#a change is gonna come

[palatinewolfsblog]

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." Nelson Mandela

#thought of the day #thought of today #nelson mandela #education #emancipation #empowerment #knowledge #knowledge is power #power #learning #life lessons #weapon #use your head #change #a change is gonna come #change the game #change the world #think #dare to think #sapere aude #think about it #think for yourself

[blogformusicandthatsit]

#Sam Cooke #A Change Is Gonna Come #Ain't That Good News

[thecreaturecodex]

Something Big is Coming

The Old World is Dying

The New World Struggles to be Born

This is an Age of Monsters

Stay tuned...

#creature codex #a change is gonna come #tabletop rpgs #pathfinder 1e #pathfinder rpg

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Song of the Day - “A Change Is Gonna Come”

Today marks the 60th anniversary of Sam Cooke recording his great civil rights anthem “A Change Is Gonna Come” - January 30th, 1964, at RCA Studios in Hollywood, California.

Cooke wrote it in the Fall of 1963 when he and his band were turned away from a motel in Louisiana.

While it wasn’t one of Cooke’s biggest hits, it is considered his most influential and powerful composition, and has come to be called among the the greatest songs ever released. It was selected for preservation by the Library of Congress and the National Recording registry sa being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically important”.

Besides the painful inspiration of being banished from a whites-only motel, Sam Cooke was also inspired by Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ In The Wind”, which he saw as an example of how a popular song could move people positively. He was further inspired by Dr. King’s dream speech from August of 1963.

Cooke gave his frequent collaborative arranger Rene Hall free rein with the instrumentation and orchestration. Hall recognized the power of the song and decided to add a full orchestra and design the arrangement like a movie score.

It was organized to present the song for the first time on Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Show” on February 7th, and a full orchestra was brought in to add to the Tonight Show band.

The tape of the performance wasn’t saved for some reason, and the planned bigness of the debut was completely overshadowed by the Beatles’ performance on the Ed Sullivan Show a day or so later.

Cooke decided that the song spooked him and reminded him of death. He would never perform it again.

The song was first released on Cooke’s album “Ain’t That Good News” in March.

A single version was cut and prepared for release in December of the year.

Sam Cooke tragically died just before it was released.

“A Change Is Gonna Come” got famously covered by Otis Redding, and the Fifth Dimension.

Spike Lee chose it as the music under the scene in “Malcolm X” where Malcolm is contemplatively driving himself to the Audubon Ballroom where he will be assassinated. Very powerful.

The song has been sampled by many rappers.

When Barack Obama spoke just after winning election in 2008, his first words, in reference to this song were, "It's been a long time coming, but tonight, change has come to America.”

Then, at his inaugural, the song was performed in duet by Bettye LaVette and Jon Bon Jovi.

It continues to be performed by many artists at events both political and tribute oriented.

Truly one of America’s best anthems.... and never doesn't give me chills...

[Mary Elaine LeBey]

#music #songs #Sam Cooke #A Change Is Gonna Come #Youtube

[eye-of-the-purricane]

Beth Hart - A Change is Gonna Come

Live at the Echoplex in Los Angeles, CA on June 13, 2010.

#beth hart #a change is gonna come #cover song #cover version #cover #live on stage #live performance #live recording #music #video #music video #Youtube

[tygerland]

#seal #2008 #pop #music #soul #seal samuel #black men #singer #musician #black excellence #r&b #british #black tumblr #musicians #concert #a change is gonna come #retro #culture #sam cooke #🎶

[tornadoprose]

SAM COOKE - A CHANGE IS GONNA COME

"I was born by the river, in a little tent. Oh, and just like the river, I've been running ever since"

#Sam Cooke #A Change Is Gonna Come #Music #Lyrics #Youtube

[tha-wrecka-stow]

#soul and r&b #soul #r&b #rnb #r&b/soul #music #1960s #60s #sam cooke #a change is gonna come #Ain't That Good News

[afrotumble]

Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come (Official Lyric Video)

#sam cooke #a change is gonna come #blues #music #civil rights #Youtube

[bigmeatpete69420]

#bigmeatpete's banger of the day #banger #bop #otis redding #a change is gonna come #bigmeatpeteplaylist #Spotify

[djevilninja]

It’s been too hard living, but I’m afraid to die, ‘Cause I don’t know what’s up there, beyond the sky. It’s been a long, a long time coming, But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will.

Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come

#sam cooke #music #soul #60s #classic #a change is gonna come

[thecreaturecodex]

Major Announcement/Hiatus

So, I know I already made a post about my plans a week or two ago. Plans have changed. I am taking May off from new monsters. All month. I will be continuing to post reruns, and there will be new content. But it will be things like "if I ran the zoo, mechanical edition", where I talk about ways that I am dissatisfied with PF1E and will be making some tweaks going forward. And, in the words of the Star Wars Special Edition, "A Few New Surprises"

Don't worry: y'all's commissions are still coming. It's just going to be a bit. Also, new commissions are CLOSED. I have enough on my plate what with finishing up the school year and making my plans.

Because I have a Love of My Life. And I am finally feeling and looking like the Goth Gamer Goblin Girl I always have been inside? And I have managed to find a work/life balance that is making me a better teacher and a better person. And! I feel comfortable with running a long term, all homebrew game again, which is not something I've been able to do since I was like 19.

I want to make this summer a celebration of all of those things, and of all of the community that has helped both me as a writer and me as a person through some tough times. I started this blog as a way to keep myself sane during one of the darkest periods of my life. And I found a bunch of friends through it. And a soulmate.

Big Things are coming. Stay tuned.

#pathfinder 1e #pathfinder rpg #commissions #feedback #a change is gonna come

[baesmusic]

It's been too hard living

But I'm afraid to die

'Cause I don't know what's up there

Beyond the sky

#long time coming #a change is gonna come #sam cooke #spotify #my music #music #music lovers #spotify music #1960s #60s music #soul music #music and entertainment #music tumblr #playlist #baelist

[palatinewolfsblog]

The Outlander (for my old friend Shane a.k.a. @acommonloon ) ...

#art #watercolor #surrealism #americana #outlander #alienation #freedom #liberty #freedom of expression #colors #mankind #humankind #humanity #love #peace #understanding #breaking free #free your mind #a change is gonna come

[orpheusdrinkinga40inadeathbasket]

#the gits #a change is gonna come #music #sam cooke

[mymidwestheart]

#a change is gonna come #brian and thomas owens #Youtube