Well first up, naughty but so good is Shaggy with mention of Bathroom and Shower .
“It Wasn’t Me” is the first single from Jamaican reggae musician Shaggy‘s fifth studio album, Hot Shot (2000). The song features vocals from Rikrok. The lyrics of the song depict one man (Rikrok) asking his friend (Shaggy) what to do after his girlfriend caught him cheating on her with “the girl next door”. His friend’s advice is to deny everything, despite clear evidence to the contrary, with the phrase “It wasn’t me.”
“It Wasn’t Me” was released to contemporary hit radio on 7 November 2000 and has been regarded as Shaggy’s breakthrough in the pop market. It is his highest-charting song to date, topping the charts in Australia, Austria, Flanders, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It was the best-selling single of 2001 in the UK, selling over 1.15 million copies that year and over 1.42 million as of 2017.
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Next up one of my favourite songs from Imogen Heap, Little Bird mentioning Kitchen and Lounge.
Ellipse is the third studio album from British singer-songwriter Imogen Heap. After returning from a round the world writing trip, Heap completed the album at her childhood home in Essex, converting her old playroom in the basement into a studio. The album got its name from the distinctive elliptical shape of the house. The album’s title was confirmed by Heap via her Twitter page on 25 April 2009, after being leaked onto the internet on 23 April. On 15 June, Heap confirmed that the album would be released on 24 August 2009 in the United Kingdom on Megaphonic Records and 25 August in North America on RCA Records and Epic Records and distributed by Sony BMG. Subject matter in the songs includes post break-up malaise (“Wait It Out”), domestic boredom (“Little Bird”), body image issues (“Bad Body Double”) and a common Heap theme, unrequited love (“Swoon” and “Half Life”).
Next is My Attic from Pink in the Attic.
Hurts 2B Human is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Pink. Released on April 26, 2019, by RCA Records, the album was initially planned as a standalone extended play (EP). Pursuing a sound that would be departure from her previous albums, Pink enlisted the assistance of collaborators such as Greg Kurstin, Max Martin, and Ryan Tedder. The album features guest appearances by Cash Cash, Khalid, Chris Stapleton, and Wrabel. The album was officially announced during Pink’s interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show broadcast in February 2019. Musically, Hurts 2B Human is a pop record whose lyrics delve into themes of love, family, introspection, life, and self-worth.
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Finally the great Imogen Heap again with a spoken piece which she accompanies herself. Neglected Space from her Album Sparks .
Sparks is the fourth studio album by English singer Imogen Heap, released on 19 August 2014 through Megaphonic Records in the United Kingdom and through RCA Records in the United States. Recorded between 2011 to 2014 across four different continents, with a new song being written and released a new song every three months, it was primarily written and produced by Heap, with additional writing and production from collaborators Deadmau5, Vishal–Shekhar, and B.o.B, as well as production from Nick Ryan.
HAPPY SUNDAY EVERYONE 💜
Bonus track, Every Time That You Walk In the Room by The Searchers
“When You Walk in the Room” was recorded by The Searchers in 1964, reaching #35 in the US and #3 in the UK. The group also recorded a German version titled “Wenn ich dich seh”. Originally “When You Walk in the Room” was a song written and recorded by Jackie DeShannon, released as a single on November 23, 1963, as the B-side to “Till You Say You’ll Be Mine”.
Its Sunday and time for Song Lyric Sunday hosted as ever by Jim Adams. This week November 28, 2021 – School, College, Education, Class, Degree was suggested by Paula of Light Motifs II.
Well, Brick in the wall covers it all and the words teachers, classrooms, class, education and school are all in the lyrics. Great song and I have great memories of those times. Our eldest was coming up eighteen and huge Pink Floyd fan. We had a party for him and his cake was a black and white brink wall, just like the album cover, I made a small white brick sized cake and labeled it ‘Just another Brick’. He loved it and so did his mates.
“Another Brick in the Wall” is a three-part composition on Pink Floyd‘s 1979 rock operaThe Wall, written by bassist Roger Waters. “Part 2”, a protest song against rigid and abusive schooling, features a children’s choir. At the suggestion of producer Bob Ezrin, Pink Floyd added elements of disco.
The three parts of “Another Brick in the Wall” appear on Pink Floyd’s 1979 rock opera album The Wall. During “Part 1”, the protagonist, Pink, begins building a metaphorical wall around himself following the death of his father. In “Part 2”, traumas involving his overprotective mother and abusive schoolteachers become bricks in the wall. Following a violent breakdown in “Part 3”, Pink dismisses everyone he knows as “just bricks in the wall”.
Bassist Roger Waters wrote “Part 2” as a protest against rigid schooling, particularly boarding schools. “Another Brick in the Wall” appears in the film based on the album. In the “Part 2” sequence, children enter a school and march in unison through a meat grinder, becoming “putty-faced” clones, before rioting and burning down the school.
So here are couple of other songs on the subject! Just because I like them 😃
Kelsea Nicole Ballerini (born September 12, 1993) is an American country pop singer and songwriter. She began songwriting as a child and signed with Black River Entertainment in 2014,] releasing her debut studio album the following year, The First Time. Her second studio album, Unapologetically, followed in 2017. Ballerini’s first two albums have accounted for seven charted songs on the Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts. She has four No. 1 singles on the latter, starting with her debut single “Love Me Like You Mean It”, which made her the first female artist to send a debut single to the top of that chart since Carrie Underwood in 2006. It was followed by “Dibs” and “Peter Pan“, whose peaks also made her the first female country artist to send her first three singles to the top of that chart since Wynonna Judd. Ballerini’s fourth No. 1 single is “Legends“. Her third and fourth studio albums, Kelsea and Ballerini, were both released in 2020.
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I really like Regina Specktor, she was introduced to me by youngest son , who incidentally has introduced me to some great singer songwriters.
Regina Ilyinichna Spektor (Russian)Регинa Ильинична Спектор, IPA: [rʲɪˈɡʲinə ˈspʲɛktər]; born February 18, 1980) is a Russian-American singer, songwriter, and pianist.
Mayor Bill de Blasio proclaimed June 11, 2019, Regina Spektor Day in New York City. Spektor was also inducted into the Bronx Walk of Fame on May 18, 2019, by Borough President Rubén Díaz Jr.
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I chose the last one as it’s just such a mash up of so many genres and I really like it.
“Graduation (Friends Forever)” (also titled “Friends Forever (Graduation)“) is a song by American pop singer Vitamin C, released as the third single from her self-titled debut studio album (1999). Vitamin C wrote the song as a response to how many friends drift apart soon after graduation from high school. Josh Deutsch co-wrote the song with her and also produced the track alongside Garry Hughes. The song is partly orchestrated, featuring a string arrangement based on Pachelbel’s Canon in D and a vocal appearance from the NYC All-City Chorus. One version of the song contains student interviews from the Class of 2000 of Lyndhurst High School in New Jersey.
