Old school music is cool!

[Citizen X]

The general perception is that men should not or are not capable of expressing emotion. Should they express emotion there is that tendency of a certain circle of people that will see them as unmanly on the basis of expressing emotion.
Some of the most manly characters, the real macoy cowboy style male singers and song writers expressed emotion rather quite efficiently.! Roy Orbison: Crying; Manhattans and Barry White: Hurt and Stevie Wonder: Lately... just to name a few...I give you 100% manly emotion!
1.Hurt: Manhattans
“You made a promise
And you broke it
He could never love you like I do
Ooh, I feel so bad

Hurt, to think
That you lied to me
Hurt, way down
Deep inside of me

You said your love was true
And we'd never part
Now, you've found someone new
And it breaks my heart
I'm hurt

Hurt, much more
Than you'll ever know
Hurt, because
I still love you so

But even though you hurt me
Like no one else could do
I would never, never hurt you

Even though you've taken
Your love from me
Baby, I want you back
I'll never hurt you

I'll never hurt you
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
I'll never hurt you
I'll never hurt you .”

2.Crying: Roy Orbison


“I was all right for a while, I could smile for a while
But I saw you last night, you held my hand so tight
As you stopped to say "Hello"
Aww you wished me well, you couldn't tell

That I'd been cry-i-i-ng over you, cry-i-i-ng over you
Then you said "so long". left me standing all alone
Alone and crying, crying, crying cry-i-ing
It's hard to understand but the touch of your hand
Can start me crying

I thought that I was over you but it's tru-ue, so true
I love you even more than I did before but darling what can I do-o-o-o
For you don't love me and I'll always be

Cry-i-i-i-ng over you, cry-i-i-i-ng over you
Yes, now you're gone and from this moment on
I'll be crying, crying, crying, cry-i-i-ing
Yeah crying, crying, o-o-o-o-ver you”






Lately:Stevie Wonder

“Lately, I have had the strangest feeling
With no vivid reason here to find
Yet the thought of losing you's been hanging
'round my mind

Far more frequently you're wearing perfume
With you say no special place to go
But when I ask will you be coming back soon
You don't know, never know

Well, I'm a man of many wishes
Hope my premonition misses
But what I really feel my eyes won't let me hide
Cause they always start to cry
Cause this time could mean goodbye

Lately I've been staring in the mirror
Very slowly picking me apart
Trying to tell myself I have no reason
with your heart

Just the other night while you were sleeping
I vaguely heard you whisper someone's name
But when I ask you of the thoughts your keeping
You just say nothing's changed

Well, I'm a man of many wishes
I hope my premonition misses
But what I really feel my eyes won't let me hide
Cause they always start to cry
Cause this time could mean goodbye, goodbye

Oh, I'm a man of many wishes
I hope my premonition misses
But what I really feel my eyes won't let me hide
Cause they always start to cry
Cause this time could mean goodbye”

[Citizen X]

My perception of music: I give you “Get into the groove: Madonna
Words of the masculine gender shall be deemed to include the feminine and vice versa
“And you can dance for inspiration
Come on, I'm waiting

Get into the groove
Boy, you've got to prove
Your love to me, yeah

Get up on your feet, yeah
Step to the beat
Boy, what will it be?

Music can be such a revelation
Dancing around you, feel the sweet sensation
We might be lovers if the rhythm's right
I hope this feeling never ends tonight

Only when I'm dancing can I feel this free
At night I lock the doors, where no one else can see
I'm tired of dancing here all by myself
Tonight, I wanna dance with someone else

Get into the groove
Boy, you've got to prove
Your love to me, yeah

Get up on your feet, yeah
Step to the beat
Boy, what will it be?

Gonna get to know you in a special way
This doesn't happen to me every day
Don't try to hide it, love wears no disguise
I see the fire burning in your eyes
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/m/m...he_groove.html ]
Only when I'm dancing can I feel this free
At night I lock the doors, where no one else can see
I'm tired of dancing here all by myself
Tonight, I wanna dance with someone else

Get into the groove
Boy, you've got to prove
Your love to me, yeah

Get up on your feet, yeah
Step to the beat
Boy, what will it be?

Live out your fantasy here, with me
Just let the music set you free
Touch my body and move in time
Now I know, you're mine

Live out your fantasy here, with me
Just let the music set you free
Touch my body and move in time
Now I know, you're mine

Get into the groove
Boy, you've got to prove
Your love to me, yeah

Get up on your feet, yeah
Step to the beat
Boy, what will it be?”

