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Samiroquai
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I'm not really sure about 'artistically acceptable', I think there's always a better word to use than 'fuck' when it comes to writing creatively, even though I swear all the time in my everyday speech! But it's not as jarring in that song as, for instance, the live version of The Kids, where it just doesn't fit. And it's not gratuitous.
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Little H - KSA
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| Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:52 |
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| Samiroquai wrote: |
| I'm not really sure about 'artistically acceptable', I think there's always a better word to use than 'f' when it comes to writing creatively |
I dislike use of words like this too, but in JAS it fits, it's realism. Otherwise I abhorr public usage. It's like ridiculous sex scenes in what could be good film, it prevents a more general and broader audience from really enjoying the film when suddenly someone's particulars are unwantingly thrust in your face.
[/quote] even though I swear all the time in my everyday speech! [/quote]
I don't use any bad language in every day use, but everything has it's time and place . . .
but the bottom line is as you so eloquently put it, is . . .
[/quote] it's not gratuitous. [/quote]
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Jamiro-Pi314
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| Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 17:23 |
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"A place I haven't seen sits at the end of space and time" |
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Little H - KSA
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| Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 20:04 |
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Can you have a dig around for the STM Lyrics please.
This is a 'rush' job, darlings, so don't just sit there !!!
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mr_moon
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| Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 20:20 |
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I suppose it depends what theme of song were talking about really........i mean songs such as too young to die and emergency on planet earth will always have more power than some 'love song' for example.
But for me........my choices would include......Butterfly, Picture Of MyLife and 2001 just to name a few |
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Little H - KSA
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| Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 21:00 |
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| mr_moon wrote: |
| ........i mean songs such as too young to die and emergency on planet earth will always have more power than some 'love song' for example. |
Yes, so true Mr. Mooon.
Deesha and I had a very emotional conversation today, about life changing/destroying issues, and the song that we agreed encapsulated the key to survival and adaptation was UTF - so liberating, powerful, and inspiring !!!
Maybe UTF is the truest of all love songs, do you remember the wise words of Mr. George Benson's classic 'The Greatest Love of All' ???
BTW - Thank you for the prompts Mr. Mooon.
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Samiroquai
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| Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 00:26 |
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Pfffffff... George Benson!
CHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Sorry. Ahem.
'Politics' songs and 'love' songs (though they don't necessarily have to be mutually exclusive) aim at different things. Whilst a song like TYTD deals with 'bigger issues' which mean more and are more important on a global level, something like, say, 'Half The Man' works on a very different - more PERSONAL level, so I wouldn't necessarily say a politics song is automatically more powerful.
Though of course, I'm brought back, once again, to JAS - a deeply personal, autobiographical song, which at the same time charts the ills of modern society and the dangers of 'this life that we live in'.
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Little H - KSA
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| Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 06:30 |
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| Little H - KSA wrote: |
| Maybe UTF is the truest of all love songs, do you remember the wise words of Mr. George Benson's classic 'The Greatest Love of All' ??? |
" . . . learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all . . .
The greatest love of all, is here inside of me"
ja, ja, ja - WOW, Samiroquai is a huge GB fan too !!! - ja, ja, ja
. . . but now I am puzzeled as to what is his favourite type of cheese ???
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Samiroquai
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Cheddar, being as it's 20 minutes or so in the car from my house... Mozzarella for the top of a lasagne, though...
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.SPACE2COWBOY.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 23:05 |
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Very difficult election mmmmmmmm, for me probably :
Virtual insanity
Emergency on planet earth
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Stijn
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I really like the line "You better play it nature's way, or she will take it all away" from When You Gonna Learn... |
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Little H - KSA
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| Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 19:52 |
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| Stijn wrote: |
| I really like the line "You better play it nature's way, or she will take it all away" from When You Gonna Learn... |
I really like your good taste . . . welcome Stijn !!!
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mexa91
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| Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 02:53 |
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Re: BEST Lyrics of Jamiroquai!
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Hello Jamirotalkers,
We've had all kind of topics about Jamiroquai's music. But I think there isn't a topic about the lyrics of the band, some of them which are very powerful.
So, the question is, WHICH DO YOU THINK ARE THE BEST LYRICS FROM JAMIROQUAI??
If I had to choose, I'm between a lot (Manifest Destiny, Scam, etc etc etc). But this is my vote:
Jamiroquai
'Revolution 1993'
Yes you've got to stand up, stay strong, start moving in the right direction,
Don't wait too long, for people promising divine intervention
Nineteen nine three, now I'm taking matters into my own hands
So fast, I can't see
A revolution is the only way we can change, change, change
I wanna fight the power!
Well it's hard times, white lines,kids of nine getting down with gun crime
War zones, no homes, ain't it the time we gave the dog a bone
Say brothers, sisters, get up and put yourself in the picture
This time you know a revolution is the only way we can change, change, change
I want to fight the power!
Question, answer, shake your hand and smile for the camera
But it's no good you should spend time in your neighbourhood
Where black kids, white kids
Now you're working overtime to be a crack kid
No job, no cash,
A revolution is the only way we can change, change, change
I wanna fight the power!
Still we don't seem to understand we need a Revolution,
Everubody wants a Revolution
Now who is this man, I'm having trouble knowing where I'm coming from
Pre-conceptions, it's eternal human infection
One chance, learn how you're gonna change the habit of a lifetime my soul, concerned,
That Revolution is the only way that we can change, change, change
I wanna fight the power!
Higher, higher, now we're gonna learn how to fight the power
Sunshine, new day, I only know how to go to the right way
Faster, stronger I help my brother and my soul lives longer
Blinded I can't see
A Revolution is the only way that we can change, change, change
I wanna fight the power!
No doubt in time, everything is sweet sunshine but in the
Meantime, mankind is having trouble where to draw the line
We still don't, respect, and yet I thought we had intellect
Sometimes I think the music is the only hope we have for Revolution
Still we don't seem to understand we need a Revolution
Everybody needs a Revolution!
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