Old school music is cool!

[Dave A]

Totally agree. Most modern music has no melody, no harmony and very bad lyrics.

I seem to remember my mother saying something similar from roughly when I was in my twenties...

Makes me wonder - just how far back do we need to go to call something "old school"?

[Blurock]

I seem to remember my mother saying something similar from roughly when I was in my twenties...

Makes me wonder - just how far back do we need to go to call something "old school"?

I think our parents, grandparents and their generation were not too comfortable with the style of modern music. They were used to trumpets and pianos and all of a sudden there's this guitar thing that makes a lot of "noise". They got used to it as the music was still good. Listen to the music of the 60's, mostly all backed by a full orchestra. Many Beatles and other pop and rock numbers are still being played and recorded by philharmonic orchestras.
But now please tell me how in hell do you write notation for rap? These guys do not even know the 8 musical notes or understand any of the musical symbols. Hip hop is just as shallow and most of these so called artists cannot even play a musical instrument, not even a tambourine! The problem today is DJ's and radio stations who promote rubbish and make kids believe its cool.

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[Citizen X]

Each generation has its musical characteristics. 'Love,’ has being the epicenter of literature, art and music for centuries. The drastic alteration of this status quo is a paradigm shift in the Twenty First Century. My opinion to popular music in the twenty first century is simply ??~@$%$$%&WTF!!!???

The Pre-Modern legal Philosopher, who reigned between 423 – 348/347 BC, wrote extensively on the oncological event we call love in his Symposium. Shakespeare, who reigned between 1554 and 1616, wrote extensively on love.

The 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and early 90’s used the very same formula. Suddenly, something just happened or appeared in the form of present popular music that cannot be reconciled with previous centuries.
‘In 1985, Coca Cola tried unsuccessfully to change their formula, branding it “New Coke”. This lasted three months before they re-released “Classic Coke” and later scrapped the new formula altogether due to overwhelming public outcry, a shining example of the power of love.’[1]

For me, personally, I prefer ‘silly little love songs’

You Are:1983: Lionel Richie: Lyrics and Video

Video[2]

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

[Chorus:]
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

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[1] 12 GREAT LOVE SONGS FROM 1985 https://www.cuttingedgedjs.com/blog/...ngs-from-1985/ (Date of use 060619)

[2] Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCMWUyv7T7k (Date of use 060619)

[Blurock]

[QUOTE=Vanash Naick;150737]
For me, personally, I prefer ‘silly little love songs’


...and love gets you Dancing on the ceiling!

[Citizen X]

Let’s do it again: Staple Singers: October 1975: Lyrics and Video

Medicus MG, Vos Liber prosperissimus.

Do it again, do it (do it)
Lets do it again (do it)
Mmm (do it again, do it again)
Gonna do it again (do it)
Do it, do it
Lets do it again (do it)
Do it again
Sometimes the rain
Groovin' when I hear the sound
Like you and me, baby
Gettin' down with the sounds around
Oh, the smell of the mornin' flower
As we pass away the hour
I want to do it again, do it again
Do it do it
Lets do it in the mornin' do it
Now I like you, lady
So fine with your pretty hair
If you don't mind my compliments
Just diggin? on the clothes you wear
I'm just a man and I got your fear
I can love you now I brought you here
I want to do it again
(Do it) do it, do it I want to do it again
Oh, oh, ho, hey, do it again
Do it, woo, hoo, hoo, hoo
Do it
Like a hammer on the block
Love began to rock

Video source[1]

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[1] Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIS4P8xbPtg (Date of use 28 June 2019)

[Citizen X]

Mary J. Blige: Real Love: 1992:Lyrics and Video

We are lovers through and through
And though we made it through the storm
I really want you to realize, I really want to put you on
I’ve been searching for someone to satisfy my every need
Won’t you be my inspiration?
Be the real love that I need

[Chorus]
Real love, I’m searching for a real love
Someone to set my heart free
Real love, I’m searching for a real love

Ooh, when I met you
I just knew that you would take my heart and run
Until you told me how you loved for me, you said I’m not the one
So I slowly came to see all of the things that you were made of
And now I hope my dreams and inspiration lead me towards a real love

[Chorus]
Real love, I’m searching for a real love
Someone to set my heart free
Real love, I’m searching for a real love
I got to have a real love

[Bridge]
Love so true, and oh baby, I thought that love was true
I thought that you were the answer to the question in my mind
But it seems that I was wrong, if I stay strong, maybe I’ll find
A real love

So I’ve tried my best and prayed to God he’ll send me someone real
To caress me and to guide me towards a love my heart can feel
Now I know I can be faithful, I can be your all and all
Ill give you good lovin' through the summertime, winter, spring and fall

[Chorus]
Real love, I’m searching for a real love (Real love, real love)
Someone to set my heart free
Real love, I’m searching for a real love
Real love, I’m searching for a real love
Someone to set my heart free
Real love, I’m searching for a real love

[Bridge]
See, I'm searching for a real love and I don't know where to go
(Real love, I’m searching for a real love)
Been around the world and high and low and still I never know
(Someone to set my heart free
Real love, I’m searching for a real love)
How it feels to have a real love cause it seems it's not around
Gotta end it in this way 'cause it seems he can't be found

