PID/PWR songs

[fourthousandholes]

I'd prefer that this not be a PID/PWR related song.
It probably isn't one. "Can't be", I keep telling myself.
But we know that something went wrong with "Wild" Honey Pie.
At least, the discordant music of that song leaves one with that impression. It screams "craziness".
"Honey Pie", as you may recall, went out to Hollywood to become a legend on the silver screen.
On the Sgt. Pepper cover she's represented by Marlene Dietrich.
But is that who she really was? (I think not. )
In any case, Honey Pie had gone to Hollywood to be in the movies.
("They're gonna put me in the movies...and all I gotta do is 'Act Naturally.'")
But "Wild Honey Pie" tells us musically that something had gone terribly wrong.
And so - This song just haunts me. And I don't know why. There shouldn't be a connection.
So why do I feel as if there is?


Sunny Came Home
Shawn Colvin

Hear it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRWfmW-LDIQ

Sunny came home to her favourite room
Sunny sat down in the kitchen
She opened a book and a box of tools
Sunny came home with a mission

She says days go by I'm hypnotized
I'm walking on a wire
I close my eyes and fly out of my mind
Into the fire

Sunny came home with a list of names
She didn't believe in transcendence
It's time for a few repairs she said
Sunny came home with a vengeance

She says days go by I don't know why
I'm walking on a wire
I close my eyes and fly out of my mind"
Into the fire

Get the kids and bring a sweater
Dry is good and wind is better
Count the years, you always knew it
Strike a match, go on and do it

Days go by I'm hypnotized
I'm walking on a wire
I close my eyes and fly out of my mind
Into the fire

Light the sky and hold on tight
The world is burning down
She's out there on her own and she's alright
Sunny came home
Sunny came home
(end)
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She burned down her house, after getting her kids out of it.

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Burning Down The House
Talking Heads

hear it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oVuLJS_Eok

Watch out you might get what you're after
Cool baby strange but not a stranger
I'm an ordinary guy
Burning down the house

Hold tight wait 'til the party's over
Hold tight we're in for nasty weather
There has got to be a way
Burning down the house

Here's your ticket pack your bag; time for jumpin' overboard
Transportation is here
Close enough but not too far, baby you know where you are
Fightin' fire with fire

All wet hey you might need a raincoat
Shakedown thieves walking in broad daylight
Three hundred sixty five degrees
Burning down the house

It was once upon a place sometimes I listen to myself
Gonna come in first place
People on their way to work say baby what did you expect
Gonna burst into flame

My house S'out of the ordinary
That's right Don't want to hurt nobody
Some things sure can sweep me off my feet
Burning down the house

No visible means of support and you have not seen nothing yet
Everything's stuck together
I don't know what you expect staring into the TV set
Fighting fire with fire

Burning down the house
(end)
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Move along. Nothing to see here.

[fourthousandholes]

Who can it be, now?
(Lot's of French being spoken here. Lot's of stuttering.)

Psycho Killer
Talking Heads

hear it: (Especially this version) www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eeX9rdmld0

I can’t seem to face up to the facts
I’m tense and nervous and I can’t relax
I can’t sleep because my bed’s on fire
Don’t touch me I’m a real live wire.

Psycho Killer
Qu'est-ce que c'est? ("What is this?")
fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better
Run run run run run run run away!
Psycho Killer
Qu'est-ce que c'est?
fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better
Run run run run run run run away

Listen to me now; I've passed the test.
I think I'm cute. I think I'm the best.
Certain types don't like that style.
Don't critisize what I know is worthwhile.

Psycho Killer
Qu'est-ce que c'est?
fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better
Run run run run run run run away (etc.)
(verse not sung in this version; skip to next one)
You start a conversation; you can't even finish it.
You're talkin' a lot, but you're not sayin' anything.
When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed.
Say something once, why say it again?

Psycho Killer,
Qu'est-ce que c'est?
fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better
Run run run run run run run away
Psycho Killer
Qu'est-ce que c'est?
fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better
Run run run run run run run away

Ce que j'ai fait, ce soir-là (That which I have done tonight)
Ce qu'elle a dit, ce soir-là (That which she has said tonight)
Réalisant mon espoir Accomplishing my hope
Je me lance vers la gloire ...OK (I launch towards glory; OK)
We are vain and we are blind!
I hate people when they're not polite!

