Old school music is cool!

[Citizen X]

Everything I own: Boy George: 1987

The 80’s wouldn’t have being the 80’s without the music of Boy George and his contribution to bubble-gum pop. You can’t have a proper appreciation of the 80’s without including those that helped to create the ecstatic appeal of the 80’s. This song incorporated some of the rhythmic essentials of a reggae love song.
“Owing more to the Ken Boothe version, the sweet reggae style was reminiscent of his earlier debut hit with Culture Club, "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?".”[1]

For MG

“You sheltered me from harm
Kept me warm, you kept me warm
You gave my life to me
You set me free, set me free

Of all the years I ever knew
Those finer ones I spent with you

I would give everything I own
Give up my life, my heart, my home
I would give everything I own
Just to have you back again

You taught me how to cry
I don't know why, just don't know why
You told those lies to me
You set me free, set me free

Of all the years I ever knew
Those finer ones I spent with you

I would give everything I own
Give up my life, my heart, my home
I would give everything I own
Just to have you back again
Just to hold you once again

If there's someone you know
That won't let you go
And is taking it all for granted
You may lose them one day
Someone take them away
And you don't hear a word they say

I would give everything I own
Give up my life, my heart, my home
I would give everything I own
Just to have you back again.”

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[1]Vide: Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_I_Own. Accessed 17 March 2013

For MG


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[1]Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sold_%28album%29. Accessed 26 July 2014

[Citizen X]

John Lennon: Mother: 1970: Lyrics and live Video





“your mamma!”


The legends were unafraid to express emotion in song…..


“ This song is another song from one of those albums I made, since I left the rolling stones(lol), and a lot people thought it was just about my parents, but in fact, 99% of the parents who are alive are half dead.” John Lennon.”

“Mother, you had me but I never had you
I wanted you, you didn't want me
So I, I just got to tell you
Goodbye, goodbye
Father, you left me but I never left you
I needed you, you didn't need me
So I, I just got to tell you
Goodbye, goodbye
Children, don't do what I have done
I couldn't walk and I tried to run
So I, I just got to tell you
Goodbye, goodbye
Mama, don't go
Daddy, come home
Mama, don't go
Daddy, come home
Mama, don't go
Daddy, come home
Mama, don't go
Daddy, come home
Mama, don't go
Daddy, come home
Mama, don't go
Daddy, come home
Mama, don't go
Daddy, come home
Mama, don't go
Daddy, come home
Mama, don't go
Daddy, come home
Mama, don't go
Daddy, come home.”
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[1]Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_...Lennon_song%29. Accessed 26 July 2014

[2]Youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvFi0wvGrMw. Accessed 26 July 2014

[Blurock]

Who can forget the Beatles?

[Citizen X]

Who can forget the Beatles?

Short answer: No one

[Citizen X]

The Beatles: She Loves you:1963: Lyrics and video

“She loves you, yeah yeah yeah
She loves you, yeah yeah yeah
She loves you, yeah yeah yeah yeah
You think you've lost your love
Well, I saw her yesterday
It's you she's thinking of
And she told me what to say
She says she loves you
And you know that can't be bad
Yes, she loves you
And you know you should be glad
She said you hurt her so
She almost lost her mind
But now she says she knows
You're not the hurting kind
She says she loves you
And you know that can't be bad
Yes, she loves you
And you know you should be glad, ooh!
She loves you, yeah yeah yeah
She loves you, yeah yeah yeah
With a love like that
You know you should be glad
You know it's up to you
I think it's only fair
Pride can hurt you too
Apologize to her
Because she loves you
And you know that can't be bad
She loves you
And you know you should be glad, ooh!
She loves you, yeah yeah yeah
She loves you, yeah yeah yeah
With a love like that
You know you should be glad
With a love like that
You know you should be glad
With a love like that
You know you should, be glad
Yeah yeah yeah.”


