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You Can't Catch Me
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSfx1nZTAuM">You Can't Catch Me</a>, Music and Lyrics by Chuck Berry. <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Rolling+Stones/_/You+Can%27t+Catch+Me">The Stones covered it.</a> John Lennon was<a href="http://www.abbeyrd.net/lenlevy.htm"> sued (twice!)</a> for <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXdo1jGfzsM">covering it</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e7AQQTONvg">appropriating the lyrics</a>. If Iggy Pop and the Stooges were never sued for doing the same thing as "Come Together" in <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7dKnF0coxQ">1970</a>, perhaps it's because nobody could understand what exactly he was saying, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Birdman#Origins">not even the bands that took their names from the adapted lyrics</a>. Perhaps JJ Cale was thinking of the chorus when he wrote <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVUBsEMgW5o&feature=related">Call Me The Breeze</a> in 1971. Finally, though Jonothan Richman's "Roadrunner" clearly took inspiration from the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4qp3T476co&feature=related">Velvet Underground's Sister Ray </a>and Bo Diddley's "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUKUt8CtSOI">Road Runner</a>"(<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/jul/20/popandrock5">among other things</a>), but, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTT-wj69ObE">as a Berry fan</a>, you can hear Richman echoing the lyrics in the Spirit of 1956 going Faster Miles an Hour, with the radio on, tuned to Rock And Roll. More covers: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3_x2I8FQ8Q">Steven Stills</a>. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Anthology-Blues-Project/dp/samples/B000001EIV/ref=dp_tracks_all_2#disc_2">Blues Project</a>. Lyrics: <strong>Can't Catch Me</strong> I bought a brand new airmobile It was custom made It was a Flight DeVille With an outboard motor And some hideaway wings Push in on the button and you can hear her sing Now you can't catch me No, baby, you can't catch me 'Cause if you get too close You know I'm gone like a cool breeze New Jersey Turnpike in the wee wee hours I was rolling slowly 'cause of drizzlin' showers Up come a flattop he was movin' up with me Then come sailin' goodbye In a little old suped up mini I put my foot in my tank and I begin to roll Moanin' sirens, was the state patrol So I get out my wings and then I blew my horn Bye-bye New Jersey I become airborne Now you can't catch me No, baby you can't catch me 'Cause if you get too close You know I'm gone like a cool breeze Flyin' with my baby last Saturday night Wasn't no gray cloud floatin' in sight Big full moon shinin' up above Cuddle up honey be my love Sweetest little thing that I ever seen I'm gonna name you Mabelline Flyin' with all the things set on flight control Radio tuned to rock 'n' roll Two, three hours passin' by Altitude dropped to 505 Fuel consumption way too fast Let's get on home before we run out of gas Now you can't catch me No baby, you can't catch me 'Cause if you get too close You know I'm gone like a cool breeze <strong>Come together</strong> Here come old flattop. He come grooving up slowly He got ju-ju eyeballs. He's one holy roller He got hair down to his knee Got to be a joker he just do what he please Shoot me! Shoot me! Shoot me! He wear no shoeshine he's got toe-jam football He got monkey finger he shoot Coca-Cola He say "I know you, you know me" One thing I can tell you is you got to be free Come together right now over me. Shoot me! Shoot me! Shoot me! He buy production he got walrus scumble He's got Ono sideboard he's got spinal cracker He's got feet down below his knee Hold you in his arms till you can feel his disease Come together right now over me. He's roller-coaster he's got early warning He's got muddy water he's got mojo filter He say "One and one and one is three" Got to be good looking 'cause he's so hard to see Come together right now over me. <strong>1970</strong> Out of my mind on Saturday night 1970 rollin' in sight Radio burnin' up above Beautiful baby, feed my love All night till I blow away All night till I blow away I feel alright, I feel alright Baby oh baby, burn my heart Baby oh baby, burn my heart Fall apart baby, fall apart Baby oh baby, burn my heart All night till I blow away All night till I blow away I feel alright I feel alright <strong>Roadrunner</strong> Roadrunner, roadrunner Going faster miles an hour Gonna drive past the Stop 'n' Shop With the radio on I'm in love with Massachusetts And the neon when it's cold outside And the highway when it's late at night Got the radio on I'm like the roadrunner Alright I'm in love with modern moonlight 128 when it's dark outside I'm in love with Massachusetts I'm in love with the radio on It helps me from being alone late at night It helps me from being lonely late at night I don't feel so bad now in the car Don't feel so alone, got the radio on Like the roadrunner That's right Said welcome to the spirit of 1956 Patient in the bushes next to '57 The highway is your girlfriend as you go by quick Suburban trees, suburban speed And it smells like heaven(thunder) And I say roadrunner once Roadrunner twice I'm in love with rock &amp; roll and I'll be out all night Roadrunner That's right Well now Roadrunner, roadrunner Going faster miles an hour Gonna drive to the Stop 'n' Shop With the radio on at night And me in love with modern moonlight Me in love with modern rock &amp; roll Modern girls and modern rock &amp; roll Don't feel so alone, got the radio on Like the roadrunner
Rhymes with ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay.
<a href="http://www.playgroundjungle.com/">Playground Jungle:</a> <i>The "folk process" in the subversive songs, rhymes, stories and jokes you told when the teacher wasn't around.</i> Visit the whole (growing) collection via the <a href="http://www.playgroundjungle.com/2009/12/index-of-first-lines.html">index of first lines</a>.
Hurricane Chris
Shreveport rapper <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Chris_(rapper)">Hurricane Chris</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0PCQYalZU8">performs</a> for the Louisiana State Legislature.
But what would Frank Lloyd Wright say?
<i>"[Jax de Leon's] last project as a student was a graphic representation of every note, word, instrument and voice from <a href="http://www.jaxdeleon.com/illinois/introduction/">Come on, Feel the Illinoise! by Sufjan Stevens.</a>"</i> Read an <a href="http://perfectlaughter.com/index.php/sufjan-illinois-jax-de-leon/">interview with him here.</a>
Filed under: he said what now?
<a href="http://www.snacksandshit.com/">Snacks and Shit</a> - The <a href="http://www.noroomservicejustsnacksandshit.com/2009/02/1_05.html">premise</a> is simple: A single hip-hop <a href="http://www.snacksandshit.com/2009/02/71.html">l</a><a href="http://www.snacksandshit.com/2009/02/75.html">y</a><a href="http://www.snacksandshit.com/2009/02/32.html">r</a><a href="http://www.snacksandshit.com/2009/02/25.html">i</a><a href="http://www.snacksandshit.com/2009/02/58.html">c</a>, taken out of context, with bonus commentary.
Enter Sandkitty
<a href="http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/6798/af20907621cbf76cee7547eco9.jpg">Herein</a> lies a link to a JPG of LOLcats representing the famous Metallica lyrics. (<a href="http://status.metafilter.com/">Again</a> 'cause I can't help myself.) You have to zoom in when the page loads.
National Anthems of the World
Have you ever wondered what the national anthem of Bolivia, Nepal or The Republic of Seychelles sounded like? Well wonder no more because <a href="http://www.nationalanthems.info/">NationalAnthems.info</a> has got you covered! It claims to have the national anthem for every country in the world in MIDI format, along with downloadable lyrics and sheet music so you can sing and play along. But if the MIDI format isn't doing it for you, there's also other sites that you can visit that have downloadable MP3s of pretty much every national anthem this planet and its inhabitants have to offer, <a href="http://www.national-anthems.net/">such as this one</a> or <a href="http://www.navyband.navy.mil/anthems/national_anthems.htm">this one</a>, which is notable in that the anthems featured there were performed by the US Navy Band. And finally, for your further reading and listening pleasure, <a href="http://www.nationalanthems.us/">check out this forum</a> which contains background information on and even more links to downloadable national anthems.
Prewar Blues Lyrics &amp; Dylan Lyrics Concordances 'N Stuff
The things I like best about Michael Taft's <a href="http://www.dylan61.se/michael%20taft,%20blues%20anthology.txt.WebConcordance/framconc.htm" title="">Prewar Blues Lyrics Concordance</a>, a subsection of T. G. Lindh's <a href="http://www.dylan61.se/concordance_meny.html" title="&#0169; Copyright TG Lindh , all rights reserved ">Web Concordances of Pre-War Blue Lyrics and Bob Dylan Lyrics</a>, are the listings of the lyrics by singer: <a href="http://www.dylan61.se/MTBluesA_C/Michael%20Taft,%20Blues%20Anthology%20with%20Index%20by%20Artist%20A-C.htm" title="Pre-war Blues Lyric Poetry: an Anthology - A - C">A - C</a>, <a href="http://www.dylan61.se/MTBluesD_H/Michael%20Taft,%20Blues%20Anthology%20with%20Index%20by%20Artist%20D-H.htm" title="Pre-war Blues Lyric Poetry: an Anthology - D - H">D - H</a>, <a href="http://www.dylan61.se/MTBluesJ_L/Michael%20Taft,%20Blues%20Anthology%20with%20Index%20by%20Artist%20J-L.htm" title="Pre-war Blues Lyric Poetry: an Anthology - J - L">J - L</a>, <a href="http://www.dylan61.se/MTBluesM_R/Michael%20Taft,%20Blues%20Anthology%20with%20Index%20by%20Artist%20M-R.htm" title="Pre-war Blues Lyric Poetry: an Anthology - M - R">M - R</a> and <a href="http://www.dylan61.se/MTBluesS_Y/Michael%20Taft,%20Blues%20Anthology%20with%20index%20by%20Artist%20S-Y.htm" title="Pre-war Blues Lyric Poetry: an Anthology - S - Y">S - Y</a>. And the nice thing about the blues lyrics is you don't need to ask for a log in and password. It 's all right there. Explore and enjoy. <a href="http://www.dundee.ac.uk/english/wics/cncintro.htm" title="''Its simplest use is as an index, to locate quickly any passage in a text. All you need to know is one word from the passage: look up that word in a concordance to the text and you will find the passage.''"><em>What is a Concordance ?</em></a> you may ask. Well, woot, there it is: <em>A concordance is a comprehensive index of the words used in a text or a body of texts. </em>. See also <a href="http://www.dundee.ac.uk/english/wics/wics.htm" title="This site is devoted to the study of literature using literary computer concordances, a form of analysing text. This document will attempt to help students understand what is meant by literary concordancing and will ask questions about featured Romantic writers which may be answered by using the English department concordance site.">The Web Concordances and Workbooks</a>. Not to mention the less scholary, more incomplete and occasionally rather dubious <a href="http://www.federalcigarjugband.com/Pages/glossary.html" title="What follows is an excerpt from the dictionary portion of The Jug Band Dictionary and Companion&#0169;. The Jug Band Dictionary and Companion&#0169; is a work in progress by Federal Cigar Jug Band bass player/juggist, Bill Boslaugh -- the completed work is expected sometime in the (not too?) distant future. ">Jug Band Dictionary</a>, as the etymologies of some words therein are sometimes more folk than the author realizes...