Psycho Killer,
Qu'est-ce que c'est?
fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better
Run run run run run run run away
Psycho Killer,
Qu'est-ce que c'est?
fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better
Run run run run run run run away

oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh....
(end)
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There are some extra lyrics in this YouTube version of the song.
Pay attention; they are extra information.

"I hate it when people aren't polite" the would-be killer said, drawing his gun?

I don't want to think that this is about Paul, making his "escape" with Sylvie, and having shot Johnny
H. because he wasn't polite about letting him do it.
I don't want to think that, but.....
Perhaps the song would work with Johnny H being the would-be
killer. Run run run run away from the psycho killer.

You start a conversation; you can't even finish it.
You're talkin' a lot, but you're not sayin' anything.
When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed.
Say something once, why say it again? - Paul took a vow of silence, if I understand the
lyrics to the Pink Floyd song "Wearing the Inside Out" correctly.

There are suggestions that after Paul's plane was shot down, he couldn't speak right. Stuttered.
("Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing" - Buffalo Springfield)
("Keep Talking" - Pink Floyd)
("Madman Across the Water" - Elton John)
("Shine On Brightly" - Procol Harum)

[fourthousandholes]

This one is so obvious, it doesn't need an explanation.
And yet....there's more to it than you might think!

Rock and Roll Fantasy
Bad Company

Kick off your shoes and boogie! www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW15O-JXs5E

Here come the jesters , 1 2 3.
It's all part of my fantasy.
I love the music;
And I love to see the crowd
Dancing in the aisles,
And singin' out loud!.....yeah!

Here come the dancers, one by one.
Your momma's callin' but you're having fun. (time to come home)
You find you're dancin' on the number 9 cloud.
Put your hands together now, and sing it out loud:

"It's all part of my rock and roll fantasy.
It's all part of my rock and roll dream.
It's all part of my rock and roll fantasy.
It's all part of my rock and roll dream!"

Put out the spotlights, one and all,
And let the feelin' get down to your soul.
The music's so loud, you can hear the sound
Reaching for the sky, churnin' up the ground.

It's all part of my rock and roll fantasy.
It's all part of my rock and roll dream.
It's all part of my rock and roll fantasy.
It's all part of my rock and roll dream.

[fourthousandholes]

By contrast, a stealth[/color] PID/PWR song :

Every Day Is A Winding Road
Sheryl Crow

hear it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfBtJqcmhRs

I hitched a ride with a vending machine repair man
He says he's been down this road more than twice
He was high on intellectualism ("You're very well read; It's well known.")(It's probably Bill.)
I've never been there but the brochure looks nice
Jump in, let's go
Lay back, enjoy the show
Everybody gets high, everybody gets low,
These are the days when anything goes

Everyday is a winding road (a Long and Winding Road)
I get a little bit closer
Everyday is a fated sign
I get a little bit closer to feeling fine

He's got a daughter he calls Easter ('Ishtar' was the daughter of Sin, the moon god.)
She was born on a Tuesday night
I'm just wondering why I feel so all alone
Why I'm a stranger in my own life
Jump in, let's go
Lay back, enjoy the show
Everybody gets high, everybody gets low
These are the days when anything goes

Everyday is a winding road
I get a little bit closer
Everyday is a fated sign
I get a little bit closer

Everyday is a winding road
I get a little bit closer
Everyday is a fated sign
I get a little bit closer to feeling fine

I've been swimming in a sea of anarchy
I've been living on coffee and nicotine
I've been wondering if all the things I've seen
Were ever real, were ever really happening (N[/b]othing Is Real)

Everyday is a winding road
I get a little bit closer
Everyday is a fated sign
I get a little bit closer

Everyday is a winding road
I get a little bit closer
Everyday is a fated sign
I get a little bit closer to feeling fine ("I Feel Fine")

Everyday is a winding road (repeat until song fades)
(end)

Many Sheryl Crow songs suggest that she's "in on it".
Don't think so? www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpYL1ZTSnSA&NR=1

[beatlies]

By the [UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LEADER]-Jefferson Airplane

Good Shepherd (4:24) albums · lyrics

If you want to get to heaven
Over on the other shore
Stay out of the way of the blood-stained bandit
Oh good shepherd
Feed my sheep [Ram]

One for Paul
One for Silas [CIA, sideways of alias]
One for to make my heart rejoice
Can't you hear my lambs acallin
Oh good shepherd
Feed my sheep

If you want to get to heaven
Over on the other shore
Stay out of the way of the long-tongue liar
Oh good shepherd
Feed my sheep

If you want to get to heaven
Over on the other shore
Stay out of the way of the gun shot devil
Oh good shepherd
Feed my sheep

[fourthousandholes]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU3h5SWosKc ;D

Oh yes, the Airplane for sure! "Bless Its Pointed Little Head" (We are the egg 'men'.)