Happy Sunday Everyone 💜.
Bonus track by Police!
“Don’t Stand So Close to Me” is a hit song by the rock band The Police, released in September 1980 as the lead single from their third album Zenyatta Mondatta. It concerns a teacher who has a sexual relationship with a student, which in turn is discovered.
The music and lyrics of the song were written by the lead singer of The Police, Sting. The song deals with the mixed feelings of lust, fear and guilt that a school teacher has for a student and the fallout when the inappropriate sexual relationship is discovered by other adults. The line Just like the old man in that book by Nabokov alludes to Vladimir Nabokov‘s novel Lolita, which covers somewhat similar issues. The line was criticised for rhyming shake and cough with Nabokov. Sting replied, “I’ve used that terrible, terrible rhyme technique a few times.”
Before joining The Police, Sting had previously worked as an English teacher. His recollection was that he’d “been through the business of having 15-year-old girls fancying me – and my really fancying them! How I kept my hands off them I don’t know.” He referred to the song’s story progression as “the teacher, the open page, the virgin, the rape in the car, getting the sack.”
In 1993, however, he said of the song’s inspiration, “You have to remember we were blond bombshells at the time and most of our fans were young girls so I started role playing a bit. Let’s exploit that.” In a 2001 interview for the concert DVD …All This Time, Sting denied that the song is autobiographical.
Its Sunday and time for Jim Adams to give us a prompt for Song Lyric Sunday this week November 14, 2021 it’s Birth, Death, Life.
Well if you’ve read my blog for any length of time you may of noticed I really love and respect Imogen Heap as a singer, songwriter and musician.
Imogen’s partner is Michael Lebor, a British film maker. In 2014 they had a baby girl Florance, Scout, Rosie, Heap-Lebor..Imogen wrote a fantastic song about Scouts birth and how hard she found being a new mother. She said that she and Micheal thought the were ready and prepared for parenthood, they were not.
What I love about this song and her admittion that for all her money, fame and well of help she found it hard and that made being able to love her new baby hard. I knew this feeling and could remember being scared and alone and not able cope with this Tiny Human that was solely dependant on me! Like most of us Immie got there and Scout must be seven years old now….
“Tiny Human”
Oh my tiny human At 05:08 you break me apart again The space-time continuum Buckles and bends around your every twist and turn
I can barely remember life before You came crashing in on one day Crazy beautiful you Blind me like the dawn After ashes fell on Pompeii Crazy beautiful you
A miracle, a mystery And one short stop away From joy to misery When the night becomes day I give you my every last ounce You make a pin-cushion out of me And you can thank me later, babe (if I’m alive) How long can one live without sleep?
Still I can’t stand to imagine Life without… You came crashing in on one day Crazy beautiful you Blind me like the dawn After ashes fell on Pompeii Crazy bright beautiful you
Suddenly propelled So many light years from bliss And completely unprepared How can anyone deserve this? I’ve tried, I’ve tried all the tricks in the book, I’m at my wits end Now look here what do you want from me!?
I can barely remember life before… You came crashing in on one day Crazy beautiful you From the ashes of Pompeii To fireworks and champagne Crazy beautiful you
You little devil, you Oh I love you so much It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done But you’re so worth it Yes you are Yes you are You little devil, you.
“Daniel” is a song by English recording artist Bat for Lashes, from her second studio album, Two Suns. It is her best-selling single to date, selling over 46,000 copies worldwide. The song was announced as the lead single from Two Suns in January 2009, then released as a digital download single on 1 March 2009, and as a 7″ vinyl single on 6 April 2009. The track was written by Natasha Khan and produced by David Kosten, as with all tracks on the album. Ira Wolf Tuton from Yeasayer provided the bass lines for the song and Khan did the rest of the instrumentation herself.
To me this song is a out the death of a young man or the death of a relationship….either way it reaks of death to me.
Lyrics
Daniel when I first saw you I knew that you had a flame in your heart And under our blue skies Marble movie skies I found a home in your eyes We’ll never be apart
And when the fires came The smell of cinders and rain Perfumed almost everything We laughed and laughed and laughed
And in the golden blue Crying took me to the darkest place And you have set fire to my heart
When I run in the dark, Daniel To a place that’s vast, Daniel Under a sheet of rain in my heart Daniel, I dream of home
But in a goodbye bed With my arms around your neck Into our love the tears crept Just catch in the eye of the storm
And as my heart ran round My dreams pulled me from the ground Forever to search for the flame For home again, for home again
When I run in the dark, Daniel To a place that’s vast, Daniel Under a sheet of rain in my heart Daniel, I dream of home
When I run in the dark, Daniel To a place that’s vast, Daniel Under a sheet of rain in my heart Daniel, I dream of home
In 1975 I had two of our boys , one nearly two the other new born, we lived on a new housing estate having only recently arrived there so I knew no one, I didn’t drive, as with our previous house I was miles from anywhere. Hubby was away for days on end and when he was working in London he was off early and home very late from work. I was lonely but I had music and 10cc where a big favourite of mine!
“Life Is a Minestrone” is a 1975 song by 10cc released as a lead single from their third album, The Original Soundtrack.
The track was written after Lol Creme and Eric Stewart were driving home from Strawberry Studios and a BBC Radio presenter said something that they only partly heard, but which Creme interpreted as “life is a minestrone”. Stewart and Creme believed the phrase to be a good title for a song on the grounds that life is, according to Stewart in a BBC Radio Wales interview, “a mixture of everything we pile in there”. They had the song written in a day.
So, there we have it Birth, Death,Life.
Oh! Incase you think I cheated with Death represented by Daniel here is Death on Two Legs, on of my favourite Queen tracks. Let’s let Queen explain
“First Train Home” is a song by British singer/songwriter Imogen Heap, and the only single off her third solo album Ellipse.
I really love Last train home, by Imogen Heap. To me it’s about a woman lost and locked up in a present that she doesn’t want to be part of. Her only escape is to get in away on the first train home to her childhood where things were simpler. Here future depends on her escaping now!
The actual story is that Immie was going to start working on her new, at the time 2009, album Ellipse when a friend invited her down to Brighton. Imogen went against her better judgement and spent the whole evening wishing she was back home working on her music. She did infact catch the first train home and work on her music. So she was caught in the present, but wanted to be back in her past and her future depended on it!
First train home.
