Dear friends,

When I was in the US, I had a huge wide taste in music from classics, to rock, pop and wide range of groups/solo singers I like. Of course my all time top favorite is Madonna, but I like many others. I picked some of the songs I like to share with you. I thought during the day/whenever, when you need a break, it would be nice and convenient for you to just come here and listen. I want you to enjoy.

My brand of dharma is not tight and conventional. I like people to be themselves, have some ‘attachments’ for now and just enjoy also. But that does not mean I don’t want or expect serious dharma, it’s just I understand that in this day and age there are all types of people and we shouldn’t change who they are but help them to be better at what they are. Acceptance and respect is the key.

I enjoyed the movie PRACTICAL MAGIC with Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman very much. Watch it… It was shot in Washington state and I love the pacific Northwest very much. The story is genuine, warm, magical and also touching. I’ve watched it many times. It has some supernatural in it which I like very much. I do recommend it to you. There were two songs in it that really touched me and I have posted it here. They are Crystal by Stevie Nicks and If You Ever Did Believe by Stevie Nicks/Sheryl Crow. I love Stevie Nick’s voice, her movements when she performs and her dress style. It’s very relaxed, gypsy, hippyish, and creative. She evokes an era that I like but was way too young too appreciate at that time, which is the 70’s. A time when youth were aware and interested in important social issues. Who used their lives for betterment of social issues they believed in…I enjoy Stevie’s voice and her songs very much. Of course she is from Fleetwood Mac which I totally like. I love their Rumours album. I have posted some of their songs here such as Landslide, The Chain, and Sara. Very nice.

I wasn’t really into Tom Petty, but on this song with Stevie (Stop Dragging My Heart Around) his voice is clear, tenor and just a pleasure to listen to. Stevie and Tom Petty are a great duo for sure. Stevie Nicks’ voice evoks a time long passed and can only be relieved in my memory and these songs accompany the memory very well…

Whether you know these artists or they are past your time is not the point, good music is timeless.

I really like Jefferson Starship. The lead male lead vocal is FANTASTIC. I LIKE HIS SUPER TENOR VOICE. When I was in high school, I sang tenor in choir and enjoyed that. For a play in High School, I sang the song from broadway called ONE and passed the audition with flying colors. I rehearsed with a friend who played piano and I sang. Fun. We did our own music… all that stopped because I had to leave home at 16 for good…

I really like Robert Plant’s supersonic voice of Led Zeppelin. I posted Stairway To Heaven here because it starts out soft and relaxed (as relaxed as Robert Plant can be) and then towards the end he just screams…I love it. I love this type of powerful high pitched tenor voice that just comes from nowhere and is super strong. I love tenors.

Well I love the group Heart also with Anne and Nancy Wilson. Their songs Magic Man, Dogs & Butterfly and others I will post another time, but they have fantastic voices. They are sisters. Their music is fantastic to me.

Anyway listen to the two Jefferson Starship songs I posted here and enjoy. Notice the male lead’s voice… wow!!!! Amazing vocal range. I love people with this type of range.

Enjoy your day with the music I’ve posted up.

Tsem Rinpoche

Stevie Nicks- Crystal

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Do you always trust your first initial feeling
Special knowledge holds truth bears believing
I turned around
And the water was closing all around
Like a glove
Like the love that had finally, finally found me
Then I knew
In the crystalline knowledge of you
Drove me thru the mountains
Thru the crystal-like clear water fountain
Drove me like a magnet
To the sea

How the faces of love have changed turning the pages
And I have changed oh, but you…you remain ageless
I turned around
And the water was closing all around
Like a glove
Like the love that had finally, finally found me
Then I knew
In the crystalline knowledge of you
Drove me thru the mountains
Thru the crystal-like clear water fountain
Drove me like a magnet
To the sea

Fleetwood Mac- Landslide

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I took my love and I took it down
I climbed a mountain and I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
The Landslide brought it down

Oh mirror in the sky, what is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides
Can I handle the seasons of my life?

Mmm mmm I don’t know
Mmm mmm

Well I’ve been ‘fraid of changing ‘cause I
Built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Children get older, I’m getting older too

Soo (Interlude)

I’ve been ‘fraid of changing ‘cause I
I built my life around you
But time makes you bolder, children get older
I’m getting older too
I’m getting older too
Soo take this love, take it down
Ohh if you climb a mountain and you turn around
If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well the landslide will bring it down, down
And if you see my reflection in the snow covered hills,
Well maybe, the landslide will bring it down
Well well the landslide with bring it down

Sheryl Crow- If You Ever Did Believe

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You’ve left me now
and it’s seasoned my soul
And with every step you take,
I watch another part of you go…

I continue to build a wall…
You were so strong,
I fell to my knees…
And I don’t think I can handle this at all…

One more night
I’d like to lie and hold you
Yes and feel…
To make you smile,
I’d like to be there for you–
Have you forgotten me?

And the days go by
Doing nothing about them…
How much time
will I have to spend?

My mind won’t rest
and I don’t sleep
Not even in my dreams…

If you ever did believe,
for my sake…
If you ever did believe….

And the days go by
Doing nothing about them…
How much time
will I have to spend?

ooo….ooo…..ooo…
Ooo baby don’t leave me
ooo..ooo…ooo…ooo
I’m down on my knees…
ooo..ooo…ooo…ooo
begging you please…
ooo…ooo…ooo…ooo
baby don’t leave me….
Did you ever believe?

