Old school music is cool!

[AndyD]

Well thought I'd kick off the Christmas offerings with this one;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrAwK9juhhY

One of my all time fave Irish bands, this particular song has lots of great but sad memories for me, it was a benchmark song from my youth and unfortunately like Kirsty MacColl most of the friends I associate with this track are no longer with us.

Pogues – Fairytale Of New York
Songwriters: FINER, JEREMY MAX / MACGOWAN, SHANE PATRICK LYSAGHT
It was christmas eve babe
In the drunk tank
An old man said to me: won't see another one
And then they sang a song
The rare old mountain dew
I turned my face away and dreamed about you
Got on a lucky one
Came in eighteen to one
I´ve got a feeling
This year´s for me and you
So happy christmas
I love you baby
I can see a better time
Where all our dreams come true.

They got cars big as bars
They got rivers of gold
But the wind goes right through you
It´s no place for the old
When you first took my hand on a cold christmas eve
You promised me broadway was waiting for me
You were handsome you were pretty
Queen of new york city when the band finished playing they yelled out for more
Sinatra was swinging all the drunks they were singing
We kissed on a corner
Then danced through the night.

And the boys from the NYPD choir were singing Galway Bay
And the bells were ringing out for christmas day.

You´re a bum you´re a punk
You´re an old slut on junk
Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
You scumbag you maggot
You cheap lousy faggot
Happy christmas your arse I pray god it´s our last.

And the boys of the NYPD choir's still singing Galway Bay
And the bells were ringing out
For christmas day.

I could have been someone
Well so could anyone
You took my dreams from me
When I first found you
I kept them with me babe
I put them with my own
Can´t make it out alone
I´ve built my dreams around you

And the boys of the NYPD choir's still singing Galway Bay
And the bells are ringing out
For christmas day.

[Citizen X]

John Lennon and Yoko Ono: Happy Xmas(The War is over):1971: Lyrics and Video




The tragic thing about Christmas is that the vast majority of reputable Biblical Scholars this globe over will tell you that Jesus Christ was not born on 25 December! This is irrefutable!

Indeed, my Lord and Saviour was born, but just not on 25 December.

Christmas is a nice HOLIDAY but most definitely not a HOLY DAY
The further tragedy is that so many millions of people this globe over are miserable during this time for countless reasons such as poverty, unemployment, illness etc.

This song has a calming effect on me…

“(Happy Xmas Kyoko
Happy Xmas Julian)

So this is Xmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so this is Xmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young
A very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
And so this is Xmas (war is over)
For weak and for strong (if you want it)
For rich and the poor ones (war is over)
The world is so wrong (if you want it)
And so happy Xmas (war is over)
For black and for white (if you want it)
For yellow and red ones (war is over)
Let's stop all the fight (now)
A very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
And so this is Xmas (war is over)
And what have we done (if you want it)
Another year over (war is over)
A new one just begun (if you want it)
And so happy Xmas (war is over)
We hope you have fun (if you want it)
The near and the dear one (war is over)
The old and the young (now)
A very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
War is over, if you want it
War is over now
Happy Xmas.”


Album cover[1]

Video source[2]

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[1] Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Xmas_(War_Is_Over). Accessed 21 December 2013

[2] Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN4Uu0OlmTg. Accessed 21 December 2013

[tec0]

This song is very important to me. I recommend you watch it twice.

[Citizen X]

Boney M: By The Rivers of Babylon:1978: Lyrics, Video and History

I'm a Christian by fate, an evangelist by heart and one who has a deep respect for all fates and all people [My higher power is therefore Jesus Christ]. This doesn’t preclude me from researching other religions with similarities. It doesn’t preclude me from respecting other religions, in fact it calls upon me to respect everyone[I often fail dismally here].
You have your holy book and I have mine, nothing wrong there!
The history of this song is fascinating...