Lyrical visuals
<a href="http://www.vimeo.com/658158">Solar, with lyrics.</a> A very pretty, surprisingly wordy video. <a href="http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=5558">(via)</a>
Protest Songs
So are you ready to march on Washington to protest in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protest_song">song</a>? Here are some <a href="http://www.ocap.ca/lyrics.html">lyrics</a>. Some <a href="http://www.brownielocks.com/sixtieswarsongs.html">examples</a> from the 60's. Something <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-op0vyUhkE">sweet</a> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan">Bob Dylan</a>. Speaking of Zimmermans, here's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlUyNmUABbc">Roy's</a> take on Iraq. Roy is new to me, but <a href="http://royzimmerman.com/">apparently</a> he protests in song about a lot of stuff.
Famous First Words
<a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-25/">The 25 Best Pop Song Opening Lyrics, like EVER</a> - a spinner.com 'hit list', complete with wry commentary and abruptly cut-off audio clips. Bonus: <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-25/">25 more</a>, suggested by people who don't work for the webside. If you are as annoyed by the one-item-per-page format as I am (and if you don't have AdBlock, the video ads are extra annoying), here they all are sorted by artist name: 50 Cent <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-22/">#22</a>, Fiona Apple <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-24/">#24</a>, The Beatles <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-4/">#4</a> <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-11/">R11</a>, Beck <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-7/">#7</a>, Bon Jovi <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-10/">#10</a>, Johnny Cash <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-13/">R13</a>, The Carpenters <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-6/">#6</a>, Elvis Costello <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-11/">#11</a>, The Doors <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-8/">R8</a>, The Eagles <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-14/">R14</a>, Erik B and Rakim <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-12/">R12</a>, Merle Haggard <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-18/">#18</a>, Jimi Hendrix <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-14/">#14</a>, Human League <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-25/">#25</a>, Michael Jackson <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-15/">#15</a>, Joe Jackson <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-5/">R5</a>, Rick James <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-1/">#1</a>, Jefferson Airplane <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-18/">R18</a>, Led Zeppelin <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-10/">R10</a>, Jerry Lee Lewis <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-24/">R24</a>, LL Cool J <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-5/">#5</a>, Lynyrd Skynyrd <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-6/">R6</a>, Madonna <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-21/">R21</a>, George Michael <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-19/">#19</a>, Nirvana <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-19/">R19</a>, Roy Orbison <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-12/">#12</a>, Ozzy Osbourne <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-23/">R23</a>, Pavement <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-16/">#16</a>, Carl Perkins <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-8/">#8</a>, Tom Petty <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-20/">R20</a>, Prince <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-17/">#17</a> <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-25/">R25</a>, The Ramones <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-3/">#3</a>, Otis Redding <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-15/">R15</a>, The Righteous Brothers <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-23/">#23</a>, The Rolling Stones <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-2/">#2</a> <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-1/">R1</a>, Bob Seger <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-17/">R17</a>, The Sex Pistols <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-20/">#20</a>, Simon &amp; Garfunkel <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-21/">#21</a>, Paul Simon <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-22/">R22</a>, Sir Mix-A-Lot (!?!) <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-2/">R2</a>, The Smiths <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-16/">R16</a>, Patti Smith <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-9/">#9</a>, Bruce Springsteen <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-4/">R4</a>, Rod Stewart <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-7/">R7</a>, Three Dog Night (?)<a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-3/">R3</a>,Weezer <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-13/">#13</a>, Warren Zevon <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-9/">R9</a>.
Carlos Gardel and the Tango
<a href="http://www.gardelweb.com/index-english.htm">Carlos Gardel was a singer</a> who became a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Carlos_Gardel_Abasto_Buenos_Aires.jpg">national icon of Argentina</a>. <a href="http://www.gardelweb.com/Gardel_music.htm">He sang<a href="http://www.totango.net/ttindex.html"> the tango </a>among other styles, but would now be most famous for <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBHhSVJ_S6A">this</a>, which was originally <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGrDh5OLS-M">this</a>. (<a href="http://www.planet-tango.com/lyrics/porunaca.htm">Lyrics here</a>.) For those of you who think this is all too romantic, listen to <a href="http://www.todotango.com/spanish/biblioteca/letras/letra.asp?idletra=154">another side of tango</a>...(<a href="http://www.planet-tango.com/lyrics/cambalac.htm">Translation here</a>.)</a>
Bomb the Bass
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncHsp1Sn5-M">Bug Powder Dust</a> <br><a href="http://www.sauna.org/kiulu/powder.html">Lyrics</a>, by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomb_The_Bass">Bomb the Bass</a>
Great Russian Voices
<a href="http://russia-in-us.com/Music/GRV/">Giants of Soviet opera are little known in the West.</a> But Victor Han has taken it upon himself to keep their memory alive....my personal favorite is <a href="http://russia-in-us.com/Music/GRV/Reizen/index.htm">Mark</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afLLdU8Odfs">Reizen</a>, a deeply nuanced bass, who was powerful enough to carry on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MzO56PmjQ4">singing into his ninth decade</a>. If you'd care to follow along with some of the songs, you can use Emily Ezust's <a href="http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/">massive archive of lyrics</a>, to which Victor contributes. Or, try listening in <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-ch6dmen2k">English</a> first. Too much music? <a href="http://www.vor.ru/English/Music_Portraits/Music_Portraite_06.html">Here's some reading</a>.
Haaaaah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! The Laughing Policeman!
<a href="http://www.laughingpoliceman.com/sing_along.htm">When I was a kid, my dad, who grew up in London, during the Blitz, used to play this old record: a song called "The Laughing Policeman."</a> It always put a smile on my face. According to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Laughing_Policeman_%28song%29">Wikipedia</a>, it was written in 1922 by Charles Jolly, who wrote "numerous other laughing songs (The Laughing Major, Curate, Steeplechaser, Typist, Lover, etc)." If you want to hear the happiest policeman ever, <a href="http://www.radiocraft.co.uk/laughiiceman.mp3">here's the mp3</a>. The song has inspired <a href="http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/l/laughing_policeman.asp">cartoonists</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0752847724/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">mystery novelists</a> (great series, by the way!), <a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0070292/">filmmakers</a>, a <a href="http://www.brillianttv.co.uk/timmymallett/recordings-laughingpoliceman.html">more-recent recording</a> (<a href="http://www.brillianttv.co.uk/timmymallett/sound/mallett2.mp3">mp3</a>), and, inevitably, some <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH1Atggwzfc">scary</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HAD1fcPDOM&mode=related&search=">people</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpvYV32eQIQ&mode=related&search=">on</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYEIcPPEydk&mode=related&search=">youtube</a>. Speaking of youtube, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZPkrkT6BVQ">this</a> is how I remember the song.
Paroles, Paroles, Paroles...
<a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Main_Page">LyricsWiki</a> is the place to find reliable lyrics without invasive ads. <a href="http://www.songmeanings.net/">SongMeanings</a> when you've been wondering what those lyrics mean. <a href="http://www.kissthisguy.com/">The Archive of Misheard Lyrics</a> because sometimes your version is much better than the original.
Songophobia
<a href="http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/observer/archives/2006/09/29/jarvis_cocker_w.html">What inoffensive songs do people find scary?</a> A list asked for by a curious <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarvis_Cocker">Jarvis Cocker</a>, former frontman of the band Pulp. <br>My favorite entry:<br>"Laughing Gnome - Bowie. Scared the crap out of me as a kid. I remember getting my parents to check under the bed. My father, a bit of an evil electronics bastard put a speaker under my bed one night and played the song just as I was drifting off. He then ran in when I started screaming and pulled out a doll from under the bead and chopped its head off with a machete. God I need therapy."
