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[Steadygain]

Even beyond Freddie Mercury of Queen - I picture the Republican who spoke after Obama singing this song.

The Gov. of LA - according to Birch has like a 90% approval rating

Anyway if you saw him that night just imagine him walking in the room exactly like he did - and with the same facial expression waving his arms and singing:

Mm ba ba de
Um bum ba de
Um bu bu bum da de

Pressure

pushing down on me
Pressing down on you no man ask for
Under pressure
- that burns a building down (stretch it out high - real high)

Splits a family in two
Puts people on streets

Um ba ba be
Um ba ba be
De day da
Ee day da - that's o.k.

It's the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming 'Let me out' This is Birch's favorite part (his favorite song too)

Pray tomorrow - gets me higher
Pressure on people - people on streets
Day day de mm hm
Da da da ba ba
O.k.

Chippin' around - kick my brains around the floor
These are the days it never rains but it pours
Ee do ba be
Ee da ba ba ba
Um bo bo
Be lap
People on streets - ee da de da de
People on streets - ee da de da de da de da

It's the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming 'Let me out'

Pray tomorrow - gets me higher high high (for me and the others)
Pressure on people - people on streets
Turned away from it all like a blind man
Sat on a fence but it don't work
Keep coming up with love
but it's so slashed and torn

Why - why - why ?
Love love love love love
Insanity laughs under pressure we're cracking
Can't we give ourselves one more chance

Why can't we give love that one more chance
Why can't we give love give love give love give love
give love give love give love give love give love
'Cause love's such an old fashioned word
And love dares you to care for
The people on the edge of the night
And loves dares you to change our way of
Caring about ourselves
This is our last dance
This is our last dance
This is ourselves
Under pressure
Under pressure
Pressure

This is tomorrow's song - Under Pressure by Queen

 

[Steadygain]

Yesterday you saw the way I went to the Table - the confidence and the strength with which I played. I pushed others to give it their all and mocked the weaker ones.

And you saw the piles of Chips before me get bigger and bigger.

When I left the Table - you thought I went to the rest room but I went to the front desk and told the Manager I had significant winnings I'm ready to cash in on. He suggested the Presidential Suite - which the Chips would cover and I'll come out with whatever I started with. So I wrote a quick message: 'Everything is for you - all that is and all that could ever be' and the aide brought to you.

You didn't know how to respond. But I warmly told you to come with me and I'd show you what the message meant.

So we went up - and when we walked in the Suite this is the song that was playing: Eric Clapton's Wonderful Tonight

Its late in the evening
Shes wondering what clothes to wear
She puts on her make up
And brushes her long blonde hair
And then she asks me
Do I look alright
And I say yes, you look wonderful tonight

We go a party
And everyone turns to see
This beautiful lady
Thats walking around with me
And then she asks me
Do you feel alright
And I say yes, I feel wonderful tonight

I feel wonderful
Because I see the love light in your eyes
And the wonder of it all
Is that you just dont realize
How much I love you

Its time to go home now
And Ive got an aching head
So I give her the car keys
She helps me to bed
And then I tell her
As I turn out the light
I say my darling, you were wonderful tonight
Oh my darling, you were wonderful tonight

 

[Steadygain]

Today's song is Bobby Vinton's BLUE VELVET

I was in the hot tub close to 30 minutes and felt more relaxed than I'd felt in ages...

Put on my robe and joined you in the living room....

You'd just poured a few glasses of wine...the lights were low and I sat near you and took my first sip....then the song started..

She wore blue velvet
Bluer than velvet was the night
Softer than satin was the light
From the stars

She wore blue velvet
Bluer than velvet were her eyes
Warmer than May her tender sighs
Love was ours

Ours a love I held tightly
Feeling the rapture grow
Like a flame burning brightly
But when she left, gone was the glow of

Blue velvet
But in my heart there'll always be
Precious and warm, a memory
Through the years

And I still can see blue velvet
Through my tears


^^@w

 

[Buster]

Lemme see if I can put that song into simpler terms

10 toes up
10 toes down
two butts going round and round
if that ain't love
then what is that sound?

 

[nnuut]

Hey Steady, what did you do with the MONEY??

 

[Steadygain]

Today's song is by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer.

Saw them at the Merriwhether Post Pavillion - an acoustically designed concert place in Columbia MD. Back then they has the Surround System - big Moog Synthsizer....

So this is one to just float and chill by yourself... it's beautiful

He had white Horses
And ladies by the score
All dressed in satin
And waiting by the door

Ooooh, what a lucky man he was
Ooooh, what a lucky man he was

White lace and feathers
They made up his bed
A gold covered mattress
On which he was laid

Ooooh, what a lucky man he was
Ooooh, what a lucky man he was

He went to fight wars
For his country and his king
Of his honor and his glory
The people would sing

Ooooh, what a lucky man he was
Ooooh, what a lucky man he was

A bullet had found him
His blood ran as he cried
No money could save him
So he laid down and he died

Ooooh, what a lucky man he was
Ooooh, what a lucky man he was

 

[Steadygain]

Hey man - PEACE - LOVE - ROCK N' ROLL -
This one was written by Ian Hunter and is one of my favorites.

