Old school music is cool!

[tec0]

Now this song from AMON AMARTH bares relation to what people see and what we know is true within ourselves.

The Hero

The blade I swing
Is black as night
Black as my soulless heart
It bears the burden
Of many lives
But I don't feel remorse

I lent my sword
To anyone
Willing to pay the price
No regrets for
What I've done
A mercenary's life

But there i was
On battleground
Until I felt the jaws of death
Cut into my flesh
Defending old and weak
But I did not retreat

Now, here I lie
In my own blood
And strangers cry for me
I'm prepared to meet the gods
I wish they'd let me be

I don't deserve
Their sympathy
I know who I am
My soul is death and misery
I am an evil man

I rest in my blood
Soon I will face the gods
Strangers cry for me
I wish they'd let me be

Show no sympathy
Shed no tears for me
I know who I am
I am an evil man

I know who I am
I am an evil man

[Citizen X]

How wonderfully macabre! I like it Tec0!

[tec0]

If there ever was a voice that stole my mind and left me breathless then it is the voice of Tarja Turunen. Her voice brings me peace even in my darkest hours...

I Feel Immortal.

Whenever I Wake Up
I'm Lost And Always Afraid
It's Never The Same Place
I Close My Eyes To Escape
The Walls Around Me

And I Drift Away
Inside The Silence
Overtakes The Pain
In My Dreams

I Feel Immortal
I Am Not Scared
No, I Am Not Scared
I Feel Immortal
When I Am There
When I Am There

Whenever I Wake Up
The Shards Of Us Cut Within
Always The Same Day
Frozen All In The Fringe
I Surrender To The Sleep
And Leave The Hurt Behind Me
There's No Death To Feel
In My Dreams

I Feel Immortal
I Am Not Scared
No, I Am Not Scared
I Feel Immortal
When I Am There
When I Am There

So Far Or Right Beside Me
So Close But They Can't Find Me
Slowly, Time Forgets Me
I'm Lonely, Only Dreaming

I Feel Immortal
I Am Not Scared
No, I Am Not Scared
I Feel Immortal
When I Am There
When I Am There

I Feel Immortal
And I Am Not Scared

[Citizen X]

Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen Cabuli apparently has a vocal range of 3 octaves! She’s also quite a learned woman and studied extensively in her life. She’s not only a singer but also an effective songwriter. Nice looking woman too! I love the way she describes the escapism of dreams.
“Whenever I Wake Up
The Shards Of Us Cut Within
Always The Same Day
Frozen All In The FringI Surrender To The Sleep
And Leave The Hurt Behind Me
There's No Death To Feel
In My Dreams”

[Citizen X]

This song of Dire Straits just means so much to me in so many different ways. Living in a desert is challenging at the best of times. In a real desert, the days are extremely hot and the nights are freezing cold. Everything is scarce and everyday is a different challenge. I am in a desert of sorts. This song always gives me some form of comfort.....
Brothers In Arms lyrics
Songwriters: Knopfler, Mark;

“These mist covered mountains
Are a home now for me
But my home is the lowlands
And always will be

Some day you’ll return to
Your valleys and your farms
And you’ll no longer burn
To be brothers in arms

Through these fields of destruction
Baptisms of fire
I’ve witnessed your suffering
As the battles raged higher

And though we were hurt so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms

There's so many different worlds
So many different suns
And we have just one world
But we live in different ones

Now the sun's gone to hell
And the moon's riding high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die

But it's written in the starlight
And every line on your palm
We're fools to make war
On our brothers in arms”

[tec0]

Indeed a good song for many reasons, It just echo that finality as if the mind actually accepting its fate. But also it underlines the uselessness of war.

Now the sun's gone to hell
And the moon's riding high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die

But it's written in the starlight
And every line on your palm
We're fools to make war
On our brothers in arms”

[Citizen X]

One of my favorite bubblegum pop bands of the 80’s is Madness. They were manic and self indulgent. Two qualities which simply must be present in bubblegum pop for me..

“Madness achieved most of their success in the early to mid 1980s. Both Madness and UB40 spent 214 weeks on the UK singles charts over the course of the decade, holding the record for most weeks spent by a group in the 1980s UK singles charts. However, Madness achieved this in a shorter time period (1980–1986).^”

It Must Be Love Lyrics By Madness

“I never thought I'd miss you
Half as much as I do
And I never thought I'd feel this way
The way I feel about you
As soon as I wake up
Every night, every day
I know that it's you I need
To take the blues away

It must be love, love, love,
It must be love, love, love,
Nothing more, nothing less
Love is the best

How can it be that we can
Say so much without words?
Bless you and bless me
Bless the bees
And the birds
I've got to be near you
Every night, every day
I couldn't be happy
Any other way

It must be love, love, love,
It must be love, love, love,
Nothing more, nothing less
Love is the best.”

[Citizen X]

Joanna: Kool & the Gang
Joanna, who were you on our planet that inspired a pop group to write and sing a song about you????

"Joanna, I love you
You're the one, the one for me

I'm in love and I won't lie
She's my girl and always on my mind
She gives me her love and a feeling that's right
Never lets me down, especially at night
So, I'm gonna do the best I can
To please that girl and be her only man
You see, she picks me up when I'm feeling low
And that's why, baby
I've got to let you know
Joanna, I love you, You're the one
The one for me, Oh, baby
Got to be the one, The one for me, She's the kind of girl
Makes you feel nice, So, I'll try my best
To do what's right, I take her for a ride
Everything's fine
Joanna, I love you
You're the one
The one for me
Searched so far, Searched so long
To find someone someone to count on
Now I feel I've got it right here
Found it in you, baby, You, my dear
We can do all night, so nice
We'll have it all and everything will be alright
I'm promising you, take it from me
Take it home, baby”

[Citizen X]

I touch myself, oh really???
In 1991, Autralian band, the Divinyls released a song entitled , “I touch myself.”
I Touch Myself lyrics

“I love myself, I want you to love me
When I'm feelin' down, I want you above me
I search myself, I want you to find me
I forget myself, I want you to remind me

I don't want anybody else
When I think about you
I touch myself
I don't want anybody else
Oh no, oh no, oh no

You're the one who makes me happy honey
You're the sun who makes me shine
When you're around I'm always laughing
I want to make you mine
I close my eyes
And see you before me
Think I would die
If you were to ignore me
A fool could see
Just how much I adore you
I get down on my knees
I'd do anything for you

I don't want anybody else
When I think about you
I touch myself
I don't want anybody else
Oh no, oh no, oh no
I don't want anybody else
When I think about you
I touch myself
I don't want anybody else
Oh no, oh no, oh no

I want you
I don't want anybody else
And when I think about you
I touch myself
Ooh, oooh, oooooh, aaaaaah

I don't want anybody else
When I think about you
I touch myself
I don't want anybody else
Oh no, oh no, oh no”

[rfnel]

If there ever was a voice that stole my mind and left me breathless then it is the voice of Tarja Turunen. Her voice brings me peace even in my darkest hours...

I can't argue with you - I used to listen to Nightwish quite often, and Tarja has one of the most incredible voices I've ever heard.