Things I wish I'd written #1

I was on the Spotify and I came over all a bit of this and that. And well there are a few things that you need to know and a few things you need to carry with you in life, some of that might be the poetry and some of that might be the song lyrics.

Song Lyrics.....

I dont mean things like the David Bowie - Word on a Wing - which is a song that I'd be happy to be stuck with forever, the Station To Station album being the only one that I would take to the desert island with me...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTIAiMeyd7Q

In this age of grand illusion you walked into my life out of my dreams
I don't need another change, still you forced away into my scheme of things
You say we're growing, growing heart and soul
In this age of grand illusion you walked into my life out of my dreams

But I think these came to mind tonight as lyrics that rang my bell, the refrain that when I hear it makes me smile in that way that reminds me of being 15, of a different time, a different time, a different place..... . Some from not that long ago, some that I go back to.

The newest one first, then in no particular order:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JUgPmbvYj4

And I'd give the world if it were mine
To let these memories slip my mind
And wake up next to you one more time

http://www.lyricsmania.com/santa_fe_lyrics_eilen_jewell.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4YdmSclJA8

At the top I'm stopping by
Your place of work and acting like
I haven't dreamed of you and I
And marriage in an orange grove
You are the only thing in any room you're ever in

http://www.lyricsmania.com/starlings_lyrics_elbow.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvHBx5fBcR0

You see i went on the roller coaster last night when i was feeling bad
Down by the sea in santa cruz and i was feeling sad
But we went down, and around, and it knocked me out of my head.
Well, i went on the coaster and my heart was heavy as lead
But we went down, and around, and it knocked me out of my head.
I say whoa-oh-oh, for it knocked me out of my head. let's go...

http://www.lyricstime.com/jonathan-richman-roller-coaster-by-the-sea-lyrics.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_kk9WZ2zLw

A friend of mine grows his very own brambles
They twist all around him 'til he can't move
Beautiful, quivering, chivalrous shambles
What is my friend trying to prove?

http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858709571/#wlDBsgjksCTiWS4h.99

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qums4Soo2Is

He's not into miracles
Sees life all too cynical
The cat has got his tongue
Now she bangs on his drum
He says pull the other one
Bells ring, look what you have done
Emotions leaking out
Her paint's all over town

http://www.lyricsfreak.com/s/squeeze/annie+get+your+gun_20129200.html

I'm sure you have your own, and I'm sure I have few more refrains that will come back to me now that I'm thinking about it, stand by ....

That annoying top ten list stuff - The Music

I've touched on music a bit in other places here and hereabouts

There are a few musics I'd like to call out. To place them in an order wouldn't do them a justice, they are things that are dear to me and that I'd like to journey with, but I'm going to give it a go....

1. David Bowie - Station to Station
   
   
   
   • This has never left me as music, the haunting tracks, the all of them, everyone of them, you want me write more on how?
   
   
   
   


2. Elbow - Seldom Seen kid
   
   
   
   • If you have to ask then don't ask.
   
   
   
   


3. Dire Straits - Dire Straits
   
   
   
   • This is some serious guitar thing, and lyrics, and it's about time and place.
   
   
   
   


4. Yazoo - Upstairs at Erics and/or you and me both.
   
   
   
   • A time in my life when my Honda CX500TCC turbocharged motorcycle, and becoming an adult, and this in my walkman stereo - what!
   
   
   
   


5. Status Quo - Live
   
   
   
   • If I could go back and have a bit "of the bit, right" then that'd be me!
   
   
   • Because Andy Heatherly  for this, Think Lizzy and Rush
   
   
   
   


6. Donald Fagan - The NighyFly -
   
   
   
   • because it reminds me  of a girl I once knew. Don't mention this to MrsPdubyah.
   
   
   
   


7. Paul Simon - Graceland
   
   
   
   • This is me being released from home and family and being my own self on my own as a being.
   
   
   
   


8. Dire Straits - Communiqué
   
   
   
   • because "News" is about the motorcycles that I miss so much
   
   
   
   


9. Coldplay - Parachutes
   
   
   
   • after 5 or 6 plays this is a piece of brilliance. Listen without prejudice.
   
