What are your favourite lyrics or songlines?

[2020hindsight]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDJsgzNTiPQ&mode=related&search= pretty woman
It's worth persevering with this one - after about 2.5 mins they show that they are damned good singers ( no accompaniment of course !!)

Pretty Woman - Orbison

Pretty woman, walking down the street
Pretty woman, the kind I like to meet
Pretty woman
I don't believe you, you're not the truth
No one could look as good as you
Mercy

Pretty woman, won't you pardon me
Pretty woman, I couldn't help see
Pretty woman
That you look lovely as can be
Are you lonely just like me
Wow

Pretty woman, stop a while
Pretty woman, talk a while
Pretty woman, gave your smile to me
Pretty woman, yeah yeah yeah
Pretty woman, look my way
Pretty woman, say you'll stay with me
'Cause I need you, I'll trear you right
Come with me baby, be mine tonight

Pretty woman, don't walk on by
Pretty woman, make me cry
Pretty woman, don't walk away, hey...okay
If that's the way it must be, okay
I guess I'll go on home, it's late
There'll be tomorrow nigh, but wait
What do I see
Is she walking back to me
Yeah, she's walking back to me
Oh, oh, Pretty woman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxCzfybdI_c&mode=related&search= 16 Tons - Rockapella

Sixteen Tons (Laine Frankie)

Some people say a man is made outta mud.
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood.
Muscle and blood, skin and bones;
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong.

You load sixteen tons an' what do you get?
Another day older deeper and debt.
St Peter don't you call me I cause can't go:
I owe my soul to the company store.

Well, I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine.
I picked up a shovel, Iwalked out to the mine.
I loaded sixteen tons of Number 9 coal,
An' the store boss said: "Well, bless my soul."

You load sixteen tons an' what do you get?
Another day older deeper and debt.
St Peter don't you call me I cause can't go:
I owe my soul to the company store.

Well, I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain.
Fightin' an' trouble are my middle name.
I was raised in the canebreak by an old mama lion,
Can't no high-toned woman makes me walk the line.

You load sixteen tons an' what do you get?
Another day older deeper and debt.
St Peter don't you call me I cause can't go:
I owe my soul to the company store.

Well, if you see me comin', better step aside.
A lotta men didn't; a lotta men died.
One fist of iron, the other of steel.
If the right one don't get you, then the left one will.

You load sixteen tons an' what do you get?
Another day older deeper and debt.
St Peter don't you call me I cause can't go:
I owe my soul to the company store.

 

[2020hindsight]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuzc4jgwlT8&mode=related&search= Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego - Rockapella


This one similar:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc9bz7Iu-gE&NR=1 rockapella's jeff thatcher on "drums" / beatboxing etc
(I wont embed it though) Instead here are some photos of this bloke doing vocal drums

 

[pennystock]

I'm a beggar on the street of love....

Ain't that the truth...

 

[wayneL]

In light of the new cold war brewing:

Russians - Sting

In Europe and America, there's a growing feeling of hysteria
Conditioned to respond to all the threats
In the rhetorical speeches of the Soviets
Mr. Krushchev said we will bury you
I don't subscribe to this point of view
It would be such an ignorant thing to do
If the Russians love their children too

How can I save my little boy from Oppenheimer's deadly toy
There is no monopoly in common sense
On either side of the political fence
We share the same biology
Regardless of ideology
Believe me when I say to you
I hope the Russians love their children too

There is no historical precedent
To put the words in the mouth of the president
There's no such thing as a winnable war
It's a lie that we don't believe anymore
Mr. Reagan says we will protect you
I don't subscribe to this point of view
Believe me when I say to you
I hope the Russians love their children too

We share the same biology
Regardless of ideology
What might save us, me, and you
Is that the Russians love their children too

 

[wayneL]

Shoulda put this one up for Anzac day.

