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Tired of the BS Michael Jackson..... I am tired of this devil I am tired of this stuff I am tired of this business So when the going gets rough I ain't scared of your brother I ain't scared of no sheets I ain't scared of nobody Girl, when the goin' gets mean Protection for gangs, clubs and nations Causing grief in human relations It's a turf war on a global scale I'd rather hear both sides of the tale See, it's not about races Just places Faces Where your blood comes from Is where your space is I've seen the bright get duller I'm not going spend my life being a color [Michael Jackson:] Don't tell you agree with When I saw you kicking dirt in my eye But if you're thinkin' about my baby It don't matter if you're black or white I said if you're thinkin' about my baby It don't matter if you're black or white What does it mean.......It don't matter if you're Black or White? |
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HATE spills over from the glass half empty Ignoring what's below for what's above The underlying fate of a false humanity As Hate is only defined..... As the absence of LOVE.
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Judge not..Lest Ye be judged. The Fate of World.. is at your fingertips When the glass can no longer be filled When you can run.. but no longer hide When you can act, and not expect to be acted upon. Where HATE has no sides.. But In lieu of Love become it's justification.. And emptiness it's only fulfillment.
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When the solutions..become the problem. And winning or losing is just a mirage.
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I discovered a new artist. going through You Tube.. Her name is Kina Grannis.. One song you've heard before. Elvis Presley. "Can't help Falling in Love".. she made it hers. Debut in the wedding in "Crazy Rich Asians".. listen to it first.. Then listen to "Fast Car".. a duet with her and Boyce avenue. then listen to "The Scientist" with her and Tyler and Lyndsey. the songs are amazing... Then listen to her original... "LOVE Anyway.".... It was my reason for writing this.. It's explain what I am trying to say. Four songs.. listen to them.. You won't regret it. just put her name in on "You Tube" and bring them up.
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She did a series "Behind the song" 10 songs ten stories.. her ideas touched me like no other.. how she writes her songs. how her life events create the songs. how she puts her feeling in things.. But the things are not her feelings. she discovers that latter through the words..many time the words are metaphors for only her. When i write poetry.. I do the same things. .. I keep thinking people don't understand the metaphors that apply to words. She taught me...The word is not a metaphor.. it's personal. The word expresses MY emotion.. It's not a metaphor it's a replacement word for my feelings. I have a subconscious connection to that.. I write the words. in context of a overall meaning.. but it's not until I finish it and read it again.. that i discover. my OWN meaning. through words that individually have their own meaning to me. I don't think about it before hand.
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Michael really was super talented. I loved his songs. He was a brilliant dancer too. 
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She did a series "Behind the song" 10 songs ten stories.. her ideas touched me like no other.. how she writes her songs. how her life events create the songs. how she puts her feeling in things.. But the things are not her feelings. she discovers that latter through the words..many time the words are metaphors for only her. When i write poetry.. I do the same things. .. I keep thinking people don't understand the metaphors that apply to words. She taught me...The word is not a metaphor.. it's personal. The word expresses MY emotion.. It's not a metaphor it's a replacement word for my feelings. I have a subconscious connection to that.. I write the words. in context of a overall meaning.. but it's not until I finish it and read it again.. that i discover. my OWN meaning. through words that individually have their own meaning to me. I don't think about it before hand. 'Feeling that we are all the same All of one heartbeat, different names And we can love, love, love, love, love Anyway' The verse mirrors Michael Jackson's 'it doesn't matter if you're black or white'. I think I can appreciate (sort of) what you mean by metaphors being a replacement word for your feelings. I was wondering if you would be interested in watching Talk Talk's (English band, 8o's and beyond) track 'Wealth' on utube. It's important to select 'talk talk wealth andiewithanie 72K views 6:53 mins' as the video clip is in my opinion, central to the song track. Thank you //youtu.be/H7n99RgdoWA
