Old school music is cool!

[johndice]

Try Jah Love: Third World: 1982
It’s only fitting that a third world child, bring you a Third World song! If we going to do old school music then let’s be cool about it!
“Third World are a Jamaicanreggaeband formed in 1973. Their sound is influenced by soul, funk and disco. Although they have undergone several lineup changes, Stephen "Cat" Coore and Richard Daley have been constant members, and singer William "Bunny Rugs" Clarke has been with them since 1976, singing on all but their debut album.”[1]
“While the band played roots reggae, they have also incorporated other styles into their music, and it was the initial influence of The Wailers that prompted the formation of the band to take on a new direction that combined reggae with other genres.^[1] The pop-oriented sound has given rise to criticism of the band over the years, with reggae purists uncomfortable with their incorporation of American soul and R&B into their sound.^”[2]
I Proudly give you Try Jah Love: Third World

"A lonely soul was I without direction
I didn't know which way that I had to go
I sought the clues to life's unanswered questions
My mind's heart had to know

I heard You call while wandering through the darkness
I'd walk a million miles to find that endless voice
That speaks to me when I am in temptation
Echoing my choice

Then You said, "Seek ye shall find
I've been with you through all time"
"And if you're thirsty I will quench you, with my love
And if you're hungry I will feed you, with my word
And all I ask of you is that you love as I do"

"And if you lose your way I'll lead you, to my love
From a sinful life I'll cleanse you, in my love
For creation bears a witness of my love"

You know that
You should know it's time for the world to
(Try jah love)
The only love that can bring peace is
(Jah, jah love)
So won't you try
Try jah love, love

A timeless thought a touch of close encounter
Your love embraced me and took over my life
And now I'm new Your strength has made me
Change my ways from wrong to right

Please Father, please this world we live has faltered
Deliver us from all this evil and pain
God Bless the heart that loves unto his brother
Praising out Your name

Then he said, "Be not Afraid
Those who believe I will save"
"And if you're thirsty I will quench you, with my love
And if you're hungry I will feed you, with my word
And all I ask of you is that you love as I do"

"And if you lose your way I'll lead you, to my love
From a sinful life I'll cleanse you, in my love
For creation bears a witness of my love"

I know that
You should know it's time for the world to
(Try jah love)
The only love that can bring peace is
(Jah, jah love)
So won't you try
Try jah love, love

I know that
Without it there'd be no tomorrow
(Try jah love)
Who lifts broken hearts up from sorrow
(Try jah love)
So won't you try
Try jah love, love

I know that
You should know it's time for the world to
(Try jah love)
The only love that can bring peace is
(Jah, jah love)
So won't you try
Try jah love, love

I wonder
When will the world wake up and start to
(Try jah love)
People have to make up their mind to
(Try jah love)
So won't you try
Try jah love, love

I know that
Once you begin you won't regret you
(Try jah love)
The ultimate life satisfaction
(Jah, jah love)
So won't you try
Try jah love, love

You know that
There's no excuse for no one not to
(Try jah love)
You'll be grateful you let inside you
(Jah, jah love)
So won't you try
Try jah love, love

I know that
But right is the only reason to
(Try jah love)
The key to inner satisfaction
(Jah, jah love)
So won't you try
Try jah love, love.”

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[1] Vide: Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_World_(band). Accessed 22 November 2012




[2] Supra n 1

simply amazing.

[Plumbing Supplies]

The Winner Takes It All _ ABBA


I don't wanna talk about things we've gone through,
Though it's hurting me, now it's history.
I've played all my cards and that's what you've done too,
Nothing more to say, no more ace to play.
The winner takes it all,
The loser standing small beside the victory, that's her destiny.

I was in your arms thinking I belonged there,
I figured it made sense, building me a fence,
Building me a home, thinking I'd be strong there,
But I was a fool, playing by the rules.
The gods may throw a dice, their minds as cold as ice,
And someone way down here loses someone dear.

The winner takes it all, the loser has to fall,
It's simple and it's plain, why should I complain.

But tell me, does she kiss like I used to kiss you,
Does it feel the same when she calls your name.
Somewhere deep inside you must know I miss you,
But what can I say, rules must be obeyed.
The judges will decide the likes of me abide,
Spectators of the show always staying low.

The game is on again, a lover or a friend,
A big thing or a small, the winner takes it all.

I don't wanna talk if it makes you feel sad,
And I understand you've come to shake my hand.
I apologize if it makes you feel bad seeing me so tense, no self confidence.


*** If you've had "not such a good day - this one helps you pour all that emotion out - Especially if you sing along.....OUT LOUD !
......Maybe its just me...

[Citizen X]

The Winner Takes It All _ ABBA


I don't wanna talk about things we've gone through,
Though it's hurting me, now it's history.
I've played all my cards and that's what you've done too,
Nothing more to say, no more ace to play.
The winner takes it all,
The loser standing small beside the victory, that's her destiny.

I was in your arms thinking I belonged there,
I figured it made sense, building me a fence,
Building me a home, thinking I'd be strong there,
But I was a fool, playing by the rules.
The gods may throw a dice, their minds as cold as ice,
And someone way down here loses someone dear.

The winner takes it all, the loser has to fall,
It's simple and it's plain, why should I complain.

But tell me, does she kiss like I used to kiss you,
Does it feel the same when she calls your name.
Somewhere deep inside you must know I miss you,
But what can I say, rules must be obeyed.
The judges will decide the likes of me abide,
Spectators of the show always staying low.

The game is on again, a lover or a friend,
A big thing or a small, the winner takes it all.

I don't wanna talk if it makes you feel sad,
And I understand you've come to shake my hand.
I apologize if it makes you feel bad seeing me so tense, no self confidence.


*** If you've had "not such a good day - this one helps you pour all that emotion out - Especially if you sing along.....OUT LOUD !
......Maybe its just me...

