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RenewableCandy wrote:Tull branch out!
THE Government has accepted all 26 of the main recommendations made by Sir Iain Anderson in his report on the 2007 foot-and-mouth outbreak.
...and I didn't even know he'd been knighted :D
You must be Living In The Past, in the days of Heavy Horses then. Although Life Is A Long Song, so you may have forgotten. Did he do his report from the Farm On The Freeway and at Beggar's Farm? Or is this a Wind Up?
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The ultimate PO musical instrument. Luncacy or spoof? You tell me!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBtl5XLN_KI

See also: http://3kta.net/colmus/
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Can you guess this one?
Our one source of energy
The ultimate discovery
Electric blue for me
Never more to be free
Electricity
Nuclear and HEP
Carbon fuels from the sea
Wasted electricity

Our one source of energy
Electricity
All we need to live today
A gift for man to throw away
The chance to change has nearly gone
The alternative is only one
The final source of energy
Solar electricity

Electricity
Electricity
Electricity
Electricity
Electricity
E . . .
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Aaarrrgh! I can remember exactly what it sounds like and they're a 1980's techno band...not Soft Cell is it?
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OMD...
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The Hard Times of Old England

An old song often performed by Steeleye Span and The Imagined Village


Come all brother tradesmen that travel alone,
O, pray come and tell me where the trade is all gone,
Long time I have travelled and cannot find none,
And it's O, the hard times of old England,
In old England very hard times.

Provisions you buy at the shop it is true,
But if you've no money there's none there for you.
So what's a poor man and his family to do?
And it's O, the hard times of old England,
In old England very hard times.

If you go to a shop and you ask for a job
They will answer you there with a shake and a nod.
That's enough to make a poor man to turn out and rob,
And it's O, the hard times of old England,
In old England very hard times.

You will see the poor tradesmen a-walking the street
From morning till night for employment to seek.
And scarcely they have any shoes to their feet,
And it's O, the hard times of old England,
In old England very hard times.

Our soldiers and sailors have just come from war,
Been fighting for their King and their country sure,
Come home to be starved better have stayed where they were,
And it's O, the hard times of old England,
In old England very hard times.

So now to conclude and to finish my song
Let us hope that these hard times they will not last long.
And I may soon have occasion to alter my song,
And sing O, the good times of old England,
In old England very good times.


Sound familiar? :wink:
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Post by Aurora »

Another from Jackson Browne:

How Long

When you look in to a child's face
You are seeing all the human race
And the endless possibilities there
Where so much can come true
And you think of the beautiful things
A child can do

How long can a child survive
How long if it was up to you

When you think of all the money spent
On defence by the government
And the weapons of destruction we build
We're so sure that we need
And you think of the millions and millions
That money could feed

How long can you hear someone crying
How long can you hear someone dying
Before you ask yourself why
How long will we hear people speaking
About missiles for peace and just let it go by
How long will they tell us these weapons are keeping us free
It's a lie

If you saw it from a satellite
With its green and with its blue and white
The beauty of the curve of the earth
And the oceans below
You might think it was paradise
If you didn't know
You might think it was turning
But it's turning so slow

How long can you hear someone crying?
How long can you hear someone dying?
Before you ask yourself why
How long will it be till we've turned
To the tasks and the skills that we'll have to have learned
If we're going to find a place in the future
Have something to offer where this planet is concerned


How long how long
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Never really been a Marillion fan but those lyrics are fab!
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Aurora wrote:The Hard Times of Old England
Ha, nice one Aurora, I love that song!!! :D
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Post by Mean Mr Mustard »

Roger Waters - Amused to Death

...The captain said excuse me ma'am
This species has amused itself to death
Amused itself to death
Amused itself to death
We watched the tragedy unfold
We did as we were told
We bought and sold
It was the greatest show on earth
But then it was over
We oohed and aahed
We drove our racing cars
We ate our last few jars of caviar
And somewhere out there in the stars
A keen-eyed look-out
Spied a flickering light
Our last hurrah
And when they found our shadows
Groups 'round the TV sets
They ran down every lead
They repeated every test
They checked out all the data in their lists
And then the alien anthropologists
Admitted they were still perplexed
But on eliminating every other reason
For our sad demise
They logged the only explanation left
This species has amused itself to death
No tears to cry
No feelings left
This species has amused itself to death
Amused itself to death
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Here's another one for all you Tull fans out there:
Jethro Tull wrote: Wond'ring Again

There's the stillness of death on a deathly unliving sea,
And the motor car magical world long since ceased to be,
When the eve-bitten apple returned to destroy the tree.

Incestuous ancestry's charabanc ride,
Spawning new millions throws the world on it's side.
Supporting their far-flung illusion, the national curse,
And those with no sandwiches please get off the bus.

The excrement bubbles,
The century's slime decays
And the brainwashing government lackeys
Would have us say
It's under control and we'll soon be on our way
To a grand year for babies and quiz panel games
Of the hot hungry millions you'll be sure to remain.

The natural resources are dwindling and no one grows old,
And those with no homes to go to, please dig yourself holes.

We wandered through quiet lands, felt the first breath of snow.
Searched for the last pigeon, slate grey I've been told.
Stumbled on a daffodil which she crushed in the rush, heard it sigh,
And left it to die.
At once felt remorse and were touched by the loss of our own,
Held it's poor broken head in her hands,
Dropped soft tears in the snow,
And it's only the taking that makes you what you are.

Wond'ring aloud will a son one day be born
To share in our infancy
In the child's path we've worn.
In the aging seclusion of this earth that our birth did surprise
We'll open his eyes.
"The uncertainty of our times is no reason to be certain about hopelessness" - Vandana Shiva
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Post by Aurora »

Adam Polczyk wrote:Here's another one for all you Tull fans out there:
Thanks for that Adam. Out of interest, which album features this song? I've only ever come across the track 'Wond'ring Aloud'.
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Aurora wrote:
Adam Polczyk wrote:Here's another one for all you Tull fans out there:
Thanks for that Adam. Out of interest, which album features this song? I've only ever come across the track 'Wond'ring Aloud'.
You're welcome Aurora. I'm no authority but I have only seen this track on their "Living in the Past" Compilation Album.

Adam
"The uncertainty of our times is no reason to be certain about hopelessness" - Vandana Shiva
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Thanks for the feedback. :)
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Post by Aurora »

A new song from Richard Thompson in honour of our friends on Wall Street. :wink: :smile:

The Money Shuffle

I love kittens and little babies
Can’t you see that’s the guy I am
Your money is so safe with me
You never met such an honest man
Glossies on my office wall
The rich and famous, I know them all

Come on and do the Money Shuffle
I’ve got you right there where I want you
Come on and do the Money Shuffle
Can’t find your money if you want to
Stock market going through the roof now
So rich I’ll never add it up now
I’ve got your savings here somewhere

Here at Warbrook and Jones it’s all tradition
We never pimp and we don’t hustle
If you’ll just – bend over a little
I think you’ll feel my financial muscle
Spread it wide, wide as you can
To get the full benefit of my plan

Come on and do the Money Shuffle
I’ve got you right there where I want you
Come on and do the Money Shuffle
Can’t find your money if you want to
My God, the market’s in a free fall
I’ll save my arse and skip the country
Wish the hell I knew what I was doing

This year, think I’ll skip Monte
One tires of the same old social scene
With all the problems in the world today
They’ll notice if my bonus is obscene
Spread it wide, wide as you can
To get the full benefit of my plan
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