Love Portishead. Love that song @WatchingPlanesFlyBy
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A Song a Day
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Wow, @WatchingPlanesFlyBy! What a great song! Because I'm old and apparently live under a rock, I'd never heard of Portishead or trip-hop (had to look that one up). I'm really enjoying it, though--listening to the song a second time.
If we're doing moody atmospheric music, then I recommend "Faded Flowers" by Shriekback. Actually, the whole album the song is on is fantastic--it's called "Oil And Gold." The best album you'll ever hear about bad relationships, Crowlean magic, and fish.
This is the sound of poisons
The sickness no one knows
No one is crying for us this time
Our shapes are blurring under miracles of snow
Weave a circle round him three times
You have to plan your moves at these times
Our hearts are breaking
One more song to go
These eyes are blind
This is a pure thing
These hands I kiss
Tragic as anything
These eyes are blind
This is a pure thing
All splash and hiss
Beyond my measuring
Only the anacrucis
The main event remains
Shameful and naked, out there in the
Great cold outdoors
We have to do these things again
Bathe in this incandescent glow
The leap to something I don't know
There is no doubt upon us when
The greasy men come back again
These eyes are blind
This is a pure thing
These hands I kiss
Tragic as anything
These eyes are blind
This is a pure thing
All splash and hiss
Beyond my measuring
These faded flowers
Precious as memory
A veil of cloud
Correct as energy
We had some good machines
But they don't work no more
I loved you once
Don't love you anymore
These eyes are blind
This is a pure thing
These hands I kiss
Tragic as anything
These eyes are blind
This is a pure thing
All splash and hiss
Beyond my measuring
These faded flowers
Precious as memory
A veil of cloud
Correct as energy
We had some good machines
But they don't work no more
I loved you once
Don't love you anymore
If we're doing moody atmospheric music, then I recommend "Faded Flowers" by Shriekback. Actually, the whole album the song is on is fantastic--it's called "Oil And Gold." The best album you'll ever hear about bad relationships, Crowlean magic, and fish.
This is the sound of poisons
The sickness no one knows
No one is crying for us this time
Our shapes are blurring under miracles of snow
Weave a circle round him three times
You have to plan your moves at these times
Our hearts are breaking
One more song to go
These eyes are blind
This is a pure thing
These hands I kiss
Tragic as anything
These eyes are blind
This is a pure thing
All splash and hiss
Beyond my measuring
Only the anacrucis
The main event remains
Shameful and naked, out there in the
Great cold outdoors
We have to do these things again
Bathe in this incandescent glow
The leap to something I don't know
There is no doubt upon us when
The greasy men come back again
These eyes are blind
This is a pure thing
These hands I kiss
Tragic as anything
These eyes are blind
This is a pure thing
All splash and hiss
Beyond my measuring
These faded flowers
Precious as memory
A veil of cloud
Correct as energy
We had some good machines
But they don't work no more
I loved you once
Don't love you anymore
These eyes are blind
This is a pure thing
These hands I kiss
Tragic as anything
These eyes are blind
This is a pure thing
All splash and hiss
Beyond my measuring
These faded flowers
Precious as memory
A veil of cloud
Correct as energy
We had some good machines
But they don't work no more
I loved you once
Don't love you anymore
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I've never heard of Shriekback and I love what I'm hearing, consider me piqued and hooked 
Listening to some music I picked up during my travels abroad. I spent 6 months in Israel and discovered Aviv Geffen. In my opinion, he's the greatest musician to come out of that country.
If you know who Steven Wilson is, check out his collab work with Geffen on Blackfield.
