Old school music is cool!

[pmbguy]

A little presumptuous of you

You right there brother



Hell Vanash great song you posted above. I have not heard it in years. Thanks for going through the effort of taking down the lyrics “old school style”. You get a 10 out of 10 for effort, well done!

[vieome]

Favorite Carter song ..Patches

[vieome]

Roy C ... Dont blame the man another great song

[AndyD]

I saw Clarence Carter live in Brunswick Georgia in the late 80's, it was a surprisingly lively affair. If you don't get up and shake it at a Clarence Carter gig then you're never going to.

This is another guy I saw live by accident. He was performing on one of the stages at a festival in Staffordshire UK and I had no idea he was going to be there. Not sure if this a song that's already been featured in this thread but if so here it is again.

Edwin Starr - War

[Citizen X]

Engelbert Humperdinck: Quando, Quando, Quando:1962: Lyrics and Video

“Tell me when will you be mine
Tell me quando, quando, quando
We can share a love divine
Please don't make me wait again
When will you say yes to me
Tell me quando, quando, quando
You mean happiness to me
Oh, my love, please tell me when

Every moment's a day
Every day seems a lifetime
Let me show you the way
To a joy beyond compare

I can't wait a moment more
Tell me quando, quando, quando
Say it's me that you adore
And then darling, tell me when

Every moment's a day
Every day seems a lifetime
Let me show you the way
To a joy beyond compare

I can't wait a moment more
Tell me quando, quando, quando
Say it's me that you adore
And then darling, tell me when
Oh my darling, tell me when
My darling, tell me when.”


Video source[1]

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[1] Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=128LI6_4L-s. Accessed 22 November 2013

[pmbguy]

Humperdinck....Love it love it love it. This song reminds me of when my parents had dinner parties when I was youngster. They would dance the night away on songs like this. It has left a lasting impression on my musical taste.

Nice one Vanash!

[pmbguy]

To stay with this mood for a while... I give you the late great Frank Sinatra!

Fly me to the moon
Let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like
On a, Jupiter and Mars
In other words, hold my hand
In other words, baby, kiss me

Fill my heart with song
And let me sing for ever more
You are all I long for
All I worship and adore
In other words, please be true
In other words, I love you

Fill my heart with song
Let me sing for ever more
You are all I long for
All I worship and adore
In other words, please be true
In other words, in other words
I love you

Never skip a song by FRANK, it’s just downright inappropriate.

[rumblepages]

I like all kinds of music (just not hard rock). for the oldies, i like the music of Frank Sinatra

[pmbguy]

Hi there rumblepages from LA, tell us a bit about yourself...

[Citizen X]

Why boasteth thyself
Oh, evil men
Playing smart
And not being clever?
I said, you're working iniquity
To achieve vanity (if a-so a-so)
But the goodness of Jah, Jah
I-dureth for-I-ver
So if you are the big tree
We are the small axe
Ready to cut you down (well sharp)
To cut you down
These are the words
Of my master, keep on tellin' me
No weak heart
Shall prosper
And whosoever diggeth a pit
Shall fall in it, fall in it
And whosoever diggeth a pit
Shall fall in it (... fall in it)
If you are the big tree, let me tell you that
We are the small axe, sharp and ready
Ready to cut you down (well sharp)
To cut you down
(To cut you down)
(To cut you down)
These are the words
Of my master, tellin' me that
No weak heart
Shall prosper
And whosoever diggeth a pit
Shall fall in it, uh, bury in it
And whosoever diggeth a pit
Shall bury in it, uh (... bury in it)
If you are the big, big tree
We are the small axe
Ready to cut you down (well sharp)
To cut you down
If you are the big, big tree, let me tell you that
We are the small axe
Ready to cut you down (well sharp)
To cut you down
Sharpened ...

Bob Marley: Small Axe: 1973

“If you are the big tree, let me tell you that
We are the small axe, sharp and ready
Ready to cut you down (well sharp)
To cut you down”

“Did you Know,” that I did not get the following from a chappie wrapper?

Though I’ve been studying the life, music and philosophy of Bob Marley for many years, to date I still find amazing little things that I learn about his music.

I always liked the song ‘small axe.’ UB40 used the introduction of this song to their 1989 song: ‘Here I am Baby,’ when the song reaches climax, the entire band sing “ BOB, BOB, BOB, BOB, in order to pay homage to Bob Marley.
I read into this song that you were you the small guy in life, you could take on the big guy, a David v Goliath scenario.