Bob Dylan Annnotated and Tablaturated
Artur J's <a href="http://republika.pl/bobdylan/lat/" title="'Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different. The good poet welds his theft into a whole of feeling which is unique, utterly different from that from which it was torn; the bad poet throws it into something which has no cohesion.' - The Sacred Wood: Essays on Poetry and Criticism T.S. Eliot">Annotated Lyrics of Bob Dylans Love and Theft</a> has expanded and now features Annotated lyrics for <a href="http://www.bobdylan.republika.pl/streetl/index.html" title="Street Legal comes the closest to where my music is going, you know. It has to do with an illusion of time, I mean, what the songs are necessarily about is the illusions of time.- Bob Dylan 1978">Street Legal</a>, <a href="http://www.bobdylan.republika.pl/kol/" title="'I’m thinking about calling this album Knocked Out Loaded. Is that any good, you think, Knocked Out Loaded?' - Bob Dylan 1986 (to Mikal Gilmore">Knocked Out Loaded</a>, <a href="http://www.bobdylan.republika.pl/ohmercy/index.html" title="'Most of [Oh Mercy songs] are stream-of-consciousness songs; the kind that come to you in the middle of the night, when you just want to go back to bed.'- Bob Dylan, 1989">Oh, Mercy</a> and <a href="http://www.bobdylan.republika.pl/mt/index.html" title="'I'd make this record no matter what was going on in the world. I wrote these songs in not a meditative state at all, but more like in a trancelike, hypnotic state. This is how I feel? Why do I feel like that? And who's the me that feels this way? I couldn't tell you that, either. But I know that those songs are just in my genes and I couldn't stop them comin' out.' - Bob Dylan 2006">Modern Times</a>. And he is already on top of Dylan's quotes of <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/14/arts/music/14dyla.html?_r=1&ref=music&oref=slogin" title="But maybe you've heard his words, if you're one of the 320,000 people so far who have bought Bob Dylan's latest album, 'Modern Times,' which made its debut last week at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart. It seems that many of the lyrics on that album, Mr. Dylan's first No. 1 album in 30 years (down to No. 3 this week), bear some strong echoes to the poems of Timrod, a Charleston native who wrote poems about the Civil War and died in 1867 at the age of 39. ">Henry Timrod</a> on the new album. On a related tip, someone waved a lawyer at Eyolf &#0216;strem, so he removed all his tabs from his Dylan tablature site, <a href="http://www.dylanchords.com/" title="My Back Pages Bob Dylan - Chords and lyrics - For chords, go to one of the mirrors. The rest you may still find here">My Back Pages</a>. But, fortunately there are some mirrors and the blog of <a href="http://dylanchords.info/" title="Aug 26: Didn’t I say it? And it was so. I was going to wait until the official release date, but since a) I am going away for a week, and b) most people seem to have it already, I figured: why wait any longer? Modern Times it is.">this one</a> has a tab page for Modern Times already.
It's like 10 000 spoons when all you need is a knife
<a href="http://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid14634.aspx">32 worst lyrics of all time</a>
Gracenote.com announces legal lyrics downloads
<a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/07/14/BUG1MJUJOT29.DTL">An end to</a> <a href="http://www.kissthisguy.com/">mondegreens?</a> It looks like <a href="http://www.gracenote.com/">Gracenote</a>, the company behind the <a href="http://www.mp3-converter.com/faq/cddb.htm">CDDB</a> (CD database), is looking to enhance your music-listening experience by providing an expansive and "legitimate" lyrics database <a href="http://www.betanews.com/article/Gracenote_Inks_Deal_to_Offer_Lyrics/1152903017">in association with major on-line digital music providers</a>. Will this be the end of the road for <a href="http://www.mredkj.com/other/lyrics-illegal2.html">existing lyrics sites</a>? <small>[more inside]</small>
i was standing by the window
Made most popular to many Americans as the closing song for the Grand Ole Opry programs, Will The Circle Be Unbroken was written in 1907 by Ada Habershon, an intensely religious young woman and acquaintance of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_Moody">Dwight Moody</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_David_Sankey">Ira David Sankey</a>. The music was "composed" by <a href="http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/FAMOUSIOWANS/501300335">Charles Gabriel</a>, a popular songwriter and composer of the era who is often solely credited with the song, but while he may have put the notes down on paper, the tune itself already existed as the African-American spiritual Glory Glory / Since I Laid My Burden Down. [lots more inside]
Music CopyRight Cops Strike Again
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4508158.stm">Now they're after the lyrics.</a> The MPA isn't stopping at the MP3 files.
Singhing the blues
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1581445,00.html">When science meets art.</a> Science writer <a href="http://www.simonsingh.com/">Simon Singh</a> was annoyed with the lyrics to British singer <a href="http://www.katiemelua.com/">Katie Melua</a>'s latest single. He rewrote them to be scientifically accurate, and she sings <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/ram/today1_melua_20051015.ram">the unfortunate result</a> (RealAudio file).
the saddest song I've ever heard
<a href="http://www.musicanet.org/robokopp/usa/asiwoits.htm"><i>The Streets of Laredo: The Cowboy's Lament</i></a> was originally written as the Irish drover balled <i>Bard of Armaugh</i> (or <i><a href="http://www.ierland.com/lyrics/bard_of_armagh.txt">Armagh</a></i>), which later mutated into <i>A Handful of Laurel</i>, about a young man dying of syphilis in a London hospital, musing back on his days in the alehouses and whorehouses. Immigrants settling in the Appalachians brought their own version, <i><a href="http://www.mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=7101">The Unfortunate Rake</a></i>, sung as early as 1790, about a young soldier dying of mercury poisoning, a result of treatment for venereal disease, who requests a military funeral - a slight but important evolution from the previous version. The current lyrics are most popularly attributed to cowboy <a href="http://www.cowboypoetry.com/fhmaynard.htm">Frances Henry "Frank" Maynard</a>, who copyrighted them in 1879. While various <a href="http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=46310">versions</a> of the song were popular in the US before Maynard took pen to paper and needle to wax cylinder (under such titles as <i><a href="http://www.mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=3672">Locke Hospital</a></i>, <i><a href="http://www.mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=5525">St. James Infirmary Blues</a></i>, <i>Tom Sherman's Bar</i> and <i>Way Down in Lodorra</i>), his version is the one with which we are most familiar today.</br> </br> <i>beat the drum slowly, play the fife lowly / sound the death march as you carry me along / cover my body in sweet-smelling posies / for I'm the young</i> (rake, soldier, man, girl, lass, etc) <i>cut down in</i> (his/her) <i>prime</i> (or <i>and I know I've done wrong</i>)</br> </br> The song has been recorded by pretty much every country, western and folk-identified musical artist since recording music became practical, although the most popular versions must be those by <a href="http://www.arlo.net/bio.shtml">Arlo Guthrie</a> (who once said it was "the saddest song I know," and who sings it on his album <i>Son of the Wind</i>) and <a href="http://www.johnnycash.com/Cashcareer.htm">Johnny Cash</a> (who added <a href="http://www.lyricsdepot.com/johnny-cash/streets-of-laredo.html">a few verses</a> to his 1965 version, improving the song a bit and making it more emotionally complex). <a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/folkden/php/search/individ.php?mid=103">Roger McGuinn's</a> creative commons-licensed version is one of my personal favorites, as is Bobby Sutliff's <a href="http://www.houseofideas.com/bobby_sutliff/sound.htm">version</a>.
People have a problem with me, cause I ain't lazy...
<a href="http://www.pegcity.com/images/bastidpipismitty.mov">"I Ain't Lazy"</a> (lyrics NSFW) featuring <a href="http://www.skratchbastid.com/">Skratch Bastid</a>, <a href="http://www.peanutsandcorn.com/artists/johnsmith.html">John Smith</a> &amp; <a href="http://www.peanutsandcorn.com/artists/pipskid.html">Pip Skid</a>. A day-in-the-life indie hip-hop video directed by Jason Lapeyre featuring another top notch crew of <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/40944">PCRs</a>.

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The Necessary Low-down On The Karaoke Music
By Matthew
Christmas Carols are songs or hymns with about the Christmas season. They are generally sung during the weeks before Christmas as a way to celebrate the upcoming season.

Traditional Christmas carols feature a strong tune and usually have parts specific to a soloist, followed by a chorus composed for group singing in mind. Their unique musical sound comes from the fact that most traditional carols are based on a more medieval chord pattern.

Holiday carols lost much of their popularity in the cities during the Reformation, but were kept alive in more rural communities until they made a comeback in the 19th century when many popular composers of he day began to publish their works around the mid-1800's.

Most Christmas Carols contain a religious overtone, partly due to the fact that they have usually been sung, for the most part, during religious ceremonies and services. Many modern day versions, however, have opted to celebrate the feelings and traditions of the season without religious lyrics. An ironic fact considering that Christmas itself is a celebration of Christ's birth which is a highlight of the Christian calendar.

In the late 1800's many jolly celebrators used to take to the streets singing carols door to door (now known as caroling), in order to collect food, clothing and money to give to the needy for the Christmas holidays. Oftentimes, carolers were rewarded with drink at each house, making their presentation even jollier as the evening wore on. Today carolers often sing at nursing

Please help me find this song...no lyrics though
<div>Hi everyone, I am wondering if anyone can help me find this drum solo- it's actally a samba fusion. I would like to use it as part of one of my sets this summer, but I have no idea where to start. <br/> <br/>I heard it on youtube- it was danced by two amazing dancers- Romina Maluf and Claudio Benitez -one samba dancer and a bellydancer. please help- it's the perfect addition to my dance piece. <br/> <br/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqqXITHVAck <br/> <br/>Thanks in advance! <br/>Candace (aka Zuri)</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Raks Khadejah
<div>anyone have a translation for this song from the Lights! Camera! Bellydance! CD</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Salam Alaikoum by SAAD?
<div>Hello everyone! <br/> <br/>Does anyone know a translation for the lyrics on this song? <br/>( From BELLY DANCE SUPERSTARS VOL?)</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Rera-- lyrics
<div>In the late '90's-- before I ever took a dance class--, I bought a CD titled 'North Africa'. I haven't listened to it in years, but it appeared again while we organizing things we had in storage. I really, really love a song on the CD called Rera by a Sudanese artist, Setona. Some choreography ideas popped into my head while driving but I figured I'd better find out what was traditional before I proceeded. I think this is a sad song, about a woman's love for a man who has moved away, but I can't find the whole translation. If anyone has any resources or links to the translation, or any info about Sudanese music and dance, I'd be very grateful.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
lyrics/translation for Mesh Hasaleh (Hakim)
<div>hi, i would like to find the translation or at least the lyrics to try and get a translation, of the above song, from the album Eah Da Ba'a by Hakim. Anyone?!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Tarkan - Olurum Sana
<div>I was wondering about the content/translation of this song. Is it remotely sexual? I've heard his "kiss kiss" song is about a one night hook-up basically and isnt really appropriate for a bellydance piece in my opinion since I dont want to perpetuate the idea that belly dance is sexual in nature. So I was wondering about this song as well. Is it as edgy as his video on youtube portrays it to be? <br/> <br/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLVTkVRQMnQ&amp;feature=related</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 9 replies </div>
Translation for El Asil lyrics please?
