Old school music is cool!

[Citizen X]

UNIVERSITY Fees must FALL South Africa October 2015


My brothers and sisters I commend you for the stance that you have taken!

I dedicate this struggle song to you. I was immensely proud and a trite emotional when I seeing you on TV.

“We Can make it work EVERYTIME! Some will say “GET UP stand up for your rights," OR someone will say, “we coming in from the cold, or SOME will say “THE sun is shining but the weather is sweet,” OR someone will say “IS this LOVE that I’m feeling?”

AND

EVERYONE would say EVERYTHING
but "GET UP STAND UP, STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS!!!!!"

Side note: I see the system imploding, many implosions in the current economic system as spoken about by Karl Marx

GET UP, STAND UP, DON’T GIVE UP THE FIGHT!!!

[Blurock]

Orianthi - Voodoo child

...and this is how Orianthi plays it. One of the best rock guitarists in the world today.
You don't have to believe me, but you can listen to what Carlos Santana has to say.

https://youtu.be/mK6tcgsKgps

Carlos on Orianthi, with clips from her lead solo's

https://youtu.be/BXf8oJq049w?list=PLJLrZvMf09vgtwnp4CfNFh2yFraNnctzr

[tec0]

strange sad song

"Hazard"

My mother came to hazard when I was just seven
Even then the folks in town said with predjudiced eyes
That boy's not right
Three years ago when I came to know mary
First time that someone looked beyond the rumors and the lies
And saw the man inside

We used to walk down by the river
She loved to watch the sun go down
We used to walk along the river
And dream our way out of this town

No one understood what I felt for mary
No one cared until the night she went out walking alone
And never came home
Man with a badge came knocking next morning
Here was I surrounded by a thousand fingers suddenly
Pointed right at me

I swear I left her by the river
I swear I left her safe and sound
I need to make it to the river
And leave this old nebraska town

I think about my life gone by
And how it's done me wrong
There's no escape for me this time
All of my rescues are gone, long gone

I swear I left her by the river
I swear I left her safe and sound
I need to make it to the river
And leave this old nebraska town

source

[tec0]

simply the best song you will ever hear, i might have posted this song before

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH LYRICS

"Wrong Side Of Heaven"

I spoke to God today, and she said that she's ashamed.
What have I become, what have I done?
I spoke to the Devil today, and he swears he's not to blame.
And I understood, cause I feel the same.

Arms wide open, I stand alone.
I'm no hero, and I'm not made of stone.
Right or wrong, I can hardly tell.
I'm on the wrong side of heaven, and the righteous side of hell.
The wrong side of heaven, and the righteous side, righteous side of hell.

I heard from God today, and she sounded just like me.
What have I done, and who have I become.
I saw the Devil today, and he looked a lot like me.
I looked away, I turned away!

Arms wide open, I stand alone.
I'm no hero, and I'm not made of stone.
Right or wrong, I can hardly tell.
I'm on the wrong side of heaven, and the righteous side of hell.
The wrong side of heaven, and the righteous side, the righteous side of hell.

I'm not defending, downward descending,
Falling further and further away!
Getting closer every day!

I'm getting closer every day, to the end.
To the end, the end, the end,
I'm getting closer every day!

Arms wide open, I stand alone.
I'm no hero, and I'm not made of stone.
Right or wrong, I can hardly tell.
I'm on the wrong side of heaven, and the righteous side of hell.
The wrong side of heaven, and the righteous side of hell.
The wrong side of heaven, and the righteous side, the righteous side of hell.



source

[Blurock]

Orianthi & Richie Sambora

If only Richie could play like Orianthi....

Pride & Joy/Voodoo Child

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tSrc7e1-cmE&feature=youtu.be

[Onetwo]

Are you going to see them live next year?