This was partly true!

The real meaning behind this song was a simple innuendo by Bob Marley to “BIG TREE records(of his day),”


Big Tree Records



Versus

Bob Marley and The Wailers


“Why boasteth thyself
Oh, evil men
Playing smart
And not being clever?
I said, you're working iniquity
To achieve vanity (if a-so a-so)
But the goodness of Jah, Jah
I-dureth for-I-ver
So if you are the big tree
We are the small axe
Ready to cut you down (well sharp)
To cut you down
These are the words
Of my master, keep on tellin' me
No weak heart
Shall prosper
And whosoever diggeth a pit
Shall fall in it, fall in it
And whosoever diggeth a pit
Shall fall in it (... fall in it)
If you are the big tree, let me tell you that
We are the small axe, sharp and ready
Ready to cut you down (well sharp)
To cut you down
(To cut you down)
(To cut you down)
These are the words
Of my master, tellin' me that
No weak heart
Shall prosper
And whosoever diggeth a pit
Shall fall in it, uh, bury in it
And whosoever diggeth a pit
Shall bury in it, uh (... bury in it)
If you are the big, big tree
We are the small axe
Ready to cut you down (well sharp)
To cut you down
If you are the big, big tree, let me tell you that
We are the small axe
Ready to cut you down (well sharp)
To cut you down
Sharpened .”
Photo tree[1]
Axe photo[2]

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[1]http://www.google.co.za/imgres?imgurl=http://stuartnager.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/best-picture-gallery-nature-tree-angel-oak2-rasears-mod.jpg&imgrefurl=http://stuartnager.wordpress.com/2013/01/06/what-will-the-tree-be-a-picture-book-repost/&h=768&w=1024&sz=1076&tbnid=9LF_Zr8rpAGR_M:&tbnh=1 28&tbnw=170&zoom=1&usg=__3VP6o_kbiZE0CPxVhR40jaHtB PI=&docid=S1gywVXzCSckTM&sa=X&ei=jIyRUuK2GI6ihgeJx 4Eg&ved=0CDwQ9QEwCA. Accessed 24 November 2013

[2]http://www.google.co.za/imgres?imgurl=http://www.southernbelleviewdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/axe.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.southernbelleviewdaily.com/who-stole-the-axe/&h=2112&w=2816&sz=147&tbnid=Dx7XuFV7wm9OsM:&tbnh=1 13&tbnw=151&zoom=1&usg=__jaQOYs6k86n41Iw12jO5NZSq7 cU=&docid=Tc8HziClVGQ_wM&sa=X&ei=64yRUrnoNoHwhQfF9 IDQBA&ved=0CCoQ9QEwAA. Accessed 24 November 2013

[tec0]

Just a nice song.

WITHIN TEMPTATION "Lost" (Acoustic)

My hope is on fire
My dreams are for sale
I dance on a wire
I don't want to fail her

I walk against the stream
Far from what I believe in
I run towards towards the end
Trying not to give in

She's lost in the darkness
Fading away
I'm still around here
Screaming her name
She's haunting my dreamworld
Trying to survive
My heart is frozen
I'm losing my mind

Help me, I'm buried alive
Buried alive

I'm burning the bridges
And there's no return
I'm trying to reach her
I feel that she yearns

I walk against the stream
Far from what I believe in
I run towards towards the end
Trying not to give in

She's lost in the darkness
Fading away
I'm still around here
Screaming her name
She's haunting my dreamworld
Trying to survive
My heart is frozen
I'm losing my mind

Help me, I'm buried alive
Buried alive

I tried to revive what's already drowned
They think I'm a fool
Can't realise,
Hope plays a wicked game with the mind
'Cause I thought that love would bind
I cannot revive what's already drowned
She won't come around

She's lost in the darkness
Fading away
I'm still around here
Screaming her name
She's haunting my dreamworld
Trying to survive
My heart is frozen
I'm losing my mind

Help me, I'm buried alive
Buried alive

[Citizen X]

My hope is on fire
My dreams are for sale

“I got a grand piano to prop up my mortal remains!”

