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satellitedriver
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Pkgrunner
Till I Collapse
wkmac, you mentioned Jethro Tull? One of my favorite Tull songs
Meanwhile back in the year One --- when you belonged to no-one ---
You didn't stand a chance son, if your pants were undone.
`Cause you were bred for humanity and sold to society ---
One day you'll wake up in the Present Day ---
A million generations removed from expectations
Of being who you really want to be.
Skating away ---
Skating away ---
Skating away on the thin ice of the New Day.
So as you push off from the shore,
Won't you turn your head once more --- and make your peace with everyone?
For those who choose to stay,
Will live just one more day ---
To do the things they should have done.
And as you cross the wilderness, spinning in your emptiness:
You feel you have to pray.
Looking for a sign
That the Universal Mind (!) has written you into the Passion Play.
Skating away on the thin ice of the New Day.
And as you cross the circle line, the ice-wall creaks behind ---
You're a rabbit on the run.
And the silver splinters fly in the corner of your eye ---
Shining in the setting sun.
Well, do you ever get the feeling that the story's
Too damn real and in the present tense?
Or that everybody's on the stage, and it seems like
You're the only person sitting in the audience?
Skating away on the thin ice of the New Day.
Meanwhile back in the year One --- when you belonged to no-one ---
You didn't stand a chance son, if your pants were undone.
`Cause you were bred for humanity and sold to society ---
One day you'll wake up in the Present Day ---
A million generations removed from expectations
Of being who you really want to be.
Skating away ---
Skating away ---
Skating away on the thin ice of the New Day.
So as you push off from the shore,
Won't you turn your head once more --- and make your peace with everyone?
For those who choose to stay,
Will live just one more day ---
To do the things they should have done.
And as you cross the wilderness, spinning in your emptiness:
You feel you have to pray.
Looking for a sign
That the Universal Mind (!) has written you into the Passion Play.
Skating away on the thin ice of the New Day.
And as you cross the circle line, the ice-wall creaks behind ---
You're a rabbit on the run.
And the silver splinters fly in the corner of your eye ---
Shining in the setting sun.
Well, do you ever get the feeling that the story's
Too damn real and in the present tense?
Or that everybody's on the stage, and it seems like
You're the only person sitting in the audience?
Skating away on the thin ice of the New Day.
wkmac
Well-Known Member
DS,
Something else about that period was the music wasn't as genre specific to the listeners. What I mean is, I liked music across the spectrum from basic rock, to progressive to even Motown and dare I say it, yes I even liked Karen Carpenter. I still think to this day she has one of the most amazing female voices in music along with Annie Haslem of Renaissance. Even with early Sabbath of which I was a huge fan, we didn't call it metal or heavy metal, that all came later. I mean Tony Iommi of Sabbath was for a short time the guitarist for Jethro Tull in 68' and after Greg Lake left King Crimson for ELP, Fripp almost hired Elton John to replace Lake as KC's singer and then EJ did his solo thing and Rocketman was playing everywhere.
Uriah Heep toured with Ike and Tina Turner in 72' introducing some real booty shaking to a lot of white males and their set was absolutely amazing. If you like metal or hard rock, you might thank Ike because he recorded the first song (early 50's) in which a distorted guitar was used in the song Rocket 88 and Ike could play. In 74' Heep again toured and introduced Earth Wind and Fire and they are amazing too. David Bowie did a duet with Bing Crosby. People just loved music.
I know Marcus Lewis who is the bone player for Ohio Players (Love Roller Coaster) and we talk all the time about how back in the day people were all over the map with music and as the young white audience finds classic rock, I'm (Marcus too) hoping the young black audience finds classic Motown. Those harmonies were angels from heaven IMO. My daughter's drum teacher is the studio drummer for Outkast and I'm always dropping hints!
BTW: Andrea Benjamin is an awesome jazz player on a clarinet. OMG!!!!!
Here's another possible shocker (no pun intended, you'll see why) when it comes to crossing musical bounderies. John Five was the guitarist for many years for Marilyn Manson (now you get the shocker) and although he doesn't look the part, he loves country chicken pickin and is one of the most sought after Nashville session guitarist as we speak.