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[1] Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_Loves_You. Accessed 27 July 2014


[2] Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoF-7VMMihA. Accessed 27 July 2014

[Citizen X]

The Beatles: Come together:1969: Lyrics and Live Video

“Here come old flattop
He come groovin' up slowly
He got joo-joo eyeball
He one holy roller
He got hair down to his knees
Got to be a joker
He just do what he please
He wear no shoeshine
He got toe jam football
He got monkey finger
He shoot Coca Cola
He say I know you, you know me
One thing I can tell you is
You got to be free
Come together, right now
Over me
He bag production
He got walrus gumboot
He got Ono sideboards
He one spinal cracker
He got feet down below his knees
Hold you in his armchair
You can feel his disease
Come together, right now
Over me
He roller coaster
He got early warning
He got muddy water
He one mojo filter
He say one and one and one is three
Got to be good looking
'Cause he's so hard to see
Come together, right now
Over me
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah uh
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah.”
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[1]Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_Together. Accessed 27 July 2014

[2]Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HONxwhwmgU. Accessed 27 July 2014

[Citizen X]

Toto: Africa:1982: Lyrics and Video

“I hear the drums echoing tonight
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
She's coming in the 12:30 flight
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation
I stopped an old man along the way
Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies
He turned to me as if to say
"Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you!"
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
The wild dogs cry out in the night
As they grow restless longing for some solitary company
I know that I must do what's right
Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
I seek to cure what's deep inside
Frightened of this thing that I've become
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
Hurry boy, she's waiting there for you
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa, I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa, I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had.”



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[1]Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa_%28Toto_song%29. Accessed 26 July 2014

[2]Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTQbiNvZqaY. Accessed 26 July 2014

[Citizen X]

Phil Fearson: What do I do? 1984: Lyrics and Video

For MG

“What do I do if I wanna get through to you?
No matter how I try you always keep me waitin'
What do I do if I wanna get through to you?
No matter how I try you always keep me waitin'
Remember me, I'm the one you danced with
Remember how we danced so tight I could not let you go
I know it's been a long time, but I'm callin'
'Cause I've got to be with you (First you keep me waitin')
(Won't you let me know?) I've got to be with you
(Won't you let me know?)
I never told you that I loved you
'Cause I could never take for granted you would feel the same
Now I can't take the waiting any longer
I just got to let you know (First you keep me waitin')
(Won't you let me know?) Yes, I got to let you know
(Won't you let me know?)
What do I do if I wanna get through to you?
No matter how I try you always keep me waitin'
What do I do if I wanna get through to you?
No matter how I try you always keep me waitin'
I bet you've come to your conclusion
But now you're gonna take a little longer to recline
Eventhough you know just what you'll say
I guess that's just the way girls play (First you keep me waitin')
(Won't you let me know?) Yeah, that's just the way you play
(Won't you let me know?)
What do I do if I wanna get through to you?
No matter how I try you always keep me waitin'
What do I do if I wanna get through to you?
No matter how I try you always keep me waitin'
I would really like to believe that
If you want to spend some time with me
You may decide you love me too
Well, it must be worth the waiting
Or I would not be sitting here alone all night long
What do I do if I wanna get through to you?
No matter how I try you always keep me waitin'
What do I do if I wanna get through to you?
No matter how I try you always keep me waitin'
What do I do if I wanna get through to you?
No matter how I try, I'm always waiting for you
What do I do if I wanna get through to you?
No matter how I try, oh, why do I just keep on sitting here?
What do I do if I wanna get through to you?
Oh, yeah.”

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[Blurock]

RIP Johnny. Another great rocker gone...

[Citizen X]

The Beach Boys: Surfing USA 1963: Lyrics and Video

“If everybody had an ocean
Across the U.S.A.
Then everybody'd be surfin'
Like California
You'd seem 'em wearing their baggies
Huarachi sandals too
A bushy bushy blond hairdo
Surfin' U.S.A.

You'd catch 'em surfin' at Del Mar
Ventura County line
Santa Cruz and Trestle
Australia's Narabine
All over Manhattan
And down Doheny Way

Everybody's gone surfin'
Surfin' U.S.A.