This is a song that most of you will recognize, it was first written and sung by Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of the Melodians in 1972, Boney M later made the song famous. Personally I prefer the version by Jimmy Cliff; The song is based on Psalm 137, it expresses the mood if you will of the Jewish people who were in exile following the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem in 586BC. ‘The rivers of Babylon are the Euphrates River, its tributaries, and the Chebar River. The song also has words from Psalm 19:14.’ Psalm 19:14(NIV) reads, “May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight.”
The modern day Church will often wrongly utilize ‘Zion’ interchangeably with ‘The Church’ [This is misplaced and incorrect], Zion was, is and will always be Israel!
So Babylon has multiple meanings: Firstly, it’s historical meaning is the ancient Biblical city of Babylon, secondly, Rastafarians and many other use ‘Babylon,’ to refer to any world system.
In an interview conducted with Bob Marley somewhere in the 70’s, the interviewer puts it to Bob: “ The fruits of Babylon so to speak, to build up any organisation..’
Bob interrupts him and says: “Fruits of Babylon, the fruits of Babylon, Babylon no have no fruits!”
“In the Rastafarian faith, the term "Babylon" is used for any governmental system which is either oppressive or unjust. In Jamaica, Rastafarians also use "Babylon" to refer to the police, often seen as a source of oppression because they arrest members for the use of marijuana (which is sacramental for Rastafarians). Therefore, "By the rivers of Babylon" refers to living in a repressive society and the longing for freedom, just like the Israelites in captivity. Rastafarians also identify themselves as belonging to the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The original version specifically refers to Rastafarian belief in Haile Selassie, by changing references to "the Lord" in the Biblical text to "Far-I" and "King Alpha". Both terms refer to Selassie (Selassie's wife Menen Asfaw is known as Queen Omega).^[3] In addition, the term "the wicked" replaces the neutral "they" of Psalm 137 in the line "they that carried us away captive required of us a song..”[1]

“By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down
Ye-eah we wept, when we remembered zion.

By the rivers of babylon, there we sat down
Ye-eah we wept, when we remembered zion.

When the wicked
Carried us away in captivity
Required from us a song
Now how shall we sing the Lords song in a strange land

When the wicked
Carried us away in captivity
Requiering of us a song
Now how shall we sing the lords song in a strange land


Let the words of our mouth and the meditations of our heart
Be acceptable in thy sight here tonight

Let the words of our mouth and the meditation of our hearts
Be acceptable in thy sight here tonight

By the rivers of babylon, there we sat down
Ye-eah we wept, when we remembered zion.

By the rivers of babylon, there we sat down
Ye-eah we wept, when we remembered zion.

By the rivers of babylon (dark tears of babylon)
There we sat down (you got to sing a song)
Ye-eah we wept, (sing a song of love)
When we remember zion. (yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)

By the rivers of babylon (rough bits of babylon)
There we sat down (you hear the people cry)
Ye-eah we wept, (they need their God)
When we remember zion. (ooh, have the power)”

Video source[2]

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[1]Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivers_of_Babylon. Accessed 22 December 2013

[2]Wikipedia:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGyfxOCYvtM.Accessed 22 December 2013

[Citizen X]

This song is very important to me. I recommend you watch it twice.

Why indeed?

“Why do we sit around and
Break each other’s hearts tonight,
Why do we dance around?
The issues till the morning light,
When we sit and talk and
Tear each other’s lives apart,
You were the one to tell me go,
But you were the one for me
And now you’re going through the door
When you take that step
I love you baby more and more
We need to laugh and sing and cry
And warm each other’s hearts tonight,
Observing the fun of everything
And loving all of mother God,


Tearing us, you’re tearing us,

Your breaking us, you’re breaking us,
You’re killing us, killing us,
You’re saving us, you’re saving us,
You’re tearing us, you’re tearing us,
You’re breaking us, breaking us,
You’re killing us, killing us,
You’re saving us,


Why do we sit around and

Break each other’s hearts tonight,
Why do we dance around?
The issues till the morning light,
When we sit and talk and
Tear each other’s lives apart,
You were the one to tell me go,
But you were the one for me
And now you’re going through the door
When you take that step
I love you baby more and more
We need to laugh and sing and cry
And warm each other’s hearts tonight,
Observing the fun of everything
And loving all of mother God,


Tearing us, you’re tearing us,

You’re breaking us, you’re breaking us,
You’re killing us, killing us,
You’re saving us, you’re saving us,
You’re tearing us, you’re tearing us,
You’re breaking us, breaking us,
You’re killing us, killing us,
You’re saving us,


Forever alive, forever alive, forever, forever,

Forever alive, forever alive, forever,
Never and ever again,


You’re tearing us, you’re tearing us,

You’re breaking us, you’re breaking us,
You’re killing us, killing us,
You’re saving us, you’re saving us,
You’re tearing us, you’re tearing us,
You’re breaking us, breaking us,
You’re killing us, killing us,
You’re saving us,
Forever alive, forever alive, forever, forever,
Forever alive, forever alive, forever,
Never and ever again.”

[Blurock]

This is the most beautiful song ever written.

May you all have a blessed and peaceful Christmas.

