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The Beatles: Hey Jude:1966: Lyrics and Video



“Hey Jude, don't make it bad
Take a sad song and make it better
Remember to let her into your heart
Then you can start to make it better

Hey Jude, don't be afraid
You were made to go out and get her
The minute you let her under your skin
Then you begin to make it better

And any time you feel the pain
Hey Jude, refrain
Don't carry the world upon your shoulder
For well you know that it's a fool
Who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder
Na na na naa-naa
na-na-naa naaa

Hey Jude, don't let me down
You have found her, now go and get her
(Let it out and let it in)
Remember (hey Jude) to let her into your heart
Then you can start to make it better

So let it out and let it in
Hey Jude, begin
You're waiting for someone to perform with
And don't you know that it's just you
Hey Jude, you'll do
The movement you need is on your shoulder
Na na na naa-naa
na-na-naa naaa
Yeah

Hey, Jude, don't make it bad
Take a sad song
And make it better
Remember to let her under your skin (got the wrong chord!)
Then you begin (fucking hell)
To make it better
Better, better, better, better, (I'm begging you) better
Whoa!

Yeah
Na na na na-na-na-naa (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Na-na-na-naa, hey, Jude

Na na na na-na-na-naa
Na-na-na-naa, hey, Jude

Na na na na-na-na-naa
Na-na-na-naa, hey, Jude

Na na na na-na-na-naa
Na-na-na-naa, hey, Jude
Jude, Judy, Judy, Judy, Judy, Judy
Ow! wow!

Na na na na-na-na-naa
Ow, ooh, my, my, my
Na-na-na-naa, hey, Jude
Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude

Na na na na-na-na-naa
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Na-na-na-naa, hey, Jude
Yeah, you know you can make it, Jude
Jude, you're not gonna break it

Na na na (don't make it bad, Jude) na-na-na-naa
Take a sad song and make it better
Na-na-na-naa, (oh, Jude) hey, (Jude) Jude
Hey, Jude, wo-o-ow!

Na na na na-na-na-naa (ooh, Jude)
Na-na-na-naa, (yeah) hey, Jude
(Hey, hey, hey-ey-ey)

Na na na na-na-na-naa (hey, hey)
Na-na-na-naa, (hey, hey) hey, Jude
Now, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Na na na na-na-na-naa (whoa, yeah)
Na-na-na-naa, hey, Jude
Ah nanananananana cause I wanna na na na

Na na na na-na-na-naa
Na-na-na-naa, hey, Jude
Nanananana... nanalalal ow ow

(Okay)
Na na na na-na-na-naa
Pain won't come back, Jude
Na-na-na-naa, hey, Jude

Na na na na-na-na-naa
Na-na-na-naa, hey, Jude

(Yeah)
Na na na na-na-na-naa
(Make it through)
Na-na-na-naa, hey, Jude
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Na na na na-na-na-naa (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Na-na-na-naa, hey, Jude
(Good evening, ladies and gentleman)
ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma

Na na na na-na-na-naa
Na-na-na-naa, hey, Jude
(Ooh)

Na na na na-na-na-naa (whoo)
Na-na-na-naa, hey, Jude
(Whoo)

(Well, then, a-na)
Na na na na-na-na-naa
Na-na-na-naa, hey, Jude

Na na na na-na-na-naa
Na-na-na-naa”
Album cover[1]

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[1]Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Jude. Accessed 28 July 2013

[Citizen X]

Sheryl Crow: Leaving Las Vegas: 1994: Lyrics and Video



Gender neutral? Words that are used to refer to the feminine include the masculine!

Oh, How I wish I was that crossroad trucker demonstrating his might on lovely Sheryl!!(All I have to do is 'dream, dream dream.')