I'll have a good friend start it off - cause this guy knows how to ROCK in a way that very few ever achieve. Zach Wilde will pump everything he has into this song and when it's cookn' - I mean when it's really steamn' - then I'll come out and take over.

I'm Jimi Hendrix and this is 'Once Bitten Twice Shy'

Well the times gettin hard for you little girl
Im a hummin and a strummin all over gods world
You dont remember when you got your last meal
And you forgot just how a woman feels
You didnt know what rock n roll was
Until you met a drummer on a greyhound bus
I got there in the nick of time
Before he got his hands across your state line

Zach is Rockn' but kicked it to an even higher level here

Well in the middle of the night
On the open road
And the heater dont work and its oh-so cold
Youre gettin tired, youre lookin kinda beat
The music of the street, drive you off your feet
You didnt know how rock n roll looked
Until you caught your sister with a guy from the group
Half-way home in the parking lot
By the look in her eyes she was givin what she got

Heavy feedback from the Amps as Jimi walks out on stage and takes over

My my my I'm Once bitten twice shy, babe
I said ah my my my I'm Once bitten twice shy babe

Woman youre a mess gonna die in your sleep
All the blood on my hand and my les paul heat
I cant leave you home cos youre runnin around
My best friend told me youre the best trick in town

You didnt know that rock n roll burned
So you bought a candle and you loved and you learned
You got the rhythm, you got the speed
Mammas little baby likes it short and sweet

Once bitten twice shy, babe

I didnt know ya got a rock n roll record
Until a saw your picture on another guys jacket
You told me I was the only one
And look at you now, well its dark as its dumb

Once bitten twice shy, babe

 

[Guest2]

I'm still stuck on Great White's version of the song, My My My ! :toung:

 

[Steadygain]

I'm still stuck on Great White's version of the song, My My My ! :toung:

Me too !!

Zach would start the song off at Great White's BEST - from the first note on ....


When you (and everyone else) thought there is just no way possible it could get any better...

that's when I (Jimi) would walk out - and you'd hear this amazing feedback from the amps drowning Zach out - but totally blending with him... then you could never be happy with Great White again

 

[350zCommTech]

One of my favorites from Great White. Nice video too.

 

[Rod]

My best friend told me youre the best trick in town

I remember when I used to think this said,

"My best friend told me you're the best lick in town"

 

[Guest2]

One of my favorites from Great White. Nice video too.

Being reminded of how much I loved everything during that time period
(tight jeans, low tops and loud music) couldn't compare to the fear that
overwhelmed me by remembering that I actually had hair back then and
it was just as long. (guys and gals).:nuts:

I was a Lead Guitarist for a group called "Small Change" and we played
everywhere we could (up and down the Jersey Shore). No, we never
made it big, like the E-Street Band from Asbury Park,,,, but I'll never
forget backing Danny and the Juniors / Southside Johnny and the Asbury
Jukes at Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ. Thanks for the memories !

 

[Guest2]

I remember when I used to think this said,

"My best friend told me you're the best lick in town"

:nuts: My My My :nuts:​

 

[Guest2]

I (Jimi) would walk out - and you'd hear this amazing feedback from the amps drowning Zach out - but totally blending with him... then you could never be happy with Great White again

I don't know Steady, I've been stuck in the 80's since the 60's.
Don't try to figure that one out, its deep and I haven't been able
to figure it out either. :laugh:

 

[Steadygain]

Being reminded of how much I loved everything during that time period (tight jeans, low tops and loud music) couldn't compare to the fear that overwhelmed me by remembering that I actually had hair back then and it was just as long. (guys and gals).:nuts:

Squalebear - this is like the coolest post I could imagine. The tight jeans, low tops, and loud music are back - BUT there is just NO WAY possible we can bring that 'atmosphere' back -

for it was truely 'our time' and a time that can never be repeated

yet today's generation wishes like anything they could bring it back

It wasn't just the long hair - it was the transformation of growing long hair and the HUGE FREEDOM and LIFE THAT SPRANG TO LIFE that went with it.

I was a Lead Guitarist for a group called "Small Change" and we played
everywhere we could (up and down the Jersey Shore).

That is SO COOL - Man - you and I would have had a blast back then.

I can guarantee you - you would have loved my crowd.

No, we never made it big, like the E-Street Band from Asbury Park,,,,

You made it BIG in your own way - doing your thing with your circle and that means a lot - VERY COOL my friend. PLUS I bet you really came to life when you did find a gig.

but I'll never forget backing Danny and the Juniors / Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes at Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ. Thanks for the memories !

Anytime BRO - THANK YOU !!

We really are so fortunate to have lived in the era we did

ahhhh nothing like the memories ........

but now it's time to float with some new ones...so I'm off to the dream world in the Presidental Suite ...

 

[Steadygain]

Today feels like Pink Floyd's - Wish you were here

Mellow - great ascoutic sounding guitar

So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell,
blue skies from pain.
Can you tell a green field
from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

And did they get you to trade
your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
a walk on part in the war
for a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here.

