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RAV TUX
May 19th, 2006, 08:38 PM
"...life is a sleazy stranger
who looks vaguely familiar
flirting with a bimbo named disaster
at the end of the bar..."

million you never made
ani difranco
not a pretty girl- 1995

Stormy Eyes
May 19th, 2006, 08:43 PM
You wanna know where legends live?
At the rainbow's end I’ll be there
There’s a place in inner space
That’s where I'll get to you
I’m not the shy retiring kind
Like a supernova for the blind
I used to sit at God's right hand
But I quit that show to do my one night stands

Coming out the nowhere I'm a Godhead rider...

[chorus:]
You won’t see my face no more
My machine has left the floor
Leave my rivals in the dirt
I've seen your world and I got the shirt
Before I leave and go my way
I've loved it but I couldn’t stay
There’s nothing left for you to feel
Just remember me...

Bruce Dickinson: "Devil on a Hog"

RAV TUX
May 19th, 2006, 08:51 PM
"By the waters, the waters of Babylon
We lay down and wept, and wept, for thee Zion
We remember thee, remember thee, remember thee Zion"


Artist: Don Mclean
Song: Babylon
Album: The Best Of Don Mclean

Biltong (Dee)
May 19th, 2006, 08:56 PM
Out of the way, it's a busy day
I've got things on my mind
for want of the price of tea and a slice
the old man died.

Us and them - Pink Floyd's Dark side of the Moon

Stormy Eyes
May 19th, 2006, 08:58 PM
I used to trust the media
to tell me the truth, that was the truth
But now I see the payoffs everywhere I look
Who do you trust when everyone's a crook?

Queensryche: "Revolution Calling"

RAV TUX
May 19th, 2006, 09:09 PM
I've got a little red bow
And I bought it for you
'Cause I know you're not fair
I don't get it, oh well
And you color my skin
And the colors don't blend
'Cause I'm gonna get you
And your little dog too
There's a yellow brick road
That we follow back home
'Cause I know you can't wait
Your belligerent hate
There's no place like home
There's no place like home
Like home

"Home"
Saturate
BREAKING BENJAMIN

Rotarychainsaw
May 19th, 2006, 09:51 PM
In the courtroom of honor, the judge pounded his gavel
To show that all's equal and that the courts are on the level
And that the strings in the books ain't pulled and persuaded
And that even the nobles get properly handled
Once that the cops have chased after and caught 'em
And that the ladder of law has no top and no bottom,
Stared at the person who killed for no reason
Who just happened to be feelin' that way without warnin'.
And he spoke through his cloak, most deep and distinguished,
And handed out strongly, for penalty and repentance,
William Zanzinger with a six-month sentence.

Oh, but you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears,
Bury the rag deep in your face
For now's the time for your tears.

- Bob dylan -The lonesome death of hattie caroll

Brynster
May 19th, 2006, 09:53 PM
Into my life you where injected
Not something that i expected
Now i smile from your effections
We have made a soul connection
Just for whom does your bell toll
I need to know show me your soul


Show me your soul
Red hot chili peppers

back story. it was the tune i fell in love with my wife listening too. We had been friends for many years then one day we looked at each other, birds sang the sun shone and we suddenly unexpectedly wanted to spend forever together.

matthew
May 19th, 2006, 10:34 PM
Well...I'm a musician and I could probably think of several dozen (hundred?) songs I love that have real meaning for me--from a huge variety of sources. I like everything from Hymns to Gospel to Blues and Rock, Hard Rock and Heavy Metal. What matters to me is the quality of the musicianship and the soul, whether I feel like I'm being communicated with or whether someone's trying to sell me something. Anyway, based on who I am today these two came to mind immediately. If the thread continues I may add more later depending on my mood. :) Who knows? I may quote anyone from Ozzy to John Newton.

----
Mercy by Glenn Kaiser Band

mercy came calling today,
God knows i needed to see her
courage left me out in the lane,
beat up and runnin' without her
she told me sit down, you made a mess of things
she was right
she said, you got to slow down,
don' need ta stay out all night
mercy
mercy reached out,
put her arms around me
kissed me and seemed at home
i said don't leave me, looked in her eyes
she knows who i am an' knows what i done
mercy came callin' today an'
i think it's the only way
i can sleep easy, or even sleep at all
mercy came singing tonight,
she called me out to dance
her sweet grace brought me delight,
it's so much more than romance
she took me right to it,
i didn't think i could do it
that old dragon's gone, mercy slew it
oh mercy put her arms around me,
kissed me, she seemed at home
i said don't leave me, i looked in her eyes,
she knows who i am an' she knows what i done
she forgives but she doesn't deceive me
oh mercy don't leave me
the radio here by my bed doesn't ring anymore in my head
mercy!
mercy came callin' today,
God knows i needed to see her
she came callin' today,
God knows i needed to see her
callin' today, oh callin' today,
mercy came callin' today
----
If I Can Help Somebody by Mahalia Jackson

If I can help somebody
As I travel along
If I can help somebody
With a word or song
If I can help somebody
From doing wrong
My living shall not be in vain.