[AndyD]

I have to be honest, I rarely enjoy music about love, I always think that the song invariable falls short of the real thing. I enjoy well written protest songs and very much like songs with a degree of humour which removes the feeling they're trying to take themselves too seriously. One band that springs to mind who mastered this in my opinion was The Smiths. They were very original, somewhat morbid on occasions but the tune didn't necessarily fit the lyrics. Throw in Johnny Marr who was possible one of the most underrated guitarists of that era and in my book you had a great recipe.

Girlfriend In A Coma

Girlfriend in a coma, I know
I know - it's serious
Girlfriend in a coma, I know
I know - it's really serious

There were times when I could
Have "murdered" her
(But you know, I would hate
Anything to happen to her)


NO, I DON'T WANT TO SEE HER


Do you really think
She'll pull through ?
Do you really think
She'll pull through ?
Do ...


Girlfriend in a coma, I know
I know - it's serious
My, my, my, my, my, my baby, goodbye


There were times when I could
Have "strangled" her
(But you know, I would hate
Anything to happen to her)
WOULD YOU PLEASE
LET ME SEE HER !


Do you really think
She'll pull through ?
Do you really think
She'll pull through ?
Do ...
Let me whisper my last goodbyes


I know - IT'S SERIOUS

[Citizen X]

Good morning Andy,
Music is very accommodating in that there’s a different genre that will cater to everyone.Yes, it does hold true that there is difference between the sentiments expressed in a love song and the actual relationships that people have. Our South African divorce rate attests to what you saying. A love song creates an ideal sought after. I agree with you in so far as there is difference to the happy companionship that a love song emits and our history of domestic violence. No love song applicable there! Bubble gum pop love songs are feel good music. The lyrics and music are designed to capture your imagination. I too enjoy well written protest songs and songs that are poetic master pieces. I know this song ‘Girlfriend in a coffin,’
Andy, I’ll tell you what: I’ll meet you halfway, with two equivalent songs to ‘Girlfriend in a Coffin,’ 1: ‘one of my turns: Roger waters and 2:’Dont leave me now:’ Roger Waters
“Day after day
Love turns gray
Like the skin on a dying man
Night after night
We pretend it's all right
But I have grown older
And you have grown colder
And nothing is very much fun, anymore
And I can feel
One of all my turns coming on
I feel
Cold as a razor blade
Tight as a tourniquet
Dry as a funeral drum

Run to the bedroom
In the suitcase on the left
You'll find my favorite axe
Don't look so frightened
This is just a passing phase
One of my bad days
Would you like to watch TV?
Or get between the sheets?
Or contemplate the silent freeway?
Would you like something to eat?
Would you like to learn to fly?
Would you like to see me try?
Would you like to call the cops?
Do you think it's time I stopped?
Why are you running away?”

Don't Leave Me Now

“Ooooh, babe
Don't leave me now.
Don't say it's the end of the road.
Remember the flowers I sent.
I need you, babe
To put through the shredder
In front of my friends
Ooooh Babe.
Dont leave me now.
How could you go?
When you know how I need you
To beat to a pulp on a Saturday night
Ooooh Babe.
How could you treat me this way?
Running away.
I need you, Babe.
Why are you running away?
Oooooh Babe!”








My perception of music: I give you “Get into the groove: Madonna



“And you can dance for inspiration
Come on, I'm waiting

Get into the groove
Boy, you've got to prove
Your love to me, yeah

Get up on your feet, yeah
Step to the beat
Boy, what will it be?

Music can be such a revelation
Dancing around you, feel the sweet sensation
We might be lovers if the rhythm's right
I hope this feeling never ends tonight

Only when I'm dancing can I feel this free
At night I lock the doors, where no one else can see
I'm tired of dancing here all by myself
Tonight, I wanna dance with someone else

Get into the groove
Boy, you've got to prove
Your love to me, yeah

Get up on your feet, yeah
Step to the beat
Boy, what will it be?

Gonna get to know you in a special way
This doesn't happen to me every day
Don't try to hide it, love wears no disguise
I see the fire burning in your eyes
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/m/m...he_groove.html ]
Only when I'm dancing can I feel this free
At night I lock the doors, where no one else can see
I'm tired of dancing here all by myself
Tonight, I wanna dance with someone else

Get into the groove
Boy, you've got to prove
Your love to me, yeah

Get up on your feet, yeah
Step to the beat
Boy, what will it be?

