No man............ YOU are the best!

Πως θα σου φαινότανε, αν μια μπάντα που γουστάρεις, που είναι ένα καλό χαρτί στην παγκόσμια αγορά, είναι celebrity, θα ερχόταν στην γειτονιά σου, σε ενα γκαράζ ας πούμε κι έκανε ενα μικρό παρτάκι, έτσι για χαβαλέ;

Λοιπόν κάποιοι εκεί στις Αμερικές είναι ολίγον τι τυχεροί...

Γιατί οι Foo Fighters το κάνουν πράξη με το garage tour που έχουν διοργανώσει...απίστευτο;

Κι όμως αληθινό...

Επειδή δεν επιτρέπεται η ενσωμάτωση, θα το σεβαστώ και δεν θα το κάνω με πλάγιους τρόπους, οπότε όποιος γουστάρει να δει λίγο απο αυτό το μοναδικό event ας κάνει ενα "κλικ" εδώ...

respect....

Where you gonna turn to....Burning Bush's lie

Σαν σήμερα πριν 4 χρόνια, οι WASP κυκλοφόρησαν τον δέκατο τρίτο δίσκο τους με τίτλο Dominator

Είναι ένας kick-ass δίσκος που σε ατμόσφαιρα φέρνει στο μυαλό κάτι απο Crimson Idol.

Δεν υπάρχουν κάποιες ιστορίες άξιες αναφοράς κατά την διάρκεια των ηχογραφήσεων ή έστω εκείνης της περιόδου, οπότε πάμε κατευθείαν στο ψητό...

Το track list είναι το εξής:

1. Mercy
2. Long, Long Way to Go
3. Take Me Up
4. The Burning Man
5. Heaven's Hung in Black
6. Heaven's Blessed
7. Teacher
8. Heaven’s Hung in Black (Reprise)
9. Deal With the Devil

Απο τον συγκεκριμένο δίσκο ΟΛΑ είναι αγαπημένα -πως θα μπορούσε να μην είναι αφού είναι τραγουδάρες-

Για τους μη-μυημένους ας ακούσουν το Heaven's Hung in Black

Οι υπόλοιποι ας απολαύσουν τους Blackie Lawless -φωνή κιθάρα- Doug Blair -κιθάρα- Mike Duda -μπάσο- και Mike Dupke -τύμπανα-



I'm gonna take you, lay you face
Down on my bed
On bloody roses see you smile
Oh, your screaming heart is bleeding
Black and beating loud
You got no prayer nowhere
There ain't no way out tonight

Gonna make you cry for mercy
I'll make you cry out loud
You're gonna lie and curse me
Hurt me, burn me now
Gonna make you cry for mercy
Nobody never gonna hear you now
I'll make you mine but first I
I'll make you cry out loud
Out loud
Oh, out loud
Oh, out loud

I feel your face embrace the sweat
Fall from my head
My name in vain and flames you cry
Oh, and you blood lips you raise to kiss
Away goodbye

You wicked bitch I'll take you
Take you and make you mine



Where you gonna turn to
Burning Bush's lie
God he's listening to ain't mine no
Big oil is wicked master
Slave god of gasoline
Ride the Armageddon mile

Sow your seed asunder
Kill you for a smile
Knead your beast and watch it rise
Feed your children to the
Halibutron war machine
Game is fixed and you're all blind

But still to get along we gotta
Long, long way to go
Oh, oh, oh no nearer to God we gotta
Long, long way to go
You sing a bloody song, you gotta
Long, long way to go
Bastard, bloody bastard
Bastard, bloody bastard



Close your eyes, make me last forever
Hold inside, immortal mine
Close my eyes, lay me down in heaven
Embrace my lie, your sole in time

Won't you take me up inside you
Am I more than you can take
I'll be your father's heart of darkness
When you wake
Black blood is pounding drive your
Heart through my stake
Slide up inside you 'til your
Heart starts to break

Won't you take me up inside you
Am I more than you can take
Hide me deep inside and let me
Be the one forsaken
Won't you take me up inside you
'Couse ther's no more I can wait
Hold me in your eyes until there's
No more of you that I can take

Is it taste of bloody kisses
Is it more than you can fake
Feel me deep inside you

Is it your faith that I shake
Forgive me father for your
Sins that I break
My hand to the promised land
Your soul that I pray



Hang man coming better run to save your
Kids, your wives, your lives, your babies
Hang the wire round the necks of liars alright
Rain man of fire from the hells of Hades
I see your face inside the blazes
Hang 'em higher breathe the fire all night

Oh run, run, daddy's got a shotgun
On your knees tonight
And never return
Oh run, run, daddy's riding shotgun
On your knees to die
The devil's begging to burn

You better run
Hang high your burning man of prey
Your gonna burn
Oh, hang your burning man and pray
You never live to see him burn again

The seed you sow coming home to hate you
Breed your greed is there none to save you
Hang the liar red with fire alright
A great seal to kneel for domination
Kill their king did you think they'd save you
Give me fire and kill the liar all night

Ash to Ash, dust to be
Face in flames, your effigy
The night time sky and see
The burning man's a liar

The devil's begging to burn



I can't take anymore
I have no more wings
I can't take anymore
The gates of heaven sealed

Don't you hear me
Don't you hear me
Don't you fear me
Of never coming back
Do you know what it's like
When heaven's hung in black

I can't take anymore
Our walls are black and bleed
I can't take anymore
No rooms here for your screams

Don't you hear me
Don't you hear me
Don't you fear me
Of never coming back
Oh, no more tears please
Hanging heaven black

No don't you leave me to die
Don't you leave me to die
Don't you leave me to die
No don't you leave me to die

And you'll know what it's like
The wailing wall of sighs
Hanging heaven black
And you'll know what it's like
When paradise is blind
When heaven's hung in black

Time? How can you say
That I've no time
Am I blind? Now you say that
Heaven's blind, yeah
Across the bridge of sighs, blind, time, time

Oh lord, don't you leave me to die
No, don't you leave me to die
Don't you leave me to die
No lord, don't you leave me to die

And you'll know what it's like
The wailing wall of sighs
Hanging heaven black
And you'll know what it's like
When paradise is blind
Painting heaven black
Across the bridge of sighs
Your losing heaven's light
Heavens hung in black



Now lay me down
A crown of thorns falls from my head
My Lord you see my knees I fall
There's never been no time I ever been denied
Almighty Lord
Oh, God in Heaven gonna give me all I want

It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, woow

My God's gimme, gimme
All that Heaven's blessed
And everytime give me everything I prayed I'd be
Ooh, my God's given to me all that Heaven gives
Oh, and everytime give me everything I believe I need

I'm a chosen one, I'm Lazarus
Rising from the dead
My blood feet and knees I crawl
And my tithies he give me seven times
Gonna give me all I want
Oh, God in heaven gonna give me all I want