‘All right stop, Collaborate and listen!’
I’ll meet you halfway song for a song, similar sentiment. In ABBA’s song ‘The winner takes all,’ the key component is a game. If you take Chrissie Hynde’s 80’s song Human you find this common denominator…
All is fair in love and war! Emotion and music, they can’t be separated! “If love was a war, it's you who has won; While I was confessing it, you held your tongue.”
It’s not surprising that most of the songs known to mankind are in actual fact love songs. One can never ignore ABBA with good conscience when comes to music. I have fond memories of ABBA’s music playing in the background as a kid. Even as an adult their music found it’s way into my music collection! I am unashamedly fond of ABBA. My favourite ABBA song remains, ‘Take a chance on me.’
‘ABBA was a Swedishpop group formed in Stockholm in 1972, comprising Agnetha Fältskog, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. ABBA is an acronym of the first letters of the band members' first names and is sometimes stylized as the registered trademark ᗅᗺᗷᗅ. They became one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of pop music, topping the charts worldwide from 1972 to 1982. They are also known for winning the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, giving Sweden its first victory in the history of the contest and being the most successful group ever to take part in the contest.’[1]
Look at any letter of the alphabet and with a few exceptions, you’ll find an ABBA song!
Have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_recorded_by_ABBA
I personally think that Chrissie Hynde is one of rock’s greatest song writers. In terms of writing a song, delivering the song in a music video and on stage, with Chrissie “Anything less than the best is a felony!”
This lady knew how to incorporate a pure dose of actual human emotion into poetic words and then into a song. Take the song ‘Human,’ for instance, it compares love to a war!
Human: Chrissie Hynde
“I play a good game,
But not good as you
I can be a little cold, but you can be so cruel
I'm not made of brick, I'm not made of stone
But I had you fooled enough
To take me on
If love was a war, it's you who has won
While I was confessing it, you held your tongue
Now the damage is done...


Well there's blood in these veins
And I cry when in pain
I'm only human on the inside
And if looks can deceive
Make it hard to believe
I'm only human on the inside

I thought you'd come through,
I thought you'd come clean
You were the best thing I should never have seen
But you go to extremes, you push me too far
Then you keep going 'til you break my heart
Yeah, you break my heart
See I bleed and I bruise, oh, but what's it to you
I'm only human on the inside
And if looks could deceive,
Make it hard to believe
I'm only human on the inside
I crash and I burn, maybe some day you'll learn
I'm only human on the inside
I stumble and fall, baby, under it all
I'm only human on the inside
And the damage is done


I crash and I burn, maybe some day you'll learn
I stumble and fall, baby, I do it all
I'm only human on the inside.”

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[1] Vide: Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABBA


[2] Vide:http://bluerailroad.wordpress.com/chrissie-hynde-the-bluerailroad-interview/

[Citizen X]

Mind Games: John Lennon: 16 October 1973

Books and music, music and books! It’s this correlation that the authentic classics really had in common. They actually read books and were so inspired by such books that they wrote a song as a result…

In 1973 John Lennon released the song ‘Mind Games,’ Dr Jean Houston an American lecturer wrote a book called Mind Games in 1972. John Lennon bought the book and read the book! The rest is musical history..
‘YES, is the ANSWER!’ Now, here you’ve got to know your music history! When John Lennon first met Yoko Ono, it was at one of her art exhibitions. She had one piece, which included a ladder that invited a person to climb up and look through a magnifying glass. John Lennon was sceptical, in his own words, “ If the message was f u or something like that, I would have just left, instead it said ‘Yes,’ and I decided to stay!”
“We're playing those mind games together
Pushing the barriers planting seeds
Playing the mind guerrilla
Chanting the Mantra peace on earth
We all been playing those mind games forever
Some kinda druid dudes lifting the veil
Doing the mind guerrilla
Some call it magic the search for the grail

Love is the answer and you know that for sure
Love is a flower you got to let it grow

So keep on playing those mind games together
Faith in the future out of the now
You just can't beat on those mind guerrillas
Absolute elsewhere in the stones of your mind
Yeah we're playing those mind games together
Projecting our images in space and in time

Yes is the answer and you know that for sure
Yes is surrender you got to let it go

So keep on playing those mind games together
Doing the ritual dance in the sun
Millions of mind guerrillas
Putting their soul power to the karmic wheel
Keep on playing those mind games together
Raising the spirit of peace and love
I want you to make love, not war”

[Citizen X]

“Stir It Up" is a love song written by Bob Marley in 1967 for his wife Rita. It remains one of his most beautiful love songs! This video includes Marley uncut at his very best. The guitar work in this song is plain magic!

The music sheet for this song is attached for those of you who want to delve deeper into this particular song!

Summer officially starts in December. I almost always revisit my favourite songs during this period. “One of my good friends said in a reggae rhythm: ‘It reminds me of when I was younger and things were simpler!” To ‘stir it up,’ actually has a duality in meaning: Stir up the spirit within by one or another means and then it’s ordinary meaning.. This is one of a few songs that encapsulate that happy, feel good Summer feeling for me…
There’s something incredibly likeable about this song..

[Citizen X]

The Bee Gees surmised correctly, “love is such a beautiful thing,” Bob Marley’s song “is this love,’ epitomizes this concept! I love this song, for many reasons! I discovered it in 1988, I bought my second Bob Marley vinyl lp in 1988, Kaya which was introduced in 1978.
This music video speaks volumes, one must always appreciate that it was introduced in 1978, as such, it won’t have the added video special effects etc of the present day, I’ll tell you though, this song is a masterpiece!!!
I proudly give you Is This Love: Bob Marley…

BOB MARLEY
"Is This Love"

“I wanna love you and treat you right;
I wanna love you every day and every night:
We'll be together with a roof right over our heads;
We'll share the shelter of my single bed;
We'll share the same room, yeah! - for Jah provide the bread.
Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feelin'?
Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feelin'?
I wanna know - wanna know - wanna know now!
I got to know - got to know - got to know now!