“Life springs eternal
On a gaudy neon street
Not that I care at all
I spent the best part of my losing streak
In an Army Jeep
For what I can't recall
Oh I'm banging on my TV set
And I check the odds
And I place my bet
I pour a drink
And I pull the blind
And I wonder what I'll find

I'm Leaving Las Vegas
Lights so bright
Palm sweat, blackjack
On a Saturday night
Leaving Las Vegas
Leaving for good, for good
I'm leaving for good
I'm leaving for good

Used to be I could drive up to
Barstow for the night
Find some crossroad trucker
To demonstrate his might
But these days it seems
Nowhere is far enough away
So I'm leaving Las Vegas today



I'm standing in the middle of the desert
Waiting for my ship to come in
But now no joker, no jack, no king
Can take this loser hand
And make it win



I quit my job as a dancer
At the Lido Des Girls
Dealing blackjack until one or two
Such a muddy line between
The things you want
And the things you have to do

I'm leaving Las Vegas
And I won't be back
No I won't be back
Not this time”
Album cover[1]

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[1] Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaving_Las_Vegas_(song). Accessed 28 July 2013

[Citizen X]

UB40: One in ten: 1981: Lyrics and Video



“Nobody Knows me even though I`m always there. A statistic, a reminder of a world that doesn`t care!”

“I am the one in ten
A number on a list
I am the one in ten
Even though I don`t exist
Nobody Knows me
But I`m always there
A statistic, a reminder
Of a world that doesn`t care

My arms enfold the dole queue
Malnutrition dulls my hair
My eyes are black and lifeless
With an underprivileged stare
I`m the beggar on the corner
Will no-one spare a dime?
I`m the child that never learns to read
`Cause no-one spared the time

I`m the murderer and the victim
The licence with the gun
I`m a sad and bruised old lady
In an ally in a slum
I`m a middle aged businessman
With chronic heart disease
I`m another teenaged suicide
In a street that has no trees

I`m a starving third world mother
A refugee without a home
I`m a house wife hooked on Valium
I`m a Pensioner alone
I`m a cancer ridden spectre
Covering the earth
I`m another hungry baby
I`m an accident of birth.”
Album cover[1]

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[1] Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_in_Ten. Accessed 29 July 2013

[Citizen X]

Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack: Tonight I celebrate my love: 1983: Lyrics and video

“Tonight I celebrate my love for you
It seems the natural thing to do

Tonight no one's going to find us
We'll leave the world behind us

When I make love to you

Tonight I celebrate my love for you
And hope that deep inside you'll feel it too

Tonight our spirits will be climbing
To a sky filled up with diamonds

When I make love to you, tonight
Tonight I celebrate my love for you
And that midnight sun is going to come shining through

Tonight there'll be no distance between us


What I want most to do, is to get close to you
Tonight
Tonight I celebrate my love for you
And soon this old world will seem brand new

Tonight we will both discover how friends turn into lovers

When I make love to you
Tonight I celebrate my love to you
And that midnight sun is going to come shining through

Tonight there'll be no distance between us

What I want most to do, is to get close to you

Tonight I celebrate my love for you
Tonight.”



Album cover[1]

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[1]http://www.cduniverse.com/images.asp?pid=1107679&style=music&image=front&tit le=Bryson%2C+Peabo+%2D+Tonight+I+Celebrate+My+L ove+CD. Accessed 29 July 2013

[Citizen X]

Tears for Fears: Everybody wants to rule the World: 1985: Lyrics and Video



“Welcome to your life!”

“Welcome to your life
There's no turning back
Even while we 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 me 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 to 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 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”
Album cover[1]

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[1] Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody_Wants_to_Rule_the_World. Accessed 30 July 2013

[Citizen X]

Over my shoulder: Mike & The Mechanics: 1995: Lyrics and Video



I guess I’m just ‘looking back over my shoulder.’(Just talking about my generation!)

“Looking back over my shoulder
I can see that look in your eye
I never dreamed it could be over
I never wanted to say goodbye

Looking back over my shoulder
With an aching deep in my heart
I wish that we were starting over
Oh instead of drifting so far apart

Everybody told me you were leaving
Funny I should be the last to know
Baby please tell me that I'm dreaming
I just never want to let you go

Looking back over my shoulder
I can see that look in your eye
Turning my heart over and over
I never wanted to say goodbye

I don't mind everybody laughing
But it's enough to make a grown man cry
Cos I can feel you slipping through my fingers
I don't even know the reason why

Every day it's a losing battle
Just to smile and hold my head up high
Could it be that we belong together
Baby won't you give me one more try
One more try

Looking back over my shoulder
I can see that look in your eye
I never dreamed it could be over
I never wanted to say goodbye