It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, woow



Will ya let me learn you something
Oh I will, indoctrinate your mind
Wont ya let me be your love your mother
The greatest of all time
On your knees confession your obsession
I’ll dominate you dark
I gave you hell to take you to heaven giving you
Star spangled hearts

In the time end oh you’ve learned nothing my brother
Teacher to your kind
Oh independence one [won] you nothing but a
Sudden death in overtime
Salute the flag’s oppression your blessing
I got a bigger gun
Than all you fucking beggars all ya put together
I’m uncle Sammy’s son

I will be your teacher baby
I will be your flame
Slide to reach you maybe
I won’t know no shame

I will be your teacher preacher
On your knees and you pray
Father of your addiction, tell me
Am I the one that you’ll blame



I can’t take anymore
I have no more wings
I can’t take anymore
The gates of heaven sealed

See my angels
Too Insaingels
See my Insaingels
Are never coming back

I can’t take anymore
Our walls are black and bleed
I can’t take anymore
No rooms here for your screams

See my angels
Too Insaingels
See my Insaingels
Are never coming back

Do you know what it's like
When Heavens hung in black

No don’t you leave me to die
Don’t you leave me to die
No, don’t you leave me to die
Oh my Lord, don’t you leave me to die

And you'll know what it's like
Painting heaven black
And you'll know what it's like
Hanging heaven black



I heard the rythm
I was rocking at two
I had the rock & roll blues

I had a vision
Down at the Crossroads
To give the devil the news

Gimme a name
And all the Hell I can raise
No I had nothing to lose

I wanted fame but now
The price that you claim's oh
My soul be given to you

'Cause I won't make no deal
With the devil tonight
No I won't make no deal
To give my life
'Cause I won't make no deal
With the devil tonight
No I won't make no deal
To give my life

I got a plan and I
I got a band
The road to paying my dues

A million times he shoved that
Dotted line at me
To sing away my blues

Oh, the pen he had
Had my blood on his hands
For All eternity too

Don't sell your soul to
No rock & roll crossroads
He'll com collecting his due

'Cause I won't make no deal
With the devil tonight
No I won't make no deal
To give my life
'Cause I won't make no deal
With the devil tonight
No I won't make no deal
To give my life

'Cause I won't make no deal
With the devil tonight
No I won't make no deal
To give my life
'Cause I won't make no deal
With the devil tonight
No I won't make no deal
To give my life

There ain't no deal
No there ain't no deal
No deal no devil here tonight
There ain't no deal
No there ain't no deal
No deal no devil here tonight
No I won't make no deal
Oh, tonight
No I won't make no deal
No, tonight

Jean-Paul Sartre

«Ο άνθρωπος δεν μπορεί να βουληθεί τίποτα, παρά μόνο αν έχει πρώτα καταλάβει ότι πρέπει να στηρίζεται μόνο στον εαυτό του.»

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I've been looking so long for you Now you won't get away from my grasp

Σαν σήμερα 2 μεγάλα metal συγκροτήματα κυκλοφόρησαν την ίδια μέρα του ίδιου έτους (1980) 2 εκπληκτικούς δίσκους... Ο ένας είναι το British Steel των Judas Priest και ο άλλος το ομώνυμο των Iron Maiden...

ΟΚ... Για τους Maiden δεν μπορώ να είμαι αντικειμενικός για την δεκαετία του '80...
Έχουν επηρεάσει κόσμο και κοσμάκι...
Έκαναν δικιά τους κατηγορία στην μουσική...Κάποια στιγμή δεν έλεγες ακούω metal, αλλά metal και Iron Maiden...

Ο δίσκος δεν είναι απο αυτόν που θα μπορούσε να πει κανείς ότι είναι αντιπροσωπευτικός ως προς τον ήχο, αλλά η δομή και η δύναμη είναι χαρακτηριστικά στον πρώτο τους κιόλας άλμπουμ...

Έχει χαρακτηριστεί ως ένα απο τα 1001 άλμπουμ που πρέπει να ακούσεις πριν πεθάνεις! (έχουν και το Number Of The Beast στην ίδια κατηγορία)

Υπάρχουν ακόμα κάποιοι που προτιμούν τον DiAnno στα φωνητικά απο τον Bruce Dickinson...οκ ο καθένας έχει και μια άποψη... αλλά ας ακούσουν τις live εκτελέσεις του Bruce σε τραγούδια του Paul και μετά ας πούνε ότι ακόμα έχουν την ίδια άποψη...

Το track list είναι το εξής:

1. Prowler
2. Remember Tomorrow
3. Running Free
4. Phantom of the Opera
5. Transylvania -Instrumental-
6. Strange World
7. Charlotte the Harlot
8. Iron Maiden

Δεν έχω και πολλά να γράψω...πέρα πως απο τον δίσκο ΟΛΑ είναι αγαπημένα... απλώς το Phantom Of The Opera απέχει κάποια μίλια μακριά απο τα άλλα...γιατί απλά ΔΕΝ συγκρίνεται...

Για του μη-μυημένους προτείνω το Remember Tomorrow -που κάποια στιγμή το έπαιζε και ο Αλκίνοος Ιωαννίδης στις συναυλίες του- και το Strange World

Οι υπόλοιποι απλά απολαύστε...

ΥΓ Σε αυτόν τον δίσκο Paul DiAnno -φωνή- Steve Harris -μπάσο- Dennis Stratton -κιθάρα- Dave Murray -κιθάρα- Clive Burr -τύμπανα-



Walking through the city, looking oh so pretty,
I've just got to find my way.
See the ladies flashing. All their legs and lashes.
I've just got to find my way.

Well you see me crawling through the bushes with it open wide.
What you seeing girl?
Can't you believe that feeling, can't you believe it,
Can't you believe your eyes?
It's the real thing girl.

Got me feeling myself and reeling around,
Got me talking but feel like walking around.

Got me feeling myself and reeling a...
Got me talking but nothing's with me...
Got me feeling myself and reeling around.



Unchain the colors before my eyes,
Yesterday's sorrows, tomorrow's white lies.
Scan the horizon, the clouds take me higher,
I shall return from out of the fire.

Tears for remembrance, and tears for joy,
Tears for somebody not this lonely boy.
Out in the madness, the all seeing eye,
Flickers above us, to light up the sky.



Just sixteen, a pickup truck, out of money, out of luck.
I've got nowhere to call my own, hit the gas, and here I go.

I'm running free yeah, I'm running free.
I'm running free yeah, Oh I'm running free.

Spent the night in an L. A. jail, and listened to the sirens wail.
But they ain't got a thing on me, I'm running wild, I'm running free.

