Dear CJ,

Fever by Peggy Lee...

"That's hot!"

Now, I've got one for you:

"Tonight you're mine completely
You give your love so sweetly
Tonight the light of love is in your eyes
But will you love me tomorrow?

Is this a lasting treasure
Or just a moment's pleasure?
Can I believe the magic of your sighs?
Will you still love me tomorrow?

Tonight with words unspoken
You say that I'm the only one
But will my heart be broken
Wnen the night meets the morning sun?

I'd like to know that your love
Is love I can be sure of
So tell me now, and I won't ask again
Will you still love me tomorrow?
Will you still love me tomorrow?

Dear Polycarp,

The "Highway to hell," was your latest choice.
I've got another one for you that I think you'll enjoy:

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And its been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I'm one

My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new bluejeans
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Orleans

Now the only thing a gambler needs
is a suitcase and a trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
is when he's on a drunk

On mother tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun

Well, I got one foot on the platform
The other foot on the train
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain

Well, there is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I'm one

Thanks Foxy.

Who would've thought that Boazy's an AC/DC fan?

Since Boazy's moved us out of the 60s, here's one of my all-time favourites. I'm sure Boazy will appreciate it, because it's on YouTube and he's a philosopher and all...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEOkxRLzBf0

"Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one "

John Lennon (1971)

This is quite fun.

While we're in the mood, here's another seminal 60s song, this time from 1963:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ced8o50G9kg

"How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

How many years can a mountain exist
Before it's washed to the sea?
Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head,
Pretending he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind."

Bob Dylan (1962)

Dear CJ,

That John Lennon song is one of my
all time favourites. Beautiful words
and philosophy. My cup of tea, definitely!
It always brings a lump to my throat, whenever
I hear it. Another favourite is Simon and
Garfunkel's, Sound of Silence:

Hello, darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision
That was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence...

However CJ, it's not as uplifting as Lennon's.

Dear Pericles,

Now, I've got one for you ...
'Cause you admire women:

I went and bought myself a ticket and
I sat down in the very first row, wo wo.
They pulled the curtain but then when
they turned the spotlight way down low, wo wo,
Little Egypt came out strutting,
wearing nothing but a button and a bow, wo wo,
singing Yeah yeah!Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah.

She had a ruby on her tummy and
a diamond big as Texas on her toe, wo wo.
She let her hair down and
She did the hoochie koochie real slow, wo wo,
When she did her special number on a zebra skin
I thought she'd stop the show, wo wo,
singing, Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah!.

She did a triple somersault and when she
hit the ground,
She winked at the audience and then she turned around.
She had a picture of a cowboy tattooed on her spine,
Saying Phoenix, Arizona, nineteen forty-nine.

Yeah, but let me tell you people,
Little Egypt doesn't dance there anymore wo wo.
She's too busy mopping and a taking care of shopping
at the store, wo wo.
'Cause we got seven kids and
all day long they crawl around the floor, wo wo,
singing, Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah!

What a gal indeed!

This is so fascinating :) who woulda thought.. so much wisdom and tight chunks of philosophy contained in little phrases.. perhaps we should start a new rule for olo.. "You may only respond to posts with songs" :) Might save a lotttt of woffle.

Now.. to business. FOXYYYY.. that 2 lines is amazing.. look at what they contain.

Is this a lasting treasure

(might call this the values of the 50s, Christian values)

Or just a moment's pleasure?

(aaah..now we have entered the 60s and 'free love.. existentialism' etc.)

In fact.. line 2 is a classic example of actually living out Lennons famous words.

"Imagine all the people
Living for today"

Golly we neeeed 'italics' for OLO .. grrrr...

Living for "today" is all you get when there is no heaven or hell...
as Edgeler Vess said "Life is about 'intense' moments" that's why he savored each killing by moving his face close to the dying victim.. smelling them.. tasting their blood etc...

If we only have 'today'..then it matters not whether we do 'good' or.. do bad... it just doesn't matter.. in the long run.. so.. one might be tempted to make an assessment. "Which will give more of a rush.. today"

Dylans song.. the words

How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?

in a way it says "When will you see past your own 'today' and see the real world?"

I might extend this.. how many times will people view the cross, yet not see the one upon it.. how many times will they hear His great Word.. yet not have ears to hear it. Hmm.. He himself even said that.

"They have ears but do not hear"
They have eyes but do not see