his career working for the city of Albany." Have a blessed night, take care, and GOD bless. ... View more

@AlyssaPandora I had the same reaction when I came across this fact. Thank you, friend, for your support and friendly reply. Have a blessed weekend, take care, and GOD bless. ... View more

Good Friday morning, dear friend. Here is a husband and blonde wife joke, perhaps it will brighten your mood.  The husband tells his blonde wife, "Sweetheart, grab our drinks and join me for the 10 PM news." As they watch, a man appears on screen, teetering on the edge of a 10-story building. The husband says, "I bet you $100 he jumps." The wife replies, "No way he jumps—I'll take that bet!" Moments later, the man jumps. The husband turns to his wife and says, "You owe me $100, but I can't take it because I already saw this on the 5 PM news and knew he'd jump." The wife smiles and says, "Oh, I saw the 5 PM news too! I just didn't think he'd jump twice." Have a blessed day and a wonderful weekend. Take care and GOD bless. ... View more

@AdamPandora "My favorite national anthem performance isn't any one particular rendition or occasion. The moment that stands out most to me was after 9/11, when nations around the world showed their support and solidarity with the United States by playing our National Anthem. It was a deeply moving gesture of unity and compassion." For a brief moment, most of the world came together.  Have a blessed day. Take care and GOD bless. ... View more

Good Friday morning, dear friend. Allow me, if you will, to ask you an off-the-wall question! Can a day somewhere be longer than a year? Well, here is a fact that may intrigue you. A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus. Venus takes 243 Earth days to rotate once on its axis, but only 225 Earth days to orbit the Sun—wild time warp vibes. (Source comes from Why is a day on Venus is longer than a year? The atmosphere may be to blame. | Space Have a blessed day, friend. Take care and GOD bless. ... View more

@MeshageChrisB I'm an Upstate New Yorker. I'm an hour from Copperstown, 3 hours from the Big Apple, and 2 hours from the capital of N.Y Albany, the city where I was born. I was best friends with Kerry McIntosh when I was in the service, he lives in Paducah, Kentucky. Hope to see you around more. Take care and GOD bless. ... View more

@AlyssaPandora nice song. Here in Upstate N.Y, we are supposed to reach 71 Saturday, but rain and passing storms are forecasted. Sunday it is 50 and cloudy. Take care and GOD bless. ... View more