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Graham Slee
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Posted: 12 Feb 2008 at 1:09pm |
I think most people get well and truly frustrated with hi-fi and I think these lyrics are very fitting with their frustration as well as many others in life today...
(I know the song fits many situations I have found myself in) "At the top of the stairs, there's hundreds of people, running around to all the doors. They try to find, find themselves an audience; their deductions need applause. The rich man stands in front of me, The poor man behind my back. They believe they can control the game, but the juggler holds another pack. I need someone to believe in, someone to trust. I need someone to believe in, someone to trust. I'd rather trust a countryman than a townman, You can judge by his eyes, take a look if you can, He'll smile through his guard, Survival trains hard. I'd rather trust a man who works with his hands, He looks at you once, you know he understands, Don't need any shield, When you're out in the field. But down here, I'm so alone with my fear, With everything that I hear. And every single door, that I've walked through Brings me back here again, I've got to find my own way. The priest and the magician, Singing all the chants that they have ever heard; and they're all calling out my name, Even academics, searching printed word. My father to the left of me, My mother to the right, Like everyone else they're pointing But nowhere feels quite right. And I need someone to believe in, someone to trust. I need someone to believe in, someone to trust. I'd rather trust a man who doesn't shout what he's found, There's no need to sell if you're homeward bound. If I choose a side, He won't take me for a ride. Back inside This chamber of so many doors; I've nowhere, nowhere to hide. I'd give you all of my dreams, if you'd help me, Find a door That doesn't lead me back again - take me away." Genesis: "Chamber of 32 Doors" from "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" Got any more? |
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That none should be able to buy or sell without a smartphone and the knowledge in how to use apps
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Charley Phogg
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Wow, kindred spirits Graham.
FRANK ZAPPA lyrics - I'm The Slime < ="" ="http://www.oldielyrics.com/song_in_top.js">google_ad_client = "pub-1127189538012976";google_ad_width = 336;google_ad_height = 280;google_ad_format = "336x280_as";google_ad_type = "text";google_ad_channel = "9280694110";google_color_border = "ffffee";google_color_bg = "ffffee";google_color_link = "0000FF";google_color_text = "444433";google_color_url = "444433";< ="text/" ="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> [backing vocals Tina Turner & The Ikettes] I am gross and perverted I'm obsessed 'n deranged I have existed for years But very little has changed I'm the tool of the Government And industry too For I am destined to rule And regulate you I may be vile and pernicious But you can't look away I make you think I'm delicious With the stuff that I say I'm the best you can get Have you guessed me yet? I'm the slime oozin' out From your TV set You will obey me while I lead you And eat the garbage that I feed you Until the day that we don't need you Don't go for help . . . no one will heed you Your mind is totally controlled It has been stuffed into my mold And you will do as you are told Until the rights to you are sold That's right, folks . . . Don't touch that dial Well, I am the slime from your video Oozin' along on your livin' room floor I am the slime from your video Can't stop the slime, people, lookit me go I am the slime from your video Oozin' along on your livin' room floor I am the slime from your video Can't stop the slime, people, lookit me go Adapt audio for video, hell, Frank changes stuff all the time why not think of it to suit the topic . If interested check out FZ Live From New York. Different versions exist, get the one with I'm the Slime and The Torture Never Stops. Sofa is on all of them and it is SWEET,along wiht Manx Needs Woman and Black Page... great stuff. Whoever said FZ can't play the geeetauir hasn't heard Frank. < ="" ="http://www.oldielyrics.com/song_in_bot.js"> |
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Graham Slee
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Hi Chris,
Today I was lead to a miracle! A pocket headphone amp that "will also drive 8 Ohm speakers" and "You will hear an improvement in a high-quality headphone’s ability to resolve musical detail, express deep, tight bass and present a more natural stereo image". Fantastic! And it's only £40! At that price it must be a Chinese miracle, but no, wait a minute! It's made in the USA where the cost of living is high like here in the UK. Now that's just got to be a divine miracle? And you know? People actually believe it! Whereas I know that the economics don't compute - there has to be a catch, but that's hidden. And while I was looking at it I was playing this... We'll be fighting in the street With our children at our feet And the morals that they worship will be gone And the men who spurred us on Sit in judgment of all wrong They decide and the shotgun sings the song I'll tip my hat to the new constitution Take a bow for the new revolution Smile and grin at the change all around Pick up my guitar and play Just like yesterday Then I'll get on my knees and pray We don't get fooled again