Now this is chicken pickin
Had Randy Rhodes not been killed, he was gonna leave Ozzy after the tour and go study classical guitar. Flea of Red Hot Chilli Peppers is studying music in college right now as we speak. Alex Skolnick was the guitarist for the Thrash metal band Testament but he left the band in the early 90's to go study jazz and then he played for about 5 years with Transiberian Orchestra and has now returned to playing with Testament. But he still does jazz. Youtube "Alex Skolnick Trio". Kirk Hammett of Metallica is good friends and regular jam session player with Carlos Santana. Another band I'm a big fan of is Swedish Progressive/Death Metal band Opeth whose latest album was heavily influenced by the 60's band Zombies and Rod Argent. You listen to Watershed and it's all over the place and they also did a cover of Robin Trower's Bridge of Sighs.
When Jerry Reed died, the guitar mags including the metal ones all did features on Jerry and the players came out of the wood work talking about Jerry's influence and when Les Paul passed? OMG!!!! There were a lot of Les Paul/Mary Ford discs getting spun along with some sad tears too in the metal world as well as hip hop. That multi track recording they love was all possible because of Les.
The fans might be music specific but the musicians aren't by any stretch of the imagination. It's ashame fans won't wake up and realize the record companies have created championship wrestling instead of just music.
Something else about that period was the music wasn't as genre specific to the listeners. What I mean is, I liked music across the spectrum from basic rock, to progressive to even Motown and dare I say it, yes I even liked Karen Carpenter. I still think to this day she has one of the most amazing female voices in music along with Annie Haslem of Renaissance. Even with early Sabbath of which I was a huge fan, we didn't call it metal or heavy metal, that all came later. I mean Tony Iommi of Sabbath was for a short time the guitarist for Jethro Tull in 68' and after Greg Lake left King Crimson for ELP, Fripp almost hired Elton John to replace Lake as KC's singer and then EJ did his solo thing and Rocketman was playing everywhere.
Uriah Heep toured with Ike and Tina Turner in 72' introducing some real booty shaking to a lot of white males and their set was absolutely amazing. If you like metal or hard rock, you might thank Ike because he recorded the first song (early 50's) in which a distorted guitar was used in the song Rocket 88 and Ike could play. In 74' Heep again toured and introduced Earth Wind and Fire and they are amazing too. David Bowie did a duet with Bing Crosby. People just loved music.
I know Marcus Lewis who is the bone player for Ohio Players (Love Roller Coaster) and we talk all the time about how back in the day people were all over the map with music and as the young white audience finds classic rock, I'm (Marcus too) hoping the young black audience finds classic Motown. Those harmonies were angels from heaven IMO. My daughter's drum teacher is the studio drummer for Outkast and I'm always dropping hints!
BTW: Andrea Benjamin is an awesome jazz player on a clarinet. OMG!!!!!
Here's another possible shocker (no pun intended, you'll see why) when it comes to crossing musical bounderies. John Five was the guitarist for many years for Marilyn Manson (now you get the shocker) and although he doesn't look the part, he loves country chicken pickin and is one of the most sought after Nashville session guitarist as we speak.
Now this is chicken pickin
Had Randy Rhodes not been killed, he was gonna leave Ozzy after the tour and go study classical guitar. Flea of Red Hot Chilli Peppers is studying music in college right now as we speak. Alex Skolnick was the guitarist for the Thrash metal band Testament but he left the band in the early 90's to go study jazz and then he played for about 5 years with Transiberian Orchestra and has now returned to playing with Testament. But he still does jazz. Youtube "Alex Skolnick Trio". Kirk Hammett of Metallica is good friends and regular jam session player with Carlos Santana. Another band I'm a big fan of is Swedish Progressive/Death Metal band Opeth whose latest album was heavily influenced by the 60's band Zombies and Rod Argent. You listen to Watershed and it's all over the place and they also did a cover of Robin Trower's Bridge of Sighs.
When Jerry Reed died, the guitar mags including the metal ones all did features on Jerry and the players came out of the wood work talking about Jerry's influence and when Les Paul passed? OMG!!!! There were a lot of Les Paul/Mary Ford discs getting spun along with some sad tears too in the metal world as well as hip hop. That multi track recording they love was all possible because of Les.
The fans might be music specific but the musicians aren't by any stretch of the imagination. It's ashame fans won't wake up and realize the record companies have created championship wrestling instead of just music.
satellitedriver
Senior Member
pkgrunner,
Tull is way up in my" top ten".
Often when people ask me, "How you doing?', I smile and say "Just skating on the thin ice of a new day."
Most people smile back and can relate.
Tull is way up in my" top ten".
Often when people ask me, "How you doing?', I smile and say "Just skating on the thin ice of a new day."
