Natina Reed, one-third of the early 2000s R&B trio Blaque, was
struck by a vehicle and killed Friday night in Georgia, Gwinnett County
police said Saturday.
Reed, 32, was walking in
traffic on a major roadway just north of Lilburn "for some unknown
reason" when she was struck around 10:30 p.m., according to Gwinnett
police spokesman Sgt. Rich Long.
The driver of the
vehicle, who was not charged in the incident, called 911 while the
passenger administered CPR. Reed was pronounced dead at Gwinnett Medical
Center.
Blaque, best known for
the 2000 hit "Bring it All to Me," was discovered by TLC's Lisa "Left
Eye" Lopes. The group's self-titled album debuted in 1999. Lopes herself
died in a 2002 car accident in Honduras.
Fellow Blaque members Shamari Devoe and Brandi Williams took to Twitter on Saturday to remember Reed.
"My world as I know it
has forever changed. Until we meet again, may you find comfort in the
arms of an angel. I love you Natina," Devoe tweeted.
Reed also appeared in the
2000 movie "Bring it On" as Jenelope, a feisty cheerleader from East
Compton. Her co-star, Gabrielle Union, also tweeted about her death
Saturday, posting "#RIP #Sad #BringItOn."
"Here Without You" is the title of a song recorded by American rock band 3 Doors Down. It was released in August 2003 as the third single from the album Away from the Sun. It peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending November 8, 2003. Only their songs "Kryptonite" and "When I'm Gone" reached higher positions on the chart. It has since been certified 2x Platinum in the United States and Platinum in Australia.
The song grew in popularity following the start of the Iraq War, and became an anthem for deployed troops and their familes and friends at home.
Brad Arnold states that the main inspiration for this song was his now ex-wife. The song is about being away from someone and missing them, and it's not about how long you've gone, it's about the loneliness that comes with missing someone. It's also about a state of peace that comes with dreaming of the missed loved one.
"Gypsy" is a song by the rock group Fleetwood Mac. Stevie Nicks wrote the song originally circa 1979, and the earliest demo recordings were recorded in early 1980 with Tom Moncrieff for possible inclusion on her solo debut Bella Donna. However, when Nicks' friend Robin Anderson died of leukemia, the song took on a new significance and Nicks held it over for Fleetwood Mac. "Gypsy" was the second single release and second biggest hit from the Mirage album following Hold Me. "Gypsy" reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100.
A cover version of the song was featured in the "Silent Knight" episode of the television series Knight Rider.
There are two points of inspiration behind "Gypsy," as stated by Stevie Nicks. The first of which is a point of nostalgia for Nicks; her life before Fleetwood Mac. Before joining the iconic band, Nicks lived with Lindsey Buckingham, who would also join Fleetwood Mac. Nicks and Buckingham were partners in both the musical and romantic sense, however, only their musical partnership has survived. Nicks met Buckingham at a high school party, where he was singing California Dreaming by the Mamas and the Papas. Nicks joined in with perfect harmony, then they introduced themselves. They didn't see each other again until college, where they started a relationship, and started a duo called Buckingham Nicks. They barely got by with Nicks' waitress and cleaning-lady income. They couldn't afford a bed frame, so they slept on a single mattress, directly on the floor. Nicks says the mattress was decorated in lace, with a vase and a flower at its side. When she feels her famous life getting to her, she goes "back to her roots," and takes her mattress off of the frame "back to the floor," that she loved, and decorates it with "some lace, and paper flowers." It takes her back to the days when she had no wealth- back to herself as a poor gypsy. Some speculate the rest of this song is directed at Buckingham, assuming the lyric depict her leaving him. On March 31, 2009, Nicks gave an interview to Entertainment Weekly discussing the inspiration for the song:
"Oh boy, I've never really spoken about this, so I get verklempt, and then I've got the story and I start to screw it up. Okay: In the old days, before Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey [Buckingham] and I had no money, so we had a king-size mattress, but we just had it on the floor. I had old vintage coverlets on it, and even though we had no money it was still really pretty... Just that and a lamp on the floor, and that was it—there was a certain calmness about it. To this day, when I'm feeling cluttered, I will take my mattress off of my beautiful bed, wherever that may be, and put it outside my bedroom, with a table and a little lamp."
