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I Will Survive - Cake
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Waiting for a parking spot at the grocery store. Their reverse lights are on, so I think I'm good. They will pull out any second now, right? Wrong! Two minutes later I give up and move on. Of course, in my rear view mirror, I see them pulling out as I'm pulling away
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Johnny's Camero - David Wilcox
Early on in his career David used to make up little stories, and sometimes even raps, to get the attention of his audience. He found that they would listen to him tell stories, and once he had their attention, he'd be able to get them to pay closer attention to his songs. This song came out of one of those stories. I really like it. It's ultimately about growing as a person, and ultimately outgrowing a relationship. Check it out if you have 9 minutes sometime.
"Can I have another quarter?" he said.
"What?"
"Can I have another quarter?"
"Why?" she said.
"Uh, I dropped it, " he said.
"Sure, " she said, and she handed him another quarter.
And he reached out of the window there, and dropped it in the toll basket.
Up comes the gate, and out comes...
Johnny's camero, Johnny's camero
Johnny loved his camero, maybe more than life itself.
Oh it was no big deal, he was just taking her to the airport.
It was autumn in New York City,
There was a wind a lot like this.
It was springtime however, in Africa.
She'd been saving up her money.
She was going to go on one of these outward bound trips,
So he was just giving her a ride to the airport.
And around and around the airport they went,
Through that parking garage, looking for a parking space.
"There's one, " she said.
"No."
"There's one, " she said.
"No."
You see, actually it takes two parking spaces...
for Johnny's camero, Johnny's camero
He's a little nervous walking through the airport.
He's always looking back over his shoulder.
"You can go back if you want, " she said.
"No, no man, I'll stay."
And he did. He stayed until the plane took off.
Then he ran back.
But meanwhile, she was high up over the city.
She was looking down.
She was looking down at the lights of the buildings.
She was looking down at the lights of the boats on the water.
She was looking down at the lights.
You could see them crossing the bridges,
And through the little canyon streets.
Little tiny, diamond toward you and ruby away.
You know, those little tiny moving lights.
And she knew that one of them was... well you know.
Man, I've got to tell you about the adventure she had in Africa.
I think I should start with the silver bracelet,
I think that's where it all turns around.
She hadn't been on the trip long and one of the guides sort of
Took her under his wing.
'Cause she was sort of startled easy,
She was a little nervous about being out there.
The first time she got sunburned through her hat
She realized she was a long way from being home.
She had just left the group for a little while one day,
She had just went to take a pee,
She said "I'll be right back, " but she didn't come back for awhile.
And this guide, this African man went to look for her.
"Laura! Laura?"
He found her standing on the lowest branch of a fairly tall tree,
Way off the ground."
"How you get up there?"
Well she had jumped.
"Why?"
Well there was a hyena, and they had told her about hyenas.
They have jaws that can crush bone.
She wasn't in a really confident position anyway,
And she just ran, and there was the branch.
She jumped - one hand slipped, one hand held.
She was not coming down.
"He's gone."
So now she trusted him, and she swings back down
And both arms straight, hanging from that branch,
Her feet are four feet off the ground.
Man, she didn't know she could jump that high.
Ah, but she does now.
It was changes like that that made him give her that silver bracelet.
It was the one that he'd always wear kind of between his elbow
And his shoulder, kind of wrapped tight around his arm.
It was a beautiful silver bracelet, and he bent it down to fit around
Her muscle there and she smiled.
So much so that it startled him.
So much so that on the last day of that trip, when they were getting
Back on the bus to go to the small airport to go to the big airport
To go across the ocean to go back to... you know,
When they were getting back on the bus and she leaned out the window
For that last little cheesecake snapshot
And as he looked through the camera, he had to slowly take the camera
Down, and turn his head to the side a little bit, look a little bit
Sad and say
"How you get up there?"
She was dreaming over the ocean
Dreaming of being home again
Dreaming over the ocean
Of what would never be the same.
Well he wasn't at the gate when she got into the airport.
He must have been looking for a parking space.
So she just walked through the airport, you know,
And it wasn't like before.
Now the airport seemed kind of small.
The airport seemed kind of stuffy, ceiling was a little bit low.
And everyone was getting out of her way.
I don't know - well, actually I do know.
Maybe it was because it had been winter, you see,
And she had just come back from summer.
And she was just dressed normally. Everyone else was bundled up,
But she had on her hiking boots and shorts and tank top,
Hair tied back, and a knife on her belt, and a big old silver bracelet,
I think it was the silver bracelet,
But everybody was getting out of her way.
She didn't see him 'til the backpack comes rolling down the
Old baggage claim, and suddenly there's this arm
And this voice saying, "I'll get that."
And she says, "Hey, that's my backpack, gimme it. Where you parked?"
So he reluctantly gave her the backpack,
And she swung it over her shoulder
And they went out and carefully nestled it in the trunk
And then, out of the parking garage and into the city.