[Citizen X]

PinkFloyd: Another Brick In the Wall Part 3: 1978: Lyrics and original Video

“I don't need no arms around me
I don't need no drugs to calm me
I have seen the writing on the wall
Don't think I need anything at all
No don't think I'll need anything at all
All in all it was all just bricks in the wall
All in all you were just bricks in the wall”

Album cover[1]
Video source[2]

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[1]Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall. Accessed 27 December 2013

[2] Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbh_k5GLRuQ.Accessed 27 December 2013

[tec0]

P.O.D "I'll Be Ready"

I gotta keep on movin'
I see dem comin' down hollywood blvd
And they won't stop until dem find me
No time to hide, I just keep ridin' on.
I'm ridin'on...

When babylon come for I
'jah know I'll be ready
When the wicked man come for I
'jah know I'll be ready
When babylon come for I

I'm in the fire out here strugglin'
Rollin' down the sunset strip
Lord it's getting hard but I'm trying
So please forgive me but I'm hustlin' on
I'm hustlin' on...

[Citizen X]

The secret to music success from a rudimentary perspective!

Now, you could work towards a master degree in music, which is indeed commendable, but it’s no guarantee of you releasing an album that millions will buy and still millions will listen to decades after its original release date!

Heres that grassroots, rudimentary secret…

“This is my story you know, my story! Some people got nothing, some people got hope and dreams. We couldn’t afford to buy records so we listened to the radio and anything that the radio played is that to the ear. I was into , you know, like call it spiritual music, you know, it couldn’t get more revolutionised than that. We called our selves the ‘wailing wailers,’ cause we cried so much in our lives.

The way we were was poor living in Trench Town, I grabbed my acoustic guitar. We done our thing in our yard, you know, we smoked a romantic and everyone was there and we start playing, everyone influenced and communicated to us. Even a stranger, and him tell you, “ Sing it this way, put this word to it,” You know, it’s like a people’s music. We come together about 1960, at that time, we used to have one track, you know everything mixed and recorded one time and that it! “ Bob Marley
“One thing about music when it hit you it make you feel okay!” Bob Marley

Concerned about stage fright???

Practice in a cemetery at 2am! Bob Marley and the Wailers done so for years!

“We rehearsed for about two years, we go sing at a park downtown for the people, we go sing at ‘Back o Wall,’ for the Rastaman, we even go sing at the May Pen Cemetry for the Duppy dem( A Duppy,’ is an evil spirit or ghost).
His policy was that some stars get afraid or nervous when they get up on stage, so he said that if we went to the cemetery at say 2 0 clock in the morning and sang for these people then we can’t be afraid when we hit the stage, we went sat on the grave, played and several times we do it, until we thought we were brave enough to do it!” Neville ‘Bunny,’ Livingston 2012
Source[1]



Photo source

http://www.google.co.za/imgres?newwindow=1&sa=X&tbm=isch&tbnid=BIzL3nAnwSt_XM:&imgrefurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/airborneshodan/sets/72157625189444381/detail/&docid=1TQw6X-FH_GEqM&imgurl=http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1173/5144828906_121a5d7209_z.jpg&w=640&h=480&ei=0mLBUvKHB6rA7AaA1oHACA&zoom=1&biw=1024&bih=531&iact=rc&dur=203&page=2&tbnh=151&tbnw=198&start=14&ndsp=5&ved=1t:429,r:15,s:0,i:123&tx=136&ty=46

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[1]Youtube: Marley Full Movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWhUXqxA6uY. Accessed 30 December 2013


Bob Marley: Put it On:1973: Lyrics


“Feel them spirit
Feel them spirit
Feel them spirit
Lord, I thank you
Lord, I thank you

Feel alright now
Feel alright now
Feel alright now
Lord, I thank you
Lord, I thank you

I'm gonna put it on, I put it on already
I'm gonna put it on, and it was steady
I'm gonna put it on, put it on again
Good Lord, help me
Good Lord, help me

I'm not boastin'
I'm not boastin'
I'm not boastin'
Feel like toastin'
Feel like toastin'

I rule my destiny, yeah
I rule my destiny
I rule my destiny
Lord, I thank you, yeah
Lord, I thank you

No more cryin'
No more cryin'
No more cryin'
Good Lord, hear me
Good Lord .”
Album cover[1]

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[1] Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnin'...Wailers_album). Accessed 30 December 2013

[Citizen X]

Bob Marley: Catch a fire:1973: Lyrics and Original Video







Just for the love of the genre of reggae and nothing further…

I have a thing for album covers. ‘Catch A Fire,’ had two album covers, the first more rare and collectable than the second. The first was fashioned in the form of a Zippo lighter.

