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[lateralus83]

lateralus says:

Artista: Jeff Buckley
Album: Grace
Titolo: Hallelujah
Anno: 1994




track n°6 dell'album. Canzone di una bellezza veramente esagerata.

(Leonard Cohen)

I heard there was a secret chord
That david played and it pleased the lord
But you don't really care for music, do you
Well it goes like this the fourth, the fifth
The minor fall and the major lift
The baffled king composing hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah ....

Well your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to her kitchen chair
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah .... .

Baby i've been here before
I've seen this room and i've walked this floor
I used to live alone before i knew you
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
But love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah ....

Well there was a time when you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show that to me do you
But remember when i moved in you
And the holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was hallelujah

Well, maybe there's a god above
But all i've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
It's not a cry that you hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah ....

[New_Alumir]

POWERSLAVE

Iron maiden


Into the Abyss I'll fall - the eye of Horus
Into the eyes of the night - watching me go
Green is the cat's eye that glows
- in this Temple
Enter the risen Osiris - Risen again.


Tell me why I had to be a Powerslave
I don't wanna die, I'm a God,
why can't I live on?
When the Life Giver dies,
all around is laid waste.
And in my last hour,
I'm a Slave to the Power of Death.

When I was living this lie - Fear was my Game
People would worship and fall
- drop to their knees.
So bring me the blood and
red wine for the one to succeed me,
For he is a man and a God
- and He will die too.


Now I am cold but a ghost lives in my veins,
Silent the terror that reigned
- marbled in stone.
Shell of a man God preserved
- for a thousand ages,
But open the gates of my hell
- I will strike from the grave.


Tell me why I had to be a Powerslave
I don't wanna die, I'm a God,
why can't I live on?
When the Life Giver dies,
all around is laid waste.
And in my last hour,
I'm a Slave to the Power of Death.
Slave to the Power of Death...
Slave to the Power of Death...

[lateralus83]

Artista: Mariah Carey
Album: Music Box
Titolo: Hero
Anno: 1993



There's a hero
If you look inside your heart
You don't have to be afraid
Of what you are
There's an answer
If you reach into your soul
And the sorrow that you know
Will melt away

And then a hero comes along
With the strength to carry on
And you cast your fears aside
And you know you can survive
So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you'll finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you

It's a long road
When you face the world alone
No one reaches out a hand
For you to hold
You can find love
If you search within yourself
And the emptiness you felt
Will disappear

And then a hero comes along
With the strength to carry on
And you cast your fears aside
And you know you can survive
So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you'll finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you

Oh oooh
Lord knows
Dreams are hard to follow
But don't let anyone
Tear them away, hey yeah
Hold on
There will be tomorrow
In time
You'll find the way

And then a hero comes along
With the strength to carry on
And you cast your fears aside
And you know you can survive
So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you'll finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you

That a hero lies in you
Mhhh
That a hero lies in
You

[New_Alumir]

Sweet child o' mine

Guns n' roses




She's got a smile that it seems to me
Reminds me of childhood memories
Where evrything
Was as fresh as the bright blue sky
Now and then when I see his face
It takes me away to that special place
And if I stared too long
I'd probably break down and cry

Ooooh Sweet child o' mine
Ooooh Sweet love of mine

She's got eyes of the bluest skies
As if they thought of rain
I hate to look into those eyes
And see an ounce of pain
Hes hair reminds me of a warm safe place
Where as a child I'd hide
And pray for the thunder
And the rain
To quietly pass me by

Ooooh Sweet child o' mine
Ooooh Sweet love of mine

Ooooh Sweet child o' mine
Ooooh Sweet love of mine

Ooooh Sweet child o' mine
Ooooh Sweet love of mine

Where do we go
Where do we go now
Where do we go
Where do we go now
Where do we go
Sweet Child
Where do we go now

[pozz82]

Artista: Greenday
Album: American Idiot
Titolo: Boulevard of broken dreams
Anno: 2004



I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Don't know were it goes
But it's home to me and I walk alone
I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of broken dreams
Were the city sleeps
And I'm the only one and I walk alone
I walk alone I walk alone
I walk alone and I walk a-

My shadows the only one that walks beside me
My shallow hearts the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Till then I'll walk alone

Ah..ah..