II'm willing and able,
So I throw my cards on your table!
I wanna love you - I wanna love and treat - love and treat you right;
I wanna love you every day and every night:
We'll be together, yeah! - with a roof right over our heads;
We'll share the shelter, yeah, oh now! - of my single bed;
We'll share the same room, yeah! - for Jah provide the bread.
Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feelin'?
Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feelin'?
Wo-o-o-oah! Oh yes, I know; yes, I know - yes, I know now!
Yes, I know now!
I'm willing and able,
So I throw my cards on your table!
See: I wanna love ya, I wanna love and treat ya -
love and treat ya right.
I wanna love you every day and every night:
We'll be together, with a roof right over our heads!
We'll share the shelter of my single bed;
We'll share the same room, yeah! Jah provide the bread.
We'll share the shelter of my single bed”
I found the following very intriguing information from wiki…

“A music video was also produced; in the video supermodel Naomi Campbell, then 7 years old, made her first appearance in the public.
Curiously, the original multi-tracks of this song have been made available in collector's circles and on the internet.

• The song is played in the movies In the Name of the Father (1995) Six Days Seven Nights (1998) Lake Placid (1999) and 50 First Dates (2004).

• Barbadian recording artist Rihanna covered the song during her first worldwide Good Girl Gone Bad Tour (2007—09). The performance is included in her DVD album Good Girl Gone Bad Live.^[1]

• Scott Matthews has the song as a bonus track on his album Elsewhere

• The song is also featured as the theme for the ending credits of Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball as well as its sequel, Dead or Alive Xtreme 2

• In 1980, it was covered by The Pat Travers Band on their Crash and Burn (Pat Travers Band album) LP.

• In 2003, it was covered by Three Plus, a reggae music group from Hawai'i. Sung by Karl Zinsman Jr., Three Plus' album "3+ 4 U" which featured the cover, won the 2003 Na Hoku Hanohano Award (Hawaii's equivalent to 'The Grammys') for Reggae Album of the Year. Their version is also featured on the 2010 compilation album Putamayo Presents: "Tribute To A Reggae Legend: Bob Marley".

• In 2006, it was covered by Karen Lane and Paul Malsom on their album 'Can't Help It', 33JAZZ141.

• In 2010, it was covered by Corinne Bailey Rae and released digitally as a single and on 2011's The Love E.P.. The Bailey Rae's version won Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance at 54th Grammy Awards.

• In the book Marley and Me, author John Grogan says that he & his wife Jenny came up with Marley's name when, during an argument about what to name their dog, Jenny walked to the tape deck and pushed play, and the song started playing.

• A reference to the song is made in the lyrics "Just like the song on our radio set / We’ll share the shelter of my single bed" from James Blunt song "Stay the Night", the first single of the 2010 album "Some Kind of Trouble".

• Bon Jovi's song Lay Your Hands on Me opens with the lyrics "you're ready, I'm willing, and able. Help me lay my cards down on the table", which bearly a clear similarity to Is This Love's lyrics.

• Allen Stone performs his cover on the tour of his self-entitled album "Allen Stone".

• Adam Lambert covered the song in an acoustic set in Sydney, Australia in the summer of 2012.^[2] “

I revisit this song on a regular basis. It makes most sense in our Summer heat..December...

[Citizen X]

A correlation: Music, Scripture, Legend and history…King Solomon’s mines will always ignite huge interest this globe over..
I can appreciate why UB40 named their 1983 and 1989 albums Labour of Love 1 and labour of Love 2, because it’s just that a labour of true love. To appreciate Reggae you’ll have a profound love for the history, mythology, Scripture and legends..
King Solomon and sexual healing!( The legend of the ring!) “ We’ll share the shelter of my single bed.”
If law school has taught me anything, it’s taught me to avoid a proliferation of the collateral issues, break down various arguments until the issue in dispute glare at you from that word document and have conclusions that can be logically reconciled with the premises that it’s based upon. I’ve researched this issue extensively for more than 15 years! Whilst, I hold google in high regard, i’m old school, so University library book research has been my point of departure..
“And baby, I can't hold it much longer, It's getting stronger and stronger. And when I get that feeling I want Sexual Healing. Sexual Healing, oh baby, makes me feel so fine
Helps to relieve my mind. Sexual Healing baby, is good for me
Sexual Healing is something that's good for me.Baby I got sick this morning
A sea was storming inside of me. Baby I think I'm capsizing. The waves are rising and rising and when I get that feeling. I want Sexual Healing
Sexual Healing is good for me, makes me feel so fine, it's such a rush
Helps to relieve the mind, and it's good for us, sexual Healing, baby, it's good for me
Sexual Healing is something that's good for me, and it's good for me and it's so good to me. My baby ohhh…” Sexual healing Marvin Gaye