[Blurock]

Child of the Moon

All time favourite - super lyrics & vocals

https://youtu.be/6kJhxIO2BUM

[Citizen X]

Jamming: Bob Marley: 1977: Album: Exodus: One love Peace Concert: 22 April 1978

[ATTACH=CONFIG]3620[/ATTACH]

“ I wanna jam it with you.. Hope you like jammin', too!” There was one occasion where Bob Marley put on a soldier’s uniform and cap i.e. album cover ‘Rastaman Vibration.’ I think he felt it necessary because of his song ‘WAR!’ He addresses a great many things in this song especially how he was against the philosophy which creates a class struggle and racial struggle.
Photo[1]

“This concert was held during a political civil war in Jamaica between opposing parties Jamaican Labour Party and the People's National Party. The concert came to its peak during Bob Marley & The Wailers' performance of "Jammin'", when Marley joined the hands of political rivals Michael Manley (PNP) and Edward Seaga (JLP).”[2]

“Just let me tell you something (yeah), to make everything come true, we gotta be together. (Yeah, yeah, yeah) and through the spirit of the Most High we're inviting a few leading people of the slaves to shake hands. . . To show the people that you love them right, to show the people that you gonna unite, show the people that you're over bright, show the people that everything is all right. Watch, watch, watch, what you're doing, because I wanna send a message right out there. I mean, I'm not so good at talking but I hope you understand what I'm trying to say. Well, I'm trying to say, could we have, could we have, up here onstage here the presence of Mr. Michael Manley and Mr. Edward Seaga. I just want to shake hands and show the people that we're gonna make it right, we're gonna unite, we're gonna make it right, we've got to unite . The moon is right over my head, and I give my love instead. The moon was right above my head, and I give my love instead.”

The Old School legends promoted peace and love!


Ooh, yeah; well, alright
We're jammin'
I wanna jam it with you
We're jammin', jammin'
And I hope you like jammin' too
Ain't no rules, ain't no vow
We can do it anyhow
I and I will see you through
'Cause every day we pay the price
We are the living sacrifice
Jammin' till the jam is through

We're jammin'
To think that jammin' was a thing of the past
We're jammin'
And I hope this jam is gonna last
No bullet can stop us now
We neither beg nor we won't bow
Neither can be bought nor sold
We all defend the right
Jah Jah children must unite
For life is worth much more than gold

We're jammin', jammin', jammin', jammin'
And we're jammin' in the name of the Lord
We're jammin', jammin', jammin', jammin'
We're jammin' right straight from yard
Singing Holy Mount Zion, Holy Mount Zion
Jah sitteth in Mount Zion and rules all creation
Yeah, we're jammin', Bop-chu-wa-wa-wa

We're jammin'
I wanna jam it with you
We're jammin', jammin', jammin', jammin'
And Jamdown hope you're jammin', too
Jah knows how much I 'ave tried
The truth cannot hide
To keep you satisfied
True love that now exists
Is the love I can't resist
So jam by my side
We're jammin', jammin', jammin', jammin'
I wanna jam it with you
We're jammin', we're jammin', we're jammin', we're jammin'
We're jammin', we're jammin', we're jammin', we're jammin'
Hope you like jammin', too."

---

[1] Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Love_Peace_Concert. 18 June 2013


[2] Supra n1

Today is the day of remembrance of Bob Marley. 64 years ago he was born on 6 February 1945. There are so many amazing things that can be said of Bob Marley ranging from where he was born, how he grew up and how he became a founder of a genre of music, the rich metaphors in almost every single song released, the amazing structure of the content of his albums as well as the album cover art, his influence on world leaders and millions of people over this globe to date. His approach to music is stamped with brilliance.

Bob Marley is the author of reggae music. He said of his reggae: “You can copy it but there’s no copy to it!” He followed a Nazarene code of conduct and promoted mankind living in peace and harmony.

From a Legal Philosophy perspective, when asked about law he answered frankly “All law is illegal,” indicating that there is man’s law and God’s law. Being a metaphysical thinker Bob Marley believes profoundly in God but never discriminated against any other religion, race, and culture and sub cultural in fact he stood for non-discrimination.

