Songs for our times.

brianlux
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Post a song for these shaky times. When all else fails, play some music!
Rip out the table
We need room to move
In a life unstable
You're so easily amused
Anywhere you hang
Yourself is home
Throw in a tape, fix the tone
We need room to move
In a life unstable
You're so easily amused
Anywhere you hang
Yourself is home
Throw in a tape, fix the tone
Someone take the wheel
And I don't know where we're going
Anybody say what your feel
Back home I guess it's still snowing
And I don't know where we're going
Anybody say what your feel
Back home I guess it's still snowing
The windows are dirty let's hope it rains
Add another newspaper
Something to do with my change
I see we're fighting again
In some fucking land
Throw in another tape man
Add another newspaper
Something to do with my change
I see we're fighting again
In some fucking land
Throw in another tape man
Someone take the wheel
And I don't know where we're going
Anybody say what you feel
Everybody's sad, but nobody's showing
And I don't know where we're going
Anybody say what you feel
Everybody's sad, but nobody's showing
Show me one night
Kiss until a long time
Show me one night
Show
Kiss until a long time
Show me one night
Show
The music is pounding
Out in that rain
And we're standing in the shadows
Forever on the brink
Turn it up so I don't have to think
Out in that rain
And we're standing in the shadows
Forever on the brink
Turn it up so I don't have to think
Someone take the wheel
And I don't care where we're going
Anybody say what you feel
Everybody's sad, but nobody's showing
And I don't care where we're going
Anybody say what you feel
Everybody's sad, but nobody's showing
Someone take the wheel
Someone take the wheel
Someone take the wheel
"It's a sad and beautiful world"
-Roberto Benigni
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Check out this excellent song for our times from one of our own here!
Post edited by brianlux on"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
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Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '140 -
brianlux said:Post a song for these shaky times. When all else fails, play some music!Rip out the table
We need room to move
In a life unstable
You're so easily amused
Anywhere you hang
Yourself is home
Throw in a tape, fix the toneSomeone take the wheel
And I don't know where we're going
Anybody say what your feel
Back home I guess it's still snowingThe windows are dirty let's hope it rains
Add another newspaper
Something to do with my change
I see we're fighting again
In some fucking land
Throw in another tape manSomeone take the wheel
And I don't know where we're going
Anybody say what you feel
Everybody's sad, but nobody's showingShow me one night
Kiss until a long time
Show me one night
ShowThe music is pounding
Out in that rain
And we're standing in the shadows
Forever on the brink
Turn it up so I don't have to thinkSomeone take the wheel
And I don't care where we're going
Anybody say what you feel
Everybody's sad, but nobody's showingSomeone take the wheel
Someone take the wheel
I hope he does one final tour!0 -
^^^ Thanks for the good contribution, M!Here's another one that struck me as relevant to today, maybe even my #1 pick for this thread topic. Lou Reed, "There is No Time":This is no time for celebration
This is no time for shaking hands
This is no time for backslapping
This is no time for marching bandsThis is no time for optimism
This is no time for endless thought
This is no time for my country right or wrong
Remember what that broughtThere is no time
There is no time
There is no time
There is no timeThis is no time for congratulations
This is no time to turn your back
This is no time for circumlocution
This is no time for learned speechThis is no time to count your blessings
This is no time for private gain
This is the time to put up or shut up
It won't come back this way againThere is no time
There is no time
There is no time
There is no timeThis is no time to swallow anger
This is no time to ignore hate
This is no time to be acting frivolous
Because the time is getting lateThis is no time for private vendettas
This is no time to not know who you are
Self-knowledge is a dangerous thing
The freedom of who you areThis is no time to ignore warnings
This is no time to clear the plate
Let's not be sorry after the fact
And let the past become our fateThere is no time