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I'm not familiar with the 'Behind the Song' series but I would find it interesting.  I listened to all four songs in the recommended sequence - I like her covers, especially 'I can't help falling in love' - I like the tempo.  I'm very much a Tracy Chapman fan and 'Fast Car' is among my favourite tracks.  Are you familiar with Chapman's debut album?  The Coldplay track was also a good cover choice although I think 'Yellow' would have been a good choice also.  Sometimes things begin to sound the same.  Apart from her Elvis cover, I liked 'Love Anyway' the most, and apart from being catchy/relaxed tempo, the simple lyrics ring with much clarity.  'Feeling that we are all the same All of one heartbeat, different names And we can love, love, love, love, love Anyway' The verse mirrors Michael Jackson's 'it doesn't matter if you're black or white'. I think I can appreciate (sort of) what you mean by metaphors being a replacement word for your feelings. I was wondering if you would be interested in watching Talk Talk's (English band, 8o's and beyond) track 'Wealth' on utube. It's important to select 'talk talk wealth andiewithanie 72K views 6:53 mins' as the video clip is in my opinion, central to the song track. Thank you //youtu.be/H7n99RgdoWA Her song "Love Anyway"..expresses everything i feel about what happening now.. Why I can't agreed with either side. And the only how.. of "how do we can get to the other side of it" "I woke to a bitter scene The whole world was crumbling I cried to the guileless moon The Wolves came to comfort me And just as I feel asleep.. I heard the wolves were crying too." If we are all hurting these days Maybe we need to find a way if we can LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Anyway"
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I'm not familiar with the 'Behind the Song' series but I would find it interesting.  I listened to all four songs in the recommended sequence - I like her covers, especially 'I can't help falling in love' - I like the tempo.  I'm very much a Tracy Chapman fan and 'Fast Car' is among my favourite tracks.  Are you familiar with Chapman's debut album?  The Coldplay track was also a good cover choice although I think 'Yellow' would have been a good choice also.  Sometimes things begin to sound the same.  Apart from her Elvis cover, I liked 'Love Anyway' the most, and apart from being catchy/relaxed tempo, the simple lyrics ring with much clarity.  'Feeling that we are all the same All of one heartbeat, different names And we can love, love, love, love, love Anyway' The verse mirrors Michael Jackson's 'it doesn't matter if you're black or white'. I think I can appreciate (sort of) what you mean by metaphors being a replacement word for your feelings. I was wondering if you would be interested in watching Talk Talk's (English band, 8o's and beyond) track 'Wealth' on utube. It's important to select 'talk talk wealth andiewithanie 72K views 6:53 mins' as the video clip is in my opinion, central to the song track. Thank you //youtu.be/H7n99RgdoWA I think they have an interesting sound...different , but really good.. But for me... words do matter.. In the video... the video overtook the words... In was like a silent movie soundtrack.. co-dependent.. some of their other music was much better. I guess i'm too old now.. and don't have the inclination..to have to clarify the words. when I was younger the music came first and clarifying the words just made it better. Now it seems.. I have to be hit with it all.. all at once..
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"I think I can appreciate (sort of) what you mean by metaphors being a replacement word for your feelings". Not in the sense...that I wrongly assumed, metaphor are universal.. The metaphor of words are not universal.. they are Personal.. they are different for everybody. The sky, the moon, stars, mountains, birds, dogs the ocean and sand and mermaids and unicorns and God....are metaphors, that different for different people. I once thought it was all the same. One's ability to tap into the personal metaphors in songs and poems.. gives it the meaning. There are clues withing the context. In one of Kina Grannis other songs. in her "Behind the song" video.. she explains her favorite verse.. To paraphrase...She's on a mountain and an inescapable avalanche occurs.. Does she run away from it... trying to escape it.. or turn and face it. It's her metaphor for an avalanche of emotions.. Do we run away to avoid it's danger.... or do we turn and face it. From an emotional standpoint..... Bravery..... is... letting it happen. In Behind the Songs their are ten of them from her first album. For some of her songs.. She gets personal.. They are about her growing up, her uncertainty, her being uncomfortable around people, her marriage. how she writes... her inability to have children, her 6 month spent in Indonesia under arrest.... It's amazing to hear talk through it. Then listen to the song.