Though a peaceful and humble man by nature he was deeply troubled about the Apartheid regime and how they were oppressing the people of South Africa and was for revolutionary activity and revolutionary thinking. He was for a transition in South Africa. He called for it in a song entitled ‘War,’ in 1976. Records show that many of our MK soldiers training in exile listened to his music on a regular basis and in particular trained while listening to it. He was for a united Africa with the promotion of African ideas and African philosophy. Legal African Philosophy is infused with the concepts of the greater good of the community , metaphysics( a real belief in the existence of a higher power or God) and natural law.

Bob Marley is one of the finest examples of promoting peace at tempestuous times, and his songs that promote peace and unity are alive today. He speaks today through his music.

The racial Row in South Africa

So many South Africans have weighed in on various recent racist incidents. What more can really be said?

It holds true that we learn every single day. I learnt something from African Legal Philosophy that is the African legal philosophy of ‘Ubuntu.’ The academics will tell you that its vernacular origins are difficult to trace though it dates back centuries. Bob Marley’s music espouses ‘Ubuntu.’ At its root ‘Ubuntu,’ can be seen as humaneness and sincere tolerance and acceptance of each other as human beings.

You can find ‘Ubuntu,’ mentioned in the preamble to the interim Constitution of 1993. The concept is even found in Constitution Court Cases. In S v Makwanyane and another 1995 3 SA 391 (CC) –the case that abolished the death penalty, Judge Mokgoro mentioned ‘Ubuntu,’ in paragraph 30. He said “Ubuntu translates as ‘humaneness.’ In The Citizen v McBride 2011 (4) SA 191(CC) Mogoeng J said in paragraphs 217 and 218 “ Botho or Ubuntu is the embodiment of a set of values and moral principles which informed the peaceful co-existence of African people in this country who espoused Ubuntu based on, among other things, mutual respect. Ubuntu gives expression to , among others, a biblical injunction that one should do unto others as he or she would have them do unto him or her.

Steve Biko always maintained that we need to first learn to live together in a multi-racial society with social cohesion.
Nelson Mandela described it as follows “ A traveller through a country would stop at a village and he/she didn’t have to ask for food or for water. Once he/she arrives at a village, the people welcome him/her and provide food and water.”
Archbishop Desmond Tutu provides that: One of the sayings in our country is Ubuntu which is the essence of being human.

Bob Marley humbly said “I don’t need to have no ambitious, but there’s one thing that I’d really like to see happen. I’d like to see mankind live in peace, Black, White Chinese and everyone.”


Bob Marley’s music is a textbook example of Ubuntu. His song One Love demonstrates ‘Ubuntu,’ he actually says that he is pleading with mankind to live in peace and be together.

Bob Marley and the Wailers: One Love

One love, one heart
Let's get together and feel all right
Hear the children crying (One love)
Hear the children crying (One heart)
Sayin', "Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right."
Sayin', "Let's get together and feel all right."
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa

Let them all pass all their dirty remarks (One love)
There is one question I'd really love to ask (One heart)
Is there a place for the hopeless sinner
Who has hurt all mankind just to save his own?
Believe me

One love, (What about the one heart)
One heart, (What about love)
Let's get together and feel all right
As it was in the beginning (One love)
So shall it be in the end (One heart)
Alright, "Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right."
Sayin', "Let's get together and feel all right."
One more thing

Let's get together to fight this Holy Armageddon (One love)
So when the Man comes there will be no, no doom (One song)
Have pity on those whose chances grow thinner
There ain't no hiding place from the Father of Creation

Sayin', "One love, one heart
Let's get together and feel all right."
I'm plea'ing to mankind (One love)
Oh, Lord (One heart) Whoa.

"Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right."
Sayin', Let's get together and feel all right.

"Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right."
Let's get together and feel all right.

[AndyD]

The 10th January 2016 was the first day of a new world without David Bowie.

Bowie had a lot of influence on my early years of music awareness and I was an avid listener of his work. Unfortunately he was one of the few artists that slipped through my net and I never got to see him perform live although I did have a brief personal encounter with him in a supermarket in the South of France in the early 90's, it was only long enough for me to exclaim 'You're David Bowie!?' as he smiled and breezed past without replying.

