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Looking Back At Some Classics - CRAZY-HORSE - 19-01-2013
great track from the Motown songbook IMO
Looking Back At Some Classics - Music Head - 20-01-2013
#398 - Police - Roxanne - 1979
running recap for me - 3's=53, 2's=40, 1's=10
this one - ***
from the album: Outlandos d'Amour
Written by Sting
Produced by Police
Chart action: #32 US, #12 UK
the players:
Sting - bass, lead vocals, backing vocals
Andy Summers - guitar, backing vocals
Stewart Copeland - drums, backing vocals
About falling in love with a prostitute. The name was taken from a poster in the hotel lobby
when the band was on tour in Paris. The band wasn't enthusiastic about the song but manager
Miles Copeland (brother of Stewart) persuaded label A&M to release it as a single even before
an album was completed. It flopped on that release and it was not until the album was released
months later that the song was re-released and found it's audience.
[video=youtube;3T1c7GkzRQQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T1c7GkzRQQ[/video]
Lyrics
You don't have to put on the red light
Those days are over
You don't have to sell your body to the night
Roxanne
You don't have to wear that dress tonight
Walk the streets of money
You don't care if it's wrong or if it's right
Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne
I loved you since I knew you
I wouldn't talk down to you
I have you to tell just how I feel
I won't share you with another boy
I know my mind is made up
So put away your make up
Told you once I won't tell you again
It's a bad way
Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Looking Back At Some Classics - CRAZY-HORSE - 20-01-2013
absolutely love The Police and this song is brilliant also...
cant say the same for Sting as a solo artist though...went off him after his second solo album, hbe's now just a boring pretentious old fart,hmm,who else reminds me of that, oh yeh Bono!
Looking Back At Some Classics - PennyLane - 21-01-2013
I adore this song. Every time I hear it I can't help but sing out loud and I get really excited. When I found and bought Outlandos d'Amour on Vinyl, it was a spectacular day for me.
Looking Back At Some Classics - Music Head - 21-01-2013
#397 - Elton John - Tiny Dancer - 1971
running recap for me - 3's=54, 2's=40, 1's=10
this one - ***
from the album: Madman Across The Water
Written by Elton John, Bernie Taupin
Produced by Gus Dudgeon
Chart action: #41 US, #13 Australia, #19 Canada
the players:
Elton John - piano, vocal
Roger Pope: drums
David Glover: bass guitar
Caleb Quaye: electric guitar
BJ Cole: steel guitar
Davey Johnstone: acoustic guitar
Amazing how beautiful the simplicity of just piano and vocal can be in the clip. Spiced up for
the released version but really, you don't need anything more. From Elton's fourth album.
Taupin wrote the lyrics about his first wife who really was a seamstress for the band.
Conflicting stories about that. Edited down for the single which loses nothing lyrically. The
song was not released as a single in the UK.
[video=youtube;hoskDZRLOCs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoskDZRLOCs[/video]
Lyrics
Blue jean baby, L.A. lady, seamstress for the band
Pretty eyed, pirate smile, you'll marry a music man
Ballerina, you must have seen her dancing in the sand
And now she's in me, always with me, tiny dancer in my hand
Jesus freaks out in the street
Handing tickets out for God
Turning back she just laughs
The boulevard is not that bad
Piano man he makes his stand
In the auditorium
Looking on she sings the songs
The words she knows the tune she hums
But oh how it feels so real
Lying here with no one near
Only you and you can hear me
When I say softly slowly
Hold me closer tiny dancer
Count the headlights on the highway
Lay me down in sheets of linen
you had a busy day today
Blue jean baby, L.A. lady, seamstress for the band
Pretty eyed, pirate smile, you'll marry a music man
Ballerina, you must have seen her dancing in the sand
And now she's in me, always with me, tiny dancer in my hand
Looking Back At Some Classics - SteveO - 21-01-2013
Roxanne is a great song!!!!!
mile:Music Head Wrote:#398 - Police - Roxanne - 1979
running recap for me - 3's=53, 2's=40, 1's=10
this one - ***
from the album: Outlandos d'Amour
Written by Sting
Produced by Police
Chart action: #32 US, #12 UK
the players:
Sting - bass, lead vocals, backing vocals
Andy Summers - guitar, backing vocals
Stewart Copeland - drums, backing vocals
About falling in love with a prostitute. The name was taken from a poster in the hotel lobby
when the band was on tour in Paris. The band wasn't enthusiastic about the song but manager
Miles Copeland (brother of Stewart) persuaded label A&M to release it as a single even before
an album was completed. It flopped on that release and it was not until the album was released
months later that the song was re-released and found it's audience.
[video=youtube;3T1c7GkzRQQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T1c7GkzRQQ[/video]
Lyrics
You don't have to put on the red light
Those days are over
You don't have to sell your body to the night
Roxanne
You don't have to wear that dress tonight
Walk the streets of money
You don't care if it's wrong or if it's right
Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne
I loved you since I knew you
I wouldn't talk down to you
I have you to tell just how I feel
I won't share you with another boy
I know my mind is made up
So put away your make up
Told you once I won't tell you again
It's a bad way
Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Looking Back At Some Classics - SteveO - 21-01-2013
I love this one!...Very pretty with a great melody!
Music Head Wrote:#397 - Elton John - Tiny Dancer - 1971
running recap for me - 3's=54, 2's=40, 1's=10
this one - ***
from the album: Madman Across The Water
Written by Elton John, Bernie Taupin
Produced by Gus Dudgeon
Chart action: #41 US, #13 Australia, #19 Canada
the players:
Elton John - piano, vocal
Roger Pope: drums
David Glover: bass guitar
Caleb Quaye: electric guitar
BJ Cole: steel guitar
Davey Johnstone: acoustic guitar
Amazing how beautiful the simplicity of just piano and vocal can be in the clip. Spiced up for
the released version but really, you don't need anything more. From Elton's fourth album.
