Old school music is cool!

[Citizen X]

December 63: Four Seasons : 1975

“Oh, what a night, late December back in '63
What a very special time for me
As I remember what a night!

Oh what a night,
You know I didn't even know her name
But I was never gonna be the same
What a lady, what a night!

Oh, I got a funny feeling when she walked in the room
And I, as I recall it ended much too soon

Oh what a night,
Hypnotizing, mesmerizing me
She was everything I dreamed she'd be
Sweet surrender, what a night!

I felt a rush like a rolling bolt of thunder
Spinning my head around and taking my body under

(Oh what a night!)

Oh, I got a funny feeling when she walked in the room
And I, as I recall it ended much too soon

Oh what a night! Doo dit doo dit dit doo dit doo dit dit
Oh what a night! Doo dit doo dit dit doo dit doo dit dit
Oh what a night! Doo dit doo dit dit doo dit doo dit dit
Oh what a night! Doo dit doo dit dit doo dit doo dit dit

Oh what a night,
Why'd it take so long to see the light?
Seemed so wrong, but now it seems so right
What a lady, what a night!

I felt a rush like a rolling bolt of thunder
Straining my head around and taking my body under

(Oh what a night!)

I felt a rush like a rolling bolt of thunder
straining my head around and taking my body under
Oh what a night! Doo dit doo dit dit doo dit doo dit dit
Oh what a night! Doo dit doo dit dit doo dit doo dit dit”

[Citizen X]

Billy Joel Uptown girl: 1983
How to win a chick’s heart poor boy style
“The lyrics describe a working-class "downtown man" attempting to woo a wealthy "uptown girl."[1]

“Uptown girl
She's been living in her uptown world
I bet she never had a backstreet guy
I bet her mama never told her why

I'm gonna try for an uptown girl
She's been living in her white bread world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
And now she's looking for a downtown man
That's what I am

And when she knows what
She wants from her time
And when she wakes up
And makes up her mind

She'll see I'm not so tough
Just because
I'm in love with an uptown girl

You know I've seen her in her uptown world
She's getting tired of her high class toys
And all her presents from her uptown boys
She's got a choice

Uptown girl
You know I can't afford to buy her pearls
But maybe someday when my ship comes in
She'll understand what kind of guy I've been
And then I'll win

And when she's walking
She's looking so fine
And when she's talking
She'll say that she's mine

She'll say I'm not so tough
Just because
I'm in love
With and uptown girl

She's been living in her white bread world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
And now she's looking for a downtown man
That's what I am

Uptown girl
She's my uptown girl
You know I'm in love
With an uptown girl
My uptown girl
You know I'm in love
With an uptown girl
My uptown girl “

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[1]Vide: Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uptown_Girl. Accessed 17 February 2013

[Trickzta]

Music is food for the soul, this next choice is from when I was 2 bricks and a tickey high, remember the tickey? Remember this classic? Vanash you’ve brought magic to life, I’ve got many, many songs that are waiting to be part of this walk down memory lane, I have to eeny, meeny, miney, mo to choose which one to post. Thanks for the memories.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe8Dhcqz_pE The Flames For Your Precious Love
Blondie ended up doing numerous shows with the Strolling Bones (Blurock's not far off the mark name for Dem Stones) Peace.

[Blurock]

Up town girl was an excellent song, but it had a certain irritation quality which I have not been able to pinpoint exactly. It is also used very effectively in places such as malls where they don't want young people to hang around. As soon as "Up town girl" starts playing, the rough ous leave.

Trickzta, the Animals and the Who has always been some of my favourite bands. Maybe because they were not so commercial, but I think the Blues influences fell easier on my ear than bubblegum pop.

I've just picked up an Animals CD for R29 at Musica. Shows you what a rip-off the music industry has become - selling CD's at R169 - R280! One I can recommend is The Who Live at Leeds. (earlier on this thread). Will be magic if you can get the DVD.

This one has been an all time favourite - long version so that you can totally immerse yourself in the music;

...and all he left us, was alone! A poor boy's cry as in The Boxer (I am just a poor boy...) and House of the Rising Sun (...the ruin of many a poor boy).

Enjoy!

[Blurock]

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Life Without You

Stevie Ray Vaughan. 1954 - 1990. We miss life without him.