[pmbguy]

I just love this song! One of the truest and funniest songs I know

If your gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough

When you get knocked down you gotta get back up,
I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer but I know enough, to know,
If your gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough

I lit my brain with Rot-Gut whiskey
'Till all my pain was chicken fried
And I had dudes with badges frisk me
Teach me how to swallow pride

I took advice no fool would take
I got some habits I can't shake
I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I know enough to know
If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough

If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough
When you get knocked down, you gotta get back up
That's the way it is in life and love
If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough

I've been up and down and down and out
I've been left and right and wrong
Well I've walked the walk and I've run my mouth
I've been on the short end for too long

But if they gave medals for honky tonk wars
Hell, I'd keep mine in my chest of drawers
With my IRS bills and divorce papers and all that stuff
If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough

If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough
When you get knocked down, you gotta get back up
I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I know enough to know
If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough

If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough

[Citizen X]

Bob Marley:Crisis:Album: Kaya: 1978: Lyrics and Video

I’m a metaphysical thinker, I believe in ‘Kingdom come.’ When any song or poem refers to a higher power or God, I simply fuse my own meaning and understanding of God into that song or poem. My higher power is Jesus Christ

This particular Marley song is as emotional as a song can get, it speaks to one's heart..

Crisis

“They say the sun an-a shines for all,
But-a yin some people world, it never shine at all. Mm-mm-mm.
They say love is a stream that will find its course;
I mean - some-a people think life is a dream
So they making matters worse.

But no matter what the crisis is;
No matter what the crisis is:
Doin' it, doin' it, doin' your thing!
(Give Jah all the thanks and praises!)
Givin' it, givin' it, givin' it, givin' it!
(Give Jah all the thanks and praises!)

So - so - so much have been said, so little (been done) been done
They still killin' - killin' the people
And they - and they havin' (havin' their fun) - havin'-a - havin'-a lots of fun -
Killin' the people, oo-yoo! - (havin' fun) havin' their fun!
They just want to be the leader
In the house of the risin' sun.

But no matter what the crisis is;
Oh, no, oh, no no - no what the crisis is:
Do your - live it up, live it up, live it up, live it up!
(Give Jah all the thanks and praises!)


Live it up, live it up, live it up, live it up!
(Give Jah all the thanks and praises!)

They say the sun-un-un-un shines for all,
But-a yin some people world, it never shine at all!
They say love is a stream,
That will find its course, and every river runs to sea;
Some people still think life is a dream,
So they - so they makin' - makin' it worse.

No matter what the crisis is;
No matter what the crisis is:
Do it: live it up, live it up, live it up, live it up!
(Give Jah all the thanks and praises!)
Live it up, live it up, live it up, live it up!
(Give Jah all the thanks and praises!)
(Give Jah all the thanks and praises!)
His mercies endureth for ever, yeah!
(Give Jah all the thanks and praises!)
Oh, children, come on, and give Jah -
(Give Jah all the thanks and praises!)
Children, come on, and give Jah -
(Give Jah all the thanks and praises!).”

Album cover[1]
Video source[2]

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[1]Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaya_(album). Accessed 16 December 2013


[2]Youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq6X7hLhsmo. Accessed 16 December 2013

[tec0]

This song has a hidden meaning for some

Evanescence "Bring Me To Life"
(feat. Paul McCoy)

How can you see into my eyes like open doors?
Leading you down into my core where I’ve become so numb
Without a soul my spirit's sleeping somewhere cold
Until you find it there and lead it back home

(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can’t wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake me up)
Bid my blood to run
(I can’t wake up)
Before I come undone
(Save me)
Save me from the nothing I’ve become

Now that I know what I’m without
You can't just leave me
Breathe into me and make me real
Bring me to life

(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can’t wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake me up)
Bid my blood to run
(I can’t wake up)
Before I come undone
(Save me)
Save me from the nothing I’ve become

Bring me to life
(I've been living a lie, there's nothing inside)
Bring me to life

Frozen inside without your touch
Without your love, darling
Only you are the life among the dead

All this time I can't believe I couldn't see
Kept in the dark but you were there in front of me
I’ve been sleeping a thousand years it seems
Got to open my eyes to everything
Without a thought, without a voice, without a soul
Don't let me die here
There must be something more
Bring me to life

(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can’t wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake me up)
Bid my blood to run
(I can’t wake up)
Before I come undone
(Save me)
Save me from the nothing I’ve become

(Bring me to life)
I’ve been living a lie, there’s nothing inside
(Bring me to life)

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