There is no time
There is no time
There is no timeThis is no time to turn away and drink
Or smoke some vials of crack
This is a time to gather force
And take dead aim and attackThis is no time for celebration
This is no time for saluting flags
This is no time for inner searching
The future is at handThis is no time for phony rhetoric
This is no time for political speech
This is a time for action
Because the future's within reachThis is the time
This is the time
This is the time
Because there is no time
There is no time
There is no time
There is no time
There is no time
"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
brianlux said:^^^ Thanks for the good contribution, M!Here's another one that struck me as relevant to today, maybe even my #1 pick for this thread topic. Lou Reed, "There is No Time":This is no time for celebration
This is no time for shaking hands
This is no time for backslapping
This is no time for marching bandsThis is no time for optimism
This is no time for endless thought
This is no time for my country right or wrong
Remember what that broughtThere is no time
There is no time
There is no time
There is no timeThis is no time for congratulations
This is no time to turn your back
This is no time for circumlocution
This is no time for learned speechThis is no time to count your blessings
This is no time for private gain
This is the time to put up or shut up
It won't come back this way againThere is no time
There is no time
There is no time
There is no timeThis is no time to swallow anger
This is no time to ignore hate
This is no time to be acting frivolous
Because the time is getting lateThis is no time for private vendettas
This is no time to not know who you are
Self-knowledge is a dangerous thing
The freedom of who you areThis is no time to ignore warnings
This is no time to clear the plate
Let's not be sorry after the fact
And let the past become our fateThere is no time
There is no time
There is no time
There is no timeThis is no time to turn away and drink
Or smoke some vials of crack
This is a time to gather force
And take dead aim and attackThis is no time for celebration
This is no time for saluting flags
This is no time for inner searching
The future is at handThis is no time for phony rhetoric
This is no time for political speech
This is a time for action
Because the future's within reachThis is the time
This is the time
This is the time
Because there is no time
There is no time
There is no time
There is no time
There is no time0 -
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Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '140 -
JOEJOEJOE said:brianlux said:^^^ Thanks for the good contribution, M!Here's another one that struck me as relevant to today, maybe even my #1 pick for this thread topic. Lou Reed, "There is No Time":This is no time for celebration
This is no time for shaking hands
This is no time for backslapping
This is no time for marching bandsThis is no time for optimism
This is no time for endless thought
This is no time for my country right or wrong
Remember what that broughtThere is no time
There is no time
There is no time
There is no timeThis is no time for congratulations
This is no time to turn your back
This is no time for circumlocution
This is no time for learned speechThis is no time to count your blessings
This is no time for private gain
This is the time to put up or shut up
It won't come back this way againThere is no time
There is no time
There is no time
There is no timeThis is no time to swallow anger
This is no time to ignore hate
This is no time to be acting frivolous
Because the time is getting lateThis is no time for private vendettas
This is no time to not know who you are
Self-knowledge is a dangerous thing
The freedom of who you areThis is no time to ignore warnings
This is no time to clear the plate
Let's not be sorry after the fact
And let the past become our fateThere is no time
There is no time
There is no time
There is no timeThis is no time to turn away and drink
Or smoke some vials of crack
This is a time to gather force
And take dead aim and attackThis is no time for celebration
This is no time for saluting flags
This is no time for inner searching
The future is at handThis is no time for phony rhetoric
This is no time for political speech
This is a time for action
Because the future's within reachThis is the time
This is the time
This is the time
Because there is no time
There is no time
There is no time
