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rub92me said:
Do you still like it with bed instead of head Julia? :)
Googled it - Peter Sarstedt 1969:
"But where do you go to my lovely
When you're alone in your bed
Tell me the thoughts that surround you
I want to look inside your head, yes I do "
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Thanks rub92me and dubious info. I appreciate the correction (s).

Yes, "bed" is better, no doubt. It's a lovely song.

Julia
 
Just remembered another singer I used to really like. Rodriguez. In his day he was considered fairly "out there". Does anyone else remember him?
Especially good and anti-establishment was his album "Cold Fact"
An example below:

The mayor hides the crime rate
council woman hesitates
Public gets irate but forget the vote date
Weatherman complaining, predicted sun, it's raining
Everyone's protesting, boyfriend keeps suggesting
you're not like all of the rest.

Garbage ain't collected, women ain't protected
Politicians using people, they've been abusing
The mafia's getting bigger, like pollution in the river
And you tell me that this is where it's at.

Woke up this moming with an ache in my head
Splashed on my clothes as I spilled out of bed
Opened the window to listen to the news
But all I heard was the Establishment's Blues.

Gun sales are soaring, housewives find life boring
Divorce the only answer smoking causes cancer
This system's gonna fall soon, to an angry young tune
And that's a concrete cold fact.

The pope digs population, freedom from taxation
Teeny Bops are up tight, drinking at a stoplight
Miniskirt is flirting I can't stop so I'm hurting
Spinster sells her hopeless chest.

Adultery plays the kitchen, bigot cops non-fiction
The little man gets shafted, sons and monies drafted
Living by a time piece, new war in the far east.
Can you pass the Rorschach test?

It's a hassle is an educated guess.
Well, frankly I couldn't care less.

__________________

On the same album is "Sugarman", also great.

Julia
 
"Never found a job that for me was worth bothering ...

oh Lord, make me pure ...

but not yet"

Robbie Williams.

"I know I'm going to die ... so for me my revenge is living well

oh Lord, make me pure ...

but not yet"

same bloke ...

+ Pretty well anything Jim Steinman wrote and Meat Loaf sang
 
Oh yeah, loved the lyrics from Meatloaf's "Paradise by the Dashboard Light".

And now I'm praying for the end of time,
To hurry up and arrive.
Cause if I gotta spend another minute with you,
I don't think that I can really survive.

And that part with the radio announcing the baseball game leading into that:

Here he comes, squeeze play, it's gonna be close,
here's the throw, there's the play at the plate,
holy cow, I think he's gonna make it!

Then the girl:

Stop right there!
I gotta know right now!
Before we go any further--
Do you love me?
Will you love me forever?
Do you need me?
Will you never leave me?
Will you make me so happy for the rest of my life?
Will you take me away and will you make me your wife?

What a guy has to do just to get somewhere... :D

Cheers,
GP
 
For any Dylan fans who happen to be reading this between 10 and 11am today (Sat), there's a great Dylan hour on "The Music Show" on Radio National right now. It's terrific.

Julia
 
words by Gillespie Magee Jnr / John Denver sings it:-
FLIGHT :scratch:
Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, and danced the sky on laughter silvered wings,
Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds and done a hundred things.
I've wheeled and soared and swung, high in the sunlit silence,
Hovering there I've chased the shouting winds aloft, and flung my
Eager craft through footless halls of air.

Chorus ( I suspect Denver here)
The higher we fly, the farther we go, the closer we are to each other,
The darker the night, the brighter the star - in peace go my sisters and brothers.

Up, Up the long delirious burning blue, I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace,
Where never lark nor even eagle flew, and while with silent lifting mind I trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God. :bowdown: :engel:

How ironical that Denver died in a plane crash. Still doesn't change the fact that this is one hell of a poem, and fits Denver's style of "montana" and freedom" and "sunshine on his shoulder" etc.
incidentally, the hangglider in the picture is my daughter - Ive tried it myself, and I know the buzz - but never got high enough to feel clouds - although I did come close to "slipping the surly bonds of earth" and "seeing the face of god" - when I went between a couple of trees at breakneck speed ;)
 
Julia said:
Just remembered another singer I used to really like. Rodriguez. In his day he was considered fairly "out there". Does anyone else remember him?
Julia
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Yes, great songs! I have all his albums. He was a bit of a cult figure in South Africa. For over 20 years everybody thought he was dead, and then he had a short comeback, did some concerts and disappeared again. "I wonder" on "Cold Fact" is one of my favourite songs.
 
The list is endless, but a couple of fun short grabs I was listening to recently:

So join the struggle while you may
The revolution is just a T shirt away

Billy Bragg - Waiting for the great leap forwards

I'm the root of all that's evil - but you can call me cookie

Bloodhound Gang - Fire, Water, Burn

Ferret
 
"Give the ocean what I took from you so one day you could find it in the sand;
and hold it in your hands again."