Most people smile back and can relate.
wkmac
Well-Known Member
pkgrunner,
Did you know Tull played American Bandstand? Yep, after recording Stand Up (Before Aqualung) they played for Dick!
When I saw Tull in 71' a roadie had this T-shirt on that said Genesis and it finally got the better of me so I asked if it was some religious statement. He told me no but it was a new band out of England that he had worked with who were really good. We talked a bit more and just by chance the Genesis song The Knife from their album Trespass was on the tape they were playing through the house sound before the concert. I was immediately hooked and probably of that period, Genesis was my favorite band and in many respects always has been at least from that period through Wind and Wurthering. As lyrics go, Peter Gabriel was influenced at how violent revolutions intended for good always just go bad and the lyrics are to that message. With that, I give you, The Knife!
Tell me my life is about to begin
Tell me that I am a hero,
Promise me all of your violent dreams
Light up your body with anger.
Now, in this ugly world
it is time to destroy all this evil.
Now, when I give the word
get ready to fight for your freedom
Now -
Stand up and fight, for you know we are right
We must strike at the lies
That have spread like disease through our minds.
Soon we'll have power, every soldier will rest
And we'll spread out our kindness
To all who our love now deserve.
Some of you are going to die -
Martyrs of course to the freedom that I shall provide.
I'll give you the names of those you must kill,
All must die with their children.
Carry their heads to the palace of old,
Hang them high, let the blood flow.
Now, in this ugly world
break all the chains around us,
Now, the crusade has begun
give us a land fit for heroes,
Now -
Stand up and fight, for you know we are right
We must strike at the lies
That have spread like disease through our minds.
Soon we'll have power, every soldier will rest
And we'll spread out our kindness
To all who our love now deserve.
Some of you are going to die -
Martyrs of course to the freedom that I shall provide.
We are only wanting freedom
We are only wanting freedom
We are only wanting freedom
We are only wanting freedom ("Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom...")
We are only wanting freedom ("Things are getting out of control here today")
We are only wanting freedom ("OK men - fire over their heads!")
We are only wanting freedom
--- WE HAVE WON ---
Some of you are going to die,
Martyrs of course to the freedom that I shall provide.
Perfect headbanging tempo!
Did you know Tull played American Bandstand? Yep, after recording Stand Up (Before Aqualung) they played for Dick!
When I saw Tull in 71' a roadie had this T-shirt on that said Genesis and it finally got the better of me so I asked if it was some religious statement. He told me no but it was a new band out of England that he had worked with who were really good. We talked a bit more and just by chance the Genesis song The Knife from their album Trespass was on the tape they were playing through the house sound before the concert. I was immediately hooked and probably of that period, Genesis was my favorite band and in many respects always has been at least from that period through Wind and Wurthering. As lyrics go, Peter Gabriel was influenced at how violent revolutions intended for good always just go bad and the lyrics are to that message. With that, I give you, The Knife!
Tell me my life is about to begin
Tell me that I am a hero,
Promise me all of your violent dreams
Light up your body with anger.
Now, in this ugly world
it is time to destroy all this evil.
Now, when I give the word
get ready to fight for your freedom
Now -
Stand up and fight, for you know we are right
We must strike at the lies
That have spread like disease through our minds.
Soon we'll have power, every soldier will rest
And we'll spread out our kindness
To all who our love now deserve.
Some of you are going to die -
Martyrs of course to the freedom that I shall provide.
I'll give you the names of those you must kill,
All must die with their children.
Carry their heads to the palace of old,
Hang them high, let the blood flow.
Now, in this ugly world
break all the chains around us,
Now, the crusade has begun
give us a land fit for heroes,
Now -
Stand up and fight, for you know we are right
We must strike at the lies
That have spread like disease through our minds.
Soon we'll have power, every soldier will rest
And we'll spread out our kindness
To all who our love now deserve.
Some of you are going to die -
Martyrs of course to the freedom that I shall provide.
We are only wanting freedom
We are only wanting freedom
We are only wanting freedom
We are only wanting freedom ("Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom...")
We are only wanting freedom ("Things are getting out of control here today")
We are only wanting freedom ("OK men - fire over their heads!")
We are only wanting freedom
--- WE HAVE WON ---
Some of you are going to die,
Martyrs of course to the freedom that I shall provide.