Live out your fantasy here, with me
Just let the music set you free
Touch my body and move in time
Now I know, you're mine

Live out your fantasy here, with me
Just let the music set you free
Touch my body and move in time
Now I know, you're mine

Get into the groove
Boy, you've got to prove
Your love to me, yeah

Get up on your feet, yeah
Step to the beat
Boy, what will it be?”

[Citizen X]

Virgin Active Gym, Lenasia, is now a distant memory for me. I just don’t have that much needed time to have a workout and distress in the steamroom..I met a cute Guji chick Cherita there, in what was to be my final days at the gym. Now, I didn’t really want to ask her out or anything like that but I really wanted to tell that whenever I play Lionel Richies “Ballerina Girl,” she is the woman that comes to mind as this ballerina girl!
"Ballerina Girl" Lionel Richie
“Ballerina girl
You are so lovely
With you standing there
I'm so aware
Of how much I care for you
You are more than now
You are for always
I can see in you my dreams come true
Don't you ever go away

You make me feel like
There's nothing I can't do
And when I hold you
I only want to say
I love you

Ballerina girl
The joy you bring me
Every day and night
Holding you tight
How I've waited for your love

Sometimes I've wondered
If you'd ever come my way
Now that I've finally found you
This is where my heart will stay whoa

I'm never gonna break your heart
Never will we drift apart
'Cause all I wanna do
Is share my whole life with you

'Cause you make me feel like
There's nothing I can't do
I guess I finally realized
There's nothing else like loving you

Ballerina girl
You are so lovely
I can see in you
My dreams come true
Don't you ever go away
Ballerina Girl”

[rfnel]

Tracy Chapman - Fast Car

You got a fast car
And I want a ticket to go anywhere
Maybe we make a deal
Maybe together we can get somewhere
Anyplace is better
Starting from zero got nothing to lose
Maybe we'll make something
But me myself I got nothing to prove

You got a fast car
And I got a plan to get us out of here
I been working at the convenience store
Managed to save just a little bit of money
We won't have to drive too far
Just 'cross the border and into the city
You and I can both get jobs
And finally see what it means to be living

You see my old man's got a problem
He live with the bottle that's the way it is
He says his body's too old for working
I say his body's too young to look like his
My mama went off and left him
She wanted more from life than he could give
I said somebody's got to take care of him
So I quit school and that's what I did

You got a fast car
But is it fast enough so we can fly away
We gotta make a decision
We leave tonight or live and die this way

I remember we were driving driving in your car
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
And I had a feeling that I belonged
And I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

You got a fast car
And we go cruising to entertain ourselves
You still ain't got a job
And I work in a market as a checkout girl
I know things will get better
You'll find work and I'll get promoted
We'll move out of the shelter
Buy a big house and live in the suburbs

You got a fast car
And I got a job that pays all our bills
You stay out drinking late at the bar
See more of your friends than you do of your kids
I'd always hoped for better
Thought maybe together you and me would find it
I got no plans I ain't going nowhere
So take your fast car and keep on driving

You got a fast car
But is it fast enough so you can fly away
You gotta make a decision
You leave tonight or live and die this way

[Citizen X]

Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
But me myself I got nothing to prove
You gotta make a decision
You leave tonight or live and die this way

This song is refreshingly unique in that it epitomizes socio economic problems and the resolve that a couple can have to survive in spite of the odds. A couple with a bullet proof idea. The guitar work is plain magical. This song takes me way back to 1988 when I was in standard 7. Only the agile mind of Tracey Chapman can drive the point home so well. This one song laments several socio economic side effects: Divorce, alcoholism, poverty, unemployment....nice song!

[tec0]

I find a lot of the lyrics to be true.

LINKIN PARK LYRICS "By Myself"

What do I do to ignore them behind me?
Do I follow my instincts blindly?
Do I hide my pride from these bad dreams?
And give in to sad thoughts that are maddening?
Do I sit here and try to stand it?
Or do I try to catch them red-handed?
Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness,
Or do I trust nobody and live in loneliness?
Because I can't hold on when I'm stretched so thin
I make the right moves but I'm lost within
I put on my daily facade but then
I just end up getting hurt again
By myself [myself]

[x2]
I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can’t rely on myself

[Chorus:]
I can’t hold on
To what I want when I’m stretched so thin
It’s all too much to take in
I can’t hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in

If I
Turn my back I’m defenseless
And to go blindly seems senseless
If I hide my pride and let it all go on then they’ll
Take from me ‘till everything is gone
If I let them go I’ll be outdone
But if I try to catch them I’ll be outrun
If I’m killed by the questions like a cancer
Then I’ll be buried in the silence of the answer
by myself [myself]

[x2]
I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can’t rely on myself

[Chorus]

How do you think I’ve lost so much
I'm so afraid that I'm out of touch
How do you expect... I will know what to do
When all I know Is what you tell me to

[x2]
Don’t you know
I can’t tell you how to make it go
No matter what I do, how hard I try
I can’t seem to convince myself why
I’m stuck on the outside

[Chorus x2]

[Citizen X]

I find a lot of the lyrics to be true.