Stevie Nicks- Stop Draggin My Heart Around

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Baby you’ll come knocking on
my front door
Same old line you used to use before
I said ya… well…
what am I supposed to do
I didn’t know what I was getting into

So you’ve had a little trouble in town
Now you’re keeping some demon down
Stop draggin’ my…
Stop draggin’ my…
Stop draggin’ my heart around

It’s hard to think about
what you’ve wanted
It’s hard to think about what you’ve lost
This doesn’t have to be the big get even
This doesn’t have to be anything at all

I know you really want to
tell me good-bye
I know you really want to
be your own girl

Baby you could never look me in the eye
Yeah you buckle with the weight
of the words
Stop draggin’ my…
Stop draggin’ my…
Stop draggin’ my heart around

There’s people running ’round loose
in the world
Ain’t got nothing better to do
Than make a meal of some
bright eyed kid
You need someone looking after you

I know you really want to
tell me good-bye
I know you really want to
be your own girl

Baby you could never look me in the eye
Yeah you buckle with the weight
of the words
Stop draggin’ my…
Stop draggin’ my…
Stop draggin’ my heart around

Fleetwood Mac- The Chain

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Listen to the wind blow
Watch the sun rise
Run in the shadows
Damn your love
Damn your lies

And if you don’t love me now
You will never love me again
I can still hear you saying
You would never break the chain

Listen to the wind blow
Down comes the night

Run in the shadows
Damn your love
Damn your lies

Break the silence
Damn the dark
Damn the light

And if you don’t love me now
You will never love me again
I can still hear you saying
You would never break the chain

Fleetwood Mac- Sara

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Wait a minute baby…
Stay with me awhile
Said you’d give me light
But you never told be about the fire

Drowning in the sea of love
Where everyone would love to drown
And now it’s gone
It doesn’t matter anymore
When you build your house
Call me home

And he was just like a great dark wing
Within the wings of a storm
I think I had met my match, he was singing
And undoing the laces
Undoing the laces

Drowning in the sea of love
Where everyone would love to drown
And now it’s gone
It doesn’t matter anymore
When you build your house
Call me home

Hold on
The night is coming and the starling flew for days
I’d stay home at night all the time
I’d go anywhere, anywhere
Ask me and I’m there because I care

Sara, you’re the poet in my heart
Never change, never stop
And now it’s gone
It doesn’t matter what for
When you build your house
I’ll come by

Drowning in the sea of love
Where everyone would love to drown
And now it’s gone
It doesn’t matter anymore
When you build your house
Call me home

All I ever wanted
Was to know that you were dreaming
(There’s a heartbeat
And it never really died)

Jefferson Starship- Jane

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(I love the super tenor of the lead singer…fantastic voice..listen to this song… Tsem Rinpoche)

Jane you say it’s all over for you and me, girl
There’s a time for love and a time for letting it be, baby
Jane you’re playin a game called…
Called hard to get by its real name
Makin’ believe that you just don’t feel the same

Oh Jane!

Jane you’re playin a game you never can win girl
You’re stayin away just so I’ll ask you where you’ve been baby
Like a cat and a mouse (cat and a mouse)
From door to door and house to house
Don’t you pretend you don’t know what I’m talkin about

Were all those nights we spent together (hey hey)
Only because you didn’t know better
I’ve got to know
Jane, you’re playin a game, you’re playin a game, playin a game

Jane Jane Jane
Oh Jane you’re playin a game of hide and go seek
Jane you’re playin for fun but I play for keeps (yes I do)
Jane Jane Jane
that’s a game on me yeah
Jane Jane Jane
it’s so plain to see
Jane Jane Jane
Janie, Janie, Janie, Janie
Jane Jane Jane
Why you foolin’ with me, me, me
Jane Jane Jane…

Jefferson Starship- Winds of Change

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(Both the male and female lead singers in this ARE MINDBLOWINGLY FANTASTIC…enjoy… Tsem Rinpoche)

Walk softly through the desert sands
Careful where you tread
Underfoot are the visions lost
Sleeping not yet dead

Hang on – Winds starting to howl
Hang on – The beast is on the prowl
Hang on – Can you hear the
strange cry
Winds of change are blowing by

Mountains crumble and cities fall
Don’t come to an end
Just lie scattered on the
desert floor
Waiting for the wind

Chorus

You got your life planned carefully
But you left out one detail
The hidden hand deals just one round
And the winds of change prevail

Chorus

Walk softly through the desert sand
Old dreams lead the way
Nothing new in the sands of time
Just changes every day

Hang on – It’s starting again
Hang on – There’s no shelter from
the wind
Hang on – Like a fire from the sky
Winds of change are blowing by

Led Zeppelin- Stairway to Heaven

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Another super tenor I like so much. I didn’t like them much when I was in the states, but later in my 30’s I started to appreciate them alot. What a haunting song. Reminds me of when I was at the airport in L.A. leaving America for good to go India. I looked to the west and cried….. If a movie is done of my life, I would love this song to be playing at the part when I left US for India for ordination. Tsem Rinpoche

There’s a lady who’s sure all that glitters is gold
And she’s buying the stairway to heaven.
When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed
With a word she can get what she came for.
Ooh, ooh, and she’s buying the stairway to heaven.

There’s a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure
‘Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings.
In a tree by the brook, there’s a songbird who sings,
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven.
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it makes me wonder.

There’s a feeling I get when I look to the west,
And my spirit is crying for leaving.
In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees,
And the voices of those who stand looking.
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it really makes me wonder.

And it’s whispered that soon if we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason.
And a new day will dawn for those who stand long
And the forests will echo with laughter.

If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow, don’t be alarmed now,
It’s just a spring clean for the May queen.
Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run
There’s still time to change the road you’re on.
And it makes me wonder.

Your head is humming and it won’t go, in case you don’t know,
The piper’s calling you to join him,
Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow, and did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind.

And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our soul.
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold.
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last.
When all are one and one is all
To be a rock and not to roll.

And she’s buying the stairway to heaven

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