Old school music is cool!

[Citizen X]

The Power Of Love: Huey Lewis and the news
"The power of love is a curious thing
Make a one man weep, make another man sing
Change a hawk to a little white dove
More than a feeling that's the power of love
Tougher than diamonds, rich like cream
Stronger and harder than a bad girl's dream
Make a bad one good make a wrong one right
Power of love that keeps you home at night
You don't need money, don't take fame
Don't need no credit card to ride this train
It's strong and it's sudden and it's cruel sometimes
But it might just save your life
That's the power of love
That's the power of love
First time you feel it, it might make you sad
Next time you feel it it might make you mad
But you'll be glad baby when you've found
That's the power makes the world go'round
And it don't take money, don't take fame
Don't need no credit card to ride this train
It's strong and it's sudden it can be cruel sometimes
But it might just save your life
They say that all in love is fair
Yeah, but you don't care
But you know what to do
When it gets hold of you
And with a little help from above
You feel the power of love
You feel the power of love
Can you feel it ?
Hmmm"

I proudly give you 'The power of love!"

[Citizen X]

Bruce Springsteen: The boss: Dancing in the dark

I’ve often had to take many shots in the dark! I love music that’s rich in methaphors and analogies. Take for example Marley’s ‘rock my boat,” “ for every little action, there is a reaction, oh can’t you see what you’ve done for me, I’m happy inside, all, all of the time,”
In one of Marley’s songs, he provides, “They say the sun shine for all, but I tell you that in some people’s world’s it don’t shine at all!” For many years I took this to mean that some people on this earth live comfortable lives financially, that is, they not struggling but in other peoples world’s they live miserable lives i.e. abject poverty. I was wrong all these many years! I revisited a book I bought many years ago “ catch a Fire: The life of Bob Marley: Timothy White.
What Marley meant when he said that the sun shines in some peoples world but not in other’s is simply this. Some people have God in their lives and therefore this prescence of God in their lives causes light and the sun to shine in their lives, whereas, in other peoples lives they don’t have God in their lives and therefore this light is not present and the sun doesn’t therefore shine in their lives.
I love this part of the song “dancing in the dark:”
“I'm sick of sitting 'round here trying to write this book
I need a love reaction
Come on now baby gimme just one look
You can't start a fire sitting round crying over a broken heart
This gun's for hire
Even if we're just dancing in the dark
You can't start a fire worrying about your little world falling apart”
“I get up in the evening
And I ain't got nothing to say
I come home in the morning
I go to bed feeling the same way
I ain't nothing but tired
Man I'm just tired and bored with myself
Hey there baby I could use just a little help! You can't start a fire
You can't start a fire without a spark
This gun's for hire
Even if we're just dancing in the dark
Message keeps getting clearer
Radio's on and I'm moving 'round the place
I check my look in the mirror
I wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face
Man I ain't getting nowhere just living in a dump like this
There's something happening somewhere
Baby I just know that there is
You can't start a fire
You can't start a fire without a spark
This gun's for hire
Even if we're just dancing in the dark
You sit around getting older
There's a joke here somewhere and it's on me
I'll shake this world off my shoulders
Come on baby the laugh's on me
Stay on the streets of this town
And they'll be carving you up all right
They say you gotta stay hungry
Hey baby I'm just about starving tonight
I'm dying for some action
I'm sick of sitting 'round here trying to write this book
I need a love reaction
Come on now baby gimme just one look
You can't start a fire sitting round crying over a broken heart
This gun's for hire
Even if we're just dancing in the dark
You can't start a fire worrying about your little world falling apart
This gun's for hire.”

