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gee whiz ng - you gonna havta post the songs too ;)
here are most of em i think - not necessarily by your first choice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBzCVDdVKsE byrdie green shadow of your smile
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sgo6O63U4i8 billy joel shes always a woman to me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEh_t0H_NfM she’s got a way about her
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv9wRYAM7Mk&mode=related&search= without you, air supply
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9D0wzzr3MQ&mode=related&search= without you, Mariah Carey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBUi-aQ3pRE fly me to the moon - westlife
ps - i agree - great lyrics and songs all of em ;)
 
2020hindsight said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBzCVDdVKsE byrdie green shadow of your smile
ps - i agree - great lyrics and songs all of em ;)
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This is my favorite but, byrdie green is a great name ;) and the lyrics my god!!

Our wistful little star Was far too high
A teardrop kissed your lips
And so did I

ps are you a fan of shirley bassey and billey joel like me 2020? and what about long hair have you ever had long hair? (not too long i hope, dont like too long just right)
 
2020hindsight said:
lol - sure i have long hair - no option with price of a haircut ;) - unfortunately it doesnt help my singing voice however :2twocents
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how long if you dont mind me asking ;) you're a member of ASF with money to spare for the shares, surely you can afford a hair cut! ??
 
"Every step I take"
BILLEY JOEL

Everything I do
I'm thinking thoughts of only you, girl
Everywhere I go
Dreams of you will always follow

Every step I take, every move I make
I'm trying to spend my life without you
I turn, I run, I hide, but I know deep inside
A part of me has died, yeah, yeah

I closed my eyes and see
A picture of your face before me

Upon my lips I feel

A tender kiss, you're almost real

Every step I take, every move I make
I'm trying to spend my life without you
I turn, I run, I hide, but I know deep inside
A part of me has died, yeah, yeah
 
2020hindsight said:
billy joel - lesser known maybe... (ignore 'em if you're not a joel fan) ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRIeC3Es5kA vienna
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How can anyone ignore this song?? My absolute favorite, it sounds very familiar, reminds me of someone I know really well ;)

"Vienna"

Slow down you crazy child
You're so ambitious for a juvenile
But then if you're so smart tell me why
Are you still so afraid?
Where's the fire, what's the hurry about?
You better cool it off before you burn it out
You got so much to do and only
So many hours in a day

But you know that when the truth is told
That you can get what you want
Or you can just get old
You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through
When will you realize...Vienna waits for you

Slow down you're doing fine
You can't be everything you want to be
Before your time
Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight (tonight)
Too bad but it's the life you lead
You're so ahead of yourself
That you forgot what you need
Though you can see when you're wrong
You know you can't always see when you're right(you're right)

You got your passion you got your pride
But don't you know that only fools are satisfied?
Dream on but don't imagine they'll all come true
When will you realize
Vienna waits for you

Slow down you crazy child
Take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while
It's alright you can afford to lose a day or two
When will you realize...
Vienna waits for you.

And you know that when the truth is told
That you can get what you want
Or you can just get old
You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through
Why don't you realize...Vienna waits for you
When will you realize...Vienna waits for you

ps: the video is not bad either, thanks 2020, to be honest (and its good to be honest ;) ), I too apply the same method when I lose something, it works.
 
"On the Rollercoaster"
Leria Hawkins

On the rollercoaster
Willing to chance the ride
Romancing the sky for a moment
Then plunge to the other side
Hearts pounding wildly
As I’m racing in the wind
Adrenaline is pumping
I don’t want it to end

On the rollercoaster
Tugging at my heart
Riding high, flying fast
My world falling apart
Wind whispers urgent kisses
In downhill twists and turns
The ride just seems too easy
Into my soul it burns

On the rollercoaster
Struggling up the hills
Always worth the effort
Always brings a thrill
Growing anticipation
What’s on the other side
Edging to the apex
Such pleasure in the ride

On the rollercoaster
Heat rushes through my veins
Feel the bump and grind
No one to complain
A spirit of jubilation
The ride just goes to fast
Such ardent fascination
In thrills that just don’t last

On the rollercoaster
Grinding to a halt
The ride to quickly over
No one there to fault
Instant disappointment
I want to ride again
Relive the exhilaration

But I know it has to end
 
"Hello Goodbye"
Charmaine Simpson

Missing you -
The ache has become a permanent fixture.

Then we say hello -

Then we say goodbye -

Like a rollercoaster we climb to the highs,
filled with anticipation and excitement,
longing for our short moments,
which feel as momentary as the pause -
just before the gut wrenching decent,
to the ever present bottom of the hill.
 
 
"True Love Leaves No Traces"
Leonard Cohen

As the mist leaves no scar
On the dark green hill
So my body leaves no scar
On you and never will

Through windows in the dark
The children come, the children go
Like arrows with no targets
Like shackles made of snow

True love leaves no traces
If you and I are one
It's lost in our embraces
Like stars against the sun



As a falling leaf may rest
A moment on the air
So your head upon my breast
So my hand upon your hair

And many nights endure
Without a moon or star
So we will endure
When one is gone and far



True love leaves no traces
If you and I are one
It's lost in our embraces
Like stars against the sun
 
"This Year's Girl"

See her picture in a thousand places
’cause she’s this year’s girl.
You think you all own little pieces
Of this year’s girl.

