listen and think.
Time to Say Goodbye - Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli
[quote]ktennies wrote:
This song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers is one of my very very favorites. It starts out a little slow when you first hear it, but trust me it gets good. The guitar solos fit the lyrics perfectly.
I also love how it is so raw. Too many songs these days are all buffed and polished in the studio, but songs like this have that ‘imperfection’ quality.
When I first heard the guitar solo at about 2:00, I remember getting goosebumps and thinking, “That is the fucking greatest guitar solo I have ever heard in my life.”
Then I heard the one at 3:20.
[/quote]
Oh HELL YEAH. GREAT SONG.
Deep Purple - Child In Time
(don’t debate which version is best, they are all great)
Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls
Amon Amarth - Cry Of The Blackbirds
[quote]Molotov_Coktease wrote:
Btw ‘iron dwarf’ …aka mental midget- I’m 34 and female.
[/quote]
Damn. I’ve been pwned.
This is the most beautiful song I’ve heard.
It’s like breathing fresh air and then flying to heaven on pulses of pure energy
i heard that this song anthony wrote this song for flea as a wedding proposal.
From the first time i heard it goosebumps. It does take a few listens for others though.
Lyrics to Hard To Concentrate :
Hustle, bustle, and, so much muscle
Cells about to separate
Now I find it hard to concentrate
And, temporary this
Cash and carry �??em
Stepping up to indicate
The time has come to deviate
And, all I want is for you to be happy
And, take this moment to make you my family
And, finally you have found something perfect
And, finally you have found�?�
Death defying this
Mess I�??m buying its
Raining down with love and hate
Now, I find it hard to motivate
And, estuary is, blessed but scary
Heart�??s about to palpitate
Now, I�??m not about to hesitate
And, want to treasure the rest of your days here
And, give you pleasure in so many ways dear
And, finally you have found something perfect
And, finally you have found�?�
(Here we go)
Do you want me to show up for duty?
And, serve this woman, and all of her beauty
And, finally you have found something perfect
And, finally you have found�?�
Yourself�?� with me, will
You, agree to take this man
Into your world
And now, we are as one
My lone ranger
The, heat-exchanger
Is, living in this figure eight
Now I do my best to recreate
And, sweet precision
And, soft collision
Heart�??s about to palpitate
Now I find it hard to separate
And, all I want is for you to be happy
And, take this woman and make you my family
And, finally you have found someone perfect
And, finally you have found�?�
All I want is for you to be happy
And, take this woman and make you my family
And, finally you have found someone perfect
And, finally you have found�?�
That is a very nice song. I had that played at my wedding.
You have to hear it to get the meter though.
[quote]imhungry wrote:
Iron Dwarf wrote:
Molotov_Coktease wrote:
Then again, I wouldn’t expect much more from a Sex Pistols fan. Talk about overrated and talentless.
History shows the Sex Pistols were badly needed in the disco/corporate rock era. Besides, talent was never the point for them. They were a rough and loud breath of fresh air at the time.
But you were probably jackin’ off to Journey back then… if you’re that old to remember.
lol
Journey was barely a band when the Sex Pistols were around.
The Clash buried the Pistols, anyway.
So there!!![/quote]
indeed
I used to have a list but can’t think of any off the top of my head for some reason.
However, when I hear the opening lyrics to Sinatra’s “The Best Has Yet to Come,” I can’t help but grin like I’m getting away with something.
“Lua” by Bright Eyes
I know that it is freezing, but I think we have to walk
I keep waving at the taxis, they keep turning their lights off
But Julie knows a party at some actor’s West side loft
Supplies are endless in the evening by the morning they’ll be gone
When everything is lonely I can be my own best friend
I’ll get a coffee and the paper, have my own conversations
with the sidewalk and the pigeons and my window reflection
The mask I polish in the evening by the morning looks like shit
And I know you have a heavy heart, I can feel it when we kiss
So many men stronger than me have thrown their backs out trying to lift it
But me I’m not a gamble, you can count on me to split
The love I sell you in the evening by the morning won’t exist
You’re looking skinny like a model with your eyes all painted black
Just keep going to the bathroom, always say you’ll be right back
Well, it takes one to know one, kid, I think you’ve got it bad
But what’s so easy in the evening by the morning’s such a drag
I got a flask inside my pocket, we can share it on the train
And if you promise to stay conscious I will try and do the same
We might die from medication, but we sure killed all the pain
But what was normal in the evening by the morning seems insane
And I’m not sure what the trouble was that started all of this
The reasons all have run away, but the feeling never did
It’s not something I would recommend, but it is one way to live
Cause what is simple in the moonlight by the morning never is
It was so simple in the moonlight now it’s so complicated
It was so simple in the moonlight, so simple in the moonlight
So simple in the moonlight…
Playground Love by Air makes me want to start doing drugs again…
Not the “most beautiful” song, but goddamn, he has to be on of the greatest rock vocalists of all time:
Beauty…Ella or Billie or even Madeleine Peyroux, who I saw live at the Monterey Jazz Festival:
How can you not smile with this song playing?
