Tudor - Stewart History

I've learned something from the English this semester that I guess I already knew. Power really is tenuous. It is all about who has the bigger stick, the stronger sons and the bigger cock.

I didn't fully realize this until until I was reading the chapters on Henry the VIII (1509-1547) when he, along with Thomas Cromwell (Wrong Cromwell, don't get ahead of yourself) started to disband the monastic communities located in England. This came after Parliamentary action against the Catholic church, and Henry already saw himself as the supreme head of the Church of England, so there's that. But this land, that he was "dissolving" into the holdings of the English state didn't ever really belong to the church. It had been willed to the individual monastic communities by Lords upon their deaths in exchange for the monks and nuns that lived there saying prayers to help the lords souls on the heaven or some such nonsense.

Henry paid them a visit, said "oooo, such a nice tapestry you have there" and took it all away. There was a rebellion, called the Pilgrimage of Grace, but that just meant Henry killed people. Some of the Monks didn't want to leave (obviously, they had no where else to go) and Henry starved then out, then killed them as traitors.

Similarly, the reigning King of england awarded titles and power, and took them away again almost fluidly. As I read this book, it amazing to me how many people lose favor, titles power, lands, or their lives based on a difference of opinion with the king.

What really makes any government so different?

Crazy

I LOVE this song. It doesn't matter where, when, or what has just happened, hearing this song always makes me feel better. I can listen to this song on repeat for hours, and still love it. Trust me. I've done it. It doesn't fix my problems, but it helps me get to a place of inner peace, where everything is easier to deal with. There are plenty of other songs that I love, some that make me feel happy, and even a few others that I can listen to with such frequency- but "Crazy" is the best.

There are many covers of "Crazy". This is fact.

Ray Lamontagne's cover is the only good cover. This is opinion, but I believe it so wholeheartedly, it might as well be fact. O.O

I don't like this one. Sorry Nelly.



I'm not sure about this one. It's beautiful, but it doesn't have vocals, AND isn't entirely done on the violin.



I love P!nk, and this cover isn't bad... but it doesn't evoke the same qualtiy within me as Gnarles' and Lamontagne's versions do.



This is the first time I've heard this cover, and I like it, but I think it is a bit slow. It lacks some of the urgency that I find in the original. I like that the music is recognizable, but unique.



O.O



My comments of Shira Gavrielov are very similar for those of Katie Noonan, except I feel she lacks passion. Something.



egh, It is very poppy. What's with the scratchy record sound? Maybe this just isn't song girls should sing?



And of course, if anyone is going to make me eat my words, it is Cat Power. So there's that. And by That, I mean, she's amazing. I wish the quality was better, it was longer, she had a little more music behind her, but regardless, it has everything it needs. I'm going to stop while I'm ahead.

Edit: I found another one.



Gnarles, Ray and Mz Power still win my heart.