I'm walking down the line
That divides me somewhere in my mind
On the border line of the edge
And where I walk alone
Read between the lines
What's fucked up and everything's alright
Check my vital signs to know I'm still alive
And I walk alone
I walk alone I walk alone
I walk alone and I walk a-

My shadows the only one that walks beside me
My shallow hearts the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Till then I'll walk alone

Ah..ah..
I walk alone and I walk a-

I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of broken dreams
Were the city sleeps
And I'm the only one and I walk a-

My shadows the only one that walks beside me
My shallow hearts the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Till then I'll walk alone

[lateralus83]

Artista: Litfiba
Album: 17 Re
Titolo: Apapaia
Anno:1986



la più bella canzone del secondo LP. Bellissimo il riff di chitarra

Si puo` vincere una guerra in due
E forse anche da solo
E si puo` estrarre il cuore anche al piu` nero assassino
Ma e` piu` difficile cambiare un' idea ..
Yeah!
Il mio sogno e` un taglio netto a tutto
E voglio che sia piu` reale
Potrei stare ore ed ore a parlare al silenzio
Ma e` piu' difficile cambiare un' idea,
Oh, oh!
Il mio sogno e` un mare acido
E dimmi se non e` reale
Ma il sogno traveste di luce ogni cosa vivente
E non toglie la paura dei fantasmi!
Yeah! Eh!
Rispetta le mie idee!
Apapaia, apapaia, apapaia, apapaia, apapaia, pah!
Eh! Rispetta le mie idee!
Apapaia, apapaia, apapaia, apapaia, apapaia, uh!
Il mio sogno e` un mare acido
E dimmi se non e` reale
Il giorno traveste di luce ogni cosa vivente,
Ma non toglie la paura dei fantasmi!
Yeah! Oh, oh! Oh, oh, yeah!
Voglio idee per sopravvivere
E mille, mille, mille non bastano!
E quel sogno, sai,
Continua a chiamarmi nella profondita` del mare
Una caduta dentro i vortici d' acqua
Le mie mani, che non si fermano piu`
Eh! Rispetta le mie idee!
Eh! Rispetta le mie idee!
Apapaia, apapaia, apapaia, apapaia,
apapaia, apapaia, apapaia, uh!
Eh! Oh, Oh oh!
Rispetta le mie idee!
(Le mie idee!)


foto dell'epoca di El Diablo

[Dero88]

.:. Titolo .:. Bouree
.:. Autore .:. Jethro Tull
.:. Album .:. Stand Up
.:. Genere .:. Folk Rock
.:. Anno .:. 1969
.:. Durata .:. 3' 46''



[ Instrumental ]

[lateralus83]

lateralus says:

Artista: Prince
Album: Purple Rain
Titolo: Purple Rain
Anno: 1984




canzone superba, dedicata al padre.

I never meant 2 cause U any sorrow
I never meant 2 cause U any pain
I only wanted one time 2 see U laughing
I only wanted 2 see U laughing in the purple rain

Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
I only wanted 2 see U bathing in the purple rain

I never wanted 2 be your weekend lover
I only wanted 2 be some kind of friend, hey
Baby, I could never steal U from another
It's such a shame our friendship had 2 end

Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
I only wanted 2 see U underneath the purple rain

Honey, I know, I know, I know times are changin'
It's time we all reach out 4 something new, that means U 2
U say U want a leader, but U can't seem 2 make up your mind
I think U better close it and let me guide U 2 the purple rain

Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
If U know what I'm singin' about up here, come on raise your hand
Purple rain, purple rain
I only want 2 see U, only want 2 see U in the purple rain

[New_Alumir]

Megadeth

Tornado of souls

This morning I made the call
The one that ends it all
Hanging up, I wanted to cry
Bu dammit, this well's gone dry
Not for the money, not for the fame
Not for the power, just no more games
But now I'm safe in the eye of the tornado
I can't replace the lies, that let a 1000 days go
No more living trapped inside
In her way I'll surely die
In the eye of the tornado, blow me away

You'll grow to loathe my name
You'll hate me just the same
You won't need your breath
And soon you'll meet your death
Not from the years, not from the use
Not from the tears, just self abuse

Who's to say what's for me to say...be...do
Cause a big nothing it'll be for me
The land of opportunity
The golden chance for me
My future looks so bright
Now I think I've seen the light

Can't say what's on my mind
Can't do what I really feel
In this bed I made for me
Is where I sleep, I really feel
I warn you of the fate
Proven true to late
Your tongue twist perverse
Come drink now of this curse
And now I fill your brain
I spin you round again
My poison fills your head
As I tuck you into bed
You feel my fingertips
You won't forget my lips
You'll feel my cold breath
It's the kiss of death

[Dero88]

.:. Titolo .:. Coin-Operated Boy
.:. Autore .:. The Dresden Dolls
.:. Album .:. The Dresden Dolls
.:. Genere .:. Cabaret Punk
.:. Anno .:. 2005
.:. Durata .:. 4' 46''