<div>I'm told that 'El Asil' itself means 'sunset' but does anyone have a translation for the full song lyrics please?</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 1 reply </div>
Ya Laure Hobouki translation?
<div>I'm looking for the translation of "Ya Laure Hobouki", sung originally by Fairuz, I think, and on Natacha Atlas's album "Ana Hina". The closest I've come so far was an article that called it "a tender ballad". Can anyone point me in the right direction?</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 1 reply </div>
"Ya Aziz Aini" from House of Tarab
<div>hello everyone! I've searched everywhere and tried everything I could think of to find a translation for this song from House of Tarab's album, Beledi. I absolutely love the song, but I do not know what it is about. You can listen to the song here : http://www.houseoftarab.com/Albums.asp <br/> <br/>Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you all so much!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 2 replies </div>
Lili s'en fout by Toufic Karroukh featuring Yasmine Hamdan
<div>I have researched the lyrics and have an idea of what the lyrics are about but would love input from this knowledgeable group of dancers. Thank you for your help.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 4 replies </div>
Nawja Sultan songs
<div>I'm looking for translations for 'Elly Bahebo' and 'Ouyon El Maha'. <br/> <br/>Any help would be much appreciated :-) <br/> <br/> <br/>Zahira <br/>Tasmanian Middle Eastern Dance Festival <br/>http://home.iprimus.com.au/kazzray</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Ancient Tongue? by Bellyhouse?
<div>I found this and got the album from Amazon. I really like the track "Ancient Tongue" <br/> <br/>www.amazon.com/gp/product...dm_dp_trk11 <br/> <br/>My question is: does anyone know what this song is saying? I want to use it for a choreo but don't want to use it without knowing what it says or is about. <br/> <br/>Thanks! <br/>ZD </div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 2 replies </div>
Dalaa el Helween
<div>Hello Everyone, <br/> <br/>Does anyone know the translation for this song, or even just what the title means? Thanks!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 3 replies </div>
"Hayati Inta" by Natacha Atlas
<div>Anyone have a translation? Or even a rough idea?</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 4 replies </div>
"ha boussou" by Hakim
<div>does anyone know a translation for the lyrics on this song?</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 1 reply </div>
ente omri - a sad song?
<div>Everything I read and hear tells me this is a tragic song. But, I read the lyrics and see a pasionate, positive song. I was wondering if people know if it's generally seen as a sad song because it is about a lost love or something? Is there a sub-text I'm missing? Other thread discussions have shown me that past and future tenses are not as clear cut in arabic poetry as in English and it could be about past hurts as much as current loves. What do arab speakers hear when they hear this song?.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 2 replies </div>
Golzar by Niyaz
<div>I'm looking for the lyrics and hopefully a translation to this song. In searching the only thing I've gotten so far is that of the lyrics are from the Sufi medieval poet Rumi. <br/> <br/>I'd like to use this for a perfromance in Feb, but I don't want to unless I know what it means. </div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 11 replies </div>
Niyaz Allahi Allah
<div>Here are some lines translated. Van anyone tell me if this would be an appropriate song to dance to? it's very danceable, but i'm not sure if it would be offensive. I can't find anyone who speaks Urdu. <br/> <br/> <br/>?Say Allah Allah/ Don?t hurt another/He?s the Lord of the World/Say His name over &amp; over? <br/> <br/>?Those who make ornaments of lies/erase truth/Those who lie/encounter hardship? <br/> <br/>?Walk the ways of truth/don?t hurt another/Say the name of the One/Lord of the World? <br/> <br/>?Broken mirrors can be mended/Broken hearts cannot/[Undecipherable verse]/When love?s trust is broken/Don?t be cruel/Don?t hurt another/Say the name of the One/Lord of the World?</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 7 replies </div>
Lyrics for Hamada Helal's "Wakea fi Shabaktak" and "Ta'ali Hina"??
<div>I'm looking for the lyrics for these 2 songs, which are GREAT! Can't find them on youtube, but maybe I could find a way to get the music to a potential translator.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 3 replies </div>
Talakik by Hakim
<div>Translation anyone?</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 5 replies </div>
Amr Diab's "Mayal"?
<div>I was just wondering if anyone might be able to translate, even at a high level, this song... <br/> <br/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJkw0ZUQPjQ <br/> <br/>This is one of my FAVE M.E. pop songs. I'd love to know what it's about.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 1 reply </div>
mahala rai banda "na janes"?
<div>hello hello, <br/> <br/>i've been looking for a translation of this song, but i dont know what language it even is. =p </div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Min Ger Loka
<div>by Mayada El-Hennawy off the Camelspotting CD. This time I checked Shira's site and youtube and did not find it!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Translation of Imlal Ilaqdah
<div>Any help would be appreciated. <br/> <br/>Many blessings <br/>Kelebek</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Help locating a song
<div>About 6 yrs ago I bought a M.E. compilation CD that had an Egyptian version of "I Like to Move It, Move It" and I'm searching for that cd again -- mine was stolen. Can anyone help with this? <br/> <br/>Thanks! <br/>ZD</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Ali Hassan Kuban translations
<div>Hello! I'm looking for translations for three Kuban songs: <br/> <br/>"Mabruk" <br/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hkBHd48V6Q <br/> <br/>"Gammal" and "Werwek Moshkoburungo" <br/>http://www.lala.com/#artist/Ali_Hassan_Kuban/more/songs <br/> <br/> <br/>Any help would be sincerely appreciated! <br/>Thanks - :-) <br/>Mary</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 4 replies </div>
Cleopatra in New York
<div>Anyone know? It;s by nickodemus. I don't care what version, I think they're all the same lyrics <br/> <br/>Thank you</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Bunch of new Song Translations on Shira.net
<div>During the month of August, I have been posting a whole bunch of new song translations on Shira.net. They include: <br/> <br/>Ala Babi Waef Amarain by Melhem Barakat <br/>Atshana by Nagwa Karam <br/>Dalona by Nawal al-Zoughbi <br/>Efred Masalan by Hakim <br/>El Bango by Shaaban Abdel Riheem <br/>Habibi Dah by Hisham Abbas <br/>Kol Elli Lammouni by Zekra <br/>Osad Ainy by Amr Diab <br/>Sababeen el Shay by Elaine Khalaf <br/>Sa'ban 'Alay by Katia Harb <br/>Shaater by Diana Haddad <br/>Tamally Maak by Amr Diab <br/> <br/>I have a bunch more still in the queue waiting to be posted! All I need to do is find the time to get it done!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 3 replies </div>
Lyrics for Omda's La' La' ??
<div>Can anyone help out here? I can understand snatches of what he's singing here and there, but I'm missing a LOT. <br/> <br/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjQeHzBY5Pw&amp;translated=1 <br/> <br/>I think this song is great! I found this on a compilation but would love to hear more of his songs if anyone knows where to buy his CDs.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 4 replies </div>
Yehemak Fi Eh
<div>Amr Diab on the Wayah CD. Anybody know what it says? <br/>Much appreciated</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 3 replies </div>
Translation for "El Bint El Libnaniyye"?
<div>Sung by Emad Sayyah <br/> <br/>It's a Lebanese song which means: "Oh! That Lebanese Girl!" <br/> <br/>I'm dancing at a Lebanese festival next month and would like to use it. I am 99% sure that it is fine for dancing since it is on a CD specifically intended for bellydance, but I'd still like to know what is being said. <br/> <br/>If anyone can help, I'd really appreciate it. <br/> <br/>Thank you.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 10 replies </div>
The Arabic part of "Yalil" by Mickey 3D, anyone?