Pulled her at the Bottle Top, whiskey, dancing, disco hop.
All the boys are after me, and that's the way it's gonna be



I've been looking so long for you now you won't get away from my grasp.
You've been living so long in hiding in hiding behind that false mask.
And you know and I know that you ain't got long now to last.
Your looks and your feelings are just the remains of your past.

You're standing in the wings, there you wait for the curtain to fall.
Knowing the terror and holding you have on us all.
Yeah, I know that you're gonna scratch me, maim me and maul.
You know I'm helpless from your mesmerising cat call.

Keep your distance, walk away, don't take his bait.
Don't you stray, don't fade away.
Watch your step, he's out to get you, come what may.
Don't you stray, from the narrow way.

I'm running and hiding in my dreams you're always there.
You're the Phantom of the Opera, you're the devil, you're just out to scare.
You damaged my mind and my soul it just floats through the air.
Haunt me, you taunt me, you torture me back at your lair.





The only place where you can dream, living here is not what it seems.
Ship of white light in the sky, nobody there to reason why.
Here I am, I'm not really there, smiling faces ever so rare.
A let's walk in deepest space, living here just isn't the place.

Stalks of light come from the ground, when I cry there isn't a sound.
All my feelings cannot be held, I'm happy in my new strange world.
Shades of green grasses twine, girls drinking plasma wine.
A look at love, a dream unfolds, living here, you'll never grow old.

Don't you hear me call? Ooh



Giving a swish with your arse in the air, don't you know what they're saying?
Charlotte you're so refined when you take all the love that they're giving.
Sticking with every man that you find, don't you know what they're after?
Charlotte you've got your legs in the air, don't you hear all the laughter?


Charlotte the Harlot show me your legs,
Charlotte the Harlot take me to bed.
Charlotte the Harlot let me see blood,
Charlotte the Harlot let me see love.

Taking so many men to your room, don't you feel no remorse?
You charge them a "fiver", It's only for starters.
And ten for the main course.
And you've got no feelings, they died long ago.
Don't you care who you let in?
And don't you know you're breaking the law with the service you're giving.

There was a time when you left me standing there,
Picking up pieces of love off the floor.
Well Charlotte you left me alone in there,
To make your ends as a bloody whore.
Well Charlotte you told me you love me true,
Picking up pieces of love yesterday.
Well Charlotte you're draws are off color too
'Cause you're making love all day.



Won't you come into my room, I wanna show you all my wares.
I just want to see your blood, I just want to stand and stare.
See the blood begin to flow as it falls upon the floor.
Iron Maiden can't be fought, Iron Maiden can't be sought.


Oh well, wherever, wherever you are,
Iron Maiden's gonna get you, no matter how far.
See the blood flow watching it shed up above my head.
Iron Maiden wants you for dead.

There I was completely wasting, out of work and down...

Σαν σήμερα το 1980 οι Judas Priest κυκλοφόρησαν το British Steel...

Μια δισκάρα με τα όλα της...

Απο που να ξεκινήσει κανείς;

Απο τα τραγούδια που το καθένα τους είναι κι ένας ύμνος;

Απο την άψογη παραγωγή του Tom Allom;

Καλά δεν χρειάζεται να αναφερθώ στις κιθάρες που σπέρνουν, ούτε για τα ακόμη-μια-φορά-δίνω-ρεσιτάλ φωνητικά του τρισμέγιστου Halford...

Σύμφωνα με δήλωση του Ian Scott των Anthrax αυτός ο δίσκος ορίζει τι σημαίνει heavy metal

(διαφωνώ λίγο Ian..)

Το track list είναι το εξής:

1. Rapid Fire
2. Metal Gods
3. Breaking The Law
4. Grinder
5. United
6. You Don't Have to Be Old to Be Wise
7. Living After Midnight
8. The Rage
9. Steeler

Αγαπημένα είναι τα Rapid Fire, Metal God και The Rage (και το Breaking The Law, αλλά το έχω ακούσει τόσες φορές που πλέον δεν μου κάνει κλικ...)

Ενώ για τους μη-μυημένους ας ακούσουν το hit Living After Midnight

Οι υπόλοιποι γουστάρετε τους Rob Halford -φωνή- Glenn Tipton -κιθάρα- K.K. Downing -κιθάρα- Ian Hill -μπάσο- και Dave Holland -τύμπανα-

n'joy



Pounding the world
Like a battering ram
Forging the furnace
For the final grand slam

Chopping away at the source
Soon the course will be done

Leaving a trail of destruction
That's second to none

Hammering anvils
Screaming muscle and might
Shattering blows
Crashing row beating fright

Fast devastating and
Desolisating the curse
Blasting the cannons of
Truth through each man
Of this earth

Wielding the axe
Comes the one culmination
That's always seemed
Certain to bring down the curtain on greed

Sifting the good from the bad
It's the age for the rage of the
Dogs which must fall to the just
And be free

Now grate for the vandals
Who trampled and sampled
Till this place conditioned
Brought forth demolition to war

The slipping and sl iding
Corrosive subsiding
That withered and waned
Till the world seemed all drained
Fills the bay

Pounding the world
Like a battering ram
Forging the furnace
For the final grand slam

Chopping away at the source soon the course will be done
Leaving a trail of destruction
That's second to none
Second to none



We've taken too much for granted
And all the time it had grown
From techno seeds we first planted
Evolved a mind of its own

Marching in the streets
Dragging iron feet
Laser beaming hearts
Ripping men apart

From off I've seen my perfection
Where we could do as we please
In secrecy this infection
Was spreading like a disease

Hiding underground
Knowing we'd be found
Fearing for our lives
Reaped by robot's scythes

Metal Gods
Metal Gods

Metal Gods
Metal Gods

Machines are taking all over
With mankind in their command
In time they'd like to discover
How they can make their demand

Better be the slaves
To their wicked ways
But meeting with our death
Engulfed in molten breath



There I was completely wasting, out of work and down
all inside it's so frustrating as I drift from town to town
feel as though nobody cares if I live or die
so I might as well begin to put some action in my life

Breaking the law, breaking the law
Breaking the law, breaking the law
Breaking the law, breaking the law
Breaking the law, breaking the law

So much for the golden future, I can't even start
I've had every promise broken, there's anger in my heart
you don't know what it's like, you don't have a clue
if you did you'd find yourselves doing the same thing too

You don't know what it's like



Look around
They're moving in
Hold your ground
When they begin

We can do it
We can do it and if they wanna they can try
But they'll never get near
Then they can get out of here

Gonna keep on driving
Never stop

United, united, united we stand
United we never shall fall
United, united, united we stand
United we stand one and all

So keep it up
Don't give in
Make a stand
We're gonna win



Living after midnight, rockin' to the dawn
Lovin' 'til the morning, then I'm gone, I'm gone

