Yes, I think you're probably correct there, it's difficult to sell a music sift.

I'd recognised this song every time I heard it, but had no idea what it was called until recently... With a lot of the music sifts here, you don't know what you're getting till you listen. So, it seems to be the case that many tunes don't attract a lot of votes in general. I'm not sure how best to improve the method of advertising, but VideoSift could almost use its own Pandora feature.

So I tried to sexy up the tags a little, and hopefully the bad-arse sunnies will help

I shall have a look about for Equinox too, thanks!

>> ^ponceleon:
Yeah, this might not get sifted because people probably won't appreciate him, but Jarre is absolutely great. I grew up listening to this record and Equinox, which I actually like a bit better. If you haven't heard that one, I highly recommend it.

Yeah, this might not get sifted because people probably won't appreciate him, but Jarre is absolutely great. I grew up listening to this record and Equinox, which I actually like a bit better. If you haven't heard that one, I highly recommend it.

http://www.videosift.com/video/Jean-Michle-Jarre-Equinoxe

Embed looks dead I'm afraid.

This vid looks a bit dead.

In reply to this comment by siftbot:
Moving this video to deathcow's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 3 days.

Your jean michel jarre vid is dead.

I think this might be a fix: http://www.clipser.com/watch_video/55148

>> ^ShakaUVM:
>> His biggest act of asshat-ery, though, was when during a legal battle over the existence of the cross on Mt. Soledad, he sneakily booked the site for Easter morning, even though (well, because) a church group had held Easter morning services there every year. So that he could hold a pagan ceremony there instead. Basically, though, just to be a dick.


You do realize that Easter (and "Christmas") is and has been a pagan holiday long before Christianity was invented. Rabbits laying eggs, decorated trees on December 25th, hmm, I wonder where that came from?

The Babylonian goddess of fertility, love and war, Ishtar (which is pronounced "Easter"), descended from heaven in a giant egg, landed in the Euphrates river at sunrise on the first Sunday after the vernal equinox, and turned a bird into an egg laying rabbit. The priests would then sacrifice infants, take the eggs and die them in the blood of the sacrificed infants. Ishtar became impregnated by the rays of the sun-god Baal and gave birth to her son, Tammuz, on the 25th of December.

Tammuz was killed, resurrected and descended into the sky to be with is father. When he died, some of his blood fell on the stump of an evergreen tree and the stump grew into a full new tree overnight.

The name “Easter” has its roots in ancient polytheistic religions (paganism). On this, all scholars agree. This name is never used in the original Scriptures, nor is it ever associated biblically with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. For these reasons, we prefer to use the term "Resurrection Sunday" rather than "Easter" when referring to the annual Christian remembrance of Christ's resurrection.

“Easter” is simply one of the names of a woman who mightily deceived the world and whose religion has caused untold suffering and misery. She was clearly an enemy of Christianity, and her son Tammuz was an anti-Christ, a false messiah that ultimately deceived millions.

Thanks for that. It’s been a while since I’ve visited the Bad Astronomy site. I particularly like his Misconceptions page (example: you can stand an egg anytime, not just during the spring Equinox), and the bad astronomy shown in movies and TV.

Nice, where could i find all this? its really interesting!!
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Most pagan religions had a celebration on or following the spring equinox, and on December 25th. I kinda like this one the best:

Ishtar (which is pronounced "Easter"), the Bablyonian goddess of fertility, love, and war, came out of heaven in a giant egg, landed in the Euphrates river at sunrise on the first Sunday after the vernal equinox, and turned a bird into an egg laying rabbit. The priests would then sacrifice infants, take the eggs and die them in the blood of the sacrificed infants. Ishtar became impregnated by the rays of the sun-god Baal and gave birth to her son, Tammuz, on th 25th of December.

Tammuz was killed, resurrected and descended into the sky to be with is father. When he died, some of his blood fell on the stump of an evergreen tree and the stump grew into a full new tree overnight. Do you see where this is going yet?

Most pagan religions had a celebration on or following the spring equinox, and on December 25th. I kinda like this one the best:

Ishtar (which is pronounced "Easter"), the Bablyonian goddess of fertility, love, and war, came out of heaven in a giant egg, landed in the Euphrates river at sunrise on the first Sunday after the vernal equinox, and turned a bird into an egg laying rabbit. The priests would then sacrifice infants, take the eggs and die them in the blood of the sacrificed infants. Ishtar became impregnated by the rays of the sun-god Baal and gave birth to her son, Tammuz, on th 25th of December.