<div>I really like the song Yalil (Le Fin Des Haricots) by the French pop-rock band Mickey 3D. <br/> <br/>Part of the lyrics are in French, and part of them are in Arabic. I can speak French fluently, so I know what the French lyrics are saying. But would any Arabic speakers here be willing to tell me what the Arabic lyrics say? <br/> <br/>Here's a link to a page that says in text what the lyrics are (both French and Arabic): http://www.lyricsmania.com/lyrics/mickey_3d_lyrics_4367/other_lyrics_13954/yalil_lyrics_161639.html <br/> <br/>Here's a link to the song itself: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xtn9n_mickey-3d-yalil_music</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 3 replies </div>
Hakim's Ahoo Ahoo
<div>Anybody know what it's about? Thanks so much!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 1 reply </div>
LIRICS FOR AJAJA
<div>Well sorry if u didn't understand the lyrics.... <br/> <br/>it goes like this.. <br/> <br/>ive tried every thing I can to forget you for get you.. <br/>traveled the world and the seven... no ten seas.. <br/>even though I said time would heal my wounds <br/>excuse me for being such a fool.. <br/>the truth is Im no ok.... <br/>and life dosent go on ... like they say <br/>aint matter where I am .... "London o el kairo" <br/>you have to come back cuz Im going insane... <br/> <br/>I know know you all think this is a joke <br/>while you trip and dance with my song <br/>I know you're mooving I know youre dancing <br/>till 5 am while the sun rises <br/>but in my case you got it all wrong <br/>insanity and rage posses my soul.. <br/>maybe if I get more drunk perhaps.. <br/>it ease my pain cuz im going insane... <br/> <br/>and just for the records... yes English is my first language... <br/>born in Washington D.C.... <br/>take care everybody.... <br/>and thanx from the bottom of my heart for dancing my song... <br/>rmz</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 3 replies </div>
Salametha Om Hassan
<div>Hi all <br/> <br/>I have a bunch of translations for this, plus many permutations of the spelling but can't seem to find who composed it. I read about the version by Ahmed Adaweya, but Adaweya was a singer not a writer, or am I wrong? He seemed to perform many tracks by other composers..... If anyone can help with this I'll be eternally grateful!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 1 reply </div>
fi el awel off BDSS III
<div>Anyone? <br/> <br/>fi el awel of BDSS III</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 6 replies </div>
Puka Puka Puka
<div>hi, i danced to this music at a recent Fifi Abdou workshop at Belly dance congress (UK) and she did vaguely explain the feeling of the song - a man smoking a 'funny' cigarette, and his head swimming, and it making him act strange etc, but i'd like to know the lyrics if possible. I don't have the Artists name to hand though, sorry!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Zeina by Mohamed Abdel Wahab
<div>I'm looking for lyric translation for this song. Help?</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 1 reply </div>
Ana bardo elly fein by Moustafa Amar
<div>I've got the gist of what this is about... but would love to have the actual translation as my arabic is pretty ropey.... thanks x</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Nari Narien
<div>Hey, does anyone know the translation of this song. I think it is sung by Hisham Abaas. Thanks! (forgive my spelling if it is off :) )</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 12 replies </div>
Helalisa
<div>Does anyone have the lyrics, or even a vague idea of what they mean, to "Helalisa" by Hamza el Din? It's from the album Eclipse...</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 1 reply </div>
Helm
<div>Has anyone come across translations or explanations of their lyrics?</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Song titled "Minoush"
<div>I am finally (after 4 year s of dancing) trying to become brave enough to do a solo. I have recently come across a song called "Minoush" off the Gypsy Fire CD that I really like. Can someone tell me what language it is, what 'Minoush' means (I'm thinking it might be a name?) and where I can get the English translated lyrics? I don't want to "dance" it incorrectly. <br/> <br/>Thanks!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 1 reply </div>
Tahamouni! by Najwa Karam
<div>please if anyone can find me english lyrics or at least give me the run down of what the song is actually about? </div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Ahebbek, ahebbak
<div>Hello, I'm looking for a classic egyptian piece called Ahebbak (Ahebbek) (not Warda's) it the orchest stars with malfuf and the baladi; does anyone know it? </div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Moroccan Chaabi
<div>Does anyone know where I can find translations of Moroccan Chaabi music? I so much enjoy Daoudi and others, but it is almost impossible to find translations out there. Thanks!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Ya Ein Moulayyiten
<div>Does anyone know anything about this song? Or CDs that include it? I have the versions from "The Masters of Bellydance" and "Casbah Bellydance." <br/> <br/>Thanks!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 4 replies </div>
bibasata by Saber el-Robaey
<div>is this translation in the subtitles accurate? <br/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc1C-4bcJRA</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Ghariba el nas (wael jassar)
<div>Pls, can somebody help with this song?I need translation ...I understand only some words... <br/>thank you very much! <br/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZTt2NDZwH4</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 2 replies </div>
I would love to know what he is saying!
<div>Good Evening Everyone! <br/> <br/>I was wondering if anyone has listened to any of the songs of Tarkan? I just love "Kuzu Kuzu" and "Kiss Kiss" and even "Sorma Kalbim" (which means "Don't ask, My Heart", I believe). <br/> <br/>I would love to have the translations for these songs. Can anyone help me? <br/> <br/>safe journeys</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 3 replies </div>
Lyrics translation for Ramchet a'yn by Elissa
<div>I was not able to find any translation for Ramchet a'yn by Elissa. I found it on The Best Arabic album in the world...ever! 2 And I really want to know the meaning of this song. I really appreciate any help</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Translation services...
<div>Hi all, <br/> A friend of mine, native Arab and Hebrew speaker, fluent in English (English lit and journalism major) is happy to do translations of songs. He will do line by line transliteration along with line by line translation and include nuances and explanations of idioms. Cost is the going rate of $40 per song ($50 for LONG songs). <br/>For more info, email me samira@samirashuruk . com </div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Abeltak Leih by Samira Said
<div>A full translation would be awesome, but I would be content just knowing the translation of the title and a general synopsis of the song! <br/> <br/>Thanks ahead of time if there's anyone out there who can help me out! <br/> <br/>:-) <br/>Mary</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 2 replies </div>
Nice Balady
<div>Can somebody translate this song for me, pls!who is the singer? <br/>thank you very much!!!! <br/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0tRI-YArdU</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
I Put a Spell on You...
<div>...by Natacha Atlas. There are two parts with non-English lyrics. Is it just the normal lyrics in another language or something else? <br/>music link -> http://www.imeem.com/jukeboxmusic32/music/6sQuN85O/natacha-atlas-i-put-a-spell-on-you/ <br/> <br/>If anyone can translate those two spots you have my thanks.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 8 replies </div>
Ahlee Ahlee from the 3rd Mezdeke album
<div>Has anyone got any idea on this one? Even a rough translation would be appreciated? I am also looking for Da Elle Da Elle from the same album.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Habet by Hakim
<div>does anyone have a general idea of what he's singing about?</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
uzbeck song
<div>I'm wondering if anyone knows the translation to this song by Feruza Jumaniyozova <br/>www.youtube.com/watch <br/>it looks like it's Uzbek, not Turkish or Arabic, which might be why im having such a hard time find the translation. <br/>the untranslated lyrics: Yalla yalla habibi, nechun bugun kozlaring zabunli? So'nma jonim men bormanku, bolma azal tunlarga asiri Yalla Habibi, yalla yalla habibi, nechun bugun hayoling hazonli TOnma jonim, men bormanku, bolma azal tunlarga asiri Osmondagi oyman, Dengizdagi gulman nasib etgan havasli muhabbating menman Hayajoning bolsa, hayolingda nelar? Sarson bolma, haqiqiy vafodoring menman Omon omon yor bolgin omon yor, Menga keraksan sog va bahtli holda Omon omon yor bolgin omon yor, Menga avzalsan meni sevgan holda Yalla Habibi, yalla yalla habibi, zor hayoting bolsin oh mazmunli Senga shunday yor bolayin, yonimda bol betakror toleyli Osmondagi oyman, Dengizdagi gulman nasib etgan havasli muhabbating menman Hayajoning bilsa, hayolingda nelar? Sarson bolma, haqiqiy vafodoring menman Omon omon yor bolgin omon yor, Menga keraksan sog va bahtli holda Omon omon yor bolgin omon yor, Menga avzalsan meni sevgan holda</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 8 replies </div>
Translation on another Ruby track please
<div>Hi there, <br/> <br/>does anyone know what Ruby is singing about in Ya Emma Ana its on her Misheet Wara Ehsasy album</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Emad Sayyah Tiki Tiki Boom
<div>Can anyone give me a translation for this song????</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Madad by Hakim translation
<div>Does anyone have the lyrics and/or translation for Madad by Hakim? <br/>Thanks.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Tuna Nieco ~ Translation needed (cross post)
<div>Hey all ~ Looking for a translation for this song (traditional Romanian) from Tim Rayborn's Ashek CD. I've posted there too but thought I'd try here as well. Any help is greatly appreciated! <br/></div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Translation needed please
<div>I have been listening to Ruby's, Es' alni Hate' raf <br/> <br/>i haven't the foggiest of what she is saying but she sings it beautifully, would someone be able to put up the english transaltion please</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 2 replies </div>
Shankoty, Essam Karika . Anyone able to translate?
<div>I believe he is Egyptian [may be wrong] so I presume it is Arabic. Anyone able to give me even a sense of what he is saying? Had this one specifically requested- and I hate dancing to something where I don't know what they are saying. <br/>Thanks in Advance! <br/>A.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 3 replies </div>
De La Tabla by Bellyhouse
<div>any one know what "tabla" means? <br/>Thanks</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 2 replies </div>
Translation for Ala Nar
<div>I'm looking for a translation to the classic belly dance song Ala Nar - sometimes referred to as Moon Over Ala Nar. There are several recordings, including one by the Sami Nossair Orchestra, but they don't have vocals. I have an old recording, artist unknown, with singing. Any help would be greatly appreciated!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Ya Habibi by Hisham Abbas
<div>I've found partial lyrics but none will both Arabic and Turkish. Please help, thanks! </div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 5 replies </div>
Found this link for lyrics
<div>Found this link looking for lyrics to Oum Kalsoum. But it looks like you can search for a whole lot more. Hope it helps. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/>http://www.arabicmusictranslation.com/search/label/Om%20Kalthoum</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Lyrics/translation for Diana Haddad/Cheb Khaled's "Mas w Loli" wanted.
<div>Hi guys, <br/>I have been searching high and low for a translation of this song, but, alas, in vain. <br/>Maybe someone here is able to help out? <br/> <br/>Much appreciation, <br/>Lise</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Mezdeke 5, track called "Keyf" -- singer??