Liam Clancy - The Band Played Waltzing Matilda

"And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda"
Written by- Eric Bogle

Now when I was a young man, I carried me pack, and I lived the free life of a rover
From the Murray's green basin to the dusty outback, well, I waltzed my Matilda all over.
Then in 1915, my country said son, It's time you stopped rambling, there's work to be done.
So they gave me a tin hat, and they gave me a gun, and they marched me away to the war.

And the band played Waltzing Matilda, as the ship pulled away from the quay
And amidst all the cheers, the flag-waving and tears, we sailed off for Gallipoli
And how well I remember that terrible day, how our blood stained the sand and the water
And of how in that hell that they called Suvla Bay, we were butchered like lambs at the slaughter.
Johnny Turk he was waiting, he'd primed himself well. He shower'd us with bullets,
And he rained us with shell. And in five minutes flat, he'd blown us all to hell
Nearly blew us right back to Australia.

But the band played Waltzing Matilda, when we stopped to bury our slain.
We buried ours, and the Turks buried theirs, then we started all over again.
And those that were left, well we tried to survive, in that mad world of blood, death and fire
And for ten weary weeks, I kept myself alive, though around me the corpses piled higher
Then a big Turkish shell knocked me **** over head, and when I woke up in my hospital bed,
And saw what it had done, well I wished I was dead. Never knew there was worse things than dyin'.

For I'll go no more waltzing Matilda, all around the green bush far and free
To hump tent and pegs, a man needs both legs-no more waltzing Matilda for me.
So they gathered the crippled, the wounded, the maimed, and they shipped us back home to Australia.
The legless, the armless, the blind, the insane, those proud wounded heroes of Suvla
And as our ship pulled into Circular Quay, I looked at the place where me legs used to be.
And thanked Christ there was nobody waiting for me, to grieve, to mourn, and to pity.

But the band played Waltzing Matilda, as they carried us down the gangway.
But nobody cheered, they just stood and stared, then they turned all their faces away
And so now every April, I sit on me porch, and I watch the parades pass before me.
And I see my old comrades, how proudly they march, reviving old dreams of past glories
And the old men march slowly, old bones stiff and sore. They're tired old heroes from a forgotten war
And the young people ask, what are they marching for? And I ask myself the same question.

But the band plays Waltzing Matilda, and the old men still answer the call,
But as year follows year, more old men disappear. Someday no one will march there at all.
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda, who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?
And their ghosts may be heard as they march by that billabong, who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?

 

[wayneL]

Just a quick note for folks that want to open up the actual YouTube page, all you have to do is click anywhere on the image except the play arrow, and it will open a new YouTube window and start playing the file.

Cheers

 

[Joe Blow]

5. But there's a particular reason why its best to use direct link rather than embedded version here on ASF, and that is , you can havethe music playing in the background. And move on to reading about shares etc whilst it is playing . If you only use an embedded copy, then when you move off the "lyrics" thread, (or even if you move to a different page of the lyrics thread) - but suppose youwant to listen to music and move off to a trading thread - then using embedded version, you'd lose the song as soon as you went off that page

Hi 2020:

Some people prefer the embedded version so they can watch the video in the context of the thread. I just prefer to have both options available as some people do indeed prefer one or the other.

Also, with an embedded You Tube video, just click on the You Tube logo in that particular video to be taken to the You Tube page with all the other associated/related videos. You can also use this method and play the video in another browser window if you would prefer to continue listening to the audio after you have closed the thread.

 

[2020hindsight]

You can also .... play the video in another browser window if you would prefer to continue listening to the audio after you have closed the thread.

Joe
yep - (i didnt realise how easy it was to open the full you tube just by clicking the picture - as Wayne just corrected me 0 doh)

now that you mention it , I guess you can open ASF two or three times and read about shares on one, listen to music on another, and discover God on the third

thanks , 2020

PS "the answer my friend is doh ing in the wind :scratch:

 

[Ants]

Shut em down. PE.

 

[2020hindsight]

Heartache tonight, Eagles

Somebody’s gonna hurt someone
Before the night is through
Somebody’s gonna come undone.
There’s nothin’ we can do.
Everybody wants to touch somebody
If it takes all night.
Everybody wants to take a little chance,
Make it come out right.

