Old school music is cool!

[Citizen X]

This is my song for the day...

[Citizen X]

It’s always a treat to see Cameron Diaz in her underwear! This is especially so when she does her cute, goofy thing to Tavares’s ‘Heaven must be missing an angel,’ song in the movie ‘Charlies Angels.’ This is one true old school music classic that will remain timeless and universal and loved by millions of people this globe over..Tavares released this song ion 1976..
I give you Cameron Diaz in her underwear....



“Heaven must be missin' an angel,
Missin' one angel child,'Cause you're here with me right now
(your love is heavenly, baby),(heavenly to me, baby)

Your kiss filled with tenderness
I want all I can get of your sexiness
Showers, your love comes in showers
And every hour on the hour
You let me feel your loving power

There's a rainbow over my shoulder
When you came, my cup runneth over
You gave me your heavenly love
And if one night you hear crying from above

It's 'cause heaven must be missin' an angel
Missin, one angel child
'Cause you're here with me right now
(Your love is heavenly, baby)
(Heavenly to me, baby)


Ooooh, I'm captured by your spell
You're different, girl, I can tell (
When you're layin' on my pillow, baby
Above your pretty head, there's a halo
That's why I know

Heaven, must be missin'an angel
Missin' one angel child
'Cause you're here with me right now
(your love is heavenly, baby)
(heavenly to me, baby)
Oooh, my sweet little angel (heaven)
My pretty little angel (heaven)
I love you, love you, love you, (heaven)
Love you, baby, say right now (heaven)

Ooh, heaven (heaven)
Must be missing an angel (heaven)
Missing one angel, child (heaven

You must have slipped away along the Milky Way
It's 'cause (Your kiss)
Your kiss (filled with tenderness)
You came C O D on a moonbeam straight to me
Just like (Showers, showers, showers, showers)

Your heavenly power gets stronger by the hour
(Heaven, must be missin' an angel)
I'm captured by your spell
Oh, girl, can't you tell (Heaven)
Heaven (must be missin' an angel)

(It's just so good, so good, so good)
Just like heaven, oh, baby
(It's just so good, so good, so good)
(Heaven, yeah)”

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[Citizen X]

Heaven must be missing an angel!!!

Excuse the wardrobe, it was 1976 afterall!

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[pmbguy]

Not old, but schooled

The soulful Tracy Chapman

[pmbguy]

Something real rapt up
Run DMC

"It's Like That"
[Run]
Unemployment at a record highs
People coming, people going, people born to die
Don't ask me, because I don't know why
But it's like that, and that's the way it is

[D.M.C.]
People in the world tryin to make ends meet
You try to ride car, train, bus, or feet
I said you got to work hard, you want to compete
It's like that, and that's the way it is
Huh!

[Run & D.M.C. alternate lines for the remainder of the song]
Money is the key to end all your woes
Your ups, your downs, your highs and your lows
Won't you tell me the last time that love bought you clothes?
It's like that, and that's the way it is

Bills rise higher every day
We receive much lower pay
I'd rather stay young, go out and play
It's like that, and that's the way it is
Huh!

Wars going on across the sea
Street soldiers killing the elderly
Whatever happened to unity?
It's like that, and that's the way it is

Disillusion is the word
That's used by me when I'm not heard
I just go through life with my glasses blurred
It's like that, and that's the way it is
Huh!

You can see a lot in this lifespan
Like a bum eating out of a garbage can
You noticed one time he was your man
It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is

You should have gone to school, you could've learned a trade
But you laid in the bed where the bums have laid
Now all the time you're crying that you're underpaid
It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is
Huh!

One thing I know is that life is short
So listen up homeboy, give this a thought
The next time someone's teaching why don't you get taught?
It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is

If you really think about it times aren't that bad
The one that flexes with successes will make you glad
Stop playing start praying, you won't be sad
It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is
Huh!

When you feel you fail sometimes it hurts
For a meaning in life is why you search
Take the bus or the train, drive to school or the church
It's like that, and that's the way it is

Here's another point in life you should not miss
Do not be a fool who's prejudiced
Because we're all written down on the same list
It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is
Huh!

You know it's like that, and that's the way it is
Because it's like that, and that's the way it is
[Repeat these lines til fade]

[Citizen X]

The duets: I got you Babe: UB40 and Chrissie Hynde


Where were you in 1985? Any good memories?