But why is the airplane "[UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LEADER]"?
(This should be interesting. :

[beatlies]

fourthousandholes said:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU3h5SWosKc ;D

Oh yes, the Airplane for sure! "Bless Its Pointed Little Head" (We are the egg 'men'.)

But why is the airplane "[UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LEADER]"?
(This should be interesting. :

Jefferson = 3rd United States President.

Interested?

[beatlies]

Oh yes, the Airplane for sure! Bless Its Pointed Little Head



A nursery soundtrack for Rosemary's baby.



Grace(less) Slick named her baby "god" with a small G.

[fourthousandholes]

beatlies wrote: "Jefferson = 3rd United States President."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Airplane

The origin of the group's name is often disputed. "Jefferson airplane" is a slang term for
a used paper match split open to hold a marijuana joint that has been smoked too short to hold
without burning the hands -- an improvised roach clip.
An urban legend claims this was the origin of the band's name, but according to band member
Jorma Kaukonen, the name was invented by his friend Steve Talbot as a parody of blues names
such as Blind Lemon Jefferson. A 2007 press release quoted Kaukonen as saying:

"I had this friend [Talbot] in Berkeley who came up with funny names for people," explains
Kaukonen. "His name for me was Blind Thomas Jefferson Airplane (for blues pioneer Blind Lemon Jefferson).
When the guys were looking for band names and nobody could come up with something,
I remember saying, 'You want a silly band name? I got a silly band name for you!'"

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This creepy but sign-if-i-cant Bowie video came up while I was looking at another one.
The images are as important as the lyrics in this one.

ASHES TO ASHES

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r44OFO-MNPo&NR=1

Do you remember a guy that's been
In such an early song
I've heard a rumour from Ground Control
Oh no, don't say it's true

They got a message from the Action Man
"I'm happy, hope you're happy too
I've loved all I've needed to love
Sordid details following"

The shrieking of nothing is killing
Just pictures of Jap girls in synthesis and I
Ain't got no money and I ain't got no hair
But I'm hoping to kick but the planet it's glowing

CHORUS
Ashes to ashes, funk to funky
We know Major Tom's a junkie
Strung out in heaven's high
Hitting an all-time low

Time and again I tell myself
I'll stay clean tonight
But the little green wheels are following me
Oh no, not again
I'm stuck with a valuable friend
"I'm happy, hope you're happy too"
One flash of light but no smoking pistol

I never done good things
I never done bad things
I never did anything out of the blue, woh-o-oh
Want an axe to break the ice
Wanna come down right now

CHORUS

REPEAT
My mother said to get things done
You'd better not mess with Major Tom

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("I tell you man he's living there still"? - Someone who did too many drugs and never came down.)

[jarvitronics]

fourthousandholes said:

sign-if-i-cant

APPLAUSE!!

cant = chant

(jarvitronics nods with approval at Los Horn Nachos Por Que, aka 4KH.)

-j

[Paul Bearer]

From Google Search for Eleanor Lyrics


Eleanor by Low Millions

Fine, I understand, okay with me, if that's the plan.
You can take the stereo, the TV and the video,
the bed the sheets and pillows, before you go.
But for now, unlock the door, what are we doin' all this for?
Let me make you dinner one last time, then you'll go your way, and I'll go mine.

And I won't call you baby, anymore,
won't call you baby, like I did before,
won't call you baby, anymore, Eleanor.

You left your smell, you left your taste,
you left me here with my mistakes.
And I can't relate to what you say I've done,
but just for you, I'll bite my tongue.

And I won't call you baby, anymore,
won't call you baby, like I did before,
won't call you baby, anymore, Eleanor.

Eleanor I miss you, Eleanor be well,
Eleanor I wish you'd release me from your spell.


Eleanor by The Gathering

Underneath the mask you've buried yourself into
It's coal-black
I am tired of the gulping that you do
Every day a new face
What if I unscrew
Your own identity
Wouldn's you guess there's nothing left of you?