<div>I'm hoping my tribe buddies can help me out. I fell in love with a Sa'idi song on a compilation CD I bought from a dancer who will remain nameless. I contacted her to see if she knew who the singer was, and she told me that the track was from the Mezdeke 5 CD. Further research revealed that the track is called "Keyf" on the original CD. The song is here if you want to listen to it: <br/> <br/>http://www.turkishmusic.org/index13.html (Look down at the end of the Mezdeke section.) <br/> <br/>I can understand enough of the lyrics to know what the song is about -- it's bragging about being a Sa'idi, and there are some flattering/flirtatious things being said to a woman. Would love to identify the singer in hopes of finding some more great songs from him. Any help would be appreciated. And, of course, if someone has already translated the lyrics, that would save a lot of time. <br/></div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 27 replies </div>
ISO translation for "Zana" by Tres Mundos
<div>The song "Zana" by Tres Mundos is on the "Desert Roses 4" CD. I can kind of pick up some of the Spanish words in this song, but I am primarily interested in knowing what they are saying in the Arabic verses. <br/> <br/>Many thanks to anyone who can help! <br/> <br/>You can listen to a little piece of it on Amazon...they do include the whole Arabic chorus in the sample. I can't find a full version online at the moment. <br/>http://www.amazon.com/Zana/dp/B000XUEF9E</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
searching for abdel halim hafez song lyrics
<div>I am searching the net for the song by Abdel Halim Hafez: Al Aseel (also covered by Natasha Atlas) <br/> <br/>And I can't find the lyrics anywhere. <br/> <br/>Anyone got an idea? OR knows the translation because they speak fluent Arabic? :) </div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Banat Baharei lyrics of Wash ya Wash vol 2
<div>I am thinking about using this song for an upcoming performance, but I cannot find a translation of the lyrics to see if it would work. So far google and tribe searches have turned up empty. If you have the lyrics could you please let me know? <br/> <br/>Thanks so much! :)</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
"Ya Agi Ya Amshi" by Fadi Badr
<div>Can anyone please provide a translation for this song? I really love the beat. <br/> <br/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEgC0vhriSI <br/> <br/>Thank you!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 4 replies </div>
Shokolata
<div>Does anyone have a translation for 'Shokolata' by Sami Ali? <br/> <br/>Thanks!!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Still searching for a Transliteration of Nar (Fire) by Hakim
<div>Hey Guys, <br/> <br/>I posted a while back and I did find a translation but I'm searching for a transliteration of Nar (Fire) by Hakim. <br/> <br/>Thanks, <br/> <br/>Farah-Abi</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 3 replies </div>
Ederlezi
<div>Recently I bought a home burnt CD from a Turkish dance teacher at a workshop. It has the song "Ederlezi" on it among others, and I absolute love it. It seems to be a traditional Turkish folk song and has a very slow and laid back beat, full of mood and atmosphere. But who sings it? Does anyone know? And what are the lyrics?</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 1 reply </div>
lamma bada
<div>Hi all, <br/>I've found translations for Lamma Bada <br/>But I'm wondering if anyone knows how the arabic and spanish versions ended up being so different. Same melody, same beat, "same" song, but the arabic and spanish don't seem to correlate in anyway.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 5 replies </div>
Bel Arabi - Saad - Vol IV BDSS Album
<div>i'm after the lyrics/meaning behind this track please!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 2 replies </div>
End verses of Batwaness Beek/Warda (long) version
<div>Does anyone have or can you translate the last part of the 14 min song? From about 10:50 until 13:15ish before the last refrain of the chorus? Thank you to Shira, I have the beginning translation but I can't find that last section anywhere. Thanks! <br/> <br/>:) Heather</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Da Elle Da Elle
<div>Does anyone know generally what this song is about? It's from the Mezdeke 3 album. I don't think the lyrics are Arabic, although I may be wrong about that. Maybe Turkish?</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
[X-Posted] GLOW Raqs! The tribe for GLBT belly dancers and friends!
<div>(Thank you for the permission, Samiya! ^_^) <br/> <br/>Hello, everyone! <br/> <br/>I just launched GLOW Raqs, a tribe for GLBT belly dancers and friends. :) <br/> <br/>Please, feel free to check out the page and join if you wish. <br/> <br/>http://tribes.tribe.net/glowraqs <br/> <br/>Have a great day! <br/> <br/>Jennifer <br/>Moderator of GLOW Raqs</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Wada Wa Nus means?
<div>The song is Wada Wa Nus by Raja and it doesn't have any lyrics that I know of, I was just hoping someone would know what the name means?</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 2 replies </div>
Just Joined this Tribe Searching for lyrics
<div>Hi all don't know if anyone will be able to help me. I have been searching for the Lyrics for Nar by Hakim. I've searched all over the place and did find an English translation but also need the arabic lyrics. I'm surprised how hard it has been to track them down. <br/> <br/>So glad this resource is here. Thanks! <br/> <br/>Farah-Abi :)</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 6 replies </div>
Ghib An Aynayya by Nawal Al Zoghbi
<div>Cross post from Oriental Dancer.net - <br/>http://www.bellydanceforums.net/lyrics/7824-translate-pls-ghib-aynayya-nawal-al-zoghbi.html#post103586 <br/>(cd is also on Ellitmane Toh - Nawal Al Zoghby {Zoughbi} - I LOVE all the different spellings of her name!) <br/> <br/>-------------------------------------------------------------- <br/>Originally Posted by ErikaOH View Post <br/> <br/>Is anybody able to give me a translation - even a rough translation - of this song? It can be found on the Galactic Caravan cd: "Intergalactic Bellydance." I can't even find the lyrics online anywhere!!! <br/> <br/>Just going by my own "emotional" interpretation of the feel of the song to me, it seems to portray a "longing" or "return to me" or "love lost" feeling. Am I close??? <br/> <br/>Any help at all would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! <br/>---------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br/> <br/>Thanks Tribe members!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 4 replies </div>
Permission given to Jennifer to post her new tribe..
<div>Hi folks, <br/> <br/>I have given permission to Jennifer to post the launch of her new tribe in this forum. <br/> <br/>The tribe is for GLBT dancers and supporters, and I have given permission based on my support of these communities. <br/> <br/>Thanks <br/>Samiya <br/>xxx</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Gamil Gamal
<div>One of my ever favourites. Here's the clip with Farid el'Atrach singing: <br/>Who could transcribe or translate or both?</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 4 replies </div>
bellydance valentine music???
<div>Hi, <br/>My dance partner and I are looking for some romantic music for a special valentines day performance at a restaurant. Any suggestions? We aren't afraid to be campy! We have searched itunes with no success... :( <br/>Thank you so much! <br/>- Ayperi</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 3 replies </div>
Chie Begam lyrics
<div>Can any one help me with these. I adore this song and would love to dance to it publicly, but only use it for practice right now. It was given to me on a mix cd by my former teacher. I love it to the point of learning how to say the lyrics I listen to it so much.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 1 reply </div>
Penceresi Yola Karsi Lyrics?
<div>I am in love with this song " Penceresi Yola Karsi" by Selim Sesler &amp; Brenna Mac Crimmon. I'm going to be dancing to it in March and I want to make sure the lyrics are appropriate. Anyone have a loose translation? <br/>Much Thanks! <br/>*N</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 7 replies </div>
El Hobb Kollo - Olm Kalthoum (x-post)
<div>Anyone know the composer/orchestra or whomever for this clip of EL Hobb Kollo! <br/>I CAN tell you its is NOT: <br/>1. The Cairo Orchestra <br/>2. Bassem Yezbek (Amani &amp; the Badawist) <br/>3. The track from Raqia Hassan's Dalaa El Helwee with Badia'a <br/>I've searched iTunes as well... <br/>Anyone know? <br/>Please PM if you have any ideas who it could be or how to find out! <br/>Thanks in advance! <br/>xoxo, <br/>Nadirah Johara <br/>www.nadirahjohara.com</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 2 replies </div>