The change it had to come We knew it all along We were liberated from the fold that's all And the world looks just the same And history ain't changed 'Cause the banners, they all flown in the last war I'll tip my hat to the new constitution Take a bow for the new revolution Smile and grin at the change all around Pick up my guitar and play Just like yesterday Then I'll get on my knees and pray We don't get fooled again No, no! I'll move myself and my family aside If we happen to be left half alive I'll get all my papers and smile at the sky Though I know that the hypnotized never lie Do ya? Yeah! There's nothing in the street Looks any different to me And the slogans are replaced by-the-bye And the parting on the left Is now a parting on the right And the beards have all grown longer overnight I'll tip my hat to the new constitution Take a bow for the new revolution Smile and grin at the change all around Pick up my guitar and play Just like yesterday Then I'll get on my knees and pray We don't get fooled again Don't get fooled again No, no! Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Meet the new boss Same as the old boss And I thought, thank goodness for the wisdom in music, and prayed for all those who'll hear that wisdom but never understand it. (The Who, "Won't Get Fooled Again?") |
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Charley Phogg
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Dear Mr. Fantasy
Lyrics: Winwood, Capaldi, Wood Something to make us all happy Do anything, take us out of this gloom, Sing a song, play guitar, make it snappy You are the one who can make us all laugh But doing that you break out in tears Please don't be sad, if it was a straight life you had We wouldn't have known you all these years |
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Charley Phogg
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"......Today I was lead to a miracle! A pocket headphone amp that "will also drive 8 Ohm speakers" and "You will hear an improvement in a high-quality headphone’s ability to resolve musical detail, express deep, tight bass and present a more natural stereo image". Fantastic! And it's only £40! At that price it must be a Chinese miracle, but no, wait a minute! It's made in the USA where the cost of living is high like here in the UK. Now that's just got to be a divine miracle? And you know? People actually believe it! Whereas I know that the economics don't compute - there has to be a catch, but that's hidden. " So are you saying that's a possiblity, or just another marketing ploy? Edited by Charley Phogg - 13 Feb 2008 at 6:27am |
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ROGER WATERS
Amused To Death Doctor Doctor what is wrong with me This supermarket life is getting long What is the heart life of a colour TV What is the shelf life of a teenage queen Ooh western woman Ooh western girl News hound sniffs the air When Jessica Hahn goes down He latches on to that symbol Of detachment Attracted by the peeling away of feeling The celebrity of the abused shell the belle Ooh western woman Ooh western girl And the children of Melrose Strut their stuff Is absolute zero cold enough And out in the valley warm and clean The little ones sit by their TV screens No thoughts to think No tears to cry All sucked dry Down to the very last breath Bartender what is wrong with me Why I am so out of breath The captain said excuse me ma'am This species has amused itself to death Amused itself to death Amused itself to death We watched the tragedy unfold We did as we were told We bought and sold It was the greatest show on earth But then it was over We oohed and aahed We drove our racing cars We ate our last few jars of caviar And somewhere out there in the stars A keen-eyed look-out Spied a flickering light Our last hurrah And when they found our shadows Groups 'round the TV sets They ran down every lead They repeated every test They checked out all the data in their lists And then the alien anthropologists Admitted they were still perplexed But on eliminating every other reason For our sad demise They logged the only explanation left This species has amused itself to death No tears to cry No feelings left This species has amused itself to death Amused itself to death |
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Graham Slee
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You never know one way or another. And at that price it's worth the gamble? So what the heck - buy one! And that's how temptation works - the age-old marketing ploy. And you and I can do the same! Yes, even the old LM380 should do the trick (if it can be obtained for pence or cents). Or it could be one of those TDA chips? A series resistor will charge a rechargeable battery, and if you're dead careful you can find a batch of surplus wall-warts cheap! The case looks like Hammond's best seller and it'll be a lot cheaper in the States (it's made over the border in Canada), and all you need is a sticker or two from the downtown print shop. And if it sounds pants, well it was only £40. People forgive at that sort of price, so their reputation will be left untarnished. Conscience eh? If only I didn't have one! Edit:- Websites are ten-a-penny, dot coms get preference on Google, links from head-fi boost their position. Just need a high speed credit card processor like PayPal and plenty of units built and ready to ship. Almost like "amused to death" lyrics...??? Edited by Graham Slee - 13 Feb 2008 at 10:17am |
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