Tammuz was killed, resurrected and descended into the sky to be with is father. When he died, some of his blood fell on the stump of an evergreen tree and the stump grew into a full new tree overnight. Do you see where this is going yet?

Someone posted the following on the Godtube page and I found it interesting so I thought I'd share.

"kveldulv added: 21 hours ago
German pagans named the Spring Equinox after Ostara, their goddess of spring, fertility, and rebirth. In England, among the Anglo-Saxon tribes, Ostara was known as Eostre. The modern holiday of Easter is derived from the name \"Eostre\" and the associated myths.\n\n Many of the traditions associated with Easter have direct links with Paganism. Even the word Easter is named after the Teutonic Goddess Eostre, the Goddess of Spring who gives fertility to the earth. (Note that Easter coincides with Spring in the Northern Hemisphere)\n\n Eggs are another Pagan symbol of Easter. From the earliest of times, the egg has represented immortality. The egg is the World Egg, laid by the Goddess and opened by the heat of the Sun God. The hatching of this World Egg was celebrated each year at the Spring festival of the Sun.\n\nAs Spring is the season of nature\'s rebirth, the symbol of the egg was of course particularly significant at this time. The Druids dyed eggs scarlet to honour the Sun, and Pagan Anglo-Saxons made offerings of their coloured eggs to the Goddess Eostre. They also (like many Pagan cultures before them) placed patterned eggs in tombs or on fresh graves, to ensure the rebirth of the deceased.\n\nTAKE THIS AND LEARN ABOUT WHERE YOUR RELIGION AND YOUR RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS REALLY CAME FROM."

Constitutional_Patriot, that's been covered:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Equinox-It-Runs-On-Water-1995-documentary-on-free-energy#leavecomment

poor qm, poor joe, wars are waged under protest by the majority of the people, in any given country, on any given day....and if they are not fought with bodies, they are waged with rhetoric, politics, and diversion.....
This qualifies on both fronts, seems the flesh and blood sends the message home more emphatically.

Like Smokey the Bear said, "Only YOU, can prevent forest fires!"

The next regime of idiots will further the same.....
the paradigm must be altered, not remedied and revised...Replaced.

When that happens then shiny, happy, pretty everything!!!Yaaaaay!

Who makes war??? The George Insect Bushes of the world???....
No, they just put on the show....Poof!

Perhaps ya'll both eat more purple mushrooms at equinoxs' and solstices.....

As far as global warming, who was burning fossil fuels 100,000 years ago to cause that warming?

How about 18,000 years ago at the end of the Pleistocene? Lots of fossil fuel burning going on then?

Climate is a described by coupled sets of non-linear relationships whose actual variables haven't even been convincingly identified.

Those pointing to computer models are either frauds or incompetent; as the models are worthless. Every single line of that code needs to be held up to the light of day; the fudge factors, approximated physics, poor math, and then the whole sections where they have no idea but just wing it.

Global warming is just a tool to empower bureaucrats and unaccountable international organizations who want to control you. With communism and socialism disreputable, it's the new vehicle.

Known causes of climate change:

(1) Astronomical Causes

11 year and 206 year cycles: Cycles of solar variability ( sunspot activity )
21,000 year cycle: Earth's combined tilt and elliptical orbit around the Sun ( precession of the equinoxes )
41,000 year cycle: Cycle of the +/- 1.5° wobble in Earth's orbit ( tilt )
100,000 year cycle: Variations in the shape of Earth's elliptical orbit ( cycle of eccentricity )


(2) Atmospheric Causes

Heat retention: Due to atmospheric gases, mostly gaseous water vapor (not droplets), also carbon dioxide, methane, and a few other miscellaneous gases-- the "greenhouse effect"
Solar reflectivity: Due to white clouds, volcanic dust, polar ice caps


(3) Tectonic Causes

Landmass distribution: Shifting continents (continental drift) causing changes in circulatory patterns of ocean currents. It seems that whenever there is a large land mass at one of the Earth's poles, either the north pole or south pole, there are ice ages.

Undersea ridge activity: "Sea floor spreading" (associated with continental drift) causing variations in ocean displacement.