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

Originally Posted by rockzmom

That is an understatement! Hey but seriously, are you going to jam with her??? If so, ya know we want videos!!!

@kidkboom ... ah we have a dj/producer in da house! Have you competed in any of the mashstix challenges or have anything up on their site? I really am into mashups almost more than original songs now; but, the club remixes can have toooooo long of an intro for me. That is why I have been bugging our resident German, bitpicker, to help me out lately as I really like the mashups by Mashup Germany and while he uses mainly songs in English, he always seems to throw one German one in there and I need translations! I also like Dylan Vasey from London.

Jarod Ripley (French) has the best mashup I've heard using Adele's Rolling in the Deep

Rockzmom, thanks for the heads up about mashstix! Looked like they don't have any contests or challenges that are open just at the moment, but now that I know about it I'll mos def have to be in the next one! In the meantime I've got some mashups you might like.. or hate.. I'll PM you.. (Nothing German-speaking though sadly, unless Karin Dreijer Andersson's German accent counts)

Dance positively!
YouTube - Laurent Wolf - Seventies

From another commercial...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzPPAw5tnqs


Home!

[Her:]
Alabama, Arkansas,
I do love my ma and pa,
Not the way that I do love you.

[Him:]
Holy, Moley, me, oh my,
You're the apple of my eye,
Girl I've never loved one like you.

[Her:]
Man oh man you're my best friend,
I scream it to the nothingness,
There ain't nothing that I need.

[Him:]
Well, hot and heavy, pumpkin pie,
Chocolate candy, Jesus Christ,
Ain't nothing please me more than you.

[Both:]
Ahh Home. Let me come home
Home is wherever I'm with you.
Ahh Home. Let me go ho-oh-ome.
Home is wherever I'm with you.

La, la, la, la, take me home.
Mother, I'm coming home.

[Him:]
I'll follow you into the park,
Through the jungle through the dark,
Girl I never loved one like you.

[Her:]
Moats and boats and waterfalls,
Alley-ways and pay phone calls,
I've been everywhere with you.

[Him:]
We laugh until we think we'll die,
Barefoot on a summer night
Nothin' new is sweeter than with you

[Her:]
And in the streets you run afree,
Like it's only you and me,
Geeze, you're something to see.

[Both:]
Ahh Home. Let me go home.
Home is wherever I'm with you.
Ahh Home. Let me go ho-oh-ome.
Home is wherever I'm with you.

La, la, la, la, take me home.
Daddy, I'm coming home.

(Talking)
Him: Jade
Her: Alexander
Him: Do you remember that day you fell outta my window?
Her: I sure do, you came jumping out after me.
Him: Well, you fell on the concrete, nearly broke your ass, you were bleeding all over the place and I rushed you out to the hospital, you remember that?
Her: Yes I do.
Him: Well there's something I never told you about that night.
Her: What didn't you tell me?
Him: While you were sitting in the backseat smoking a cigarette you thought was gonna be your last, I was falling deep, deeply in love with you, and I never told you til just now.

[Both:]
Ahh Home. Let me go home.
Home is wherever I'm with you.
Ahh Home. Let me go ho-oh-ome.
Home is where I'm alone with you.

[Him:]
Home. Let me come home.
Home is wherever I'm with you.

[Her:]
Ahh home. Yes I am ho-oh-ome.
Home is when I'm alone with you.

[Her:]
Alabama, Arkansas,
I do love my ma and pa...
Moats and boats and waterfalls,
Alley-ways and pay phone calls...

[Both:]
Ahh Home. Let me go home.
Home is wherever I'm with you.
Ahh Home. Let me go ho-oh-ome.
Home is where I'm alone with you...

I am surprised to see that the old Tracy Chapman song Fast Car is back on the UK Top 40 List after all these years. Apparently it is because it was performed on Britain's Got Talent! This song is from 1989 and she won Grammys that year for Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and Best Contemporary Folk Recording. The song was nominated for Grammy too. This is old school music, no auto-tune here.



