When Love Lies by Lunden Reign... Awesome song!!!
http://www.youtube.com/v/6OlfXNxg9EA?list=FLQKHFpGnDf9QGl1rfjobRfA&version=3&showinfo=1&attribution_tag=XRfPEDOHCe2jBhWFYqY-xQ&autohide=1&feature=share&autoplay=1
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Friday, June 21, 2013
> Lora G Band: LIVE-Fri June 7, 7P(Sharp!) LA Pride-FREE!
>"ALL 4U" EP released! FREE DOWNLOADS for 1 WEEK!
Hi all! Our new EP: "All 4U," (includes our incredible new single: "28IF)," is released AND we have FREE DOWNLOADS for ONE WEEK for our incredible and appreciated supporters, friends and fans! Download at: LoraGband.com http://www.LoraGband.com
We truly hope enjoy this new EP which includes: "28IF," "ALL 4U" (Acoustic Version), "MARY" (new version), "THE LIGHT" (new version) and the Capitol Records mastered versions of "HEAR ME" and "STREETS of HOLLYWOOD."
This is TLGB's second albumrelease following last year's wonderfully acclaimed album: "Streets of Hollywood." It will be several weeks before the "All 4U" EP is released on iTunes and Amazon, but we wanted all of you to have it FIRST and FOR FREE! All we ask is to PLEASE share about our music and band with your friends and social sites. OUR Facebook is: https://www.facebook.com/LoraGband Below is the info and lyrics to our new single: 28IF and the story behind it. We hope you read them and please tell us if you understand the meanings and references within the lyrics. Share on our website under comments!
Lora G Band: LIVE-Fri June 7, 7P(Sharp!) LA Pride-FREE!
PLUS FREE EP GIVE-AWAYS!
We are performing with NEW band members (Nikki Lunden & Gerry Doot) TONIGHT (June 7) at 7PM SHARP--at LA Pride-WeHo... at Bill's Cafe OUTDOOR stage... it is FREE! (18+) plus a limited amount of FREE food and DRINKS-yes DRINKS!! (21+), but you must try to get there by 7PM as it all ran out last year early! ENTRANCE is on ROBERTSON BLVD., just south of THE ABBEY and across street from BOSA NOVA Restaurant.
We will be performing "28IF" and our NEW UNRELEASED upcoming single: "I WONDER."
WE will also be giving away about 50 CD's of our NEW EP: "All 4U" so another reason to get there early! Park in the 6 story West Hollywood Library Parking Lot. We'll see you all tonight!!
Love to you all,
Lora G, Nikki Lunden, Andy Catt, Gerry Doot, & Kimberley Smith
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THE STORY BEHIND "28IF" by Lora G
Lyrics by Lora G, Music by Lora G, Luis Maldonado and Geoff Pearlman
Copyright 2013 by Lora G All Rights Reserved ASCAP
Produced by: Luis Maldonado, Recorded at: Stagg Street Studios, Los Angeles
Mastered at Capitol Records by Evran Goknar
I started writing 28IF after thinking about a conversation I had with singer, GRACE SLICK (Jefferson Airplane). Grace and I were friends in the early 90's and I happened to ask her Grace to explain the lyrics to her song: "LATHER" on Airplane's legendary "CROWN of CREATION" album (Lather is a song I really love).
"Lather was thirty years old today. They took away all of his toys."
Grace said she wrote it around the time she lost her close friends, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrision (all died at age 27). She had feared Airplane's drummer and once her BF--Spencer Dryden-- would suffer the same fate due to over indulgence and the fear of turning 30.
I had also lost some friends for similar reasons, so I decided to write a song with a message that explained the 27 phenomenon. I wanted to let young people know that there are reasons beyond their control about this period of their lives and that it's normal to have a fear of "growing old" at an early age. I wanted to let young people know to just hang in there, that there IS a rainbow on the other side of 30 and that they will be loved and supported as much and even more than they are when they're young. I also wanted to let them know that by harming themselves, it harms everyone they love and who loves them--just as much--if not more.
28IF has some obvious, but also some ambiguous lyrics. The title comes from the back of the VW license plate on THE BEATLES "Abbey Road" album cover (there's dispute over the "I" being a capital I or the number 1 so I left it the same ambiguous way (however in the song, it is sung as the letter I as it is used to infer "This or that person would be 28 if they had not died or disappeared at the age of 27)."