[Chorus]
Real love, I’m searching for a real love
Someone to set my heart free
Real love, I’m searching for a real love
Real love, I’m searching for a real love
Someone to set my heart free
Real love, I’m searching for a real love
Real love

[1] Video source
Album cover[2]

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[1] Video source: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90c9pEtZquw(Date of use 6 August 2019)

[2] Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_L...ige_song)(Date of use 6 August 2019)

[Citizen X]

Glass Tiger(Featuring Bryan Adams): Don’t forget me when I’m gone: 1986: Lyrics and Video

You take my breath away, ohh
Love thinks it's here to stay, ohh
There's still so much for me to do
And I can't stop loving you
Oh, can this be true

If you could see what I have seen, ohh
Broken hearts and broken dreams, ohh
Then I wake up and you're not there
Pain finds me everywhere
Oh, but, you don't care

Chorus:
Don't forget me when I'm gone
My heart would break
I have loved you for so long
It's all I can take

You take my breath away, ohh
Love thinks it's here to stay, ohh
Still so much for me to do
And I can't stop loving you
Oh, can this be true

Chorus

Then, I wake up and you're not there
Pain finds me everywhere
Oh, but you don't care

Don't forget me when I'm gone
For heaven's sake
I have loved you for so long
There's nothing wrong

So, don't forget me when I'm gone
My heart would break
I have loved you for so long
There's nothing wrong

Album cover[1]
Video[2]

Bryan Adams featuring Mel C: When you gone:1998: Lyrics and Video

I've been wandering around the house all night
wondering what the hell to do
I'm trying to concentrate but all I can think of is you
well the phone don't ring cuz my friends ain't home
I'm tired of being all alone
got the tv on cuz the radio's playing songs that remind me
of you

baby when you're gone - i realize i'm in love
the days go on and on - and the nights just seem so long
even food don't taste that good - drink ain't doing what it
should
things just feel so wrong - baby when you're gone

I've been driving up and down these streets
trying to find somewhere to go
ya i'm lookin' for a familiar face but there's no one I know

this is torture - this is pain - it feels like i'm gonna go
insane
I hope you're coming back real soon -cuz i don't know what
to do

Album cover[3]
Video source[4]

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[1] Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27...27m_Gone)(date of use 12 August 2019)

[2] Youtube.



[3] Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Y...ams_song)(date of use 12 August 2019)

[4] Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W2jONIjrM0 (date of use 12 August 2019)

[Citizen X]

Les McCann: Can’t we be strangers again: 1970: Album- Comment: Lyrics and Video

Medicus MG, Vos Liber prosperissimus.


If I were asked what is my favourite old school song? I simply have to say: Can’t we be strangers by Les McCann.

The lyrics are not available on a google search except for right here(as at today’s date):

I wish that we’ve just met
And had nothing to forget
Cause we’ve lost so much already and I’m afraid
You’ve grown so far from me
And I want what used to be
I take back each mistake I ever made
Can’t we be strangers learning to care
And feel the look of new love
The one we used to wear
Can’t we be strangers again, who knows?
Once you find yourself true love you never let it go
Can’t we be strangers learning to care
And feel the look of true love, the one we used to wear
Can’t we be strangers again who knows?
And once you find true love you never let it go

Now I wanna talk to you baby
I have a lot of things on my mind
I wanna say since you’ve been gone
I just wish there was some way we could get back together again and love each other
The way we know we can
We don’t have to be fighting each other
We have much more that’s going than that
I tried to make myself, but somehow
I just can’t make it
Its hard living here without you
Its so hard, just so hard
Cause I love you
I love you baby please come back to me
Come on home, and never leave me
No never,
No never
No never

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Video source[2]

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[1] Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comment_(album)(Date of use 14 August 2019)

[2] Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnQn0XT9jQs(Date of use 14 August 2019)

[Citizen X]

REM: Shiny Happy People: 1991: Lyrics and video

Shiny happy people laughing
Meet me in the crowd, people, people
Throw your love around, love me, love me
Take it into town, happy, happy
Put it in the ground where the flowers grow
Gold and silver shine
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people laughing
Everyone around, love them, love them
Put it in your hands, take it, take it
There’s no time to cry, happy, happy
Put it in your heart where tomorrow shines
Gold and silver shine
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people laughing
Whoa, here we go
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people laughing
Shiny happy people holding hands

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Video cover[2]

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[1] Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiny_Happy_People(Date of use 26 August 2019)

[2] Youtube: https://www.youtube.com › watch(Date of use 26 August 2019)

[niketsurve]

Thanks for the information.

[Blurock]

Welcome back. Nice to see you're at it again, Vanash.

