Old school music is cool!

**JohnV** · 21-Oct-14, 02:42 PM

Moody Blues “Question” 1970

Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door
With a thousand million questions
About hate and death and war?

'cause when we stop and look around us
There is nothing that we need.
In a world of persecution that is burning in its greed.

Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door?
Because the truth is hard to swallow
That's what the war of love is for.

It's not the way that you say it
When you do those things to me.
It's more the way that you mean it
When you tell me what will be.

And when you stop and think about it
You won't believe it's true.
That all the love you've been giving
Has all been meant for you.

I'm looking for someone to change my life.
I'm looking for a miracle in my life.
And if you could see what it's done to me
To lose the love I knew
Could safely lead me through.

Between the silence of the mountains
And the crashing of the sea
There lies a land I once lived in
And she's waiting there for me.

But in the grey of the morning
My mind becomes confused
Between the dead and the sleeping
And the road that I must choose.

I'm looking for someone to change my life.
I'm looking for a miracle in my life.
And if you could see what it's done to me
To lose the love I knew
Could safely lead me to
The land that I once knew.
To learn as we grow old
The secrets of our souls.

It's not the way that you say it
When you do those things to me.
It's more the way you really mean it
When you tell me what will be.

Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door
With a thousand million questions
About hate and death and war?

When we stop and look around us
There is nothing that we need.
In a world of persecution that is burning in its greed.

**JohnV** · 21-Oct-14, 04:07 PM

Moody Blues rock

**JohnV** · 21-Oct-14, 10:25 PM

Depeche Mode “Route 66” 1987

Well if you ever plan to motor west
Travel my way
Take the highway that's the best
Get your kicks on Route 66

Well it winds from Chicago
To LA
More than two thousand miles
All the way
Get your kicks on Route 66

Well it goes to St. Louis
Down to Missouri
Oklahoma City looks oh so pretty
You'll see Amarillo
Gallup, New Mexico
Flagstaff, Arizona
Don't forget Winona
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino

If you get hip to this kind of trip
And go take that California trip
Get your kicks on Route 66

Well it goes to St. Louis
Down to Missouri
Oklahoma City looks oh so pretty
You'll see Amarillo
Gallup, New Mexico
Flagstaff, Arizona
Don't forget Winona
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino

If you get hip to this kind of trip
And go take that California trip
Get your kicks on Route 66

**JohnV** · 22-Oct-14, 12:21 PM

Led Zeppelin “When the levee breaks” 1971

If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break,
When The Levee Breaks I'll have no place to stay.

Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan,
Got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home,
Oh, well, oh, well, oh, well.

Don't it make you feel bad
When you're tryin' to find your way home,
You don't know which way to go?
If you're goin' down South
They go no work to do,
If you don't know about Chicago.

Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good,
Now, cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good,
When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move.

All last night sat on the levee and moaned,
Thinkin' about me baby and my happy home.
Going, going to Chicago... Going to Chicago... Sorry but I can't take you...
Going down... going down now... going down....

**JohnV** · 22-Oct-14, 10:12 PM

Pink Floyd “Waiting for the Worms” 1979(minus any offensive words)

Ooooh, you cannot reach me now
Ooooh, no matter how you try
Goodbye, cruel world, it's over
Walk on by.

Sitting in a bunker here behind my wall
Waiting for the worms to come.
In perfect isolation here behind my wall
Waiting for the worms to come.
We're [waiting to succeed] and going to convene outside Brixton
Town Hall where we're going to be...
Waiting to cut out the deadwood.
Waiting to clean up the city.
Waiting to follow the worms.
Waiting to put on a black shirt.
Waiting to weed out the weaklings.
Waiting to smash in their windows
And kick in their doors.
Waiting for the .........
To strengthen the strain.
Waiting to follow the worms.
Waiting to turn on the showers
And fire the ovens.
Waiting for the……...
Waiting to follow the worms.

Would you like to see Britannia
Rule again, my friend?
All you have to do is follow the worms.
Would you like to send our ......
Home again, my friend?

All you need to do is follow the worms.

**JohnV** · 22-Oct-14, 10:25 PM

Eminem “Without me” 2002

WARNING LANGUAGE!!!