We'll all be planning out a route
We're gonna take real soon
We're waxing down our surfboards
We can't wait for June
We'll all be gone for the summer
We're on surfari to stay
Tell the teacher we're surfin'
Surfin' U.S.A.

Haggerty's and Swami's
Pacific Palisades
San Onofre and Sunset
Redondo Beach L.A.
All over La Jolla
At Waimea Bay

Everybody's gone surfin'
Surfin' U.S.A.

Everybody's gone surfin'
Surfin' U.S.A.

Everybody's gone surfin'
Surfin' U.S.A.”



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[1] Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfin%27_U.S.A. Accessed 28 July 2014

[2] Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s4slliAtQU. Accessed 28 July 2014

[Citizen X]

The Beach Boys: I get around: 1964: Lyrics and Video

“Round round get around
I get around
Yeah
Get around round round I get around
I get around
Get around round round I get around
From town to town
Get around round round I get around
I'm a real cool head
Get around round round I get around
I'm makin' real good bread
I'm gettin' bugged driving up and down the same old strip
I gotta finda new place where the kids are hip
My buddies and me are getting real well known
Yeah, the bad guys know us and they leave us alone
I get around
Get around round round I get around
From town to town
Get around round round I get around
I'm a real cool head
Get around round round I get around
I'm makin' real good bread
Get around round round I get around
I get around
Round
Get around round round oooo
Wah wa ooo
Wah wa ooo
Wah wa ooo
We always take my car cause it's never been beat
And we've never missed yet with the girls we meet
None of the guys go steady cause it wouldn't be right
To leave their best girl home now on Saturday night
I get around
Get around round round I get around
From town to town
Get around round round I get around
I'm a real cool head
Get around round round I get around
I'm makin' real good bread
Get around round round I get around
I get around
Round
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Round round get around
I get around
Yeah
Get around round round I get around
Get around round round I get around
Wah wa ooo
Get around round round I get around
Oooo ooo ooo
Get around round round I get around
Ahh ooo ooo
Get around round round I get around
Ahh ooo ooo
Get around round round I get around
Ahh ooo ooo.”



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[1]Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Get_Around. Accessed 1 August 2014


[2]Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDIBMaCTwFw. Accessed 1 August 2014

[Citizen X]

John Lennon: Watching the wheels:1981[posthumous]: Lyrics and Video





For “Falstaff,” our respective destinies draw near….

“People say I'm crazy
Doing what I'm doing
Well, they give me all kinds of warnings
To save me from ruin

When I say that I'm okay
Well, they look at me kinda strange
Surely you're not happy now
You no longer play the game
People say I'm lazy
Dreaming my life away
Well, they give me all kinds of advice
Designed to enlighten me
Well I tell them that I'm doing fine
Watching shadows on the wall
Don't you miss the big time, boy?
You're no longer on the ball
I'm just sitting here
Watching the wheels go round and round
I really love to watch them roll
No longer riding on the merry-go-round
I just had to let it go
Ah, people asking questions
Lost in confusion
Well, I tell them, there's no problem
Only solutions
Well, they shake their heads
And they look at me as if I've lost my mind
I tell them, there's no hurry
I, I'm just sitting here doing time
I'm just sitting here
Watching the wheels go round and round
I really love to watch them roll
No longer riding on the merry-go-round
I just had to let it go
I just had to let it go
I just had to let it go.”
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[1]Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watching_the_Wheels. Accessed 1 August 2014

[Blurock]

the words are still relevant today...