King Solomon is common to Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Rastafarianism. Since I’m Christian by faith, the Bible will always be my logical point of departure.
The issue in dispute: Did King Solomon father a child by a mythical Queen Sheba? Did King Solomon have a unique ring(which found it’s way to the very hand of Bob Marley)?
The Bible itself does not specifically mention that King Solomon fathered a son with Queen Sheba nor does it say that he have sexual relations with her. The Bible neither confirms nor denies this. The point of departure will simply then have to be opinion based on logical deduction and inference. Clues from the Bible itself, popular legend, pseudo histories, mythologies and Israel official view on Ethiopian Jews help to draw an inference. That said, the anecdotal evidence is overwhelming.
Marvin Gayes sexual healing is putting it very mildly when it comes to the Biblical King Solomon’s sexual needs! King Solomon had seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines, . (1Kings 11:3. Both 1 Kings 10:13 and 2 Chronicles 9:12 say that “King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for.” 2 Chronicles 9:12 adds that he gave her more than she had brought to him. ‘m of the opinion that King Solomon did father a child with the legendary Queen of Sheba, that he did give her a ring to give her son and further that there is a blood line(consanguinity as we call it in the law of succession) between Kind Solomon and Ethiopia). King Solomon had a thing for women, the Bible confirms this
"But King Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; Of the nation which the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go into them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love." (1Kings 11:1-2)
“The queen of Sheba has been called a variety of names by different peoples in different times. To King Solomon of Israel she was the Queen of Sheba. In Islamic tradition she was called Bilqis or Balqis by the Arabs, who say she came from the city of Sheba, also called Mareb, in Yemen or Arabia Felix. The Roman historian Josephus calls her Nicaule. The Ethiopian people claim her as Makeda or Maqueda. She is thought to have been born sometime in the 10th century BC.The Qur'an, the central religious text of Islam, mentions the kingdom of the Queen by name (Sheba) in the 34th Chapter. Arab sources name her Balqis, Bilqis or BilquisThe Qur'an, the central religious text of Islam, mentions the kingdom of the Queen by name (Sheba) in the 34th Chapter. Arab sources name her Balqis, Bilqis or Bilquis.”
Again, my point of departure will be stricture and only what the Bible itself says, I must emphasize this! That said it’s noteworthy what the Rastafarians ‘Kebra Negast’ says
“And the Queen rejoiced, and she went forth in order to depart, and the King set her on her way with great pomp and ceremony. And SOLOMON took her aside so that they might be alone together, and he took off the ring that was upon his little finger, and he gave it to the Queen, and said unto her, "Take [this] so that thou mayest not forget me. And if it happen that I obtain seed from thee, this ring shall be unto it a sign; and if it be a man child he shall come to me; and the peace of God be with thee! (Chapter:31).”
26 may 1991, “Israel fell into joyous celebration tonight as the Government announced the successful conclusion of an emergency airlift of 14,500 Ethiopian Jews, nearly the entire Jewish population, in just under 36 hours.” No one knows with any certainty the origins of Ethiopia's Jews, but it is clear that they observe the faith the way it was practiced before the First Temple was destroyed 2,500 years ago. They know nothing of the rabbinical teachings, Talmudic scholarship or other refinements that have been added to Judaism since then.According to their own legend, the Ethiopians are descendants of the progeny of King Solomon, who built the First Temple, and the Queen of Sheba. Other scholars believe they are a part of the lost tribe of Dan.In 1973, the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel recognized the Ethiopians as Jews, allowing them to immigrate here.” “Operation Solomon airlifted almost twice as many Ethiopian Jews to Israel as Operation Moses. The operation set a world record for single-flight passenger load on May 24, 1991 when an El Al 747 carried 1,122 passengers to Israel (1,087 passengers were registered, but dozens of children hid in their mothers' robes.”
World War 2: “In 1896 Italy was defeated by a poorly armed Ethiopia. Bob Marley depicts this batter on the double sleeve of the vinyl record ‘Confrontation’Mussolini talked of avenging this humiliation, but the rest of the world saw his 1935 adventure for what it was - naked aggression against an almost defenceless state. In November 1935, thousands of Italian troops accompanied by even more native colonial "Askari" troops crossed into Tigrai from Eritrea in the north under the command of Field Marshal De Bono, an elderly and cautious officer who planned to progress slowly into the Empire. They were quickly followed by similar forces from Italian Somaliland in the south and east commanded by Marshal Graziani.”

"Is This Love" Bob Marley
I wanna love you and treat you right;
I wanna love you every day and every night:
We'll be together with a roof right over our heads;
We'll share the shelter of my single bed;
We'll share the same room, yeah! - for Jah provide the bread.
Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feelin'?
Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feelin'?
I wanna know - wanna know - wanna know now!
I got to know - got to know - got to know now!

I'm willing and able,
So I throw my cards on your table!
I wanna love you - I wanna love and treat - love and treat you right;
I wanna love you every day and every night:
We'll be together, yeah! - with a roof right over our heads;
We'll share the shelter, yeah, - of my single bed;
We'll share the same room, yeah! - for Jah provide the bread.

Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feelin'?
Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feelin'?
Wo-o-o-oah! Oh yes, I know; yes, I know - yes, I know now!
Yes, I know; yes, I know - yes, I know now!

I'm willing and able,
So I throw my cards on your table!
See: I wanna love ya, I wanna love and treat ya -
love and treat ya right.
I wanna love you every day and every night:
We'll be together, with a roof right over our heads!
We'll share the shelter of my single bed;
We'll share the same room, yeah! Jah provide the bread.
We'll share the shelter of my single bed.”
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I fell in love with reggae in the summer of 1987! This is my 25 th year of listening to this music...25th anniverssary

[Citizen X]

Want a real old school classic that is timeless and universal?
Music is topical at this period of the year..
What could put you in a position, where you’ve got so much honey, that the bees would be envious of you?Imagine having a sweeter song than the birds in your garden! And what about all the riches than a single man can really claim?
The best things in life remain free! Smokey Robinson wrote a special song for his wife Claudette Robinson. That song he wrote for his wife is now carved with a jagged edge blade into the pages of musical history! He could rightfully call his wife ‘My Girl!’
Smokey Robinson: My Girl: 21 December 1964
‘Musically, the song is notable because the six ascending guitar notes in the opening riff over the C chord are a perfect example of a C major pentatonic scale, played exactly from octave to octave. Similarly, the analogous riff in the song that is played over the F chord is a perfect example of an F major pentatonic scale, also with notes ascending from octave to octave.’[1]
‘The recorded version of "My Girl" was the first Temptations single to feature David Ruffin on lead vocals. Robinson thought that if he could write just the perfect song for Ruffin's voice, then he could have a smash hit. The song was to be something that Ruffin could "belt out" yet something that was also "melodic and sweet". After some persuasion from Ruffin's band-mates, Robinson had the Temptations record "My Girl" instead of The Miracles, who were originally to record the song, and recruited Ruffin to sing the lead vocals.’[2]
I proudly give you Smokey Robinson’s ‘My Girl.’


“I've got sunshine on a cloudy day.
When it's cold outside I've got the month of May.
I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl
Talking 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.
I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl my girl my girl
Talking bout my girl (my girl).

Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey



I don't need no money, fortune, or fame.
I've got all the riches baby one man can claim.
I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl
Talking bout my girl (my girl).