I took the city 'bout one A.M, loaded, loaded
I'm all geared up to score again, loaded, loaded
I come alive in the neon light
That's when I make my moves right

Living after midnight, rockin' to the dawn
Lovin' 'til the morning, then I'm gone, I'm gone

Got gleaming chrome, reflecting steel, loaded, loaded
Ready to take on every deal, loaded, loaded
My pulse is racing, I'm hot to take
This motor's revved up, fit to break

Living after midnight, rockin' to the dawn
Lovin' 'til the morning, then I'm gone, I'm gone

I'm aiming for ya
I'm gonna floor ya
My body's coming
All night long

The air's electric, sparkin' power, loaded, loaded
I'm getting hotter by the hour, loaded, loaded
I set my sights and then home in
The joint starts flying when I begin

Living after midnight, rockin' to the dawn
Lovin' 'til the morning, then I'm gone, I'm gone



From a fireball we came crossed sea and mountain
We were drinking beauty with our eyes
We were given all to make our own
Let us be left alone

Laid the tasks and paid the price
Everything survives
Crushed and bolted all the grain
At every wind what a stake we're in
Is pain better than the grave

When we talk without amend
We see red and then
Deep inside our blood begins to boil
Like a tiger in the cage
We begin to shake with rage

Revolution calling?

Με αφορμή την ανάρτηση του Chocorello, -αλλά και μια διαμαρτυρία κάποιου κύριου πολλά χρόνια πριν- πήρα μια απόφαση, να κάνω επιτέλους κάτι που εδώ και πολύ καιρό ήθελα να κάνω...μια διαμαρτυρία...

Σκέφτομαι να πάω έξω απο το πρώην πια, Υπουργείο Μακεδονίας Θράκης, να κάτσω έξω απο την πύλη, και να διαμαρτυρηθώ.

Δεν ξέρω αν θα έχω ντουντούκα. Δεν ξέρω αν οι φύλακες θα με αρχίσουν στις κλωτσιές. Δεν ξέρω αν οι περαστικοί θα με κοροϊδεύουν.
Ξέρω όμως ότι αυτό ΘΕΛΩ να το κάνω.
Πρέπει να ετοιμάσω/μαζέψω στοιχεία για να τεκμηριώσω την διαμαρτυρία μου.

Σαν πρώτη σκέψη, έχω αυτό που κάνουν στα πάρκα της Αγγλίας, της Ολλανδίας, της Γαλλίας κτλ, να πάρω ένα καφάσι, να σταθώ πάνω του και να αρχίσω...
Αν σταθώ και τυχερός μπορεί να περνάει και κανένας παππούς απο κει και να πιάσουμε κουβέντα.
Θα πάρω και κανέναν φίλο μου που θα τραβήξει ντοκουμέντο, για να το έχω αφορμή, για μελλοντική χρήση...-αν κάνω την αρχή δεν θα μείνω σε μια διαμαρτυρία...-

Δεν είμαι "επαναστάτης" χωρίς αιτία... έχω αιτία και αίτια...
Βάζω το "επαναστάτης" έτσι γιατί η επανάσταση συνήθως έχει και βία...
Εγώ δεν θα χρησιμοποιήσω βία...εξάλλου είμαι κατά της βίας...
Απλά θα σταθώ εκεί και θα πω ότι έχω να πω...

Μάλλον θα χρειαστώ και πλακάτ....
Αν βρω και ντουντούκα θα βοηθήσει πολύ...

Λοιπόν...η αντίστροφη μέτρηση άρχισε...

σύντομα θα έχετε νέα μου...

The -Wonderfull- Souls of Distortion...

Σαν σήμερα το 2004 ο μεγάλος Joe Satriani κυκλοφόρησε το δέκατο άλμπουμ του με τίτλο "Is There Love In Space?"

Πόσους και πόσους έχει εμπνεύσει να αρπάξουν μια κιθάρα, -που οι περισσότεροι τον καταριούνται γιατί δυσκολεύονται να τον πλησιάσουν- και πόσοι και πόσοι περάσανε μαθητές του που έγιναν μεγάλα ονόματα (ενδεικτικά Steve Vai, Kirk Hammet (Μetallica), Rick Hunolt (Exodus), Alex Skolnick (Testament) κ.α.)

Έχει πάρει 15 βραβεία Grammy, έχει τον δικό του χαρακτηριστικό ήχο -όπως ο κάθε μεγάλος κιθαρίστας- είναι υποστηρικτής της μη-κερδοσκοπικής οργάνωσης Little Kids Rock , είναι γήινος στην συμπεριφορά του και απο τότε που ξύρισε το μαλλί, δεν λέει να γεράσει...

Το να τον δει κανείς σε συναυλία, είναι μια σχεδόν εξωπραγματική εμπειρία... με το υπέροχο μουσικό αέρα του, σε παρασέρνει σε άλλους κόσμους...
Τα μάτια όλων είναι καρφωμένα στα δάκτυλα, στην κιθάρα, και κάθε φορά μετά απο κάποιο solo ακούς τριγύρω να λένε "ρε τον π..... ούτε μια νότα δεν του έφυγε...τον μισώ"

Η μοναδική ιστορία που έχει μια σχέση με τον δίσκο, είναι η αγωγή που έκανε κατά των Coldplay γιατί το βασικό riff του If I Could Fly είναι σχεδόν -αν όχι απόλυτα- ίδιο με το bridge του Viva La Vida

To track list είναι το εξής:

1. Gnaahh
2. Up in Flames
3. Hands in the Air
4. Lifestyle
5. Is There Love in Space?
6. If I Could Fly
7. The Souls of Distortion
8. Just Look Up
9. I Like the Rain
10. Searching
11. Bamboo

Αγαπημένα απο αυτόν τον δίσκο είναι τα Up in Flames, Hands in the Air, Lifestyle, If I Could Fly, The Souls of Distortion, I Like The Rain και Bamboo -ξέρεις Joe αυτό με φέρνει την ατμόσφαιρα του Strange Beautiful Music-

Για τους μη-μυημένους ας ακούσουν το Bamboo οι υπόλοιποι...

n'joy





Lifestyle


If I Could Fly





I Like The Rain

Seven deadly sins, Seven ways to win, Seven holy paths to hell and your trip begins...

Σαν σήμερα το 1988 οι τεράστιοι Iron Maiden κυκλοφόρησαν το Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

Είναι ο έβδομος δίσκος και τελευταίος στην σειρά απο την χρυσή εποχή τους...Με αυτόν τον δίσκο φτάσανε στο peak της δημιουργικής τους καριέρας (υπάρχουν κι άλλοι στην συνέχεια αλλά μετά το Fear of the dark αρχίζουν οι επαναλήψεις -προσωπική άποψη πάντα)

Σε αυτόν τον δίσκο ασχολούνται στιχουργικά με το καλό εναντίον του κακού, με τον μυστικισμό, με προφητείες, με την μετενσάρκωση και την μετά θάνατον ζωή.