My living shall not be in vain
My living shall not be in vain
If I can help somebody
While I'm singing this song
My living shall not be in vain.

cstudent
May 19th, 2006, 11:24 PM
Well, you all are probably going to get sued now by the RIAA. Better watch your backs.



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Compucore
May 20th, 2006, 12:12 AM
I don't know why. But somehow I am always attracted to Acapella music over here. One actually came off of a show that was on TV there. And there was a software game way back when as well. Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego.

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
**************************************
Sean Altman & David Yazbek
Arrangement: David Yazbek, Sean Altman & Bill Straus
Lead Vocal: Kevin Wright & Scott Leonard

Well she sneaks around the world from Kiev to Carolina
She's a sticky-fingered filcher from Berlin down to Belize
She'll take you for a ride on a slow boat to China
Tell me, where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?

Steal their Seoul in South Korea, make Antarctica cry 'Uncle,'
From the Red Sea to Greenland they'll be singing the blues
Well, they never Arkansas her steal the Mekong from the jungle
Tell me, where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?

She goes from Nashville to Norway, Bonaire to Zimbabwe,
Chicago to Czechoslovakia* and back!

Well, she'll ransack Pakistan and run a scam in Scandinavia,
Then she'll stick 'em up Down Under and go pick-pocket Perth
She put the Miss in misdemeanor when she stole the beans from Lima
Tell me, where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?

Oh, tell me, where in the world is...tell me, where can she be?
Botswana to Thailand, Milan via Amsterdam, Mali to Bali, Ohio, Oahu!

Well she glides around the globe, and she'll flim-flam every nation
She's a double-dealing diva with a taste for thievery
Her itinerary's loaded up with moving violations
Tell me, where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?

* In concert, Rockapella sings this as "Czech and Slovakia"

Compucore

rado_london
May 20th, 2006, 01:00 AM
Prodigy - Diesel power:


Yo, I used to check out lyrics upon the format


Build with skill with technique. Computer A-DAT




My lyrical form is clouds on your brainstorm


I get hyped think thought flow. Acrobat, sink the track, pump
the track




Dance missions,clubs like spores react by. Strong visions


And hurrying more. Reflects on the dancefloor




Flow it up and having now people showing up


Packing crowds jam packed venues


Needles collapse, while atmosphere continues




Sprinkle that,


Winnin' like that, movin'like that, hittin' like that


The melody is phat




Yeah, I'm on the energy source


The cosmic force


With Prodigy


Kicking astrology


My intellect's the power




With Diesel Power


Blows your mind drastically, fantastically


Blows your mind drastically, fantastically


Blows your mind drastically, fantastically


Blows your mind drastically, fanta..




We spin back rewind. Diesel Power


Blows your mind drastically, fantasically




It has to be, automatically


Check it out. You better work it out


Change to another bug




My techniques, strategies, abilities.


I leave cords of mikes hanging like Spring Lees




You would try so fast. Beyond the human eye


Lyrical tactics, vocal gymnastics




E's and pepped up


You get swept up


Smacked up, backed up, your crew's all cracked up




Checking flow


Quick choose quick


You can't stick


My medical brain's a stranger's angles




You get tangled. Twisting side effects us


Channels repeat, complete. Can't compete




Check that our texture


Mind adventure


Exploit the point


It attracts to devour


My intellectual seed






With diesel power


Blows your mind drastically, fantastically


Blows your mind drastically, fantastically


Blows your mind drastically, fantastically


Blows your mind drastically, fanta...




Back attack


And wack patch you're faxing me


You don't want none




High quality acts should be still standing


Damaging your other manic


Quick reverse




Bolting as the first verse


My amplifier blows on your world's higher


World's sire




Cuts like a barbed wire


Record player


I pull up on you every day


Fast forward


I move And I swings forward




Exit load


Put your brain in right mode


Selected mix




The man with perfected fix has lightly bite me


Copy zimmer. Cops' handblocks


You can't knocks some out there




I've been lifting,shifting, persisting


Intelligent kingpin


Keep the strategy


As I roll with Prodigy






With Diesel Power


Blows your mind drastically, fantastically


Blows your mind drastically, fantastically


Blows your mind drastically, fantastically


Blows your mind drastically, fanta...




Mono 706


8073421


Robot sonic




Blows your mind drastically, fantastically


Blows your mind drastically, fantastically


Blows your mind drastically, fantastically


Blows your mind drastically, fantastically

Stormy Eyes
May 20th, 2006, 01:02 AM
Well, you all are probably going to get sued now by the RIAA. Better watch your backs.