There’s gonna be a heartache tonight,
A heartache tonight, I know.
There’s gonna be a heartache tonight, I know.
Lord, I know.

Some people like to stay out late
Some folks can’t hold out that long
But nobody wants to go home now.
There’s too much goin’ on.

This night is gonna last forever.
Last all, last all summer long.
Some time before the sun comes up
The radio is gonna play that song.
There’s gonna be a heartache tonight,
A heartache tonight, I know.
There’s gonna be a heartache tonight,
A heartache tonight, I know.
Lord I know.

the long run

 

[Nifty]

Casey Bill Weldon from the song Lady Doctor.
She put her arms around me and held me real tight,she said your'e an awfully sick man Im goin to doctor you all night.

 

[2020hindsight]

One from 1988 Seoul Olympics
Whitney Houston - One Moment In Time (Grammy Awards)

Alessandra

Guercio.- One moment in time
"One Moment in Time" is a song recorded by American singer Whitney Houston for the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea.

The song was written for and appears on the 1988 Summer Olympics Album: One Moment in Time, produced in conjunction with NBC Sports' coverage of the Seoul games and which, in addition to Houston, also featured artists such as: The Four Tops, The Bee Gees, Eric Carmen and the film composer John Williams. The track is an anthem for believing in yourself against all odds as Houston asks for "One moment in time/when I'm racing with destiny/Then, in that one moment of time, I will feel eternity".

One Moment In Time

Each day I live I want to be
A day to give the best of me
I'm only one but not alone
My finest day is yet unknown
I broke my heart for every gain
To taste the sweet I faced the pain
I rise and fall yet through it all
This much remains

Chorus: I want one moment in time
When I'm more than I thought I could be
When all of my dreams are a heartbeat away
And the answers are all up to me.
Give me one moment in time
When I'm racing with destiny
Then in that one moment in time
I will feel, I will feel eternity

I've lived to be the very best
I want it all - no time for less
I've laid my plans, now lay the chance
Here in my hands

Repeat Chorus
You're a winner for a lifetime
If you seize that one moment in time - make it shine

Final Chorus: Give me one moment in time
When I'm more than I thought I could be
When all of my dreams are a heartbeat away
And the answers are all up to me.
Give me one moment in time
When I'm racing with destiny
Then in that one moment in time
I will be, I will be, I will be free

If you want to sing along here's a karioke version
http://www.geocities.com/ystradband/OneMomentInTime.html

Internationally, the song performed better, topping the charts in United Kingdom and Germany. The song also reached number four in Switzerland, and number eight in France, but only fifty-four in Australia

 

[wayneL]

One of the best songs ever written (IMHO)

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot

The legend lives on from the chippewa on down
Of the big lake they called gitche gumee
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of november turn gloomy
With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more
Than the edmund fitzgerald weighed empty.
That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed
When the gales of november came early.

The ship was the pride of the american side
Coming back from some mill in wisconsin
As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most
With a crew and good captain well seasoned
Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms
When they left fully loaded for cleveland
And later that night when the ships bell rang
Could it be the north wind theyd been feelin?
The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound
And a wave broke over the railing
And every man knew, as the captain did too,
Twas the witch of november come stealin.
The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait
When the gales of november came slashin.
When afternoon came it was freezin rain
In the face of a hurricane west wind.

When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck sayin.
Fellas, its too rough to feed ya.
At seven p.m. a main hatchway caved in, he said
Fellas, its been good tknow ya
The captain wired in he had water comin in
And the good ship and crew was in peril.
And later that night when his lights went outta sight
Came the wreck of the edmund fitzgerald.

Does any one know where the love of God goes
When the waves turn the minutes to hours?
The searches all say theyd have made whitefish bay
If theyd put fifteen more miles behind her.
They might have split up or they might have capsized;
May have broke deep and took water.
And all that remains is the faces and the names
Of the wives and the sons and the daughters.