Εμπνευσμένο απο τα έργα του Orson Scott Card με τίτλο Seventh Son.

Αν αυτός ο δίσκος θεωρείται concept, τότε είναι ένας απο τα top10 concept albums ever!

Το artwork του Derek Riggs για άλλη μια φορά είναι............-δεν βρίσκω λόγια για να το περιγράψω...- να πω υπέροχο; και πιο δεν είναι; Σίγουρα πάντως για μένα είναι ένα απο τα καλύτερα του...

Το άλμπουμ έφτασε το νούμερο 1 στην Αγγλία, και στο νούμερο 12 στα Billboards200

Η παραγωγή έγινε απο -ποιόν άλλον- Martin Birch

(Αυτός είναι ο τελευταίος δίσκος του Adrian Smith με τους Maiden για τα επόμενα 12 χρόνια -δισκογραφικά-, κάνοντας το όνειρό του πραγματικότητα για μια solo καριέρα με τους A.S.A.P. και αργότερα με το συγκρότημα του Bruce Dickinson, μέχρι να επιστρέψουν πακέτο το 1999 εκεί που πραγματικά ανήκουν)

Το track list είναι το εξής:

1. Moonchild
2. Infinite Dreams
3. Can I Play With Madness
4. The Evil That Men Do
5. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
6. The Prophecy
7. The Clairvoyant
8. Only The Good Die Young

Αγαπημένα μου είναι ΟΛΑ εκτός απο το Can I Play With Madness το οποίο και θεωρώ ότι δεν κολλάει στην όλη ατμόσφαιρα και κλίμα του δίσκου... Θα προτιμούσα να το βάζανε στο No Prayer For The Dying ή σε ένα B Side, παρά σε αυτή την δισκάρα...-προσωπική άποψη πάντα-

Για τους μη-μυημένους προτείνω να δώσουν μια ευκαιρία στo The Evil That Men Do

Οι υπόλοιποι απολαύστε την παρέα των Bruce Dickinson -φωνή- Dave Murray -κιθάρα- Adrian Smith -κιθάρα- Steve Harris -μπάσο- και Nicko McBrain -τύμπανα-

n'joy



Seven deadly sins
Seven ways to win
Seven holy paths to hell
And your trip begins

Seven downward slopes
Seven bloodied hopes
Seven are your burning fires
Seven your desires....

I am he the bornless one
The fallen angel watching you
Babylon, the scarlet whore
I'll infiltrate your gratitude
Don't you dare to save your son
Kill him now and save the young ones
Be the mother of a birth strangled babe
Be the devils own, Lucifer's my name

Moonchild - hear the mandrake scream
Moonchild - open the seventh seal

I count the heads of those unborn
The accursed ones I'll find them all
And if you die by your own hand
As a suicide you shall be damned
And if you try to save your soul
I will torment you - you shall not grow old
With every second and passing breath
You'll be so alone your soul will bleed to death

Moonchild - hear the mandrake scream
Moonchild - open the seventh seal
Moonchild - You'll be mine soon child
Moonchild - take my hand tonight

The twins they are exhausted, seven is this night
Gemini is rising as the red lips kiss to bite
Seven angels seven demons battle for his soul
When Gabriel lies sleeping, this child was born to die

One more dies and one more lives
One baby cries one mother grieves
For all the sins you will commit
You'll beg forgiveness and none I'll give
A web of fear shall be your coat
To clothe you in the night
A lucky escape for you young man
For I'll see you damned in endless night

Moonchild - hear the mandrake scream
Moonchild - open the seventh seal
Moonchild - You'll be mine soon child
Moonchild - take my hand tonight



Infinite dreams I can't deny them
Infinity is hard to comprehend
I couldn't hear those screams
Even in my wildest dreams

Suffocation waking in a sweat
Scared to fall asleep again
Incase the dream begins again
Someone chasing and cannot move
Standing rigid a nightmare's statue
What a dream, when will it end
And will I transcend?

Restless sleep, the mind's in turmoil
One nightmare ends, another fertile
It's getting to me so scared to sleep
But scared to wake now, in too deep

Even though it reached new heights
I rather like the restless nights
It makes me wonder, it makes me think
There's more to this, I'm on the brink
It's not the fear of what's beyond
It's just that I might not respond
I have an interest almost craving
Would I like to get too far in?

It can't be all coincidence
Too many things are evident
You tell me "You're an unbeliever"
Spiritualist? Well me, I'm neither
But wouldn't you like to know
The truth
Of what's out there to have the proof
And find out just which side
You're on
Where would you end in Heaven or
In Hell?

Help me! Help me to find my true
Self without seeing the future
Save me, save me from torturing
Myself even within my dreams

There's got to be just more to it
Than this
Or tell me why do we exist
I'd like to think that when I die
I'd get a chance another time
And to return and live again
Reincarnate, play the game
Again and again and again and again



Love is a razor and I walked the line on that silver blade
Slept in the dust with his daughter, her eyes red with
The slaughter of innocence
And I will pray for her
I will call her name out loud
I would bleed for her
If I could only see her now

Living on a razor's edge
Balancing on a ledge
Living on a razor's edge
Balancing on a ledge
Balancing on a ledge
Living on a razor's edge
Balancing on a ledge
You know, you know

The evil that men do lives on and on

Circle of fire my baptism of joy at an end it seems
The seventh lamb slain, the book of life opens before me
And I will pray for you
Someday I may return
Don't you cry for me
Beyond is where I learn



Here they stand brothers them all
All the sons divided they'd fall
Here await the birth of the son
The seventh, the heavenly, the chosen one

Here the birth from an unbroken line
Born the healer the seventh, his time
Unknowingly blessed and as his life unfolds
Slowly unveiling the power he holds

Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh son of a seventh son.
Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh son of a seventh son.

