Old school music is cool!

[Blurock]

Anyway I guess the Beatles track that actually had the biggest impact on my life is actually really a McCartney track called Blackbird. This track was possibly the reason I never became all I could have been, I heard it and I was immediately hooked by it, it was the sole reason I took up learning classical guitar and if I include all the time that the guitar playing cost me it literally cost me years of my life.

The White album also influenced my music. I bet you never regret playing classical guitar. I can even stay without food as long as I have good music.

[AndyD]

Nah, I don't regret learning the Classical guitar. It might have been a time thief but it was something I enjoyed.

I only have one guitar nowadays and it the first guitar I ever bought. It was a cheap Yamaha which was nothing special in it's day, I spent almost a month playing every single guitar in every single music shop within about 30 miles of my house (in the days when shops actually had things in them to chose from). Hundreds of guitars and literally a month later I made my choice. It was almost the cheapest guitar I'd tried out but its tone was something out of the ordinary and over years of abuse for some reason it just sounded better and better as time went on. As I got to be a more competant guitarist I bought what were supposedly better and more exotic instruments but I always kept the old Yamaha. I even used in in some of the concerts I played and it held its own against other guitars that were hundreds of times more expensive, it raised a few eyebrows when I use to produce it from a hard case that was worth more than the guitar itself but the same people with their noses in the air would stand open mouthed when they heard it being played.

I spent several intensive years of learning to play, I did all the exams and eventually I played in bands as well as a classical concerts. I did some session musicianing for a TV station and I even took on a few pupils. After that I travelled for a few years on and off and although I had a university degree it was guitar playing that funded my travels on a casual basis not my degree. Almost everywhere I went and stayed for more than a few days I got casual work in restaurants, clubs, bars and even at weddings playing classical guitar. It was a great way of meeting people and not just in first world places like Europe and the US but equally in places you wouldn't imagine like the poorest places in North Africa and the most militarised places in Central America. Take it from me if you ever want to get through a war zone without getting shot at just carry a guitar on your back, it works every time .

[Blurock]

Take it from me if you ever want to get through a war zone without getting shot at just carry a guitar on your back, it works every time .

You said it Bru! Love makes the world go round, music makes it a pleasure.

[Blurock]

Nah, I don't regret learning the Classical guitar. It might have been a time thief but it was something I enjoyed.

I only have one guitar nowadays and it the first guitar I ever bought. It was a cheap Yamaha which was nothing special in it's day, I spent almost a month playing every single guitar in every single music shop within about 30 miles of my house (in the days when shops actually had things in them to chose from). Hundreds of guitars and literally a month later I made my choice. It was almost the cheapest guitar I'd tried out but its tone was something out of the ordinary and over years of abuse for some reason it just sounded better and better as time went on. As I got to be a more competent guitarist I bought what were supposedly better and more exotic instruments but I always kept the old Yamaha.

Those Yamaha's were not bad at all. A guitar is truly a special (although imperfect) instrument. I've also had a number of guitars over the years, but now have only my old 12 string Morris acoustic which I bought second hand for R30. It just has the perfect fit and touch and although I've never been the world's greatest guitarist, it makes even me sound presentable. I've never had that relationship with my clarinet.

Sadly, I've never had any formal training on guitar and gave up on classical piano as I was just interested to play in a rock band. I admire guys who play classical guitar and think they are the greatest! Here's one from the Master and the father of modern classical guitar.

[Citizen X]

Pink Floyd: Comfortably numb:1979:Lyrics and Video





“Hello,
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me.
Is there anyone at home?

Come on now
I hear you're feeling down
Well, I can ease your pain
And get you on your feet again

Relax
I'll need some information first
Just the basic facts
Can you show me where it hurts?

There is no pain, you are receding
A distant ship smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons
Now I've got that feeling once again
I can't explain, you would not understand
This is not how I am
I have become comfortably numb

I have become comfortably numb

O.K.
Just a little pin prick
There'll be no more aaaaaaaah!
But you may feel a little sick

Can you stand up?
I do believe it's working, good
That'll keep you going through the show
Come on, it's time to go.

There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown
The dream is gone
I have become comfortably numb.”