There is no time
There is no time"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
RAGE is my soundtrack going forward. not exclusive but you know. first time around I played a farewell to kings and hemispheres over and over the whole time.you wanna protest?GET FUCKING LOUD!!!!!on the hunt for a killing in the name hoodie in 2x._____________________________________SIGNATURE________________________________________________
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '140 -
1993: 11/22 Little Rock
1996; 9/28 New York
1997: 11/14 Oakland, 11/15 Oakland
1998: 7/5 Dallas, 7/7 Albuquerque, 7/8 Phoenix, 7/10 San Diego, 7/11 Las Vegas
2000: 10/17 Dallas
2003: 4/3 OKC
2012: 11/17 Tulsa(EV), 11/18 Tulsa(EV)
2013: 11/16 OKC
2014: 10/8 Tulsa
2022: 9/20 OKC
2023: 9/13 Ft Worth, 9/15 Ft Worth0 -
https://youtu.be/SgAaATgIbSs?si=M5l8x0ypD4aIy0Q2
These bastards stole their powerFrom the victims of the Us v. Them yearsWrecking all things virtuous and trueThe undermining social democratic downhill slide into abysmalLost lamb off the precipice into the trickle down runoff poolThey hypnotized the summer, ninteen-seventy-nineMarched into the capital brooding duplicitousWicked and able, media-readyHeartless, and labeledSuper US citizen, super achieverMega ultra power dosing, relaxDefense, defense, defense, defenseYeah, yeah, yeahYeah, yeah, yeah, IgnorelandYeah, yeah, yeah, IgnorelandYeah, yeah, yeahThe information nation took theirClues from all the sound-bite gluttons1980, eighty four, eighty eight, ninety two too, tooHow to be what you can be,Jump jam junking your energiesHow to walk in dignity with throw up on your shoesThey amplified the autumn, ninteen-seventy-nineCalculate the capital,Up the republic my skinny assTV tells a million liesThe paper's terrified to reportAnything that isn't handed on a presidential spoonI'm just profoundly frustrated by all thisSo, fuck you, man (fuck 'em)Yeah, yeah, yeah, IgnorelandYeah, yeah, yeah, IgnorelandIf they weren't there we would have created themMaybe, it's trueBut I'm resentful all the sameSomeone's got to take the blameI know that this is vitriolNo solution, spleen-ventingBut I feel better having screamedDon't you?They desecrated winter, ninteen-seventy-nineCapital collateralBrooding duplicitous, wicked and able, media-readyHeartless, and labeledSuper US citizen, super achieverMega ultra power dosing, relaxDefense, defense, defense, defenseYeah, yeah, yeahYeah, yeah, yeah, IgnorelandYeah, yeah, yeah, IgnorelandYeah, yeah, yeah, IgnorelandYeah, yeah, yeahAnd that takes us out of the recordAnd into the revolutionTake it.1993: 11/22 Little Rock
1996; 9/28 New York
1997: 11/14 Oakland, 11/15 Oakland
1998: 7/5 Dallas, 7/7 Albuquerque, 7/8 Phoenix, 7/10 San Diego, 7/11 Las Vegas
2000: 10/17 Dallas
2003: 4/3 OKC
2012: 11/17 Tulsa(EV), 11/18 Tulsa(EV)
2013: 11/16 OKC
2014: 10/8 Tulsa
2022: 9/20 OKC
2023: 9/13 Ft Worth, 9/15 Ft Worth0 -
https://youtu.be/_00AOwmVhHY?si=BYMJ3yPeHC4w9WB6
I see you worried & hurriedAs if addressing the juryYou are innocentTil proven innocentYou are hurtingAnd it’s so magnificentDon’t let the sky hookBeat you to submissionMaybe it’s the price ofPrice of our admissionAin’t no fucking rosesTo our conditionTurn this anger intoNuclear fissionYeah baby, babyDon’t react, respondDon’t react, respondWhen what you getIs what you don’t wantDon’t react, respondAre we at war with each other?Are you at war with yourself?We could be fighting togetherInstead of fighting ourselvesStart the rebuttalAll part of the gameWhat makes us differentAnd what makes us the sameThe incandescenceThat is your essenceThe unexpected embraceEmbrace the unexpectedThere’s no book on this lifeThere’s no use as directedThe best part I knowWas when we were connectedAnd the light gets brighterAs it growsThe darkness it recedesIt’s better to giveGive than to deceiveQuestions dissolveThe more you believeDon’t react, respondDon’t react, respondWhen what you getIs what you don’t wantDon’t react, respond.1993: 11/22 Little Rock
1996; 9/28 New York
1997: 11/14 Oakland, 11/15 Oakland
1998: 7/5 Dallas, 7/7 Albuquerque, 7/8 Phoenix, 7/10 San Diego, 7/11 Las Vegas
2000: 10/17 Dallas
2003: 4/3 OKC
2012: 11/17 Tulsa(EV), 11/18 Tulsa(EV)
2013: 11/16 OKC
2014: 10/8 Tulsa
2022: 9/20 OKC
2023: 9/13 Ft Worth, 9/15 Ft Worth0 -
DE4173 said:
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Some of the lyrics are a bit outdated, but some of them still resonate with what is going on today.
