Lyrics Snippet #8

Today I turn to a rather trivial topic. Tonight Manchester will play Barcelona in the Champions League Final. Reason enough for me to create a little post about the reference to athletes in songs. Right now I can think of three and I invite everybody who reads this to contribute to the list. I know there are hundreds - if not thousands - more.
Valid are only songs that are not especially dedicated to an athlete or sports in general (like "Three Lions"...beautiful song by the way).

Steppin' into the jam and I'm slammin' like Shaquille
Mad boy grips the microphone
Wit' a fistful of steel

~ "Fistful of Steel" - Rage Against The Machine ~

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See I've Got Heart Like John Starks
Hitting Mad Sparks
Pass Me The Mic
And I'll Be Rocking The Whole Park

~ "Get it Together" - Beastie Boys ~

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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio
A nation turns its lonely eyes to you (Woo, woo, woo)
What's that you say, Mrs. Robinson
Joltin' Joe has left and gone away

~ "Mrs. Robinson" - Simon and Garfunkel ~

Flash Mob gefällig?

Habe gerade durch Zufall gesehen, dass am Montag 18:00 Uhr in Ludwigshafen ein Flash-Mob geplant ist (guckst du hier). Mal sehen ob ich es schaffe, daran teilzunehmen. Immerhin könnte ich dann Punkt 66 auf meiner Liste der "101 Dinge, die man getan haben sollte, bevor das Leben vorbei ist" streichen.

Ich kann es nicht mehr hören!

Muss denn in jeder, aber auch wirklich jeder Meldung über die Zukunft von Opel die Floskel "tragfähiges Konzept" verwendet werden?
Und bin ich eigentlich der einzige, den das stört?

Lyrics Snippet #7

Just a short one today:

If ignorance is bliss, then knock the smile off my face

~ "Settle for Nothing" - Rage Against the Machine ~

PS: For a better understanding of RATM lyrics I recommend the "Lyrical References" section in the RATM FAQ

Lyrics Snippet #6

One of the best-known songs of the great depression is probably "Brother, can you spare a dime", which was written in 1931 by E.Y. Harburg (music by Jay Gorney). This song has been recorded by dozens of artists and also appeared in a Simpsons episode :-)

Interestingly, 8 years later Harburg wrote one of the most hopeful songs of the era - "(Somewhere) Over the Rainbow".

BTW: Don't think I just know all this stuff...looked it all up on wikipedia.

Once I built a railroad, I made it run, made it race against time.
Once I built a railroad; now it's done. Brother, can you spare a dime?
Once I built a tower, up to the sun, brick, and rivet, and lime;
Once I built a tower, now it's done. Brother, can you spare a dime?

"Brother, can you spare a dime" - Music by Jay Gorney, Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg

Lyrics Snippet #5

So, now to a different topic. Considering the current economic crisis I find it appropriate to share a couple of lyrics snippets from songs about the great depression.

The first one is from Springsteens "Ghost of Tom Joad" which is basically a song about John Steinbeck's book "Grapes of Wrath". Reading the book surely helps to understand the song...maybe it is even necessary. But really, if you haven't read it yet, go ahead and do it. In my opinion it's an eye-opening masterpiece.

There's also a version of this song by Rage Against the Machine which is...uhm...slightly more "dynamic". Remember, RATM songs are best served at high volume :-)

Now Tom said "Mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy
Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
Where there's a fight 'gainst the blood and hatred in the air
Look for me Mom I'll be there
Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to stand
Or decent job or a helpin' hand
Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free
Look in their eyes Mom you'll see me."

~ "The Ghost of Tom Joad" - Bruce Springsteen ~

Pseudophilosophischer Gedanke des Tages #6

Versuche nicht, dein Glück an dem Glück Anderer zu messen. Jeder muss sein eigenes Glück finden.