Old school music is cool!

[Citizen X]

I Got You Babe by Sonny and Cher


HER: They say we're young and we don't know
We won't find out until we grow
HIM: Well I don't know if all that's true
'Cause you got me, and baby I got you

HIM: Babe
BOTH: I got you babe
I got you babe

HER: They say our love won't pay the rent
Before it's earned, our money's all been spent
HIM: I guess that's so, we don't have a pot
But at least I'm sure of all the things we got

HIM: Babe
BOTH: I got you babe
I got you babe

HIM: I got flowers in the spring
I got you to wear my ring
HER: And when I'm sad, you're a clown
And if I get scared, you're always around

HER: Don't let them say your hair's too long
'Cause I don't care, with you I can't go wrong
HIM: Then put your little hand in mine
There ain't no hill or mountain we can't climb

HIM: Babe
BOTH: I got you babe
I got you babe

HIM: I got you to hold my hand
HER: I got you to understand
HIM: I got you to walk with me
HER: I got you to talk with me
I got you to kiss goodnight
I got you to hold me tight
I got you, I won't let go
I got you to love me so

BOTH: I got you babe
I got you babe
I got you babe
I got you babe
I got you babe

Ofcourse UB40 created a masterpiece with this song..see next post

[Citizen X]

HER: They say we're young and we don't know
We won't find out until we grow
HIM: Well I don't know if all that's true
'Cause you got me, and baby I got you

HIM: Babe
BOTH: I got you babe
I got you babe

HER: They say our love won't pay the rent
Before it's earned, our money's all been spent
HIM: I guess that's so, we don't have a pot
But at least I'm sure of all the things we got

HIM: Babe
BOTH: I got you babe
I got you babe

HIM: I got flowers in the spring
I got you to wear my ring
HER: And when I'm sad, you're a clown
And if I get scared, you're always around

HER: Don't let them say your hair's too long
'Cause I don't care, with you I can't go wrong
HIM: Then put your little hand in mine
There ain't no hill or mountain we can't climb

HIM: Babe
BOTH: I got you babe
I got you babe

HIM: I got you to hold my hand
HER: I got you to understand
HIM: I got you to walk with me
HER: I got you to talk with me
I got you to kiss goodnight
I got you to hold me tight
I got you, I won't let go
I got you to love me so

BOTH: I got you babe
I got you babe
I got you babe
I got you babe
I got you babe

[Citizen X]

Eric Clapton:Tears in Heaven:1992: Lyrics and original Video



“Beyond the door, there’s peace I’m sure, and I know that there will be no more tears in heaven.”

“Tears in Heaven" is a song by Eric Clapton and Will Jennings from the soundtrack to the film Rush. The song was written about the pain and loss Clapton felt following the death of his four-year-old son, Conor. Conor fell from a window of the 53rd-floor New York apartment owned by his mother's friend on March 20, 1991. Clapton arrived at the apartment shortly after the accident. "Tears in Heaven" is one of Clapton's most successful songs, as it reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the U.S. The song also stayed three weeks as #1 on the American adult contemporary chart in 1992.”.

“Would you know my name
If I saw you in heaven?
Would it be the same
If I saw you in heaven?

I must be strong
And carry on
'Cause I know I don't belong
Here in heaven

Would you hold my hand
If I saw you in heaven?
Would you help me stand
If I saw you in heaven?

I'll find my way
Through night and day
'Cause I know I just can't stay
Here in heaven

Time can bring you down
Time can bend your knees
Time can break your heart
Have you begging please
Begging please

Beyond the door
There's peace, I'm sure
And I know there'll be no more
Tears in heaven

Would you know my name
If I saw you in heaven?
Would it be the same
If I saw you in heaven?

I must be strong
And carry on
'Cause I know I don't belong
Here in heaven

'Cause I know I don't belong
Here in heaven .”


