Bob Seger Beautiful Loser THOR GARY MLR

• published: 21 Jul 2014
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You can find me here https://www.facebook.com/poetryphotography.musicman A Poem by THOR GARY Lion in my Heart: I will be the Lion in my heart that feeds on the Lamb in my skull. I will be the Lion in my heart, not the Jackal of my corpse. Doubt & Desire are my Achilles' heel Love will conquer all my doubt My imperfection that is easily seen by those devoid of sin The decay and corruption of their sin If they might only see where I have been I will win the War in my head, one battle at a time The outside of a man is just a shell of what is on the inside. You can plant love, passion, trust, empathy, and honor. You can plant hate, mistrust, dishonor, jealousy and greed What is your preference on what bloom’s in the fields of your youth We all have intentions in life good or bad? I would rather temporally hurt a person with the truth then kill our friendship with a lie! I will be there to hold you when I tell you the truth. You can not fix trust and loyalty that has cost you love. I will be the Lion in my heart, not the Jackal of my body. Fear is the mind killer I will be by you side through all your adversity I will prove my significance to me and you The true question of a good man Can he be strong when he is weak We all have a flame that burns in us light or dark the question is what fuel will you feed your flame. MLR GARY THOR 9/12/10 7/25/14 Beautiful Loser Beautiful loser is a song written and perform by american rock singer Bob Seger realesed in his 1975 album with the same name (beautiful loser) April 1975 Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band Data Reached 131 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart. The album was originally rejected by Warner Brothers, according to Punch, who has said he had to borrow $1,000 to remix the tape before playing it for Capitol. Background Seger: "Frey came to my house, when the Eagles had like three hit records and they'd just released On the Border. He came and heard my Beautiful Loser stuff. If he hadn't come, seriously, I probably would have put out another record like Seven, basically all rock & roll, with maybe one ballad. But Frey liked it. He said 'Go with it, man. Do something diverse.' And ever since then, I been doing it." Dave Marsh, June 15, 1978, Rolling Stone. "Bob Seger: Not A Stranger Anymore." "It's a concept album, to a degree. There are two songs that don't figure in the concept. [Nutbush and Jody Girl]...The other seven songs all have a connected theme "It's basically life on the road and my concept of what a winner or a loser is in life, as opposed to just the music business. Some of the songs talk about how we maintain our sanity..some of the songs are darker, about the loneliness..." Early 1975 radio interview. Standout cuts Again, nearly all of them. You might get an argument about "Momma," or "Sailing Nights." I would describe them as more heartfelt than classic. Beautiful Loser Seger on the title cut: "The song was a long time coming. The original concept came from Leonard Cohen's line, 'He's reaching for the sky just to surrender' -- you know, people who set their goals so low that they'll never be disappointed. "It took over a year to put it together. I wrote five different 'Beautiful Loser's' before I settled on one for the record. There was a ballad, a blues...I couldn't find the right tone. So I played it for Glenn Frey, an old friend, to get some advice. He was the first person to ever hear it. And he loved it, so I stuck with the song until it all got pieced together." Patrick Goldstein, July 29, 1976, Rolling Stone. "The immediate image that you would conjure up is that I'm the Beautiful Loser, but it's really not...you have to hear the song to understand it." Early 1975 radio interview. Jody Girl Seger: "Probably the quietest thing I ever did...I recorded all the instruments except the Mellotron." Early 1975 radio interview. Give Seger credit for being one of the first rockers to write about the disillusionment that can follow when the exhileration of young love wears off. In 1975, not many songwriters were interested in, or attempted that subject. Fast forward to Sheryl Crow's 1997 album, and the spirit of Jody Girl lives on. Listen to Crow's beautiful song, titled 'Home': "I woke up this morning, now I understand, What it means to give your life to just one man. Afraid of feeling nothing. No bees or butterflies. My head is full of voices and my house is full of lies. I found you standing there when I was seventeen. Now I'm thirty-two and I can't remember what I seen in you. I made a promise, said it everyday. Now I'm reading romance novels and dreaming of yesterday." That's Jody Girl talking. Crow's song is every bit as original and heartfelt as Seger's, and being in the first person, it's also edgier. I remember hearing listening to "Home" and thinking: 'I've met this woman somewhere.' Only now it's the '90s, and Jody definitely wants out.