Old school music is cool!

[Citizen X]

Shining Star: The Manhattans: 1979
Joining the army can have certain benefits! Well, you can meet four other friends, develop a strong friendship and when you leave the army, you just go ahead and form a group called “The Manhattans!”
According to Wikipedia(The Manhattans: Accessed 18 October 2012), The Manhattans, originally from Jersey City, New Jersey, formed in 1962 with members George "Smitty" Smith, Edward "Sonny" Bivins (born January 15, 1942, Macon, Georgia), Winfred "Blue" Lovett (born 16 November 1943), Kenny "Wally" Kelley (born Kenneth Kelley, January 9, 1943, New Jersey), and Richard "Ricky" Taylor. Bivins, Lovett, and Kelley were graduating from Lincoln High School, while Taylor and Smith were graduating from Snyder High School. All five enlisted in the armed forces and came together as a group following their discharges from their respective branches.
Please ignore the dancing and dress code, it was 1979!!!
I proudly give you “Shinning Star.”

“Honey you are my shining star
Don't you go away
Oh, baby
Wanna be right here where you are
Until my dyin' day
Yeah, baby

So many have tried
Tried to find a love
Like your and mine
Uum-hum
Girl don't you realize
How you hypnotize
Make me love you more each time
Yeah, baby
Honey I'll never leave you lonely
Give my love
To you only


Honey you are my shining star
Don't you go away
No, baby
Wanna be right here
Where you are
Until my dying day
Yeah, baby
Feels so good
When we're lyin' here
Next to each other
Lost in love
Yeah, baby
Baby when we touch
Love you so much
You're all I ever dreamed of
Yeah, baby
Honey, I'll never leave you lonely
Give my love to ya only
To you only
To you only
Honey, you are my shining star
Don't you go away girl
Noooo, bab-ay
Wanna be right here where you are
Until my dying day
Um-hum-hum-hum
Honey you, you
You are my shining star
Don't you go away
Whoa, baby
Honey you, you
Are my shining star
Don't you go away
No-oooh. bab-ay
Honey you
Right here where you are
'Til my dying day.”

[Citizen X]

A poem from 1906 and Fleetwood Mac’s song everywhere!!!!
It doesn’t get as classic as this, this one goes back to 1906!!!!!
The poem in question is “The Highway man,’ written by Alfred Noyles in 1906. The idea of the poet was to create a background imagery to his words. This poem in set in 18^th century Britain. He wanted you to see something! As Dave would probably say, “the devil is in the details,” So Fleetwood Mac gives you fine details…The musical Video ‘Everywhere,’ from a very special album “Tango in the night,”: 1988 entices you with imagery of an old scroll with the words
“The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees,” the music video itself then tells you the rest of the story of this poem, tragic really, this charming robber (okay so he robbed people by day and was Romeo at night). Notwithstanding this this robber that the poem describes falls in love with a fairly decent girl.. Down town guy for uptown girl? She’s the daughter of this inn keeper. Being the character the highway man was, he was always on the run. He was due to see her on one ghostly night. She was expecting him. This was not to be. Before he arrives, some British soldiers find their way there first. They want to catch the highway man, what better way to do it than by waiting for him at his girlfriends place! One drunk soldier has a gun pointed at her chest, but he falls asleep, she’s tied up, the gun is still pointed to her chest. She moves around in such a manner, that she’s able to pull the trigger and kill herself. She does this, so that the highway man can hear the shot and not be caught! So the ghost of the highway man rides that ghastly road every night to be everywhere with Bess!!!
I proudly give you Fleetwood Mac’s Everywhere:-

“Can you hear me calling
Out your name
You know that I'm falling
And I don't know what to say

I'll speak a little louder
I'll even shout
You know that I'm proud
And I can't get the words out

Oh I...
I want to be with you everywhere
Oh I...
I want to be with you everywhere


Something's happening
Happening to me
My friends say I'm acting peculiarly

C'mon baby
We better make a start
You better make it soon
Before you break my heart

Oh I...
I want to be with you everywhere
Oh I...
I want to be with you everywhere
(Wanna be with you everywhere)

Can you hear me calling
Out your name
You know that I'm falling
And I don't know what to say

Come along baby
We better make a start
You better make it soon
Before you break my heart

Oh I...
I want to be with you everywhere.”

