Old school music is cool!

[Citizen X]

This song of Timex social club takes me way back to the 80’s when I was in high school! My friends and I could relate to this song, it was a manner of sorts of justifying our drinking, smoking, partying. Clubbing and driving around looking for chicks way of life. Now, we misunderstood some of the lyrics, we genuinely believed that the chorus was, “ I’m a man who drinks, I am man who stinks, so please let me live my life!” But the actual lyrics are : “I'm a man who thinks, not a man who drinks, so please let me live my life.” Stark contrast!
Timex social club
“How do rumors get started, they're started by the jealous people and
They get mad seein' somethin' they had and somebody else is holdin'
Tell me that temptation is very hard to resist
But these wicked women, ooh, they just persist
Maybe you think it's cute, but girl, I'm not impressed
I tell you one time only with my business please don't mess

Look at all these rumors surroundin' me every day
I just need some time, some time to get away from
From all these rumors, I can't take it no more
My best friend said there's one out now about me and the girl next door

Hear the one about Tina, some say she's much too loose
That came straight from a guy who claims he's tastin' her juice
Hear the one about Michael, some say he must be gay
I try to argue, but they said if he was straight he wouldn't move that way
Hear the one about Susan, some say she's just a tease
In a camisole she's six feet tall, she'll knock you to you knees

Will you look at all these rumors surroundin' me every day
I just need some time, some time to get away from
From all these rumors, I can't take it no more
My best friend said there's one out now about me and the girl next door

I can't go no place without somebody pointin' a finger
I can't show my face أ¢'cause when it comes to rumors I'm a dead ringer
It seems from rumors I just can't get away
I bet there'll even be rumors floatin' around on Judgment Day
I'll think I'll write my congressman and tell him to pass a bill
For the next time they catch somebody startin' rumors, shoot to kill

Will you look at all these rumors surroundin' me every day
I just need some time, some time to get away from
From all these rumors, I can't take it no more
My best friend said there's one out now about me and the girl next door

What's mine is mine, I ain't got time for rumors in my life
I'm a man who thinks, not a man who drinks, so please let me live my life
What's mine is mine, I ain't got time for rumors in my life
I'm a man who thinks, not a man who drinks, so please let me live my life
What's mine is mine, I ain't got time for rumors in my life
I'm a man who thinks, not a man who drinks, so please let me live my life

Will you look at all these rumors surroundin' me every day
I just need some time, some time to get away from
From all these rumors, I can't take it no more
My best friend said there's one out now about me and the girl next door

Look at all these rumors surroundin' me every day
I just need some time, some time to get away from
From all these rumors, I can't take it no more
My best friend said there's one out now about me and the girl next door

Stop (Stop) spreadin' those rumors around
Stop (Stop) spreadin' the lies
Stop (Stop) spreadin' those rumors around
Stop (Stop) spreadin' the lies”

[tec0]

Now this song brings back memories This song actually changed my life/ saved my life and made me into a better person. I didn’t run with the pack anymore and become stronger as an individual.

Looking back today I am actually grateful that this song inspired me to stand alone.

Weekend Warrior

The rebel of yesterday, tomorrow's fool
Who are you kidding being that cool ?

Trying to break away from running with the pack
But they ain't listening so you've gotta go back

You're a weekend warrior when you're one of the crowd
But it's over, just look at you now...

You're not so brave the way you behave
It makes you sick, gotta get out quick
It's all bravado when you're out with your mates
It's like a different person goes through those gates
And the game begins, the adrenalin's high
Feel the tension maybe someone will die...

A weekend warrior lately
A weekend warrior sometimes
A weekend warrior maybe you ain't that way anymore

You've gotta get out gotta get away
But you're in with a clique it's not easy to stray
You've gotta admit you're just living a lie
It didn't take long to workout why

It's hard to say why you got involved
Just waiting to be part, just waiting to belong...

Some of the things that you've done you feel so ashamed
After all it's only a game... isn't it ?
And after all the adrenalin's gone
What you gonna do on Monday ?

A weekend warrior lately
A weekend warrior sometimes
A weekend warrior maybe you were never like that at all.

[Citizen X]

"You're not so brave the way you behave
It makes you sick, gotta get out quick
It's all bravado when you're out with your mates
It's like a different person goes through those gates
And the game begins, the adrenalin's high
Feel the tension maybe someone will die..."

Nice song Teco, yes, the graveyards are full of people described in this song!!!

[tec0]

Nice song Teco, yes, the graveyards are full of people described in this song!!!

There is actually more truth in your words then you know… Far too many memories of friends that is not with us anymore…

[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."

[tec0]

Now this song I hold very dear to me, as I remember a time of happiness followed by a separation from my soul-mate. Knowing the void would never be filled again I turned to music for what one would describe as a somewhat morbid comfort.