Bodies disengaged our mouths are fleshing over. Is this an echo game irises retreating To ovals of white. The urge to feel your face And blood rushing to paint my hand print A Frisbee one by one Your vinyl on laminate Desperate for some kind of contact.First train home I’ve got to get on it First train home I’ve got to get on it First train home I’ve got to get on it To Catch to catch to catch catch catch. First train home I’ve got to get on it First train home I’ve got to get on it First train home I’ve got to get on it First Train homeTemporal dead zone where clocks are barely breathing Yet no one cares to notice for all the yelling All night clamor to hold it together. I want to play don’t wait forms in the hideaway I want to get on with getting on with things I want to run in fields paint the kitchen And love someone And I can’t do any of that here can I?First train home I’ve got to get on it First train home I’ve got to get on it First train home I’ve got to get on it First Train homeSo what? You’ve had one too many. So what? I’m not that much fun to be with So what? You’ve got a silly hat on So what? I didn’t want to come here anyway.What matters to you doesn’t matter matter to me. What matters to me doesn’t matter matter to you. What matters to you doesn’t matter matter to them. What matters to them it doesn’t change anything.Got to get on it first train home Got to get on it first train homeFirst train home I’ve got to get on it (I’ve got to get on it) To catch to catch to catch-catch catch. (First train home) First train home I’ve got to get on it First train home. (First train home)To go to go to go Get get get get Out out out out Now now now nowSource: LyricFindSongwriters: Imogen Jennifer Jane Heap
The past, past, well now let me tell you about the past The past is filled with silent joys and broken toys, laughing girls and teasing boys, Was I ever in love? I called it love- I mean, it felt like love, There were moments when, well, there were moments whenPresent, Go out with you? Why not Do I like to dance? Of Course, Take a walk along the beach tonight? I’d love to, But don’t try to touch me, don’t try to touch me Cos that will never happen again, Shall we danceThe future, Tommorow? well tommorows a long way off Maybe someday I’ll have somebody’s hand Maybe somewhere someone will understand You know I used to sing- a tisket a tasket a green and yellow basket I’m all packed up and I’m on my way and I’m gonna fall in love, But at the moment it doesn’t look good At the moment it will never happen againI don’t think it will ever happen again.Source: LyricFindSongwriters: Artie Butler / George Morton / Jerry Leiber
Songs that feature wind instruments which includes Brass instruments (horns, trumpets, trombones, euphoniums, and tubas) and Woodwind instruments (recorders, flutes, oboes, clarinets, saxophones, and bassoons)
Well a really great get up and dance to track from Fleetwood Mac is Tusk. I think it fits the bill.
Tusk is the twelfth studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released as a double album on 12 October 1979. It is considered more experimental than their previous albums: partly a consequence of Lindsey Buckingham‘s sparser songwriting arrangements and the influence of post-punk. The production costs were estimated to be over $1 million (equivalent to $3.57 million in 2020), making it the most expensive rock album recorded to that date. The song of the same name peaked at number eight in the United States for three weeks, reached number six in the United Kingdom (where it was certified Silver for sales of over 250,000 copies), number five in Canada, and number three in Australia. It was one of the first songs to be released using a digital mixdown from an original analog source. The single was released with two different picture sleeves in many territories: the first featured the black and white picture of producer/engineer Ken Caillat’s dog Scooter snapping at a trouser leg, the same as that used for the album cover, whilst the second featured a plain cover with the same font as the album cover but without the dog picture. A limited promotional 12-inch version, featuring mono and stereo versions, was also released to US radio stations.
Why don’t you ask him if he’s going to stay? Why don’t you ask him if he’s going away? Ay… Why don’t you tell me what’s going on? Why don’t you tell me who’s on the phone? O-o-o Why don’t you ask him what’s going on? Why don’t you ask him the latest on his throne? Hooga haaga hooga Don’t say that you love me Just tell me that you want me Tusk Just say that you want me Don’t tell me that you Tusk Real savage like Ugh Tusk Tusk Tusk TuskSource: MusixmatchSongwriters: Lindsey Buckingham.
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I am sure this has been a very popular song this week but I love it🦇
Bonus track, Tropical Heatwave Bing Crosby and Danny Kay.
Song Lyric Sunday October 24 time for Jim Adams prompt. This week it Atoll, Island, Key, Lagoon, Peninsula, Reef, Tropical suggested by Tales from the mind of Kristian. Well I got all the words this week!
First up a really long rap…but a fun video plus it has island and peninsula in the lyric…bonus!
The song’s beat was originally produced for Project Pat, who used it on the track “Choose U” from his 2002 album Layin’ Da Smack Down. The instrumental contains a sample of “I Choose You” by Willie Hutch. The song hit number 70 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it their first and only song to reach the chart.[1] The song’s official remix, featuring verses from Three 6 Mafia, is a bonus track on the album.
The song’s official music video, directed by Bryan Barber, premiered on MTV Jams on June 4, 2007. The video is centered on the fictional wedding of Outkast member Andre 3000, progressing through the men’s waiting room before the ceremony, the wedding itself, the reception, and the afterparty dance. Before the wedding ceremony, UGK member Bun B and friends ridicule Andre 3000 for supposedly rushing into getting married, and poke fun at him for wearing a red kilt (“I’ve got Scottish in my family,” Andre calmly states).
DJ Paul humorously says that it makes him look like Roddy Piper of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Andre defends his decision to get married, saying that he is ready to take the next step in life, and in turn berates his friends for not looking to get into commitments themselves. During the wedding, Andre talks about text messaging past flings and telling them that he has found love and will be giving up his life as a player. The audience remains seated as the bride, played by actress Salina Soto (CSI:NY, Forbidden), marches to the altar, a boy plays with an oversize toy spaceship, and one of Andre’s past flings makes a side remark to him (the verse that is being rapped), to the dismay of her date, Fonzworth Bentley.
A choir and its director sing the “I Choose You” vocals as the wedding progresses, while the groomsmen and other friends implore Andre to “keep your heart, 3 stacks!”. Later at the afterparty, two of Andre’s past flings get into an argument while attempting to catch the bride’s bouquet, which escalates into a full-blown fist fight that destroys the wedding cake and much of the buffet.