Forget your fancy manners,

Forget your english grammar,

Still you’re hoping that she’s well spoken
’cause she’s this year’s girl.
You want her broken with her mouth wide open
’cause she’s this year’s girl.
Never knowing it’s a real attraction,
All these promises of satisfaction,
While she’s being bored to distraction
Being this year’s girl.

A bright spark might corner the market
In this year’s girl.
You see yourself rolling on the carpet
With this year’s girl.
Those disco synthesizers,
Those daily tranquilizers,
Those body building prizes,
Those bedroom alibis,
All this, but no surprises for this year’s girl.
All this, but no surprises for this year’s girl.
All this, but no surprises for this year’s girl.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBI3xiDzxMM&mode=related&search= I am Australian - not the Seekers though, despite the claim
(includes the state flags if you're interested)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BokM-hH-pQ0&mode=related&search= ditto by the Seekers, low sound volume

I AM AUSTRALIAN (Bruce Woodley and Dobe Newton)

I came from the dream time, from the dusty red soil plains,
I am the ancient heart - the keeper of the flame,
I stood upon the rocky shore, I watched the tall ships come,
For forty thousand years I'd been the first Australian.
We are one but we are many
And from all the lands on earth we come,
we share a dream,
And sing with one voice,
I am, you are, we are Australian.
I came upon the prison ship bound down by iron chains
I cleared the land, endured the lash and waited for the rains.
I'm a settler, I'm a farmer's wife on a dry and barren run
A convict then a free man, I became Australian.
I'm the daughter of a digger who sought the mother lode
The girl became a woman on the long and dusty road
I'm a child of the depression, I saw the good times come
I'm a bushy, I'm a battler, I am Australian.
We are one but we are many
And from all the lands on earth we come,
we share a dream,
And sing with one voice,
I am, you are, we are Australian.
I'm a teller of stories, I'm a singer of songs
I am Albert Namatjira, and I paint the ghostly gums
I am Clancy on his horse, I'm Ned Kelly on the run
I'm the one who waltzed Matilda, I am Australian.
I'm the hot wind from the desert, I'm the black soil of the plains
I'm the mountains and the valleys, I'm the drought and flooding rains
I am the rock, I am the sky, the rivers when they run
The spirit of this great land, I am Australian.
We are one but we are many
And from all the lands on earth we come,
we share a dream,
And sing with one voice,
I am, you are, we are Australian.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyUaA0EwQKI&mode=related&search= a few pics with a few bars of Christina Anu's "my island home"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TebeNC-_VjA&NR where the b hell are you
 
BEATLES, REFLECTIVE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLhOiY_FJgY&mode=related&search= beatles, help
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-Qq5dr8JLk yesterday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLhoNBNpuOQ&NR there’s a place

There is a place
Where I can go
When I feel low
When I feel blue
And it's my mind
And there's no time when I'm alone

I think of you
And things you do
Go round my head
The things you said
Like "I love only you"

In my mind there's no sorrow
Don't you know that it's so
There'll be no sad tomorrow
Don't you know that it's so

WORLD PEACE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f18iq21EamE&mode=related&search= imagine (chewing gum? - one casual dude)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5FfNXhNOCc&mode=related&search= ditto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkTQU2TYgm8&mode=related&search= revolution

You say you want a revolution
Well you know, We all want to change the world
You tell me that it's evolution
Well you know, We all want to change the world
But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know that you can count me out

Don't you know it's gonna be alright, Alright, alright

You say you got a real solution
Well you know , We don't love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution
Well you know , We're doing what we can
But if you want money for people with minds that hate
All I can tell you is brother you have to wait

Don't you know it's gonna be alright, Alright, alright, al...

You say you'll change the constitution
Well you know, We all want to change your head
You tell me it's the institution
Well you know, You better free your mind instead
But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao
You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow etc

JOHN LEAVES GROUP and is killed (john lennon 1940 - 1980)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SlA9S0CSO0&mode=related&search= paul, on john missing the beatles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZh_BqJqKns&mode=related&search= Paul McCartney reaction to news of John Lennon Death
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuknBhy-lN4&mode=related&search= john , god, (presumably written when he left the group?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddEpGGh2PJQ&mode=related&search= I call your name (ringo)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85Smw33PKJA&mode=related&search= georges tribute to john , all those years ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suuU3mliNo8 in my life

TRIVIA
(only if you’ve got nothing to do - but it shows that genius and madness are in the same ballpark)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1ELhUa5bQY&mode=related&search= let it A, let it B
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPPgbsv0Lko&mode=related&search= john, in his own write (a lot in common with spike milligan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oAXWXrVp1w&mode=related&search= rehearsal , hey jude - you get the ghist after 30 seconds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k60R4pTgxRU&NR the song writers who knew each others minds inside out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZWO3_dUF6g&mode=related&search= typical movie

http://beatlesnumber9.com/ info about the beatles
 
not necessarily a favourite - but might as well post the bludy words, since they are hard enough to find, and no doubt some kids out there are heading off to uni this year.
http://www.newfoundations.com/Gaudeamus.html
also
http://www.ces.uj.edu.pl/european/krakow/gaudeamus.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Brevitate_Vitae wikipedia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhu9oiWoI6k&mode=related&search= (from the 2min mark) - from student prince.