The buildings in the stand
Make me cry
when I'm looking at the windows
In each window there's a light
there's a light
it's the kingdom of their sorrow
We got our own place you and I
and no matter how we've tried
There's a gap between us
and we can't hide
You can blame it if you want
It's the forest in my heart
You see my brain is blank
I got no memories inside
No flashes from a childhood
I wish I was asked to play
with friends I never had
It was so lonely
And when love comes around
I know its not for long
It feels so cruel
It tears me all apart
I'm always getting lost
In the forest in my heart
So thank you dad and mom
For never being around
When I was struggling
You were my salty sea
You burned my eyes to see
All the beauty
The music is my wheel
The music makes me feel
That after all
I'm still here
There's a bird that always sings
In the forest in my heart
Listening to some music I picked up during my travels abroad. I spent 6 months in Israel and discovered Aviv Geffen. In my opinion, he's the greatest musician to come out of that country.
If you know who Steven Wilson is, check out his collab work with Geffen on Blackfield.
The buildings in the stand
Make me cry
when I'm looking at the windows
In each window there's a light
there's a light
it's the kingdom of their sorrow
We got our own place you and I
and no matter how we've tried
There's a gap between us
and we can't hide
You can blame it if you want
It's the forest in my heart
You see my brain is blank
I got no memories inside
No flashes from a childhood
I wish I was asked to play
with friends I never had
It was so lonely
And when love comes around
I know its not for long
It feels so cruel
It tears me all apart
I'm always getting lost
In the forest in my heart
So thank you dad and mom
For never being around
When I was struggling
You were my salty sea
You burned my eyes to see
All the beauty
The music is my wheel
The music makes me feel
That after all
I'm still here
There's a bird that always sings
In the forest in my heart
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[Verse 1:]
Someone once told me that you have to choose
What you win or lose
You can't have everything
Don't you take chances
Might feel the pain
Don't you love in vain
Cause love won't set you free
I can't stand by the side
And watch this life pass me by
So unhappy
But safe as could be
[Chorus:]
So what if it hurts me?
So what if I break down?
So what if this world just throws me off the edge
My feet run out of ground
I gotta find my place
I wanna hear my sound
Don't care about all the pain in front of me
Cause i'm just trying to be happy, yeah
Just wanna be happy, yeah
[Verse 2:]
Holding on tightly
Just can't let it go
Just trying to play my role
Slowly disappear, ohh
But all these days, they feel like they're the same
Just different faces, different names
Get me out of here
I can't stand by your side, ohh no
And watch this life pass me by, pass me by
[Chorus:]
So what if it hurts me?
So what if I break down?
So what if this world just throws me off the edge
My feet run out of ground
I gotta find my place
I wanna hear my sound
Don't care about all the pain in front of me
Cause i'm just trying to be happy, ohh, happy, ohh
[Bridge:]
So any turns that I can't see,
like I'm a stranger on this road
But don't say victim
Don't say anything
[Chorus:]
So what if it hurts me?
So what if I break down?
So what if this world just throws me off the edge
My feet run out of ground
I gotta find my place
I wanna hear my sound
Don't care about all the pain in front of me
[Outro:]
I just wanna be happy
Ohh, yeah, happy, ohh, happy
I just wanna be, ohh
I just wanna be happy
Ohh, happy
fits my mood...
Johnny Cash - Hurt
I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything
What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
I wear this crown of thorns
Upon my liar's chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
Beneath the stains of time
The feelings disappear
You are someone else
I am still right here
What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
If I could start again
A million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way
Johnny Cash - Hurt
I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything
What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
I wear this crown of thorns
Upon my liar's chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
Beneath the stains of time
The feelings disappear
You are someone else
I am still right here
What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
If I could start again
A million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way
I love that one, @Reverend45. I like the original version of the song too, but Johnny Cash's cover is an order of magnitude better.
(Careful before you hit play, this kind of one's NSFW.)
As a young girl
Louis Vuitton
With your mother
On a sandy lawn
As a sophomore
With reggaeton
And the linens
You're sitting on
Is your bed made?
Is your sweater on?
Do you want to fuck?
Like you know I do
Like you know I do
[2x]
But this feels so unnatural
Peter Gabriel too
Can you stay up
To see the dawn
In the colors
Of Benetton?
Is your bed made?
Is your sweater on?
Do you want to
Like you know I do
Like you know I do
[2x]
But this feels so unnatural
Peter Gabriel too
Is your bed made?