So I typed a text to a girl I used to see Sayin that I chose this cutie pie with whom I wanna be And I apologize if this message gets you down Then I CC’d every girl that I’d see see round town and I hate to see y’all frown but I’d rather see her smiling Wetness all around me, true, but I’m no island Peninsula maybe, makes no sense I know, crazy Give up all this pussycats thats in my lap no lookin back Spaceships dont come equipped with rearview mirrors They dip as quick as they can The atmosphere is now ripped Im so like a Pip, Im glad its night So the light from the sun would not burn me on my bum When I shoot the moon high, jump the broom Like a premie out the womb My partner yellin “Too soon! Dont do it! Reconsider! Read some litera – ture on the subject You sure? Fuck it You know we got your back like chiroprac – tic If that bitch do you dirty We’ll wipe her ass out as in detergent Now hurry hurry, go on to the altar I know you aint a pimp but pimp remember what I taught ya Keep your heart 3 stacks, keep your heart Aye, keep your heart 3 stacks, keep your heart Man, these girls is smart, 3 stacks, these girls is smart Play your partMy bitch a choosin’ lover, never fuck without a rubber Never in the sheets, like it on top of the cover Money on the dresser, drive a compressor Top notch hoe’s get the most, not the lesser Trash like to fuck with $40 in the club Fuckin’ up the game, bitch it gets no love She be cross country, givin’ all that she got A thousand a pop, I’m pullin’ Bentleys off the lot I smashed up the gray one, bought me a red Every time we hit the parkin’ lot we turn head Some hoe’s wanna choose but them bitches too scary Your bitch chose me, you ain’t a pimp, you a fairyOh, I choose you, girlBaby you been rollin’ solo, time to get down with the team The grass is greener on that other side, if know what I mean I show you shit you never seen, the seven wonders of the world And I can make you the eighth if you wanna be my girl When I say my girl, I don’t mean my woman, that ain’t my style Need a real street stalker to walk a green mile We pilin’ up the paper on the dinin’ room table ‘Cuz you able to realize I’m the truth and not a fable We rock the freshest sable, keep that ‘chilla on the rack What I look like with some thousand dollar shit up on my back I’m a million dollar mack that need a billion dollar bitch Put my pimpin’ in your life, watch ya daddy get rich Easy as A, B, C, simple as 1, 2, 3 Get down with UGK, Pimp C, B U N B ‘Cuz what’s a hoe with no pimp? And what’s a pimp with no hoe’s? Don’t be a lame, you know the game and how it goes We tryin’ to get choseOh, I choose you girlEeny meeny decisions with precision I pick or Make my selection on who I choose to be wit’ girl Don’t touch my projection, I know you want it to slip But slippin’ is somethin’ I don’t do, tippin’ for life That’s like makin’ it rain every month on schedule Let me tell you, get your parasol umbrella ‘Cuz it’s gonna get wetter, better prepare you for the c-support She supposed to spend in on that baby but we see she don’tAsk, ask Paul McCartney, the lawyers couldn’t stop me Slaughter, slaughter them pockets had to tie her to a rock and Send her in to outer space, I know he wish he could ‘Cuz he payin’ 20K a day, that bitch is eatin’ good Like an infant on a double D titty, just gettin’ plump ‘Cuz you miscalculated the next to the, the last pump Dump, dump in the gut, raw from the giddy up Better choose the right one or pick, pick the kiddies upOh, I choose you, girl I choose you, babySource: Musixmatch.
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Andrew Wegman Bird (born July 11, 1973) is an American indie rock multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter. Since 1996, he has released 16 studio albums, as well as several live albums and EPs, spanning various genres including swing music, indie rock, and folk music. He is primarily known for his unique style of violin playing, accompanied by loop and effect pedals, whistling, and voice. In the 1990s, he sang and played violin in several jazz ensembles, including Squirrel Nut Zippers and Kevin O’Donnell’s Quality Six. He went on to start his own swing ensemble, Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire, which released three albums between 1998 and 2001. Weather Systems (2003) was his first solo album, and a departure from jazz music into indie music. Bird’s 2019 album My Finest Work Yet was nominated for “Best Folk Album” at the 2020 Grammy Awards.
“Archipelago” was first released for Songs that Swing Left in September 2018. I think it’s really a beautiful song.
What if one day we just refused to play? With no one to hate, they’d be out of a job You’ve gone off script, you just can’t walk away Leave us naked, fleeced and racked with sobsWhoa We’re locked in a death grip and it’s taking its toll When our enemies are what make us whole Listen to me No more excuses, no more apathy This ain’t no archipelago, no remote atollAll my enemies, they just fall in love with me Keeping us distracted while the till gets robbed All our cries were cried Now there are no sides Try selling that one to an angry mobWhoa J. Edgar Hoover wore a white mink stole His enemies are what made him whole Oh, what made him whole (His enemies are what made him whole) Whoa A three-headed monster swallows Tokyo Her enemies are what make her whole (Her enemies are what make her whole) Whoa (Our enemies are what make us whole) We’re locked in a death grip and it’s taking its toll When our enemies are what make us whole (Our enemies are what make us whole) Whoa (Our enemies are what make us whole) No more excuses, no more apathy This ain’t no archipelago, no remote atoll (Our enemies are what make us whole) (Our enemies are what make us whole)Source: LyricFind.
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Still Corners are a British/American dream pop band formed in 2007 consisting of songwriter/producer Greg Hughes and vocalist Tessa Murray. Black Lagoon by Still Corners, released 17 August 2018. I love this song.
“Black Lagoon”
Turning back into the tide Watching the beach from the other side We swim with the moon To an island in the black lagoon
Dreaming as the hours fade away Watching as the sunlight does the same Everything we are is on the line Let’s pretend it’s not us tonight
Can’t get away Can’t get away Can’t get away Can’t get away
Running back into the tide Sapphire eyes up the southern night We swim with the moon To an island in the black lagoon
Can’t get away Can’t get away Can’t get away Can’t get away
An island in the black lagoon To an island in the black lagoon To an island in the black, black To an island in the black, black
I can find no real info on Ian McGinnis but I really like this rap and the lyrics. The words make us stop and think.
Straws under the sea Take it from me The Straws are better Down where it’s wetter Take it from me Down under the sea where straws get eaten Disappearing coral is caused by heatin’ Getting hard to breathe under the sea But stop tryin’ to take those straws from me Coral reefs are calm like a manatee Too bad they live in estuaries Coral reefs need that Vitamin D Explains the many coral reefs there are in Hawaii For keeping them around, give thanks to algae To swim in a coral reef, you better be a VIP We don’t know where the coral reefs go They all gone from Australia to Puerto Rico The reef numbers are at an all time low Just like a current I got that turbulent flow Fish, fish, fish Music come from Heaven like an Angelfish Music be fire like a Firefish Haters on my music like Clownfish I’m the alpha like a Lionfish Treat you real nice like a Cuttlefish Move real fast like a Dartfish I’ma be a state symbol like a Cardinalfish Coral reefs are made of polyps Not that many left so we call it a dollop 25 percent of ocean life Coral being cut up with a knife So many different types of coral People destroying it, that’s immoral Made up of calcium and limestone But they can not be homegrown We don’t know where the coral reefs go They all gone from Australia to Puerto Rico The reef numbers are at an all time low Just like a current I got that turbulent flow Getting hard to breathe under the sea But stop tryin’ to take those straws from me Coral reefs are calm like a manatee Too bad they live in estuaries Coral reefs need that Vitamin D Explains the many coral reefs there are in Hawaii For keeping them around, give thanks to algae To swim in a coral reef, you better be a VIP Save the straws, save the straws, save the plastic Just like surface tension it’s elastic Saving the coral reefs will take something drastic Take it back to the times when it was classic You don’t want to drink out of no paper Liquid dissolves that straw like water vapor We going all the way to the top like a skyscraper Coral reefs are delicate like tissue paper We don’t know where the coral reefs go They all gone from Australia to Puerto Rico The reef numbers are at an all time low Just like a current I got that turbulent flowSource: LyricFind.