[Citizen X]

You Are
Lionel Richie
“Baby you'll find, there's only one love, yours and mine
I've got so much love

And needing you so, my love for you, I'll never let go,I've got so much love

All I want is to hold you, Let me show how much I love you baby
I don't mind and I don't mind (Loving you)
Girl I love you
There's no one above you

You are the sun, You are the rain
That makes my life this foolish game
You need to know, I love you so
And I'd do it all again and again

Tell me it's true, I can't believe you do what you do
I've got so much love, And my love you'll see
We'll stay together, just you and me
I've got so much love

Only you (know me)
Tell me how to love you baby (show me)
I don't mind and I don't mind (tell me)
Girl, I love you
Always thinking of you


I know you know the way I feel
And I need your love for always
Cause when I'm with you
I fall in love
Again and again and again, Baby.”

I proudly give you "YOU ARE."

[Citizen X]

Start me up: Rolling Stones: 1981
Want manic and self indulgent????
The Rolling Stones were formed in 1962!
The earliest settled line-up consisted of Brian Jones (guitar, harmonica), Ian Stewart (keyboards, piano), Mick Jagger (lead vocals, harmonica), Keith Richards (guitar, vocals), Bill Wyman (bass) and Charlie Watts (drums). Since Wyman's retirement in 1993, the band's full members have been Jagger, Richards, Watts and guitarist Ronnie Wood. Darryl Jones (bassist) and Chuck Leavell (keyboardist) are regular contributors but not full band members. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted the Rolling Stones in 1989, noting that "critical acclaim and popular consensus has accorded them the title of the “World’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band.”[1]
You can’t get mote manic and self indulgent than Mick Jagger in the video ,’Start me Up.’ I Love it!
I proudly give you “ Start me up.”

“If you start me up
If you start me up I'll never stop
If you start me up
If you start me up I'll never stop
I've been running hot
You got me ticking gonna blow my top
If you start me up
If you start me up I'll never stop
Never stop, never stop, never stop

You make a grown man cry (x3)
Spread out the oil, the gasoline
I walk smooth, ride in a mean, mean machine
Start it up

If you start it up
Kick on the starter give it all you got, you got, you got
I can't compete with the riders in the other heats
If you rough it up
If you like it you can slide it up,
Slide it up, slide it up, slide it up

Don't make a grown man cry
My eyes dilate, my lips go green
My hands are greasy
She's a mean, mean machine
Start it up

If start me up
give it all you got
You got to never, never, never stop
Slide it up, baby just slide it up
Slide it up, slide it up, never, never, never

You make a grown man cry”
Ride like the wind at double speed
I'll take you places that you've never, never seen
If you start it up
Love the day when we will never stop, never stop
Never, never, never stop
Tough me up
Never stop, never stop

You, you, you make a grown man cry
You, you make a dead man come”

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[1] Vide: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones

[Citizen X]

Olivia Newton- John and breast cancer
A DEDICATION to all women who have fought breast cancer
In 1980 I was a kid. Since most movies were almost always released in South Africa some 2 years after its release date in the States, Grease was released in SA in 1980.
It was 1980 and I thought that Olivia Newton- John was a Goddess! Even as a little kid, I knew what to look for or rather where to look(CLEAVAGE). In 1992 Olivia survived a fight with breast cancer. Sheryl Crow and Kylie Minogue also survived breast cancer..
"You're the One That I Want" is a song written by John Farrar for the 1978film version of the musical Grease. It was performed by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.
The single was a huge international hit, reaching no.1 in several countries. It was the only single from the Grease soundtrack to top both the US and UK pop charts.”[1]
Picture.[2]

I proudly give you: “ You the one that I want.”

"I got chills.
They're multiplyin'.
And I'm losin' control.
'Cause the power
you're suplyin',
it's electrifying!