Is your sweater on?
Do you want to
Like you know I do
Like you know I do
As a young girl
Louis Vuitton
With your mother
On a sandy lawn
As a sophomore
With reggaeton
And the linens
You're sitting on
Is your bed made?
Is your sweater on?
Do you want to fuck?
Like you know I do
Like you know I do
[2x]
But this feels so unnatural
Peter Gabriel too
Can you stay up
To see the dawn
In the colors
Of Benetton?
Is your bed made?
Is your sweater on?
Do you want to
Like you know I do
Like you know I do
[2x]
But this feels so unnatural
Peter Gabriel too
Is your bed made?
Is your sweater on?
Do you want to
Like you know I do
Like you know I do
When I was young I never needed anyone
And making love was just for fun, those days are gone
Living alone, I think of all the friends I've known
When I dial the telephone nobody's home
All by myself
Don't wanna be all by myself anymore
Hard to be sure, sometimes I feel so insecure
And love, so distant and obscure, remains the cure
All by myself
Don't wanna be all by myself anymore
All by myself
Don't wanna live all by myself anymore
All by myself
Don't wanna be all by myself anymore
All by myself
Don't wanna live
Whoa, oh
Don't wanna live by myself
By myself anymore
By myself anymore
Oh
Do I Wanna Know? – Arctic Monkeys
Have you got colour in your cheeks?
Do you ever get that fear that you can't shift
The type that sticks around like something in your teeth?
Are there some aces up your sleeve?
Have you no idea that you're in deep?
I dreamt about you nearly every night this week
How many secrets can you keep?
'Cause there's this tune I found that makes me think of you somehow and I play it on repeat
Until I fall asleep
Spilling drinks on my settee
(Do I wanna know?)
If this feeling flows both ways?
(Sad to see you go)
Was sort of hoping that you'd stay
(Baby, we both know)
That the nights were mainly made for saying things that you can't say tomorrow day
Crawling back to you
Ever thought of calling when you've had a few?
'Cause I always do
Maybe I'm too busy being yours to fall for somebody new
Now I've thought it through
Crawling back to you
So have you got the guts?
Been wondering if your heart's still open and if so I wanna know what time it shuts
Simmer down and pucker up
I'm sorry to interrupt. It's just I'm constantly on the cusp of trying to kiss you
I don't know if you feel the same as I do
But we could be together if you wanted to
(Do I wanna know?)
If this feeling flows both ways?
(Sad to see you go)
Was sort of hoping that you'd stay
(Baby, we both know)
That the nights were mainly made for saying things that you can't say tomorrow day
Crawling back to you (crawling back to you)
Ever thought of calling when you've had a few? (you've had a few)
'Cause I always do ('cause I always do)
Maybe I'm too (maybe I'm too busy) busy being yours to fall for somebody new
Now I've thought it through
Crawling back to you
(Do I wanna know?)
If this feeling flows both ways?
(Sad to see you go)
Was sort of hoping that you'd stay
(Baby, we both know)
That the nights were mainly made for saying things that you can't say tomorrow day
(Do I wanna know?)
Too busy being yours to fall
(Sad to see you go)
Ever thought of calling darling?
(Do I wanna know?)
Do you want me crawling back to you?
Have you got colour in your cheeks?
Do you ever get that fear that you can't shift
The type that sticks around like something in your teeth?
Are there some aces up your sleeve?
Have you no idea that you're in deep?
I dreamt about you nearly every night this week
How many secrets can you keep?
'Cause there's this tune I found that makes me think of you somehow and I play it on repeat
Until I fall asleep
Spilling drinks on my settee
(Do I wanna know?)
If this feeling flows both ways?
(Sad to see you go)
Was sort of hoping that you'd stay
(Baby, we both know)
That the nights were mainly made for saying things that you can't say tomorrow day
Crawling back to you
Ever thought of calling when you've had a few?
'Cause I always do
Maybe I'm too busy being yours to fall for somebody new
Now I've thought it through
Crawling back to you
So have you got the guts?
