Love Over Gold by Dire Straits is a beautiful song that I have been listening to for the past few weeks. This is a song that I really connect to. It teaches me important lessons about life. The song talks about what all the great ones do. They “walk out on the high wire, they are dancers on thin ice, they pay no heed to the danger, they throw their caution to the wind, and they go dancing through doorways just to see what they will find.” This song reminds me a lot of Messi. He knows there is danger when he is flying at defenders, but he does not care. We all have to take chances to succeed. We all have to “dance through doorways, just to see what we will find.” As a footballer and as a person in life, I am going to remember this song throughout all of my days and try to live by what this song says. Watch this video and listen to the lyrics and you will see what I am talking about. On another note, I love Dire Straits and I think you guys should check out some of their music.

Visually powerful…

Saw this video compilation that someone put together of their top 25 DJ Premier beats. The dude is a beast!

Surprise, Surprise … From the LA Times:

Kanye West’s duo-headlining tour with Lady Gaga has been canceled, concert promoter Live Nation announced Thursday afternoon. The “Fame Kills” trek was to have hit Anaheim on Nov. 15 and Los Angeles on Nov. 16. There was no reason given for the cancellation, and zero indication that the tour dates would be rescheduled.

A Live Nation press release offered few details. “Live Nation announced today that the Kanye West and Lady Gaga ‘Fame Kills’ tour has been cancelled. Refunds are available at the point of purchase.  Tickets purchased online and via phone will be refunded automatically.” (more…)

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Goodness gracious you sometimes forget how good a guitar player this dude is.  His stage presence is unbelievable, you don’t even see the little guy in his red hat until about halfway through and then he proceeds to take over. Notice the clip, among the players there is one of the greatest producers/writers/musicians/guitarist of all time in Jeff Lynne, some kid, and oh by the way a guy by the name of Tom Petty. They saw that he was in the zone, he got his solo time to shine, and with all due respect, Prince D-E-S-T-R-O-Y-S them. Love the way he ends his set too, throw the guitar in the air with the ‘whoever wants it’ attitude and then walking off stage right, opposite where everyone else goes. I’ve watched this clip like 10x today.

Dudes make you want to pick up your guitar and play until your fingers bleed but at the same time think, why even bother because there is no chance that you will make it sound like THAT. This is why he can charge whatever he wants for tickets.

This single from the upcoming album, Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty.

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