Lyrics:
You've got a fast car
I wanna a ticket to anywhere
Maybe we make a deal
Maybe together we can get somewhere
Any place is better
Starting from zero, got nothing to lose
Maybe we'll make something
Me, myself, I've got nothing to prove

You've got a fast car
I've got a plan to get us out of here
Been working at the convenience store
Managed to save just a little bit of money
Won't have to drive too far
Just cross the border and into the city
You and I can both get jobs
And finally see what it means to be living

See my old man's got a problem
Live with the bottle, that's the way it is
He says his body's too old for working
His body's too young, to look like his
When mama went off and left him
She wanted more from life than he could give
I said somebody's got to take care of him
So I quit school and that's what I did

You've got a fast car
Is it fast enough so we can fly away?
We gotta make a decision
Leave tonight or live and die this way

Say remember when we were driving, driving in your car
Speed so fast it felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
And I had a feeling that I belonged
I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

You've got a a fast car
We go cruising entertain ourselves
You still ain't got a job
Now I work in the market as a checkout girl
I know things will get better
You'll find work and I'll get promoted
We'll move out of the shelter
Buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs

Say remember when we were driving, driving in your car
Speeds so fast it felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
And I had a feeling that I belonged
I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

You've got a fast car
I've got a job that pays all our bills
You stay out drinking late at the bar
See more of your friends than you do of your kids
I'd always hoped for better
Thought maybe together you and me'd find it
I got no plans and I ain't going nowhere
So take your fast car and keep on driving

Say remember when we were driving, driving in your car
Speeds so fast it felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
And I had a feeling that I belonged
I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

You've got a fast car
Is it fast enough so you can fly away?
You gotta make a decision
Leave tonight or live and die this way

That is such a good song, I really like it and it reminds me of laying by the pool (on holiday in Spain) while listening to her tape on my Walkman.
What's Tracy Chapman doing these days?
And it also reminds me of Suzanne Vega from the same period, remember her?

Tom's Diner with lyrics

YouTube - ‪No Wars Will Stop Us Singing‬‏


No wars will stop us singing...


Ugly sounds are overhead and the streets are coloured red.
Young lives lost every day, its always been that way.
But we believe one day we see a world at peace, in harmony.
And that is why we say:

No wars will stop us singing;
our voices will stay strong.
Even through the darkest night
we will sing our song.

No fear will stop us dreaming;
our dreams will light the sky.
Even when all hope is gone
our dreams will not die.

We are the future;
we are tomorrow;
we are the peace that you all crave.
If our lives are taken we sing from beyond the grave.

No fear will stop us dreaming;
our dreams will light the sky.
Even when all hope is gone
our dreams will not die.

We will sing,
we will sing,
we must sing our song.

© 2005 by Don Black

What are you listening to?

Russian pop music, lol! Staying at a sanatorium in Belarus....
Some songs are playing all the time at the barn dance style discos..
Unfortunately I can't catch the titles - wish I knew what they were called!
Cheezy but catchy!

The other night So You Think You Can Dance premiered the Lady Gaga's new video for The Edge of Glory and as I was watching it I noticed the man sitting on the steps playing the sax and thought, "that looks a lot like Clarence," and afterwards they made an announcement that Clarence was in the hospital. Then came the announcement over the weekend that he was gone. For those of you who don't know his name, Clarence Clemons, was an amazing musician who when he played, made you feel joy. He is best known for his work with Bruce Springsteen; however, I know we have a number of Simpson fans here and he was on The Simpsons too.

Some of his better known songs...

Aretha Franklin's "Freeway of Love"


Bruce "Born to Run"



Bruce "Thunder Road"



The Simpsons Season 11 Episode 9 – Grift of the Magi (the voice of the narrator)

The Simpsons Season 11 Episode 9 – Grift of the Magi | Watch cartoons online, Watch anime online, English dub anime

"They Don't Care About Us"

Skin head, dead head
Everybody gone bad
Situation, aggravation
Everybody allegation
In the suite, on the news
Everybody dog food
Bang bang, shot dead
Everybody's gone mad

All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us
All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us

Beat me, hate me
You can never break me
Will me, thrill me
You can never kill me
chew me, sue me
Everybody do me
Kick me, kike me
Don't you black or white me

All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us
All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us

Tell me what has become of my life
I have a wife and two children who love me
I am the victim of police brutality, now
I'm tired of bein' the victim of hate
You're rapin' me of my pride
Oh, for God's sake
I look to heaven to fulfill its prophecy...
Set me free

Skin head, dead head
Everybody gone bad
trepidation, speculation
Everybody allegation
In the suite, on the news
Everybody dog food
Black male, black mail
Throw your brother in jail

All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us
All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us

Tell me what has become of my rights
Am I invisible because you ignore me?
Your proclamation promised me free liberty, now
I'm tired of bein' the victim of shame
They're throwing me in a class with a bad name
I can't believe this is the land from which I came
You know I do really hate to say it
The government don't wanna see
But if Roosevelt was livin'
He wouldn't let this be, no, no

Skin head, dead head
Everybody gone bad
Situation, speculation
Everybody litigation
Beat me, bash me
You can never trash me
Hit me, kick me
You can never get me

