Old school music is cool!

[Citizen X]

Twist in my sobriety: Tanita Tickaram
“All God's children need travelling shoes
Drive your problems from here
All good people read good books
Now your conscience is clear
I hear you talk girl
Now your conscience is clear

In the morning I wipe my brow
Wipe the miles away
I like to think I can be so willed
And never do what you say
I'll never hear you
And never do what you say

Look my eyes are just holograms
Look your love has drawn red from my hands
From my hands you know you'll never be
More than twist in my sobriety
More than twist in my sobriety
More than twist in my sobriety

We just poked a little pie
For the fun people had at night
Late at night don't need hostility
The timid smile and pause to free

I don't care about their different thoughts
Different thoughts are good for me
Up in arms and chaste and whole
All God's children took their toll

Look my eyes are just holograms
Look your love has drawn red from my hands
From my hands you know you'll never be
More than twist in my sobriety
More than twist in my sobriety
More than twist in my sobriety

Cup of tea, take time to think, yea
Time to risk a life, a life, a life
Sweet and handsome
Soft and porky
You pig out 'til you've seen the light
Pig out 'til you've seen the light

Half the people read the papers
Read them good and well
Pretty people, nervous people
People have got to sell
News you have to sell

Look my eyes are just holograms
Look your love has drawn red from my hands
From my hands you know you'll never be
More than twist in my sobriety.”

[Citizen X]

Smokey Robinson wrote the words and music to the Temptations, “ My Girl,”
He knew how to create a magical combination of words. One of my favourite classic songs is “being with you,” by Smokey Robinson

“I don't care what they think of me
And I don't care what they say
I don't care what they think if you're leavin'
I'm gonna beg you to stay
I don't care if they start to avoid me
I don't care what they do
I don't care about anything else
But bein' with you
Bein' with you!
Honey, don't go, Don't leave this scene
Be out of the picture, And off of the screen
Don't let them say, We told you so
They tell me you love me, And then let me go
I heard the warning voice
From friends and my relations
They tell me all about your
Heart-break reputation
But I don't care what they think about me
And I don't care what they say, no
I don't care what they think if you're leavin'
I'm gonna beg you to stay
I don't care if they start to avoid me
I don't care what they do
I don't care about anything else
But being with you
Being with you
People can change they always do
Haven't they noticed the changes in you!
Or can it be that like love I am blind
Do I want it so much
'Til it's all in my mind!
One thing I know for sure
It's really, really, real
I never felt before
The way you make me feel"

I don't care about anything else
But being with you”

[Citizen X]

This song which was a famous club mix at the time is still engraved in my mind and heart:-
That’s the way love is: Ten City

“Two people take a vow to be together
and live and love each other forever.
They promise to love a lifetime
funny thing then they change their minds.
They both go their separate ways and love is just a memory.
But a young heart doesn't stay sad long another love soon comes along.
That's the way love is

Two people don't get along,
deep down inside both have feelings very strong

They try hard to conceal it.
Their hearts burn 'cause they both know they can feel it.

That's the way love is

Lovers leave without a reason
feelings change just like seasons.
In love nothing's for certain
There's no use in pretending what's behind the curtain.

No one knows how this feeling goes it's hard to believe

Even stranger to conceive. It's so gratifying love's feeling ain't no denying.
Yet it's so unfair when the feeling's no longer there."

[tec0]

When I properly hit a new low this song seems to remind me that getting up is never easy nor is life. It reminds me that our deities have ignored us for the most part or so it feels. It shows me that in order to continue you must put aside the ache in our hearts.

Lying may be frowned upon but sometimes it remains the only action. We have too because sometimes the truth is just too much. Perhaps the consequences would have been to great. Still in the end this song makes one wonder if there is anything left inside…

All the deals we had to make... All the "arrangements" that was made
Sometimes I think it is enough to put the devil to shame.

No Prayer For The Dying

There are times when I've wondered
And times when I've cried
When my prayers they were answered
At times when I've lied
But if you asked me a question
Would I tell you the truth
Now there's something to bet on
You've got nothing to lose

When I've sat by the window
And gazed at the rain
With an ache in my heart
But never feeling the pain
And if you would tell me
Just what my life means
Walking a long road
Never reaching the end

God give me the answer to my life
God give me the answer to my dreams
God give me the answer to my prayers
God give me the answer to my being

This complement the first song:

Fates Warning

Why is it some of us are destined to stay alive
And some of us are here just so that we'll die
How come the bullet hits the other guy
Do we have to try and reason why

Be it the Devil or be it Him
You can count on just one thing
When the time is up you'll know
Not just one power runs the show

Are we the lucky ones saved for another day
Or they the lucky ones who are taken away
Is it a hand on your shoulder from the Lord above
Or the Devil himself come to give you a shove.

