Needle House

Music Intro by: Gail Nobles

Story by: Gail Nobles

Hello, I’m Gail Nobles, and you’re tuned into the rock and rhythms of the night, and I’ve got a gem for you straight from the heart of the beat. It’s Nat Fross with Too Many Skeletons in the Closet.

Now let me tell you, this track opens up like a whirlwind, spinning you into a world where shadows lurk and secrets creep. Too many bats hanging round. Frost is painting a picture. Those bats flapping around, just waiting to unveil the mysteries that lie in the dark, and trust me, there’s plenty lurking behind his door .

But hold on! Frost isn’t done yet. Those wolves in the shadows are prowling and they’ve got an eye out for trouble. You can almost hear the howls echoing in the back of your mind! They’ll be begging you to put him down? Oh man, that’s where this tune hits hard. It’s a tale of struggle. That’s what this song is about. A tale of battling those hidden demons. We all have the skeletons in the closet. They’re there folks, and they’re rattling their bones .

This man, Nat Frost, lays his soul bare confessing that, yes, there have been better men who’ve taken the fall for love - a love as we know can be as sweet as a summer breeze or as bitter as a cold winter night.

Oh, but listen closely because it’s the break where it really gets you that pours out his anguish saying he can’t stand the pressure baby.

The pressure of love the pressure of heartbreak. It hits harder than a 12 bar blues riff and oh let’s not forget that raw honesty he’s not just wallowing in self-pity. No that’s facing the reality of his own limitations. He’s no better, folks, and he knows!

And can we talk about the music? It’s got that swinging rhythm, that soulful blend of heartache and groove that makes you want to sway while you sob. It’s a perfect mix of rhythm and blues that makes you feel every note, every word.

Now we can ignore how beautifully he captures that “misery.” It’s the weight of it all how it cleans to you, wraps around your heart like a heavy chain. We all know that misery loves company and Nat crystallizes that feeling in every phrase, Every listener can relate to that feeling of being crushed under the pressure of love. Nat Fross! Too many skeletons in the closet .

Speech and Song by Gail Nobles ©️ 2024

I stand here before this pain of glass, a mere barrier between me and the noisy world outside. As I gaze through this window p, I am confronted not by the beauty of creation, but by the harsh realities of society marred by violence and division. It is a world where the cries of anguish fills the air, a chilling symphony of sorrow that echoes far beyond these walls.

In the street below witnessed the storm of human struggle this raise is not in solidarity but in anger heart so hard and and compassion seems an elusive dreams the ground is staying with the tears of families torn children robbed of their innocence and hopes smothered in an atmosphere of fear we must ask ourselves where has the love gone where is the brotherhood we so fervently proclaim?

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Window of the World by Gail Nobles. This message will continue. Until next time, goodbye friends.

Music Intro by: Gail Nobles

Con function is a R&B and funk band from Vallego, California, Formed in 1969 I remember their single Love’s Train in 1982 from their 10th studio album, To the Max. It is an R&B funk and quiet storm song that includes a steering bass guitar, glittering keys, and synth centric flair of 80s R&B. Lyrically, the song is based on a real-life love triangle involving Michael Cooper and Felton Pilate. They were the songwriters. Since the songs released, it has received praise from music critics, with the majority commending the bands vocals.

While the song was never released as a single, it has since become an audience favorite and signature song for the band.

I like the tune of Love Train’s and the way it's written.

Warm night, can't sleep, too weak

Gotta call her up.

I'm Gail Nobles. Thank you for tuning in to Needle House.

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Intro music by: Gail Nobles

Story by: Gail Nobles

Cover Art by: Gail Nobles

You listening to Needle House. I'm thinking of all the hits I recorded on cassettes like Gladys Knight and the pips and many more welcome to Needle House.

Hello, I'm Gail Nobles. Sometimes I go back and listen to all the oldies I recorded. I have a wall full of cassettes. Some are in plastic storage containers in my closet. There was an old soul radio station that played a lot of Motown like Gladys Knight and the Pips “Every Beat Of My Heart”, “Honey Chile” by Martha and the Vandellas. There were other groups that were not with Motown like the Bill Withers “Grandma's Hands’, The Spinners “Rubberband Man”. There were so many of those good old songs, and I recorded some on 60 minute tapes and some on 90 minutes. I think I have a few that were at least 100 minutes.

Some of those good old radio stations I recorded from didn't last very long. They went off the air.Because of recording from those stations, I never forgot them and still remember them.

It's fun to go back and listen to those old cassettes. Radio back then was better because they played the countdown and told you who was hot on the charts. The music was better in the old days, and when there wasn't much to do, I would sit by the radio and record all of the great songs from the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. And this very day, sometimes when I'm in the kitchen, I just put in an old cassette in the boombox and listen.