I've got sunshine on a cloudy day
with my girl.
I've even got the month of May
with my girl ..”
‘The Temptations Sing Smokey is a 1965 album by The Temptations for the (Motown) label, released on the Gordy Records subsidiary (G 912) ^[3] . As its name implies, it is composed entirely of songs written and produced by Smokey Robinson, and several other members of the Miracles as well’[3]
In my humble opinion, this is a product of the original song writers, the pioneers, the real McCoy as it were…

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[1] Vide: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Girl...ptations_song)

[2] Supra: Recording and release

[3] Vide http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Temptations_Sing_Smokey

[tec0]

Just a good song and allows for a bit of motivation for 2013

Freddie Mercury "I want it all"


I want it all I want it all I want it all and I want it now
Adventure seeker on an empty street
Just an alley creeper light on his feet
A young fighter screaming with no time for doubt
With the pain and anger can't see a way out
It ain't much I'm asking I heard him say
Gotta find me a future move out of my way

I want it all I want it all I want it all and I want it now
I want it all I want it all I want it all and I want it now

Listen all you people come gather round
I gotta get me a game plan gotta shake you to the ground
Just give me what I know is mine
People do you hear me just give me the sign
It ain't much I'm asking if you want the truth
Here's to the future for the dreams of youth
I want it all (give it all) I want it all I want it all and I want
it now
I want it all (yes I want it all) I want it all (hey)
I want it all and I want it now

I'm a man with a one track mind
So much to do in one life time (people do you hear me)
Not a man for compromise and where's and why's and living
lies
So I'm living it all (yes I'm living it all)
And I'm giving it all (and I'm giving it all)

Yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
I want it all all all all

It ain't much I'm asking if you want the truth
Here's to the future
Hear the cry of youth (hear the cry hear the cry of youth)
I want it all I want it all I want it all and I want it now
I want it all (yeah yeah yeah) I want it all I want it all and I
want it now

I want it
Now
I want it I want it

[Citizen X]

Just a good song and allows for a bit of motivation for 2013

Freddie Mercury "I want it all"


I want it all I want it all I want it all and I want it now
Adventure seeker on an empty street
Just an alley creeper light on his feet
A young fighter screaming with no time for doubt
With the pain and anger can't see a way out
It ain't much I'm asking I heard him say
Gotta find me a future move out of my way

I want it all I want it all I want it all and I want it now
I want it all I want it all I want it all and I want it now

Listen all you people come gather round
I gotta get me a game plan gotta shake you to the ground
Just give me what I know is mine
People do you hear me just give me the sign
It ain't much I'm asking if you want the truth
Here's to the future for the dreams of youth
I want it all (give it all) I want it all I want it all and I want
it now
I want it all (yes I want it all) I want it all (hey)
I want it all and I want it now

I'm a man with a one track mind
So much to do in one life time (people do you hear me)
Not a man for compromise and where's and why's and living
lies
So I'm living it all (yes I'm living it all)
And I'm giving it all (and I'm giving it all)

Yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
I want it all all all all

It ain't much I'm asking if you want the truth
Here's to the future
Hear the cry of youth (hear the cry hear the cry of youth)
I want it all I want it all I want it all and I want it now
I want it all (yeah yeah yeah) I want it all I want it all and I
want it now

I want it
Now
I want it I want it

Freddy Mercury had a powerful stage presence. A simple revisit to ‘We will rock you!” attests to this. As such, Queen too had made their mark on musical history. A lot people are not aware that Freddy Mercury was born in Zanzibar and was raised in India until his late teens!
My favourite Queen songs are: It’s a kinda Magic; 2: Crazy Little thing called love and Flash (purely because I’ve seen the movie Flash Gordon as a kid, now for you cynics, I have my own saviour! No Flash Gordon is not my Saviour, I just loved the movie as a kid!!!) and I want to break free.

Crazy little thing called love: 1979

“This thing called love I just can't handle it
This thing called love I must get round to it
I ain't ready
Crazy little thing called love

This thing called love
It cries like a baby
In a cradle all night
It swings
It jives
It shakes all over like a jelly fish
I kinda like it
Crazy little thing called love

There goes my baby
She knows how to Rock'n'Roll
She drives me crazy
She gives me hot and cold fever
Then she leaves me in a cool cool sweat

I gotta be cool, relax, get hip!
Get on my tracks
Take a back seat
Hitch hike
And take a long ride on my motor bike
Until I'm ready
Crazy little thing called love

This thing called love I must get round to it
I ain't ready
Crazy little thing called love..”

It’s a kind of Magic: 1985
It's a kind of magic

It's a kind of magic
A kind of magic
One dream, one soul ,one prize, one goal
One golden glance of what should be
It's a kind of magic
One shaft of light that shows the way
No mortal man can win this day
It's a kind of magic
The bell that rings inside your mind
Is challenging the doors of time
It's a kind of magic
The waiting seems eternity
The day will dawn of sanity
Is this a kind of magic?

There can be only one
This rage that lasts a thousand years
Will soon be done
This flame that burns inside of me
I'm hearing secret harmonies

The bell that rings inside your mind
Is challenging the doors of time

It's a kind of magic
It's a kind of magic

This rage that lasts a thousand years
Will soon be will soon be
Will soon be done
This is a kind of magic
There can be only one
This rage that lasts a thousand years
Will soon be done-(done )
(magic) - it's a kind of magic
It's a kind of magic
Magic magic magic
It's a kind of magic


Flash: 1980

“FlashSaviour of the universe
Flash - Ah - He'll save every one of us
seemingly there is no reason for these (Extraordinary intergalactic upsets (ha ha ha)
what’s happening Flash?
Only Dr Hans Zarkov formerly at NASA
Has provided any explanation

Flash - Ah - He's a miracle

This mornings unprecedented solar eclipse
Is no cause for alarm

Flash - Ah - King of the impossible
He's for every one of us
Stand for every one of us
He'll save with a mighty hand
Every man, every woman, every child
With a mighty Flash

(General Kaka Flash Gordon approaching
What do you mean Flash Gordon approaching?
Open fire all weapons
Dispatch war rocket Ajax to bring back his body)
Flash - Ah (Gordon's alive)
Flash - Ah - He'll save every one of us

Just a man with a man's courage
He knows nothing but a man
But he can never fail
No-one but the pure in heart
May find the golden grail oh oh oh oh
(Flash Flash I love you
But we only have fourteen hours to save the Earth.”


