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Hey folks - good tunes. Just come back from a day of camping - away from the phone, internet and civilisation (well almost). Listened to Bob Marley on the way back.. but enjoyed the selections above.

Here's my H&O and JK selection - the second more for the video than the song! ... Zonker - you're welcome any time.. my coladas are all 'virgin' though.









Cheers,

Shafique

Marley is great driving music. Long version, but worth listening to for the words alone:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPZydAot ... re=related

My absolute favorite!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnMNnO7v ... re=related

I really liked both those two songs Bora! The first one was fantastic because of the words and the music!

Here's Ol' Blue Eyes and one of his all time greats:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... 1tGdoA6mCc

Can't beat a bit of Bob Marley or ol blue eyes.. Here's my corniest Bob Marley joke - how does Bob Marley like his Porridge? 'With jam in'

Never tire of this song:

Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!
Bring me my spear: o clouds unfold!
Bring me my chariots of fire!
I will not cease from metal fight;
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand
Till we have built jerusalem
In England's green and pleasant land.

The unofficial 'anthem' of England from the poem written by William Blake. A tribute to the generations that have gone before us to preserve that 'green and pleasant land' for 'England & St. George!

Oh. oh den haag. Because I can.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrH2kEhHtPM



We are the best supporters of the world. Just keep on singing, even when we loose big time (and that happens too many times lately).



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qefAwQ62UI

Hee Amsterdam. What changed? It used to be everybody was getting along.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=982cMoYqTa4

Nobody does defeat better than City fans FD.



it just makes us stronger



--- Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:24 am ---

We'll be singing
When we're winning
We'll be singing
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never going to keep me down
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never going to keep me down
Pissing the night away
He drinks a whisky drink
He drinks a vodka drink
He drinks a lager drink
He drinks a cider drink
He sings the songs that remind him
Of the good times
He sings the songs that remind him
Of the better times
"Oh Danny Boy
Danny Boy..."
I get knocked down
But i get up again
You're never Goin to keep me down

Ahhh, here's something completely different. Nice words and visuals - British grandmas stitting together knitting..




And a different kind of 'golden oldie' -



And a mellow, chilled out favourite. Perfect to relax to..:

And nother Great British institution, The Proms

Till we have built jerusalem
In England's green and pleasant land.

Held by British grandmas, as their anthem



And yet another Great Briton, Fatboy Slim
Only this one isn't fat but he does live by the beach. Brighton!
Good dance moves! I think it must be a slimming class

The Queen of Soul is in the house and Mariah gets to sing with her:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNBgxEAO ... re=related

Great music, great times!!!



Seems Seal has an appreciation for the music back then. He cut an album "Soul 2" (but sometimes the original can't be duplicated):

Finished with my woman
'Cause she couldn't help me with my mind
People think I'm insane
Because I am frowning all the time

All day long I think of things
But nothing seems to satisfy
Think I'll lose my mind
If I don't find something to pacify

Can you help me occupy my brain?
Oh yeah!

I need someone to show me
The things in life that I can't find
I can't see the things that make true happiness
I must be blind

A very young Ossie Osborne with Black Sabbath in the early 70's.

A very sad song.



Another good one. (Though I think she forgot to put her bottoms on before hitting the stage!)

The late, great Robert Palmer:

Not afraid to say, lately I am starting to appreciate R. more and more.

I can see how you appreciate Rihanna, FD, she is a fine looking woman. She was interviewed on the Jonathon Ross show the other evening and I have to say she was very likeable, very natural and seemed down to earth. She was blonde on Friday.
There is word that she may be back with Chris Brown. What is it with us women?

Oh na na what's my name?



--- Wed Mar 14, 2012 1:21 am ---

Another up and coming (and alive) young star from the same Britpop school as Adele is Jessie J.

Okay, Coconut man, Moon Heads and pea
You ready?

Seems like everybody's got a price,
I wonder how they sleep at night.
When the sale comes first,
And the truth comes second,
Just stop for a minute and
Smile

Why is everybody so serious?
Acting so damn mysterious?



--- Wed Mar 14, 2012 1:37 am ---

I like music that brings back memories for me. I remember this one from 2001. It was a particularly bad time for me. My middle daughter had a near death experience and recovered but with brain damage, my mother died after she had (unintentionally) set fire to herself and our farm was struck down with foot and mouth disease and all the cattle were slaughtered and burnt on the farm. The smell was ing and the sight of it all was quite horrific.
I decided to take Beth away as she was only 5 years old and decided to go to Dubai as we had never been there before.
We stayed in Jumeirah Beach Hotel and Beth liked to go to the Go West restaurant for dinner. The group that played there were very good and did a very good Shaggy impression.
They were singing this song when I first set eyes on my Mr Emirati
He came over and introduced himself to Beth.

Yo man
Yo
Open up man
What do you want man?
My girl just caught me
You let her catch you?

I don't know how I let this happen
With who?
The girl next door, you know?
Man
I don't know what to do
Say it wasn't you

Zoom, just one look and then my heart went boom
Suddenly and we were on the moon
Flying high on the neon sky, oh

Bang, just one touch and
All the church bells rang
Heaven called and all the angel sang
Sunrise shine in the morning sky, oh
Zoom, you chase the day away
High noon, the moon
And stars came out to play
Then my whole wide world went zoom
(I passed the rainbow as it went flying by
Faster and faster we were higher than high)


For once in my lifetime, I was finally free and you gave that to me

Two mellow tracks:




And an uptempo blast from the past

Nothing like the sacrifice of a virgin to get the blood flowing!

Igor Stravinsky's "The Rites of Spring Sacrifice."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... m_KRaPt8TQ

Support the The Hague chavs and push that like button.

Grannies, come on gear up for singing and dancing along )

Like BM said, you have to support the local. From the Hague:

Flying Dutchman wrote:Like BM said, you have to support the local.

Yes FD! I can't imagine not having any National pride. It must be very sad, not to sing about your country from the top of your voice!!

This one's for Berrin, I know he has a lot of respect for the West, as where would he be without us?

Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves!
Britons never, never, never shall be slaves.

When Britain first, at heaven's command,
Arose from out the azure main,
This was the charter of the land,
And Guardian Angels sang this strain:

Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves!
Britons never, never, never shall be slaves


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBVrTxPy ... ure=fvwrel

--- Fri Mar 16, 2012 1:01 am ---

Here's one for the home boys, as they say 'an uptempo blast from the past'

Living on free food tickets
Water in the milk from a hole in the roof
Where the rain came through
What can you do?

Tears from your little sister
Crying 'cause she doesn't have a dress
Without a patch for the party to go
But you know she'll get by

'Cause she's living in the love of the common people
Smile's from the heart of a family man
Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to
Mama's gonna love you just as much as she can, and she can

It's a good thing you don't have a bus fare
It would fall through the hole in your pocket and you'd lose it
In the snow on the ground
You got to walk into town to find a job

Tryin' to keep your hands warm
When the hole in your shoe lets the snow come through
And chills you to the bone
Now you'd better go home where it's warm



--- Fri Mar 16, 2012 1:07 am ---

And another uptempo blast from the past! (I sound like Tony Blackburn, now then pop pickers! )

The Israelites

Another song from the immigrant Brit with Indian parents :