If Bruce Dickinson objects to my quoting his lyrics and attributing them, then we can settle it like gentlemen. En garde!

BWF89
May 20th, 2006, 01:16 AM
"Run, rabbit run.
Dig that hole, forget the sun,
And when at last the work is done
Don't sit down it's time to dig another one."

Pink Floyd
Dark Side of the Moon
Breathe

ComplexNumber
May 20th, 2006, 01:37 AM
BWF89
breathe(& breathe reprise) is one of my fave pink floyds. i don't know why, but i always get a tingle down my spine when i hear this from breathe reprise:


Far away across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spells.
it sort of reminds me of far away places, forbidden things, hidden forces, and the unknown. its quite poetic, i think. quite beautiful and flowing.

one of my favourite bands of all time - joy division. ian curtis couldn't sing a single note on tune. their technical ability was barely above amateur. but when you put the whole thing together, it was simply brilliant, with more creativity, feeling, and invention packed into any one of their songs than all the boy/girl bands of today and yesteryear all put together.

New dawn fades - Joy division

A change of speed, a change of style.
A change of scene, with no regrets,
A chance to watch, admire the distance,
Still occupied, though you forget.
Different colours, different shades,
Over each mistakes were made.
I took the blame.
Directionless so plain to see,
A loaded gun wont set you free.
So you say.

Well share a drink and step outside,
An angry voice and one who cried,
well give you everything and more,
The strains too much, cant take much more.
Oh, Ive walked on water, run through fire,
Cant seem to feel it anymore.
It was me, waiting for me,
Hoping for something more,
Me, seeing me this time, hoping for something else.

drogoh
May 20th, 2006, 01:54 AM
I suppose the below lyrics would have to be one of my favorites, though there are so many for which I have an affinity, and I am a bit too lazy to try and dig up some of the more obscure songs I like.



Velvet Realm by ClockDVA

Through all the dreams of the night
I came for you
In this room where I'll awake
To find your face
Inside this burning heart I know
This time it's you
Chance is stranger
I wait for you

Through all the endless Dreams of time
I came for you
Through all the stations of the past
I came for you
Through all the endless nights
I came for you
Through all the visions of the past
I came for you
Through all the endless nights
I came for you

In this mirror time fades slowly
I see your face
In this velvet realm I feel your touch
An exchange of love
We are bound together
Our fate is love
We are bound together
Our fate is love

Through all these moments
I thought of you
Through all these endless nights
I move for you
Through hearts of fire
I came for you
Through all the endless nights
I cared for you

therunnyman
May 20th, 2006, 05:39 AM
"...sometimes I'd feel more fulfilled,
Making Christmas cards with the mentally ill.
But still I'd rather be famous, than righteous, or holy,
Any day, any day, any day."

The Smiths, "Frankly, Mr. Shankley"

therunnyman

MiKuS
May 20th, 2006, 05:53 AM
Hardcore Hippies - To The Moon


Every day I see the world
Seems to me the same old thing
Some old people the same old town
Somethign with you in another place
Take me up to the sky
When the sun and moon does shine

RAV TUX
May 20th, 2006, 06:16 AM
I'll be your chauffeur on a midnight drive
It takes a miracle just to survive
Buried animals call your name
You keep on sleeping
Through the poignant rain

I think we're going crazy
Her left eye is lazy
She looks so Israeli
Nicotine and gravy

I'll feed you fruit that don't exist
I'll leave graffiti
Where you've never been kissed
I'll do your laundry
Massage your soul
I'll turn you over
To the highway patrol

I think we're going crazy
Things don't even faze me
Her left eye is lazy
Nicotine and gravy
Miracles amaze me
She looks so Israeli
Love the way she plays me
I think I'm going crazy

Beck

Nicotine & Gravy

disabled_20220313
May 20th, 2006, 03:13 PM
"Nothing matters, Mary when you're free
Against the famine and the Crown
I rebelled they cut me down
Now you must raise our child with dignity"

Fields of Athenry - Trad.

But Dropkick Murphys do the best version.

t[h]inker
May 20th, 2006, 11:46 PM
I believe in fires at midnight ---
When the dogs have all been fed.
A golden toddy on the mantle ---
A broken gun beneath the bed.
Silken mist outside the window.
Frogs and newts slip in the dark ---
Too much hurry ruins the body.
Ill sit easy ... fan the spark
Kindled by the dying embers of another working day.
Go upstairs ... take off your makeup ---
Fold your clothes neatly away.
Me, Ill sit and write this love song
As I all too seldom do ---
Build a little fire this midnight.
Its good to be back home with you.

Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), Fire at Midnight

Simple. Short. Perfect.