A volcano erupts and sweeps a town away
A hurricane devastates the cities in its way
The grief and misery for the ones that are left behind
The worst is yet to come a hell to face mankind

My apologies if I sound a bit negative I had a horrible week…

[Citizen X]

Very deep and meaning Tec0, very meaningful indeed! Just Acknowledge HIM in all YOUR ways and I promise and guarantee you that HE will direct your path! It’s only because of His direct intervention in my life that I’m still alive and well today!
“Wake up in the morning and I ask myself, is life worth it, should I blast myself?” Tupac
“Rise up again fallen fighter, rise and take your stance again, because he who fight and run away live to fight another day! As a man sow, so shall he reap and I know that talk is cheap!” Bob Marley
A small note on the devil, I won’t glorify him by reciting the first alphabet of his name in capital letters! The very name satan that the Bible uses reveals this creatures malicious and culpable intent. Satan is actually a Hebrew noun which means ‘adversary,’ or enemy. The verb form of this Hebrew noun is ‘accuser,’ hence ‘accuser of the brethren,” devil is translated from a Greek word ‘diabolis,’ which translates as an accuser or slanderer...
You know, the greatest artists, songwriters , poets and singers expressed their ‘off days’ in poetic song!
"Help! The Beatles"
“Help, I need somebody
Help, not just anybody
Help, you know I need someone, help!

When I was younger so much younger than today
I never needed anybody's help in any way
But now these days are gone I'm not so self assured
Now I find I've changed my mind and opened up the doors

Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being round
Help me get my feet back on the ground
Won't you please, please help me

And now my life has changed in oh so many ways
My independence seems to vanish in the haze
But every now and then I feel so insecure)
I know that I just need you like I've never done before

Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being round
Help me get my feet back on the ground
Won't you please, please help me.”
"How” John Lennon
“How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing?
How can I go forward when I don't know which way to turn?
How can I go forward into something I'm not sure of?
Oh no, oh no
How can I have feeling when I don't know if it's a feeling?
How can I feel something if I just don't know how to feel?
How can I have feelings when my feelings have always been denied?


You know life can be long
And you got to be so strong
And the world is so tough
Sometimes I feel I've had enough

How can I give love when I don't know what it is I'm giving?
How can I give love when I just don't know how to give?
How can I give love when love is something I ain't never had?


You know life can be long
You've got to be so strong
And the world she is tough
Sometimes I feel I've had enough

How can we go forward when we don't know which way we're facing?
How can we go forward when we don't know which way to turn?
How can we go forward into something we're not sure of?”

[Citizen X]

There's some songs that almost take the words out of your mouth. It expresses exactly what you want to say in your individual situation. This song does just that for me!!

Two hearts: Phil Collins
“Well, there was no reason to believe she'd always be there
But if you don't put faith in what you believe in
It's getting you nowhere
Cos it hurts, you never let go
Don't look down, just look up
Cos she's always there behind you, just to remind you

Two hearts, living in just one mind
You know we're two hearts living in just one mind

Well, there's no easy way to, to understand it
There's so much of my life in her, and it's like I'm blinded
And it teaches you to never let go
There's so much love you'll never know
She can reach you no matter how far
Wherever you are

Two hearts, living in just one mind
Beating together till the end of time
You know we're two hearts living in just one mind
Together forever till the end of time

She knows (she knows)
There'll always be a special place in my heart for her
She knows, she knows, she knows
Yeah, she knows (she knows)
No matter how far apart we are
She knows, I'm always right there beside her

We're two hearts..”

[Citizen X]

Bruce Springsteen: The boss: Dancing in the dark
I’ve often had to take many shots in the dark! I love music that’s rich in methaphors and analogies. Take for example Marley’s ‘rock my boat,” “ for every little action, there is a reaction, oh can’t you see what you’ve done for me, I’m happy inside, all, all of the time,”
In one of Marley’s songs, he provides, “They say the sun shine for all, but I tell you that in some people’s world’s it don’t shine at all!” For many years I took this to mean that some people on this earth live comfortable lives financially, that is, they not struggling but in other peoples world’s they live miserable lives i.e. abject poverty. I was wrong all these many years! I revisited a book I bought many years ago “ catch a Fire: The life of Bob Marley: Timothy White.
What Marley meant when he said that the sun shines in some peoples world but not in other’s is simply this. Some people have God in their lives and therefore this prescence of God in their lives causes light and the sun to shine in their lives, whereas, in other peoples lives they don’t have God in their lives and therefore this light is not present and the sun doesn’t therefore shine in their lives.
I love this part of the song “dancing in the dark:”
“I'm sick of sitting 'round here trying to write this book
I need a love reaction
Come on now baby gimme just one look
You can't start a fire sitting round crying over a broken heart
This gun's for hire
Even if we're just dancing in the dark
You can't start a fire worrying about your little world falling apart”
“I get up in the evening
And I ain't got nothing to say
I come home in the morning
I go to bed feeling the same way
I ain't nothing but tired
Man I'm just tired and bored with myself
Hey there baby I could use just a little help! You can't start a fire
You can't start a fire without a spark
This gun's for hire
Even if we're just dancing in the dark
Message keeps getting clearer
Radio's on and I'm moving 'round the place
I check my look in the mirror
I wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face
Man I ain't getting nowhere just living in a dump like this
There's something happening somewhere
Baby I just know that there is
You can't start a fire
You can't start a fire without a spark
This gun's for hire
Even if we're just dancing in the dark
You sit around getting older
There's a joke here somewhere and it's on me
I'll shake this world off my shoulders
Come on baby the laugh's on me
Stay on the streets of this town
And they'll be carving you up all right
They say you gotta stay hungry
Hey baby I'm just about starving tonight
I'm dying for some action
I'm sick of sitting 'round here trying to write this book
I need a love reaction
Come on now baby gimme just one look
You can't start a fire sitting round crying over a broken heart
This gun's for hire
Even if we're just dancing in the dark
You can't start a fire worrying about your little world falling apart
This gun's for hire.”