I Want To Break Free: 1984

“I want to break free
I want to break free
I want to break free from your lies
You're so self- satisfied I don't need you
I've got to break free
God knows, God knows I want to break free.

I've fallen in love
I've fallen in love for the first time

And this time I know it's for real
I've fallen in love, yeah
God knows, God knows I've fallen in love.

It's strange but it's true
I can't get over the way you love me like you do
But I have to be sure
When I walk out that door
Oh how I want to be free, baby

But life still goes on
I can't get used to, living without, living without,
Living without you by my side
I don't want to live alone, hey
God knows, got to make it on my own
So baby can't you see
I've got to break free.

I've got to break free
I want to break free, yeah
I want….. to break free.”

[Citizen X]

The Commodores
I guess that a song must have meaning for me to appreciate it. The lyrics must be poetic and deep. These lyrics must be enveloped in potent music, preferably original instruments. The singer or band members must have some form of history; they should have a story to tell, the music should tell the story for them. The song should have the ability to make one feel something even if the emotion is anger! At the very least it should leave you thinking and put you in a better mood or frame of mind. The music must be timeless and universal; it should have an intrinsic quality of everlasting. Such music never goes ‘out of fashion,’ or gets ‘stale’ , it’s expiry date is your lifetime..
I imported many of my paraphrases from my favourite songs, ‘I’m easy just like a Sunday morning,’ to name but one!
The music of the Commodores and Lionel Richie in particular never goes out of fashion and doesn’t have a sell by date! Band members disband, leave, die or pursue solo careers. The original Commodores band members are 1: Lionel Richie, 2: Thomas McClary, 3: Milan Williams, 4: William King, 5: Ronald La Pread and 6: Walter Orange
My favourite Commodores songs are: 1: Easy like a Sunday morning,’ ‘Nightshift,’ and ‘Still.’


1. Easy like a Sunday morning: 1977

“Know it sounds funny
But I just can't stand the pain
Girl I'm leaving you tomorrow
Seems to me girl
You know I've done all I can
You see I begged, stole
And I borrowed

Ooh, that's why I'm easy
I'm easy like Sunday morning
That's why I'm easy
I'm easy like Sunday morning

Why in the world
Would anyboddy put chains on me?
I've paid my dues to make it
Ever-body wants me to be
What they want me to be
I'm not happy when I try to fake it!
No!

Ooh,that's why I'm easy
I'm easy like Sunday morning
That's why I'm easy
I'm easy like Sunday morning

I wanna be high, so high
I wanna be free to know
The things I do are right
I wanna be free
Just me, babe!

That's why I'm easy
I'm easy like Sunday morning”


2. Nightshift: 1984

Marvin, he was a friend of mine
And he could sing a song
His heart in every line
Marvin sang of the joy and pain
He opened up our minds
And I still can hear him say
Aw, talk to me so you can see
What's going on
Say you will sing your songs
Forevermore, evermore


Gonna be some sweet sounds coming down
On the nightshift
I bet you're singing proud
Oh, I bet you'll pull a crowd
Gonna be a long night, it's gonna be all right
On the nightshift
Oh you found another home, I know you're not alone
On the nightshift


Jackie, hey what you doing now
It seems like yesterday
When we were working out
Jackie, you set the world on fire
You came and gifted us
Your love it lifted us higher and higher
Keep it up and we'll be there
At your side
Oh say you will sing your songs
Forevermore, evermore



Gonna miss your sweet voice, that soulful noise
On the nightshift
We all remember you
Ooh, your songs are coming through
At the end of a long day it's gonna be okay
On the nightshift
You found another home, I know you're not alone
On the nightshift”

3. Still: 1979

“Lady, Morning's just a moment away
And I'm without you once again
You laughed at me
You said you didn't needed me
I wonder if you need me now


So many dreams that flew away
So many words we didn't say
Two people lost in a storm
Where did we go?
Where'd we go?

We lost what we both had found
You know we let each other down
But then most of all
I Do Love You
Still!


We played the games that people play
We made our mistakes along the way
Somehow I know deep in my heart
You needed me
'Cause I needed you so desperately
We were too blind to see
But then most of all
I Do Love You
Still”


‘The Commodores is an American funk/soul band of the 1970s and 1980s. The members of the group met as mostly freshmen at Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) in 1968, and signed with Motown in November 1972, having first caught the public eye opening for The Jackson 5 while on tour…..’[1]

‘Nightshift" is a 1985 hit song by the Commodores and title track from the album of the same name. The song was a tribute to Jackie Wilson and Marvin Gaye, two famous R&B musicians who had died in 1984.This song was the first hit attained by the Commodores following Lionel Richie's departure from the group…’[2]

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[1] Vide Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodores

[2] Et seq: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightshift

[Citizen X]

“Take heed, 'cause I'm a lyrical poet Miami's on the scene just in case you didn't know it
My town, that created all the bass sound. Enough to shake and kick holes in the ground
'Cause my style's like a chemical spill… Feasible rhymes that you can vision and feel
Conducted and formed, This is a hell of a concept.”
You could meet somebody: UB40: 1984: Album: Rat in the Kitchen and Ali Campbell Solo version 1995: Album: Big Love

“You could meet somebody, you never know!
From brief encounters habits grow
Into giant oaks that hide the sun
Life in the shadows ain`t no fun


It`s easy getting up there
Never think of coming down
Not hard to say `I want you`
When you`re floating on a cloud
But you know that lonely feeling
When nothing`s going right
`Cause it`s only the beginning
Of a cold and sleepless night

(Chorus)

[You could meet somebody, you never know
From brief encounters habits grow
Into giant oaks that hide the sun
Your only chance is to turn and run]


It`s harder getting up there
And it`s painful coming down
And now you can`t see clearly
Beneath the thunder cloud
And the loneliness gets longer
When nothing`s going right
And things ain’t getting any better
With another sleepless night

You could meet somebody, you never know
From brief encounters habits grow
Into giant oaks that hide the sun
Your only chance is to turn and run.”