Taupin wrote the lyrics about his first wife who really was a seamstress for the band.
Conflicting stories about that. Edited down for the single which loses nothing lyrically. The
song was not released as a single in the UK.
[video=youtube;hoskDZRLOCs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoskDZRLOCs[/video]
Lyrics
Blue jean baby, L.A. lady, seamstress for the band
Pretty eyed, pirate smile, you'll marry a music man
Ballerina, you must have seen her dancing in the sand
And now she's in me, always with me, tiny dancer in my hand
Jesus freaks out in the street
Handing tickets out for God
Turning back she just laughs
The boulevard is not that bad
Piano man he makes his stand
In the auditorium
Looking on she sings the songs
The words she knows the tune she hums
But oh how it feels so real
Lying here with no one near
Only you and you can hear me
When I say softly slowly
Hold me closer tiny dancer
Count the headlights on the highway
Lay me down in sheets of linen
you had a busy day today
Blue jean baby, L.A. lady, seamstress for the band
Pretty eyed, pirate smile, you'll marry a music man
Ballerina, you must have seen her dancing in the sand
And now she's in me, always with me, tiny dancer in my hand
Looking Back At Some Classics - CRAZY-HORSE - 21-01-2013
impossible to knock elton's early-mid seventies material "***"
Looking Back At Some Classics - FrankieLee - 22-01-2013
SteveO Wrote:I love this one!...Very pretty with a great melody!Fantastic tune.
Looking Back At Some Classics - Music Head - 22-01-2013
#396 - Eric B. And Rakim - I Know You Got Soul - 1987
running recap for me - 3's=54, 2's=41, 1's=10
this one - **
from the album: Paid In Full
Written by Eric B. And Rakim
Produced by Eric B. And Rakim
Chart action: did not chart
the players:
Rakim - vocal
Eric B. - whatever DJ's do
An absolute gem up against that rap/hip-hop one I just posted in the Currently Watching thread.
Actually just an ok. Rap before they took it to the next level. No porn or nigga in the lyrics.
Rakim was the rapper and Eric B. is called the DJ. Does that make him a musician? Hell, I don't
know. Third single from their debut album. Hit the dance chart but not the mainstream. Samples
from a 1971 song of the same name by Bobby Byrd. Also some James Brown samples. This song was
then sampled by various other artists. It's all fair game.
[video=youtube;hrTfI3f_WLM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrTfI3f_WLM[/video]
Lyrics
It's been a long time, I shouldn't have left you
Without a strong rhyme to step to
Think of how many weak shows you slept through
Time's up, I'm sorry I kept you
Thinking of this, you keep repeating you miss
The rhymes from the microphone soloist
And you sit by the radio, hand on the dial, soon
As you hear it, pump up the volume
Dance wit the speaker 'till you hear it blow,
Then plug in the headphone 'cause here it go
It's a 4 letter word when it's heard, it control
your body to dance (You got it) soul,
Ditects the tempo like a red alert
Reaches your reflex, so let it work
When this is playing, you can't get stuck wit
The steps, so get set and I'm a still come up wit
A gift to be swift, follow the leader, the rhyme will go
Def wit the record that was mixed a long time ago
It can be done but only I can do it
For those that can dance and clap your hands to it
I start to think and then I sink
Into the paper like I was ink
When I'm writing, I'm trapped in between the lines,
I escape when I finish the rhyme...
I got soul
You got it [x4]
I know you got soul
Picture a mic, the stage is empty
A beat like this might tempt me
To pose, show my rings and my fat gold chain
Grab the mic like I'm on Soul Train
But I'll wait 'cause I mastered this
Let the others go first so the brothers don't miss
Eric B. break the sticks (you got it)
Rakim will begin when you make the mix
I'll experiment like a scientist
You wanna rhyme, you gotta sign my list
'Cause I'm a manifest and bless the mic I hold
You want it next? then you gotta have soul
'Cause if you ain't got it, I'm a make an encore
Take the mic, make the people respond for
The R, 'cause that's the way it'll have to be
If you wanna get on after me
Think about it, wait, erase your rhyme
Forget it and don't waste your time
'Cause I'll be in the crowd if you ain't controlling it
Drop the mic, you shouldn't be holding it
This is how it should be done
This style is identical to none
Some try to make it sound like this but you're getting me
So upset that I'm wet 'cause you're sweating me
I drip steam like a microphone fiend
Eager to MC is my theme
I get hype when I hear a drum roll
Rakim is on the mic and you know I got soul
You got it [x5]
I got soul (you got it) that's why I came
To teach those who can't say my name
First of all, I'm the soloist, the soul controller
Rakim gets stronger as I get older
Constant elevation causes expansion
I write my rhyme while I cool in my mansion
Then put it on tape and in the city I test it
Then on the radio the R's requested
You listen to it, the concept might break you
'Cause almost anyone can relate to...
Whoever's out of hand, I'm give him handles
Light 'em up, blow 'em out like candles
Or should I just let him melt?
Then give him a hand so they can see how it felt
I'm not bold just cuz I rock gold
Rakim is on the mic and you know I got soul
You got it [x4]
Now I'm a stop to see what you got
Get off the mic before I get too hot
I want to see which posse can dance the best
It should be easy 'cause the beat is fresh
Now if your from Uptown, Brooklyn- bound,
The Bronx, Queens, or Long Island Sound,
Even other states come right and exact,
It ain't where you're from, it's where you're at
Since you came here, you have to show and prove
And do that dance until it don't move
'Cause all you need is soul self-esteem will release,
The rest is up to you, Rakim 'll say peace
You got it [x10]