Wasting Love

Maybe one day I'll be an honest man
Up till now I'm doing the best I can
Long roads.Long days, of sunrise, to sunset
Sunrise to sunset

Dream on brothers while you can
Dream on sisters I hope you will find the one
All of our lives, covered up quickly by the tides of time

Spend your days full of emptiness
Spend your years full of loneliness
Wasting love, in a desperate caress
Rolling shadows of night

Dream on brothers while you can
Dream on sisters I hope you will find the one
All of our lives, covered up quickly by the tides of time

Sands are flowing and the lines are in your hand
In your eyes I see the hunger, and the desperate cry that tears the night

Spend your days full of emptiness
Spend your years full of loneliness
Wasting love, in a desperate caress
Rolling shadows of night

[Citizen X]

I know, “ the silent reproach of a million tear stained eyes!” Teco, this is one Iron Maiden song that I love. It’s unnerving how some artists can write something that would appeal directly to you, almost as if you wrote but didn’t actually write it, if that makes any sense!!
The parts of this song that really appeal to me :
“Maybe one day I'll be an honest man, Up till now I'm doing the best I can
Long roads.Long days, of sunrise, to sunset, Sunrise to sunset
“Spend your days full of emptiness, Spend your years full of loneliness, Wasting love, in a desperate caress, Rolling shadows of night”
I have a lighter equivalent if will will. “ Handle me with care” by a true super group, the Travelling Wilburies, I mean this group had George Harrison, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan …
“Been beat up and battered round
Been sent up, and I’ve been shot down
You’re the best thing that Ive ever found
Handle me with care

Reputations changeable
Situations tolerable
Baby, you're adorable
Handle me with care

(chorus)
Im so tired of being lonely
I still have some love to give
Wont you show me that you really care

(bridge)
Everybodys got somebody to lean on
Put your body next to mine, and dream on

Ive been fobbed off, and Ive been fooled
Ive been robbed and ridiculed
In day care centers and night schools
Handle me with care

Been stuck in airports, terrorized
Sent to meetings, hypnotized
Overexposed, commercialized
Hand me with care


I’ve been uptight and made a mess
But I'll clean it up myself, I guess
Oh, the sweet smell of success
Handle me with care”

[tec0]

Allow me to bring forth this song, it is weaved within the core of my existence not too long ago. It is truly a powerful song.

Say my name by Within Temptation

So I will know you're back
You're here again for a while
Oh, let us share
The memories that only we can share
Together

Tell me about
The days before I was born,
How we were as children

You touch my hand
These colors come alive
In your heart and in your mind
I cross the borders of time
Leaving today behind to be with you again

We breath the air
Do you remember how you used to touch my hair?
You're not aware
Your hands keep still
You just don't know that I am here

It hurts too much
I pray now that soon you'll release
To where you belong

You touch my hand
These colors come alive
In your heart and in your mind
I cross the borders of time
Leaving today behind to be with you again

Please, say my name
Remember who I am
You will find me in the world of yesterday
You drift away again
To far from where I am
When you ask me who I am

Say my name
These colors come alive
In your heart and in your mind
I cross the borders of time
Leaving today behind to be with you again

[Citizen X]

I tell you tec0, some women are worth "crossing the border's of time" for!

[Citizen X]

I really appreciate when an artist can somehow incorporate elements of the law and a plea of guilty into a song. You see in terms of the criminal procedure act 51 of 1977(as amended) a confession is an unequivocal acknowledgement of guilt! It has in practical terms the same effect that a plea of guilty will have in a court of law! An accused can be convicted on the basis of a confession. Well, when that confession is a guilty plea of love that’s quite another thing. “All is fair in love and war.” UB40 with the song guilty, Banarama with the song “love in the first degree,” and Depeche Modes “Strange love”are textbook examples of this rare skill!
“There are times when my crimes will seem almost unforgivable! I give in to sin, because you have to make this life livable!” Depeche Mode
“Last night I was dreaming I was locked in a prison cell,When I woke up I was screaming calling out your name.
And the judge and the jury they all put the blame on me, They wouldn't go for my story, they wouldn't hear my plea.

Only you can set me free,'Cause I'm guilty - guilty - Come on
baby can't you see I stand accused of love in the first degree.” Banarama
My personal favourite:
"Didn't commit no crime nor nothing, But I had to reach manhood to commit this crime, According to the code of love, if there is such a code, See love is a thing well, you know?
It's a bit like quicksand, The more you wriggle the deeper you sink, And when it hits you you've just got to fall!
That's why I do believe that I am guilty, Guilty of loving you!”