Album cover[1]
Video source[2]

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[1] Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Fl...80%93_The_Wall. Accessed 21 August 2014

[2] Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl9dc5FhFYU. Accessed 21 August 2014

[Citizen X]

Pink Floyd: The Final Cut: 1983: Lyrics and Video






“Through the fish-eyed lens of tear stained eyes
I can barely define the shape of this moment in time
And far from flying high in clear blue skies
I'm spiralling down to the hole in the ground where I hide.

If you negotiate the minefield in the drive
And beat the dogs and cheat the cold electronic eyes
And if you make it past the shotgun in the hall,
Dial the combination, open the priest-hole
And if I'm in I'll tell you what's behind the wall.

There's a kid who had a big hallucination
Making love to girls in magazines.
He wonders if you're sleeping with your new found faith.
Could anybody love him
Or is it just a crazy dream?

And if I show you my dark side
Will you still hold me tonight?
And if I open my heart to you
And show you my weak side
What would you do?
Would you sell your story to Rolling Stone?
Would you take the children away
And leave me alone?
And smile in reassurance
As you whisper down the phone?
Would you send me packing?
Or would you take me home?

Thought I oughta bare my naked feelings,
Thought I oughta tear the curtain down.
I held the blade in trembling hands
Prepared to make it but just then the phone rang
I never had the nerve to make the final cut.”

Album cover[1]

Video source[2]

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[1] Wikipedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvARL0Hzcoo. Accessed 21 August 2014

[2] Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvARL0Hzcoo. Accessed 21 August 2014

[Citizen X]

Depeche Mode: Blasphermous Rumours:1984: Lyrics and Video



I most certainly don’t think that ‘God’s got a sick sense of humour,’ but I can understand the frustration that my fellow human beings feel when life doesn’t treat them kindly…
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick,but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.” Proverbs 13:12
I like this song because of certain lyrics in it and the sombre feeling it ignites in one. For instance
“Summer's day
As she passed away
Birds were singing
In the summer sky
Then came the rain
And once again
A tear fell
From her mother's eye”



“Girl of 16
Whole life ahead of her
Slashed her wrists
Bored with life
Didn't succeed
Thank the lord
For small mercies

Fighting back the tears
Mother reads the note again
16 candles burn in her mind
She takes the blame
It's always the same
She goes down on her knees
And prays

I don't want to start
Any blasphemous rumours
But I think that God's
Got a sick sense of humour
And when I die
I expect to find Him laughing

Girl of 18
Fell in love with everything
Found new life
In Jesus Christ
Hit by a car
Ended up
On a life support machine

Summer's day
As she passed away
Birds were singing
In the summer sky
Then came the rain
And once again
A tear fell
From her mother's eye”

Album cover[1]
Video source[2]

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[1] Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphe...urs_/_Somebody. Accessed 22 August 2014

[2] Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZRGPg5laDU. Accessed 22 August 2014

[Citizen X]

For Miss J(with her consent)



The power of the forum..it connects people.



There’s this exceptionally stunning lady, both body and mind, just a friend, who’s into Kurt Darren. She would have liked me to have posted Kurt Darren’s ‘Laat die klokke lui,’ unfortunately I can’t find the video nor can I find the lyrics. Needless to say, I simply have to dedicate a song of Kurt Darren to Miss J..



It’s tragic that I can’t find a song on the net of one of our South African sons..


All things equal, I’ll dedicate this song of Kurt Darren to Miss J

Kurt Darren: Los lappie






“O, ek wil huistoe gaan, na mamma toe.
Die rivier is vol, my trane rol.
'n Bokkie wat vanaand, by my wil lê.
Sy kan maar lê, ek is 'n loslappie. Loslappie

O, ek wil huistoe gaan, na mamma toe.
Die rivier is vol, my trane rol.
'n Bokkie wat vanaand, by my wil lê.
Sy kan maar lê, ek is 'n loslappie.

Ek wens ek het vlerke soos 'n arend.
Dan vlieg ek maar verewig oor die see.
Dan vlieg ek na die arms van my moeder.
En daar sal ek bly tot die dood.

O, ek wil huistoe gaan, na mamma toe.
Die rivier is vol, my trane rol.
'n Bokkie wat vanaand by my wil lê.
Sy kan maar lê, ek is 'n loslappie. Loslappie

O, ek wil huistoe gaan, na mamma toe.
Die rivier is vol, my trane rol.
'n Bokkie wat vanaand, by my wil lê.
Sy kan maar lê, ek is 'n loslappie. Loslappie

Ek wens ek het vlerke soos 'n engeltjie.
Dan vlieg ek deur die tronk se tralies heen.
Dan vlieg ek na die arms van my moeder.
En daar sal ek bly tot die dood.