“The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees,
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,
And the highwayman came riding—
Riding, the highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.”

[Blurock]

Fleetwood Mac is one of those bands that have been around forever. Nice easy soft rock. I liked the original FM with Peter Green. Listen to the lead guitar on Man of the World and Oh Well part 2. Unfortunately Peter was institutionalised after succumbing to drugs.

Blues for Greeny is a tribute to Peter Green by the late Gary Moore after Peter gave him his guitar. Well worth listening to.

[Citizen X]

Fleetwood Mac is one of those bands that have been around forever. Nice easy soft rock. I liked the original FM with Peter Green. Listen to the lead guitar on Man of the World and Oh Well part 2. Unfortunately Peter was institutionalised after succumbing to drugs.

Blues for Greeny is a tribute to Peter Green by the late Gary Moore after Peter gave him his guitar. Well worth listening to.

In the late 90’s Fleetwood Mac was inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of fame..
“Nice easy soft rock,” I second that!! Peter Green was actually the founder of Fleetwood Mac, he aptly named the band after 2 members. Drug and alcohol abuse among musicians past and present is unfortunately a reality. Many have succumbed to this. The recent additions to the graveyard have been Amy Winehouse, Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson. It’s increasingly difficult to get the full version ofevents leading up to Peter Green being hospitalised. Some claim he succumbed to LSD and then developed schizophrenia. Others claim it was a combination of drugs, alcohol and superstar burn out, and it’s tragic regardless!
The voice of Stevie Nicks is etched in memory for me. I love that woman’s voice. When I need cheap escapism, one of the best ways for me is to play Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Seven Wonder’s What a song, what a group
This song definitely qualifies as “Nice easy soft rock,” Apparently we now have a new list of seven wonders. The reference of seven wonders in this song applies to The Colossus of Rhodes, The Great Pyramid of Giza, The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, The Lighthouse of Alexandria, The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, The Statue of Zeus at Olympia and The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
Seven wonders: Fleetwood Mac
“So long ago, certain place, certain time
You touched my hand
On the way
On the way down to Emmiline
But if our paths never cross
Well you know I'm sorry but
If I live to see the seven wonders
I'll make a path to the rainbow's end
I'll never live to match the beauty again
The rainbow's end

So it's hard to find
Someone with that kind of intensity
You touched my hand I played it cool
And you reached out your hand to me
But if our paths never cross
Well you know I'm sorry but
If I live to see the seven wonders
I'll make a path to the rainbow's end
I'll never live to match the beauty again
The rainbow's end

So long ago
It's a certain time
It's a certain place
You touched my hand and you smiled
All the way back you held out your hand
If I hope and if I pray
Ooh it might work out someday
If I live to see the seven wonders
I'll make a path to the rainbow's end
I'll never live to match the beauty again
The rainbow's end

If I live to see the seven wonders
I'll make a path to the rainbow's end
I'll never live to match the beauty again

If I live to see the seven wonders
I'll make a path to the rainbow's end
I'll never live to match the beauty again”

[Citizen X]

Breakfast in bed with Chrissie Hynde!

Confession: Chrissie Hynde YOU WERE my wet dream as a kid in the 80’s, classy, sexy, provocative, elegant and well spoken lady!

If only, she told me that I could cry on her dress! I would do far more than just cry on her dress!
UB40 and Chrissie Hynde done a smart rendition of breakfast in bed! Ali Campbell was dressed as a Catholic priest in the original 80’s music video

This one is very special for another reason, the song was rendered at a concert in 1988 which was a tribute to Nelson Mandela in !!!
I proudly give you Chrissie Hynde and UB40: Breakfast in bed: 1988(Original 80's music video!)