Album cover[1]

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[1] Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tears_in_Heaven. Accessed 17 August 2013

[pmbguy]

Deep down Louisiana close to New Orleans
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
Who never ever learned to read or write so well
But he could play the guitar just like a ringing a bell

Go go
Go Johnny go
Go
Go Johnny go
Go
Go Johnny go
Go
Go Johnny go
Go
Johnny B. Goode

He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track
Oh, the engineerswould see him sitting in the shade
Strumming with the rhythm that the drivers made
People passing by they would stop and say
Oh my that little country boy could play

Go go
Go Johnny go
Go
Go Johnny go
Go
Go Johnny go
Go
Go Johnny go
Go
Johnny B. Goode

His mother told him "Someday you will be a man,
And you will be the leader of a big old band.
Many people coming from miles around
To hear you play your music when the sun go down
Maybe someday your name will be in lights
Saying Johnny B. Goode tonight."

Go go
Go Johnny go
Go go go Johnny go
Go go go Johnny go
Go go go Johnny go
Go
Johnny B. Goode

[Citizen X]

Bob Marley: Johnny was: 1976: Lyrics and Video


Somebody please enlighten me, who is this ‘Johnny is Marley’s song and in many other reggae songs

“Johnny Was

(wo-o-o-o! wo-o-o-o! wooo!)
Woman hold her head and cry,
'cause her son had been shot down in the street and died
From a stray bullet.

Woman hold her head and cry;
Explaining to her was a passerby
Who saw the woman cry (cry)
Wondering how can she work it out,
Now she knows that the wages of sin is death, yeah!
Gift of jah is life. (life)
She cried: ah-um, I - I know!
"Johnny was a good man," I - I know! (never did a thing wrong)
"Johnny was a good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good,
Good, good, good man", (Johnny was good man)
She cried - she crie-ie-ie-ie-ie-ie-ie-ied!

Wo-ooh! woman hold her head and cry,
As her son had been shot down in the street and died
Just because of the system. (system)

Woman hold her head and cry;
comforting her I was passing by.
She complained, then she cry:
Oh-ooh-wo-ah, cry (ah-ah), yeah, I know now (ah-ah),
No I know, I know now: (johnny was a good man)
Said I know, mm-mm-mm-mm-mm. (never did a thing wrong)
Ah! ah! (Johnny was a good man)
Can a woman tender care, she cried, (never did a thing wrong)
Cease towards the child she bear? (Johnny was a good man)
Wo-ho-ho-ooh! woman cry, woman - (never did a thing wrong)
She cried, woo-oh! She cried, yeah! (Johnny was a good man)
Can a woman tender care
Cease towards the child she bear? (Never did a thing wrong)
Wo-now, cry! (Johnny was a good man).”
Album cover[1]

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[1] Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastaman_Vibration. Accessed 17 August 2013

[Citizen X]

Juluka: Scatterlings: 1982: Lyrics and Video




I remain proudly a ‘scatterling of Africa!’

Copper sun sinking low

Scatterlings and fugitives

Hooded eyes and weary brows

Seek refuge in the night



They are the scatterlings of Africa

Each uprooted one

On the road to Phelamanga

Where the world began

I love the scatterlings of Africa

Each and every one

In their hearts a burning hunger

Beneath the copper sun



Ancient bones from Olduvai

Echoes of the very first cry

"Who made me here and why

Beneath the copper sun?"

African idea

African idea

Make the future clear

Make the future clear



And we are scatterlings of Africa

Both you and I

We are on the road to Phelamanga

Beneath a copper sky

And we are scatterlings of Africa

On a journey to the stars

Far below, we leave forever

Dreams of what we were

Album cover[1]

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[1] Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scatterlings. Accessed 17 August 2013

[Citizen X]

UB40: Johnny too bad:1983: Lyrics and Video



Another Johnny?