"Abu Ali" by Doris Farhat
<div>I'm looking for a general idea of what "Abu Ali" is about. Doris Farhat sings it on Oriental Fever 6. Maqam.com has a short sound sample, but it doesn't include very much of the lyrics. I will try to find a better sample.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 1 reply </div>
Songs Like Mezdeke Style
<div> I hope you all enjoy all of the parts. <br/> <br/> <br/>1st Part <br/>Ahmed Gohar: Bilmas <br/>Amr Tantawi: Kelmet Bahebak <br/>Fares: Aho Keda <br/>Hakim: Ya Shoq <br/>Hamid El Shaery: Seedi <br/>Hanan: Maak <br/>Ibrahim Abd El Kader: Da Kalam <br/>Khaled Agag: Ta3ala <br/>Khaled El Amir: Yaeni Enta <br/>Mohamed Mohey: Hadota <br/>Mustafa Amar: Alby Ma'aky <br/>Riad El Hamshary: Sawartek <br/>http://rapidshare.com/files/189839022/Part1__mabeyadi_.rar <br/> <br/> <br/>2nd Part <br/>Ali Hemida: Salimha Llah <br/>Amr Diab: Habeena <br/>Amr Kamel: Wala Ghalta <br/>Hanan: Waghalawtak Andena <br/>Hany Shaker: Shawer <br/>Hassan Abd El Meged: Ahlan Habibi <br/>Hossam Hosny: Aablak <br/>Ibrahim Abd El Kader: Ehlw <br/>Islam: Sakn El Hayy <br/>Mohamed Fouad: Olly <br/>Mohamed Saleh: Ana Shoftek Fen <br/>Mohsen Mouner: Erkhi Elgadail <br/>http://rapidshare.com/files/189858897/Part2__mabeyadi_.rar <br/> <br/> <br/>3rd Part <br/>Ahmed Gohar: Ainy Alik <br/>Alaa Sallam: Baa Da Esmo Kalam <br/>Amin Samy: Naqawa <br/>Amira: Awel Kalamy <br/>Amr Zakaria: Hagerni Laih <br/>Fares: Sehrek <br/>Hamid El Shaery: Shababeeki <br/>Hamid Turk: La2ona <br/>Hanan: Men Badry <br/>Hassan Abd El Meged: Ana Mabsout <br/>Hassan El Asmar: Halaweyat <br/>Mustafa Amar: Wassaf <br/>http://rapidshare.com/files/189973382/Part3__mabeyadi_.rar <br/> <br/> <br/>4th Part <br/>Adel El Khodary: Yama <br/>Ahmed El Shouky: E2olo Liky <br/>Alaa Abd El Khalek: Kedaho <br/>Atef Metwally: Bahebha <br/>Hakim: Khalini Baeed <br/>Hamid El Shaery: Wallah <br/>Helmy Abd El Baqy: Allah Fee Samah <br/>Hisham Abbas: Halel Alaik <br/>Moghared Hegab: Afkar <br/>Mohamed Mohey: Washta2lek <br/>Mona Abd El Ghany: Msh Helw <br/>Mustafa Amar: El Soud Oyouno <br/>http://rapidshare.com/files/189984206/Part4__mabeyadi_.rar <br/> <br/> <br/>5th Part <br/>Alaa Sallam: Mesh Bardo <br/>Amin Samy: Ma Shaft <br/>Amira: El Hawa Dawar <br/>Diaa: Alb Tani <br/>Ehab Tawfik: Marasil <br/>Fares: El Helw Gani <br/>Hamid El Shaery: Ya Ayounik <br/>Hanan: Aah Yaba <br/>Hassan Abd El Meged: Asmo Aih <br/>Hisham Abbas: Men Toofolty <br/>Ibrahim Abd El Kader: Doori <br/>Mustafa Amar: Helwa Aniyha <br/>http://rapidshare.com/files/189994854/Part5__mabeyadi_.rar <br/> <br/> <br/>6th Part <br/>Fares: Lamma Tshofoh <br/>Gawaher : Nar <br/>Hakim: Ana Saket <br/>Hamada Helal: Lakhbat We Shakhbat <br/>Hamid El Shaery: Yesaeb Alaya <br/>Hassan Abd El Meged: Garah Eih <br/>Helmy Abd El Baqy: Alby Wayouny <br/>Khaled Agag: Shaka <br/>Kotomoto: Taalili Ya Batta <br/>Mohamed Ziyad: Balady <br/>Mustafa Amar: El Laila Dob <br/>Nawal El Zoughbi: Nujoom El Sama <br/>http://rapidshare.com/files/190003930/Part6__mabeyadi_.rar <br/> <br/> <br/>7th Part <br/>Ahmed El Aisawy: Leila Helwa <br/>Ahmed El Attar: Adi Alby <br/>Dalida: Salma Ya Salama <br/>Esam Karika: Hetet Bint <br/>Fares: Ahbo Tany <br/>Gawaher: Khamsa We Khemesa <br/>Hakim: Howa Da <br/>Nancy Ajram: Moagaba <br/>Nawal El Zoughby: Rouhi Ya Rouhi <br/>Nay: Rouh La Halak <br/>Nour El Arabi: La2 <br/>Saad El Soghayar: Elly Yetaq <br/>http://rapidshare.com/files/190299979/Part7__mabeyadi_.rar <br/> <br/> <br/>8th Part <br/>Alaa Sallam: Seibak <br/>Amin Samy: Eshmana <br/>Azza: Aho <br/>Fares: Alet <br/>Hamid El Shaery: Hekaya <br/>Hassan Abd El Meged: Asheq <br/>Hassan El Asmar: Ma Tayegeyi <br/>Hisham Abbas: Habetha <br/>Hossam Hosny: Geleget <br/>Ibrahim Abd El Kader: Mesaharaty <br/>Khaled El Amir: La Tsaharni <br/>Mustafa Amar: Eskandarani <br/>http://rapidshare.com/files/190318482/Part8__mabeyadi_.rar <br/> <br/> <br/>9th Part <br/>Ahmed Gohar: Aishna We Shofna <br/>Alaa Abd El Khalek: Mesh Alby <br/>Amr Tantawi: Mosh Adder <br/>Amr Tantawi:Teaaraf A <br/>Hassan Abd El Meged: Ya Rayek <br/>Hassan El Asmar: Mahragan-Tamtheleya <br/>Hossam hosny: Loulash <br/>Khaled Agag: Mn Ghaerak <br/>Magda: El Hob Hwoa <br/>Mohamed Mohey: We3amalt Eh <br/>Mona Abd El Ghany: Bentaalm <br/>Riko: Wa Hakaza <br/>http://rapidshare.com/files/190336551/Part9__mabeyadi_.rar <br/> <br/> <br/>10th Part <br/>Alaa Abd El Khalek: Qalbik Aandy <br/>Alaa Sallam: Etghiart <br/>Ali Hemida: Habbaba <br/>Amin Samy: Ya Layaly Elshoo2 <br/>Atef Metwally: Lamony <br/>Atef Metwally: Sokar <br/>Ehab Fekry: Doee <br/>Hamid El Shaery: Kan Andi Ghazale <br/>Hassan Abd El Meged: Hwadeto <br/>Hossam Hosny: TitGawazeeny <br/>Mohamed Fouad: Sana Rahet <br/>Sahar Nagy: Ya Ahbab Ainya <br/>http://rapidshare.com/files/190357451/Part10__mabeyadi_.rar <br/> <br/> <br/>11th Part <br/>Dalia: Enta Bthki <br/>Fares: Amma Enta Helw <br/>Hamid El Shaery: Law Bethebeny <br/>Hamid El Shaery: Laly <br/>Hanan: Men Eni Di <br/>Hassan Abd El Meged: Meen Dah <br/>Helmy Abd El Baqy: Alby Ma Ra'esh <br/>Hisham Abbas: Allah Yesalim Halek <br/>Khaled Agag: Law Lila <br/>Khaled El Amir: El 3eshq Halal <br/>Kotomoto: Medli Fozdok Memalah <br/>Mohamed Mohey: Haoulek <br/>http://rapidshare.com/files/190382322/Part11__mabeyadi_.rar <br/> <br/> <br/>12th Part <br/>Alaa Abd El Khalek: Banadelek <br/>Ali Hemida: Maandany <br/>Amr Diab: Habbitha <br/>Ehab Tawfik: Matqolhash <br/>Fares: Hayem <br/>Hamdi Seddik: Menen Gamalak <br/>Hamid El Shaery: Ya Salam Ya Gameel <br/>Hanan: Testahel <br/>Hisham Abbas: El Oyoon <br/>Hossam Hosny: Habibi Ala Haq <br/>Randa: Rawa2 <br/>Sherif Tag: Ya Lely <br/>http://rapidshare.com/files/190397273/Part12__mabeyadi_.rar <br/> <br/> <br/>13th Part <br/>Alaa Abd El Khalek: Wala Kalmteny <br/>Amin Samy: Ya Ramini Fel Hawa <br/>Ehab Nour: Albi Ya <br/>Hamid El Shaery: Men Ayounak <br/>Hisham Nour: Nasaya <br/>Hossam Hosny: Khalik <br/>Moghared Hegab: Wahyat Elghali <br/>Mohamed El Abd: Khod El Dibla <br/>Mohamed El Abd: Mushtakeen <br/>Sami Ali: Mazagat <br/>Tarek Selim: Keda Zay Maheya <br/>Tarek Selim: Mayala <br/>http://rapidshare.com/files/190411683/Part13__mabeyadi_.rar <br/> <br/> <br/>14th Part <br/>Ahmed Salem: Allah Yekon Fe 3ony <br/>Edward: Linda <br/>Hadi: Allah Yehdiek <br/>Hany El Abd: Howa Keda <br/>Hayat: Wedah Mn Emta <br/>Jawad El Nil: Nesianak Mostaheel <br/>Karem Nour: Had Kalemo Da <br/>Meryam Gamal: Keda Baba Yez3al <br/>Mohamed Amar: Tensany <br/>Nancy Ajram: Saharny Sahar <br/>Rozy: Hasan Abou Ali <br/>Ziad Mish: Awaydak <br/>http://rapidshare.com/files/190424308/Part14__mabeyadi_.rar <br/> <br/> <br/>15th Part <br/>Ahmed El Shouky: Lamahly <br/>Alaa Sallam: El Youm Da Helw <br/>Ashraf Badr: Mal Alby <br/>Atef Metwally: El Helw Helw <br/>Diaa: Eskanderia <br/>Ehab Tawfik: Min Addo <br/>Khaled Mouner: Mahma Gane <br/>Maged Sleman: Elzina <br/>Mo3taz Basiony: Shambosha <br/>Osama Ali: Nabaa Hananek <br/>Talaat El Sharqawy: Min Addak <br/>Yasser Amar: Tany Gawab <br/>http://rapidshare.com/files/190438675/Part15__mabeyadi_.rar <br/> <br/> <br/>16th Part <br/>Amira: Gher Albak <br/>Hamdi Seddik: Ad El Hawa <br/>Hamdi Seddik: Awam <br/>Hamid El Shaery: Kol Lila <br/>Hassan Abd El Meged: Kramela <br/>Hassan El Asmar: El Saly Ala El Zen <br/>Ismail El Belbaisy: Tedoob Tedoob <br/>Karem Mahmoud: Agelak Men Hena <br/>Khaled Ali: Mesh Metefeen <br/>Mohamed El Abd: Ayam El Osboo <br/>Rihby Rabah: El Nas Rayhen <br/>Rihby Rabah: Lih Bas <br/>http://rapidshare.com/files/190449183/Part16__mabeyadi_.rar <br/> <br/> <br/>17th Part <br/>Alaa Abd El Khalek: Dary <br/>Amr Diab: Ekhtartek <br/>Atef Metwally: Aheb Meen <br/>Hassan Shehab: El Wa3d Metwafy <br/>Hoda Amar: Bagheer Aleek <br/>Hossam Hosney: Maidly 1 <br/>Ismail El Belbaisy: Ya Aini <br/>Khaled Ali: Eshret Sohab <br/>Mohamed Ahmed: Sada2eny <br/>Mohamed El Abd: Alay Ya Al <br/>Mohamed El Abd: Am Tethaddeni <br/>Riad El Hamshary: Law Ya Albi <br/>http://rapidshare.com/files/190460449/Part17__mabeyadi_.rar <br/> <br/> <br/>18th Part <br/>Ahmed El Alem: La Hadoob <br/>Ali Hemida: Ya Helwa <br/>Amr Kamel: Lakini <br/>Ehab Nour: Aadi <br/>Hamid El Shaery: Mohala <br/>Hany Shaker: Law Ya3ny <br/>Hassan Shehab: Ya Um Elromosh <br/>Mohamed Mouner: El Leila Ya Samra <br/>Mohsen Mouner: Shadait <br/>Mustafa Sror: Ma Qale Wa Qoltlo <br/>Randa: Hobak Ganenny <br/>Salah El Din: Malesh Tane <br/>http://rapidshare.com/files/190547722/Part18__mabeyadi_.rar <br/> <br/> <br/>pasword of all the parts: mabeyadi</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 0 replies </div>
Inzal Ya Gameel, anyone?
