Day 24 - A Song to Plat at My Funeral

"Another One Bites" the Dust by Queen...  I'm serious!  It's an awesome song!

Another One Bites the Dust
Oh! Let's go!
Steve walks warily down the street
With his brim pulled way down low
Ain't no sound but the sound of his feet
Machine guns ready to go

Are you ready hey are you ready for this?
Are you hanging on the edge of your seat?
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
To the sound of the beat yeah

Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone and another one gone
Another one bites the dust hey
Hey I'm gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust

How do you think I'm going to get along
Without you when you're gone
You took me for everything that I had
And kicked me out on my own

Are you happy are you satisfied?
How long can you stand the heat
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
To the sound of the beat look out

Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone and another one gone
Another one bites the dust hey
Hey I'm gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust

Hey
Oh take it - Bite the dust
Bite the dust hey
Hey Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust ow
Another one bites the dust he he
Another one bites the dust hay yay ya ya ya
Ooh shoota!

There are plenty of ways that you can hurt a man
And bring him to the ground
You can beat him
You can cheat him
You can treat him bad and leave him
When he's down yeah
But I'm ready yes I'm ready for you
I'm standing on my own two feet
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
Repeating to the sound of the beat

Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone and another one gone
Another one bites the dust yeah
Hey I'm gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust
Shoota!

Yeah! Alright!


I'm  not joking!  to dispite all of you who doubt me, my friends are witnesses to this statement and will follow through (when I die in 70 or so years... perhaps 90, I'd like to be the oldest karate shihan alive...): I WANT THIS SONG PLAYED AT MY FUNERAL!!!!!!!!  It's final.  I hope you like the song!

Day 23 - A Song to Play at My Wedding

... *spaced out* ...
depends on who the guy is.  Meh, I'll just post this song because it's sweet and I can picture it at a wedding.  "Angel Eyes" by John Hiatt.

The version I have is slightly different, it's from his album "Hiatt Comes Alive at Buddokan".

Angel Eyes
Girl, you're looking fine tonight
And every Fella HAS got you in his sights
What you're doing with a clown like me
Is surely one of life's little mysteries

CHORUS:
So tonight I'll ask the stars above
How did I ever win your love?
What did I do, what did I say
To turn your angel eyes my way?

Well I'm the guy who never learned to dance
I never even got one second glance
Across the crowded room, that was close enough
I could look, but I could never touch

CHORUS

Don't anybody wake me if this is a dream
'Cause she is the best thing that's ever happened to me
All you fellas yeh! you can look all you like
But this girl you see, she's leaving HERE with me tonight

And there's just one more thing I need to know
If this is love then why does it scare me so
Must be something only you can see
But girl, I feel it when you look at me

CHORUS

What did I do, what did I say?
To turn your angel eyes my way.


There's a lot of covers for this song, not even the person who introduced me to John Hiatt knew this song as Hiatt's.  I hope you all enjoy this song, see you later!

Day 22 - A Song I Listen to When I'm Sad

As I said, my mood doesn't really affect my choice of music.  So this is just a regular post in a sense.  *looks at mp3* This song here has a depressing title, I'll pretend that it goes with the topic.  *plays song*  I like it...  I hope you do to!  The song is called "Funeral for a Friend (Love Lies Bleeding)".  Lets see if I can find it on You Tube...

Yes!  I found it!  *longer through the song*  Hey, there's lyrics too! (after about six minutes of instrumentals)

Funeral for a Friend (Love Lies Bleeding)
The roses in the window box
Have tilted to one side
Everything about this house
Was born to grow and die

Oh it doesn't seem a year ago
To this very day
You said I'm sorry honey
If I don't change the pace
I can't face another day

And love lies bleeding in my hand
Oh it kills me to think of you with another man
I was playing rock and roll and you were just a fan
But my guitar couldn't hold you
So I split the band
Love lies bleeding in my hands

I wonder if those changes
Have left a scar on you
Like all the burning hoops of fire
That you and I passed through

You're a bluebird on a telegraph line
I hope you're happy now
Well if the wind of change comes down your way girl
You'll make it back somehow 


Song Facts: (from here)

• Elton wrote the music for this song after thinking about what he would want played at his funeral.
• The "Funeral For A Friend" section is instrumental. It transitions into "Love Lies Bleeding," an angry song about a broken relationship. Bernie Taupin, who is Elton's songwriting partner, wrote the lyrics.
• Since this is about 11 minutes long, it was not released as a single. It became a very popular song on FM radio, partly because it wasn't played very often, and also because it gave DJs a chance to take a bathroom break or smoke a cigarette.
• The synthesizer part was played by Dave Hentschel, a producer and engineer who learned how to program the Moog Synthesizer, which was fairly new at the time. He went on to work with Ringo Starr and Phil Collins.
• Progressive Rock group Dream Theater (who are known as Dream Theatre in Europe) did a cover of this on their 1995 album A Change of Seasons. (thanks, Danny - Franklin, GA)

So it's two songs... I really love this song!  I hope you do too!  See you all later! (and no, I'm not skipping class, it's a half day -.-)

Day 21 - A Song I Listen to When I'm Happy

These topics are getting really cliché.  Ah well, I'll just finish this 30 day challenge and go back to normal post.... then maybe I'll do another...  My mood doesn't tend to affect my choice of music.  I'll just post a Led Zepplin song.

Gallows Pole
Hangman, hangman, hold it a little while,
I Think I see my friends coming, Riding a many mile.
Friends, you get some silver?
Did you get a little gold?
What did you bring me, my dear friends? Keep me from the Gallows Pole.
What did you bring me to keep me from the Gallows Pole?

I couldn't get no silver, I couldn't get no gold,
You know that we're too damn poor to keep you from the Gallows Pole.
Hangman, hangman, hold it a little while,
I think I see my brother coming, riding many a mile.
Brother, you get me some silver?
Did you get a little gold?
What did you bring me, my brother, to keep me from the Gallows Pole?

Brother, I brought you some silver, yeah.
I brought a little gold, I brought a little of everything
To keep you from the Gallows Pole.
Yes, I brought you to keep you from the Gallows Pole.

Hangman, hangman, turn your head awhile,
I think I see my sister coming, riding many mile, mile, mile.
Sister, I implore you, take him by the hand,
Take him to some shady bower, save me from the wrath of this man,
Please take him, save me from the wrath of this mad, man.

Hangman, hangman, upon your face a smile,
Tell me that I'm free to ride,
Ride for many mile, mile, mile.

Oh yes, you got a fine sister, She warmed my blood from cold,
She warmed my blood to boiling hot to keep you from the Gallows Pole,
Your brother brought me silver, Your sister warmed my soul,
But now I laugh and pull so hard, see you swinging from the Gallows Pole

But now I laugh and pull so hard, see you swinging from the Gallows Pole
Swingin' on the gallows pole!

Ah-ha-ha
Swingin'
Swingin' on the gallows pole!
See-saw marjory daw
See-saw knock at my door


I just love this song.  I find the lyrics amusing, he's about to be hanged, but he says 'wait, wait, I see my brother / sister coming!'  And his brother and sister are tools to bribe the hang man so he won't be hung.  In the end he is.  I hope you like the song!  See you all later!