The quicksand of life drags us
Down into the circle
One day we might not catch you

I feel sorry, for what you try to do
Breaking others down, to try and to pursue
Your own selfish interests
I am starting to get sick of you

Whatever happened ever since you left
You make yourself and me look like fools


Lady Eleanor by Lindisfarne

Bashee playing magician sitting lotus on the floor
Belly dancing beauty with a power driven saw
Had my share of nightmares, didn't think there could be much more
then in walked Rodrick Usher with the Lady Eleanor

She tied my eyes with ribbon of a silken ghostly thread
I gazed with trouble vision on an old four poster bed
Where Eleanor had risen to kiss the neck below my head
and bid me come along with her to the land of the dancing dead

But it's all right, Lady Eleanor
All right, Lady Eleanor
I'm all right where I am

She gazed with loving beauty like a mother to a son
like living, dying, seeing, being all rolled into one
Then all at once I heard some music playing in my bones
the same old song I'd heard for years, reminding me of home

But it's all right, Lady Eleanor
All right, Lady Eleanor
I'm all right where I am

Then creeping on towards me, licking lips with tongues of fire
a host of golden demons screaming lust and base desire
and when it seemed for certain that the screams could get no higher
I heard a voice above the rest screaming 'You're liar'

But it's all right, Lady Eleanor
All right, Lady Eleanor
I'm all right here in your arms

[fourthousandholes]

Shakespeare's Sonnet 116: Eleanor

"On the couch, with the dog. Just the way Bill wanted it."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHWpoyUt9_A

SONNET 116
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark, (Hey Bulldog?)[/color]
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[fourthousandholes]

Paul Bearer wrote:

Eleanor by Low Millions (Great song!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG8UnuFx23c

Eleanor by The Gathering (bet on this one)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZFl29DNaig

Lady Eleanor by Lindisfarne
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i13NaLx4CTg

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Eleanor put your boots on:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFY751Amr4w

Eleanor (Gee I think you're swell):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzfp6rZiFDo

Marilyn Monroe Foster Sister Eleanor Bebe Goddard = Criminal
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zB2WXs3mKA

And last but not at all least!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8028uf_Z-M

[fourthousandholes]

hear it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=30egIKHT-pM
(note the bell tolling at the start)

Suzanne
Leonard Cohen

Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
You can hear the boats go by
You can spend the night beside her
And you know that she's half crazy
But that's why you want to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges
That come all the way from China
And just when you mean to tell her
That you have no love to give her
Then she gets you on her wavelength
And she lets the river answer
That you've always been her lover
And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know that she will trust you
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind.

And Jesus was a sailor
When he walked upon the water
And he spent a long time watching
From his lonely wooden tower
And when he knew for certain
Only drowning men could see him
He said "All men will be sailors then
Until the sea shall free them"
But he himself was broken
Long before the sky would open
Forsaken, almost human
He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone
And you want to travel with him
And you want to travel blind
And you think maybe you'll trust him
For he's touched your perfect body with his mind.

Now Suzanne takes your hand
And she leads you to the river
She is wearing rags and feathers
From Salvation Army counters
And the sun pours down like honey
On our lady of the harbour
And she shows you where to look
Among the garbage and the flowers
There are heroes in the seaweed
There are children in the morning
They are leaning out for love
And they will lean that way forever
While Suzanne holds the mirror
And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know that you can trust her
For she's touched your perfect body with her mind.

I believe "Suzanne" is Paul, living as a woman, after having received a head wound,
and, as the song says, "half crazy". Leonard Cohen would link to the Beatles by way of Dylan, Lou Reed, or John Hammond.

[mommybird]

About the song Good Shepherd by Jefferson Airplane:

Good Shepherd (4:24) albums · lyrics

If you want to get to heaven
Over on the other shore
Stay out of the way of the blood-stained bandit
Oh good shepherd
Feed my sheep [Ram]

One for Paul
One for Silas [CIA, sideways of alias]
One for to make my heart rejoice
Can't you hear my lambs acallin
Oh good shepherd
Feed my sheep

If you want to get to heaven
Over on the other shore
Stay out of the way of the long-tongue liar
Oh good shepherd
Feed my sheep

If you want to get to heaven
Over on the other shore
Stay out of the way of the gun shot devil
Oh good shepherd
Feed my sheep

SWEEPING UP THE SPOTLIGHT: JEFFERSON AIRPLANE LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST 1969 (RCA/Legacy) - Recorded in November, the same month Volunteers was released, this previously unissued 61-minute set finds the classic lineup at their absolute peak, performing a great set list ("Volunteers," "Good Shepherd," "Plastic Fantastic Lover," "The Ballad Of You & Me & Pooneil," "White Rabbit," much more), plus several songs not found on any JA albums, with brief introductory liner notes by Jorma Kaukonen;

Without question, 1969 was the absolute pinnacle year for the original, classic Jefferson Airplane lineup - Marty Balin, Paul
Kantner, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, Grace Slick, and Spencer Dryden - and this November concert is the closest official recording before the changes that began to disrupt the group in 1970 (Kantner and Slick's Blows Against the Empire side project; Dryden's departure to New Riders Of the Purple Sage; Jorma and Jack's Hot Tuna; and Balin's growing disaffection).