Do I sit here and try to stand it?
Or do I try to catch them red-handed?
Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness,
Or do I trust nobody and live in loneliness?
Because I can't hold on when I'm stretched so thin
I make the right moves but I'm lost within
I put on my daily facade but then
I just end up getting hurt again
By myself [myself]

A theory is one thing but a hybrid theory is quite another! I appreciate Linkin Park purely because they’ve always kept it real. Their songs are the sum total of their memories. All the record labels that turned them down must regret the folly of their actions as Warner Bros signed them

[Citizen X]

Love them or hate them, the 80’s would not have being the 80’s without the Village People. So no matter what your genre of music is, if you love music as much as I do, I dedicate this one to you!



“Everyone you meet, the children in the street
are swayin' to the rhythm, there's somethin' movin' in them.
There's no place to hide, so, why even try?
Can't you hear it coming your way, it's here to stay.
Music in our walk, music when we talk.
It's really something magic, to lose it would be tragic.
Can't you feel the sound movin' through the ground?
Music makes the world go around.

You can't stop the music, nobody can stop the music.
Take the cold from snow, tell the trees, don't grow,
tell the wind, don't blow, 'cause it's easier.
No, you can't stop the music, nobody can stop the music.
Take the spark from love, make the rain fall up
'cause that's easier to do.

Movin' with the wind since the world began,
the beat is gonna getcha, beat is gonna getcha.
Music for the blues, for your dancin' shoes,
there's music in the way that we kiss, you can't resist.
Movin' through the trees, buzzin' with the bees,
the sound is gettin' louder, sound is gettin' louder.
Music when we play, when we kneel to pray.
There's music in the sound of the wind.

You can't stop the music, nobody can stop the music.
Take the heat from flame, try not feeling pain,
though you try in vain it's much easier.
No, you can't stop the music, nobody can stop the music.
Change the master plan, take the hope from man
'cause that's easier to do.

On the radio, on every TV show
for each and every reason, each and every season.
Music when we love for the moon above,
music for the show of life that never ends.
Music on a plane, music on a train,
sailing in the ocean, music in the motion.
Music in your car, at your local bar.
There's music when you look at a star.

You can't stop the music, nobody can stop the music.
Take the heat from flame, try not feeling pain,
though you try in vain it's much easier.
No, you can't stop the music, nobody can stop the music.
Change the master plan, take the hope from man
'cause that's easier to do.

You can't stop the music, nobody can stop the music.
Take the heat from flame, try not feeling pain,
though you try in vain it's much easier.
No, you can't stop the music, nobody can stop the music.
Change the master plan, take the hope from man
'cause that's easier to do.”

[AndyD]

Music on a plane, music on a train,
sailing in the ocean, music in the motion.
Music in your car, at your local bar.
There's music when you look at a star

Aww c'mon Vanash, you're playing with me. I just threw up a little in my mouth reading that

[Citizen X]

Andy, hence the 'love them or hate them remark!" Music has such a quality that one person will just hate a song or a band and another person will be a fan i.e. have all their memorabilia. The village people remain responsible for “YMCA,’ been played at most parties..
Andy, I do appreciate the feedback though, I’m a feedback oriented person i.e. get feedback and then correct deviations etc.. I especially appreciate the feedback of TFSA regulars!To compensate for that ‘feeling the vomit in your throat’ sensation(which with the benefit of retrospect, I do apologies), here’s one you should know and like..

"Everybody Wants To Rule The World" Tears for fears
“Welcome to your life
There's no turning back
Even while sleep
We will find you
Acting on your best behaviour
Turn your back on mother nature
Everybody wants to rule the world
It's my own design
It's my own remorse
Help me to decide
Help make the most
Of freedom and of pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world
There's a room where the light won't find you
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
When they do I'll be right behind you
So glad we've almost made it
So sad they had fade it
Everybody wants to rule the world
I can't stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision
Everybody wants to rule the world
Say that you'll never never never need it
One headline why believe it ?
Everybody wants to rule the world
All for freedom and for pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world.”