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James Thomas Slater is a two-time Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter based in Nashville. He has written several hit songs of American popular music. He born in Durham, North Carolina. His father is a psychiatrist who plays the mandolin, and his mother is from Bolivia. He was raised in the Panama Canal Zone in Central America
After high school, Slater attended and graduated from the University of Miami School of Music. After a brief move to Los Angeles, he moved again to Zurich, Switzerland where he lived for six years and enjoyed touring, recording, and writing music. During this time, he wrote “Don’t Break My Heart,” for Belgian super group Vaya Con Dios, signed a solo contract with BMG Switzerland, and penned the hit “Poco a Poco.”[2]
As of 2002, Slater lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Upon his arrival, he signed with Byron Gallimore’s Song Garden/State One publishing company but made the move to EMI Music Publishing. During his time in Nashville, his songs have been recorded by country superstars like Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, Martina McBride, Rodney Atkins, John Michael Montgomery, Lorrie Morgan, Jessica Andrews, and Mark Wills, among others. McBride’s recording of “In My Daughter’s Eyes” has become a contemporary standard and garnered Slater a 2006 BMI country award as well as a BMI pop award. The song was also nominated for a Grammy for best vocal performance. James recently was nominated for the country song of the year Grammy for Jamey Johnson’s “The High Cost of Living”. He has also penned Rascal Flatts‘ single, “Unstoppable” which was used as a theme for the winter Olympics in Vancouver and has written American Idol Kellie Pickler’s single, “Falling In Love Again”.[3]
In October 2016, Slater signed with BMG Music Publishing under industry veteran Chris Oglesby joining a roster including Hillary Lindsey, busbee, Tony Lane, and Travis Meadows. Most recently, Slater partnered with Tunecore and released Mexicoma, a selection of songs including the Tim McGraw cut “Mexicoma.”
This week Jim Adams has past the baton for this week’s Song Lyric Sunday theme to King Ben’s Grandma ! So what is the subject she has chosen? Heavenly Bodies, Planets, Moon, Sun, Stars.
Back in 1981, two years before our third and last child was born, I was busy working and bringing up the boys, hubby was away a lot and a big hit of the time was Star. I remember the song with affection, I sang it a lot and even now it often visits me in the guise of an ear worm!
Rock’n Roller the games you play High flyer see your names in lights Temporarily social suicide Ohh don’t you tell me it’s roughAt the top you get the cream of the crop Image seekers they’re unreal to real This week breaker Well next week who knows Oh don’t you tell me it’s rough Oh don’t you tell me it’s toughStar That’s what they call you How long you’ve waited to get where you are Star That’s what you wanted This week hot shot.A video starRock’n Roller inventing in your head You cracked it once and you can do it again Who knows, who cares at where you’re coming from Oh don’t you tell me it’s roughJust a loner out there on your own Don’t let anyone get close or near Imagine that. That you believe all you read Oh don’t you tell me it’s rough Oh don’t you tell me it’s toughStar That’s what they call you How long you’ve waited to get where you are Star That’s what you wanted This week hot shot, a video starThey can build you up And they can break you down With just one word I know they’re heavy Now just how many More like you are trying, (trying), trying, (trying)Star That’s what they call you How long you’ve waited to get where you are Star That’s what you wanted This week hot shot, a video starStar That’s what they call you How long you’ve waited to get where you are Star That’s what you wanted This week hot shot, a video starStar Wohhohhoo Star Star StarSource: Musixmatch
Pauline Matthews (born 6 March 1947), better known by her stage name Kiki Dee, is an English singer. Known for her blue-eyed soul vocals, she was the first female singer from the UK to sign with Motown’s Tamla. Perfect Timing is a 1981 album by British singer Kiki Dee. The album marked a brief comeback for the singer, led by the top 20 single “Star”. It was her only album on Ariola Records and reached No.47 on the UK album charts. The title track was also released, peaking at No.66. Two further singles were released; “Midnight Flyer” and “Loving You is Sweeter Than Ever” (a duet with Elton John). The album was produced by Pip Williams.
My dad taught me a lot about classical music, some of which I remember with great affection. One of these I remember with great affection was Gustav Holst’s The Planets. My favourite was Jupiter, the bringer of Joy.
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The Planets, Op. 32, is a seven-movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1917. In the last movement the orchestra is joined by a wordless female chorus. Each movement of the suite is named after a planet of the solar system and its supposed astrological character.
The premiere of The Planets was at the Queen’s Hall, London on 29 September 1918, conducted by Holst’s friend Adrian Boult before an invited audience of about 250 people. Three concerts at which movements from the suite were played were given in 1919 and early 1920. The first complete performance at a public concert was given at the Queen’s Hall on 15 November 1920 by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Albert Coates.
The innovative nature of Holst’s music caused some initial hostility among a minority of critics, but the suite quickly became and has remained popular, influential and widely performed. The composer conducted two recordings of the work, and it has been recorded at least 80 times subsequently by conductors, choirs and orchestras from the UK and internationally.
I also threw in a great rock/heavy metal version.
I always loved Donovan, so many hippy dippy memories come to life every time I hear his Scottish lilt! I can’t believe it was released in 1966 it sounds so much as if it should of come from a much earlier era say the 70s.
“Sunshine Superman” is a song written and recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. The “Sunshine Superman” single was released in the United States through Epic Records (Epic 5-10045) in July 1966, but due to a contractual dispute the United Kingdom release was delayed until December 1966, where it appeared on Donovan’s previous label, Pye Records (Pye 7N 17241). The “Sunshine Superman” single was backed with “The Trip” on both the United States and United Kingdom releases. It has been described as “[one of the] classics of the era”, and as “the quintessential bright summer sing along”.
