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Newswires are saying that Etta James is not in good health...

She is best known for her recording At Last



Something's Got A Hold On Me (which you might recognize as the opening from Flo Rida - Good Feeling HD (Lyrics) - YouTube )

Я выложил песню "Колмо штатолт", чтобы люди отметили, что совершенно неродственный язык звучит похоже на русский. Но здесь никто не отвечает. Может, здесь удалить и я вынесу песню в отдельную тему.

Heard this on the radio the other day and didn't know it was the Foo Fighters! I posted another song of the Foo's a little earlier. This one starts off a little slow and then builds to a great rock and roll head banger! This version has the lyrics in the song.

Etta James, Powerful Voice Behind ‘At Last,’ Dies at 73

“A lot of people think the blues is depressing,” she told The Los Angeles Times in 1992, “but that’s not the blues I’m singing. When I’m singing blues, I’m singing life. People that can’t stand to listen to the blues, they’ve got to be phonies.”

Etta James Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com

Originally Posted by rockzmom

Newswires are saying that Etta James is not in good health...

My daughter had to select a song that had meaning to her... this is the one she picked as she remembers me cranking this up in the car, rolling down the windows and just singing along with it at the top of our lungs on road trips!

An oldie but a goodie from 1978, Mr. Blue Sky by Electric Light Orchestra or better known as ELO. The leader of ELO, Jeff Lynne, was named the fourth greatest record producer in music history in 2008 by The Washington Times.



Lyrics:
Sun is shinin' in the sky,
There ain't a cloud in sight
It's stopped rainin'
Everybody's in a play
And don't you know
It's a beautiful new day.


Runnin' down the avenue,(Pant, Pant, Pant)
See how the sun shines brightly
In the city on the streets
Where once was pity,
Mr. Blue Sky is living here today.

(Chorus)
Mr. Blue Sky, please tell us why,
You had to hide away
For so long where did we go wrong.

Hey there Mr. Blue
We're so pleased to be with you
Look around see what you do,
Everybody smiles at you.

Hey you with the pretty face,
Welcome to the human race
A celebration Mr. Blue Sky's
Up there waitin' and today
Is the day we've waited for

(Chorus) x2s

Mr. Blue Sky
Mr. Blue Sky
Mr. Blue Skyyyyy

Mr. Blue you did it right,
But soon comes Mr. Night,
Creepin' over, now his
Hand is on your shoulder,
Never mind I'll remember you this way.

(Chorus) x2s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p_tsoCa9hQ





"Rolling In The Deep"

There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch, it's bringing me out the dark
Finally I can see you crystal clear
Go 'head and sell me out and I'll lay your ship [shit] bare
See how I leave with every piece of you
Don't underestimate the things that I will do

There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch
And it's bringing me out the dark

The scars of your love remind me of us
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
I can't help feeling
We could have it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it, to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

Baby, I have no story to be told
But I've heard one on you
And I'm gonna make your head burn
Think of me in the depths of your despair
Make a home down there
As mine sure won't be shared

(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
The scars of your love remind me of us
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it, to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
Could have had it all
Rolling in the deep
You had my heart inside your hand
But you played it, with a beating

Throw your soul through every open door
Count your blessings to find what you look for
Turn my sorrow into treasured gold
You'll pay me back in kind and reap just what you've sown

(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
We could have had it all
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
It all, it all, it all
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)

But you played it
You played it
You played it
You played it to the beat.

Originally Posted by rockzmom

Heard this on the radio the other day and didn't know it was the Foo Fighters! I posted another song of the Foo's a little earlier. This one starts off a little slow and then builds to a great rock and roll head banger! This version has the lyrics in the song.

Foo Fighters also cleaned up at the Grammys
Best Rock Album Best Rock Performance "Walk"
Best Rock Song "Walk"
Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance "White Limo"
Best Long Form Music Video "Back and Forth"

But the best thing was the acceptance speech!!! Don't get me wrong, I love the stuff that David Guetta is doing... but some of these other so called "artists" that can't sing a note on key and only can sing using auto-tune, IMHO... need to go.

When gRomoZeka posted the video about the storm in the Ukraine the song used in the video was a cover of a U2 song called Love is Blindness done by John White (formerly of White Stripes, Seven Nation Army is one of their better known songs). It is an amazingly well done cover and got rave reviews when it came out.