   
   
   


10. Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn, Side 2. Then Tubular Side One....

Supplemental.... Your own personal favourites in one "mix tape from 10.....

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Big Night In!

It's the festive season, when workplace parties begin to kick in, and tonight I find myself with the prospect of being home alone.  MrsPdubyah is off the "Foodstore" down on the viaduct,  for her party, which makes me a bit Jealous to be honest. But I'll man up and get over it.

Daughter will be here, but she's turned into a room dweller, and might even be going out, who knows with kids.

So I have a check-list of things to get or make sure I have;

1. Beer - Selection of


2. Ribs


3. Curley Fries


4. Camembert


5. Sundry other

No, it's complete, 5 things are all you need, which is why it's  a 5 point checklist. Salad might sneak in under "Sundry", but only if it's in the coleslaw style. Crackers should come under that as well.

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Music isn't a consumable, except for the ears. Tonight

• The XX - Coexist - just how enjoyable is this album, if you've got Spotify give this a crack


• Heart Attack Alley - Living In Hell

and from the musty box in the Garage....

• David Bowie - Station to Station


• Elvis Costello and the Attractions  - Armed Forces


• Beatles - White Album #242090 in whatever number that was ended at.


• The Police  -Regatta de Blanc


• Simple Minds - New Gold Dreams

I could get used to this.

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Music (was my first love)...

Not so much that I didn't have to look up the lyrics of that song though
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaMApWem9RM]

So anyway I was thinking about the music that I like and if I could pick just the best albums, albums that I'd sit down to without distraction and enjoy them. This is a list of albums that I've found I've often gone back to, despite having a lot of music on the shelf.

No point listing them in any order,

• Status Quo - Quo Live  - This was the first album I put on my first iPod


• Squeeze - East Side Story


• Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous


• Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells


• Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn


• The Police - Reggatta de Blanc


• Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head


• Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid


• David Bowie - Station to Station


• David Bowie - Aladdin Sane


• Shirley Bassey ‎– The Remix Album


• David Bowie - Diamond Dogs


• Rush - 2112


• Pink Floyd - Wish you were here

And so it came to pass that I added these since

• Fat Freddy's Drop - Based on a True Story


• Genesis - Abacab


• Donald Fagen  - The Nightfly

It's not exactly a well thought out list by any means, and I'm now fretting that I've possibly forgotten a gem that I'm going to have to add later

Playing with yourself.

Sports Entertainment
Lets stick to Rugby or Football, if you want to be a pedant that would be Rugby Union Football and Association Football, not the same thing.

The match from woah to go is about 2 hours. That includes getting to your seat, the both halves and a half time break.

Music
Whats with the need that for every stop in play, and sometimes during play, after a score or before a kick that we get a burst of music. Really, what's with that?

Do the organisers think that i'm incapable of watching and enjoying a spectacle for that long, that I'm about to nod off having parted with some hard earned cash for a ticket?

This is akin to and worse than loud music in pubs that the bar staff feel adds atmosphere, after all if you have to shout at each other then you must be having a good time, right?

It's not needed, not required, not asked for and is intrusive and annoying.

Half-Time Entertainment
Whats with the need to have a bunch of cheer leaders 'dancing' to a mix tape? Do you think I can't sit for 10 minutes (or stand) and not get bored or wander off? Not have a conversation with my neighbour?

Beer
Honestly I think I can go 90 minutes without a beer, I can probably go 2 hours without beer. I can go 2 hours without the need for food too! Strange as that sounds. Not that I don't enjoy a beer, I do, often, frequently. It's not the drinking it's how we're doing it, right?

At least they're trying to stop the mexican wave, wherein half full cups of stale beer, and worse urine, are thrown into the air for fun. I've done the mexican wave, I'm the one man Mexican wave world record holder after all. Yet I've never felt the need to throw something in the air. Wonder why, it might be sober me., which can't be true as I have had beer at sorts events.

The Mexican wave, now that's when the crowd are bored. The game is dull, boring or so one sides as to not even be a competition. I know play music that'll stop them getting bored.