Coin operated boy
sitting on the shelf he is just a toy
but i turn him on and he comes to life
automatic joy
that is why i want a coin operated boy

made of plastic and elastic
he is rugged and long-lasting
who could ever ever ask for more
love without complications galore
many shapes and weights to choose from
i will never leave my bedroom
i will never cry at night again
wrap my arms around him and pretend....

coin operated boy
all the other real ones that i destroy
cannot hold a candle to my new boy and i'll
never let him go and i'll never be alone
not with my coin operated boy......

this bridge was written to make you feel smittener
with my sad picture of girl getting bitterer
can you extract me from my plastic fantasy
i didnt think so but im still convinceable
will you persist even after i bet you
a billion dollars that i'll never love you
will you persist even after i kiss you
goodbye for the last time
will you keep on trying to prove it?
i'm dying to lose it...
i want it
i want you
i want a coin operated boy.

and if i had a star to wish on
for my life i cant imagine
any flesh and blood could be his match
i can even take him in the bath

coin operated boy
he may not be real experienced with girls
but i know he feels like a boy should feel
isnt that the point that is why i want a
coin operated boy
with his pretty coin operated voice
saying that he loves me that hes thinking of me
straight and to the point
that is why i want
a coin operated boy.

[Kiara]

per il piacere di gonza,finalmente...


Titolo: God Knows
Autore: Mando Diao
Album: Hurricane Bar
Traccia numero: 05
Durata: 3'50''
Tracklist & Website: http://www.mando-diao.com/uk/
Anno: 2005
Genere: garage


GOD KNOWS



Well I turned left just like you told me to
I get excited by the moves you do
I’m on a mission and I’m gonna get away
Well I saw her standing all colored in red
I felt the blues just by the things she said
I want my mission so I can escape today

God knows - I ain’t sleeping but I want my line
God knows - I ain’t happy so I want it bad tonight
Oh brother can you help me out
God knows - I’ve got nothing so accept my time
God knows - it ain’t easy to behave in this spotlight
Oh brother can you help me out…

Well I turned the page from number three to four
You had nothing on you by my bedroom door
You had your mission now I’m gonna get away
When this is over and our souls are saved
When I am buried when I’ve got my own cave
I’ve done my mission so I won’t be here today

God knows - I ain’t sleeping…

I turned right just like I thought you would
I got excited like you said I would
I’m on a mission and I’m getting blown away
Well I saw her standing all colored in red
I felt the blues just by the things she said
I want my mission so I can escape today

God knows - I ain’t sleeping… All right






Le melodie sono perfette, orecchiabili e ben inserite in un contesto di ritmi retrò davvero coinvolgenti. "Hurricane Bar" è il degno successore di un album come "Bring em in" che per i fan del genere è già diventato un culto.[[KDcobain]]


...Nessun timore però perché questo quintetto svedese non cede alle regole del business musicale e non si snatura con un cambio di suono e identità, anzi ci va giù duro con un album dove nessuna canzone è fuori posto tanto da farti rimettere il cd nel lettore appena finisce l’ascolto. Un suono solido fatto di chitarre grezze, un basso pulsante e un organo hammond molto vintage, ricche melodie che richiamano la classica atmosfera sixties, piccole oasi acustiche e ispirazioni beatlesiane, due voci che si alternano e si incastrano in cori e coretti yeah yeah yeah, tutto questo fa la felicità di chi cerca di trovare nel presente musicale l’ottima musica del passato senza cadere nel già sentito....

...giudizio è molto positivo perché spesso alla seconda prova diversi gruppi si sono smarriti; i mando Diao no e hanno fatto anche meglio, “Hurricane Bar” è un disco che vale la pena di acquistare, solido e melodico garage beat che sancisce la conferma di questi giovani ragazzi...[[ExtraMusicMagazine]]

[lateralus83]

Artista: A Perfect Circle
Album: eMOTIVe
Titolo: Imagine
Anno:2004




bellissima cover della super-famosa canzone di John Lennon.

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

[Dero88]

.:. Titolo .:. Vortex Surfer
.:. Autore .:. Motorpsycho
.:. Album .:. Trust Us
.:. Genere .:. Psychedelic Rock
.:. Anno .:. 1998
.:. Durata .:. 8' 59''



And if she said so
That would change it all
If she said so
I would cushion her fall
And if it felt right,
She'd let me know the plan
Take my hand
And explain to me so i could understand
Why she said so

If she said so
It would be too much like death
If she said so
I would eat her breath
If she said so
I'd know all the lies
But i'd wipe out white
And never even ask the reason why
She said so

And never end
Go back to start
And never say
When i fall apart
And never stoop
To complain
About the pain...