Perfect headbanging tempo!
dilligaf
IN VINO VERITAS
Anyone can achieve their fullest potential. How we are might be predetermined but the path we follow is always of our own choosing. We should never allow our fears or the expectations of others to set the frontiers of our destiny. Our destiny can't be changed but it can be challenged. Every man is born as many men but dies as a single one.
D
Dis-organized Labor
Guest
I wouldn't describe it as "singing"
Pkgrunner
Till I Collapse
I just found out(after doing a bit of research) that I am technically Gen X even though I know how to use a slide rule.
MTV aired it's first video while I was in High school, and my buddies and I would ditch class to play the newest video games at the pool hall(arcades did not exist yet). I guess that makes me the first of the Gen Xers....and all this time I thought I was at the end of the Baby Boomers.....Damn that Wikipedia
I did not know that..then again that was a little before my time...My first Tull album was Warchild. In fact I still have all my old albums...Cream, the Doors, Led Zeppelin, Hendrix, CCR, the Who Sabbath, the Ventures etc, etc...too bad Phonograph needles are so expensive to replace...I remember the crossover period between vinyl and CDs, I resisted for the longest time... now even CDs are going to be extinct soon....
Here's some profound and timeless lyrics that I am surprised nobody has posted yet: Dylan
Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'.
Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.
Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside
And it is ragin'
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'.
Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Rapidly agin'
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'.
The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin'
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'.
Good call, Pkgrunner! I love that old 60's stuff 
Donovan popularized this song by Buffy Sainte-Marie:
He's five foot-two, and he's six feet-four,
He fights with missiles and with spears.
He's all of thirty-one, and he's only seventeen,
Been a soldier for a thousand years.
He'a a Catholic, a Hindu, an Atheist, a Jain,
A Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew.
And he knows he shouldn't kill,
And he knows he always will,
Kill you for me my friend and me for you.
And he's fighting for Canada,
He's fighting for France,
He's fighting for the USA,
And he's fighting for the Russians,
And he's fighting for Japan,
And he thinks we'll put an end to war this way.
And he's fighting for Democracy,
He's fighting for the Reds,
He says it's for the peace of all.
He's the one who must decide,
Who's to live and who's to die,
And he never sees the writing on the wall.
But without him,
How would Hitler have condemned him at Dachau?
Without him Caesar would have stood alone,
He's the one who gives his body
As a weapon of the war,
And without him all this killing can't go on.
He's the Universal Soldier and he really is to blame,
His orders come from far away no more,
They come from here and there and you and me,
And brothers can't you see,
This is not the way we put the end to war.
Donovan popularized this song by Buffy Sainte-Marie:
He's five foot-two, and he's six feet-four,
He fights with missiles and with spears.
He's all of thirty-one, and he's only seventeen,
Been a soldier for a thousand years.
He'a a Catholic, a Hindu, an Atheist, a Jain,
A Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew.
And he knows he shouldn't kill,
And he knows he always will,
Kill you for me my friend and me for you.
And he's fighting for Canada,
He's fighting for France,
He's fighting for the USA,
And he's fighting for the Russians,
And he's fighting for Japan,
And he thinks we'll put an end to war this way.
And he's fighting for Democracy,
He's fighting for the Reds,
He says it's for the peace of all.
He's the one who must decide,
Who's to live and who's to die,
And he never sees the writing on the wall.
But without him,
How would Hitler have condemned him at Dachau?
Without him Caesar would have stood alone,
He's the one who gives his body
As a weapon of the war,
And without him all this killing can't go on.
He's the Universal Soldier and he really is to blame,
His orders come from far away no more,
They come from here and there and you and me,
And brothers can't you see,
This is not the way we put the end to war.
We used to listen to that every thanksgivingTalking about the 60's and profound lyrics, this IMO is an alltime classic that speaks on many different levels. I can't post the lyrics because they are so long it goes pass the 10k limit here at BC.
"You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant!"
JimJimmyJames
Big Time Feeder Driver
I remember when I was a girl
Our house caught on fire
And I'll never forget the look on my father's face
As he gathered me in his arms
And raced to the burning building out on the pavement.
And I stood there shivering
And watched the whole world go up in flames
And when it was all over
I said to myself
“Is that all there is to a fire?”
Is that all there is?
If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is.
And when I was twelve years old
My daddy took me to the circus
The greatest show on earth
And there were clowns
And elephants
Dancing bears,
And a beautiful lady in pink tights flew high above our heads.
And as I sat there watching
I had the feeling that something was missing
I don't know what
But when it was all over
I said to myself
“Is that all there is to the circus?”
Is that all there is?