We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl,
year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have you found?
The same old fears.
Wish you were here.

 

[Steadygain]

Today I'm in the mood for something FUN
This 'Land Down Under' - the Village People

Travelling in a fried-out combie
On a hippie trail, head full of zombie
I met a strange lady, she made me nervous
She took me in and gave me breakfast

And she said,

"Do you come from a land down under?
Where women glow and men plunder?
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover."

Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six foot four and full of muscle (hey that's me - but 6' Five'
I said, "Do you speak-a my language?"
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich

And he said,

"I come from a land down under
Where beer does flow and men chunder
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover." (Yeahhh!)

Dying in a den in Bombay
With a slack jaw, and nothin' much to say
I said to the man, "Are you trying to tempt me
Because I come from the land of plenty?"

And he said,

"Oh, you come from a land down under? (oh yeah yeah)
Where women glow and men plunder?
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? (ooohh)
You better run, you better take cover."

We are..

Livin' in a land down under,
Where women glow and men plunder, (yeahhhhhhhhhh)
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? (thunderrrrr!)
You better run, you better take cover.

Livin' in a land down under,
Where women glow and men plunder,
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? (oooo yeahhhh!)
Then I run, and then I take cover. (yea)

We are...

Livin' in a land down under, (underrrr)
Where women glow and men plunder,
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? (oooo da da laa yeahhh!)
Then I run, then I take cover.

 

[Steadygain]

Today's song is dedicated to COWBOY (CB)

It's by Bob Dylan and made famous by The Turtles

As I was putting toothpaste on my brush I started singing this out of the blue this morning. Will share my thoughts

Go away from my window
(All you crooks out there - stop trying to find an opening into me and my family to rob me blind)

Leave at your own chosen speed
(Walk or run - but leave me alone and keep going)

I'm not the one you want, babe
(You're looking for someone to blindly believe in your garbage)

I'm not the one you need
(You got the wrong person Bud - cause I see through that stuff)


You say you're lookin' for someone


Who's never weak but always strong
(what you're really looking for is the weakest and dumbest)

To protect you and defend you
(You expect me to back up everything you think and do)

Whether you are right or wrong
(and never expect me to question or look a little deeper)

Someone to open each and every door
(ultimately - you expect me to rally behind everything you do)

Chorus:
But it ain't me babe
(You're totally out of you mind if you think I'm anything like that)
A-no, no, no it ain't me babe
(I'm telling you Bud - back off or get hurt)
It ain't me you're lookin' for babe
(You've got the wrong guy - I'm not what you're looking for)

Go lightly from the ledge, babe


Go lightly on the ground


I'm not the one you want, babe


I'll only lead you down


You say you're lookin' for someone


Who'll promise never to part


Someone to close his eyes to you


Someone to close his heart


Someone who will die for you and more




But it ain't me babe
A-no, no, no it ain't me babe
It ain't me you're lookin' for babe




No it ain't me you're lookin' for, babe



I said a-no, no, no, it ain't me babe


I think it's pretty clear how I would interpret the other lines....

got a few emergencies that just arrived....


have a good day everyone

 

[Steadygain]

If I had time to relax and listen to a song it would be:

The green green grass of home - by Tom Jones.

I would add lot of finer picking

The old home town looks the same
as I step down from the train,
and there to meet me
is my Mama and Papa.
Down the road I look
and there runs Mary
hair of gold and lips like cherries.
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home.

Yes, they'll all come to meet me,
arms reaching, smiling sweetly.
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home.

The old house is still standing
tho' the paint is cracked and dry,
and there's that old oak tree
that I used to play on.

Down the lane I walk
with my sweet Mary,
hair of gold and lips like cherries.
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home.

Yes, they'll all come to meet me,
arms reaching, smiling sweetly.
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home.


Then I awake and look around me,
at four grey wall surround me
and I realize that I was only dreaming.
For there's a guard
and there's a sad old padre -
arm in arm we'll walk at daybreak.
Again I touch the green, green grass of home.

Yes, they'll all come to see me
in the shade of that old oak tree
as they lay me neath the green, green grass of home.

 

[Steadygain]

Totally forgot about the Song of the Day

Roger Miller's King of the Road

Trailer for sale or rent,
rooms to let, fifty cents,
No phone, no pool, no pets,
I ain't got no cigarettes,

ah but
Two hours of pushing broom
buys a eight by twelve fourbit room,
I'm a man of means by no means,
King of the Road

Third box car midnight train,
destination Bangor, Maine,
Old worn out suit and shoes,
I don't pay no union dues,

I smoke Old stogies I have found,
short, but not too big around,
I'm a man of means by no means,
King of the Road

I know every engineer on every train,
All of the children and all of their names
And every handout in every town
And ev'ry lock that ain't locked when

No one's around I sing ...

Trailer for sale or rent,
rooms to let, fifty cents,
No phone, no pool, no pets,
I ain't got no cigarettes, ah but
Two hours of pushing broom buys a
eight by twelve fourbit room,

I'm a man of means by no means, King of the Road