Sunshine came softly through my a-window today Could’ve tripped out easy a-but I’ve a-changed my ways It’ll take time, I know it but in a while You’re gonna be mine, I know it, we’ll do it in style ‘Cause I made my mind up you’re going to be mineI’ll tell you right now Any trick in the book now, baby, all that I can find Everybody’s hustlin’ just to have a little scene When I say we’ll be cool I think that you know what I mean We stood on a beach at sunset, do you remember when? I know a beach where, baby, a-it never ends When you’ve made your mind up forever to be mineHmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm I’ll pick up your hand and slowly blow your little mind ‘Cause I made my mind up you’re going to be mine I’ll tell you right now Any trick in the book now, baby, all that I can findSuperman or Green Lantern ain’t got a-nothin’ on me I can make like a turtle and dive for your pearls in the sea, yeah A you-you-you can just sit there a-thinking on your velvet throne ‘Bout all the rainbows a-you can a-have for your own When you’ve made your mind up forever to be mine I’ll pick up your hand and slowly blow your little mind When you’ve made your mind up forever to be mineI’ll pick up your hand I’ll pick up your handSource: LyricFind.
R.E.M. what can I say ….. simply the best?
“Man On The Moon,” which appeared on R.E.M.’s eighth album, Automatic For The People, was a massive hit in 1992 and remains one of R.E.M.’s most popular tunes. It is the only entry in this list of songs about the Moon to deal with the conspiracy theories about the 1969 moon landing being faked. Mike Mills, who was credited as a co-writer of “Man On The Moon,” said that they had deliberately written about Andy Kaufman in the song because of odd theories that the comedian had faked his death. “He’s the perfect ghost to lead you through this tour of questioning things,” Mills said in 2018. “Did the Moon landing really happen? Is Elvis really dead? Kaufman was kind of an ephemeral figure at that point, so he was the perfect guy to tie all this stuff together as you journey through childhood and touchstones of life.”
This week it is Fandango Sunday and our theme is Other, That, This. Now Jim Adams (our gracious host forSong Lyric Sunday ) tells us that our Fandango is a stalwart of the WordPress community. You have to give him credit for blogging on an iPhone, that’s a definite plus in my book because I do all my blog from my Android MotoG. Everyone should be familiar with his daily FOWC, his weekly Provocative Questions and Flash Fiction photo challenges and his new Story Starter prompt. He is a very dedicated blogger who always has something to say. HAPPY SUNDAY FANDANGO.
For my part I have chosen three songs that are very close to my heart. They are songs that sing and mark my life. I am a woman with all the foibles that involves. I have had good and bad times both physically and mentally. …if I am truly honest these songs relate to my mental wellness or lack of it at times. Times I don’t drag up but the made me what I am so I own them proudly.
First up is Some Other World from The Alan Parsons Project.1977, I had two of our boys, I was lonely, insecure and to be honest struggling with hubby working away for days , sometimes weeks on end at short notice. I had always been a huge SiFi fan and was reading a lot of Isaac Asimov, so the I Robot album was right up my street. So when the children were in bed I would curl up on the sofa with a book and listen to I Robot, sometimes I’d just watch pictures in my head.
The Alan Parsons Project was a British rock band active between 1975 and 1990, whose core membership consisted of Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson. They were accompanied by a varying number of session musicians and some relatively consistent session players such as guitarist Ian Bairnson, arranger Andrew Powell, bassist and vocalist David Paton, drummer Stuart Elliott, and vocalists Lenny Zakatek and Chris Rainbow. Parsons was an audio engineer and producer by profession, but also a musician and a composer. A songwriter by profession, Woolfson was also a composer, a pianist, and a singer. Almost all the songs on the Project’s albums are credited to “Woolfson/Parsons”.
The track is from their second album I Robot released in June 1977. The album was intended to be based on the I, Robot stories written by Asimov, and Eric Woolfson spoke with Asimov himself, who was enthusiastic about the idea. As the rights already had been granted to a TV/movie company, the album’s title was altered slightly by removing the comma in “I,”, and the theme and lyrics were made to be more generically about robots rather than to be specific to the Asimov universe. The cover inlay reads: “I Robot… The story of the rise of the machine and the decline of man, which paradoxically coincided with his discovery of the wheel… and a warning that his brief dominance of this planet will probably end, because man tried to create robot in his own image.”
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Ever since childhood I have never really felt good enough. I have always put on a good show though and I really try to help others. I realise now that a lot of what I have done in my life is to please others, keep the peace and be accepted.and that’s what this Alanis Morissette track is all about.
That I Would Be Good” is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette that was first featured on her 1998 album Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie and later an acoustic live version of the song was recorded during a session for MTV Unplugged on September 18, 1999. It was released as a single from the latter album on February 8.
The constant electrical buzz that can be heard throughout the track came unintentionally from Ballard recording too close to an amplifier. He re-recorded the guitar section to correct it, but Morissette immediately noticed the change – “What happened to the original?” – Ballard told her the buzz was bothering him, but she said, “No way. We’ve lost the magic, and you’ve gotta put it back.”
“That I Would Be Good” was chosen to be the lead single of the album, being released in December 1999. The CD single features the MTV Unplugged version of “That I Would Be Good” and live versions of “Would Not Come”, “I Was Hoping” (from Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie) and “Forgiven” (from Jagged Little Pill).
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I have often felt bogged down in life but everyone has the same to deal with. This woman’s work, seems to say it all. I am not sure whether the song is written from a man or woman’s perspective to me it could be either. Apparently it about a man who wife and child are in danger due to childbirth but I feel you can read this song either way. I have had miscarriages, I very nearly lost our eldest at birth, thank god for post natal care (NICU) as it’s called these days. I love Kate Bush and hers is the original, yet I had to include Maxwell’s version because I have to admit it is my favourite.
“This Woman’s Work” is a song written and performed by the British singer Kate Bush. It was originally featured on the soundtrack of the American film She’s Having a Baby (1988). The song was released as the second single from her album The Sensual World in 1989 and peaked at 25 in the UK Singles Chart.
The lyric of “This Woman’s Work” is about being forced to confront an unexpected and frightening crisis during the normal event of childbirth. Written for the movie She’s Having a Baby, director John Hughes used the song during the film’s dramatic climax, when Jake (Kevin Bacon) learns that the lives of his wife, Kristy (Elizabeth McGovern), and their unborn child are in danger. As the song plays, a montage sequence of flashbacks is displayed, showing the couple in happier times, intercut with shots of him waiting for news of Kristy and their baby’s condition. Bush wrote the song specifically for the sequence, writing from a man’s (Jake’s) viewpoint and matching the words to the visuals which had already been filmed.
The version of the song that was featured on The Sensual World was re-edited from the original version featured on the film soundtrack. The version released as a single was a third, slightly different mix.
“This Woman’s Work” is one of several songs that were completely re-recorded on her 2011 album Director’s Cut. The new version features a sparse performance of Bush singing and playing piano.
