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that's when the energy comes
and the dark side's light
and the vampires roam
you strut your rasta wear
and your suicide poem
and a cross from a faith
that died before Jesus came
you're building a mystery
You live in a church
where you sleep with voodoo dolls
and you won't give up the search
for the ghosts in the halls
you wear sandals in the snow
and a smile that won't wash away
can you look out the window
without your shadow getting in the way
oh you're so beautiful
with an edge and a charm
but so careful
when I'm in your arms
(Chorus)
'Cause you're working
building a mystery
holding on and holding it in
yeah you're working
building a mystery
and choosing so carefully
You woke up screaming aloud
a prayer from your secret god
you feed off our fears
and hold back your tears
Give us a tantrum
and a know it all grin
just when we need one
when the evening's thin
Oh you're a beautiful
a beautiful fucked up man
you're setting up your
razor wire shrine.
Chorus
Repeat chorus
We'll give you Rush for a 6-pack of Coors.
Oh hey now ...
Bill, Let's call a truce between Canada and the USA. Stop playing Sarah M. and The Cowbow Junkies AND stop play Natalie M.
Fair deal?
Man, remember when we were just fighting over music? I miss those days.
I never paid much attention to the lyrics of this song back when it was played 10,000 times a day on the radio, but I'm glad I decided to today. The lyric "you strut your rasta wear" sounds much better than "you stretch your ass to where..." which is what I always thought she was singing.
I also thought that's what she was singing!
Solid 10..

The Four Chords.
Just think how many hit songs are composed of three chords - some iteration of a I-IV-V.
The Four Chords.
what a great way to use those 4 chords
We Canadians are polite even when cussing.
Judging from Trailer Park Boys, I can say that this is not a true statement.
We Canadians are polite even when cussing.
Really!?!! Once upon a time maybe....
Yes, like "Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", or "Shout (These Are The Things I Can Do Without". These were challenging songs to produce well, apparently, because they were so atmospheric. I can imagine the early versions played on a guitar were probably underwhelming sounding. But they had a soul in them that came out in the instrumentation and vocals, like this one from Sarah.
We Canadians are polite even when cussing.
I'd like to point out that the artists and songs in your playlist do not match up at all. Not even a little bit.
Hey...Relax! It was a tribute album.

Ha! Thanks for the bad flashback on the car, agmusci! I needed a good laugh today.
What that photo doesn't show is that this car also had the short-lived automatic seat belts strapping you in which damn near knocked the wind out of you as your turned the ignition.
But hey, it was the first BRAND NEW CAR I ever bought, so there's that. I can still hear this 1991 tape I dubbed spinning in the cassette deck:
20 Explosive Dynamic Super Smash Hit Explosions!
The SlugsHooked On A Feeling3:16
–The Sneetches With ShoesI Wanna Be With You3:08
–Smashing Pumpkins*Jackie Blue3:51
–The FarmersCrocodile Rock2:39
–Material IssueLittle Willy2:48
–TrenchmouthThat's The Way (I Like It)2:37
–The ReiversBrandy (You're A Fine Girl)3:27
–No EmpathyThe Night Chicago Died3:39
–The Sinatras (2)Shannon3:12
–Cheer-AccidentTheme From Shaft5:21
–The Service (2)Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)2:41
–Young Fresh FellowsBlack Betty2:18
–Spies Who SurfHocus Pocus3:15
–The New Duncan Imperials*Convoy3:49
–13 NightmaresEverything I Own4:56
–M.O.T.O.Dancing In The Moonlight4:52
–God's AcreMississippi Queen3:17
–Poster ChildrenI Feel Love4:58
–Boom HankJimmy Loves Mary-Anne2:41
–Mojo Nixon & The Second EditionJust Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)4:43
I'd like to point out that the artists and songs in your playlist do not match up at all. Not even a little bit.
I can see where the melancholy feel of the tune would seem particularly sad driving around in this.
Ha! Thanks for the bad flashback on the car, agmusci! I needed a good laugh today.
What that photo doesn't show is that this car also had the short-lived automatic seat belts strapping you in which damn near knocked the wind out of you as your turned the ignition.
But hey, it was the first BRAND NEW CAR I ever bought, so there's that. I can still hear this 1991 tape I dubbed spinning in the cassette deck:
20 Explosive Dynamic Super Smash Hit Explosions!
The SlugsHooked On A Feeling3:16
–The Sneetches With ShoesI Wanna Be With You3:08
–Smashing Pumpkins*Jackie Blue3:51
–The FarmersCrocodile Rock2:39
–Material IssueLittle Willy2:48
–TrenchmouthThat's The Way (I Like It)2:37
–The ReiversBrandy (You're A Fine Girl)3:27
–No EmpathyThe Night Chicago Died3:39
–The Sinatras (2)Shannon3:12
–Cheer-AccidentTheme From Shaft5:21
–The Service (2)Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)2:41
–Young Fresh FellowsBlack Betty2:18
–Spies Who SurfHocus Pocus3:15
–The New Duncan Imperials*Convoy3:49
–13 NightmaresEverything I Own4:56
–M.O.T.O.Dancing In The Moonlight4:52
–God's AcreMississippi Queen3:17
–Poster ChildrenI Feel Love4:58
–Boom HankJimmy Loves Mary-Anne2:41
–Mojo Nixon & The Second EditionJust Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)4:43
This was always an instant button-pusher when I was driving around in my '91 Mercury Tracer.
I can see where the melancholy feel of the tune would seem particularly sad driving around in this.
I have that too, but with a different song. Pink Floyd's Have A Cigar.
This was always an instant button-pusher when I was driving around in my '91 Mercury Tracer.
I have that too, but with a different song. Pink Floyd's Have A Cigar.
Agreed. Hip Hop? Sound like Toke's been doing a little too much tokin'.
Just a troll. Makes you wonder how people like that sleep at night.
Agreed. Hip Hop? Sound like Toke's been doing a little too much tokin'.
I read those words, and I don't understand how you're using them here.
the opening sounded like Osborne's 'What If God Was One Of Us'
whew, that was a close one
There's apparently a trade in the works: Anne Murray and Nickelback for 4 Non Blondes and Billy Joel.
I dunno if that's gonna pan out: Billy says he has to drive.
You are never alone as you think.
Yes you are