Obie Trice, real name no gimmicks
Two trailer park girls go round the outside
Round the outside, round the outside
Two trailer park girls go round the outside
Round the outside, round the outside
Guess who's back
Back again
Shady's back
Tell a friend
Guess who's back, guess who's back
Guess who's back, guess who's back
Guess who's back, guess who's back
Guess who's back
I've created a monster
'Cause nobody wants to see Marshall no more
They want Shady, I'm chopped liver
Well if you want Shady, this is what I'll give you
A little bit of me mixed with some hard liquor
Some vodka that will jump start my heart quicker
Than a shock when I get shocked at the hospital
By the doctor when I'm not co-operating
When I'm rockin' the table while he's operating
You waited this long, now stop debating
'Cause I'm back, I'm on the rag and ovulating
I know that you got a job Ms.Cheney
But your husband's heart problem's complicating
So the FCC won't let me be
Or let me be me, so let me see
They try to shut me down on MTV
But it feels so empty, without me
So, come on and dip, bum on your lips
Fuck that, cum on your lips, and some on your tits
And get ready, 'cause this shit's about to get heavy
I just settled all my lawsuits, fuck you Debbie
Now this looks like a job for me
So everybody, just follow me
'Cause we need a little, controversy
'Cause it feels so empty, without me
I said, "This looks like a job for me"
So everybody, just follow me
'Cause we need a little, controversy
'Cause it feels so empty, without me
Little Hellions, kids feelin' rebellious
Embarrassed their parents still listen to Elvis
They start feelin' like prisoners helpless
'Til someone comes along on a mission and yells, bitch
A visionary, vision of scary
Could start a revolution, pollutin' the airwaves
A rebel, so just let me revel and bask
In the fact that I got everyone kissin' my ass
And it's a disaster, such a catastrophe
For you to see so damn much of my ass
You asked for me? Well I'm back
Fix your bent antenna tune it in and then I'm gonna
Enter in, endin' up under your skin like a splinter
The center of attention, back for the winter
I'm interesting, the best thing since wrestling
Infesting in your kid's ears and nesting
Testing, attention please
Feel the tension, soon as someone mentions me
Here's my ten cents, my two cents is free
A nuisance, who sent? You sent for me?
Now this looks like a job for me
So everybody, just follow me
'Cause we need a little, controversy
'Cause it feels so empty, without me
I said, "This looks like a job for me"
So everybody, just follow me
'Cause we need a little, controversy
'Cause it feels so empty, without me
A-tisket a-tasket, I go tit for tat with
Anybody who's talkin' this shit, that shit
Chris Kirk Patrick, you can get your ass kicked
Worse than them little Limp Bizkit bastards
And Moby? You can get stomped by Obie
You 36 year old baldheaded fag, blow me
You don't know me, you're too old, let go
It's over, nobody listen to techno
Now let's go, just gimme the signal
I'll be there with a whole list full of new insults
I been dope, suspenseful with a pencil
Ever since Prince turned himself into a symbol
But sometimes the shit just seems
Everybody only wants to discuss me
So this must mean I'm disgusting
But it's just me, I'm just obscene
No I'm not the first king of controversy
I am the worst thing since Elvis Presley
To do black music so selfishly
And used it to get myself wealthy
There's a concept that works
Twenty million other white rappers emerge
But no matter how many fish in the sea
It'll be so empty, without me
Now this looks like a job for me
So everybody, just follow me
'Cause we need a little, controversy
'Cause it feels so empty, without me
I said, "This looks like a job for me"
So everybody, just follow me
'Cause we need a little, controversy
'Cause it feels so empty, without me
Hum-die-la-la-la
Hum-die-la-la-la
La-la-la-la
La-la-la-la x2
Kids!

**JohnV** · 23-Oct-14, 07:52 AM

Pink Floyd “One of my turns” 1979

Day after day, love turns grey
Like the skin of a dying man
Night after night, we pretend it's all right
But I have grown older and
You have grown colder and
Nothing is very much fun any more.

And I can feel one of my turns coming on.
I feel cold as razor blade
Tight as a tourniquet
Dry as a funeral drum,
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left
You'll find my favourite axe
Don't look so frightened
This is just a passing phase
Just one of my bad days
Would you like to watch T. V.?
Or get between the sheets?
Or contemplate the silent freeway?
Would you like something to eat?
Would you like to learn to fly?
Would you like to see me try?
Would you like to call the cops?
Do you think it's time I stopped?
Why are you running away?