Gaudeamus igitur
Juvenes dum sumus. Gaudeamus igitur
Juvenes dum sumus. Post jucundum juventutem
Post molestam senectutem Nos habebit humus.

Let us rejoice therefore While we are young.
Let us rejoice therefore While we are young.
After a pleasant youth After the troubles of old age
The earth will have us.

Ubi sunt qui ante nos In mundo fuere?
Ubi sunt qui ante nos In mundo fuere?
Vadite ad superos Transite in inferos
Hos si vis videre.

Where are they Who were in the world before us?
Where are they Who were in the world before us?
You may cross over to heaven You may travel into hell
If you wish to see them.

Vita nostra brevis est Brevi finietur.
Vita nostra brevis est Brevi finietur.
Venit mors velociter Rapit nos atrociter
Nemini parcetur.

Our life is brief It will be finished all too soon.
Our life is brief It will be finished all too soon.
Death comes quickly We are cruelly snatched away.
No one is spared.

Vivat academia! Vivant professores!
Vivat academia! Vivant professores!
Vivat membrum quodlibet Vivant membra quaelibet
Semper sint in flore.

Long live the academy! Long live the teachers!
Long live the academy! Long live the teachers!
Long live all the male students! Long live all the female studentes!
May they always flourish!

Vivant omnes virgines Faciles, formosae.
Vivant omnes virgines Faciles, formosae.
Vivant et mulieres Tenerae amabiles
Bonae laboriosae.

Long live the virgins Easy and beautiful!
Long live the virgins Easy and beautiful!
Long live mature women also, Tender and loveable
And full of good labor.

Vivant et res publica et qui illam regit.
Vivant et res publica et qui illam regit.
Vivat nostra civitas, Maecenatum caritas
Quae nos hic protegit.

Long live the state as well And those who rule it!
Long live the state as well And those who rule it!
Long live our city And the charity of benefactors
Which protects us here!

Pereat tristitia, Pereant osores.
Pereat tristitia, Pereant osores.
Pereat diabolus, Quivis antiburschius
Atque irrisores.

Let sadness perish! Let haters perish!
Let sadness perish! Let haters perish!
Let the devil perish! Let whoever is against our school
Who laughs at it, perish!
 
here's one for the grownups:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dht_-BQcYg Past the Point of No Return

and here's two to keep the kids amused while you adults sort out this point of no return business ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVddTjF-CEM little white bull
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo0sCi2x5F0 two little boys rolf harris

POINT OF NO RETURN (PHANTOM)
You have come here, in pursuit of your deepest urge,
in pursuit of that wish, which till now has been silent,
silent . . .

I have brought you, that our passions may fuse and merge -
in your mind you've already succumbed to me
dropped all defences completely succumbed to me -
now you are here with me: no second thoughts, you've decided,
decided . . .

Past the point of no return -no backward glances:
the games we've played till now are at an end . . .
Past all thought of "if" or "when" - no use resisting:
abandon thought, and let the dream descend . . .

What raging fire shall flood the soul? What rich desire unlocks its door?
What sweet seduction lies before us . . .?

Past the point of no return, the final threshold -
what warm, unspoken secrets will we learn?
Beyond the point of no return . . .

CHRISTINE
You have brought me to that moment where words run dry,
to that moment where speech disappears into silence,
silence . . .

I have come here, hardly knowing the reason why . . .
In my mind, I've already imagined our bodies entwining
defenceless and silent -
and now I am here with you: no second thoughts,
I've decided, decided . . .

Past the point of no return - no going back now:
our passion-play has now, at last, begun . . .
Past all thought of right or wrong - one final question:
how long should we two wait, before we're one . . .?

When will the blood begin to race the sleeping bud burst into bloom?
When will the flames, at last, consume us . . .?

BOTH
Past the point of no return the final threshold -
the bridge is crossed, so stand and watch it burn . . .
We've passed the point of no return . . .
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PS bad case of acne - be warned!
no wonder he keeps smashing lights.
 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYqWpgeDeNA John Farnham - When The War Is Over - LIVE in Germany (strange to think Hitler probably “preached” from nearby balconies - check out the size of the crowd)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUz2OulZ-q4&mode=related&search= blowing in the wind bob Dylan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx-4CiBmIPY&mode=related&search= tears in heaven, eric Clapton (for his boy who died)
http://www.guitaretab.com/c/clapton-eric/22312.html (guitar chords)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOEvWVZq-FA Sting - Fields of Gold
http://www.guitaretab.com/s/sting/18431.html (guitar chords - there are thousands of others there)
 
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