“Well hello baby
Come sit down, make your self comfortable
Tell me somthing, how long have we known each other?
About ten months huh?
Say what's that on your finger? An engagement ring?
So you and John are getting engaged, huh?
You know he's a mighty lucky guy
Should be proud to have a woman like you
Listen, I've got something to tell you
Don't think I'm getting fresh or anything like that
But this things been bugging me for a long time you know
And its getting heavier each and every day
And I've just gotta get it off my chest
See I've never seen anyone like you
I've never known anyone like you
Let me take me back to my childhood a while
See we had a medium size family you know, we weren't rich
But my mother tried to bring us the best she could
Didn't commit no crime nor nothing
But I had to reach manhood to commit this crime
According to the code of love, if there is such a code
See love is a thing well, you know?
It's a bit like quicksand
The more you wriggle the deeper you sink
And when it hits you you've just got to fall
That's why I do believe that I am guilty
Guilty of loving you.” UB40

[tec0]

I tell you tec0, some women are worth "crossing the border's of time" for!

Now some may not agree with the artist as controversial as he is. But that said this song made me realise that sometimes you really cannot save someone from themselves.

MARILYN MANSON's Coma White

There's something cold and blank behind her smile
She's standing on an overpass
In her miracle mile

[Pre-chorus:]
"You were from a perfect world
A world that threw me away today
Today to run away"

[Chorus:]
A pill to make you numb
A pill to make you dumb
A pill to make you anybody else
But all the drugs in this world
Won't save her from herself

Her mouth was an empty cut
And she was waiting to fall
Just bleeding like a polaroid that
Lost all her dolls

[Pre-chorus]

[Chorus x2]

[Pre-chorus]

[Chorus x2]

[tec0]

As for the law perhaps this song speaks more truth about prejudgement then at first glance. In its entirety however it speaks of something deeper… As if the song wants to give you an image of what others feel think and experience.

Out Of The Silent Planet

[Gers, Dickinson, Harris]

Out of the silent planet, out of the silent planet we are
Out of the silent planet, out of the silent planet we are
Out of the silent planet, out of the silent planet we are
Out of the silent planet, out of the silent planet we are

Withered hands, withered bodies begging for salvation
Deserted by the hand of gods of their own creation
Nations cry underneath decaying skies above
You are guilty, the punishment is death for all who live
The punishment is death for all who live

Out of the silent planet, dreams of desolation
Out of the silent planet, Come the demons of creation
Out of the silent planet, dreams of desolation
Out of the silent planet, Come the demons of creation

The killing fields, the grinding wheels crushed by equilibrium
Separate lives no more disguise, no more second chances
Haggard wisdom spitting out the bitter taste of hate
I accuse you before you know the crime it's all too late
Before you know the crime it's all too late

Out of the silent planet, dreams of desolation
Out of the silent planet, Come the demons of creation
Out of the silent planet, dreams of desolation
Out of the silent planet, Come the demons of creation

Out of the silent planet, out of the silent planet we are
Out of the silent planet, out of the silent planet we are

Out of the silent planet, dreams of desolation
Out of the silent planet, Come the demons of creation
Out of the silent planet, dreams of desolation
Out of the silent planet, Come the demons of creation

Out of the silent planet, out of the silent planet we are
Out of the silent planet, out of the silent planet we are
Out of the silent planet, out of the silent planet we are
Out of the silent planet, out of the silent planet we are
Out of the silent planet, out of the silent planet we are
Out of the silent planet, out of the silent planet we are

[Citizen X]

You see this is what I mean, This song 'Out of the planet," is poetry! You have to study it to appreciate it!

[tec0]

I like this song for many reasons, partly because the animation on the Disturbed video was so well done and partly because one gets the feeling that in order to set things right one must take a stand.

Well fitting or not the coming strikes are for the people, so let's hope for a peaceful victory.

"Land Of Confusion" by DISTURBED

[Originally by Genesis]

I must have dreamed a thousand dreams
Been haunted by a million screams
But I can hear the marching feet
They're moving into the street

Now, did you read the news today?
They say the danger has gone away
But I can see the fire's still alight
They're burning into the night

There's too many men, too many people
Making too many problems
And there's not much love to go around
Can't you see this is a land of confusion?

This is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in

Oh, superman, where are you now?
When everything's gone wrong somehow?
The men of steel, these men of power
Are losing control by the hour

This is the time, this is the place
So we look for the future
But there's not much love to go around
Tell me why this is a land of confusion

This is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in

I remember long ago
When the sun was shining
And all the stars were bright all through the night
In the wake of this madness, as I held you tight
So long ago

I won't be coming home tonight
My generation will put it right
We're not just making promises
That we know we'll never keep

There's too many men, too many people
Making too many problems
And there's not much love to go round
Can't you see this is a land of confusion?

Now, this is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth fighting for

This is the world we live in
And these are the names we're given
Stand up and let's start showing
Just where our lives are going to

[Citizen X]

Smart song, I actually have this song! It's one of those timeless classics!