Old school music is cool!

[Citizen X]

"When God is gone and the Devil takes hold,
who will have mercy on your soul" I like this...
Just a thought, lol, what song will be appropriate for the devil to play(if you believe in his existence) while you on your way to hell????

[tec0]

get the song it is really cool =)

[Citizen X]

Will do!!

[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.”

[Citizen X]

1. I had the privilege of buying a “video” many years ago entitled “time will tell.”
2. In one of the interviews Marley gave when he was still alive, he was asked , “why do you call yourselves the wailing wailers?” to which Marley replied, “ We call ourselves the wailing wailers because we cried so much in our lives!”
3. In another interview he remarked, “ Alcohol is the destruction of mankind just like Herb is the healer of this nation!” He further remarked, “I prefer Herb for my wine and honey for my strong drink,” which is from his signature album “kaya” and the song “ Easy Skanking.”
4. I fell in love with reggae music in 1986. I bought my first Bob Marley LP in 1987 from Kohinoor Music in downtown Johannesburg. The album was” Survival.” I then went on to buy, “Natty Dread,” “Rastaman Vibration,” “Kaya,” ”Uprising,” and my personal favourite “Confrontation,” which was made post humously .
5. I played these lp’s so much that they were worn out in one year, so in 1988 I bought the same 6 lp’s. In 1989 I decided to buy the same albums but in cassette form. I played these cassettes so much that the springs and inner working of them started to unravel. In 1990 I bought these same 6 albums. In 1992, guess what, I bought these same 6 albums. When cd’s came out I bought these same 6 albums in cd format , I played these cd’s so much that they became unplayable! This labour of love if you will continued up to 2006. I then got all these songs in mp3 format and at least they won’t deteriorate.
6. I still , with much content , listen to these same 6 albums.

“Wise men failed, foolish man have tried.”
She’s Gone! Bob Marley

“My woman is gone, my woman is gone
She had left me a note, hanging on my door
She say she couldn't take it, she couldn't take any more
The pressure around me, just couldn't see
She felt like a prisoner, who needs to be free
Fools have tried, wisemen have failed
Oh listen to me honey, life could never be another jail
Still we know now, we'll never see smoke without fire
And everyone you see, has a heart desire
She's gone, she's gone, she's gone she's gone
Oh mocking bird have you ever heard,
Words that I never heard
She made thru the exit, she just couldn't take it
She made thru the exit, she just couldn't make it
Oh my children, if you see my crying
My woman is gone
If you see me, if you see me, if you see me, if you see me crying
She's gone, she's gone, she's gone yeah!
Oh mocking bird have you ever heard
Words that I never heard
She's gone, she's gone, she's gone.”

[tec0]

Hallowed Be Thy Name

I'm waiting in my cold cell when the bell begins to chime
Reflecting on my past life and it doesn't have much time
'Cause at 5 o'clock they take me to the Gallows Pole
The sands of time for me are running low

When the priest comes to read me the last rites
I take a look through the bars at the last sights
Of a world that has gone very wrong for me

Can it be that there's some sort of an error
Hard to stop the surmounting terror
Is it really the end not some crazy dream?

Somebody please tell me that I'm dreaming
It's not easy to stop from screaming
But words escape me when I try to speak
Tears they flow but why am I crying?
After all I am not afraid of dying
Don't I believe that there never is an end?

As the guards march me out to the courtyard
Someone calls from a cell "God be with you"
If there's a God then why has he let me die?

As I walk all my life drifts before me
And though the end is near I'm not sorry
Catch my soul 'cause it's willing to fly away

Mark my words believe my soul lives on
Don't worry now that I have gone
I've gone beyond to seek the truth

When you know that your time is close at hand
Maybe then you'll begin to understand
Life down there is just a strange illusion

Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Hallowed be Thy name
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Hallowed be Thy name

[Citizen X]

Teco, you a very deep philosophical man, I deduce this was your choice of music and your appreciation not just of the beat or rhythm of the song but it’s actual content and meaning which is the most important for me. I see this as modern day poetry!

“Can it be that there's some sort of an error
Hard to stop the surmounting terror
Is it really the end not some crazy dream?”
When I read the aforementioned lyrics, I can’t help but imagine my self in this person’s position. There I am on death row, How would I feel and react? Would I even want to eat?
“As the guards march me out to the courtyard
Someone calls from a cell "God be with you"
I shudder to think of how I would react to this!