**JohnV** · 23-Oct-14, 02:47 PM

Rocky Horror Picture Show “Time Warp” 1975

(Riff Raff) It's astounding
Time is fleeting
Madness takes it's toll...
(Magenta) Ahh...
(Riff Raff) But listen closely...
(Magenta) Not for very much longer...
(Riff Raff) I've got to keep control.
I remember doing the Time Warp.
Drinking those moments when
The blackness would hit me.
(Riff Raff & Magenta) And the void would be calling.
(Guests) Let's do the Time Warp again.
Let's do the Time Warp again.
(Narrator) It's just a jump to the left.
(Guests) And then a step to the right.
(Narrator) With your hand on your hips.
(Guests) You bring your knees in tight.
But it's the pelvic thrust.
They really drive you insane.
Let's do the Time Warp again.
Let's do the Time Warp again.
(Magenta) It's so dreamy
Oh, fantasy free me
So you can't see me
No not at all.
In another dimension
With voyeuristic intention.
Well secluded I see all...
(Riff Raff) With a bit of a mind flip...
(Magenta) You're into a time slip...
(Riff Raff) And nothing can ever be the same.
(Magenta) You're spaced out on sensation.
(Riff Raff) Like you're under sedation.
(Guests) Let's do the Time Warp again.
Let's do the Time Warp again.
(Columbia) Well, I was walking down the street
Just having a think
When a snake of a guy
Gave me an evil wink.
Well it shook me up
It took me by surprise
He had a pick-up truck
And the devil's eyes
He stared at me
And I felt a change
Time meant nothing
Never would again.
(Guests) Let's do the Time Warp again.
Let's do the Time Warp again.
(Narrator) It's just a jump to the left.
(Guests) And then a step to the right.
(Narrator) With your hands on your hips.
(Guests) You bring you knees in tight.
But it's the pelvic thrust...
That really drives you insane
Let's do the Time Warp again.
Let's do the Time Warp again.
Let's do the Time Warp again
(Columbia) Ah! Oh! Oh! Yeoooww...
Ahhhh.
(Guests) Let's do the Time Warp again.
Let's do the Time Warp again.
(Narrator) It's just a jump to the left.
(Guests) And then a step to the right.
(Narrator) With your hands on your hips.
(Guests) You bring your knees in tight.
But it's the pelvic thrust
They really drive you insane.
Let's do the Time Warp again.
Let's do the Time Warp again

**Blurock** · 06-Nov-14, 11:21 PM

TRibute to Elvis.

**Blurock** · 06-Nov-14, 11:25 PM

I used this song (blues version) for my first audition to play in a real band. This is such a classic, they never even noticed the mistakes...

**Blurock** · 06-Nov-14, 11:27 PM

Another classic and favourite at gigs.

**Blurock** · 06-Nov-14, 11:38 PM

Some late night Blues to chill by and ease the mind.

**Blurock** · 08-Nov-14, 12:30 AM

A truly classic song

**Citizen X** · 13-Nov-14, 03:25 PM

Originally posted by Vanash Naick

Hand on your heart: Kylie Minogue: 1988

Britney Spears went straight from the Mickey Mouse club

to the strip club

!!!! To play slut is very easy, you simply have to take off your clothes on stage

, now where’s the trill there! What cannot be seen is far more revealing and compelling than what can be seen..

“Girly Girl!!” I personally like girly girl in a woman! To pull off girly girl in a music video is a daunting task especially if you’ve got that stripper slutty attitude

“Girly girl is a slang term for a girl or woman who chooses to dress and behave in an especially feminine style, such as wearing pink, using make-up, dressing in skirts, dresses and blouses, and talking about relationships and other activities which are associated with the traditional gender role of a girl.

Though the term is sometimes used as a term of disdain, it can also be used in a more positive way, particularly in terms of exploring one of a range of gender positions. Being a 'girly girl' can then be seen as a fluid and partially embodied position - a form of discourse taken up, discarded or modified for tactical/strategic ends.[1]”

In 1988 Kylie Minogue had to pull off “ Girly Girl,’ in an authentic manner in the 80’s music video “ Hand on your heart.” This involved various facial expressions, all sorts of bodily movements and genuine ‘girly girl, attitude! The obligatory hand movements and her punch line, “ Look me in the eye and tell me you don’t need my love??”