To just choose one or even several Bowie songs is no easy task but I always had a special connection to Eight Line Poem from the Hunky Dory album. Hunky Dory was one of my favorite Bowie albums, it was the first Bowie album I latched on to probably in 1978'ish, it was very accessible music but it was also interestingly packed with philosophical commentary and exploration. Funnily enough Eight Line Poem bears none of these hallmarks, the lyrics by contrast seem completely harmless and inconsequential, maybe just musing the bleakness of urbanisation, who knows? The reason I liked the track was it was almost completely blues biased and in contrast to the rest of the album that had a rock/pop feel to it. It was also one of many tracks that motivated me to play guitar and even today I can still play both the piano and guitar score of the track flawlessly by heart.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zizc5MLvAs

Eight Line Poem - David Bowie

The tactful cactus by your window
Surveys the prairie of your room
The mobile spins to it’s collision
Clara puts her head between her paws
They’ve opened shops, down on the Westside
Will all the cacti find a home?
But the key to the city is in the sun
That pins the branches to the sky

[Blurock]

I would rather go blind Rod Stewart & Carlos Santana

https://youtu.be/mFElMEMTPtI

[Citizen X]

Christopher Cross: Ride Like the wind: 1980: Lyrics and video

It is the night
My body's weak
I'm on the run
No time to sleep
I've got to ride
Ride like the wind
To be free again

And I've got such a long way to go
To make it to the border of Mexico
So I'll ride like the wind
Ride like the wind

I was born the son of a lawless man
Always spoke my mind with a gun in my hand
Lived nine lives
Gunned down ten
Gonna ride like the wind

And I've got such a long way to go
To make it to the border of Mexico
So I'll ride like the wind
Ride like the wind

Accused and tried and told to hang
I was nowhere in sight when the church bells rang
Never was the kind to do as I was told
Gonna ride like the wind before I get old

It is the night
My body's weak
I'm on the run
No time to sleep
I've got to ride
Ride like the wind
To be free again

And I've got such a long way to go
To make it to the border of Mexico
So I'll ride like the wind
Ride like the wind

[erowman]

Hunky Dory is an incredible album, was also the first album I heard of Bowie's and got my into his music. Such clever pieces of music, all the time.

[Citizen X]

Hunky Dory is an incredible album, was also the first album I heard of Bowie's and got my into his music. Such clever pieces of music, all the time.

David Bowie:Changes 1971-Album- Hunky Dory: Lyrics and video

I still don't know what I was waiting for
And my time was running wild
A million dead-end streets
And every time I thought I'd got it made
It seemed the taste was not so sweet
So I turned myself to face me
But I've never caught a glimpse
Of how the others must see the faker
I'm much too fast to take that test

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
(Turn and face the strange)
Ch-ch-changes
Don't want to be a richer man
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
(Turn and face the strange)
Ch-ch-changes
Just gonna have to be a different man
Time may change me
But I can't trace time

I watch the ripples change their size
But never leave the stream
Of warm impermanence and
So the days float through my eyes
But still the days seem the same
And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're going through

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
(Turn and face the strange)
Ch-ch-changes
Don't tell them to grow up and out of it
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
(Turn and face the strange)
Ch-ch-changes
Where's your shame
You've left us up to our necks in it
Time may change me
But you can't trace time

Strange fascination, fascinating me
Changes are taking the pace
I'm going through

Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strange)
Ch-ch-changes
Oh, look out you rock 'n rollers
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
(Turn and face the strange)
Ch-ch-changes
Pretty soon now you're gonna get older
Time may change me
But I can't trace time
I said that time may change me
But I can't trace time

Album cover[1]
Video[2]

---

[1] Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunky_Dory. Accessed 6 June 2016


[2] Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMQ0Ryy01yE Accessed 6 June 2016

[Gaynor]

I found out recently that The Greatest Love of All was inspired by Muhammad Ali and wasn't originally sung by Whitney Houston. Great song!

[erowman]

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys is also fantastic. I read a while back it wasn't well received when it was first released!!!