I can clearly remember a very specific Zippo Lighter with the inscription: "Success now and forever"
“You know it was tough, Kinston was like that. A lot of people don’t know, but Bob, me, we went to bed hungry a lot. I mean really hungry. I don’t mean that you had a piece of something, I mean nothing, one of the famous lines was ‘drink some water and go to bed.’ You might have had one pair of shoes, one suit of clothes. That kind of suffering and struggling can make you either go good or bad” Desi Smith.[1]

“Slave driver, the table is turn; (catch a fire)
Catch a fire, so you can get burn, now. (catch a fire)
Slave driver, the table is turn; (catch a fire)
Catch a fire: gonna get burn. (catch a fire) Wo, now!

Every time I hear the crack of a whip,
My blood runs cold.
I remember on the slave ship,
How they brutalize the very souls.
Today they say that we are free,
Only to be chained in poverty.
Good God, I think it's illiteracy;
It's only a machine that makes money.
Slave driver, the table is turn, y'all. Ooh-ooh-oo-ooh.

Slave driver, uh! The table is turn, baby, now; (catch a fire)
Catch a fire, so you can get burn, baby, now. (catch a fire)
Slave driver, the table is turn, y'all; (catch a fire)
Catch a fire: so you can get burn, now. (catch a fire)

Every time I hear the crack of a whip,
My blood runs cold.
I remember on the slave ship,
How they brutalize the very soul.

O God, have mercy on our souls!
Oh, slave driver, the table is turn, y'all; (catch a fire)
Catch a fire, so you can get burn. (catch a fire)
Slave driver, the table is turn, y'all; (catch a fire).”
Album covers[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_a_Fire
Marley Full Movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWhUXqxA6uY. Accessed 31 December 2013

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[1]Youtube:Marley Full Movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWhUXqxA6uY. Accessed 31 December 2013


[2]Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_a_Fire. Accessed 31 December 2013

[Citizen X]

Bob Marley and his love affair with Miss World 1976 Cynthia Breakspeare


The grassroots guy always gets the lovely chic!


Bob Marley and Cynthia Breakspeare dated in the late 70’s and a child Damian Junior Gong Marley[a superstar himself] was born out of this relationship.

“Bob liked achievement. I don’t know a man in the world who doesn’t want to get the ‘girl!’”[1]

It’s written in legend that Bob Marley wrote the song ‘waiting in vain,’ especially for Cynthia Breakspeare.









Bob Marley: Waiting in Vain:1976: Lyrics and original Video

“1, 2, 3:
I don't wanna wait in vain for your love;
I don't wanna wait in vain for your love.
From the very first time I rest my eyes on you, girl,
My heart says follow t'rough.
But I know, now, that I'm way down on your line,
But the waitin' feel is fine:
So don't treat me like a puppet on a string,
'Cause I know I have to do my thing.
Don't talk to me as if you think I'm dumb;
I wanna know when you're gonna come - soon.
I don't wanna wait in vain for your love;
I don't wanna wait in vain for your love;
I don't wanna wait in vain for your love,
'Cause if summer is here,
I'm still waiting there;
Winter is here,
And I'm still waiting there.


Like I said:
It's been three years since I'm knockin' on your door,
And I still can knock some more:
Ooh girl, ooh girl, is it feasible?
I wanna know now, for I to knock some more.
Ya see, in life I know there's lots of grief,
But your love is my relief:
Tears in my eyes burn - tears in my eyes burn
While I'm waiting - while I'm waiting for my turn,
See!
I don't wanna wait in vain for your love;
I don't wanna wait in vain for your love;
I don't wanna wait in vain for your love;
I don't wanna wait in vain for your love;
I don't wanna wait in vain for your love, oh!
I don't wanna - I don't wanna - I don't wanna - I don't wanna -
I don't wanna wait in vain.
I don't wanna - I don't wanna - I don't wanna - I don't wanna -
I don't wanna wait in vain.
No, I don't wanna (I don't wanna - I don't wanna - I don't wanna -
I don't wanna - I don't wanna wait in vain) -
No I - no I (I don't wanna - I don't wanna - I don't wanna - I don't
wanna - I don't wanna wait in vain) -
No, no-no, I, no, I (I don't wanna - I don't wanna - I don't wanna -
I don't wanna - I don't wanna wait in vain) -
It's your love that I'm waiting on (I don't wanna - I don't wanna -
I don't wanna - I don't wanna - I don't wanna wait in vain);
It's me love that you're running from.
It's Jah love that I'm waiting on (I don't wanna - I don't wanna -
I don't wanna - I don't wanna - I don't wanna wait in vain);
It's me love that you're running from.”
Photos[2]
Album cover[3]