[tec0]

For those who suffer silently pretending not to feel the many stings, this song rings more true. One feels weak sometimes one cannot even get out of bed but we know we have to… Not for ourselves but for those that we care about.

Masking the pain with a smile still deep down we know… It is for this reason why this song "Pale" From Within temptation is in a way comforting.

Pale

The world seems not the same
Though I know nothing has changed
It's all my state of mind
I can't leave it all behind
I have to stand up to be stronger

[Chorus:]

I have to try
To break free
From the thoughts in my mind
Use the time that I have
I can say goodbye
Have to make it right
Have to fight
'Cause I know in the end it's worthwhile
That the pain that I feel slowly fades away
It will be all right

I know
I should realize
Time is precious
It is worthwhile
Despite how I feel inside
Have to trust it'll be alright
Have to stand up to be stronger

[Chorus]

Oh, this night is too long
Have no strength to go on
No more pain I'm floating away

Through the mist I see the face
Of an angel, calls my name
I remember you're the reason I have to stay

[Chorus]

[Citizen X]

I love the song “ great pretender,” and It’s a kind of magic by Freddie Mercury. The song “It’s a kind of magic takes me back to when I was a kid in Standard 3 1983. The song “It’s a kind of magic, “ was the signature song for the movie “Highlander”

The Great Pretender lyrics queen

“Oh yes, I'm the great pretender, Pretend that I'm doing well
My need is such, I pretend too much, I'm lonely but no one can tell

Oh yes, I'm the great pretender
Adrift in a world of my own
I play the game but to my real shame
You've left me to dream all alone

Too real is this feeling of make-believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal

Oh yes, I'm the great pretender
Just laughing and gay like a clown
I seem to be what I'm not you see
I'm wearing my heart like a crown

Too real when i feel what my heart can't conceal

Oh yes, I'm the great pretender
Just laughing and gay like a clown
I seem to be what I'm not you see
I'm wearing my heart like a crown
Pretending that you're...
Pretending that you're still around.”

[Citizen X]

Flash light, Flash light Benjamim ball
Now, this song brings back the oddest memory! Myself vomiting on this chick in this nightclub and just going on as normal thereafter!
It was 1988 as it were, my friends and I went to a now defunct night club called “ harlem Shaffle,” There was these lounge suite kind of set ups, you could smoke cigarettes in the club. So, you’d sit in this lounge like set up , light up and just ash anywhere and put out your cigarette on the lounge suite itself. I vividly remember, one of my friends vomiting all his whisky out, we simply moved to the next lounge suite and continued as normal. For reasons unclear to me to this day, this cute chick comes and sits next to me, we have some form of conversation but that sudden uncontrollable urge to vomit occurred , so I done just that, but I vomited all over her. What happed next is more puzzling, my friends and I just got up and moved to the next lounge suite and continued as normal. This chick was lost in a few seconds of whisky unconsciousness!
Just reaching out to all those lovers who can’t find themselves you know!
“ It’s got me dancing on the floor, it’s got me crying out for more,
It’s the music! Reggae music, Rasta music!
Flash light, flash light, oh no, no, no, no
Flash light, flash light, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah
Flash light, flash light, Knock, knock, knock knock knock!
It’s got me bouncing on this floor, it’s got me dancing for more,
It’s me rocking for more, it’s the music and the sound!
And, this your music, reggae, strongest music, rasta music
Flasha flash light, flashlight my darling,
Flasha flash light, flashlight my sweetheart,
Flash light, flash light, oh no, no, no, no
Flash light, flash light, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah
Flash light, flash light, Knock, knock, knock knock knock!"