Meaningfull lyrics.... (another boring music question)

[Bush Tucker Man]

Maddy, If the 'Green Fields' link doesn't work please try;
www.members.fortunecity.com/folkfred.noman.html

Surprisingly 'Matilda' wasn't wrote until 1972 when he watched an ANZAC Day parade in Canberra.
'Green Fields' was only wrote in 1976, after a visit to (presumably?) ANZAC war graves in Northern France.

[Bush Tucker Man]

Green Fields.
For some reason the links won't work for me when I check them. Hope this one will.

www.lyrics.net.ua/song/64028

[Bush Tucker Man]

Sacrilege!!
Travesty!!

I've just come back from the barbers in the village and the radio was playing on the inane, sub-Alan Partridge FM station that broadcasts from  Leeds (the one that's named after the river that flows through the City)

To my horror there was a cover version of one of the greatest summer records ever emanating from the speakers (by a, presumably previously unknown girl)
Someone has actually covered (ruined) Don Henleys 'Boys of Summer'

That's my own opinion obviously.


It's not my favourite track of all time, but surely it's one of those classic tracks that shouldn't be messed with.
It's a bit like;
1. Madonnas turning the 'silk purse' that is American Pie', into a 'pigs-ear'.
2. Ronan Keatings version of 'If Tomorrow Never Comes'
3. Whitney Houstons 'I Will Always Love You'
4. Maria Careys 'Without You'
5. Chers 'Walking In Memphis'
6. Soft Cell 'Tainted Love


Similarly, much as I like Rolf Harris, I think he should have certainly left 'Stairway' alone.
Surprisingly he hadn't actually heard of it until about a month before recording it for a radio show in Australia.

(Digression) His auto-biography, 'Can You Tell Who It Is Yet?' is a brilliant book, the stories behind 'Tie Me Kangaroo Down' & 'Two Little Boys' alone make it worthwhile reading.

The writers & original artists are;
1. Don McLean
2. Garth Brooks
3. Dolly Parton
4. Nilsson
5. Marc Cohn
6. Gloria Jones (but wrote by Edd Cobb)
Much better cover version on 'Wild Youth' LP by Dave Phillips & The Hot Rod Gang, done with guitars - not a synthesiser in sight.

Needless to say I could add more, and other people possibly may do so.

[DISCO-CHRIS]

How about a few for the younger(post 1980)members? :lol:

[Jake]

Right then,
These songs all have something quite big, in common.

1. Under the surface trying to break through
Deciphering the codes in you
I need a compass, draw me a map
I'm on the top, I can't get back

2.Confusion that never stops
The closing walls and ticking clocks
Gonna come back and take you home
I could not stop, that you now know
Singing come out upon my seas
Curse missed opportunities
Am I a part of the cure
Or am I part of the disease

3. so I wanna live... in a wooden house
where making more friends would be easy
oh and I don't have a soul to save
yes and I sin every single day

4. ideas that you'll never find
or the inventors could never design
the buildings that you put up
Japan and China... all lit up
the sign that I couldn't read
or the light that I couldn't see
some things you have to believe
but others are puzzles, puzzling me

 :D

[Xtremeteam]

Right then,
These songs all have something quite big, in common.

1. Under the surface trying to break through
Deciphering the codes in you
I need a compass, draw me a map
I'm on the top, I can't get back

2.Confusion that never stops
The closing walls and ticking clocks
Gonna come back and take you home
I could not stop, that you now know
Singing come out upon my seas
Curse missed opportunities
Am I a part of the cure
Or am I part of the disease

3. so I wanna live... in a wooden house
where making more friends would be easy
oh and I don't have a soul to save
yes and I sin every single day

4. ideas that you'll never find
or the inventors could never design
the buildings that you put up
Japan and China... all lit up
the sign that I couldn't read
or the light that I couldn't see
some things you have to believe
but others are puzzles, puzzling me

 :D

1- is cash machine i think
2-coldplay clocks

[Xtremeteam]

my turn:

1-His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There’s vomit on his sweater already, mom’s spaghetti
He’s nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready
To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgetting
What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his mouth, but the words won’t come out

2-Just think, war breaks out and nobody turns up.
(If any member the family should die whilst in the shelter, put them outside,
but remember to tag them first for identification purposes.)
(If your grandmother or any other member of the family should die whil...
 ...dentification purposes.)
heh heh

3-Breathe with me
Breathe the pressure,
Come play my game I'll test ya
Psycho-somatic addict-insane

4-Make the place sizzle like a summertime cookout
Prowl for the best chick
Yes I'm on the lookout (lets dance)
Slow bangin shorty like a belly dancer with it
Smell good, pretty skin, so gangsta with it (oh, baby)
No tricks only diamonds under my sleeve
Gimme tha number
But make sure you call before you leave

[Bush Tucker Man]

How about a few for the younger(post 1980)members? :lol:

Blimey :shock:  :shock:  :shock:

Someone's been trawling the archives, I remember typing those back in '03

[chuggaman]

does anyone know the lyrics for grandmas featherbead????

something like 9 feet high six feet wide

mike

[Bush Tucker Man]

does anyone know the lyrics for grandmas featherbead????

something like 9 feet high six feet wide

mike

John Denver

Link 2

[beast5680]

mike

1. eminem  cant remember the name .. 8 mile?

3. prodigy  breathe?

[Xtremeteam]

mike

1. eminem  cant remember the name .. 8 mile?

3. prodigy  breathe?

yip

2 is an old classic caused radio 1 no end of problems
4 is still in the charts i think

[beast5680]

I left alone my mind was blank
I needed time to think to get the memories from my mind

What did I see can I believe that what I saw
that night was real and not just fantasy

Just what I saw in my old dreams were they
reflections of my warped mind staring back at me

Cos in my dreams it's always there the evil face that twists my mind
and brings me to despair

[yer auld aunt nelly]

Since I happen to know what some people round here used to do for a living (hi muddy) and what certain people played at their weddings (Nelly)..