In 1997, American R&B musician Maxwellcovered the song for the release of his album MTV Unplugged. The artist later re-recorded the song in studio for his album Now (2001). This version of the song was released as the album’s third single in 2001 and peaked in the US Billboard charts at number 58 (Billboard Hot 100 in 2002) and number 16 (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs). This version also appeared in the movie Love & Basketball.
The song was featured on week 7 of So You Think You Can Dance (American season 5) (22 July 2009). It was used as the music for a contemporary dance choreographed by Tyce Diorio and performed by contestants Melissa Sandvig and Ade Obayomi.
Hi it is Sunday evening and I am running late so without further ado let’s sort out Song Lyric Sunday.
Our theme this week for Jim Adams Song Lyric Sunday, is Delightful, Pleasant, Sweet suggested by Paula Light of Light Motifs II.
Well delightful , De-lovely cames to mind and there are so many versions to choose from , from Bob Hope to Ella Fitzgerald and many I between. Or there ‘A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down, in the most delightful way. No I went a tad deeper and came up with Arabesque!
Arabesque was an all-girl trio formed at the height of the European disco era in 1977 in Frankfurt, West Germany. The group’s changing lineup worked with the German composer Jean Frankfurter (Erich Ließmann) and became especially popular in Japan and the Soviet Union. . More information here.
You are a very noble man Descended from a noble clan You live by the rules of your family You can’t marry me For I am just a humble girl Not born to see the great big world Our love can’t be more than a secret love For no one to see
Caballero, caballero You’re a famous man in town I must wait out of sight Till you kiss me tonight Caballero, caballero So delightful, so delightful Caballero, caballero If you ever let me down I’ll be crying and crying all night But I’ll be gone Just like the evening sun
In dreams I’m rich and you are poor And I am looking for amor I pick you up in a street cafe Where you spend your days We’re driving to my grand hotel My heart’s aflame, you’re looking swell I won’t set you free for you love must be Only for me.
Caballero, caballero You’re a famous man in town I must wait out of sight Till you kiss me tonight Caballero, caballero So delightful, so delightful Caballero, caballero If you ever let me down I’ll be crying and crying all night But I’ll be gone Just like the evening sun
Caballero
Caballero, caballero You’re a famous man in town I must wait out of sight Till you kiss me tonight Caballero, caballero So delightful, so delightful Caballero, caballero If you ever let me down I’ll be crying and crying all night But I’ll be gone Just like the evening sun.
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Pleasant was a no brainer for me, it can only be Pleasant Valley Sunday.
Pleasant Valley Sunday” is a song by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, most famous for the version recorded by The Monkees in 1967. Inspired by a street named Pleasant Valley Way and their move to suburban West Orange, New Jersey, Goffin and King wrote the song about the dissatisfaction with the life in the suburbs.
Carole King, the co-writer of the song, stated in her autobiography that, after she and her then-husband, Gerry Goffin, earned enough money from songwriting royalties, they moved from New York to West Orange, New Jersey, but Goffin disliked their suburban life and wrote lyrics to document this feeling, that would eventually become “Pleasant Valley Sunday”.The lyrics were a social commentary on status symbols, creature comforts, life in suburbia and “keeping up with the Joneses“.
There are many alternative interpretations about the lyrics of the song. In the book SuburbiaNation, Robert Beuka described its lyrics as “a wry commentary on the materialistic and anesthetized sensibilities of the adult generation in suburbia…”and Brian Ward said in The 1960’s, that the song was more associated with the New Left and the counterculture, while Michael Nesmith jokingly stated in a 1978 interview with Blitz Magazine, that the song was written about “a mental institution.” Deanna D. Sellnow, author of The Rhetorical Power of Popular Culture, commented that, despite so many definitions about the song’s meaning, its rhetorical message is actually “bleak”.
Here are the words and the Monkees.
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Finally we come to sweet , well again there were so many songs to choose from , Sweet Little Child of mine, Sweet Dreams are made of this, Fly away Sweet Sister, Sweet little sixteen, Sweets for my Sweet, and so on. Then I decided no one rocks it like Queen so I chose Sweet Lady.
“Sweet Lady” is a song by British rock band Queen, which was written by Queen guitarist Brian May.
Sweet Lady” is a distortion-driven fast rocker written by May. The song is an unusual rock style in 3/4 meter (which gives way to 4/4 at the bridge).
According to an online source, Roger Taylor once said that because of its unusual time signature, “Sweet Lady” was the hardest song for him to play live on the drums. The backing track was probably recorded live, as one can hear the wires on the snare drum of Taylor’s kit vibrating along with John Deacon‘s bass guitar riff.
It is Sunday again and time for Jim Adams to bring us Song Lyric Sunday. This week the prompt is: Devoted, Faithful, Honorable, Loyal, True and it is again suggested by Lady A. Thank you Lady A.
Right lets get to work with a tip of the hat to a blogging friend Raven, great blog do visit him. He’s a great fan of Olivia Newton John and what else could I pick delicately out of the grease than Hopelessly Devoted to you.
It reached number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number seven on the Adult Contemporary chart. On the country chart, “Hopelessly Devoted to You” peaked at number 20 and was her first top 20 country hit in two years. Newton-John performed the song at the 21st Grammy Awards.
The song was not part of the original musical production (and was replaced with the 1950s standard “Since I Don’t Have You” for the 1994 revival), but it was added to the score for the 2007 revival and was included in the 2016 Grease: Live performance, sung by Julianne Hough.
In June 2004, Farrar recalled writing the song: “‘Hopelessly Devoted To You’: I spent the longest period writing the lyrics of any song I’ve ever written. Every thesaurus and every rhyming dictionary I had, just trying to really make it work properly”.
Guess mine is not the first heart broken My eyes are not the first to cry I’m not the first to know There’s just no getting over youI know I’m just a fool who’s willing To sit around and wait for you But baby, can’t you see there’s nothing else for me to do? I’m hopelessly devoted to youBut now there’s nowhere to hide Since you pushed my love aside I’m out of my head Hopelessly devoted to youHopelessly devoted to you Hopelessly devoted to youMy head is sayin’, “Fool, forget him” My heart is sayin’, “Don’t let go Hold on to the end”, that’s what I intend to do I’m hopelessly devoted to youBut now there’s no way to hide Since you pushed my love aside I’m outta my head Hopelessly devoted to youHopelessly devoted to you Hopelessly devoted to youSource: Musixmatch.
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Next up is Loyal Brave True. A really beautiful song from the marvelous film Mulan. The Lyrics are in the video.