[Citizen X]

Lively up yourself!
“To the extreme I rock a mic like a vandal
Light up a stage and wax a chump like a candle.”

The hypothesis stands! A Master Degree in music will look nice on your wall but it’s no guarantee that you’ll be an award winning artist who sells millions of albums worldwide. There’s no warranty to your degree that your album will sell even more millions after you die i.e. posthumously..
The grassroots approach is a guarantee, all you need is pure talent, charisma, character, refined personality....
Take this lesson from the Legend himself: Bob Marley
“We couldn’t afford to buy records so we listen to the radio, and everything the radio play was that to the ear you know. So I was into,like, call it, I was into spiritual music, you know? You couldn’t get more revolutionized than that..’
‘The way we were, you know living in Trench Town[1], I grab myacoustic guitar,you know, where we were sitting in our yard and ‘smoking romantic,’ and everyone is there, and the music start playing. EVERYONE influenced our music, even if it was a STRANGER and HIM TELL you ‘SING IT THIS WAY, PUT THIS WORD TO IT,’ you know, it’s a people music.”
Lively up yourself: Bob Marley: 1974: Album: Natty Dread
“Lively up yourself and don't be no drag
Lively up yourself, 'cause this is the other bag
Hey, lively up yourself and don't be no drag
You lively up yourself, dig it, the other bag

Hey, you rock so, you rock so, like you never did before
You dip so, you dip so, and you can dip through my door
You come so, you come so, oh yeah, like I do adore you
You skank so, you skank so, and I can assure you

You can lively up yourself and don't be no drag
Hey, you lively up yourself, can you dig it?

Hey you rock so, you rock so, like you never did before
You dip so, you dip so, can you dig it?

You lively up yourself and don't be no drag
You lively up yourself, 'cause this is the other bag
Hey, lively up yourself "

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[1] Trench Town in the 60’s Jamaica was a squatter camp. There was no electricity, no running water no sanitation facilities. There was a struggle to survive. There was however a general respect among people living in Trench Town. Bob Marley is a product of Trench Town!

[Citizen X]

Album: Lionel Richie: 1981
1. Truly
“Girl, tell me only this
That I have your heart for always
And you want me by your side
Whispering the words I'll always love you


And forever I will be your lover
And I know if you really care
I will always be there

Now I need to tell you this
There's no other love like your love
And I, as long as I live,
I'll give you all the joy
My heart and soul can give

Let me hold you
I need to have you near me
And I feel with you in my arms
This love will last forever

Because I'm truly
Truly, in love with you girl
I'm truly head over heels with your love
I need you, and with your love I'm free
And truly, you know you're alright with me

2. You are

“Baby you'll find
There's only one love
Yours and mine
I've got so much love

And needing you so
My love for you
I'll never let go
I've got so much love

All I want is to hold you
Let me show how much I love you baby Show you
I don't mind and I don't mind Loving you
Girl I love you
There's no one above you

You are the sun
You are the rain
That makes my life this foolish game
You need to know
I love you so
And I'd do it all again and again

Tell me it's true
I can't believe you do what you do
I've got so much love
And my love you'll see
We'll stay together, just you and me
I've got so much love

Only you know me
Tell me how to love you baby show me
I don't mind and I don't mind tell me
Girl, I love you
Always thinking of you

You are the sun
You are the rain
That makes my life this foolish game
You need to know
I love you so
And I'd do it all again and again

I know you know the way I feel
And I need your love for always
Cause when I'm with you
I fall in love
Again and again and again, Baby.


3. Serves you right


You and I were so in love.
You were all I was thinking of.
There was so much magic in your eyes.
Then one day you said we were through.
You said you found somebody new.
And then you turned and you walked right out the door.
Baby I told you his love wasn't true.
You didn't hear me, so now I say these words to you..


Serves you right for saying good-bye.
Now you say you're sorry.
Serves you right for saying good-bye.
baby.
Serves you right for sayin' good-bye.
Now you see who's sorry now.


I remember you standing there, saying to me you didn't care.
And I was begging baby, please don't go.
Now you're crying, telling me what went wrong.
Girl you stayed away too long,
Can't you see I've got you off my mind.

Thinking about the pain that you put me through.
I can't help you-because it feels good telling you

Serves you right for saying good-bye.
Now you say you're sorry.
Serves you right for saying good-bye.
baby.
Serves you right for saying good-bye.
Now you see who's sorry now.


See mama, what I'm trying to say.
to you is that, I'm ,you know, I love ya,
but ya - you hurt me so bad, I can't take it no more girl,
I just can't take it, no.Hell No

No! No, No, I don't wanna hear it,
don't say it anymore, don't talk
no more, I'm tired of you're lyin',
I'm tired of your cryin' girl, tell
me.don't tell me."


Thinking 'bout the pain that you put me through,
I can't help you-because it feels good telling you....


Serves you right for saying good-bye.
Now you say you're sorry.
Serves you right for saying good-bye.
baby.
Serves you right for saying good-bye.
Now you see who's sorry now.

Givin' up on your love girl, never
gonna believe you anymore,
'cause all you wanna do is hurt me, and treat me bad"
feels good telling you

Serves you right for saying good-bye
Girl, I just don't need you
Serves you right for saying good-bye
All you do is use my love,
Serves you right for saying good-bye
Can't let you hurt me anymore.
Serves you right for saying good-bye
Don't say you're sorry baby.
Serves you right for sayin' good-bye
Cause your words don't mean a thing
Serves you right for saying good-bye
It's you who's sorry now”

4. Wandering stranger
“I am a wandering stranger
Lost all alone
I am a million miles away
I know you're waiting for me
To come home again
But I am searching for an answer
Please try to understand

And I love you
And you love me
Someday we can make it together
Just you and me, oh just you and me

Sometimes I'm lonely
But I can’t fool myself
I must keep moving till I find me
Oh I know I'm hurting you
But try to understand
My peace of mind is all I'm after
Please help me if you can

And I love you
And you love me
Someday we can make it together
Just you and me, oh just you and me

Oh my love I do love you
In my heart I do feel you

I'm a wandering stranger
Can you help me make it through
Try to remember
Woman I love you”


5. Tell me


“Sad, sad story, about all the things I've heard.
Now baby, there's something on my mind.
You said I was your true love.
But I hear you're fooling around.
I gotta know girl what's going down.