I figured it would be interesting, or at least tedium breaking for us to play the "lyric guessing game"...   Go ahead, post meaningfull, insightfull... or just docile lyrics and see if other people can guess the songs.....


A couple to start with (reply if you want more)

"Familiarity breeds contempt"

"some people get by, with a little understanding"  (if Nelly misses this one I think we should kill him)

"I do not know, but I'll let you have a go on..."

"life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it"

"dead I am the rat, feast upon the cat"

"I never knew love, but I know it now... I wanna give her my heart..."

  Dont get me wrong but i realy cant recall those as the lyrics to "the sisters " more .Im gonna have dig out every bit off sisters vinyl ive got
 (which is all they made) And annoy the kids playing it.But while your on the subject off goldy oldies  swmbo went to see bauhaus yesterday  :lol:

[Jake]

Redline
4. is Pussycat dolls
(well, they play it on radio 1  :roll: )

2, lost me on that one.
 :?
System Of A Down??

[Jake]

1- is cash machine i think
2-coldplay clocks

1 is the wrong answer
2 is correct

[Xtremeteam]

Redline
4. is Pussycat dolls
(well, they play it on radio 1  :roll: )

2, lost me on that one.
 :?
System Of A Down??

2- the group went to the place with the big white sig but dunno if they came back

[Jake]

Another one to test ya'll

What am i gonna do, My girlfriends test turned blue
we try'd to play it safe, that night we could not wait
No no this cant be right, she said it would be alright
I cant afford to be a daddy so i leave tonight

 :D

[Xtremeteam]

heres some more

1-I know that you've been you crying
The tears in your champagne
Let clouds of joy come drowning
We're crying in the rain
Cause everybody dancing
Looks like a superstar
The bells that strike at midnight

2-Like a circle made of flames
No telling where it started burning
Oh, for every fire you contain
A new one keeps the circle turning

3-I can feel forever in my mind,
I can always reach for you inside
We can stay together in our minds
Feel you like a river never dies
(jake should get this being a master of vinyl)

4-Colour The World for we are the same
The colour of the skin doesn't speak for you
Make this world a much better place
Together we can colour the world

Peace to the world, colour the world
Different colour, different race
Call it a world for everyone
Together we can colour the world

right all of these are "dancy" tracks

[beast5680]

Another one to test ya'll

What am i gonna do, My girlfriends test turned blue
we try'd to play it safe, that night we could not wait
No no this cant be right, she said it would be alright
I cant afford to be a daddy so i leave tonight

 :D

cash machine that is by hard fi?

[gtomo2]

"Saw a Dead-Head sticker on a Cadillac*
Little voice inside my head saying don't look back
You can never look back
Thought I knew what love was, what did I know
Those days are gone forever
I should just let 'em go"

You are right on that one it is the best summer tune even
Don henley - Boys of summer :D

Ok there is one.
Its just my bones that lie here
so save the tears you will cry
My soul is still flying in the air

[Bush Tucker Man]

"Saw a Dead-Head sticker on a Cadillac*
Little voice inside my head saying don't look back
You can never look back
Thought I knew what love was, what did I know
Those days are gone forever
I should just let 'em go"

You are right on that one it is the best summer tune even
Don henley - Boys of summer :D

Dang right :D

[The Fat Controller]

i have enjoyed reading this thread and confess to most(nearly all of it)going over my head.i got the abba ones and the godley and cream and there was one more that was to do with video killing the radio star,i hope you don't mind if i add a line from some one i enjoyed watching


HALF WAY UP THE STAIRS IS THE STAIR WHERE I SIT



his uncle is more widely known and seen more often.


from this you can gather my music knowledge is very poor.

i even have a song by massey ferguson called thoro reds
all about their combines and tractors


most of my other records are by
the goodies,abba,the wurzels,queen,the goodies and dave clarke 5

[gtomo2]

HALF WAY UP THE STAIRS IS THE STAIR WHERE I SIT



his uncle is more widely known and seen more often.

that would be kermits nephew think his name was kevin? and it was called half way up the stairs. iirc it was released as a single :oops:  sad or what

[Stormin]

TFC wrote "I have enjoyed reading this thread and confess to most(nearly all of it)going over my head." Your not on your own :D  Only ever bought one record in my life. That was for a girl friend when I was 18. Ahhh! Memories. :(biglove):

 Try This.

When I'm feeling blue,
All I have to do.[/quote]

[marjan]

Best lyrics ever are:-

"Glittering prizes and endless compromises shatter the illusion of integrity"

[The Fat Controller]

HALF WAY UP THE STAIRS IS THE STAIR WHERE I SIT



his uncle is more widely known and seen more often.

that would be kermits nephew think his name was kevin? and it was called half way up the stairs. iirc it was released as a single :oops:  sad or what

HIS NAME WAS ROBIN

[old joe]

me thinks i might have to post on this subject i will think!!!

Dazza

[Eeyore]

"I do not know, but I'll let you have a go on..."

"life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it"

"dead I am the rat, feast upon the cat"

Back to the original question......

Melanie Safka - Brand New Key (presuming you want the original?)

(rough guess) They Might Be Giants - Life is Unfair

Rob Zombie - Dragula

cheers
 8)
Eeyore

[datalas]

Back to the original question......

Melanie Safka - Brand New Key (presuming you want the original?)

(rough guess) They Might Be Giants - Life is Unfair

Rob Zombie - Dragula

Ooooh...

Nope (at least wasn't the one I was thinking of)
Nope
Yup