Looking back over my shoulder
Oh with an aching feeling inside
Cutting me up, deeper and deeper
Fills me with a sadness that I can't hide

Looking back over my shoulder
I can see that look in your eye
I never dreamed no it could be over
I never wanted to say goodbye

Looking back over my shoulder
I can see that look in your eye”

Album cover[1]

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[1] Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_My_Shoulder_(Mike_%2B_The_Mechanics_song). Accessed 30 July2013

[vieome]

Ali Campbell of UB 40 vs Beatles hard days night

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[Citizen X]

Ali Campbell of UB 40 vs Beatles hard days night

A very good afternoon to you Vieome

I like it! Ali Campbell remains true to his intial formulae of paying tribute to the artists who influenced him. It would be tragic if The Beatles were not part of his list of icons. I Love The Beatles. Their music cheers me up! I still listen to the Beatles on a regular basis...

[Citizen X]

What is the connection if any between Oasis the band and Fools Garden the band??

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UB40: Homely girl: 1989: Lyrics and Video



This song serves as a time-machine of sorts for me in that it takes me right back to 1989…

“It must have broke your poor little heart
When the boys used to say,
you looked better in the dark.
But now they'd give all they learnt in school
To be somewhere in the dark with you

The teacher would ask the questions
And you, would always raise your hand
But somehow you never got your turn
And my eyes would fill with water, inside I'd burn

Homely girl, you used to be so lonely
You're a beautiful woman oh yes you are
Homely girl you used to be so lonely
You're a beautiful woman oh yeah

There was a boy who used to sit beside you
Who'd like to hold that place his whole life through
Oooh you were beautiful to me
You had a heart no one could ever see, oh yes you did

Homely girl, you used to be so lonely
You're a beautiful woman oh homely girl

I was the only one who offered
To carry your books
Took all the stares and laughter
And the dirty looks
Cause I saw then what they see now
They all want to ask you for a date
They don't know how, they don't know how

Homely girl, you used to be so lonely
You're a beautiful woman oh yeah
Homely girl you used to be so lonely
You're a beautiful woman, ooh yea, ooh hoo
You're a beautiful wIt must have broke your poor little heart
When the boys used to say,
you looked better in the dark.
But now they'd give all they learnt in school
To be somewhere in the dark with you

The teacher would ask the questions
And you, would always raise your hand
But somehow you never got your turn
And my eyes would fill with water, inside I'd burn

Homely girl, you used to be so lonely
You're a beautiful woman oh yes you are
Homely girl you used to be so lonely
You're a beautiful woman oh yeah

There was a boy who used to sit beside you
Who'd like to hold that place his whole life through
Oooh you were beautiful to me
You had a heart no one could ever see, oh yes you did

Homely girl, you used to be so lonely
You're a beautiful woman oh homely girl

I was the only one who offered
To carry your books
Took all the stares and laughter
And the dirty looks
Cause I saw then what they see now
They all want to ask you for a date
They don't know how, they don't know how

Homely girl, you used to be so lonely
You're a beautiful woman oh yeah
Homely girl you used to be so lonely
You're a beautiful woman, ooh yea, ooh hoo
You're a beautiful woman”
Album cover[1]

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[1] Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homely_Girl. Accessed 30 July 2013

[Citizen X]

Chi-Lites :Homely Girl: 1974

In 1974 the UB’s were young and frequented the many dancehalls in and around Birmingham. It was this version of ‘Homely Girl,’ that would inspire them in 1989 to re-do the song..

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Pet Shop Boys: Suburbia: 1986 Lyrics and Video

“Suburbia
where the suburbs met utopia
where the suburbs met utopia

Lost in the high street, where the dogs run
roaming suburban boys
Mother's got her hairdo to be done
She says they're too old for toys
Stood by the bus stop with a felt pen
in this suburban hell
and in the distance a police car
to break the suburban spell

Let's take a ride
and run with the dogs tonightin suburbia
You can't hide
Run with the dogs tonight
in suburbia

Break the window by the town hall
Listen! A siren screams
there in the distance like a roll call
of all the suburban dreams

Let's take a ride
and run with the dogs tonight
in suburbia
You can't hide
run with the dogs tonight
in suburbia

I only wanted something else to do but hang around
I only wanted something else to do but hang around

It's on the front page of the papers
This is their hour of need
Where's a policeman when you need one
to blame the colour TV?