[Citizen X]

Alanis Morissette: Thank U:1998: Lyrics and Video

How 'bout getting off these antibiotics
How 'bout stopping eating when I'm full up
How 'bout them transparent dangling carrots
How 'bout that ever elusive kudo
Thank you India
Thank you terror
Thank you disillusionment
Thank you frailty
Thank you consequence
Thank you thank you silence
How 'bout me not blaming you for everything
How 'bout me enjoying the moment for once
How 'bout how good it feels to finally forgive you
How 'bout grieving it all one at a time
Thank you India
Thank you terror
Thank you disillusionment
Thank you frailty
Thank you consequence
Thank you thank you silence
The moment I let go of it was the moment
I got more than I could handle
The moment I jumped off of it
Was the…

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Video source[2]

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[1] Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_UDate of use 30 August 2019)

[2] Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOgpT5rEKIU: (Date of use 30 August 2019)

[Citizen X]

The Carpenters: We’ve only just begun:1970:Lyrics and Video

We've only just begun to live
White lace and promises
A kiss for luck and we're on our way
We've only begun

Before the rising sun we fly
So many roads to choose
We start out walking and learn to run
And yes, we've just begun

Sharing horizons that are new to us
Watching the signs along the way
Talking it over just the two of us
Working together day to day
Together

And when the evening comes we smile
So much of life ahead
We'll find a place where there's room to grow
And yes, We've just begun

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Video source[2]

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[1] Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We%27ve_Only_Just_Begun. (date of use 4 September 2019)

[2] Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__VQX2Xn7tI. (date of use 4 September 2019)

[adrianh]

Terra Naomi - Up There

I met her a couple of years back when she played a small private gig in Cape Town - Man......she is amazing...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CUkylQ7150

Terra Naomi - Up There

Roll into your town and I’m walking around
Got some extra time think I’ll throw some money down
And you follow me around
And you’re asking for the time
Your asking what I found
Think I’m gonna rob you blind

Maybe it’s the tattoo on my arm
That I drew while I was bored waiting tables in new york
A heart and two flowers intertwined with a vine
I can see your point, I can see your point

And up here I am who I am
And if you don’t like it then fuck you, man
I’m not a thief and a whore
Please don’t follow me around next time I’m shopping in your store

And up here I’m making you aware
That if you don’t like me well I don’t care
I’ll be exactly who I am and if you got a problem with it
Well that’s your problem, man

After I’ve paid count the money that you made
Then you go to the show like to be entertained
And I get up on the stage
Trained monkey in a cage
And it’s just another day just another day

And I can see you from my place on the stage
Third row center aisle
Hot blond with you
All smiles
And you got another woman but that’s in another town
And you can’t wait til this is over
Gonna lay that honey down

And up here I am who I am
And if you don’t like it then fuck you, man
I’m not a thief and a whore
Please don’t follow me around next time I’m shopping in your store

And up here I’m making you aware
That if you don’t like me well I don’t care
I’ll be exactly who I am and if you got a problem with it
Well that’s your problem, man

And your good values taught you how to behave
Who to treat kindly and who to enslave
And like all good men you still fall to the floor
When a great big rack
And a ripe round ass
Walk through that door…

And up here I am who I am
And if you don’t like it then fuck you, man
I’m not a thief and a whore
Please don’t follow me around next time I’m shopping in your store

And up here I’m making you aware
That if you don’t like me well I don’t care
I’ll be exactly who I am and if you got a problem with it
Well that’s your problem, man

[Citizen X]

The Proclaimers: I’m gonna be:1988:Lyrics and video

When I wake up, well, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who wakes up next to you
When I go out, yeah, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who goes along with you
If I get drunk, well, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who gets drunk next to you
And if I haver, hey, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's havering to you

But I would walk five hundred miles
And I would walk five hundred more
Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles
To fall down at your door

When I'm working, yes, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's working hard for you
And when the money comes in for the work I do
I'll pass almost every penny on to you
When I come home (When I come home), oh, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who comes back home to you
And if I grow old, well, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's growing old with you

But I would walk five hundred miles
And I would walk five hundred more
Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles
To fall down at your door

Da lat da (Da lat da), da lat da (Da lat da)
Da-da-da dun-diddle un-diddle un-diddle uh da-da
Da lat da (Da lat da), da lat da (Da lat da)
Da-da-da dun-diddle un-diddle un-diddle uh da-da

When I'm lonely, well, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's lonely without you
And when I'm dreaming, well, I know I'm gonna dream
I'm gonna dream about the time when I'm with you
When I go out (When I go out), well, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who goes along with you
And when I come home (When I come home), yes, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who comes back home with you
I'm gonna be the man who's coming home with you

But I would walk five hundred miles
And I would walk five hundred more
Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles
To fall down at your door

Da lat da (Da lat da), da lat da (Da lat da)
Da-da-da dun-diddle un-diddle un-diddle uh da-da
Da lat da (Da lat da), da lat da (Da lat da)
Da-da-da dun-diddle un-diddle un-diddle uh da-da
Da lat da (Da lat da), da lat da (Da lat da)
Da-da-da dun-diddle un-diddle un-diddle uh da-da
Da lat da (Da lat da), da lat da (Da lat da)
Da-da-da dun-diddle un-diddle un-diddle uh da-da

And I would walk five hundred miles
And I would walk five hundred more
Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles
To fall down at your door

Album cover[1]
Video[2]

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[1] Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_...Be_(500_Miles) (date of use 27 September 2019)

[2] Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbNlMtqrYS0 (Date of use 27 September 2019)