“If there's a God then why has he let me die?”
When you know that your time is close at hand
Maybe then you'll begin to understand
Life down there is just a strange illusion.”
I’ve often asked myself the very question, is there really a God, Why am I going through this bad patch, but I can attest to the fact that there is indeed a God, and Whilst I’ve being very unfaithful and by my own admission I’ve only committed a billion sins to date, He has always been faithful to me and delivered me from some hopeless predicaments. I’m no saint, I’m no angel, but I believe and it is this trust that has strengthened my resolve.
I’ll tell you a true, historical story of someone really on death row and how he reacted, his final response was actually very funny indeed!!!
In 1555, there was this character by the name of Jon Denley in England. He was stopped essentially by the police of that day and searched, a confession of his faith in Christ was found. You see Denley believed that the Church was founded with Christ as its head and not the Church itself.
He was sentenced to be burned at the stake. His tormentors lit the fire, Denley showed no fear whatsoever, he started to sing a psalm. One of his tormentors was so pissed off by this that he immediately started to look for some roack to bash Denley in the face with, instead he found a piece of wood, he threw it at Denley and hit Denley in the face!! You see the tormentor hoped to silence Denley but instead he got this response from Denley: “ You know, you just ruined such a lovely song!”
In another true historical story, this character by the name of John Bradford was sentenced to death was burning at the stake, you know what his response was, “ I suppose I’ll be having supper with the Lord tonight!”

[Citizen X]

Princess why do we keep passing each other by at intersections some 15 years after the fact and sharing a 1 second stare????
I’ve made the unfortunate mistake of attributing the title “Princess” to a few women in my life! It’s a guy thing. That said, there will always only be one Princess in my heart, my mind and my dreams, So, “To all the women I loved before, “this dedication in the form of a song” Mother we just can’t get enough(there’s something about you: New Radicals)is not for you!” I accept that i'm the hobo, and you the princess, that i'm the backstreet guy and you the "uptown girl." This is for my original Princess!!!!

We keeping meeting at intersections!
Here’s the thing: Whilst, I’m not going to superimpose every single coincidental occurrence of the two of us passing each other by on the road at intersections some 15 years after the fact with destiny, there is some degree of nostalgia when I see you for a split second as we drive pass each at intersections!
Princess, we should really stop passing each other by at these intersections and sharing a 1 second stare in time and space:go figure! Please tell coincidence to work his magic somewhere else! You not stalking me are you!
I don’t think that even if this story is cremated and the ashes scattered will this story die!
So, in keeping with my love of plagiarizing lyrics, this one is for you “vide” the movie “ A walk to remember,” where the song “Mother we just can’t get enough(there’s something about you: New Radicals is played when the two protagonists keep passing each other by at their cross roads!!

“There's something about you,
tears me inside out whenever you're around
There's something about you
Speeding thru my veins until we hit the ground
And there's something about this rush
Take it away
It made me feel so good
I get a feeling, you get a feeling, we got a feeling
like we could die
And guess what mother
we just cant get enough


And there's something about you
That makes me fly
You're a heart attack, just the kind I like
and there's something about “the memory of your kiss”
haunting and strange
That makes me feel so good
I get a feeling, you get a feeling we got a feeling
This world may not have too much time
But baby I'm fine because maybe you're mine
We just can't get enough
You better give up, come on and give up
give up your life
it's you for me, and me for you
You make my dreams come true
Off the wall coming from me
But I wanna see this through, my baby
You're on my mind all the time
I found a million dimes
You rolled the dice, and lost them all
And baby I just don't mind
And incidentally mother
[And I don't want no one if I cant have you
a world of illusion
But baby you're true
I know I deceived you I once told you lies
If you don't believe me
Just look in my eyes
Social Security Number please
Credit card number please
Money please
Soul please
Please deposit $85 dollars
for the next three minutes
Aw yeah, all right, feel good tonight.”

