… with a whole spate of untimely work. Yet slowly, but surely, i’m sorting out the rubble and climbing out of it.

The headphones are plugged in lately to concentrate on the tasks at hand… and found a lovely track.

[audio:jeffgolubandsueanncarwell_ifieverlosethisheaven.mp3]

Original by Average White Band, and while the Jeff Golub & Sue Ann Carwell version is my favorite, Minnie Riperton’s cover is a close second.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrWuJFdssAE

Read on for the lyrics.

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When I did a CPR course many years back, I knew I was going to forget how to count the chest-presses and the breathing.

And now, this truly oh-my-gawd-why-didn’t-i-think-of-that piece of news comes along – you can actually set the timing by singing the Bee Gees’s song Staying Alive!!

dudes, you should get nobel peace prizes or something.

(ORIGINAL CPR COUNT)
1,000 [press] 2,000 [press] 3,000 [press] 4,000 [press] 5,000 [press]
1… [blow] 2… [blow]…

(BEEGEES CPR COUNT)
Ah… [press] Ah… [press] Ah… [press] Ah… [press] Ah…[press]
Staying alive… [blow] Staying alive… [blow]

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCAjmuA1HDk

By the way… there’s an extra “Ah.” in the CPR steps. Adjust and improvise like true jazz musicians, all ye lifesavers!

For those non CPR-certified, there is absolutely NO EXCUSE for you not to learn CPR anymore now. It’s easy, it’s peasy, and it’s the Bee Gees!

… of funk, jazz and r&b. this song is a “on repeat” track for sure. Truly, this is the “Definition of Beautiful”.

Dave Koz on Saxophic

[audio:definitionofbeautiful.mp3]

Dave Koz never fails to enchant with his sax. Sweet.

… by Deniece Williams. That lady has a voice like an army of angels. She goes on stage, simple looks, simple dress – but her vocals just mesmerizes, makes you drown into her sopranos and contraltos, alternating between them with such ease.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu0tt20UJag

Nowadays, singers are so… talentless.

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… this track from a compilation album “late night moods”. So sultry, so sensitive, so alluring… this is a voice I would gladly wake up to every single day of my life.

[audio: va-lovedance.mp3]