---

"It's a long way to walk when you're wrong, if you're sneaking through town with your wrecking ball on.
If it makes you feel good, you can make them feel bad, it's an easy call.
So when nothing remains you can stand proud and claim you've destroyed them all.
It's so easy, take a swing and watch them fall.
You're a wrecking ball."
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtsMcGaNk9k
OLIVE TREE
Seekers near Sprinkbrook (pretty close to my old stomping ground).

Tell me white dove where will I find the olive tree (sure aint in the middle east!!)
for just one branch Id search my whole life through (I'd settle for just an olive off the bludy thing!)
I've heard them say a greener land is waiting there ( where they dont have global warming)
where people wait and find that dream come true (and only a few of their nightmares)

high flying dove please lead me and Ill follow you (provided you stay pretty close to the helicopter)
above the clouds beyond the stormy sea (lets limit ourselves to Tasmania for the time being)
I long to share a world of sweet contentment there (make that Fiji)
in that bright land where grows the olive tree. (Melbourne? - coupla daze, BUUdiful ;)) (well as many Greeks as Athens, even if the olive trees seem to hav dipped out).
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w0qhgIZa2I
Sherbet - Howzat (1976)

You told me I was the one
The only one who got your head undone
And for a while I believed the line that you spun

But I've been looking at you
Looking closely at the things you do
I didn't see it the way you wanted me to

How how howzat
You messed about ,I caught you out, Howzat
Now that I found where you're at,
It's goodbye, Well howzat, It's goodbye

You only came for a smile
Even though you're really not my style
I didn't think that you'd run me 'round
Like you do

How how howzat
You messed about, I caught you out, Howzat
Now that I found where you're at ,
It's goodbye , Well howzat, It's goodbye
Aha, O yeah, oh yeah

Well I've been looking at you, (I'll tell you what I see)
Looking closely at the things you do, (No you can't fool me)
I didn't see it the way you wanted me to
How how howzat
You messed aboutm, I caught you out, Howzat
Now that I found where you're at
It's goodbye, Howzat ,
You messed about, I caught you out, Howzat
Now that I found where you're at
It's goodbye, Well howzat, Goodbye
Oh yeah, oh yeah

Doo-wah doo-wah doo-wah doo-wah
Doo-wah doo-wah doo-wah doo-wah
Aaaaaaaaaah

Same again http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBfisrWLQ5A&mode=related&search=
"Sherbet's performance of the hit single 'Howzat' on German music show Musik Laden."
 
Hi Guys n Gals, I wont bombard you with specific songs (unless you want me to) but I think one of the most brilliant lyricists of modern music is "Sting" (Police) He had/has a way of describing ordinary life situations with brilliant accuracy in just a few words .......... If you are a "Police" fan you know what I mean ... If not, it is possible you may think his lyrics unimportant (far from it I assure you .... an excellent muso with lyrics to match) Cheers Barney.
 
"Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friends" (Beatles)

"She was one in a million, so there's 5 more just in New South Wales" (Whitlams)
 
barney said:
Hi Guys n Gals, I wont bombard you with specific songs (unless you want me to) but I think one of the most brilliant lyricists of modern music is "Sting" (Police) He had/has a way of describing ordinary life situations with brilliant accuracy in just a few words .......... If you are a "Police" fan you know what I mean ... If not, it is possible you may think his lyrics unimportant (far from it I assure you .... an excellent muso with lyrics to match) Cheers Barney.
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Because 2020 wasnt happy with me for not actually quoting some lyrics here is a couple of lines from a Police song which at first read might sound childish ..................
Dah Dooh dooh dooh, Dah dah dah dah, is all I want to say to you,
Dah Dooh dooh dooh, Dah dah dah dah, its meaningless is all thats true,

Now you might think what crap, but what Sting is actually commenting about, is what he thinks about the verbal diorreah that comes out of politicians (and beaurocrats in general) mouths, and also how much he would not be interested in discussing anything with them because it would generally be a waste of time trying to have an educated conversation ............... Smart guy Sting ........... (Hows that 2020 is that better :D Barney.
 
barney said:
..... Smart guy Sting ........... (Hows that 2020 is that better :D Barney.
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WELL I could reply "Dah Dooh dooh dooh, " lol
but - instead I'll say "thanks, m8"


PS just that you've actually SUNG this stuff - youmust have picked up a heap of "favourite lyrics" along the way.

Like I asked a guy the other day what was his favourite poem - ...quick as a flash he replied "there once was aman from Nantucket!" - and you know the rest lol. adios amigos :goodnight
 
2020hindsight, I thought the chorus to Howzat whent like this.

Howzat!
You hit the ball
I caught you out
Howzat?


Anyways, whne I was a child I used to listen to a neil young album called "on the beach." There was a song called "ambulance blues" and in it is a line that simply says "an ambulance can only go so fast."

Excellent album, but suprisingly it has never been pressed as a CD. Young has apparently never given the rights to reproduce it again after the record got pulled from shelves. If anyone has an old 33 of it, I'd be happy to buy it..