1969 began with the February release of Bless Its Pointed
Little Head, compiled from live performances of late-'68 at Bill
Graham's Fillmore West and Fillmore East. In between milestone
appearances at Woodstock (in August) and Altamont Speedway with the Rolling Stones (in December), Volunteers was released in November (the time frame for this concert CD). Volunteers was one of JA's most successful LPs, charting for 44 weeks. It closed with "Volunteers" (conspicuously Balin's only contribution), and contained "Good Shepherd" (a spiritual reworked by Kaukonen) - and those two numbers open this Fillmore East concert recorded the same month as the Volunteers album release.

Jefferson Airplane's live set book at this time included songs from late 1967's Surrealistic Pillow ("Plastic Fantastic Lover," "3/5 Of A Mile In 10 Seconds," "White Rabbit"), summer 1968's After Bathing At Baxter's ("Won't You Try/Saturday After-noon," "The Ballad Of
You & Me & Pooneil"), and the title tune from Christmas 1968's Crown Of Creation. Die-hard fans will be drawn to three rarities: "Uncle Sam Blues" (never recorded for any JA album, but a concert favorite - it was performed at Woodstock - and a precursor of Jorma and Jack's Hot Tuna, where it became a staple); "Come Back Baby" (a Lightnin' Hopkins blues that also became a Hot Tuna standard); and the familiar JA concert-only jam session "You Wear Your Dresses Too Short." All three of these rarities (in different unissued versions) highlighted 1992's must-have three-CD box set, Jefferson Airplane Loves You. Jorma's liner notes on this new CD beatify the "beauty and strength in the roughness" of the concert, recorded when he was 28 years old. "You need to take this trip with us," he concludes.

SWEEPING UP THE SPOTLIGHT:
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST 1969 (RCA/Legacy 82876 81558 2)

Selections:
1. Volunteers
2. Good Shepherd
3. Plastic Fantastic Lover
4. Uncle Sam Blues
5. 3/5 Of A Mile In 10 Seconds
6. You Wear Your Dresses Too Short
7.Come Back Baby
8. Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon
9. The Ballad Of You & Me & Pooneil
10. White Rabbit
11. Crown Of Creation
12. The Other Side Of This Life. (Recorded live at the Fillmore East, November 28 & 29, 1969.)

All tracks previously unissued except for 2 & 3, originally issued on Volunteers Expanded Edition (BMG Heritage 8287661642 2).

Paul Kantner was the guitarist for Jefferson Airplane/Starship. Grace Slick could very well be referring to him when she mentions "Paul" in the song. As has already been said, sometimes a "cigar is just a cigar".

[jarvitronics]

mommybird said:

Paul Kantner was the guitarist for Jefferson Airplane/Starship. Grace Slick could very well be referring to him when she mentions "Paul" in the song. As has already been said, sometimes a "cigar is just a cigar".

Paul and Silas are St. Paul and his missionary companion. (See Acts chapters 15-18).

-j

[fourthousandholes]

I can't believe I'm posting this....

A Day In The Life of a Fool
(Mariz-Bonfa-Sigman)
sung by: Andy Williams

the tune: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLjH09zCl5g

A day in the life of a fool
A sad and a long, lonely day
I walk the avenue
And hope I run into
The welcome sight of you coming my way

I'll stop just across from your door
But, you're never home anymore
So there, in my room
And there, in my gloom
I'll cry, tears of good-bye

'Til you come back to me
That's the way it will be
Everyday in the life of a fool.

[mommybird]

I wanted to post this in a Sgt. Pepper thread, but I ran out of time looking for the right one.