If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is.
And then I fell in love
With the most wonderful boy in the world
We'd take long walks down by the river
Or just sit for hours gazing into each other's eyes
We were so very much in love.
And then one day
He went away
And I thought I'd die
But I didn't
And when I didn't
I said to myself
“Is that all there is to love?”
Is that all there is?
If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is.
I know what you must be saying to yourselves
If that's the way she feels about it
Then why doesn't she just end it all
Oh no. not me. I'm not ready for the final disappointment
'Cause I know just as well as I'm standing here talking to you
That when that final moment comes
And I'm breathing my last breath
I know what I'll be saying to myself
"Is that all there is?"
Is that all there is?
If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is
Our house caught on fire
And I'll never forget the look on my father's face
As he gathered me in his arms
And raced to the burning building out on the pavement.
And I stood there shivering
And watched the whole world go up in flames
And when it was all over
I said to myself
“Is that all there is to a fire?”
Is that all there is?
If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is.
And when I was twelve years old
My daddy took me to the circus
The greatest show on earth
And there were clowns
And elephants
Dancing bears,
And a beautiful lady in pink tights flew high above our heads.
And as I sat there watching
I had the feeling that something was missing
I don't know what
But when it was all over
I said to myself
“Is that all there is to the circus?”
Is that all there is?
If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is.
And then I fell in love
With the most wonderful boy in the world
We'd take long walks down by the river
Or just sit for hours gazing into each other's eyes
We were so very much in love.
And then one day
He went away
And I thought I'd die
But I didn't
And when I didn't
I said to myself
“Is that all there is to love?”
Is that all there is?
If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is.
I know what you must be saying to yourselves
If that's the way she feels about it
Then why doesn't she just end it all
Oh no. not me. I'm not ready for the final disappointment
'Cause I know just as well as I'm standing here talking to you
That when that final moment comes
And I'm breathing my last breath
I know what I'll be saying to myself
"Is that all there is?"
Is that all there is?
If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is
trplnkl
555
I used to wish that I was
Great as any man
Better than I am
Could do things no one can
And I used to wish that I was cool as I could be
But now I'm learning to live with me
Is anybody satisfied with who they really are
You could be the moon
And still be jealous of the stars
You gotta' learn to swim
If you can't walk upon the sea
So I'm learning to live with me
And I used to wish that I was
Braver than the rest
A hero nothin' less
A big duke in the west
But I know the way I am is who I'm gonna be
So I'm learing to live with me
Is anybody satisfied with who they really are
You could be the moon
And still be jealous of the stars
You gotta' learn to swim
If you can't walk upon the sea
So I'm learning to live
Learning to forgive
Learning to live with me
Great as any man
Better than I am
Could do things no one can
And I used to wish that I was cool as I could be
But now I'm learning to live with me
Is anybody satisfied with who they really are
You could be the moon
And still be jealous of the stars
You gotta' learn to swim
If you can't walk upon the sea
So I'm learning to live with me
And I used to wish that I was
Braver than the rest
A hero nothin' less
A big duke in the west
But I know the way I am is who I'm gonna be
So I'm learing to live with me
Is anybody satisfied with who they really are
You could be the moon
And still be jealous of the stars
You gotta' learn to swim
If you can't walk upon the sea
So I'm learning to live
Learning to forgive
Learning to live with me
jaded1
counting the days til 80
CAKE
I want a girl with a short skirt and a Loooonnnnng jacket
Nirvana
A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido
The Ramones
Beat on the brat
Beat on the brat
Beat on the brat with a baseball bat
oh yeah,
oh yeah,
oh oh
with a brat like that what can you do?
Soundgarden
The grass is always greener
Where the dog's been sh*&&*ng
Sublime
If he knows what's good for him
He best go run and hide
Daddy's got a new .45
And I won't think twice to stick that barrel
Straight down Sancho's throat
Beleive me when I say that
I got something for his punk *****
I want a girl with a short skirt and a Loooonnnnng jacket
Nirvana
A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido
The Ramones
Beat on the brat
Beat on the brat
Beat on the brat with a baseball bat
oh yeah,
oh yeah,
oh oh
with a brat like that what can you do?
Soundgarden
The grass is always greener
Where the dog's been sh*&&*ng
Sublime
If he knows what's good for him
He best go run and hide
Daddy's got a new .45
And I won't think twice to stick that barrel
Straight down Sancho's throat
Beleive me when I say that
I got something for his punk *****
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