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Not posting lyrics, Amos deserves all the clicks he can get.0
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"Only a Pawn in Their Game" by Bob Dylan. 1964 and still applies today.
https://genius.com/Bob-dylan-only-a-pawn-in-their-game-lyrics
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mickeyrat said:RAGE is my soundtrack going forward. not exclusive but you know. first time around I played a farewell to kings and hemispheres over and over the whole time.you wanna protest?GET FUCKING LOUD!!!!!on the hunt for a killing in the name hoodie in 2x.
Although their music is not my favorite, I admire this band big time!"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
DE4173 said:
https://youtu.be/SgAaATgIbSs?si=M5l8x0ypD4aIy0Q2
These bastards stole their powerFrom the victims of the Us v. Them yearsWrecking all things virtuous and trueThe undermining social democratic downhill slide into abysmalLost lamb off the precipice into the trickle down runoff poolThey hypnotized the summer, ninteen-seventy-nineMarched into the capital brooding duplicitousWicked and able, media-readyHeartless, and labeledSuper US citizen, super achieverMega ultra power dosing, relaxDefense, defense, defense, defenseYeah, yeah, yeahYeah, yeah, yeah, IgnorelandYeah, yeah, yeah, IgnorelandYeah, yeah, yeahThe information nation took theirClues from all the sound-bite gluttons1980, eighty four, eighty eight, ninety two too, tooHow to be what you can be,Jump jam junking your energiesHow to walk in dignity with throw up on your shoesThey amplified the autumn, ninteen-seventy-nineCalculate the capital,Up the republic my skinny assTV tells a million liesThe paper's terrified to reportAnything that isn't handed on a presidential spoonI'm just profoundly frustrated by all thisSo, fuck you, man (fuck 'em)Yeah, yeah, yeah, IgnorelandYeah, yeah, yeah, IgnorelandIf they weren't there we would have created themMaybe, it's trueBut I'm resentful all the sameSomeone's got to take the blameI know that this is vitriolNo solution, spleen-ventingBut I feel better having screamedDon't you?They desecrated winter, ninteen-seventy-nineCapital collateralBrooding duplicitous, wicked and able, media-readyHeartless, and labeledSuper US citizen, super achieverMega ultra power dosing, relaxDefense, defense, defense, defenseYeah, yeah, yeahYeah, yeah, yeah, IgnorelandYeah, yeah, yeah, IgnorelandYeah, yeah, yeah, IgnorelandYeah, yeah, yeahAnd that takes us out of the recordAnd into the revolutionTake it.
Great choice, thank you DE! I was trying to pick and R.E.M. number and couldn't decide which one from Document, but "Ignoreland" is even more spot on."It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
GlowGirl said:Some of the lyrics are a bit outdated, but some of them still resonate with what is going on today.The great Barry McGuire, yes! Although I always list Beach Boys as my first concert experience, McGuire was actually the first (then) contemporary musician I ever saw. It was 1959 and he was with his folk group, The New Christie Minstrels. It was at the christening of the first UAL DC-8 event for my father's job. What a voice!FiveBelow said:Not posting lyrics, Amos deserves all the clicks he can get.OnWis97 said:"Only a Pawn in Their Game" by Bob Dylan. 1964 and still applies today.
