Great Guitar

There is a great guitar solo on an episode of House.
You can hear the segment from the House episode here on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAkW9I63b8M
The name of the youtube video is
House Guitar Season 6 ep 10 

The music is a piece called Maggot Brain.  It is on an album called Maggot Brain by a band called Funkadelic.  Unfortunately, the album producer made a mess of the Maggot Brain piece, so the music in its entirety is awful.  You need to edit the music down to just the good part, which is what you hear on the House episode.  The way Maggot Brain was produced shows that talent without good taste is a waste.

The YouTube video above will lead you to other renditions and covers, like this one:
Improvisation guitar solo on maggot brain theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEAQM0l6TRg
Isn't that a beautiful Les Paul in this video?

Here is a version of Maggot Brain that is pretty good:
kidd funkadelic - maggot brain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aAzdHnYfuk
Kidd Funkadelic is Michael Hampton, who replaced original guitarist Eddie Hazel in the Funkadelic band. It was Eddie Hazel who first played Maggot Brain.

Here is Eddie Hazel and Funkadelic playing Brain Maggot in Germany, 1985.  You have to listen to a few minutes of baloney before the music started. 
The name of the YouTube video is Eddie Hazel & Mike Hampton - Maggot Brain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc8H6USGR90
The ridiculous ramblings of a confused mind are a waste of our time, but the rambling is not too long.  I suppose it is worthwhile to be reminded of how confused some people are in their thinking.  Although we are capable of rational thought, it takes a bit of practice to master rational, coherent thinking.  We cannot take rational thought for granted!

Enjoy the music!

Robert

Article About Yeats Poem The Second Coming

A nice article about Yeats's poem, "The Second Coming," was published by the Wall Street Journal on July 24, 2015.  You can read the article by Googling "A Poet’s Apocalyptic Vision by David Lehman".  I like the poem, but have not studied it, so I found it helpful to hear the poem was published in 1919, after World War I.  That helps explain why this poem has a dark view.  David Lehman wrote a nice essay and I recommend it.

Robert

You can read the poem online here:  http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/172062