COCO lp ' 76
not exactly sure when this came out as the were in on the Eurovision song contests in the late 70s, they did not win, however the lp title track 'bad old days' was co-written by STEPHANIE de SYKES,
found a page on COCO, seems they were one of those lost 70s u.k. pop bands with a touch of glam-pop,they had a unique look, love the fashions these girls are wearing, see the link here,....... this link is easily accessible from our Links 3 page ~
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/stevehughes7/myhomepage/coco.html
COCO 'bad Old days' 45
well u know we recieved this in jan '05 from a good friend who says that it reminded her of late 70s pop and disco, she says 'CALIFORNIA HERE I AM ' is her favorite, it's a GOOD song allright allthough our favorite would be the title track,....... the lp has some pop gems, old-time vaudeville, and just a little disco thrown in, all makes for a real lost-pop effort, eventually we'll review this lp, here is the track listing for now ~
1 THE BAD OLD DAYS, 2 CAN'T TALK LOVE ON THE TELEPHONE, 3 AIN'T NO POINT IN BUYING OYSTERS, 4 MONEY SONG, 5 HOW CAN I MAKE IT ON MY OWN, 6 KEEP SINGING THOSE LOVE SONGS......
side 2
7 JAMBOREE BAND, 8 CALIFORNIA HERE I AM, 9 GET U OUT OF MY LIFE, 10 COMME CI COMME CA, 11 KEEP MOVING, 12 SILHOUETTE.......
if you ant to travel further into the world of 70s lost pop you could try a band like the DOOLEYS
http://groups.msn.com/thedooleys/_homepage.msnw?pgmarket=en-gb
http://members.iinet.net.au/~kimheath@iinet.net.au/Dooleys/
yet another band more a pop disco band were called ARABESQUE.......
:) :)
What about the story of the loafs of bread and fish that Jesus utilized to feed the multitudes? It's an innocent enough question.
First, let's look at Christ's character. He was not an advocate of violence of any sort. He was a preacher of peace and love. He had an aversion to cruelty. This was an integral part of his psyche. Therefore it does not make sense that he would want any of God's creatures, big or small, to be killed. So what really happened?
In the East there are little rolls that are made from a plant called the "Fish" plant or fish-weed. Matter of fact, there are some scholars who state that the Greek word for "fish- weed" has been mistranslated in this Biblical story as the word "fish". Actually, the fish-weed bread is still made to this day. For the Babylonians it was their chief food. For the natives of Japan, who try to abstain from meat, these soft submarine plants are considered a great dainty. The wives of the fishermen would dive into the water for these specialties. They are sun dried, mortar-ground, and baked into bread. It was considered to be a great delicacy in Christ's time. Unlike stinky fish :-), this fish-weed bread is what everyone ate.
Take into consideration that at the start of the story, (Matthew 14:13) it tells us that Jesus arrived at this place by boat. So there they were, right by the sea, and did not go for a quick fishing expedition? Surely with 5,000 men there it would have been a simple thing to do.
Matter of fact, his disciples did not even think about trying to catch some fish, which helps explain Matthew 4:18-20 where Christ accepts his very first disciples by instructing some fishermen to renounce their profession and follow him.
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MYSTICAL SYMBOLISM
All Biblical students are familiar with the use of bread as a symbol of Christ's body or the Divine Substance. We also know that in the early Church the fish was a mystery term. The Greek word for fish, I-CH-TH-U-S, is an acronym for Iesous Christos Theou Uios Soter, or Jesus Christ, Son of God Saviour. It is found as a Christian symbol in the catacombs and was a kind of password or mystery term. Therefore we must consider that term "fish" is used in the Gospels in a mystical sense; especially when we take Jesus' peace loving mentality is into consideration.
Athanaasius warns that "were we to always understand sacred write according to the letter, we should fall into the most enormous blasphemies as by ascribing cruelty and falsehood to the Deity." Yet this is what the church has done, for it asks us to believe that he who came to preach a gospel of love, was so inconsistent in his own life that he ate helpless creatures and encouraged others to do the same.
However, even if we were to believe that Jesus did indeed eat fish, does this make it acceptable for us? One may wonder, why not? First, we need to remember that Jesus was preaching to illiterate fishermen. He had to relate to them for the sake of pushing on his preaching movement. When preaching, one must take into consideration time, place, circumstances, audience. To take this further, a great soul like this gets privileges that we do not. It is stated in the Vedas that one should not think they can imitate what the pure devotee can do, and Jesus most certainly is a pure devotee. One can follow his instructions, but not imitate.
And Jesus did instructed his disciples to become "fishers of men," meaning they should go out and preach God consciousness.
While referring to an activity of Christ's that strikes our fancy -- such as eating of fish or meat - it's quite ironic that we tend to point out: "Well, Jesus did it, so why can't I?" Yet when we realize the other things he did, such as giving up his life to preach the glories of the Lord, we are not interested in doing that. Thus, let us not accept the parts we like and reject the parts we dislike. Instead let's follow the instructions of the spiritual master, rather than try to imitate him.
want to read more on this subject ? sure you do, see our friend Prtha's site at this link here -
http://www.geocities.com/priitaa/christ_and_krishna.htm