Dear Col,

My singing Kareoke would really be
entertaining (I'm tone deaf)...

And to keep it amusing I'd choose:

"Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets
And little man, little Lola wants you
Make up your mind to have
No regrets
Recline yourself
Resign yourself, you're through

I always get, what I aim for
And your heart and soul
Is what I came for

Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets
Take off your coat
Don't you know you can't win
You're no exception to the rule
I'm irresistible you fool...give in,
give in ..."

I have to thank Boazy for sending us in this direction.

YouTube is indeed a wonderful thing, particularly when it comes to vintage music clips. For me, this one from Cream was a literally seminal musical moment of my early adolescence. And the lyrics are so wonderfully 60s (actually, it's about waiting for a train while under the influence of drugs, so it probably still has some salience).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud1Y7rXFEQg&NR=1

" In the white room with black curtains near the station.
Black-roof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings.
Silver horses run down moonbeams in your dark eyes.
Dawn-light smiles on you leaving, my contentment.

I'll wait in this place where the sun never shines;
Wait in this place where the shadows run from themselves.

You said no strings could secure you at the station.
Platform ticket, restless diesels, goodbye windows.
I walked into such a sad time at the station.
As I walked out, felt my own need just beginning.

I'll wait in the queue when the trains come back;
Lie with you where the shadows run from themselves.

At the party she was kindness in the hard crowd.
Consolation for the old wound now forgotten.
Yellow tigers crouched in jungles in her dark eyes.
She's just dressing, goodbye windows, tired starlings.

I'll sleep in this place with the lonely crowd;
Lie in the dark where the shadows run from themselves. "

(Jack Bruce and Pete Brown, 1968)

Eric Clapton's still producing excellent music - not so sure about the others.

Great thread Boazy ... and for once, I agree with Col - who would have thought? Anyone remember Kate Bush ... sad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWdHOm256N4

Dear Foxy.... I note with romantic optimism the beauty and innocence of the Guantanavera song.. to me its like the wedding day with your childhood sweetheart.........

Oh.. if only life could be like that for more than the moment ...

Sadly.. after the euphoria of the wedding.. the reception.. the bills start to come.. the pressures.. the niggling this and that.. habits.. reality....

The gilted shine becomes tarnished.. broken dreams...

No.. it wasn't the "House of the Rising Sun".. it was the Sin Tong Ah in Penang... or the New Wa Sing... places I'll just about bet some of us have visited in the years gone by.. as every tri-shaw driver seemed to have them high on his list of 'must visit' for passengers.

Lilly was drugged, raped from every conceivable angle and method.. made pregnant.. and consigned to the service of male clients until she could find a man willing to take her as a wife...which thankfully, did happen.

Others.. maybe not so lucky.

The 60s told us "It's all ok.. do what turns you on.. trip out"...

The 70s took us from 'innocent' exploration to the more calculated ventures into sin, yet with the voices of Air Supply drifting through the air waves.. still speaking of romance and love

"I realize the best part of love is the thinnest lace
And it don't count for much but I'm not letting go
I believe there's still much to believe in"

"Im BAD".. a bit of a Christian bash :) you will love this.. you have to see it. Micheal Jacksons music and some rather pronounced poses with a nice interview at the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-GxkAJ1OB

C'mon Boaz, get with the programme here.

You may want this to be an exploration of the Fall of Man, 1950-2008, but the rest of us just want to reminisce about interesting, unusual and fun songs.

Lighten up. It's later than you think.

Gee Pericles.. I'd v thought you would jump at the opportunity to have a bit of a bash of a Christian :) I hope you watched the vid.. it's quite entertaining.

I began the thread.. rememmmmber?

But enjoy the remenisce.. it's good for the heart.. but let's not let the warm glow of remeniscence distract us from the reality that these songs reflect.

It would be a bit of a waste of time to just exchange lyrics yet gain nothing from them.

No comment on Edgeler Vess ? :) I wonder how Scrubs fans would react to see him like that.. it sure demonstrates his character range.

If only you could see the beginning of the movie.. it begins with a Guantamera like mood.. deliberately done in such a way as to underline and highlight the blissful peace of family and friendship... then when everyone is doing what we all do at Christmas time.. enjoying family and catching up.. then, enter Edgler....

The rest is like a long series of huge question and exclamation marks about life... climaxing with the statement he makes in the scene I linked to with Chyna sitting on the chair.