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Inspirational lyrics
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    Hi all. Urban Tribesman again
    Following an idea from my other post, I thought it would be nice to hear the lyrics you have taken to your hearts through your life that you have found inspiring or just makes you go Wow!
    For starters, two of my favourites:
    The language of love, slips from my lovers tounge, cooler than ice cream then warmer than the sun. Who's That Girl? Eurythmics.
    Two lovers kissing amongst the scream of midnight. Two lovers missing the tranquility of solitude. That's Entertainment. The Jam.
    Show me your soft underbelly!
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
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  • Vote Up1Vote Down ValerianValerian
    Posts: 30
    I know little of romance and these narrow tract houses
    And I know even less of you
    So if you should ever think of me
    Maybe as a game you lost
    Well I know someone who lost the whole damn world
    So no more this talk of they're out to get me
    I'll just slide out of Sydney and I can never come back
    Cry the clock said ...
  • Vote Up0Vote Down iuventusiuventus
    Posts: 5,377
    I think my lov...I mean Cervus started this thread a while back.
    If I were dead, could I do this?
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
    Posts: 5,681
    iuventus said:

    I think my lov...I mean Cervus started this thread a while back.




    Hi iuventus. Apologies if this crosses someone elses discussion. Cannot find it with a search of the site. I get new favourite lyrics all the time so hopefully, some may have new ones they want to exorcise.
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down iuventusiuventus
    Posts: 5,377
    http://www.goldfrapp.com/forum/discussion/475/lyrics-your-favourite/p1
    If I were dead, could I do this?
  • Vote Up0Vote Down cw37frappcw37frapp
    Posts: 3,494
    All my fave lyrics are in Frapp songs. Non Frapp i would say Whitney Houston-one moment in time is inspirational. i have put them in this thread rather than dig the previous one up.
    JAMIE CARRAGHER= LEGEND
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    We people who are darker than blue
    Are we gonna hang around this town, and let what others say come true
    We're just, good for nothing they all figure, a boyish, grown up, shiftless jigger
    Now we can hardly stand for that, or is that really where it's at?

    We people, who are darker than blue
    This ain;t no time for segregatin' talking 'bout brown and yellow too
    Hi yellow girl, can't you tell, you're just the surface of a dark, deep well
    If your mind could really see, you'd know your colour, same as me.

    Pardon me, brother, as you stand in your glory
    I know you won't mind if I tell the whole story

    Get yorself together, learn to know your side
    Shall we commit our own genocide
    Before you check out your mind?
    I know we've all got problems, that's why I'm here to say
    Keep peace with me, and I with you
    Let me love in my own way

    Now I know we have great respect
    For the Sister, and Mother, it's even better yet
    But there's a joker in this street
    Loving one brother and killing the other
    When the time comes, and we are really free
    There'll be no brothers left you see
    We people who are darker than blue
    Don't let us hang around this town and let what others say come true
    We're just, good for nothing they all figure
    A boyish, grown up, shiftless jigger
    Now we can't really stand for that, or is that really where it's at
    Pardon me, brother, while you stand in your glory
    I know you won't mind if I tell the whole story
    Pardon me, brother, I know we've come a long way
    But let us not be so satisfied, for tomorrow can be an even brighter day.

    Curtis Mayfield.  We people that are darker than blue. Perhaps the greatest song ever written about discrimination.

    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Appy61Appy61
    Posts: 638
    You need to get out more UT you've clearly got too much time on your hands!
    What if the Hokey Cokey is what it's all about?
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    Appy61 said:

    You need to get out more UT you've clearly got too much time on your hands!





    Look at the time of that post. 12.29am. I stayed up special. Or have I become a vampire? No, went out in the sun today so definatley not one of the undead.
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down WhickwithyWhickwithy
    Posts: 5,163
    Wow!  Haven't heard Curtis Mayfield in ages.
    The Sentient Struggle For Transformation

    https://www.amazon.com/Sentient-Struggle-Transformation-Whickwithy/dp/1734822147/
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
    Posts: 5,681
    Whickwithy said:

    Wow!  Haven't heard Curtis Mayfield in ages.





    I was reading about him today. Apparently, he had an accident when some stage lighting gear fell on him and he broke his back. It continued to record, but could no longer play the guitar, and he sang while lying on his back.
    A very influential and inspirational man. I prefer the Babe Ruth version though to listen to as it is a lot rockier. Worth a listen. Jenny Haan is a force of nature on vocals. Nowhere near the sheer ability of Alison but, my God, she has a set of lungs!
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down WhickwithyWhickwithy
    Posts: 5,163
    She reminds me of Janis Joplin.  Raw.
    The Sentient Struggle For Transformation

    https://www.amazon.com/Sentient-Struggle-Transformation-Whickwithy/dp/1734822147/
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
    Posts: 5,681
    We only said goodbye with words
    I died a hundred times
    You go back to her
    And I go back to...
    Black
    Amy Winehouse. Back to Black.
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down iuventusiuventus
    Posts: 5,377
    And that inspires you to do what? Slit your wrists?
    If I were dead, could I do this?
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
    Posts: 5,681
    For you I was a flame, Love is a losing game
    Five story fire as you came, Love is a losing game
    One I wish I never played, Oh what a mess we made
    And now the final frame, Love is a losing game

    Played out by the band, Love is a losing hand
    More than I could stand, Love is a losing hand
    Self professed... profound, Till the chips were down
    ...know you're a gambling man, Love is a losing hand

    Though I battle blind, Love is a fate resigned
    Memories mar my mind, Love is a fate resigned
    Over futile odds, And laughed at by the gods
    And now the final frame, Love is a losing game
    Another fine torch song by Amy Winehouse from Back to Black. A lot of her lyrics were inspired by her tempestuous sexual relationship with long time boyfriend and later husband Blake Fielder-Civil.
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
    Posts: 5,681
    Whickwithy said:

    She reminds me of Janis Joplin.  Raw.


    Yo, WW. Since I posted this, Mrs Appy61 tells me she once met Jenny Haan. She visited her school to give a talk being a vocalist and a dancer. Small world !
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
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