Over the weekend it was announced that John is going to be the musical guest next weekend on Saturday Night Live... timed of course to promote his forthcoming album, Blunderbuss.

Love Interruption is the first song released from that album

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgpInZ6OQ40


ADELE
"Rumour Has It"

She, she ain't real,
She ain't gonna be able to love you like I will,
She is a stranger,
You and I have history,
Or don't you remember?
Sure, she's got it all,
But, baby, is that really what you want?

Bless your soul, you've got your head in the clouds,
She made a fool out of you,
And, boy, she's bringing you down,
She made your heart melt,
But you're cold to the core,
Now rumour has it she ain't got your love anymore,

Rumour has it, rumour,
Rumour has it, rumour,
Rumour has it, rumour,
Rumour has it, rumour,
Rumour has it, rumour,
Rumour has it, rumour,
Rumour has it, rumour,
Rumour has it, rumour,

She, is half your age,
But I'm guessing that's the reason that you stayed,
I heard you've been missing me,
You've been telling people things you shouldn't be,
Like when we creep out and she ain't around,
Haven't you heard the rumours?

Bless your soul, you've got your head in the clouds,
You made a fool out of me,
And, boy, you're bringing me down,
You made my heart melt, yet I'm cold to the core,
But rumour has it I'm the one you're leaving her for,

Rumour has it, rumour,
Rumour has it, rumour,
Rumour has it, rumour,
Rumour has it, rumour,
Rumour has it, rumour,
Rumour has it, rumour,
Rumour has it, rumour,
Rumour has it, rumour,

All of these words whispered in my ear,
Tell a story that I cannot bear to hear,
Just 'cause I said it, it don't mean that I meant it,
People say crazy things,
Just 'cause I said it, don't mean that I meant it,
Just 'cause you heard it,

Rumour has it, rumour,
Rumour has it, rumour,
Rumour has it, rumour,
Rumour has it, rumour,
Rumour has it, rumour,
Rumour has it, rumour,
Rumour has it, rumour,
Rumour has it, rumour,
Rumour has it, rumour,
Rumour has it, rumour,
Rumour has it, rumour,
Rumour has it, rumour,
Rumour has it, rumour,
Rumour has it, rumour,

But rumour has it he's the one I'm leaving you for.

POE - "Control"

Don't you mess with a little girl's dream
Cuz she's liable to grow up mean...

Surprised you to find that I'm laughing
You thought that you'd find me in tears
You thought I'd be crawling the walls
Like a tiny mosquito and trembling in fear

Well you may be King for the moment
But I am a Queen, understand
And I've got your pawns and your bishops and castles
All inside the palm of my hand

While you were looking the other way
While you had your eyes closed
While you were licking your lips
Cuz I was miserable

While you were selling your soul
While you were tearing a hole
In me....

I was taking control!
Now I have taken control!
Now I have taken control!
Now I have taken control...
Control!

This is beginning to feel good
Watching you squirm in your shoes
A small bead of sweat on your brow
And a growl in your belly
You're scared to let through

You thought you could keep me from loving
You thought you could feed on my soul
But while you were busy destroying my life
What was half in me has become whole

While you were looking the other way
While you had your eyes closed
While you were licking your lips
Cuz I was miserable

While you were selling your soul
While you were tearing a hole
In me....

I was taking control!
Now I have taken control!
Now I have taken control!
Now I have taken control...
Control!

So this is how it feels
To breathe in the summer air
To feel the sand between my toes
And love inside my ear

All those things you taught me to fear
I've got them in my garden now
And you're not welcome here!
Come here!

Come a little bit closer
Let me look at you
I gave you the benefit
Of the doubt it's true

But keep in mind my darling
Not every saint is a fool

While you were looking the other way
While you had your eyes closed
While you were licking your lips
Cuz I was miserable

While you were selling your soul
While you were tearing a hole
In me....

I was taking control!
Now I have taken control!
Now I have taken control!
Control!
Control!
Don't you mess with me!

Poe's father: "This cannot be all that there is to life, because in our confrontation with an enormous and cold universe, there's something comical to the idea that we can really enforce our will on humanity. Power corrupts! It's your world! Do with it what you want! No, that's not the way to do it! Paradox..."

Poe as a child: "You're scaring me! This is not a happy house..."

Poe's father: "...and through it all, lies of course the final conflict of deterioration, entropy, which is of course the deterioration of creative energies..."