Within you Without you

We were talking -- about the space between us all
And the people -- who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion
Never glimpse the truth -- then its far too late -- when they pass away. These lyrics are definitley about Paul, IMHO

We were talking -- about the love we all could share -- when we find it.
To try our best to hold it there -- with out love -- with our love -- we could savethe world -- if they only knew.
Try to realize its all within yourself
no one else can make you change
And to see you're really only very small,
and life flows on within you and without you
We were talking -- about the love that's gone so cold -- and the people -- who gain the world and lose their soul -- they don't know -- they can't see -- are you one of them?
When you've seen beyond yourself -- then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there --
And the time will come when you will see
we're all one and life flows on within you and without you

[fourthousandholes]

www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Dogs-On-The-Run-lyrics-Tom-Petty/343C3FD48133E61C482571C70081A013

Dogs on the Run
By Tom Petty and Mike Campbell

Well we come with what was on our backs
Yeah, when the leaves had died and all turned black (November?)
Back when the wind was cold and blew them 'round
When we laid our blankets on the ground
Yeah and I woke up feelin' hungry
Lookin' straight into the sun, and left a cold night on the ground
Like a dog on the run --

I fell overboard and washed up on the beach
Yes, let the waves and sand roll over me
I was helped to the home of a young bleached blonde
Who said, "honey I discovered early in life there's ways of getting
Anything I want, some of us are different
It's just something in our blood, there's no need for explanations
We're just dogs on the run"

The room was painted blue and grey
All my meals were served on a silver tray (institutionalized)
Oh she would laugh, and light my cigarettes
She said, "honey, ain't it funny how a crowd gathers around
Anyone living life without a net?
And how they'll beg you for the answers
But it won't ever be enough; there's no way you could ever tell 'em.

[fourthousandholes]

Gee, that last Tom Petty song didn't have a video to go with it.

So to make up for it, I'll post this! Not much goin' on in the lyrics. (But a little! )
Maybe something in the imagery then, perhaps, eh?

See it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mX9-2xuyP8

Learning To Fly
By Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne

Well I started out down a dirty road
Started out all alone
And the sun went down as I crossed the hill
And the town lit up, the world got still

I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings
Coming down is the hardest thing

Well the good ol' days may not return
And the rocks might melt and the sea may burn

I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings
Coming down is the hardest thing

Well some say life will beat you down
Break your heart, steal your crown
So I've started out, for God knows where
I guess I'll know when I get there

I'm learning to fly, around the clouds,
But what goes up must come down

I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings
Coming down is the hardest thing
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[fourthousandholes]

SHOWER THE PEOPLE
James Taylor

(hear it:) www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjKnHAKtYFA


You can play the game, and you can act out the part,
Though you know it wasn't written for you
But tell me, how can you stand there, with your broken heart,
Ashamed of playing the fool?
One thing can lead to another; it doesn't take any sacrifice
Oh, father and mother,and sister and brother
if it feels nice, don't think twice (yes)

Shower the people you love with love
Show them the way that you feel
Things are gonna be just fine if you only will(do as i say, yeah)
Shower the people you love with love
Show them the way that you feel
Things are gonna be much better if you only will

You can run but you cannot hide
This is widely known
And what you plan to do with your foolish pride
When you're all by yourself alone
Once you tell somebody the way that you feel
You can feel it beginning to ease
I think it's true what they say about the squeaky wheel
Always getting the grease.

Better to shower the people you love with love
(Yes and) show them the way that you feel
(I know) Things are gonna be just fine if you only will
(what i'd like to do to you)
Shower the people you love with love
Show them the way you feel
Things are gonna be much better if you only will (better, better, better)

Shower the people you love with love
Show them the way that you feel

They say in every life
They say the rain must fall
Just like the pouring rain
Make it rain
Make it rain
Love, love, love is sunshine oh
Make it rain
Love, love, love is sunshine yeah
Everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody
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[Paul Bearer]

From www.oleo.tv/lyrics/bay-city-rollers/its-a-game/

It's a Game sung by The Bay City Rollers

The clown came down to meet me
With a smile upon his face
He fired his starting pistol
And began the human race
There were faces all around me
They were running everywhere
But everywhere is nowhere
And nowhere isn't there

It's a game, a game, a game that we're playing
Well, I don't mind but I don't make the rules
It's a game, a game, a game that we're playing
Just a game for lovers and fools

There's snakes upon your ladder
And there's dice upon your skirt
There's lipstick on my collar
And there's sweat upon my shirt
The neighbours will start talking
But you know that I don't care
For the neighbours they are nowhere
And nowhere isn't there

It's a game, a game, a game that we're playing, ...