Then they watch the progress he makes
The Good and the Evil which path will he take
Both of them trying to manipulate
The use of his powers before it's too late

Today is born the seventh one
Born of woman the seventh son
And he in turn of a seventh son
He has the power to heal
He has the gift of the second sight
He is the chosen one
So it shall be written
So it shall be done



Now that I know that the right time has come
My prediction will surely be true
The impending disaster it looms
And the whole of the village is doomed
Why won't you listen to me
is it so hard to understand
That I am the real seventh son
Your life or death on me depends

Suffering and pain impending disaster
Souls crying the devil's laughter
Heard the cry of the seven whistlers
Lucifer smiles looks on and waits

I'll take your life in my hands
Your fate your fortune's in my visions
Heed what I say and you'll see
What will be
Please listen to me

Now that they see the disaster is done
Now they put all the blame unto me
They feel I brought on a curse
Don't they know that the torment
It stays with me knowing that I walk alone
Through the eyes of the future I see
They don't even know what fear is
Don't they know I'm the one who is cursed

Purgatory beckons souls lost forever
Life after death or heaven hereafter
Heard the call of the seven whistlers again
Now Lucifer laughs hell awaits

I had their lives in my hands
Their fate their fortunes in my visions
No one believed in my true prophecy
And now it's too late



Feel the sweat break on my brow
Is it me or is it shadows that are dancing on the walls
Is this a dream or is it now
Is this a vision or normality I see before my eyes

I wonder why I wonder how
That it seems the powers getting stronger every day
I feel a strength an inner fire
But I'm scared I won't be able to control it anymore

There's a time to live and a time to die
When it's time to meet the maker
There's a time to live but isn't it strange
That as soon as you're born you're dying

Just by looking through your eyes
He could see the future penetrating right in through your mind
See the truth and see your lies
But for all his power couldn't foresee his own demise

There's a time to live and a time to die
When it's time to meet the maker
There's a time to live but isn't it strange
That as soon as you're born you're dying...
... and be reborn again?



The demon in your mind will rape you in your bed at night
The wisdom of ages, the lies and outrages concealed
Time it waits for no man
My future it is revealed
Time it waits for no man
My fate is sealed

If I cancel tomorrow the undead will thank me today
Fly in the face of your prophets I mock your morality plays
The moon is red and bleeding
The sun is burned and black
The book of life is silent
No turning back

Only the good die young
All the evil seem to live forever
Only the good die young
All the evil seem to live forever
Only the good die young
Only the good die young

Mystery madman a victim of cruel charade
Some innocent pawn in an end game one more stalemate
Is death another birthday?
A way to kiss your dreams goodbye?
Do the undead live within us
And look through our eyes?

Walking on water are miracles all you can trust
Measure your coffin does it measure up to your lust?
So I think I'll leave you
With your bishops and your guilt
So until the next time
Have a good sin

Seven deadly sins
Seven ways to win
Seven holy paths to hell

Seven downward slopes
Seven bloodied hopes
Seven are your burning fires
Seven your desires...

They say the future's out to get you, You know that I won't let you fall

The truth be told, the truth be told
I'm worried about the future holds, the future holds
I'm starting to worry about Ray

The truth be told, the truth be told
I'm worried about the future holds, the future holds
I'm seriously worried about Ray

They say the future's out to get you
You know that I won't let you fall
They say the future's out to get you
You know that I won't let you fall

The truth be told, the truth be told
I'm treading on my tippy toes, my tippy toes
I'm starting to worry about Ray

The truth be told, the truth be told
I'm treading on my tippy toes, my tippy toes
I'm painfully so worried about Ray

They say the future's out to get you
You know that I won't let you fall
They say the future's out to get you
You know that I won't let you fall
No!

They say the future's out to get you
You know that I won't let you fall
They say the future's out to get you
You know that I won't let you fall

The future's out to get you, the future's out to get you, oh
The future's out to get you, the future's out to get you, oh

The truth be told, the truth be told
I'm worried what the future holds, the future holds
I'm so tired of being worried about Ray

Look away from the sea I can take you anywhere

Σαν σήμερα, το 1978, οι Rainbow κυκλοφόρησαν το Long Live Rock'N'Roll

Έναν δίσκο που ήταν τελευταίος ήταν με τον Dio στα φωνητικά. (για να πάει στους Black Sabbath)

Μετά απο αυτόν οι Rainbow δεν θα ηχούν πια το ίδιο, θα στραφούν σε πιο mainstream δρόμους.

Με τραγουδάρες όπως το Long Live Rock'N'Roll, Lady Of The Lake, Gates Of Babylon, Kill The King και την υπέροχη μπαλάντα-νανούρισμα Rainbow Eyes έφτασε στο νούμερο 89 του Billboard200

Το track list είναι το εξής:

1. Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
2. Lady of the Lake
3. L.A. Connection
4. Gates of Babylon
5. Kill the King
6. The Shed (Subtle)
7. Sensitive to Light
8. Rainbow Eyes


Σε αυτόν τον δίσκος έπαιξαν και δημιούργησαν οι Rannie James Dio -φωνή- Ritchie Blackmore -κιθάρα/μπάσο- Cozy Powell- τύμπανα- Bob Daisley -μπάσο στα Kill the King, Sensitive to Light και Gates of Babylon-

Ο Martin Birch έκανε την παραγωγή (πάλι αυτός;;;)


Οι κυρίες ας ακούσουν το Rainbow Eyes

Οι κύριοι τα υπόλοιπα...

n'joy



At the end of a dream
If you know where I mean
When the mist just starts to clear

In a similar way
At the end of today
I could feel the sound of writing on the wall
It cries for you
It's the least that you can do

Like a syren on the wind
I can hear it screamin' in my mind
Long live Rock and Roll
Long live Rock 'n' Roll
Long live Rock and Roll

in a different time
When the words didn't rhyme
You could never quite be sure
Then on with the change
It was simple but strange
And you knew the feeling seemed to say it all
It cries for you
It's the least that you can do
Like a syren on the wind
I can hear it screamin' in my mind
Long live Rock and Roll
Long live Rock 'n' Roll
Long live Rock and Roll

If you suddenly see
What has happened to me
You should spread the word around

And tell everyone here
That it's perfectly clear
They can sail above it all on what they've found
It cries for you
It's the best that you can do
Like a sound that's everywhere
I can hear it screaming through the air
Long live Rock and Roll
Long live Rock 'n' Roll
Long live Rock and Roll



There's a magical sound slidin' over the ground
Makin' it shiver and shake
And a permanent cry fallin' out of the sky
Slippery and sly like a snake

With a delicate move kind of shifty and smooth
A shadow has covered the light
Then a beam in the shade from a silvery blade
Has shattered the edge of the night

I know she waits below
Only to rise on command
When she comes for me
She's got my life in her hands

When a movement behind hit the side of my mind
I trembled and shook it away
Then another assault and I started to faulter
Fibres of steel turned to clay

With a bubbly turn now the water should churn
And push it way from the core
And a lady in white will bring sun to the night
Brighter than ever before

Straight down I'm swirling around
Blinded and bruised by the strain
There must be some way to see
Diamonds out of the rain



Look away from the sea
I can take you anywhere
Spend a vision with me
A chase with the wind

Move closer to me
I can make you anyone
I think you're ready to see
The gates of Babylon

The power of what has been before
Rises to trap you within
A magic carpet ride a genie maybe more
A city of heavenly sin
Sleep with the devil and then you must pay
Sleep with the devil and the devil will take you away
Oh gates of Babylon