[Citizen X]

I once stole the lyrics of Depeche Mode's song "Somebody" to impress this chick, a week later she heard the song on the radio!!! I felt so terribly embarrassed. I was young, naive and just wanted to impress a chick with some cool words. You, here's the thing, I admire poets and songwriters but I have failed dismally at this task. I can't write poetically, I've since accepted that.. So this one is from Cliff Richard, the words are really heart wrenching!
"Some people they tease one another
Take pride in themselves
Keeping the other one down
Well I'm not like that at all

Some people they hurt one another
They love to see
Hurt in the other one's eyes
Well I'm not like that at all

Some people are born for each other
They love to walk
Holding the other one's hand
They always understand
Some people cry
Some people know why

Oh ah ah
Some people they use one another
So aimlessly
Not like lovers do
Well I'm not like that at all

Some people they long for each other
They love to talk
Holding the other one's hand
They always understand
Some people cry
Some people know why

With a word unspoken
With a voice unheard
When a thought is broken
By a tender word
When a heart is moved
When a heart is thrown
The silence tells you
You're not alone

Some people are born for each other...

(Some people are born for each other)
They love to walk holding the other one
(Some people they long for each other)
They love to talk holding theother one
(Some people are born for each other)
They love to walk holding the other one
Holding the other one
Holding each other"

[Citizen X]

This one is dedicated to the heart broken lovers........

"I guess now it's time for me to give up!
I feel it's time
I Got a picture of you beside me
I Got your lipstick mark still on your coffee cup
Got a fist of pure emotion
Got a head of shattered dreams
Gotta leave it, gotta leave it all behind now

Whatever I said, whatever I did, I didn't mean it
I just want you back for good
Whenever I'm wrong just tell me the song and I'll sing it
You'll be right and understood

Unaware but underlined I figured out this story
It wasn't good
But in the corner of my mind I celebrated glory
But that was not to be
In the twist of separation you excelled at being free
Can't you find a little room inside for me???


And we'll be together, this time is forever
We'll be fighting and forever we will be
So complete in our love
We will never be uncovered again


I guess now it's time, that you came back for good!"
Take That

[tec0]

Johnny Cash - Ain't No Grave

There ain't no grave can hold my body down
There ain't no grave can hold my body down
When I hear that trumpet sound I'm gonna rise right out of the ground
Ain't no grave can hold my body down

Well, look way down the river, what do you think I see?
I see a band of angels and they're coming after me
Ain't no grave can hold my body down
There ain't no grave can hold my body down

Well, look down yonder Gabriel, put your feet on the land and see
But Gabriel don't you blow your trumpet 'til you hear it from me
There ain't no grave can hold my body down
Ain't no grave can hold my body down

Well, meet me Jesus, meet me. Meet me in the middle of the air
And if these wings don't fail me I will meet you anywhere
Ain't no grave can hold my body down
There ain't no grave can hold my body down

Well, meet me mother and father, meet me down the river road
And momma you know that I'll be there when I check in my load
Ain't no grave can hold my body down
There ain't no grave can hold my body down
There ain't no grave can hold my body down

I just like this song

[tec0]

[COLOR=#ff0000][B][FONT=arial]Teco, you a very deep philosophical man, I deduce this was your choice of music and your appreciation not just of the beat or rhythm of the song but it’s actual content and meaning which is the most important for me. I see this as modern day poetry!

I agree with you 100% Music for me needs meaning and it needs that something that I am sure you are also familiar with. I see in most of the songs you post is about companionship?

[Citizen X]

Yes, it will happen just as clear as night follows day. Nice words, thank you!
I appreciate very much the poetic intensity that songwriters and singers give to their music. They give it life. I always wonder who the song writer/singer wrote the song for, what was the circumstances and perhaps most importantly did the fairer sex accept the plea the songwriter/singer made!
I believe in this concept of true love. I believe that if you lucky enough to find it, it can be very fulfilling!
Here’s one that I suspect you’ll know and appreciate!
Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd)

“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 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.
O. K.
Just a little pin prick.
There'll be no more AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
But you may feel a little sick.
Can you stand up?
I do believe its working. Good.
That'll keep you going through the show
Come on it's time to go.
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.”

[tec0]

Indeed, Pink Floyd's music is sometimes cryptic in this song however it was more simplistic the background music that changes the mood effortlessly. Yet the expression with the electric guitar just plays a solo at the end but it sounds almost ghostly as if it wants to complete the story…

[Citizen X]

I can really relate to Stevie Nix’s(and Fleetwoodmac, even though she is Fleetwoodmac to me) song Everywhere.
You see I have really fallen from grace . I’m proud to announce the following, I’m part of the foolish things of this world, I’m part of the weak things of this world, I’m part of the lowly and despised things of this world and last but most certainly not least I’m part of the things that are not...
“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,
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


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