**The song is from Poe's album "Haunted," which was a tribute to her father, who was a scientist and teacher in Spain. His death had a great impact on her life. She stumbled upon some old recordings of his lectures, and used them in many of the songs in the album.

POE - "Not a Virgin"

I'm not a virgin anymore

I just thought you should know
Darlin' I've been around
I've been up and down your block
In fact I have been all over town
Down by the lake
And underneath the table in my living room
Outside with the blue blue moon

You can call me what you will
Call me a slut call me a jaded pill
But darling I've got your number now

I'm not a virgin anymore
I've been taken
I've been hung up
I get down and start it over again
I've been open
And I've been closed like a book
And burned out like a written sin
I just thought you should know my darling
Before we begin
I'm not a virgin anymore

Just thought you should know
Before you let another lie
Get through your crooked little teeth
I don't think you wanna start that shit with me

Much better yet
Oh, tell me something dangerous and true
Oh yeah that looks much sexier on you!

Careful what it is you say
'Cause I can see right through you
On a cloudy day and darlin' I think you wanna play
I'm not a virgin anymore
I've been taken
I've been hung up
I get down and start it over again
I've been open
And I've been closed like a book
And burned out like a written sin
So if you wanna play dirty my darling I'm gonna win
I'm not a virgin anymore

Uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh

Been there done that
(Say what?)
Get the hang of it
Get screwed
I screw you I had a whole lot of fun with it
But I've had enough now so you better take a bow
It's gonna be a new experience if you wanna play with me

Daisy chains and Mary Jane
Fairy tales
Cannot fool me now
I just thought you should know

Man: "Shut up I tell you!"

Yeah, right
Whatever dude!

I've been taken
I've been hung up
I get down and start it over again
I've been open
And I've been closed like a book
And burned out like a written sin

Hell I've been divided
Out of my mind and reinvented again
I've been ignited and then uninvited
So honey
You break it up
I'm gonna put it back together again

I just thought you should know my darling
Before we begin

I'm not a virgin anymore

Woman: "Oh Sir! I'm sorry, I'm sorry"

Do you get the gist of the song now?

**The song is a metaphor about being young and naive, and being taken advantage of

We've been listening to this one for a few weeks now. Fun's We are Young. This is from a brand new band and what is interesting about this song is that the tv show Glee did a version of the song before the original was actually released. Fun is also the first rock band since 2002 to reach number one on the Hot 100 with their first charting single.

Here is a video with the lyrics in it (oh, the line, "my friends are in the bathroom getting higher than the Empire State" refers to the Empire State Building located in New York City, New York. Home - Empire State Building

Global Deejays - Freakin' Out

I'm looking for similar music: english lyrics + heavy rock music + orchestra + choir. Would be grateful for any suggestions.

Originally Posted by Sergey_

I'm looking for similar music: english lyrics + heavy rock music + orchestra + choir. Would be grateful for any suggestions.

This type of music is not very common in English as far as I know. There is plenty of German music of that character - I can't think of a single British group that sings this type of music. Maybe somebody else from the UK can.

This song has the character of being a rock anthem, played partly by an orchestra, with a chorus - it sends a chill down my spine if I am in the right mood. But it is Christian and not historical, like the song in your example.
Lyrics are in the video, be aware that this song uses American style English, some of the lyrics are a bit tricky to follow.

@Sergey, cont:d
Maybe you'll find "Jerusalem" inspirational - It is most English peoples' favourite patriotic song, since it is about England rather than the UK, and the melody is nice. It is also the rugby union anthem.

Here it is, with lyrics (don't be confused by the talk about Jerusalem - it's a song about England and, a Christian theme)




As for me, I am trying to chase down some Russian songs that have been stuck in my head! Just a phrases stuck, and the melodies.
There is this super catchy & very cheezy Russian song that my brother plays in his car - he doesn't know what it's called and lost the CD cover. Then a song that I heard all the time when I was travelling in Russian speaking countries last year. Something about white roses and a beautiful woman.
These are Europop / schlager type songs - definitely not stylish music, but catchy addictive tunes.
Watch this space, I'll return when I have figured out what the songs are called, then I'll translate them, to get them out of my head.

Hanna, thank you for the videos. "Jerusalem" reminds me some anthems of English football clubs which i love, like this one. And why they sing 'builded' instead of 'built'? Old-fashioned language?