[fourthousandholes]

November Rain
Guns 'n' Roses

See it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=siBoLc9vxac

The lyrics can be found here: www.mygnr.com/lyrics/4-10.html

Rather than post the lyrics, I'll post these excerpts from Wikipedia about the song:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_Rain

"November Rain" is a song by the band Guns N' Roses, written by Axl Rose. As well known as the song is itself, perhaps a greater amount of attention is given to the music video, which, when it was released in 1992, quickly became the most requested video on MTV, and won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography.....

"The narrative quality of the video accentuated the epic nature of the song. The video entailed Axl and then girlfriend Stephanie Seymour being wed, interspersed with a live performance in a theatre. Particularly, it can be noted for its large budget (about $1.5 million) and stunning cinematography. It is currently the 9th most expensive music video ever (made). Lead guitarist Slash is prominently featured in some of the video's most memorable scenes, including an epic sequence of helicopter shots swooping around him as he plays the first guitar solo and a later scene where he plays while standing on Axl's piano onstage. Interestingly, the video for "November Rain", unlike comparable songs such as "Stairway to Heaven" and "Bat Out of Hell", uses the full version of the song as opposed to an abridged version. A theatre in downtown Los Angeles was acquired for an evening shoot that went several hours into the night, and to their credit, and unlike many other artists and bands, they didn't even mime for any of the takes. Between several differing versions of "November Rain", while the cameras on cranes that swooped close to Slash's frets were reviewed and set up for the next shot - the band entertained the 1,500 extras by playing more of their songs.

Some fans consider the "November Rain", "Don't Cry", and "Estranged" music videos to be an unofficial trilogy, and, although the band has never made that statement, the similarity in production, style and plots can be considered evidence of this intent.[citation needed] "November Rain" is considered by some to be the first in the series[citation needed], as it shows Axl and Seymour getting married, and then the death of Seymour. "Don't Cry" appears to come next, with Axl reminiscing over the time he shared with Seymour, breaking down in a mental institution, and symbolically visiting his own grave. Finally, in "Estranged" we see Axl Rose come to grips with his life, and the "trilogy" is brought to an end.

"November Rain" is based on the short story "Without You", by Del James this is stated at the end of the video, available in James' 1995 book The Language of Fear. That short story would have an obvious appeal to Axl Rose, as it describes the misery of a former multi-platinum blues-influenced rock star, now so drunk and drug-addled he never knows what day it is, who reminisces over an on-and-off-again relationship. He leaves this erstwhile girlfriend a telephone message, becomes concerned when she doesn't answer, and then goes to her apartment, kicking down her door to find she had just shot herself in the head while listening to his music.

The lyrics to "November Rain" do not discuss the suicide issue, only the tempestuous relationship. According to one interpretation, the lyrics are from a man to a former girlfriend, saying how the troubled times (the 'cold November rain') will not last forever, and that he is willing to give her time alone if she will come back to him. The video, on the other hand, follows the short story more closely, from love and life, through to death and the funeral of the bride. Although the video doesn't explain how the girlfriend died, it can be seen, by looking at the girlfriend in the casket, that there is a line down her face; that is, a mirror. This appears at the 7:21 mark in the video. Families of head-trauma victims, who want to have an open-casket funeral, can use a mirror reflecting the intact side of the face to make the deceased appear whole. It can therefore be inferred that, as in the short story, the girlfriend was shot in the head. This scene implies that Seymour shot herself. However, another (though much less popular theory) involves an early reference in which Axl walks alone at night, past a gunshop with an open door, which can be seen at the 5:36 mark in the video. Some view this scene as an indication that Axl was the shooter: the suicide/homicide ambiguity corresponds to the storied protagonist's guilt over precipitating the suicide. Many, however, just think the gun store was a reference to the band name, because of the florists' shop adjacent to the gun shop. Some think that Axl walking past the gun store is a metaphor; that he didn't physically shoot her, but he inspired/pushed her into killing herself. Others say it shows the gun store after she has visited, and that it is an indication that Axl is too late to stop her. A last theory is that the bride was killed on the wedding day during the "November Rain" storm that begins to fall at the reception. After a lightning strike, we see the bride's bouquet hit the ground in a slow-motion sequence. This may infer that she was struck by lightning and killed instantly.