Cher4s,
 
Stan 101 said:
1. I caught you out, Howzat?
2. in it is a line that simply says "an ambulance can only go so fast."
Cher4s,
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1. Stan 101, thanks lol - yep - would be good for a post-cricket or baseball match singalong ;)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRzr8tzqQvg

about 40% of the timeline (2m50s) you get yr "its hard to find the meaning of this song - an ambulance can only go so fast, its easy to be buried in the past etc"
BTW - THIS IS JUST what I was trying to say on the road safety thread :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjqB6ck6gL4&mode=related&search= worth a listen as well


http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/neilyoung/ambulanceblues.html
AMBULANCE BLUES - Neil Young

Back in the old folky days , The air was magic when we played.
The riverboat was rockin' in the rain , Midnight was the time for the raid.

Oh, Isabela, proud Isabela, They tore you down and plowed you under.
You're only real with your make-up on, How could I see you and stay too long?

All along the Navajo Trail, Burn-outs stub their toes on garbage pails.
Waitresses are cryin' in the rain, Will their boyfriends pass this way again?

Oh, Mother Goose, she's on the skids, Sure ain't happy, neither are the kids.
She needs someone that she can scream at , And I'm such a heel for makin' her feel so bad.

I guess I'll call it sickness gone, It's hard to say the meaning of this song.
An ambulance can only go so fast , It's easy to get buried in the past
When you try to make a good thing last.

I saw today in the entertainment section , There's room at the top for private detection.
To Mom and Dad this just doesn't matter, But it's either that or pay off the kidnapper.

So all you critics sit alone, You're no better than me for what you've shown.
With your stomach pump and your hook and ladder dreams, We could get together for some scenes.

I never knew a man could tell so many lies, He had a different story for every set of eyes.
How can he remember who he's talkin' to?, 'Cause I know it ain't me, and I hope it isn't you.

Well, I'm up in T.O. keepin' jive alive, And out on the corner it's half past five.
But the subways are empty , And so are the cafes.

Except for the Farmer's Market, And I still can hear him say:
You're all just pissin' in the wind , You don't know it but you are.

And there ain't nothin' like a friend , Who can tell you you're just pissin' in the wind.

I never knew a man could tell so many lies , He had a different story for every set of eyes
How can he remember who he's talking to? Cause I know it ain't me, and hope it isn't you

Ps - dead easy m8 - google enquiry "ambulance blues lyrics" ;)
then youtube "ditto" or better "neil young" etc
 
barney said:
Dah Dooh dooh dooh, Dah dah dah dah, is all I want to say to you,
Dah Dooh dooh dooh, Dah dah dah dah, its meaningless is all thats true.
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Barney - SEE this is the thing isn't it!!! We've all heard those words - but only a few have understood it (imho) - maybe just the idiots - like me.

Btw, NEVER volunteer to do "Me and Bobby Magee" in a Karioke - the bludy "la da da da da da da da "'s go on for bludy hours!!

A much better Karioke song is :- ;) Allegedy Only 16 years old (even 18) when movie made (?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0osatEuj6FY

MUSTANG SALLY - Commitments

Mustang Sally, guess you better slow your mustang down.
Mustang Sally, baby , guess you better slow your mustang down.
You've been running all over the town .
Oh, I guess I'll have to put your flat feet on the ground.

All you want to do is ride around Sally, ride, Sally, ride.
All you want to do is ride around Sally, ride, Sally, ride.
All you want to do is ride around Sally, ride, Sally, ride.
All you want to do is ride around Sally, ride, Sally, ride
One of these early mornings,
You gonna be wiping your weeping eyes.

I bought you a brand new mustang... 'bout nineteen sixty five.
Now you come around signifying a woman,
girl you don't wanna let me ride.
Mustang Sally, guess you better slow your mustang down.
You been running all over the town now.
I guess you gotta put your flat feet on the ground.

All you want to do is ride around Sally, ride, Sally, ride.
All you want to do is ride around Sally, ride, Sally, ride.
All you want to do is ride around Sally, ride, Sally, ride.
All you want to do is ride around Sally, ride, Sally, ride.
One of these early mornings,
I'm gonna be wiping your weeping eyes.

two pretty good copies - one even more gravelly voice:- (but they go on too long lol)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwGvjuN-umE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poBR_fionZA

another one for karioke.. (you dont need to be able to change tone lol) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkH8oHxN0Qk&mode=related&search=
PS dont forget to click the little icon in right hand lower corner for full screen.
 
Julia said:
Some others will come to mind but I've especially always liked Elton John's "Yellow Brick Road"

When are you gonna come down
When are you going to land
I should have stayed on the farm
I should have listened to my old man

You know you can't hold me forever
I didn't sign up with you
I'm not a present for your friends to open
This boy's too young to be singing the blues

So goodbye yellow brick road
Where the dogs of society howl
You can't plant me in your penthouse
I'm going back to my plough

Back to the howling old owl in the woods
Hunting the horny back toad
Oh I've finally decided my future lies
Beyond the yellow brick road

What do you think you'll do then
I bet that'll shoot down your plane
It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics
To set you on your feet again

Maybe you'll get a replacement
There's plenty like me to be found
Mongrels who ain't got a penny
Sniffing for tidbits like you on the ground


Julia
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A great song, especially lyrically, however I don't think that Elton John has followed the songs advice:)
 
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