[Chrissie:]
You've been crying your face is a mess
Come in baby, you can wipe the tears on my dress
She's hurt you again, I can tell
I know that look so well
[Ali:]
Don't be shy, we've been here before
Pull your shoes off,
And I will lock the door
And no-one has to know, I've come here again
Knowing it'll be like it's always been before
[Chorus:]
[Chrissie & Ali:]
Breakfast in bed, kisses for me
You don't have to say you love me
Breakfast in bed, love can make you sing
[Chrissie:]
What's your hurry, please don't hit and run
We can let her wait, my darling its been so long
[Ali:]
Since you've had me here, I've returned again
Darling it will be like it's always been before."

[Citizen X]

Chrissie Hynde: What a voice! Now this lady could bring it home LIVE!!!
We often find a situation where an artist does a remarkable job in the studio and under studio conditions. When the environment is changed to live concert, many don’t always deliver the same quality voice and supporting original instrument music. In 1988, a concert was held to celebrate Madiba’s 70^th Birthday. Chrissie Hynde and UB40 sand at this concert. One the songs they shared was “ Breakfast in bed..
Why do I like this particular 80’s live concert video??
Well, Chrissie Hynde and UB40 deliver!! They meet and even exceed expectations.
I proudly give you the live version of Breakfast in bed….

[Dave A]

Hot Patootie bless my soul: Meat Loaf(aka Saturday night): Scene: When he gets chopped to death by some unnamed character

Dr. Frankenfurter, I believe. The song and video comes from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

[Plumbing Supplies]

I been driving on out, my hands wet on the wheel
there’s a voice in my head that drives my heal
it’s my baby come and said I need you here
its half past four and I’m shifting gear

when I get lonely and the longing gets too much
she sends comfort coming in from above
don’t need no radio at all
we got a thing its called radar love
we got a wave in the air radar love
the radios playing some forgotten song
I feel the need coming on strong
the road has got me hypnotized
as I spin into a new sun rise

no more speed I'm almost there
got to keep cool now got to take care
last car to pass, here I go
the line of cars go down real slow
the radio plays that forgotten song
blinding speed, coming on strong
the news man sang his same song
One more radar lover gone...

when I'm feeling lonely and I’m sure I’ve had Enough...
she sends the comfort coming in from above
don’t need no radio at all
we got a thing and its called radar love
we got a light in the sky
we got a thing and its called radar love
we got a thing that’s called radar love

RADAR LOVE - GOLDEN EARING

What a lekker one to keep the feet stomping and your head mving to the beat....

[Citizen X]

Dr. Frankenfurter, I believe. The song and video comes from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

The Rock Horror Picture was really something else! It had no dull moments! It’s remained hugely popular by virtue of the many theater productions. There was a time when most parties as a general rule played ‘Time warp.’

[Citizen X]

I been driving on out, my hands wet on the wheel
there’s a voice in my head that drives my heal
it’s my baby come and said I need you here
its half past four and I’m shifting gear

when I get lonely and the longing gets too much
she sends comfort coming in from above
don’t need no radio at all
we got a thing its called radar love
we got a wave in the air radar love
the radios playing some forgotten song
I feel the need coming on strong
the road has got me hypnotized
as I spin into a new sun rise

no more speed I'm almost there
got to keep cool now got to take care
last car to pass, here I go
the line of cars go down real slow
the radio plays that forgotten song
blinding speed, coming on strong
the news man sang his same song
One more radar lover gone...

when I'm feeling lonely and I’m sure I’ve had enough...
she sends the comfort coming in from above
don’t need no radio at all
we got a thing and its called radar love
we got a light in the sky
we got a thing and its called radar love
we got a thing that’s called radar love

RADAR LOVE - GOLDEN EARING

What a lekker one to keep the feet stomping and your head mving to the beat....

Smart song! I can actually take alot from this very song! These lyrics are the underpinnings of a meaning song! It's got to mean something to you. It should have some effect on you.
2 Songs immediately come to my mind, from 2 totally diffrent artists from 2 totally different periods 1: Magic Changes: Olivia Newton John and 2: Behind the wheel: Depeche Mode..