“Loyal Brave True” is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Christina Aguilera, taken from the soundtrack to the 2020 action drama filmMulan. Co-written by Billy Crabtree, Harry Gregson-Williams, Jamie Hartman and Rosi Golan, the song was released as a single on March 6, 2020 by Walt Disney Records.”Loyal Brave True” received a nomination for the Soundtrack Song of 2020 at the 46th People’s Choice Awards. It was also shortlisted as one of fifteen potential nominees for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. The song is a pop ballad, co-written by Billy Crabtree, Harry Gregson-Williams, Jamie Hartman and Rosi Golan. Hartman, who also produced “Loyal Brave True”, has previously worked with Aguilera on her seventh studio album Lotus (2012), writing and co-producing a dance-pop song “Army of Me”. It was Mitchell Leib, the president of music and soundtracks for the Walt Disney Studios, who opted Aguilera for the project, as she already recorded a song for the 1998’s Mulan. As Gregson-Williams disclosed, “From the demo to the final song, there was a massive leap in the intensity of the song, mainly due to the fact that Christina was going to sing it.” Hartman and Gregson-Williams incorporated classic Chinese music influences in the song—one of the instruments used during the recording sessions was guzheng.
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Okay I had True in the above song title but I’mhumour me because I do love a touch of Spandau Ballet and True is a great song. It brings back memories of going back to being the mum of a baby who was born after an eight year break between the next boy and ten from the eldest.
“True” is a song by the English new wave band Spandau Ballet. It was released on 15 April 1983 as the third single from their third studio album of the same name. The song was written by band member Gary Kemp. The song was a worldwide hit, peaking at number one in the UK Singles Chart on 30 April 1983 for four weeks, becoming the sixth-biggest-selling single of the year, and reaching the top ten in the weekly charts of many other countries. It is Spandau Ballet’s biggest hit and their only top ten hit in the U.S., reaching number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in the autumn of 1983 and topping the adult contemporary chart for one week. In 2011, it received a BMI award as one of the most played songs in US history with four million airplays.
True funny how it seems Always in time, but never in line for dreams Head over heels when toe to toe This is the sound of my soul This is the soundI bought a ticket to the world But now I’ve come back again Why do I find it hard to write the next line? Oh, I want the truth to be saidI know this much is true I know this much is trueWith a thrill in my head and a pill on my tongue Dissolve the nerves that have just begun Listening to Marvin all night long This is the sound of my soul This is the soundAlways slipping from my hands Sand’s a time of it’s own Take your seaside arms and write the next line Oh, I want the truth to be knownI know this much is true I know this much is trueI bought a ticket to the world But now I’ve come back again Why do I find it hard to write the next line? Oh, I want the truth to be saidI know this much is true I know this much is true This much is trueThis much is true This much is trueThis much is true This much is true I know, I know, I know this much is trueThis much is true This much is trueThis much is true This much is true I know, I know, I know this much is trueThis much is true This much is trueThis much is true This much is trueThis much is true This much is true I know this much is trueThis much is true This much is true Come on, come on, come on, yeahThis much is true This much is true Oh I say, ooh I say come onThis much is true This much is trueThis much is true This much is trueSource: Musixmatch
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Now to pick my Shouty song got to love some metal from the early 2000’s.
The Union of Crowns is the second studio album by British metalcore band Bury Tomorrow. The album was released on 13 July 2012 through Nuclear Blast. It was produced by Antony Smith and Pedro Teixeira. It is also the last album to feature the band’s founding lead guitarist Mehdi Vismara before he left the band in 2013. It was recorded within the first few months of 2012. The album’s release was delayed several times by the band in attempts to find a record label who could provide international distribution.Upon release, the album received mixed to positive reception from critics. With critics primarily praising the album song writing and sonic improvement from the band’s predecessor. Honourable Reign is track three on this album.
Reign upon me, show me how will I survive. Try and tell me a way to feel alive. Bring it back to life, to whole new heights And tell me what is needed. I know you’ll guide me home down this darkened road.Rain upon me, shower me with the tears of salvation. Hold me close, hold me near.I find myself another year spent facing a wall, My life, our path has never been shown, but we move on. Fighting to keep our reign from them. Fighting to keep our reign from them.We will fall into the blacker sense of reason. Choose your side. I hope to God you pick the right one this time.Reign upon me, how will I survive? Try and tell me a way to feel alive. Bring it back to life, to whole new heights And tell me what is needed. I know you’ll guide me home down this darkened road.We are The Crown! We are The Crown! We are The Crown! We are The Crown! We are The Crown! Stand up and scream it loud! We are The Crown! We are The Crown! Triumphant, immovable.In darkness we find ourselves. We find ourselves.Reign upon me, how will I survive? Won’t you test me, to carry all the strife Bring it back to life, to whole new heights And tell me what is needed. I know you’ll guide me home down this darkened road.I knew we would pursue the right path, even if it was long. We haven’t changed, we stay the same; ever strong.Show me the new day, Show me the new day, Know as long as our hearts are beating, We will always find our way.Source: LyricFind.
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Finally Faithful by Go West a seminal nineties group absolutely fab!
“Faithful” is a song by English pop duo Go West. The song is the opening track on the band’s fourth album, Indian Summer (1992), and serves as the album’s lead single. Written by the band and Martin Page and produced by Peter Wolf, the song reached the top 20 in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Its highest chart position was in Canada, where it peaked at number two on the week of 6 February 1993. It also reached number three on the adult contemporary charts of both Canada and the United States.
Faithful”
Oooooooh, I will
Don’t cry baby Kiss me and say farewell Nothing’s gonna break the spell And if you’re thinking time will tell me girl I want you to know..
Every minute of every single day Even when I’m miles away (miles away) I’ll keep the promises I made I want you to know..
I will be faithful to my lover’s prayer Faithful – and I don’t care If the world around us gives up on love I will make you see You can count on me I will be faithful – Faithful to my lover’s prayer To my lover’s prayer
Listen baby You can lean on me Though we sail on stormy seas Nothing good comes easily But I, I won’t let you down..
I will be faithful to my lover’s prayer Faithful – and I don’t care If the world around us gives up on love I will make you see You can count on me I will be faithful – Faithful to my lover’s prayer
Baby you can lean on me You can lean on me Baby you can lean on me You can lean on me Baby you can lean on me You can lean on me Baby you can lean on me You can lean on me..
Trust me baby this is not goodbye There’s no need for you to cry What we’ve got’s too strong To be denied, yeah
I will be faithful to my lover’s prayer Faithful – and I don’t care If the world around us gives up on love I will make you see You can count on me I will be faithful to my lover’s prayer gonna be faithful to the dream we share, to the dream we share If the world around us gives up on love I will make you see You can count on me I will be faithful Faithful to my lover’s prayer ooooh ooooh faithful, awww faithful, faithful to the dream we share ooooh ooooh faithful gonna be faithful yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah ooooh ooooh faithful, oooh yeah faithful, faithful oooh oooooh faithful
baby you can lean on me ooooh ooooh faithful baby you can lean on me ooooh ooooh faithful
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