[lateralus83]

Artista: Rolling Stones
Album: Aftermath
Titolo: Paint It Black
Anno: 1966
Genere: Rock




Canzone orecchiabilissima che Kubrick ha voluto mettere nella colonna sonora di Full metal jacket. Ti resta in mente fin dal primo ascolto.

I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens ev'ry day

I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it has been painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black

No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you

If I look hard enough into the settin' sun
My love will laugh with me before the mornin' comes

I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

Hmm, hmm, hmm,...

I wanna see it painted, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black

[New_Alumir]

Simon and Garfunkel

The sound of silence


Hello darkness my old friend,
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
left it's seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
still remains, within the sounds of silence

In restless dreams I walked alone,
narrow streets of cobblestone
'neath the halo of a streetlamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
when my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
split the night... and touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw
ten thousand people maybe more
people talking without speaking
people hearing without listening
people writing songs that voices never share
noone dare, disturb the sound of silence

Fools said I you do not know,
silence like a cancer grows,
hear my words that I might teach you
take my arms that I might reach you
but my words, like silent raindrops fell...
and echoed the will of silence

And the people bowed and prayed,
to the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
in the words that it was forming
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets
are written on the subway walls, and tenement halls
and whisper the sounds of silence."

[Berek]

Titolo: Forza Sugar
Autore: Rocking Horse
Durata: 2.44
Anno: 1983
Genere: Sigla televisiva



Sì, sono di nuovo in piena fase nostalgica, ma che ci posso fare se le sigle di quei tempi erano dei piccoli capolavori e sapevano (ancora adesso) coinvolgere le persone?

Se la vita sotto la cintura picchierà
non aver paura, Forza Sugar!
Se un pugno frusta e su di te si schianterà
tieni giù la testa, Forza Sugar!
Dai vai, in guardia stai, al tappeto finirà
chi ha soltanto muscoli, non si salverà.
Dai vai, più furbo sei, lui è quasi KO
alle corde stringilo, senza fiato lascialo...

Forza Sugar! fatti sotto, stai attento
a quel destro che va...
Forza Sugar! con un gancio sotto il mento
la vittoria verrà...

Mangerà la polvere chi sta davanti a te
e vedrà le stelle, Forza Sugar!
Chi non ti può battere se speranza più non c'è
getterà la spugna, Forza Sugar!
Dai vai, campione sei, anche con un occhio blu
se prendi qualche sventola ne ridai di più
Dai vai, un uomo sei, anche se ti senti giù
c'è chi prega da lassù
con un batticuore in più...

Forza Sugar! nella rabbia di quei pugni
c'è il destino che vuoi...
Forza Sugar! che s'avvereranno i sogni
tutti quelli che fai...

Forza Sugar! fatti sotto, stai attento
a quel destro che va...

Forza Sugar! con un gancio sotto il mento
la vittoria verrà...

Forza Sugar! nella rabbia di quei pugni...

[lateralus83]

Artista: Bob Dylan
Album: Before The Flood
Titolo: Knockin' on Heaven's door
Anno: 1974




Mama, take this badge off of me
I can't use it anymore.
It's gettin' dark, too dark for me to see
I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door.

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

Mama, put my guns in the ground
I can't shoot them anymore.
That long black cloud is comin' down
I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door.

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

[Kiara]

Originally posted by lateralus83
Artista: Bob Dylan
Album: Before The Flood
Titolo: Knockin' on Heaven's door
Anno: 1974

rulleggia ma c'avrei messo Hurricane.

[Dero88]

Originally posted by Kiara
rulleggia ma c'avrei messo Hurricane.

imho, la migliore di Bob

[lateralus83]

Artista: Led Zeppelin
Album: Led Zeppelin
Titolo: Dazed And Confused
Anno: 1969
Genere : Hard [as a] Rock
Durata: nei live arrivava a raggiungere i 30 min.




canzone psichedelica con schizzi di rock duro. Parte centrale visionaria in cui Jimmy Page suona la chitarra con un archetto da violino.

Been Dazed and Confused for so long it's not true,
Wanted a woman, never bargained for you.
Lots of people talk and few of them know,
Soul of a woman was created below. Yeah!
You hurt and abused tellin' all of your lies,
Run around sweet baby, Lord how they hypnotize.
Sweet little baby, I don't know where you've been,
Gonna love you baby, here I come again.
Every day I work so hard
Bringin' home my hard earned pay
Try to love you baby, but you push me away.
Don't know where you're goin'
Only know just where you've been,
Sweet little baby, I want you again.
Been dazed and confused for so long, it's not true,
Wanted a woman, never bargained for you.
Take it easy baby, let them say what they will.
Will your tongue wag so much when I send you the bill?