You can see but you're blind
Someone turned the sun around
But you can see in your mind
The gates of Babylon

You're riding the endless caravan
Bonded and sold as a slave
A sabre dance removing all the veils
Getting as good as you gave
Sleep with the devil and then you must pay
Sleep with the devil and the devil will take you away

The devil is me
And I'm holding the key
To the gates of sweet hell
Babylon



Danger, danger the Queen's about to kill
There's a stranger, stranger and life about to spill
Oh no move me out of harm
I need a spell and a charm
Fly like the wind
I'm no pawn, so be gone, speed on and on
Kill the king
Tear him down

Kill the king, yeah
Strike him down

Power, power it happens every day
Power, devour all along the way
Oh no, move me out of harm
I need a spell and a charm
And fly like the wind
I'm no pawn, so be gone, speed on and on
Kill the king

Treason, treason, the spectre looms again
Treason, reason, the realm is safe and then
Oh no, move away from harm
I need a spell and a charm
Fly like the rainbow
I'm no pawn, so be gone, speed on and on

Kill the king
Tear him down
Kill the king, yeah
Got to take his crown
Crown

Kill the king
He'll rule no more
Strike him dead
The people roar

Kill the king, yeah
Take his head
Down, down, down, down
Oh, kill
Oh, kill
Oh, oh



She's been gone since yesterday
Oh I didn't care
Never cared for yesterdays
Fancies in the air

No sighs or mysteries
She lay golden in the sun
No broken harmonies
But I've lost my way
She had rainbow eyes
Rainbow eyes
Rainbow eyes

Love should be a simple blend
A whispering on the shore
No clever words you can't defend
They lead to never more

No sighs or mysteries
She lay golden in the sun
No broken harmonies
But I've lost my way
She had rainbow eyes
Rainbow eyes
Rainbow eyes

Summer nights are colder now
They've taken down the fair
All the lights have died somehow
Or were they ever there

No sighs or mysteries
She lay golden in the sun
No broken harmonies
But I've lost my way
She had rainbow eyes

Oooh, ooh

Dettol...fail

Έχετε πετύχει την καινούρια διαφήμιση της dettol που "καινοτομεί" με το αυτόματο σύστημά της;



Λέει...Στην λαβή που έχει η "χειροκίνητη συσκευασία" της, υπάρχουν μικρόβια απο προηγούμενες χρήσεις...και για να αποφύγει κανείς αυτά τα μικρόβια, παίρνει το αυτόματο σύστημα-καινοτομία...

Και ερωτώ...
Αφού ακουμπήσει κανείς την λαβή-που-είναι-γεμάτη-μικρόβια-απο-την-προηγούμενη-χρήση, μετά δεν πλένει τα χέρια του;;;

Οπότε όσα μικρόβια κι αν έχει η λαβή-που-είναι-γεμάτη-μικρόβια-απο-την-προηγούμενη-χρήση, μετά το πλύσιμο...δεν υπάρχουν..σωστά;

Οπότε, πιο το όφελος για μια τέτοια αγορά;

Μήπως είναι απο τις πλέον αποτυχημένες απόπειρες προώθησης για κάποιο προϊόν;

Εγώ το βάζω μια Fail ταμπέλα και ξεμπερδεύω...

ΥΓ Εξάλλου το dettol σκοτώνει το 99,9% των μικροβίων...εγώ χρησιμοποιώ το κρεμοσάπουνο του Chuck Norris που σκοτώνει το 200% των πάντων...

"Τουρκία Άι Σιχτίρ"

Απίστευτη κίνηση απο Τουρκοκύπριους στην κατεχώμενη Λευκωσία

Με κεντρικό σύνθημα "Τουρκία Άι Σιχτίρ" ζητούν η Κύπρος να επανέλθει στην προ-εισβολής εποχή...

Με λίγα λόγια ζήτησαν την επανένωση της Κύπρου, και την αποχώρηση των Τούρκων εποίκων απο το νησί!

Πηγή: NEWS247

Αν μπορώ να ψηφίσω για αυτό το θέμα...ψηφίζω ΝΑΙ!

Αι Σιχτίρ...

An' here I go again on my own

Στις 7 Απριλίου του 1987 οι Whitesnake κυκλοφόρησαν τον έβδομο δίσκο τους με τίτλο 1987

Ήταν μία στροφή προς περισσότερο heavy δρόμους απο τα rock/blues που συνήθως ακολουθούσαν στους προηγούμενους δίσκους τους, για να μπουν για τα καλά και στην αγορά της Αμερικής...και τελικά το πέτυχαν...

Έφτασε στο νούμερο 2 του billboard200, έγινε οκτώ φορές πλατινένιος, αφού πούλησε οκτώ εκατομμύρια -στην Αμερική μόνο-

Μετά απο πολλές αλλαγές στο line-up του συγκροτήματος, -με κύρια την απόλυση του ντράμερ Cozy Powell- ο David Coverdale μαζί με τον μπασίστα Neil Murray κατάφεραν να πετύχουν τους παραπάνω στόχους (πιο heavy δίσκο και καλό μπάσιμο στην αγορά της Αμερικής) με 2 super hits... Τα Still of the nights και το Is this love (που το πρώτο ήταν βασισμένο σε μια ιδέα του Coverdale μαζί με τον Richie Blackmore όταν συνυπήρχαν στους Deep Purple και το δεύτερο προοριζόταν για την Tina Turner -με ξένα κόλλυβα δηλαδή)

Ο δίσκος είναι απο την αρχή έως το τέλος ενα rock πάρτι. Εγγυημένο ότι όσοι είναι του κλάδου θα περάσουν καλά αφήνοντας τον να παίζει... -με μια μικρή παρένθεση στα Looking for love και Is this love που χαμηλώνουν οι ταχύτητες-

Το track list είναι το εξής:

1. Still Of the Night
2. Bad Boys
3. Give Me All Your Love
4. Looking For Love
5. Crying in the Rain
6. Is This Love
7. Straight for the Heart
8. Don't Turn Away
9. Children of the Night
10. Here I Go Again
11. You're Gonna Break My Heart Again

Αγαπημένα είναι όλα τα τραγούδια, αλλά το σημείο που εμένα προσωπικά με ξετρελαίνει είναι το solo του Sykes στο Crying In The Rain...

Για τις κυρίες, εννοείται ότι το Is this love είναι must...

Οι υπόλοιποι απολαύστε την παρέα των David Coverdale -φωνή- John Sykes-κιθάρα- Neil Murray -μπάσο- και Aynsley Dunbar -τύμπανα-....άφοβα

n'joy



In the Still of the Night
I hear the wolf howl, honey
Sniffing around your door
In the Still of the Night
I feel my heart beating heavy
Telling me I gotta have more

In the shadow of night
I see the full moon rise
Telling me what's in store,
My heart start aching
My body start a shaking
And I can't take no more, no, no

Now I just wanna get close to you
An' taste your love so sweet
And I just wanna make love to you
Feel your body heat...