Let's take a ride
and run with the dogs tonight
in suburbia
You can't hide
run with the dogs tonight
in suburbia

Suburbia
where the suburbs met utopia
What kind of dream was this
so easy to destroy?
And who are we to blame
for the sins of the past?
These slums of the future?
Suburbia
where the suburbs met utopia
suburbia.”

Suburbia
where the suburbs met utopia
where the suburbs met utopia

Lost in the high street, where the dogs run
roaming suburban boys
Mother's got her hairdo to be done
She says they're too old for toys
Stood by the bus stop with a felt pen
in this suburban hell
and in the distance a police car
to break the suburban spell

Let's take a ride
and run with the dogs tonightin suburbia
You can't hide
Run with the dogs tonight
in suburbia

Break the window by the town hall
Listen! A siren screams
there in the distance like a roll call
of all the suburban dreams

Let's take a ride
and run with the dogs tonight
in suburbia
You can't hide
run with the dogs tonight
in suburbia

I only wanted something else to do but hang around
I only wanted something else to do but hang around

It's on the front page of the papers
This is their hour of need
Where's a policeman when you need one
to blame the colour TV?

Let's take a ride
and run with the dogs tonight
in suburbia
You can't hide
run with the dogs tonight
in suburbia

Suburbia
where the suburbs met utopia
What kind of dream was this
so easy to destroy?
And who are we to blame
for the sins of the past?
These slums of the future?
suburbia
where the suburbs met utopia
suburbia
where the suburbs met utopia.”

Album cover[1]

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[1] Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suburbia_(song). Accessed 31 July 2013

[Citizen X]

Whigfield: Think of you: 1995: Lyrics and Video



Gender neutral music: The feminine is deemed to be the masculine.

“I got me feeling
It Never was part of me
You got me reeling
Right into the heart of me
Don t keep me waiting
Cos I need your body tonight

I got me thinking
My life it was ending
And when I was sinking
I found me a friend and now
You got me singing
I need you beside me tonight - oh

When I think of you
I feel like flying
Like a dream come true
Bad times are dying
When I think of you
I need your body tonight

With your affection
My life isn’t the same
'Cos it's like resurrection
I'm calling your name
And you're close to perfection
And I need your body tonight - oh

I got me thinking
My life it was ending
And I was sinking
I found me a friend and now
You got me singing
I need you beside me tonight - oh

When I think of you - oh
When I think of you - oh
When I think of you
I need your body tonight

Da be da da - dee dee dee da da da
Da ba da da da - dee dee dee da da da
Da ba da da - I need your body tonight”



Album cover[1]

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[1] Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_of_You_(Whigfield_song). Accessed 31 July 2013

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Whigfield: Sexy eyes: 1996: Lyrics and Video

“Ooh ooh aah aah sexy eyes
I'm gonna take you to paradise
Hey hey my my can't you see
You were born to dance with me

Ooh ooh aah aah sexy eyes
You know I'm never gonna tell you lies
Hey hey my my look at me
You got me felling free

Na na na................. sexy eyes
Na na na................. sexy eyes

Ooh ooh aah aah sexy eyes
I'm gonna take you to paradise
Hey hey my my can't you see
You were born to dance with me

Ooh ooh aah aah hold me tight
Yes i guess you got me hypnotized
Hey hey my my don't you know
I'm gonna love you so - oh yeah

Sexy eyes - with your sexy sexy eyes
Sexy eyes - with your sexy sexy eyes
Sexy eyes - with your sexy sexy eyes
Sexy eyes - with your sexy sexy eyes

Na na na................. sexy eyes
Na na na................. sexy eyes

Ooh ooh aah aah sexy eyes

Hey hey my my look at me
You got me feeling free - ooh aah

Ooh ooh aah aah sexy eyes

Hey hey my my look at me
You got me feeling free

Sexy eyes
Na na na................. sexy eyes
Na na na................. sexy eyes”
Album cover[1]

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[1] Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexy_Eyes_(Whigfield_song). Accessed 31 July 2013