[Citizen X]

I’ve got some wild, wild life...
“Check out Mr. Businessman
Oh, ho ho
He bought some wild, wild life”
Talking heads: Wild life
“I'm wearin'
Fur pyjamas
I ride a
Hot Potata'
It's tickling my fancy
Speak up, I can't hear you

Here on this mountaintop
Woahoho
I got some wild, wild life
I got some news to tell ya
Woahoho
About some wild, wild life
Here comes the doctor in charge
Woahoho
She's got some wild, wild life
Ain't that the way you like it?
Ho, ha!
Living wild, wild life.

I wrestle, with your conscience
You wrestle, with your partner
Sittin' on a window sill, but he
Spends time behind closed doors

Check out Mr. Businessman
Oh, ho ho
He bought some wild, wild life
On the way to the stock exchange
Oh, ho ho
He got some wild, wild life
Break it up when he opens the door
Whoahoho
He's doin' wild, wild life
I know that's the way you like it
Wo ho
Living wild, wild life

Peace of mind?
Piece of cake!
Thought control!
You get on board anytime you like

Like sittin' on pins and needles
Things fall apart, it's scientific

Sleeping on the interstate
Woah ho ah
Getting wild, wild life
Checkin' in, a checkin' out!
Uh, huh!
I got a wild, wild life
Spending all of my money and time
Oh, ho ho
Done too much wild, wild
We wanna go, where we go, where we go
Oh, ho ho!
I doing wild, wild
I know it, that's how we start
Uh, huh
Got some wild, wild life
Take a picture, here in the daylight
Oh, ho!
And it's a wild, wild life
You've grown so tall, you've grown so fast
Oh, ho ho
Wild, wild
I know that's the way you like it
Oh, ho!
Living wild wild wild wild, life.”a

[Citizen X]

Message: You can’t reach a woman on the phone: Two different artists, two different genres: The same message: For whatever reason you can’t reach a specific woman on the phone!
Bob Marley : Soon Come; Roger Waters: Nobody home

Nobody Home: Roger waters
“I've got a little black book with my poems in.
Got a bag, with a toothbrush and a comb in,
When I'm a good dog, they sometimes throw me a bone in.

I got elastic bands keepin my shoes on.
Got those swollen hand blues.
I Got thirteen channels of shit on the T.V. to choose from.
I've got electric light.
And I got second sight.
Got amazing powers of observation.
And that is how I know
When I try to get through
On the telephone to you
There'll be nobody home.

I've got the obligatory Hendrix perm.
And the inevitable pinhole burns
All down the front of my favorite satin shirt.
I got nicotine stains on my fingers.
I got a silver spoon on a chain.
Got a grand piano to prop up my mortal remains.

I got wild staring eyes.
And I got a strong urge to fly.
But I got nowhere to fly to.
Ooooh, Babe when I pick up the phone
There's still nobody home.

I've got a pair of Gohills boots
and I got fading roots”

Soon come: Bob Marley
“Everytime I call, they tell me that you're soon come
I call you at your home, they tell me that you're soon come
I don't like hanging around or to be pushed around
I've got feelings for you know
I don't like the soon come
I call you on the phone, they tell me that you're soon come
I even call you at your home, they tell me that you're soon come
I don't like hanging around or to be pushed around”
I've got feelings for you know
I don't like the soon come”

[Citizen X]

Dedicated to the One I Love
“While I'm far away from you, my baby,
I know it's hard for you, my baby,
Because it's hard for me, my baby,
And the darkest hour is just before dawn---

Each night before you go to bed, my baby,
Whisper a little prayer for me my baby.
And tell all the stars above
This is dedicated to the one I love...

"Life" can never be exactly like we want it to be.
I could be satisfied knowing you love me.
But there's one thing I want you to do especially for me---
And it's something that everybody needs.

While I'm far away from you, my baby,
Whisper a little prayer for me, my baby,
Because it's hard for me, my baby,
And the darkest hour is just before dawn.

If there's one thing I want you to do especially for me
And it's something that everybody needs...

Each night before you go to bed, my baby,
Whisper a little prayer for me, my baby,
And tell all the stars above---
This is dedicated to the one I love.
This is dedicated to ....."This song was originally written by Lowman Pauling and Ralph bass. In 1955 ‘The Shirelles,’ released a version of it. In 1967 ‘The Mamas and the Papas’ made a successful hit of it.
For me though, it’s the reggae version by Bitty Mclean, that does it. This song takes me back to 1994.