On March 25, 2009 during a show in Montreal on Fleetwood Mac's Unleashed Tour, Stevie Nicks gave a short history of the inspiration behind Gypsy. She explained it was written sometime in 1978-79, when the band had become "very famous, very fast," and it was a song that brought her back to an earlier time, to an apartment in San Francisco where she had taken the mattress off her bed and put it on the floor. To contextualize, she voiced the lyrics: "So I'm back, to the velvet underground. Back to the floor, that I love. To a room with some lace and paper flowers. Back to the gypsy that I was." Those are the words: 'So I'm back to the velvet underground' — which is a clothing store in downtown San Francisco, where Janis Joplin got her clothes, and Grace Slick from Jefferson Airplane, it was this little hole in the wall, amazing, beautiful stuff — 'back to the floor that I love, to a room with some lace and paper flowers, back to the gypsy that I was.'
The second, and most emotional, subject of this song is the message as a tribute to someone's passing. On October 12, 1982, Robin Snyder Anderson, Stevie's best friend, died of leukemia.
Canon EOS 650D / Rebel T4i Review Preview. This is the latest addition
to the Canon SLR range. It arrives as the update to the Canon EOS 600D,
and is the first SLR on the market to feature a touch screen LCD and an
all-new Hybrid CMOS sensor.
Here Angela Nicholson takes a first hands-on look at the Canon EOS 650D at the Canon UK head quarters.
Talland Bay to Polpero - Coast Path - Cornwall UK - Original Music (HD)
Journey
and exploration of the South West Coast Path in Cornwall U.K.,
continuing on from our video " Looe to Talland Bay - Coast Path -
Cornwall U.K. - Original Music ".
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Additional Footage Courtesy by http://www.BottledVideo.com
Sound Studio Setup:
- Virus Ti2 Keyboard Synthesizer
- Roland Juno Stage
- Roland GAIA SH-01 Synthesizer
- Dave Smith Instruments Evolver Mono
- Dave Smith Instruments Mopho Desktop
- Korg Electribe EMX-1SD
- Moog Little Phatty Stage 2
- Future Retro Revolution R2
and computer, mixer, studio stuff, Laserworld EL 60G green laser and tech gadgets!
Song
title: JANXEN - STOCKEXCHANGE 1.0 | Virus Ti2, Roland Juno Stage, Korg
Electribe EMX, Future Retro Revolution, Roland GAIA, Dave Smith Evolver,
Dave Smith Mopho, Stock Exchange
Song info: It's a hot issue
these days... bad economics world wide, banks going bankrupt, crisis in
several countries in mainly Europe, stock exchanges going crazy all over
the world... When composing this song, it slightly got an up and down
beat with a neverending running "hamster in a treadmill" sound -
actually just like the brokers on those stock exchanges, who trade
shares which will always go up and down, whatever happens. So, after
having that feeling, it was not that difficult to further improve and
finish this song and also make a cool videoclip to support this idea.
Which again confirms the fast world of stock exchange, banks, it's
traders and the "craziness" of it all... I see the point of the occupy
movement !
My music is inspired by Depeche Mode, Jean-Michel
Jarre, AIR, Kraftwerk, U2, Björk, Enya, Vangelis, Gary Numan, Pet Shop
Boys, Mike Oldfield, 80s music!
Identical Twins Camille&Kennerly play their electric duet harp arrangement of Don't Fear The Reaper (Blue Oyster Cult)!
Music Arranged by Camille and Kennerly
Music Produced by Camille and Kennerly
Costuming by Camille and Kennerly
Video Concept by Camille and Kennerly
Video Edited by Camille and Kennerly
Everything else by Camille and Kennerly
Recording = No studio or sound engineer. No splices, edits, loops, overlays, or backtracks. Just 2 harps -- 1 take!
Identical Twins Camille&Kennerly play their acoustic duet harp arrangement of Prelude and To Zanarkand from Final Fantasy!
Music Arranged by Camille and Kennerly
Music Produced by Camille and Kennerly
Costuming by Camille and Kennerly
Video Concept by Camille and Kennerly
Video Edited by Camille and Kennerly
Everything else by Camille and Kennerly
Recording = No studio or sound engineer. No splices, edits, loops, overlays, or backtracks. Just 2 harps -- 1 audio take!