1:“What's that playing on the radio?
Why do I start swayin' too and fro?
I have never heard that song before,
But if I don't hear it anymore

It's still familiar to me
Sends a thrill right through me
'Cause those chords remind me of the night that …”


2:“My little girl
Drive anywhere
Do what you want
I don't care
Tonight
I'm in the hands of fate”

[Citizen X]

A special dedication to my two kids: Romeo and Lancelot
My life would simply not be the same without you two characters, “ I know I can make it on my own if I try.” But I’d rather have a great heart to stand me by!
“There's a highway of stars across the heavens. The whispering song of the wind in the grass, There's the rolling thunder across the savanna
A hope and dream at the edge of the sky, And your life is a story like the wind, Your life is a story like the wind.”




This one is proudly South African!

Great Heart:Johnny Clegg and Savuka:1987

“The world is full of strange behaviour
Every man has to be his own saviour
I know I can make it on my own if I try
But I'm searching for a Great Heart to stand me by
Underneath the African sky
A Great Heart to stand me by

I'm searching for the spirit of the Great Heart
To hold and keep me by
I'm searching for the spirit of the Great Heart
Under African sky
Sometimes I feel that you really know me
Sometimes there's so much you can show me

There's a highway of stars across the heavens
The whispering song of the wind in the grass
There's the rolling thunder across the savanna
A hope and dream at the edge of the sky
And your life is a story like the wind
Your life is a story like the wind

I'm searching for the spirit of the Great Heart
To hold and stand me by
I'm searching for the spirit of the Great Heart
Under African sky
I'm searching for the spirit of the Great Heart
I see the fire in your eyes
I'm searching for the spirit of the Great Heart
That beats my name inside
Sometimes I feel that you really know me
Sometimes there's so much you can show me

I'm searching for the spirit of the Great Heart
Guga 'mzimba (body grow old)
Sala 'nhliziyo (but heart remain behind)
I'm searching for the spirit of the Great Heart
Guga 'mzimba (body grow old)
Sala 'nhliziyo (but heart remain behind)

I'm searching for the spirit of the Great Heart
To hold and stand me by
I'm searching for the spirit of the Great Heart
Under African sky.”

[Citizen X]

"Is fockall, is Niks!" Mandoza.. I'll owe you a debt of gratitude if you could get me the word for word translation of this kwaito song! It's one of my favourites!!!!!!

[Citizen X]

You can leave your Hat on: Joe Coker: 1986
In 1987, I was coming of age. I had to look to certain movies and songs of that day to obtain the requisite skills with the fairer sex! The movie 9½ Weeks starring Kim Bassinger and Mickey Rourke gave some pretty good guidance!
The song: You can leave your Hat on: Joe Coker was used in a climatic moment of the movie. Joe Coker
WARNING:PG, S, V, N, L, in fact, grand parent guidance, great grand parent guidance, neighbour guidance, teacher guidance, principal guidance etc etc

I proudly give you: You can leave your hat on: Joe Cocker

“Baby take off your coat
Real slow
And take off your shoes
I'll take off your shoes
Baby take off your dress
Yes yes yes

You can leave your hat on
You can leave your hat on
You can leave your hat on

Go on over there
Turn on the light
No all the lights
Come over here
Stand on this chair
That's right
Raise your arms up into the air
Now shake 'em
You give me a reason to live
You give me a reason to live
You give me a reason to live
You give me a reason to live
Sweet darling

You can leave your hat on
You can leave your hat on
Feeling
You can leave your hat on
You can leave your hat on


Suspicious minds a talkin'
Trying to tear us apart
They don't believe
In this love of mine
They don't know I love you
They don't know what love is
They don't know what love is
They don't know what love is
I know what love is
Sweet darling

You can leave your hat on
You can leave your hat on
Feeling
You can leave your hat on”

[Blurock]

Is this the same ou as Joe Cocker?

[Citizen X]

Is this the same ou as Joe Cocker?

One in the same! Joe Cocker in the flesh! You must give it to this man, he knew how to speak to a lady!!!