[Citizen X]

My Girl: Temptations: 1964

“I got sunshine,
On a cloudy day.
When it's cold outside,
I've got the month of may. Well
I guess you'd say,
What can make me feel this way?

My girl, my girl, my girl.
Talkin' 'bout my girl.
My girl!

I've got so much honey,
The bees envy me.
I've got a sweeter song,
Than the birds in the trees.
Well, I guess you'd say,
What can make me feel this way?

Ooo-oo, hoo-oo.

I don't need no money,
Fortune or fame.
I got all the riches baby,
One man can claim.
Well, I guess you'd say,
What can make me feel this way?

I got sunshine on a cloudy day
I've even got the month of May with my girl.”

[Citizen X]

Music is food for the soul, this next choice is from when I was 2 bricks and a tickey high, remember the tickey? Remember this classic? Vanash you’ve brought magic to life, I’ve got many, many songs that are waiting to be part of this walk down memory lane, I have to eeny, meeny, miney, mo to choose which one to post. Thanks for the memories.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe8Dhcqz_pE The Flames For Your Precious Love
Blondie ended up doing numerous shows with the Strolling Bones (Blurock's not far off the mark name for Dem Stones) Peace.

Trickzta, you've just demonstrated age old truism: namely that we can all sing together, we can all enjoy music together, music is important to mankind and perhaps more importantly it brings back memories. Every song that I've posted here is intrinsically linked to so many good memoriesPlease post your favourite classics here, share your memories with us...

[Citizen X]

Tec0
A special dedication to Tec0, an individual who contributed substantially to this thread!!! Tec0, I know you appreciate the tunes of the 80's, I suspect that Piano Fantasia's Song for Denise may bring back some good memories...sometimes it's the memories that keep me going in this life.

[Blurock]

The Flames actually broke up after they started playing with the Beach Boys in the UK and Ricky and Blondie joined them in LA. Steve Fataar is still on the music scene in Durban. Steve's daughter, Tamara is building a musical career and is playing gigs here.

The Flames introduced me to Soul music. The Atlantic label was big in the seventies and there was a promotional LP "Atlantic is Soul" with Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Percy Sledge, Sly and the Family Stone, Hooker T & The MG's and some others that I can't remember. The record was a jol. Most of the numbers were covered by the Flames, but only better. Their last number, recorded in the UK was "See the light" and they were regarded as the new Beatles. A petition to re-issue the album has so far been unsuccessful because the Beach Boys would not release the rights to Steve Fataar. They are not interested in releasing it themselves, so stalemate. Music is the loser

[Trickzta]

Yeah Blurock the music business is just that “business”. Big label companies sign up bands & then dictate to them about how they should sound & what songs they should sing. They end up sounding the same as others in the same Genre, The Clash is one example. Their live act is the real deal.
Only those credited with writing the music or lyrics get royalties, in theory anyway. It’s been the cause of much ill feeling & the splitting up of bands, or members leaving the band because of their contribution not being credited & the main members getting all the royalties.

The Beach Boys had the Flames change their name to Flame & then as you say they slipped of the screen. An excellent soul group they were World Class. Blondie plays guitar, piano & maybe other instruments too, and he also sings on a couple of Stones albums & he’s been on a few tours with the Glimmer Twins. I believe that he does not get the credit he should, as is the case with many musicians involved with the Stones.

Believe is part of this next song I love, it is not really that old but I enjoy closing my eyes & relaxing, while Lenny Kravitz plays “Believe”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNaDg3T_viA&list=PL10EE2910130AB55C&index=5

I am you and you are me
Why's that such a mystery ?
If you want it you got to believe
Who are we ?
We're who we are
Riding on this great big star
We've got to stand up if we're gonna be free yeah

If you want it you got to believe
Believe in yourself
'Cause it's all just a game
We just want to be loved

The Son of God is in your face
Offering us eternal grace
If you want it you've got to believe
'Cause being free is just a state of mind
We'll one day leave this all behind
Just put your faith in God
And one day you'll see it
If you want it you got it
You just got to believe
Believe in yourself
'Cause it's all just a game
We just want to be loved

The future's in our present hands
Let's reach right in
Let's understand
If you want it you've got to believe yeah

If you want it you got it
You just got to believe
Believe in yourself yeah
'Cause it's all just a game
We just want to be loved

Thanks again Vanash, it’s a kind of magic to have music from the last century brought to life again. Hope you enjoy this one.