You better shape up,
'cause I need a man
and my heart is set on you.
You better shape up;
you better understand
to my heart I must be true.
Nothing left, nothing left for me to do.
You're the one that I want.
(you are the one i want), o,o, oo, honey.
The one that I want.
(you are the one i want), o,o,oo, honey.
The one that I want
You, o,o, oo
are what I need.
Oh, yes indeed.
If you're filled
with affection
you're to shy to convey,
meditate in my direction.
Feel your way.
I better shape up,
'cause you need a man
i need a man
who can keep me satisfied.
I better shape up
if I'm gonna prove
oh you better prove
that my faith is justified.
Are you sure? Yes, I'm sure down deep inside.
You're the one that I want.
You, o,o, oo, honey.
The one that I want.
You, o,o,oo, honey.
The one that I want
You, oo, oo
are what I need.
Oh, yes indeed.”

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[1] Vide: Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You're_the_One_That_I_Want. Accessed: 14 November 2012


[2] Vide: Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grease_(film)

[Citizen X]

Yes, Billy Joel's music is timeless! remember Elton John and Kiki Dee music video of "don't go breaking my heart." they were both young and innocent at that time!!

Let's take a trip to 1976, shall we?? Oh, but I insist!!!
I proudly give you Elton John and Kiki Dee(looking very silly in this duet), @wardrobe personnel, you could have done a better job but just as you please!!!
Don't go breaking my heart

[johndice]

AC DC all the way mate!

[Citizen X]

AC DC all the way mate!

My favourite AC DC song is "Thunderstruck."

I proudly give you AC DC 'Thunderstruck,'


"Thunderstruck"
“Thunder, thunder, thunder, thunder
I was caught
In the middle of a railroad track
I looked round
And I knew there was no turning back
My mind raced
And I thought what could I do
And I knew
There was no help, no help from you
Sound of the drums
Beating in my heart
The thunder of guns
Tore me apart
You've been
Thunderstruck

Rode down the highway
Broke the limit, we hit the town
Went through to Texas, yeah Texas, and we had some fun
We met some girls
Some dancers who gave a good time
Broke all the rules
Played all the fools
Yeah yeah they, they, they blew our minds
And I was shaking at the knees
Could I come again please
Yeah them ladies were too kind
You've been
Thunderstruck

I was shaking at the knees
Could I come again please

Thunderstruck, Thunderstruck, Thunderstruck, Thunderstruck
It's alright, we're doin' fine
It's alright, we're doin' fine, fine, fine
Thunderstruck, yeah, yeah, yeah"

[Citizen X]

Our youth have misguided beliefs. In the pursuit of being "cool," they either end up dead, in jail or in rehab. In keeping with this theme of memories, if you will, this theme of lyrical magic with a touch of love, I simply have to revrt to John Lennon and "My life," he too had memories of friends that died but he paid his tribute to his 'other half of the sky' Yoko: I love this song!!!

"There are places I'll remember
All my life, though some have changed
Some forever, not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places had their moments
With lovers and friends, I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life, I've loved them all

But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life, I'll love you more

Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life, I'll love you more"

I've made my choice! I've rededicated my life to the Lord. My liege, his Majesty.So, I'm in "his majesties secret service."

"With lovers and friends, I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life, I've loved them all "

[Citizen X]

Food for thought was Ub40’s very first single, released in 1980, the term at the time was ‘7 single,’ now our younger friends won’t know what is seven single is! I’ll help you out, it was a smaller vinyl lp, 7 inches or 18 cm

Food for thought: UB40:1980
“Ivory madonna dying in the dust,
Waiting for the manna coming from the west.
Barren is her bosom, empty as her eyes,
Death a certain harvest scattered from the skies.

Skin and bones is creeping, doesn’t know he`s dead.
Ancient eyes are peeping, from his infant head.
Politician`s argue sharpening their knives.
Drawing up their Bargains, trading baby lives.


Ivory madonna dying in the dust,
Waiting for the manna coming from the west.


Hear the bells are ringing, Christmas on its way.
Hear the angels singing, what is that they say?
Eat and drink rejoicing, joy is here to stay.
Jesus son of mary is born again today.


(Chorus)

Ivory madonna dying in the dust,
Waiting for the manna coming from the west.
Ivory madonna dying in the dust,
Waiting for the manna coming from the west.”