Lake huron rolls, superior sings
In the rooms of her ice-water mansion.
Old michigan steams like a young mans dreams;
The islands and bays are for sportsmen.
And farther below lake ontario
Takes in what lake erie can send her,
And the iron boats go as the mariners all know
With the gales of november remembered.

In a musty old hall in detroit they prayed,
In the maritime sailors cathedral.
The church bell chimed till it rang twenty-nine times
For each man on the edmund fitzgerald.
The legend lives on from the chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call gitche gumee.
Superior, they said, never gives up her dead
When the gales of november come early!

 

[2020hindsight]

yep ripper
If we ever have a karioke night, Capt Chaz can sing that one
the rest of us can fight over who sings " I did it My Way"

 

[noirua]

Hi 2020, Still following your excellent posts. Not posting so much as a bout of ill health strayed my way.

Had to reply to that rendition of "16 tonnes", terrible, terrible, terrible.
Here is the Late Great Tennessee Ernie Ford: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmTgnpzPS64

 

[2020hindsight]

Had to reply to that rendition of "16 tonnes", terrible, terrible, terrible.

noi ,
not only that, but it was bass, bass, bass

I posted those three songs by Rockapells
a) 16 tons - mainly to introduce the bass singer - and mainly for that last note.
b) Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? the drummer (beatbox), and
c) "Pretty Woman" - which puts its all together - including the beatboxing drummer in the background - I have now listened to that 28 times lol - talented as hell. (what sis you think of that one?)

A Capella means "Mithout instruments" apparently
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_cappella
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockapella

Rockapella" is a portmanteau of "rock" and "a cappella". In addition to original vocal music, the group also perform a cappella covers of pop songs.

The original group members consisted of Brown University alumni ..., who started performing together sheerly out of their love for music. ... After having performed on New York City street corners for passers-by the group met a producer who found them a spot on the television show Spike & Co.: Do It A Cappella, hosted by Spike Lee. It was this show that put them in the national spotlight. [1]

The text "All sounds provided by the voices and appendages of Rockapella," the central idea of the group, appears on the group's label debut, Don't Tell Me You Do.

Religious traditions
A cappella music originally was, and still often is, used in church music. Gregorian chant is an example of a cappella singing, as is the majority of sacred vocal music from the Renaissance. The Madrigal, up until its development in the early Baroque into an instrumentally-accompanied form, is also usually an a cappella form.


[edit] Christian
Present-day Christian religious bodies known for conducting their worship services without musical accompaniment include some Presbyterian churches devoted to the regulative principle of worship, Old Regular Baptists, Primitive Baptists, Plymouth Brethren, most congregations among the churches of Christ, the Old German Baptist Brethren , the Eastern Orthodox Christian Church and the Amish. Many Mennonites also conduct some or all of their services without instruments. Sacred Harp, a type of religious "folk" music, is an a cappella style of religious singing, but is more often sung at singing conventions than at church services.

Christian a cappella polyphony began to be developed in Europe around the late 1400s; early works are often identified with Josquin des Prez. The early a cappellas seem to have had an accompanying instrument, although this instrument doubled the singers and were not independent. By the 1500s, a cappella polyphony had been fully developed; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina's works are considered excellent examples. After Palestrina, the cantata began to take the a cappella's place.[2]


[edit] Jewish
Traditional Jewish religious services do not include musical instruments. The use of instruments is traditionally forbidden on the Sabbath out of concern that players would be tempted to repair their instruments, which is forbidden on those days. (This prohibition has been relaxed in many Reform and some Conservative congregations.) Similarly, when Jewish families and larger groups sing traditional Sabbath songs known as zemirot outside the context of formal religious services, they usually do so a cappella, and Bar and Bat Mitzvah celebrations on the Sabbath sometimes feature entertainment by a cappella ensembles. Moreover, many Jews consider the 49-day period of the counting of the omer between Passover and Shavuot to be a time of semi-mourning when instrumental music is not allowed. This has led to a tradition of a cappella singing sometimes known as sefirah music.[3]


[edit] Muslim
Some Muslims have also adopted the idiom of a cappella music since traditional Islam prohibits the use of instruments except for some basic percussion. Muslim a cappella songs are called anasheed. And the most famous nasheed singers in the muslim arab world is Mohammed Alhusayan , Abu Rateb and in the english world Yosif Islam and Sami Yousef.