In 1985, I was coming of age, about to go to High School. I was mesmerized by Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders. She was this really elegant, classy, sexy, well spoken woman!
She stated that "I was never too interested in high school. I mean, I never went to a dance, I never went out on a date, I never went steady. It became pretty awful for me. Except, of course, I could go see bands, and that was the kick. I used to go to Cleveland just to see any band. So I was in love a lot of the time, but mostly with guys in bands that I had never met. For me, knowing that Brian Jones was out there, and later that Iggy Pop was out there, made it kind of hard for me to get too interested in the guys that were around me. I had, uh, bigger things in mind."[1]
I Got you babe was first released by Sonny and Cher in 1965! I remain respectful for any artist that can do justice to an original song as opposed to butchering it!
Now, IN A PUB, UB40 caught their first break when Chrissie Hynde saw them at a pub and gave them an opportunity as a support act to her band, The Pretenders[2]
Why do I like the 1985 rehearsal by UB40 and Chrissie Hynde
1. The rehearsal for the concept demonstrated what true musicians can do, they can bring the magic of the cover version, on the spot, and bring it rather nicely;
I proudly give you “I got you babe,’ UB40 and Chrissie Hynde: Part rehearsal and part concert version

“They say we`re young and we don`t know
Won`t find out till we grow
Well I don`t know baby that`s true
'Cause you got me and baby I got you

(Chorus)

Babe, I got you babe, I got you, Babe.

They say our love won`t pay the rent
Before it`s earned our money`s always spent
I guess that`s so, we don`t have a lot
But at least I`m sure of all the things we got


(Chorus)

Babe, I got you babe, I got you, Babe.
I got flowers in the spring
I got you, to wear my ring
And when I`m sad, you`re a clown
And when I get scared, you`re always around
so let them say your hair`s too long
I don`t care, with you I can`t do wrong
then put your little hand in mine
There ain`t no hill or mountain we can`t climb



Babe, I got you babe, I got you, Babe.


I got you to hold my hand
I got you to understand
I got you to walk with me
I got you to talk with me
I got you to kiss goodnight
I got you to hold me tight
I got you and I won`t let go
I got you to love me so
I got you, babe”

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[1] Vide Wikipedia. Chrissie Hynde. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrissie_Hynde. Accessed 17 October 2012

[2] Vide Wikipedia.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UB40. Accessed 17 October 2012

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[Citizen X]

Confession: Chrissie Hynde was my wet dream as a teenager!
Sure, these eloquent ladies also get old, but we remember them as they were. Even at a matured age, when UB40 was still UB40, years after the fact of ‘I got you Babe,’ they performed this stunning act with gorgeous Chrissie Hynde

[Blurock]

Papa was a Rolling Stone

One of my favourite songs from the 70's. I was mesmerised by the guitar technique, using the wah wah pedal, on this number. You have to listen to the full version to feel the vibe. Many happy memories... Enjoy!

PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE - THE TEMPTATIONS
It was the third of September. That day I'll always remember, yes I will.
'Cause that was the day that my daddy died.
I never got a chance to see him. Never heard nothing but bad things about him.
Mama, I'm depending on you, tell me the truth.
And Mama just hung her head and said,
"Son, Papa was a rolling stone.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."
"Papa was a rolling stone, my son.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."
Well, well.
Hey Mama, is it true what they say, that Papa never worked a day in his life?
And Mama, bad talk going around town saying that Papa had three outside children and another wife.
And that ain't right.
HEARD SOME talk about Papa doing some store front preaching.
Talking about saving souls and all the time leeching.
Dealing in debt and stealing in the name of the Lord.
Mama just hung her head and said,
"Papa was a rolling stone, my son.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."
"Hey, Papa was a rolling stone.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."
Uh!
Hey Mama, I heard Papa call himself a jack of all trade.
Tell me is that what sent Papa to an early grave?
Folk say Papa would beg, borrow, steal to pay his bill.
Hey Mama, folk say that Papa was never much on thinking.
Spent most of his time chasing women and drinking.
Mama, I'm depending on you to tell me the truth. Mama looked up with a tear in her eye and said,
"Son, Papa was a rolling stone. (Well, well, well, well)
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."
"Papa was a rolling stone.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."
"I said, Papa was a rolling stone. Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."

[Citizen X]

One of my favourite songs from the 70's. I was mesmerised by the guitar technique, using the wah wah pedal, on this number. You have to listen to the full version to feel the vibe. Many happy memories... Enjoy!

PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE - THE TEMPTATIONS
It was the third of September. That day I'll always remember, yes I will.
'Cause that was the day that my daddy died.
I never got a chance to see him. Never heard nothing but bad things about him.
Mama, I'm depending on you, tell me the truth.
And Mama just hung her head and said,
"Son, Papa was a rolling stone.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."
"Papa was a rolling stone, my son.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."
Well, well.
Hey Mama, is it true what they say, that Papa never worked a day in his life?
And Mama, bad talk going around town saying that Papa had three outside children and another wife.
And that ain't right.
HEARD SOME talk about Papa doing some store front preaching.
Talking about saving souls and all the time leeching.
Dealing in debt and stealing in the name of the Lord.
Mama just hung her head and said,
"Papa was a rolling stone, my son.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."
"Hey, Papa was a rolling stone.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."
Uh!
Hey Mama, I heard Papa call himself a jack of all trade.
Tell me is that what sent Papa to an early grave?
Folk say Papa would beg, borrow, steal to pay his bill.
Hey Mama, folk say that Papa was never much on thinking.
Spent most of his time chasing women and drinking.
Mama, I'm depending on you to tell me the truth. Mama looked up with a tear in her eye and said,
"Son, Papa was a rolling stone. (Well, well, well, well)
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."
"Papa was a rolling stone.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."
"I said, Papa was a rolling stone. Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."