But my favorite group of all time is The Roots. Hands down, ‘Thought @ Work’ is the sickest string of lyrics I’ve ever heard. And Jesus H. are they amazing live.
Bon Jovi - Always - Does it for me, means a lot to me and when i got to see them live earlier this year it was amazing. Very emotional…
Got it.
Let it Be by The Beatles.
[quote]Stronghold wrote:
“Lua” by Bright Eyes
I know that it is freezing, but I think we have to walk
I keep waving at the taxis, they keep turning their lights off
But Julie knows a party at some actor’s West side loft
Supplies are endless in the evening by the morning they’ll be gone
When everything is lonely I can be my own best friend
I’ll get a coffee and the paper, have my own conversations
with the sidewalk and the pigeons and my window reflection
The mask I polish in the evening by the morning looks like shit
And I know you have a heavy heart, I can feel it when we kiss
So many men stronger than me have thrown their backs out trying to lift it
But me I’m not a gamble, you can count on me to split
The love I sell you in the evening by the morning won’t exist
You’re looking skinny like a model with your eyes all painted black
Just keep going to the bathroom, always say you’ll be right back
Well, it takes one to know one, kid, I think you’ve got it bad
But what’s so easy in the evening by the morning’s such a drag
I got a flask inside my pocket, we can share it on the train
And if you promise to stay conscious I will try and do the same
We might die from medication, but we sure killed all the pain
But what was normal in the evening by the morning seems insane
And I’m not sure what the trouble was that started all of this
The reasons all have run away, but the feeling never did
It’s not something I would recommend, but it is one way to live
Cause what is simple in the moonlight by the morning never is
It was so simple in the moonlight now it’s so complicated
It was so simple in the moonlight, so simple in the moonlight
So simple in the moonlight…[/quote]
Also By Bright Eyes-
Very good writing, this one is my favorite…the ending and the way he sings it especially.
Poison Oak
Poison oak, some boyhood bravery
When the telephone was a tin can on a string
And I fell asleep with you still talking to me
You said you weren’t afraid to die
In polaroids you were dressed in women’s clothes
Were you made ashamed, why’d you lock them in a drawer?
Well, I don’t think that I ever loved you more
Than when you turned away, when you slammed the door
When you stole the car and drove towards Mexico
And you wrote bad checks just to fill your arm
I was young enough, I still believed in war
Well let the poets cry themselves to sleep
And all their tearful words will turn back into steam
But me, I’m a single cell on the serpent’s tongue
There’s a muddy field where a garden was
And I’m glad you got away but I’m still stuck out here
My clothes are soaking wet from your brother’s tears
And I never thought this life was possible
You’re the yellow bird that I’ve been waiting for
The end of paralysis, I was a statuette
Now I’m drunk as hell on a piano bench
And when I press the keys it all gets reversed
The sound of loneliness makes me happier
I Could Not Ask For More - Edwin McCain
This song always makes me think of my GF (now wife)
Christmas in New York by Shilelagh Law, a local NY pub band. Written for the Christmas of 2001.
The lyrics:
There’s snow in the air, winter is here.
The wind is blowing, the nights are so clear.
There’s presents to wrap and cards to send.
It’s Christmas in New York again.
There’s somebody singing a holiday song.
You pick up the tune and start singing along.
You learned the words sometime way back when.
It’s Christmas in New York again.
Fancy store windows and millions of lights.
Downtown in December, what a fabulous sight.
You spin round and round trying to take it all in.
It’s Christmas in New York again.
As you gather round the table with everyone,
You feel that something has been left undone.
The tree is all trimmed, your shopping is through,
But there’s one last thing you still have to do.
It’s Christmas Eve, eleven PM.
You walk down to the church and you quietly go in.
Kneel down in the last pew, right on the aisle.
And say God I know that it’s been a while.
But can you do me a favor on this Christmas Eve?
Can you send out some blessings to people for me?
You know these last few months have been kind of tough,
and we could all use a little love.
So bless New York’s finest, our angels in blue.
Giving us hope and helping us through.
And bless New York’s bravest, the FDNY,
giving their sweat and their tears and their lives.
And bless all the medics and our troops overseas,
And the guys in the hardhats removing debris.
Bless the everyday people who answered the call.
Bless those who gave some, and those who gave all.
And bless all the souls who left us this year.
You may be gone, but you’ll always be here.
Singing and dancing with family and friends.
It’s Christmas in New York again.
There’s snow in the air, winter is here.
The wind is blowing, the nights are so clear.
There’s presents to wrap and cards to send.
It’s Christmas in New York again.
Sigur Ros- Hoppipola
Some people are not lyrics people. I definitely am, but sometimes there are songs that can be in another language that cross the barriers of language and strike a chord of common emotion … and connect with one and all. This is one of those songs.
[quote]jaybvee wrote:
I Could Not Ask For More - Edwin McCain
This song always makes me think of my GF (now wife)[/quote]
I hope that’s her in your avatar. 