O, ek wil huistoe gaan, na mamma toe.
Die rivier is vol, my trane rol.
'n Bokkie wat vanaand, by my wil lê.
Sy kan maar lê, ek is 'n loslappie. Loslappie

O, ek wil huistoe gaan, na mamma toe.
Die rivier is vol, my trane rol.
'n Bokkie wat vanaand, by my wil lê.
Sy kan maar lê, ek is 'n loslappie. Loslappie

Instrumentaal.

Ek is 'n loslappie
Loslappie

O, ek wil huistoe gaan, na mamma toe.
Die rivier is vol, my trane rol.
'n Bokkie wat vanaand, by my wil lê.
Sy kan maar lê, ek is 'n loslappie. Loslappie

O, ek wil huistoe gaan, na mamma toe.
Die rivier is vol, my trane rol.
'n Bokkie wat vanaand, by my wil lê.
Sy kan maar lê, ek is 'n loslappie. Loslappie

O, ek wil huistoe gaan, na mamma toe.
Die rivier is vol, my trane rol.
'n Bokkie wat vanaand, by my wil lê.
Sy kan maar lê, ek is 'n loslappie. Loslappie

'n Bokkie wat vanaand, by my wil lê.
Sy kan maar lê, ek is 'n loslappie.”

[Citizen X]

Goo Goo Doll: Iris:1998” Lyrics and Video





A special dedication from Mr D M to Miss V…” “ What God has put together, let no man take apart”





“And I'd give up forever to touch you
'Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't wanna go home right now

And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
When sooner or later it's over
I just don't wanna miss you tonight

And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movies
Yeah, you bleed just to know you're alive

And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am :

Album Cover[1]
Video source[2]

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[1] Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_%2..._Dolls_song%29. Accessed 5 September 2014


[2] Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdYWuo9OFAw. Accessed 5 September 2014

[Citizen X]

Pink Floyd:The Trial:1979:Lyrics and Video:1979




I had a unique opportunity with this thread to revisit songs of my youth. Almost all of them have embedded memories.

This will be my final(maneo) post on this thread ‘old school music is cool.’ Please feel free to post your favourite old school classics.


"The Trial" is the fulcrum on which Pink's mental state balances. In the song, Pink is charged with "showing feelings...of an almost human nature". This means that Pink has committed a crime against himself by actually attempting to interact with his fellow human beings.”[1]



“Good morning Worm your honour
The crown will plainly show
The prisoner who now stands before you
Was caught red handed showing feelings
Showing feelings of an almost human nature
This will not do!

CALL THE SCHOOLMASTER

I always said he'd come to no good
In the end your honour
If they'd let me have my way I could
Have flayed him into shape
But my hands were tied
The bleeding hearts and artists
Let him get away with murder
Let me hammer him today

Crazy toys in the attic I am crazy
Truly gone fishing
They must have taken my marbles away
Crazy toys in the attic he is crazy

CALL THE WIFE

You little shit, you're in it now
I hope they throw away the key
You should talked to me more often
Than you did, but no you had to
Go your own way. Have you broken any homes up lately?

"Just five minutes Worm your honour him and me alone"

Baaaaaabe
Come to mother baby let me hold you in my arms
M'Lord I never wanted him to get in any trouble
Why'd he ever have to leave me
Worm your honour let me take him home

Crazy over the rainbow I am crazy
Bars in the window
There must have been a door there in the wall
When I came in
Crazy over the rainbow he is crazy


The evidence before the court is
Incontrovertible, there's no need for
The jury to retire
In all my years of judging
I have never heard before of
Some one more deserving
The full penalty of law
The way you made them suffer
Your exquisite wife and mother
Fills me with an urge to defecate
Since my friend you have revealed your deepest fear
I sentence you to be exposed before your peers

Tear down the wall”

Album cover[2]
Video source[3]

THE END

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[1]Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trial_%28song%29. Accessed 5 September 2014

[2]Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Fl...80%93_The_Wall. Accessed 5 September 2014

[3]Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCMHmDnfD6I. Accessed 5 September 2014