This is a real wow song, in that it has attitude! I love songs with attitude.. I’ll raise you song for song..see next post…

[Citizen X]

Give it up: KC & The Sunshine Band: 1982
Vinyl records and urban cowboy style…

“Everybody wants you
Everybody wants your love
I'd just like to make you mine all night

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Baby give it up
Give it up
Baby give it up
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Baby give it up
Give it up
Baby give it up

Everybody sees you
Everybody looks and stares
I'd just like to make you mine all mine

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Baby give it up
Give it up
Baby give it up
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Baby give it up
Give it up
Baby give it up
Can you give it
Can you give it
Give it up

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
[ From: http://www.elyrics.net ]
Baby give it up
Give it up
Baby give it up
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Baby give it up
Give it up
Baby give it up

Everybody wants you
Everybody wants your love
I'd just like to make you mine all night

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Baby give it up
Give it up
Baby give it up
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Baby give it up
Give it up
Baby give it up

Come on baby I need your love
Do you know I want it baby
Come on baby I want your love
Give it up, some of your love
Come on and play the game of love.”

[Blurock]

This song must have the best air guitar riffs ever!!! Fortunately air guitar does not make your fingers bleed, or I'd have nothing left!

[Citizen X]

Especially for you: Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan: 1988

This is a CLASSIC duet of note!



"Especially for You" received many positive reviews from older and contemporary critics, who deemed it one of the strongest of each singer's album, but also dubbed the song a classic.[1]

“The word classic means something that is a perfect example of a particular style, something of lasting worth or with a timeless quality. The word can be an adjective (a classic car) or a noun (a classic of English literature). It denotes a particular quality in art, architecture, literature and other cultural artifacts.”[2]

“Especially for you
I want to let you know what I was going through
All the time we were apart
I thought of you
You were in my heart
My love never changed
I still feel the same

Especially for you
I want to tell you I was feeling that way too
And if dreams were wings, you know
I would have flown to you
To be where you are
No matter how far
And now that I'm next to you

No more dreaming about tomorrow
Forget the loneliness and the sorrow
I've got to say
It's all because of you


And now we're back together, together
I want to show you my heart is oh so true
And all the love I have is
Especially for you


Especially for you
I want to tell you, you mean all the world to me
How I'm certain that our love was meant to be
You changed my life
You showed me the way
And now that I'm next to you

I've waited long enough to find you
I want to put all the hurt behind you
Oh,
And I want to bring out all the love inside you
Oh

You were in my heart
My love never changed.”
Album cover[3]

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[1]Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Especially_for_You. Accessed 18 May 2013


[2] Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic. Accessed 18 May 2013


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[Citizen X]

Everlasting Love: Gloria Estefan: 1994
This song was first released in 1967 by Robert Knight. My favourite version is that of Gloria Estefan.


Bubble-gum pop love songs are gender neutral, so even when a song mentions ‘bride,’ or ‘groom,’ one simply encapsulates one’s own gender in the song.

This is what I classify as a 'feel good song.'

“Hearts go astray
Leaving hurt when they go
I went away
Just when you needed me so
Filled with regret
I come back begging you
Forgive, forget
Where's the love we once knew?

Open up your eyes
Then you'll realize
Here I stand with my
Everlasting love
Need you by my side
Wanna be your bride
You'll never be denied
Everlasting love
From the very start
Open up your heart
Be a lasting part of
Everlasting love
(Real love, will last forever, real love)
Will last forever

When life's river flows
No one really knows
Till someone's there to show
The way to lasting love
Like the sun that shines
Endlessly shines
You always will be mine
It's eternal love
When other loves are gone
Ours will be strong
We have our very own
Everlasting love
(Real love will last forever,
Real love will last forever,)
(You give me, you give me, you give me,
Everlasting love x2)
Everlasting love
(You give me, you give me, you give me,
Everlasting love)
You know you give it to me
Everlasting love

Open up your eyes
Then you'll realize
Here I stand with my
Everlasting love
Need you by my side
Wanna be your bride
You'll never be denied
Everlasting love
From the very start
Open up your heart
Be a lasting part of
Everlasting love
Love
Real love will last forever
Love yeah

Open up your eyes
Then you'll realize
Here I stand with my
Everlasting love
Need you by my side
Wanna be your bride
You'll never be denied
Everlasting love
(You know you give me
You know you give me
You know you give it to me
Everlasting love”
Album cover[1]

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[1] Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everlasting_Love. Accessed 18 May 2013

[Blurock]

A song with attitude by a girl with attitude!