“Walking down the road

"With a pistol in your waist
Johnny you're too bad
Walking down the road
With a ratchet in your waist
Johhny you're too bad
You're just robbin' and stabbin'
And lootin' and shootin'
You're too bad
You're too bad
One of these days
When you hear a voice say come
Where you gonna run to?
One of these days
When you hear a voice say come
Where you gonna run to?
You're just robbin' and stabbin'
And lootin' and shootin'
You're too bad
You're too bad
You're gonna run to the rock
For rescue, there'll be no rock
You're gonna run to the rock
For rescue, there'll be no rock.”

Album cover[1]

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[1] Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_of_Love. Accessed 17 August 2013

[pmbguy]

Bob Marley: Johnny was: 1976: Lyrics and Video
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Somebody please enlighten me, who is this ‘Johnny is Marley’s song and in many other reggae songs

“Johnny Was

(wo-o-o-o! wo-o-o-o! wooo!)
Woman hold her head and cry,
'cause her son had been shot down in the street and died
From a stray bullet.

Woman hold her head and cry;
Explaining to her was a passerby
Who saw the woman cry (cry)
Wondering how can she work it out,
Now she knows that the wages of sin is death, yeah!
Gift of jah is life. (life)
She cried: ah-um, I - I know!
"Johnny was a good man," I - I know! (never did a thing wrong)
"Johnny was a good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good,
Good, good, good man", (Johnny was good man)
She cried - she crie-ie-ie-ie-ie-ie-ie-ied!

Wo-ooh! woman hold her head and cry,
As her son had been shot down in the street and died
Just because of the system. (system)

Woman hold her head and cry;
comforting her I was passing by.
She complained, then she cry:
Oh-ooh-wo-ah, cry (ah-ah), yeah, I know now (ah-ah),
No I know, I know now: (johnny was a good man)
Said I know, mm-mm-mm-mm-mm. (never did a thing wrong)
Ah! ah! (Johnny was a good man)
Can a woman tender care, she cried, (never did a thing wrong)
Cease towards the child she bear? (Johnny was a good man)
Wo-ho-ho-ooh! woman cry, woman - (never did a thing wrong)
She cried, woo-oh! She cried, yeah! (Johnny was a good man)
Can a woman tender care
Cease towards the child she bear? (Never did a thing wrong)
Wo-now, cry! (Johnny was a good man).”
Album cover[1]

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[1] Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastaman_Vibration. Accessed 17 August 2013

Johnny was a young gangster

This song is about a woman crying over her “good son” who was shot dead. “Why him? he was a good man”. The song challenges the mother as to whether her son was actually a good man. Mothers find it hard to believe that their own child is bad. There is a bad gang culture in Jamaica. We question whether the bullet was indeed a stray bullet or whether it was intended for Johnny. So the odds are that if Johnny was shot by a gun there is a good chance he was living by the gun.
By “system” he is referring to the political or gang system in Jamaica. Districts or barrios in Kingston were separated along political lines this eventually lead to violent criminal gangs each occupying their own territory and battling each other over turf.

Bob: “Now she knows that the wages of sin is death, yeah!” She knows why he was killed but professes he was a good man.

I think the big message is: If you live by the sword you die by the sword

[Citizen X]

Johnny was a young gangster

This song is about a woman crying over her “good son” who was shot dead. “Why him? he was a good man”. The song challenges the mother as to whether her son was actually a good man. Mothers find it hard to believe that their own child is bad. There is a bad gang culture in Jamaica. We question whether the bullet was indeed a stray bullet or whether it was intended for Johnny. So the odds are that if Johnny was shot by a gun there is a good chance he was living by the gun.
By “system” he is referring to the political or gang system in Jamaica. Districts or barrios in Kingston were separated along political lines this eventually lead to violent criminal gangs each occupying their own territory and battling each other over turf.

Bob: “Now she knows that the wages of sin is death, yeah!” She knows why he was killed but professes he was a good man.

I think the big message is: If you live by the sword you die by the sword

Does music history inform us who the actual Johnny in 'Johnny was a good man(Bob Marley),' and "Johnny too bad(UB40)." was

[Dave A]

I suspect it's a representative colloquialism like the Aussies' Bruce and Shelia (man and woman).