JOE SOUTH "Games People Play"

Oh the games people play now
Every night and every day now
Never meaning what they say now
Never saying what they mean
And they wile away the hours
In their ivory towers
Till they're covered up with flowers
In the back of a black limousine
[Chorus:]
La-da da da da da da da
La-da da da da da de
Talking 'bout you and me
And the games people play
Oh we make one another cry
Break a heart then we say goodbye
Cross our hearts and we hope to die
That the other was to blame
Neither one will give in
So we gaze at our eight by ten
Thinking 'bout the things that might have been
It's a dirty rotten shame
[Chorus]
People walking up to you
Singing glory hallelulia
And they're tryin to sock it to you
In the name of the Lord
They're gonna teach you how to meditate
Read your horoscope, cheat your faith
And further more to hell with hate
Come on and get on board
[Chorus]
Look around tell me what you see
What's happening to you and me
God grant me the serenity
To remember who I am
Cause you've given up your sanity
For your pride and your vanity
Turns you sad on humanity
And you don't give a da da da da da

[AndyD]

So, if old school music is cool as the thread title suggests, what's the thoughts on new school music.

Here's some to listen to whilst you're mulling over your thoughts;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jofNR_WkoCE

"The Fox" by Ylvis

Dog goes woof, cat goes meow.
Bird goes tweet, and mouse goes squeak.
Cow goes moo. Frog goes croak, and the elephant goes toot.
Ducks say quack and fish go blub, and the seal goes OW OW OW.
But there's one sound that no one knows...
WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY?

Ring-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding!
Gering-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding!
Gering-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding!
WHAT THE FOX SAY?
Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!
Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!
Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!
WHAT THE FOX SAY?
Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho!
Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho!
Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho!
WHAT THE FOX SAY?
Joff-tchoff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff!
Joff-tchoff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff!
Joff-tchoff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff!
WHAT THE FOX SAY?

Big blue eyes, pointy nose, chasing mice, and digging holes.
Tiny paws, up the hill, suddenly you're standing still.
Your fur is red, so beautiful, like an angel in disguise.
But if you meet a friendly horse, will you communicate by mo-o-o-o-orse, mo-o-o-o-orse, mo-o-o-o-orse?
How will you speak to that h-o-o-orse, h-o-o-orse, h-o-o-orse?
WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY?!

Jacha-chacha-chacha-chow!
Jacha-chacha-chacha-chow!
Jacha-chacha-chacha-chow!
WHAT THE FOX SAY?
Fraka-kaka-kaka-kaka-kow!
Fraka-kaka-kaka-kaka-kow!
Fraka-kaka-kaka-kaka-kow!
WHAT THE FOX SAY?
A-hee-ahee ha-hee!
A-hee-ahee ha-hee!
A-hee-ahee ha-hee!
WHAT THE FOX SAY?
A-oo-oo-oo-ooo!
Woo-oo-oo-ooo!
WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY?!

The secret of the fox, ancient mystery.
Somewhere deep in the woods, I know you're hiding.
What is your sound? Will we ever know?
Will always be a mystery what do you say?

You're my guardian angel hiding in the woods.
What is your sound? (A-bubu-duh-bubu-dwee-dum a-bubu-duh-bubu-dwee-dum)
Will we ever know? (A-bubu-duh-bubu-dwee-dum)
I want to, I want to, I want to know! (A-bubu-duh-bubu-dwee-dum)
(Bay-buh-day bum-bum bay-dum)

[AndyD]

I haven't been on this thread for a while and I just had a skim back at what's been posted. I see you sneaky buggers had a Lennon/McCartney revival in my absence.

I was thinking which Beatles songs I would have chosen. I was never a big Beatles fan as such in my youth but many of their tracks were very relevant to me in many ways, I lost my virginity to a Beatles track and I spent a month in hospital recovering from a motorcycle accident with nothing to listen to except a C90 cassette tap of mixed Beatles tracks. Anyway I guess the Beatles track that actually had the biggest impact on my life isactually really a McCartney track called Blackbird. This track was possibly the reason I never became all I could have been, I heard it and I was immediately hooked by it, it was the sole reason I took up learning classical guitar and if I include all the time that the guitar playing cost me it literally cost me years of my life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXYxx96d2j8

"Blackbird"

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free.

Blackbird fly Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.

Blackbird fly Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.