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My choices were not so much about the songs.. they were about they way she performed them. Her duets are spectacular.. she is understated in all of them. In the Scientist.. she is singing background and you hear it, but don't know it.. That amazing. totally different than when she solo's it...... In "Fast Cars" she sings the song to the song and her partner.. It's not her signature sound. She is an amazing giving artist.... to the music. She captures the emotion. Her song "Love Anyway"..expresses everything i feel about what happening now.. Why I can't agreed with either side. And the only how.. of "how do we can get to the other side of it" "I woke to a bitter scene The whole world was crumbling I cried to the guileless moon The Wolves came to comfort me And just as I feel asleep.. I heard the wolves were crying too." If we are all hurting these days Maybe we need to find a way if we can LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Anyway"
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Okay... I listen and I saw.. Then i proceeded to check some other stuff by Talk Talk... I think they have an interesting sound...different , but really good.. But for me... words do matter.. In the video... the video overtook the words... In was like a silent movie soundtrack.. co-dependent.. some of their other music was much better. I guess i'm too old now.. and don't have the inclination..to have to clarify the words. when I was younger the music came first and clarifying the words just made it better. Now it seems.. I have to be hit with it all.. all at once.. 'Wealth' Create upon my flesh Create approach upon my breath Bring me salvation if I fear Take my freedom Create upon my breath Create reflection on my flesh The wealth of love Bear me a witness to the years Take my freedom Create upon my flesh Create a home within my head Take my freedom for giving me a sacred love
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'Song to the Siren' cover by the Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Fraser is similar to that of Talk Talk's Mark Hollis in that the voice is used more to express an emotion rather than a focus on word clarity. The cover is haunting/bewitching.
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"I think I can appreciate (sort of) what you mean by metaphors being a replacement word for your feelings". Not in the sense...that I wrongly assumed, metaphor are universal.. The metaphor of words are not universal.. they are Personal.. they are different for everybody. The sky, the moon, stars, mountains, birds, dogs the ocean and sand and mermaids and unicorns and God....are metaphors, that different for different people. I once thought it was all the same. One's ability to tap into the personal metaphors in songs and poems.. gives it the meaning. There are clues withing the context. In one of Kina Grannis other songs. in her "Behind the song" video.. she explains her favorite verse.. To paraphrase...She's on a mountain and an inescapable avalanche occurs.. Does she run away from it... trying to escape it.. or turn and face it. It's her metaphor for an avalanche of emotions.. Do we run away to avoid it's danger.... or do we turn and face it. From an emotional standpoint..... Bravery..... is... letting it happen. In Behind the Songs their are ten of them from her first album. For some of her songs.. She gets personal.. They are about her growing up, her uncertainty, her being uncomfortable around people, her marriage. how she writes... her inability to have children, her 6 month spent in Indonesia under arrest.... It's amazing to hear talk through it. Then listen to the song.
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Many artist get defined by a single track..not just the one hit wonders song.. but the same track for different songs...Whether it's in the voice or the music. there is both a familiarity and similarity that is maintained.. Talk Talk is like that musically.. The sound...is pretty unique..but the performances are repetitive. my opinion of it doesn't matter doesn't change it.. it is what is.. I don't know who came first...but i would prefer the Talking Heads. My selections for Kina Grannis wasn't about..everybody liking the songs...It was about her artistry as a vocalist and musicianship...She plays the piano, violin and the guitar and can sing anything and accompany anybody.. In her accompaniments..she's not the main song.. Shes the HOOK Her songwriting, however, is stuck on the one track... .. she does an original with Sam TSUI.. he wrote it. his songs have far more universal appeal. She does his duet, because she make his great song even better.. I still can't believe when i heard it.. It was never a BIG hit.. Listen to it and tell me if you agree..... It's Sam Tsui and Kina Grannis doing "Bring Me the Night" . Now I am talking songs not vocalists... Sam Tsui as a vocalist is pretty damn good too.
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'Many artist get defined by a single track..not just the one hit wonders song.. but the same track for different songs...Whether it's in the voice or the music. there is both a familiarity and similarity that is maintained.. Talk Talk is like that musically.. The sound...is pretty unique..but the performances are repetitive. my opinion of it doesn't matter doesn't change it.. it is what is.. I don't know who came first...but i would prefer the Talking Heads' True; as you say, it is what it is.  On the mention of Talking Heads, I wandered off to listen to 'Once In a Lifetime' which I enjoyed  It's been a while - great track.I appreciate your comments re Kina Grannis being the 'hook' in her duets. She does an excellent job.  I think she's lovely and although I'm not familiar with Sam Tsui or 'Bring Me the Night', I agree she brings a swelling richness/joy? to the song, beautifully complementing Sam Tsui's vocals. Tsui's rollicking piano chords are reminiscent of Vanessa Carlton's 'A Thousand Miles'. I really like the song; kept playing in my head. Have you heard of English singer/songwriter Gabrielle Aplin?  She also plays the piano and guitar.  I bought her debut album 'English Rain' (released 2013) on the strength of her cover of Frankie Goes To Hollywood's 'The Power of Love' - beautiful.  Songs autobiographical.  I really like her.  Has her own independent record label.  Perhaps you could check her out sometime. There's so much great/good music from different artists on offer which is exciting.
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