Been wondering if your heart's still open and if so I wanna know what time it shuts
Simmer down and pucker up
I'm sorry to interrupt. It's just I'm constantly on the cusp of trying to kiss you
I don't know if you feel the same as I do
But we could be together if you wanted to
(Do I wanna know?)
If this feeling flows both ways?
(Sad to see you go)
Was sort of hoping that you'd stay
(Baby, we both know)
That the nights were mainly made for saying things that you can't say tomorrow day
Crawling back to you (crawling back to you)
Ever thought of calling when you've had a few? (you've had a few)
'Cause I always do ('cause I always do)
Maybe I'm too (maybe I'm too busy) busy being yours to fall for somebody new
Now I've thought it through
Crawling back to you
(Do I wanna know?)
If this feeling flows both ways?
(Sad to see you go)
Was sort of hoping that you'd stay
(Baby, we both know)
That the nights were mainly made for saying things that you can't say tomorrow day
(Do I wanna know?)
Too busy being yours to fall
(Sad to see you go)
Ever thought of calling darling?
(Do I wanna know?)
Do you want me crawling back to you?
I have three female singers that I love for a variety of reasons including voice, performing and plain old guts (and a whole lot more that I think are great - I just enjoy female vocals and performances more).
One of them is in this song/video which is an awesome 2002 version of Nena's 1985 original (it's not Nena that i'm a big fan of though).
When i'm down I can't listen to music, but if I feel ok or up, this song gets played and played and played.
One of them is in this song/video which is an awesome 2002 version of Nena's 1985 original (it's not Nena that i'm a big fan of though).
When i'm down I can't listen to music, but if I feel ok or up, this song gets played and played and played.
What is a sensitive guy like me to do but cry?
80's cheesy goodness from the Egyptian Lover
Night after night, I cry
Night after night, you're never home
Night after night I get disappointed
Cause I'm sick and tired of being alone (alone)
Night after night, I go for a walk
Looking at the stars in the sky
Night after night, I look in the mirror
And wonder why a lover has to cry
(Ohh)
I cry in the night
Because girl, you're never ever with me
I know it makes no sense to cry
But this ain't the way my life should be
In the mornings, I go to the pond
All my friends see me walking down the street
And they all know that something's bothering me
Because my smile's so weak
(Ohh)
Night after night, I chase you down
Night after night, you disappear
It's hard for me to comprehend
What exactly do you fear?
I don't wanna be alone, I don't wanna be alone
But I have no choice if I want you
You have so many friends, you're always on the phone
You make my life so blue
(Night after night)
(Night after night)
Night after night, I think of you
Night after night, I fantasize
If we could be alone, just us two
My Egyptian voice will hypnotize
Night after night, I dream of you
Night after night, I'm alone
Night after night, I call you
Night after night, you're never ever home
80's cheesy goodness from the Egyptian Lover
Night after night, I cry
Night after night, you're never home
Night after night I get disappointed
Cause I'm sick and tired of being alone (alone)
Night after night, I go for a walk
Looking at the stars in the sky
Night after night, I look in the mirror
And wonder why a lover has to cry
(Ohh)
I cry in the night
Because girl, you're never ever with me
I know it makes no sense to cry
But this ain't the way my life should be
In the mornings, I go to the pond
All my friends see me walking down the street
And they all know that something's bothering me
Because my smile's so weak
(Ohh)
Night after night, I chase you down
Night after night, you disappear
It's hard for me to comprehend
What exactly do you fear?
I don't wanna be alone, I don't wanna be alone
But I have no choice if I want you
You have so many friends, you're always on the phone
You make my life so blue
(Night after night)
(Night after night)
Night after night, I think of you
Night after night, I fantasize
If we could be alone, just us two
My Egyptian voice will hypnotize
Night after night, I dream of you
Night after night, I'm alone
Night after night, I call you
Night after night, you're never ever home
Yay I have always liked the Banjo. Do you play other instruments or is this the first you plan to pick up @Reverend45