https://genius.com/Bob-dylan-only-a-pawn-in-their-game-lyrics
Good one, OnWis!Post edited by brianlux on"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
Unfuck the World - Prophets of Rage
https://youtu.be/6ad4MH7fMLs?si=Ys6zWqkStV6SfB-v
No hatredFuck racistsBlank facesTime's changinOne nationUnificationThe vibrationUnfuck the World!No hatredFuck racistsBlank facesTime's changinOne nationUnificationThe vibrationUnfuck the world!Poverty hit home like a war zoneCheck America's pulse, heard a death toneDivision hitting like a bullet to precisionKill the dream, kill the vision, now listenWhat the fuck are you waiting for?Stand up and rise like the tideAnd move your ass with the quicknessYou may live on the hit listNo fear, bare witnessWhere's ya heart at the heartless can't sayBow down, just do what the man sayBuy them lie them deny it all dayIn a box they locked in the dead layBombs dropping on cities where kids playSoldiers falling in the name of freedom heyCivilians buried in the rubble where dreams diePoliticians spew lie after fucking lieNo hatredFuck racistsBlank facesTime's changinOne nationUnificationThe vibrationUnfuck the world!No hatredFuck racistsBlank facesTime's changinOne nationUnificationThe vibrationUnfuck the world!Hatred lies divided peopleGorgeous anger deeds of evilAfter the fall whom the bell callsLike we all dancing In a ballroom without ballsTalk-walk look out listen2020 see now, currency is attentionFascism too many cooks in the kitchenExploding phonesKilling drones on a missionI'm elated to get y'all elevatedGod remains God yeah and they hate itOn your knees peoplePledge allegiance to the evilEverything changed yet nothing's changedBold is change, everything looking strange, yeahEngineers got millennials living in fearGive a damn, evil can't stand yeahWhen the people take a standNo hatredFuck racistsBlank facesTime's changinOne nationUnificationThe vibrationUnfuck the world!No hatredFuck racistsBlank facesTime's changinOne nationUnificationThe vibrationUnfuck the world!Unfuck the world!Unfuck the world!Unfuck the world!Unfuck the world!I'm the straw that broke the camel's backThe gun in the car jackThe night stick that keeps cracking downThe resistance never backing down1993: 11/22 Little Rock
1996; 9/28 New York
1997: 11/14 Oakland, 11/15 Oakland
1998: 7/5 Dallas, 7/7 Albuquerque, 7/8 Phoenix, 7/10 San Diego, 7/11 Las Vegas
2000: 10/17 Dallas
2003: 4/3 OKC
2012: 11/17 Tulsa(EV), 11/18 Tulsa(EV)
2013: 11/16 OKC
2014: 10/8 Tulsa
2022: 9/20 OKC
2023: 9/13 Ft Worth, 9/15 Ft Worth0 -
DE4173 said:Unfuck the World - Prophets of Rage
https://youtu.be/6ad4MH7fMLs?si=Ys6zWqkStV6SfB-v
No hatredFuck racistsBlank facesTime's changinOne nationUnificationThe vibrationUnfuck the World!No hatredFuck racistsBlank facesTime's changinOne nationUnificationThe vibrationUnfuck the world!Poverty hit home like a war zoneCheck America's pulse, heard a death toneDivision hitting like a bullet to precisionKill the dream, kill the vision, now listenWhat the fuck are you waiting for?Stand up and rise like the tideAnd move your ass with the quicknessYou may live on the hit listNo fear, bare witnessWhere's ya heart at the heartless can't sayBow down, just do what the man sayBuy them lie them deny it all dayIn a box they locked in the dead layBombs dropping on cities where kids playSoldiers falling in the name of freedom heyCivilians buried in the rubble where dreams diePoliticians spew lie after fucking lieNo hatredFuck racistsBlank facesTime's changinOne nationUnificationThe vibrationUnfuck the world!No hatredFuck racistsBlank facesTime's changinOne nationUnificationThe vibrationUnfuck the world!Hatred lies divided peopleGorgeous anger deeds of evilAfter the fall whom the bell callsLike we all dancing In a ballroom without ballsTalk-walk look out listen2020 see now, currency is attentionFascism too many cooks in the kitchenExploding phonesKilling drones on a missionI'm elated to get y'all elevatedGod remains God yeah and they hate itOn your knees peoplePledge allegiance to the evilEverything changed yet nothing's changedBold is change, everything looking strange, yeahEngineers got millennials living in fearGive a damn, evil can't stand yeahWhen the people take a standNo hatredFuck racistsBlank facesTime's changinOne nationUnificationThe vibrationUnfuck the world!No hatredFuck racistsBlank facesTime's changinOne nationUnificationThe vibrationUnfuck the world!Unfuck the world!Unfuck the world!Unfuck the world!Unfuck the world!I'm the straw that broke the camel's backThe gun in the car jackThe night stick that keeps cracking downThe resistance never backing down
Powerful and timely! Thanks!"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0
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