[edit] Contemporary a cappella
In the modern parlance, the term applies to vocal performers who refrain from performing with any instrumental accompaniment, though some emulate the sonority of instruments with their voices, microphones, and signal processing effects.

 

[noirua]

c) "Pretty Woman" - which puts its all together - including the beatboxing drummer in the background - I have now listened to that 28 times lol - talented as hell. (what sis you think of that one?)


Hi 2020, That was a very fine effort, as it is one of the most difficult songs to sing. No others attempted to seriously record it. Aussies versus Texans, they did well.

These are some of the the very many recordings during Roy Orbison's life. He had a very tragic time as his wife was killed in a motorcycle accident and two of his three sons were killed in a fire. Died in 1988 at the age of 52 after complications following triple by-pass surgery.

***not finished yet, back fairly soon - good luck

 

[noirua]

c) "Pretty Woman" - which puts its all together - including the beatboxing drummer in the background - I have now listened to that 28 times lol - talented as hell. (what sis you think of that one?)


Hi 2020, That was a very fine effort, as it is one of the most difficult songs to sing. No others attempted to seriously record it. Aussies versus Texans, they did well.

These are some of the the very many recordings during Roy Orbison's life. He had a very tragic time as his wife was killed in a motorcycle accident and two of his three sons were killed in a fire. Died in 1988, at the age of 52, after complications following triple by-pass surgery.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdeicjnbdDQ&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj6y1PyPg84&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol7SzS8F7PI&mode=related&search=

 

[2020hindsight]

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Edmund_Fitzgerald

When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck sayin.
Fellas, its too rough to feed ya.
At seven p.m. a main hatchway caved in, he said
Fellas, its been good tknow ya

great song

Edmund Fitzgerald = 220 metres (dissapeared without signal in 10 Nov 1975)
Pasha Bulker = 225 metres (coal bulk carrier washed up in Newcastle a week back, 8 June)
- about same size!

gotta feeling the biggest dry cargo carrier is about 370m
oil tankers bigger still

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaiNHjmBMWQ&mode=related&search=

http://www.abc.net.au/newcastle/stories/s1945881.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasha_Bulker
The Pasha Bulker was built in 2006 by Sasebo Heavy Industries Co., and sails under the flag of Panama.[1] It is 225 metres in length and has a beam of 32.2 metres and a cargo hold capacity (grain) of 90,911 cubic metres

 

[wayneL]

A song John Denver wrote about the Challenger disaster. Apparently he was in line to be the first civie in space, but eventually the schoolteacher went. In this video he discusses about writing the song... poignant.

John Denver - Flying for Me

Well I guess that you probably know by now
I was one who wanted to fly
I wanted to ride on that arrow of fire right up into heaven
And I wanted to go for every man
Every child, every mother of children
I wanted to carry the dreams of all people right up to the stars

And I prayed that Id find an answer there
Or maybe I would find a song
Giving a voice to all of the hearts that cannot be heard
And for all of the ones who live in fear
And all of those who stand apart
My being there would bring us a little step closer together

They were flying for me
They were flying for everyone
They were trying to see a brighter day for each and everyone

They gave us their light
They gave us their spirit and all they could be
They were flying for me
They were flying for me

And I wanted to wish upon the milky way
And dance upon a falling star
I wanted to give myself and free myself, and join myself with it all

Given the chance to dream, it can be done
The promise of tomorrow is real
Children of spaceship earth
The future belongs to us all

She was flying for me
She was flying for everyone
She was trying to see a brighter day for each and everyone

She gave us her light
She gave us her spirit and all she can be
She was flying for me
They were flying for me
They were flying for everyone
They were trying to see a brighter day for each and everyone

They gave us their light
They gave us their spirit and all they can be
They were flying for me