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[1] Marley Full Movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWhUXqxA6uY. Accessed 1 January 2014


[2]http://www.google.co.za/imgres?imgur...=768&w=1024&sz= accessed 1 January 2014

[3]Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exodus_...Wailers_album)accessed 1 January 2014

[Citizen X]

In 2014 I realize that I still have a love affair with reggae music, 80’s classics and bubble-gum pop in general. I guess I’m really into “silly love songs!” I find that some of the most rugged musical characters of all time wrote silly love songs and were very proud of that fact.

Bob Marley wrote and sang a silly love song called ‘Turn Me loose,’ with bubble-gum lyrics. I honestly don’t know who he wrote this particular song for but she must have being taken back, must have..

“You'd think that people would have
Had enough of silly love songs
But I look around me and I see it isn't so!
Some people wanna fill the world
With silly love songs

And what's wrong with that?
I'd like to know
'Cause here I go again.” Sir Paul McCartney



Bob Marley: Turn Me Loose: Lyrics and Video

In this context, the ‘high,’ Marley describes is clearly true love, the lyrics themselves bear testament to this!

I especially like his logic in the following lines of this song:
“I'll be the picture,
You can be the show.
From the screen our love will glow.
You got your love, I got mine.
Put them together and they'll work fine.”

“Feeling so high,
I'm floating in the sky.
Feeling so high,
I'm floating in the sky.

So come and turn me loose,
Ain't got no time to lose.
Chasing a wild goose,
Feeling groovy.
Let's make our home movie.

I'll be the picture,
You can be the show.
From the screen our love will glow.
You got your love, I got mine.
Put them together and they'll work fine.

Ease this pain of mine
Ease this pain of mine
Ease this pain of mine
And turn me loose.

I'll be the picture,
You can be the show.
And on the screen our love will glow.
You got your love, I got mine.
Put them together and they'll work fine.

Turn me loose, ain't got no time.
Chasing a wild goose.
Feeling so high, I wanna touch your sky.”



Video source[1]

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[1] Youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foj646C8sGA. Accessed 2 January 2014

[Citizen X]

Everly Brothers: All I have to do is dream: 1958: Lyrics and original Video



In memory of Phil Everly 19 January 1939 to 3 January 2014

I know a thing or two about constantly dreaming of this ‘Princess,’ and her 'lips of wine,'..Nederburg Rose..

“Dream, dream, dream, dream
Dream, dream, dream, dream
When I want you in my arms
When I want you and all your charms
Whenever I want you, all I have to do is
Dream, dream, dream, dream
When I feel blue in the night
And I need you to hold me tight
Whenever I want you, all I have to do is
Dream
I can make you mine, taste your lips of wine
Anytime night or day
Only trouble is, gee whiz
I’m dreaming my life away
I need you so that I could die
I love you so and that is why
Whenever I want you, all I have to do is
Dream, dream, dream, dream, dream
I can make you mine, taste your lips of wine
Anytime night or day
Only trouble is, gee whiz
I’m dreaming my life away
I need you so that I could die
I love you so and that is why
Whenever I want you, all I have to do is
Dream, dream, dream, dream
Dream, dream, dream, dream.”
Photo source[1]
Video source[2]

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[1] Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Everly_Brothers. Accessed 4 January 2014



[2] Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxWZT0PXkGg. Accessed 4 January 2014

[Trickzta]

The first guitarist to record the electric guitar as an unique instrument and to (imho) lay the cornerstone of Rock and R'n'Roll sound.

The 'Power Chord' changed musical perceptions forever. (opinion)

As an American Indian he defied all odds and sparked a worldwide interest in his style and feeling with an instrumental hit.

The song was banned in places for promoting or inducing drug taking. Or something equally silly.

There are no lyrics!

Maybe Link Wray had a linkway to plant suggestions in the minds of people, like those who banned it, by distorting notes and sounds?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjBS...e_gdata_player link wraY

Another Link, Unchain my Heart, and pass the spliff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RDS-mVMrXM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Hope you enjoy this.

[Blurock]

Vanash, this one is for you. Pure bubblegum! Other bubble gum numbers that come to mind is Sugar Sugar by the Archies, Chewy Chewy, Little Willy...