All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us
All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us

Some things in life they just don't wanna see
But if Martin Luther was livin'
He wouldn't let this be

Skin head, dead head
Everybody gone bad
Situation, segregation
Everybody allegation
In the suite, on the news
Everybody dog food
Kick me, strike me
Don't you wrong or right me

All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us
All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us

All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us
All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us

All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us
All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us

I'd sacrifice anything come what might
For the sake of having you near
In spite of a warning voice that comes in the night
And repeats, repeats in my ear

Don't you know little fool, you never can win
Use your mentality, wake up to reality,
But each time that I do, just the thought of you
Makes me stop just before I begin,
Because I've got you under my skin

This song was "cutting edge" back in 1972... there was a made-for-TV film with the same title that I watched about a million times when I was in elementary school (circa 1979-1982):



Here are the lyrics:
...

There's a land that I see
Where the children are free
And I say it ain't far
To this land from where we are
Take my hand, come with me,
Where the children are free
Come with me, take my hand, and we'll live...

In a land where the river runs free
In a land through the green country
In a land to a shining sea
And you and me are free to be you and me

I see a land bright and clear
And the time's comin' near
When we'll live in this land,
You and me, hand in hand
Take my hand, come along,
Lend your voice to my song
Come along, take my hand, sing a song...

For a land where the river runs free
For a land through the green country
For a land to a shining sea
For a land where the horses run free
And you and me are free to be you and me

Every boy in this land
Grows to be his own man
In this land, every girl
Grows to be her own woman
Take my hand, come with me
Where the children are free
Come with me, take my hand, and we'll run...

To a land where the river runs free
To a land through the green country
To a land to a shining sea
To a land where the horses run free
To a land where the children are free
And you and me are free to be
And you and me are free to be
And you and me are free to be you and me

The general theme of Free to Be... You and Me was to encourage children to reject gender/sex stereotypes -- that men don't cry and shouldn't be ballet dancers, that women can't be astronauts or soldiers, etc. (The movie also talked a little bit about racism and class differences, but mostly it was about gender roles.)

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

So I saw on tv today the trailer for the new Winnie the Pooh movie and they are using a song that I just adored and have both the US and UK versions. I can't believe they are using it though as it makes the trailer very sad...



Here is the full song with lyrics: Keane "Somewhere Only We Know"

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.

Piece of My Heart

Didn't I make you feel
Like you were the only man
Yeah I did not give you nearly everything
That a woman possibly can
Honey you know I did
Each time I tell myself that I well I think I've had enough
What I'm gonna show you baby is that a woman can be tough

I want you to come on, come on, come on, come on
And take it
Take another little piece of my heart now baby
Break it
Break another little bit of my heart now darlin' yeah
Come on
Grab another little piece of my heart now baby
You know you got it if it makes you feel good, oh yes it did

Your out on the streets lookin' good
And baby deep down in your heart
I guess you know that it ain't right
Now but (6x's) Hear me when I cry, cry, cry, cry
Baby I cry all the time
Each time I tell myself that I well I can't stand the pain
But when you hold me in your arms I'm singing once again

Take another little piece of my heart now baby
Break it
Break another little bit of my heart now darlin' yeah
Come on
Grab another little piece of my heart now baby
You know you got it if it makes you feel good

Fantastic thing: ‪Pearl Jam - Man of the hour‬‏ - YouTube

Tidal waves don’t beg forgiveness
'CRASHED' and on their way
Father he enjoyed collisions; others walked away
A snowflake falls in may.
And the doors are open now as the bells are ringing out
Cause the man of the hour is taking his final bow
Goodbye for now.

Nature has its own religion; gospel from the land
Father ruled by long division, young men they pretend
Old men comprehend.

And the 'SKY BREAKS' at dawn; shedding light upon this town
They’ll all come ‘round
Cause the man of the hour is taking his final bow
Goodbye for now.

And the road
The old man paved
The broken seams along the way
The rusted signs, left just for me
He was guiding me, love, his own way
Now the man of the hour is taking his final bow
As the curtain comes down
I feel that this is just goodbye for now.

I mentioned to someone a little while ago how much I like the movie The Breakfast Club a lot of great music was used in it and the "Brat Pack" came out of it. One song was by Simple Minds, Don't You Forget About Me ... well... The TV Show Psych made a 1 minute Music Video of their own in a very cute way to remind people to not forget about them over the summer...

Mumford & Sons is a relatively new British band. They're getting pretty popular here in the states, hear them on the radio all the time.