"Everything changes and nothing remains still, you cannot step twice into the same stream" vs. Occidentali's Karma

Francesco Gabbani won Festival di Sanremo 2017 with his catchy song “Occidentali’s Karma” (“Westerners’ Karma”) and will represent Italy during Eurovison 2017 song contest. You don't often hear quotes from William Shakespeare and Erich Fromm in the the first two lines of a song:



Excerpts from the lyrics:

"Internet experts,
Honorary members of the selfie-addicted anonymous
Cleverness is out of fashion,
Easy answers,
Pointless dilemmas.

Whatever happens, panta rhei
And 'Singing in The Rain'."

The phrase panta rhei, "everything flows" either was spoken by Heraclitus or survived as a quotation of his. This famous aphorism used to characterize Heraclitus' thought comes from Simplicius, a neoplatonist, and from Plato's Cratylus. The word rhei is the Greek word for "to stream", and is etymologically related to Rhea according to Plato's Cratylus.

The philosophy of Heraclitus is summed up in his cryptic utterance:

"Ever-newer waters flow on those who step into the same rivers."

The quote from Heraclitus appears in Plato's Cratylus twice:

"All entities move and nothing remains still"

and

"Everything changes and nothing remains still ... and ... you cannot step twice into the same stream".

More from his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/GabbaniVEVO/videos

Another clip of the song:



References:

Italy sends rising star Francesco Gabbani - and an ape - to win Eurovision 2017 http://buff.ly/2loRH10
"Occidentali's Karma" lyrics - Francesco Gabbani (Italy, Eurovision 2017) http://buff.ly/2loSNd2

The Corrs are back with a new album

The Corrs are back with a new album, here is one of the singles: The Corrs - I Do What I Like - recorded at Church Studios:



The first single from the album: The Corrs - Bring On The Night - recorded at Church Studios:

Drummer Leonard Haze's thoughts on old age and dying

Leonard Haze was a great drummer. He passed away in his sleep last weekend at age 61. I saw him on tour with Ian Gillan in 1992 and the whole band was amazing. He had this humongous Ludwig drum kit and was a powerful drummer. Lenny Haze recorded the Toolbox album with Gillan, one of the songs from the album, Don't hold me back, is linked below:



Considering the recent deaths of many rock and roll greats, this Facebook post by Lenny from January seems very relevant:

Leonard Haze, thinking about a lot of things.
January 2:

"That's enough. Why is it so hard to get old ? You loose friends as you go. With Bill F rates today that's for me since Christmas a total of 4 people I know passing away. Christmas eve my step daughter Danielle Galvin ' s Aunt & best friend at 36. From something she didn't know about. Lemmy two days after Christmas something he just discovered. Bill Frates today. I heard he was very I'll but still. You add on Mark Weaver & I am sorry but now I know why granny didn't want to play bingo.
I asked her if " you want a ride to the church to play bingo" ?" No " she snapped. Why ? Too many old people was the response. She explained that the last ladies she had become friends with all had died & she had lost all her friends. She was about 92 at the time & an uncle my mom & I took care of her and her older sister my greatest Aunt Mary. I can't explain how funny those two old ladies were. Best thing I ever did was 3 days a week with them.
But now granny I understand why you said more pain comes from loosing others than your body gives you getting old. Now I get it."

Lenny had moderate to severe COPD, according to news reports.

References:

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/original-yt-drummer-leonard-haze-dead-at-61/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toolbox_(album)