BEATLE HOAX Put Paul in The 27 Club
Many don't realize The Beatles hoax (about Paul being dead) included him in the infamous 27 Club (it includes: Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse, Jimi, Janis, Jim Morrison and Brian Jones and many more). It also includes RICHIE EDWARDS (Manic Street Preachers), who disappeared at 27 and later proclaimed dead. Richie is one of my favorite lyricist. Almost a whole verse is dedicated to Richie. I sometimes think there's a small possibility that Richie may have just decided to "disappear" because so many of his songs are about his sexual and gender ambiguity. Richie often quoted famed 19th Century poet, Authur RImbaud (as do I) who semi-disappeared at the age of 20... partially because he was gay and feared persecution and intolerance in his native country of France. As someone who understands this first hand (I am transexual) I think there's a possibility Richie may have had gender identity issues. His disappearance (or suicide) might have been his way of not facing or coming forth with this and other personal issues. 1995 (the year Richie disappeared was a very harsh time and intolerant time for those in the LGBT community (especially the transgender community) to reveal their true sexually.
Richie was a member of the famed and fantastic British Punk Rock band "Manic Street Preachers" (check out their recent album "For Real" it is awesome (the lyrics are all by Richie Edwards and it's a dedication to him. http://www.manicstreetpreachers.com
I hope during my time in the UK and Europe this August and September I get a chance to hear The Manics and maybe even get a chance to meet the members: NIKKI WIRE, SEAN MOORE and JAMES DEAN BRADFIELD. FYI, from what I've read, they still put away 1/4 of their earnings in a reserve bank account just in case Richie is still alive and comes back to the band and his family.
I would love your feedback on the lyrics, the song and what it means to you. Please share on our website: LoraGband.com
Love to all, Lora G
Lyrics by Lora G, Music by Lora G, Luis Maldonado and Geoff Pearlman
Copyright 2013 by Lora G All Rights Reserved ASCAP
Produced by: Luis Maldonado, Recorded at: Stagg Street Studios, Los Angeles
Mastered at Capitol Records by Evran Goknar
I started writing 28IF after thinking about a conversation I had with singer, GRACE SLICK (Jefferson Airplane). Grace and I were friends in the early 90's and I happened to ask her Grace to explain the lyrics to her song: "LATHER" on Airplane's legendary "CROWN of CREATION" album (Lather is a song I really love).
"Lather was thirty years old today. They took away all of his toys."
Grace said she wrote it around the time she lost her close friends, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrision (all died at age 27). She had feared Airplane's drummer and once her BF--Spencer Dryden-- would suffer the same fate due to over indulgence and the fear of turning 30.
I had also lost some friends for similar reasons, so I decided to write a song with a message that explained the 27 phenomenon. I wanted to let young people know that there are reasons beyond their control about this period of their lives and that it's normal to have a fear of "growing old" at an early age. I wanted to let young people know to just hang in there, that there IS a rainbow on the other side of 30 and that they will be loved and supported as much and even more than they are when they're young. I also wanted to let them know that by harming themselves, it harms everyone they love and who loves them--just as much--if not more.
28IF has some obvious, but also some ambiguous lyrics. The title comes from the back of the VW license plate on THE BEATLES "Abbey Road" album cover (there's dispute over the "I" being a capital I or the number 1 so I left it the same ambiguous way (however in the song, it is sung as the letter I as it is used to infer "This or that person would be 28 if they had not died or disappeared at the age of 27)."
BEATLE HOAX Put Paul in The 27 Club
Many don't realize The Beatles hoax (about Paul being dead) included him in the infamous 27 Club (it includes: Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse, Jimi, Janis, Jim Morrison and Brian Jones and many more). It also includes RICHIE EDWARDS (Manic Street Preachers), who disappeared at 27 and later proclaimed dead. Richie is one of my favorite lyricist. Almost a whole verse is dedicated to Richie. I sometimes think there's a small possibility that Richie may have just decided to "disappear" because so many of his songs are about his sexual and gender ambiguity. Richie often quoted famed 19th Century poet, Authur RImbaud (as do I) who semi-disappeared at the age of 20... partially because he was gay and feared persecution and intolerance in his native country of France. As someone who understands this first hand (I am transexual) I think there's a possibility Richie may have had gender identity issues. His disappearance (or suicide) might have been his way of not facing or coming forth with this and other personal issues. 1995 (the year Richie disappeared was a very harsh time and intolerant time for those in the LGBT community (especially the transgender community) to reveal their true sexually.
Richie was a member of the famed and fantastic British Punk Rock band "Manic Street Preachers" (check out their recent album "For Real" it is awesome (the lyrics are all by Richie Edwards and it's a dedication to him. http://www.manicstreetpreachers.com
I hope during my time in the UK and Europe this August and September I get a chance to hear The Manics and maybe even get a chance to meet the members: NIKKI WIRE, SEAN MOORE and JAMES DEAN BRADFIELD. FYI, from what I've read, they still put away 1/4 of their earnings in a reserve bank account just in case Richie is still alive and comes back to the band and his family.
I would love your feedback on the lyrics, the song and what it means to you. Please share on our website: LoraGband.com
Love to all, Lora G
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