[pmbguy]

Does music history inform us who the actual Johnny in 'Johnny was a good man(Bob Marley),' and "Johnny too bad(UB40)." was

I don’t suspect there is a true Historical Johnny, even though Johhny is everywhere. I can't find anything online, just allot of Johhny songs and artists in the saga.
The only way to know for sure is to consult a Rasta church and find out. All signs show to a Johnny origin, but no real evidence has come to table. Johnny is a mystery to all.

[Citizen X]

I don’t suspect there is a true Historical Johnny, even though Johhny is everywhere. I can't find anything online, just allot of Johhny songs and artists in the saga.
The only way to know for sure is to consult a Rasta church and find out. All signs show to a Johnny origin, but no real evidence has come to table. Johnny is a mystery to all.

This intrigues me even more! A quest for Marley’s Johnny..

[Citizen X]

Bob Marley: Satisfy my soul: Album: Kaya: 1977: Lyrics and Video

This live rendition can be reconciled to the original polished roots reggae version. A master-piece of a song.


“Oh, please don't you rock my boat (don't rock my boat)
'Cause I don't want my boat to be rockin' (don't rock my boat)
Oh, please don't you rock my boat (don't rock my boat)
'Cause I don't want my boat to be rockin' (don't rock my boat)
I'm telling you that, oh, oh-ooh, wo-o-wo!
I like it - like it this (I like it like this, I like it like this) -
So keep it steady, like this. (I like it like this)
And you should know - you should know by now:
I like it (I like it like this), I like it like this
(I like it like this, I like it like this),
I like it like this, ooh yeah! (I like it like this)
(Satisfy my soul) You satisfy my soul (satisfy my soul);
You satisfy my soul (satisfy my soul).
Every little action (satisfy my soul),
there's a reaction (satisfy my soul).
Oh, can't you see what you've done for me, oh, yeah!
I am happy inside all - all of the time. Wo-oo-o-oo!When we (bend) bend a new corner,
I feel like a (sweep) sweepstake winner.
When I meet you around the corner (round the corner),
You make me feel like a sweepstake winner (a sweep - a sweepstake winner).
Whoa, child! Can't you see? You must believe me!
Oh darling, darling, I'm calling, calling:
Can't you see? Why won't you believe me?
Oh, darling, darling, I'm calling, calling
(calling, calling, calling, calling)
When I meet you around the corner,
Oh, I said, "Baby, never let me be a loner",
And then you hold me tight, you make me feel all right.
Yes, when you hold me tight, you made me feel all right.
Whoa, honey, can't you see? Don't you believe me?
Oh, darling, darling, I'm callin', callin':
Can't you see? Why won't you believe me?
Oh, darling, darling, I'm callin', callin'
(calling, calling, calling, calling).
Satisfy my soul - satisfy my soul - satisfy my soul - satisfy my soul:
That's all I want you to do, that's all I'll take from you:
Satisfy my soul, satisfy my soul.”


Album cover[1]

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[1] Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaya_(album). Accessed 19 August 2013

[Blurock]

This intrigues me even more! A quest for Marley’s Johnny..

Johhny B Goode...?

[pmbguy]

Fear No More

Fear no more the heat o' the sun;
Nor the furious winter's rages,
Thou thy worldly task hast done,
Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages;
Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney sweepers come to dust.

Fear no more the frown of the great,
Thou art past the tyrant's stroke:
Care no more to clothe and eat;
To thee the reed is as the oak:
The sceptre, learning, physic, must
All follow this, and come to dust.

Fear no more the lightning-flash,
Nor the all-dread thunder-stone;
Fear not slander, censure rash;
Thou hast finished joy and moan;
All lovers young, all lovers must
Consign to thee, and come to dust.

No exorciser harm thee!
Nor no witchcraft charm thee!
Ghost unlaid forbear thee!
Nothing ill come near thee!
Quiet consummation have;
And renowned be thy grave!
William Shakespeare