Thread: Music: Cutting Edge and What You Are Listening To?

Originally Posted by rockzmom

Lampada, thanks for the post about "They Don't Care About Us" I looked it up and the backstory is very interesting. ...

Yeah, it's impressive.
And the guy in the front is Travis Payne.


"In January 2010, Payne embarked on a peace tour and arranged a surprise visit to the Cebu province of the Philippines to work with the dancing inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC), a maximum security that is also featured in the Michael Jackson Opus. Famous for their "Thriller" which received 300,000 views per day at its peak, the video has received over 37 million reported views and is considered one of the most viral videos viewed on the internet. Payne along with "This Is It" dancers Daniel Celebre (aka Da FunkyMystic) and Dres Reid taught over 1500 dancing inmates to perform "The Drill" as part of the song "They Don't Care About Us" and was video taped to coincide with the "This Is It" DVD & Blu-ray release on January 25, 2010. The clip went live on YouTube, Yahoo and TMZ and immediately captured more than 3 million views within 1 week of its release online.".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis_Payne

Not a very widely known band, but I really like the singer's vocals.



Lyrics:

(Note: She swallows a lot of words and endings, but for the most part these lyrics should be pretty accurate based on listening to the studio track and two different live versions, although she does change the words a bit in different versions). If English isn't your first language, might make it fun to try and listen first and then check the lyrics if you're unsure.

Don't drink when you're tired
just watch those gems
they catch everything
like the light.

Oh what would become,
if we never moved
just lost and loose
like the light.

Heeey
as she keeps you
and she leaves you
you wonder how we could ever get back
why would we
so close to
stay inside
scared, locked
to never come out.

Don't drink when you're tired
just watch those gems
they catch everything
like the light.

Oh what would become,
if we never moved
just lost and loose
like the light.

Heeey
as she keeps you
and she leaves you
you wonder how we would ever get back
why would we
so close to
stay inside
scared, locked
to never come out

We never make any money
why would we try
ooooh
bear us away on a wing
on a wing....

Why?
As she keeps you
and she leaves you
you wonder how we could ever get back
why would we
so close to
stay inside
scared, locked
to never come out.