Oh, tell me, where do we go from here and.
Are you just playing me for a fool.
Ooo, lover, I'm tired of people talking.
Why don't you tell me girl if we're through.
Why can't I hear it from you.

Everybody's talking
They say you're leaving me.
They say you don't want me no more,
Oh baby.
I need some understanding,
Ooo, tell me who's right and who's wrong.
baby yea.
Do I stay with you, do I move along.


Oh, tell me, don't have me going crazy.
Please don't you keep me hanging on.
Ooh I, I can't stand it.
Wondering if you still love me.
Wondering if what they say is true.
I wanna hear it from you.

Oh, tell me, where do we go from here and.
Please don't you keep me hanging on.
Ooh i, I can't stand it.
Wondering if you still love me.
Wondering if what they say is true.

Please tell me baby if it's true.
Tell me baby.
Tell me baby what's on your mind.
Tell me baby
Tell me yeah what's on your mind
Tell me, tell me yeah.
Wait a minute, tired of people talking.
Tired of all my friends telling me about you
You see, looking for some understanding.
I've got to know right now girl if it's true.
Don't keep me hanging on baby.
Can't you see me standing here asking you
Come on and tell me.
Don't hurt me baby.
Tell me yeah.
Love me girl or leave me alone.
Tell me, tell me yeah
Don't tease me.
Tell me don't tease me baby
Tell me yeah
Oh, tell me, tell me yeah.
don't tease me honey
Tell me, tell me yeah.

6. My love

“I've been through so many changes in my life woman
It's a wonder I ain't lost my mind
And I ain't never said how much I need you sugar
But I should need you by my side



My love, just thinking about you baby
Just blows my mind
My love, just thinking about you baby
Just blows my mind all the time

Life with me I know for sure it ain't been easy
But you stayed with me anyway
And even though you ain't gonna lose too much by leaving
I'm so glad you stayed

You've been my friend and you've been my lover, oh Lord
Honey you're everything I need
You've made my love so strong now I know where I belong
Oh girl you'll never have to worry
Oh baby any more, any more”

7. Round and round
“Trying to figure out just where you are
You tried to play the game of love, didn’t get too far
You told yourself you’d be nobody’s fool
You want a good reason why love is so cruel, baby

Oh, oh, round and round
Love’s got you going
It’s turning you upside down
You play the game, it’s so insane
Like lost and found
Love’s got you spinning all around, baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Are you thinking love has passed you by, oh
Do you feel so alone, sometimes you just sit and cry
Trying to think if love was meant for you
Oh, you’re starting to wonder what you’re gonna do, baby

Oh, oh, round and round
Love’s got you going
It’s turning you upside down
You play the game, it’s so insane
Like lost and found
Love’s got you spinning all around, baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Ooh, baby
Ah

Oh, oh, I know you need a place to be
You want someone who cares and shares
And loves you so

I want to know there’s something you can do, oh
You need to realize all things can come to you
Just believe it’s all about your heart, baby
And you’re gonna make it when you’re ready to start, oh

No need to go round and round
Love’s got you going
It’s turning you upside down
You play the game, it’s so insane
Called lost and found
Love’s got you spinning all around, baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Oh, yeah
Ooh, ooh

Whoa, whoa, round and round
Love’s got you going
It’s turning you upside down
You play the game, it’s so insane
Called lost and found
Love’s got you spinning all around, baby
Yeah

The world is all out there for you
It all depends on what you do
Your life’s too short for wasting time
So follow your heart and make up your mind

Round and round
Love’s got you going
It’s turning you upside down
You play the game, it’s so insane
Called lost and found
Love’s got you spinning all around, baby
Yeah, yeah”



8. You mean more to me
“You mean more to me,
than words can ever say
Just to hold your hand
and to know our love will stay
feels so right
you're in my arms, my love tonight

Oh you,
You mean more to me
than any love I've ever known
And I want to give you all my love
just you alone

You're all my dreams come true
there's so much joy in your eyes
and all the love you give
you've finally made me realize
you're all I need

Oh You
You mean more to me
than words can ever say.”
9. Just put some love in your heart
Just put some love in your heart.
And all of your troubles will.
Someday, soon all depart.

Let's put some joy in the world.
And give the word happiness.
To every boy and girl.

Why can't we understand?
That the whole world wants to live?
With so many reaching out!
Is love so hard to give?

Just put some love in your heart.”

[Citizen X]

A Walk to remember: Scene where ‘Someday we’ll know is played’, clip where New Radicals, ‘Someday we’ll know is played.’

How to win a chick’s heart poor boy style! Okay, so you can’t dance to save your life, but your chick would like to have a dance with her guy! What do you do? Simple: Go to your mom and ask her to teach you to dance…
‘Mom, can you do me a favour..?”

Someday we'll know

“90 miles outsideChicago
Can't stop driving
I don't know why
So many questions
I need an answer
Two years later, you're still on my mind
Whatever happened to Emilia Earhart
Who holds the stars up in the sky
Is true love once in a lifetime
Did the captain of the Titanic cry
Someday we'll know
If love can move a mountain
Someday we'll know
Why the sky is blue
Someday we'll know
Why I wasn't meant for you
Does anybody know the way to Atlantis
Or what the wind says when she cries
I'm speeding by the place where I met you
For the 97th time tonight

Someday we'll know
Why Samson loved Delilah
One day I'll go
Dancing on the moon
Someday you'll know
That I was the one for you
I bought a ticket to the end of the rainbow
I watched the stars crash in the sea
If I could ask God just one question
Why aren't you here with me?”