She didn’t have to parade in her underwear to crate sex appeal. My eyes were in the usual places, cleavage and groin area! It’s a guy thing!

I proudly give you a textbook example of “ Girly Girl.”

“Put your hand on your heart and tell me
That we're through, ooh
Oh, put your hand on your heart
Hand on your heart

Well it's one thing to fall in love
But another to make it last
I thought that we were just beginning
And now you say we're in the past
Oh, look me in the eye
And tell me we are really through

You know it's one thing to say you love me
But another to mean it from the heart
And if you don't intend to see it through
Why did we ever start
Oh, I wanna hear you tell me
You don't want my love

Put your hand on your heart and tell me
It's all over
I won't believe it till you
Put your hand on your heart and tell me
That we're through, ooh

Oh, put your hand on your heart
Hand on your heart

They like to talk about forever
But most people never get the chance
Do you wanna lose our love together
Do you find a new romance
Oh, I wanna hear you tell me
You don't want my love

Oh, put your hand on your heart
Hand on your heart

look me in the eye
And tell me we are really through”

[1] Vide Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girly_girl#mw-head. Accessed 3 November 2012

Originally posted by Vanash Naick on 5 September 2014

I had a unique opportunity with this thread to revisit songs of my youth. Almost all of them have embedded memories.

This will be my final(maneo) post on this thread ‘old school music is cool.’ Please feel free to post your favourite old school classics.

I lied! Sue me!!

Apparently some of my detractors feel that ‘real men,’ shouldn’t listen to Kylie Minogue! Suffice to say it, I don’t like Kylie Minogue, I love her. These songs take me back to my teenage years.

"Hand on Your Heart" received favorable from most music critics. Chris True from All music highlighted the song as an album standout. Digital Spy gave it a favorable review, highlighting it by saying "Put it this way... this piece is a wee bit late because it's hard to type while re-enacting the 'Hand On Your Heart' dance routine."[1]

This song was a number 1 hit in the UK in 1989. The album from whence it came sold over 5 million copies. 5 million of us can’t be wrong

If loving bubble-gum pop is a crime, then I'm guilty

Album cover[2]

[1] Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_on_Your_Heart. Accessed 13 November 2014

[2] Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_on_Your_Heart. Accessed 13 November 2014

**Citizen X** · 13-Nov-14, 05:49 PM

Bob Marley and the Wailers:Bad Card:1980:Album:Uprising: Lyrics and Video

It’s not how you start the race, it’s how you finish the race! A journey of a 1000 miles starts with the first step!

“Falstaff,” you may be tired of seeing my face, but I’m afraid you can’t get me out of the human race or the academic race. I’m in it to win it

“You a-go tired fe see me face;
Can't get me out of the race.
Oh, man, you said I'm in your place
And then you draw bad card -
A-make you draw bad card,
And then you draw bad card.
Propaganda spreading over my name;
Say you wanna bring another life to shame.
Oh, man, you just a-playing a game
and then you draw bad card (draw bad card);
A-make you draw bad card (draw bad card);
A-make you draw bad card.
I want to disturb my neighbour,
'Cause I'm feeling' so right;
I want to turn up my disco,
Blow them to full watts tonight, eh! -
In a rub-a-dub style, in a rub-a-dub style,
In a rub-a-dub style, in a rub-a-dub style.
'Cause we guarding the palace so majestic;
Guarding the palace so realistic!
Them a-go tired to see we face (oh yeah!),
Me say them can't get we out of the race;
Oh, man, it's just a big disgrace.
The way you draw bad card (draw bad card);
The way you make wrong moves (make wrong moves);
The way you draw bad card (draw bad card);
A-make you draw bad card (draw bad card);
A-make you draw bad card -
In a rub-a-dub style, rub-a-dub style,
In a rub-a-dub style”
Album cover[1]
Video source[2]

[1]Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uprisin...ilers_album%29. Accessed 13 November 2014

[2]Youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z7zxLZ1_0Y. Accessed 13 November 2014

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