“Live at Leeds” is often quoted as the defining album of the early days of “Underground Music”. It’s in my top three live albums of all time. I had the vinyl & now have the CD. Magic Bus, Summertime Blues – sherbet the whole damn album is timeless. The loudest R’n’R band in the world at one time & one of the best.

[Trickzta]

I’m not really a fan of female vocalists, in general. Tina Turner is dynamite, Annie Lennox Rox, Janis Joplin is legend & there are others that I like. Lita Ford is one of them, I’ve added a rather long bio from the ‘net’, please excuse this indulgence, I have no plans to do this often, and then not such a long one if I do. I did it for those, if there are any, lol, that aren’t familiar with Lita’s music. Most people I speak to have never heard of her. Ozzy Osborne co-wrote this song. Hope you like it. We used to call her ‘3 Lita Ford’.

Lita Ford - if I close my eyes forever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy3fJ8Nmzyw&list=PL10EE2910130AB55C

Baby
I get so scared inside, and I don't really understand
Is it love that's on my mind, or is it fantasy?
Heaven
Is in the palm of my hand, and it's waiting here for you
What am I supposed to do with a childhood tragedy?

If I close my eyes forever
Will it all remain unchanged?
If I close my eyes forever
Will it all remain the same?

Sometimes
It's hard to hold on
So hard to hold on to my dreams
It isn't always what it seems
When you're face to face with me

You're like a dagger
And stick me in the heart
And taste the blood from my blade
And when we sleep, would you shelter me
In your warm and darkened grave?

If I close my eyes forever
Will it all remain unchanged?
If I close my eyes forever
Will it all remain the same?

Will you ever take me?
No, I just can't take the pain
But would you ever trust me?
No, I'll never feel the same, Oh

I know I've been so hard on you
I know I've told you lies
If I could have just one more wish
I'd wipe the cobwebs from my eyes

If I close my eyes forever
Will it all remain unchanged?
If I close my eyes forever
Will it all remain the same?

Close your eyes
Close your eyes
You gotta close your eyes for me


Lita Ford (born , 1958) is a British-born, American rock musician and singer who was the lead guitarist for The Runaways and achieved popularity for her solo career during the 1980s.
Biography: Early life; Ford was born Carmelita Rossanna Ford to a British father and an Italian mother in London, England. She moved with her family to the United States at age 4. She began playing the guitar at age 11. Her vocal range is mezzo-soprano.

In 1975 at the age of 17 she joined the all-female rock band The Runaways, for whom she played lead guitar.

Solo career; After the group split in 1979, she began a solo career. Her first album, Out for Blood including the title single was released in 1983 and had no luck on the charts. The next effort, Dancin' on the Edge of 1984 got a moderate success. It included the single "Fire In My Heart" which reached the Top 10 in several countries. The next single "Gotta Let Go" was one of Ford's biggest hits. It reached Number One on the Mainstream Rock charts.

Ford toured extensively and made several guest appearances on TV shows for the next four years, but had no releases; a follow-up to Dancin' On The Edge, titled The Bride Wore Black, was abandoned and never released due to the fact Ford did not like the production of the album and this upset the head of her record label causing Ford to switch from Mercury Records to RCA Records. By the time Ford returned again, the lighter pop-metal she had long favored had broken through to mainstream audiences, which set the stage for her most commercially successful album, 1988's Lita. With Sharon Osbourne as her manager, and again produced by herself, the album featured four commercial hits, including "Kiss Me Deadly", "Back To The Cave", "Close My Eyes Forever", and "Falling In And Out Of Love" (co-written with Nikki Sixx of M?tley Cr?e). The ballad "Close My Eyes Forever," was a duet with Ozzy Osbourne. It was also her only Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hit, reaching #8.

Her next release was called Stiletto. It featured the singles "Hungry" and "Lisa" (the second was dedicated to her mother). However this album was not as successful as Dancin' On The Edge andLita.

Ford's next release was Dangerous Curves, which featured her last charting single "Shot Of Poison". Ford's last release would be with ZYX Records and would be titled Black. It failed to repeat the success of 1991's Dangerous Curves.