Not!
Lessard0570 wrote:
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word, just the blood-curdling screams of their prey
I'll get me cloak...
We'll give you Rush for a 6-pack of Coors.
You owe me a new keyboard, as I snorted my coffee all over my old one when I read this!
There's apparently a trade in the works: Anne Murray and Nickelback for 4 Non Blondes and Billy Joel.
G*d-damn, that made me laugh!

She always touches my heart..............
Fair deal?
There's apparently a trade in the works: Anne Murray and Nickelback for 4 Non Blondes and Billy Joel.
Fair deal?
Yeah, not sure what the point is, but look up Lianna Klassen...Song for Canada/America/Ireland. There's your truce...
Fair deal?
What are you going to do in return? Doesn't seem like any sort of bargain unless telling someone what to do is a 'deal'.
Fair deal?
Mission accomplished - that's what those commercials do. They tug the heartstrings and make people feel sorrow for abused animals (not just puppies.) I admire her stand, and I used to love her music. The first thing I ever heard by her was "Drawn to the Rhythm," and I bought the cassette and played it to death. Kinda tired of her music now, but if I could get a break from it, I'd probably become a listener again.
BTW: I change channels when her commercials air, because I don't want to cry anymore.
Fully agree. A friend of mine played "Black" and I went straight to the natural healing/Wicca shop downtown (I lived in Nebraska at the time) to grab it.
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Mission accomplished - that's what those commercials do. They tug the heartstrings and make people feel sorrow for abused animals (not just puppies.) I admire her stand, and I used to love her music. The first thing I ever heard by her was "Drawn to the Rhythm," and I bought the cassette and played it to death. Kinda tired of her music now, but if I could get a break from it, I'd probably become a listener again.
BTW: I change channels when her commercials air, because I don't want to cry anymore.
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Excellent post, spacemoose!


I wouldn't say "she has fallen so far", but like so many artists, she went through an incredibly creative period and then just kinda started repeating herself. Think The Stones, The Who, CSN, Paul McCartney and the list goes on. Most mere mortals only have so many great songs in them until the well runs dry.
I blame the commercial nature of the music industry. When people achieve commercial success they become subject so such a vastly different set of influences than those that motivated them to begin with, and those that motivate the normal human being. They live in a sort of bubble and are pushed by the economics of the system and the executive and sycophants whispering in their ears. So they strive to reproduce their success, rather than to produce something of artistic merit, or to generate an artistic expression of some deeper experience. The musicians become victims of their own success. They suffer, society suffers, and a parasitic and exploitative group of grasping individuals, whose primary job is to own things, grows fat.
I haven't done a thorough analysis, but I have the impression that there is a strong correlation between financial success and the deterioration of the contributions of an artist. Those artists with long creative careers are those for whom mainstream success remains elusive, or who only obtain a limited, fringe success. The worst cases are those who achieve success too quickly and are not mature enough to resist the corrupting influences.
It's worth noting that the copyright-oligarchy achieves this by subverting democracy and perverting copyright laws, which provides yet another reason to question copyright (see www.questioncopyright.org).
Not with the reference to vampires, which is a relatively late concept. I'm not sure she's referring to anything in particular, just a sort of generic paganism/animism.
The 1990s was the Golden Era for the USA. Foreign academics and intellectuals all wanted to go live and work in the USA.

Wow we are completely on the same page. Those are my exact top shelf choices as well.


It's always been there, with the vowel edited out...
Sarah gets a 10 and the song gets an 8 . . . I hereby proclaim this to be an 18!
I wouldn't say "she has fallen so far", but like so many artists, she went through an incredibly creative period and then just kinda started repeating herself. Think The Stones, The Who, CSN, Paul McCartney and the list goes on. Most mere mortals only have so many great songs in them until the well runs dry.
I hear you, I think she has a great voice but (and I know I'm in the minority here) it's wasted on so many mediocre songs. I love the song she did with Delerium but I really wish she had recorded songs with some edge...just rocked out more.
I almost hate to break this news to you, pevend, but your ignorance is showing. Islam is a way, way younger religion than Christianity, by about 600 years.
No surprise, somehow, that you don't have any idea what you're talking about.
Well said, holborne.
I've always imagined that the ancient religion she alludes to in this song is Druidism.
Very good song, too.
I almost hate to break this news to you, pevend, but your ignorance is showing. Islam is a way, way younger religion than Christianity, by about 600 years.
No surprise, somehow, that you don't have any idea what you're talking about.
Very good song, too.
F***me...are people really that stupid in your world?
I love early SM. Her material was just so pure in the beginning.





Just think how many hit songs are composed of three chords - some iteration of a I-IV-V.
Beethoven's 9th has four chords. Maybe it's a thing (Dm Cm G A)