Cultural References
"November Rain" is referenced twice in the chorus of the song "On the Radio" by Regina Spektor: "On the radio/We heard November Rain/The solo's pretty long/But it's a pretty song" and "And on the radio/You hear November Rain/That solo's awful long/But it's a good refrain"
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There is a lightning strike associated with Paul McCartney in some way.
There are also some songs that suggest that Paul and Sylvie Vartan did "run away" and get
married, but were killed just after the ceremony. Or perhaps only Sylvie was; though Paul was
seriously injured. I have mentioned the David Gilmour CD "On an Island", which seems to tell
the story of David Gilmour making a return visit to the island where the wedding ceremony
may have taken place.
While the video to this song tells the "story" of Axl Rose and his girl friend, they may have been
just representing another couple.[/i]

[mommybird]

4000, you never heard of the song Mr. Blue Sky before I was really into ELO in the 70's. I saw them at Madison Square Garden. We had seats way up front & saw everything. It was a day that I will never forget ! They were phenomenal live !
I sent that magazine on. I think I sent it to eyesbleed.
Anyway, I think that song Mr. Blue is about Paul alright. It fits a little too snugly with what transpired. He wanted out, and that wasn't what TPTB had planned for him...
I was in the car listening to an album that my son really likes. The name of the group is Panic In the Disco. Check out THESE lyrics !

PANIC! AT THE DISCO LYRICS

ALBUM: A FEVER YOU CAN'T SWEAT OUT (2005)

"The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press Coverage"***** What kind of title is that

Sit tight, I'm gonna need you to keep time
Come on just snap, snap, snap your fingers for me
Good, good now we're making some progress
Come on just tap, tap, tap your toes to the beat
And I believe this may call for a proper introduction, and well
Don't you see, I'm the narrator, and this is just the prologue?

Swear to shake it up, if you swear to listen
Oh, we're still so young, desperate for attention
I aim to be your eyes, trophy boys, trophy wives

Swear to shake it up, and you swear to listen
Oh, we're still so young, desperate for attention
I aim to be your eyes, trophy boys, trophy wives

Applause, applause, no wait wait
Dear studio audience, I've an announcement to make:
It seems the artists these days are not who you think
So we'll pick back up on that on another page *******

And I believe this may call for a proper introduction, and well
Don't you see, I'm the narrator and this is just the prologue ****** I believe that someone is determined to get the message across.

Swear to shake it up, if you swear to listen
Oh, we're still so young, desperate for attention
I aim to be your eyes, trophy boys, trophy wives

Swear to shake it up, and you swear to listen
Oh, we're still so young, desperate for attention
I aim to be your eyes, trophy boys, trophy wives

Swear to shake it up, you swear to listen
Swear to shake it up, you swear to listen
Swear to shake it up, you swear to listen
Swear to shake it up, swear to shake it up

Swear to shake it up, if you swear to listen
Oh, we're still so young, desperate for attention
I aim to be your eyes, trophy boys, trophy wives

Swear to shake it up, if you swear to listen
Oh, we're still so young, desperate for attention
I aim to be your eyes

I couldn't believe what I heard. I rewound it a few times to make sure. I'm going to look at the rest of the lyrics & see what shakes loose. It seems that whomever these guys are, they have a story to tell.

More to come...

[mommybird]

About the song November Rain, I have to give that some thought. I have a totally different theory about what happened between Paul & Sylvie. I think that Sylvie was killed by Johnny Hallyday, because of something that she said. I'm sure that it was an accident, which is why Johnny Hallyday tried to commit suicide later on. I think that he might've pushed her/smacked her & she hit her head, something like that...
I'm pretty sure that Paul was the topic of the discussion, which caused Hallyday to bear a smoldering resentment & hatred towards him from that moment on. He blamed Paul for Sylvie's death... I am exploring all of this over at my forum Sea of Green. It's a work in progress & will be slow going. Right now, I'm trying to find authenticated dated photos of Sylvie, so that I can get a better idea exactly when it was that she died & was replaced.

Son David Hallyday (later a singer in his own right) was born in August 1966; not long after, a deeply depressed Hallyday attempted suicide as his rock-and-roll career began to flounder after the British invasion and the rise of politically motivated folk music. After his recovery, he issued the despairing single "Noir, C'est Noir" as a commentary on his near-tragedy.***** Someone needs to get the lyrics to that single & translate them to English.

Maybe Johnny realized that the person who had given birth to his son was not the woman that he loved ! The words to that song may give us a better idea about what was going on in his head at the time...

www.cmt.com/artists/az/hallyday_johnny/bio.jhtml