Ford was asked by VH-1 to be in the cast of "The Surreal Life" for its 7th season, in 2007. She declined.

Ford appears in the 1992 film Highway to Hell as 'The Hitchhiker'.

During her solo years, she was an endorsee of B.C. Rich guitars and used Warlock, Eagle, Mockingbird and Bich single and double-neck models.

In mid June 2008, Ford and her new solo band played several warm up gigs prior to Rocklahoma under the name Kiss Me Deadly in the New York City area.

Return to stage 2008, new album and tour 2009

http:https://www.pryordailytimes.com/loca...084100743.html Pryor Daily Times - Lita Ford to play Rocklahoma] In June 2009, Lita began touring the US and Europe, with a new line-up consisting of Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal (Guns N' Roses guitarist, 2006 - present) on guitar, Dennis Leeflang (Bumblefoot drummer) and PJ Farley on bass (Trixter, Ra) and Michael T. Ross (Angel/XYZ).

Ford will release her new album Wicked Wonderland on October 6, 2009 and will be playing a 75 date tour.

Personal life; Lita Ford is married to Jim Gillette, of the band Nitro. With him she has two sons with their first son having been born on Jim and Lita's third wedding anniversary. She was previously married to W.A.S.P. guitarist Chris Holmes, and was engaged to Black Sabbath leader/guitarist Tony Iommi in the mid-1980s.

In 2010, Ford will be portrayed by actress Scout Taylor-Compton in the movie The Runaways.

Tributes; An achievement in the Xbox 360 version of the video game Guitar Hero II, is titled the "Joan & Lita Award" in tribute to Lita and Joan Jett. It is awarded to two players who can get a 100 note streak in cooperative mode.

Ford will also appear in a support role in the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 videogame Brutal Legend to be released in October 2009.

Her song, Close My Eyes Forever, was included in Karaoke Revolution: American Idol Encore.

The song "Kiss Me Deadly" was covered in a compilation album called Viva La Internet/Blank CD by Reel Big Fish.

[Citizen X]

What’s love got to do with it : Tina Turner: 1984

“You must understand how the touch of your hand
Makes my pulse react
That it's only the thrill of boy meeting girl
Opposites attract
It's physical
Only logical
You must try to ignore that it means more than that

Oh oh
What's love got to do, got to do with it?
What's love but a second hand emotion?
What's love got to do, got to do with it?
Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?

It may seem to you that I'm acting confused
When you're close to me
If I tend to look dazed I've read it someplace
I've got cause to be
There's a name for it
There's a phrase that fits
But whatever the reason you do it for me

Oh oh
What's love got to do, got to do with it?
What's love but a second hand emotion?
What's love got to do, got to do with it?
Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?
Huh

I've been taking on a new direction
But I have to say
I've been thinking about my own protectionIt scares me to feel this way

Ho oh
What's love got to do, got to do with it?
What's love but a second hand emotion?
What's love got to do, got to do with it?
Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?

(What's love?)
Got to do, got to do with it
What's love but a sweet old fashioned notion?
What's love got to do, got to do with it?
Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?

(What's love?)
Got to do
Huh, got to do with it
(What's love but a second hand emotion?)
What's love got to do, got to do with it?
Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?
What's love?
(Ooh, ooh)
Got to do it
Got to do it
What's love?
(But a second hand emotion?)

(What's love?)
Got to do
Huh, got to do with it
(What's love but a second hand emotion?)
What's love got to do, got to do with it?
Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken.”

[Blurock]

Auntie Tina has always been a favourite. Ever since I heard Nutbush City Limits and some numbers from Sly and the Family Stone (Woodstock festival)

[Citizen X]

Auntie Tina has always been a favourite. Ever since I heard Nutbush City Limits and some numbers from Sly and the Family Stone (Woodstock festival)

I envy you in that way, you privy to original Woodstock

[Trickzta]

Nice song & to think that Tina didn't like it at first & almost didn't release it. I've been a fan of hers from the Ike & Tina Turner days. Did you know that she buys (or used to buy) her wigs from Durban? I love her live version of the Who song 'Acid Queen' & her live version of 'River Deep, Mountain High', she's amazing.

@ Blurock, I just noticed that you said DVD when talking about 'Live at Leeds', wow I never knew that it even existed! I'll keep an eye out for that one.

Take care all.