And she had to lean out the window,
She pushed the button and made the window go down
And she leaned out a little bit to feel the wind in her hair.
Man, this is the wild place to be.
I mean, this is the place,
She has to lean a little further out of the car just to
Just to see it all, just to look up at some of the buildings.
As a matter of fact, she leaned a little farther back
So she could look back behind
And watch those big tires rolling on that pavement,
And then suddenly the window came back up
And she comes back in, startled
And sure enough Johnny's got his finger on the power...
...the power... the power window.
And he's looking at her like,
"Will you get your feet off the upholstery!"
The upholstery, the upholstery. She forgot. How could she forget?
Well, she'd been in Africa, come on.
She took her feet off the upholstery.
As a matter of fact, she took her feet off the upholstery politely.
As a matter of fact, she folded her hands in her lap
And she settled in for this ride.
I saw just a glint of a smile as she turned her face to one side.
Maybe to feel the plush upholstery brush against her cheek.
Maybe to see the lights of the graphic equalizer on the stereo
Reflected in the side window.
Maybe to watch that lone drop of water make its weary way across
That perfectly waxed surface.
But I think it was just to enjoy this ride...
This ride...
This last ride...
in Johnny's camero, Johnny's camero.
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we are missing an obvious one .. Big Bottom .. Spinal tap ...
talk about mud flaps, my girls ....
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I used to play bass a little .. I always enjoyed playing Gimme Three Steps by Lynyrd Skynyrd
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All Right Now - Free
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I’ll start. From Indiana, easily Michael Jackson.
we also have axl rose ... not MJ but pretty good
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I thought the first three Van Hagar albums were a really great run ... 5150, OU812 and For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
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this one's easy ... it's Kansas
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I'm just happy that these old rockers are still out there doing "mostly live" shows ... they could just be enjoying their retirements and giving us nothing ... it's great just to see them, and for the most part, hear them .. But that's just me ... to each his own on this subject for sure
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I’ve already said it once today, but I’ll say it again. Happy birthday, Dad!
That's your daddy? I knew you were a member's son but I forgot which one.
Amps, you have a fine son. You and the Mrs. are to be commended.
Happy Birthday!
Thanks! We are very Proud of EP !!
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man glad I logged in today .. Thanks all !!
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Rush Condoms
in Rush
well leave that thing alone is instrumental so guess its not that haha ... maybe the right album though?- 1
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Serious question. Why is it Queen with Adam Lambert? It wasn't AC/DC with Brian Johnson. Or Lynyrd Skynyrd with Johnnie Van Zant. Isn't Lambert essentially the singer in Queen now?
They've just always done it that way with every singer since Freddie died ... I think it's to put sort of a win win name out there ... It honors Freddie by basically saying he is irreplaceable, and it gives the guest singer a name in the band.
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"Adam has the most wonderful ability to sing the songs well, to put on a great show, and still to come off like he’s just filling in (rather than replacing) someone who just couldn’t make it that night."
That is a perfect description of what Adam does with Queen EP !!
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When I think of content-heavy lyrics, Paul Simon, Sting, & Bob Dylan are three artists that come to mind.
Don't forget W.A.S.P. Can't get more insightful than "Sex Drive."
and Spinal Taps Sex farm
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James Taylor
Rod Stewart
Elton John
David Wilcox
David Bowie
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I hope it's done in dubly
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I like the Stevie Nicks nomination. She deserves it imo
Love the Def Leppard nomination too
biggest omissions are iron maiden and judas priest imo
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Paul Rogers
Sting
Phil Collins
Pete Townshend
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octavarium
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2112 | A Farewell to Kings
A Passage to Bangkok | Xanadu
The Twilight Zone | Closer to the Heart
Lessons | Cinderella Man
Tears | Madrigal
Something For Nothing | cygnus x-1
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with me it really depends on the genre .. if I'm listening to prog rock or metal i really don't need to draw anything from the lyrics .. i just want the whole package to hit me all at once usually .. and then it really depends on the singer .. some of them i understand the words as they sing them but many of them i do not
if it's folk music i need the lyrics to hit me .. i love the acoustic guitar in that genre but i really depend on the lyrics to really enjoy the song
if its pop rock like Don't stop Believing i think i really do like the lyrics to hit me there too .. at least i like the chorus to stand out as something meaningful and usually just fun to me
funny thing happened to me recently .. I was at a dance competition with my two daughters and I was just watching some of the other dancers perform .... this one young girl comes out and dances a lyrical style dance to I Believe by Fantasia and about half way through the song I am emotional! I thought it was weird that I was but i really was ... she put so much into the dance ... the words to that song are cheesy but I knew they were about overcoming the odds and I guess that's what really hit me .. just thought I'd share that .. I guess in pop music I need the lyrics too ...
I listen for many different reasons .. some of those I need the lyrics and some I don't .. and I think I am probably a pretty average listener
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funny ... I hear By-Tor
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Backing vocals / other singers in the band
in Music Of The Spheres
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Thin Lizzy .. I think?