In the Still of the Night...
In the Still of the Night...
Over here baby...

In the heat of the day
I hang my head down low
And hide my face from the sun
Through the light of the day
Until the evening time
I'm waiting for the night to come

In the Still of the Night,
In the cool moonlight,
I feel heart is aching
In the Still of the Night...

Tell me here baby

In the Still of the Night
I hear the wolf howl, honey
Sniffing around your door...
In the Still of the Night
I feel my heart beating heavy
Telling me I gotta have more...

Now I just wanna get close to you
An' taste your love so sweet
And I just wanna make love to you
Feel your body heat.

In the Still of the Night...

Still of the Night,
Still of the Night,
Still of the Night...



I know you, you know me
I'm the black sheep of the family,
I'm in an' out of trouble
I'm the talk of the town
I get wild in the street
When the sun goes down
I steal around, like a thief in the night
Dancing 'til the break of day

Bad boys,
Running undercover of moonlight
Bad, bad boys,
Getting wild in the street,
Wild in the city

I see you, you see me
Just a black street boy in society
With high-heeled women full of champagne an' lies,
Getting wild in the street
'Til the hot sunrise
Stealing round like a thief in the night
Dancing 'til the break of day

Bad boys,
Running undercover of moonlight
Bad, bad boys,
Getting wild in the street,
Wild in the city,
Wild in the city,
Wild in the city

Bad, bad boys,
Running undercover of moonlight
Bad, bad boys,
Getting wild in the street,
Wild in the city

I know you, you know me
I'm the black sheep of the family,
I'm in an' out of trouble
I'm the talk of the town
I get wild in the street
When the sun goes down

I don't care what the people think,
I can't hear what the people say,
I steal around like a thief in the night
Dancing 'til the break of day

Bad, bad boys,
Running undercover of moonlight
Bad, bad boys,
Getting wild in the street,
Bad, bad, bad boys,
Running undercover of moonlight
Bad, bad boys,
Getting wild in the street,
Wild in the city

Undercover of moonlight...



When I first saw you baby
You took my breath away,
I knew your name was Trouble
But, my heart got in the way
I couldn't stop myself from reaching out,
I could not turn away

I don't even know your name
An' I can't leave you alone,
I'm running round in circles
Like a dog without a bone
I know the game you're playing

But, baby I just can't let go

So give me all your love tonight,
Give me all your love tonight
I'll do anything you want
Just give me all of your loving tonight

I'll work hard everyday
To love and treat you right.
I'll rock you in the morning
And roll you in the night.
Any way you want
I'm gonna prove my love for you.

So give me all your love tonight,
Give me all your love tonight
I'll do anything you want,
Just give me all of your loving tonight, tonight, tonight...

I am blinded by your smile
And I'm crazy about your walk
I shiver and I shake
When I hear you baby talk
I'm a fool for your loving babe,
Give me all your loving tonight...




I'm tired of waiting
An' closing my eyes
I'm asking myself
Why is it all my horizons
Are so far away

I look in the mirror
Don't like what I see
In my reflection
A stranger is staring at me
Looking for love

The love of a woman
The needs of a man
I try so hard to believe
But I don't understand
The search goes on

But over the mountains
Across the sea
I know love is waiting
I hear it calling to me
Calling my name

I'm looking for love all around me
Looking for love to surround me
The love that I need
To rescue the state of my heart

Alone again, It's always the same
I've just been marking my time
Since the day I was born
With no one to blame

The candle is burning
It's way down low
I just need someone
To show me the way to go
Which way to go.

I'm looking for love
An' finding only heartache
Looking for love
An' finding only heartache
I'm looking for love to rely on
Looking for love, a shoulder to cry on
I'm looking for love
To rescue the state of my heart...



A black cat moans
When he's burning with the fever
A stray dog howls
When he's lonely in the night
A woman goes crazy
With the though of retribution
But, a man starts weeping
When he's sick and tired of life

I keep on dreaming dreams of tomorrow
Feel I'm wasting my time
Lighting candles in the wind,
Always taking my chances
On the promise of the future
But, a heart full of sorrow
Paints a lonely tapestry

The sun is shining
But, it's raining in my heart

No one understands the heartache,
No one feels the pain,
'Cos no one ever sees the tears
When you're crying in the rain,
When you're crying in the rain,
Crying in the rain...

I can never deny
All the sweet things I have tasted
Tho' I've been mistreated
I keep coming back for more,
I know where I'm going
There's no hope of absolution
I can't seem to separate
The good times from the bad


Crying in the rain...



I should have known better
Than to let you go alone,
It's times like these
I can't make it on my own
Wasted days, and sleepless nights
And I can't wait to see you again

I find I spend my time
Waiting on your call,
How can I tell you, baby
My back's against the wall
I need you by my side
To tell me it's alright,
'Cos I don't think I can take anymore

Is this love that I'm feeling,
Is this the love, that I've been searching for
Is this love or am I dreaming,
This must be love,
'Cos it's really got a hold on me,
A hold on me...

I can't stop the feeling
I've been this way before
But, with you I've found the key
To open any door
I can feel my love for you
Growing stronger day by day,
An' I can't wait to see you again
So I can hold you in my arms

Is this love that I'm feeling,
Is this the love, that I've been searching for
Is this love or am I dreaming,
This must be love,
'Cos it's really got a hold on me,
A hold on me...

Is this love that I'm feeling,
Is this the love, that I've been searching for...
Is this love or am I dreaming,
Is this the love, that I've been searching for...



I don't know where I'm going
But, I sure know where I've been
Hanging on the promises
In songs of yesterday
An' I've made up my mind,
I ain't wasting no more time
But, here I go again
Here I go again

Tho' I keep searching for an answer,
I never seem to find what I'm looking for
Oh Lord, I pray
You give me strength to carry on,
'Cos I know what it means
To walk along the lonely street of dreams

An' here I go again on my own
Goin' down the only road I've ever known,
Like a drifter I was born to walk alone
An' I've made up my mind
I ain't wasting no more time

I'm just another heart in need of rescue,
Waiting on love's sweet charity
An' I'm gonna hold on
For the rest of my days,
'Cos I know what it means
To walk along the lonely street of dreams

An' here I go again on my own
Goin' down the only road I've ever known,
Like a drifter I was born to walk alone
An' I've made up my mind
I ain't wasting no more time

But, here I go again,
Here I go again,
Here I go again,
Here I go...

An' I've made up my mind,
I ain't wasting no more time