<div>Can anyone translate Inzal Ya Gameel for me? </div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 4 replies </div>
Any Turkish speakers here?
<div>Do we have any Turkish speakers here who would be willing to translate a song for me? <br/> <br/>The song is Dere Geliyor. I have the first two verses and the chorus on my web site, and I'm looking for someone to translate the remaining verses for my web site. <br/> <br/>There is a web site that has the Turkish lyrics already written out: http://www.gugalyrics.com/DERE-GELIYOR-DERE-LYRICS/302060/ <br/> <br/>So I just need someone who can translate them for me. Anyone on this tribe able to do it?</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 8 replies </div>
Julia Shishkina song
<div>Hi, <br/>Does anyone know if the information in the comments about the name of this song is correct? I looked for both the title and the singer and couldn't find anything. Can anyone help to name it and find it? <br/>Thank you so much! <br/>Perizadah <br/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F66p8OFO6x0</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 2 replies </div>
3 new Turkish translations on Shira.net
<div>I've added three new translations for Turkish songs on Shira.net: <br/> <br/>* Sallasana Mendillini (appears on "Magic of John Bilezikjian" and "Hope" by Brothers of the Baladi) <br/>* Kil Oldum by Tarkan <br/>* Yine Sensiz by Tarkan <br/> <br/>All three of these translations were done by Eva, who goes by the name"aasiyah" on some parts of the net. <br/> <br/>To find these and my other song translations, go to www.shira.net/lyrics.htm - I currently have about 115 song translations on my web site, and more are planned.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 7 replies </div>
Diyar Diyar
<div>English please thanks!!! <br/> <br/> <br/>Gözyaslarim yagmur gibi yagiyor <br/>Bu hasretlik yüreyimi yakiyor <br/>Kimse garip hallarimi bilmiyor <br/>Ayirdilar beni senden nedensiz <br/>Günler geçmez yasayamam ki sensiz <br/>Seni sevmek yasak olsa süresiz <br/>Sensiz tasidigim bu can deyersiz <br/> <br/>Sensin benim kaderim sensin derdim kederim <br/>Basimi alir giderim diyar diyar <br/>Eller nederse desin vazgeçemem benimsin <br/>Isterse ölüm gelsin diyar diyar <br/> <br/>Aramizda engeller var sirali <br/>Laf anlamaz gönlüm kara sevdali <br/>Eksilmez ezelden bahtim karali <br/>Ayirdilar beni senden nedensiz <br/>Günler geçmez yasayamam ki sensiz <br/>Seni sevmek yasak olsa süresiz <br/>Sensiz tasidigim bu can deyersiz <br/>Sensin benim kaderim sensin derdim <br/>Kederim basimi alir giderim diyar diyar <br/>Eller nederse desin vazgeçemem benimsin <br/>Isterse ölüm gelsin diyar diyar</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 1 reply </div>
Not a song translation but a word - any help?
<div>Can/does anyone know the transliteration for "intrigue" into Arabic or Farsi (or Persian if that is more correct)? A pronunciation would be really helpful. Thanks!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 2 replies </div>
7th?? Section of Inta Omri??
<div>Hello! <br/>There is a version of Inta Omri on "Oriental Fantasy Vol. 2" that isn't the section most commonly heard. It's track 5, I think. Here' s link to it on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwYx9fqn3Po&amp;eurl=http://www.bhuz.com/forum/music-traditions-styles/23379-7th-section-inta-omri.html <br/>Are the lyrics on Shira's site (http://www.shira.net/music/lyrics/inte-omri.htm) for the whole 40 minute song or just a certain section of the song, because they don't seem to match up to the lyrics in the section I have. <br/>Does anyone know what this section (the youtube link/from OF Vol.2) is about (an exact translation would be awesome!)? <br/>Thank You!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/bellydancetranslations">BellyDance Lyrics Translations</a> - 1 reply </div>

homes, retirement communities and hospitals in order to help those that are homebound enjoy the season.

By 1880, carols were being sung during Christmas services in many churches, after Charles Fry instituted the idea of playing carols using a brass band at the Salvation Army a few years earlier.

Some say that the word carol ids derived from the Latin "carula," which means circular dance. That may explain why some of the early carols of the 1600's were actually written and played for dancing. However, the practice of dancing to carols was soon abandoned as organists took to playing them in church settings.

Now that you understand the history of the Christmas carol, you might be interested to learn how some of your favorite holiday songs came to be:

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.
After the English Civil War in the early 1700's, most churches reverted to singing hymns rather than carols. That's when Charles Wesley wrote a poem called Hark! How All The Welkins Ring. It was later added to a solemn tune and turned into the carol we know today.

Several years later, Charles brother John Wesley was accused of singing unauthorized hymns by the church when he was found to be singing some of the most popular carols at that time.

Silent Night.
One of the most popular Christmas carols of all time, Silent Night comes from Austria where there were no laws governing hymns. Although originally a Catholic hymn, the first English translation was printed in 1871 in a Methodist hymnal.

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You Can't Catch Me
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSfx1nZTAuM">You Can't Catch Me</a>, Music and Lyrics by Chuck Berry. <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Rolling+Stones/_/You+Can%27t+Catch+Me">The Stones covered it.</a> John Lennon was<a href="http://www.abbeyrd.net/lenlevy.htm"> sued (twice!)</a> for <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXdo1jGfzsM">covering it</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e7AQQTONvg">appropriating the lyrics</a>. If Iggy Pop and the Stooges were never sued for doing the same thing as "Come Together" in <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7dKnF0coxQ">1970</a>, perhaps it's because nobody could understand what exactly he was saying, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Birdman#Origins">not even the bands that took their names from the adapted lyrics</a>. Perhaps JJ Cale was thinking of the chorus when he wrote <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVUBsEMgW5o&feature=related">Call Me The Breeze</a> in 1971. Finally, though Jonothan Richman's "Roadrunner" clearly took inspiration from the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4qp3T476co&feature=related">Velvet Underground's Sister Ray </a>and Bo Diddley's "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUKUt8CtSOI">Road Runner</a>"(<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/jul/20/popandrock5">among other things</a>), but, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTT-wj69ObE">as a Berry fan</a>, you can hear Richman echoing the lyrics in the Spirit of 1956 going Faster Miles an Hour, with the radio on, tuned to Rock And Roll. More covers: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3_x2I8FQ8Q">Steven Stills</a>. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Anthology-Blues-Project/dp/samples/B000001EIV/ref=dp_tracks_all_2#disc_2">Blues Project</a>. Lyrics: <strong>Can't Catch Me</strong> I bought a brand new airmobile It was custom made It was a Flight DeVille With an outboard motor And some hideaway wings Push in on the button and you can hear her sing Now you can't catch me No, baby, you can't catch me 'Cause if you get too close You know I'm gone like a cool breeze New Jersey Turnpike in the wee wee hours I was rolling slowly 'cause of drizzlin' showers Up come a flattop he was movin' up with me Then come sailin' goodbye In a little old suped up mini I put my foot in my tank and I begin to roll Moanin' sirens, was the state patrol So I get out my wings and then I blew my horn Bye-bye New Jersey I become airborne Now you can't catch me No, baby you can't catch me 'Cause if you get too close You know I'm gone like a cool breeze Flyin' with my baby last Saturday night Wasn't no gray cloud floatin' in sight Big full moon shinin' up above Cuddle up honey be my love Sweetest little thing that I ever seen I'm gonna name you Mabelline Flyin' with all the things set on flight control Radio tuned to rock 'n' roll Two, three hours passin' by Altitude dropped to 505 Fuel consumption way too fast Let's get on home before we run out of gas Now you can't catch me No baby, you can't catch me 'Cause if you get too close You know I'm gone like a cool breeze <strong>Come together</strong> Here come old flattop. He come grooving up slowly He got ju-ju eyeballs. He's one holy roller He got hair down to his knee Got to be a joker he just do what he please Shoot me! Shoot me! Shoot me! He wear no shoeshine he's got toe-jam football He got monkey finger he shoot Coca-Cola He say "I know you, you know me" One thing I can tell you is you got to be free Come together right now over me. Shoot me! Shoot me! Shoot me! He buy production he got walrus scumble He's got Ono sideboard he's got spinal cracker He's got feet down below his knee Hold you in his arms till you can feel his disease Come together right now over me. He's roller-coaster he's got early warning He's got muddy water he's got mojo filter He say "One and one and one is three" Got to be good looking 'cause he's so hard to see Come together right now over me. <strong>1970</strong> Out of my mind on Saturday night 1970 rollin' in sight Radio burnin' up above Beautiful baby, feed my love All night till I blow away All night till I blow away I feel alright, I feel alright Baby oh baby, burn my heart Baby oh baby, burn my heart Fall apart baby, fall apart Baby oh baby, burn my heart All night till I blow away All night till I blow away I feel alright I feel alright <strong>Roadrunner</strong> Roadrunner, roadrunner Going faster miles an hour Gonna drive past the Stop 'n' Shop With the radio on I'm in love with Massachusetts And the neon when it's cold outside And the highway when it's late at night Got the radio on I'm like the roadrunner Alright I'm in love with modern moonlight 128 when it's dark outside I'm in love with Massachusetts I'm in love with the radio on It helps me from being alone late at night It helps me from being lonely late at night I don't feel so bad now in the car Don't feel so alone, got the radio on Like the roadrunner That's right Said welcome to the spirit of 1956 Patient in the bushes next to '57 The highway is your girlfriend as you go by quick Suburban trees, suburban speed And it smells like heaven(thunder) And I say roadrunner once Roadrunner twice I'm in love with rock &amp; roll and I'll be out all night Roadrunner That's right Well now Roadrunner, roadrunner Going faster miles an hour Gonna drive to the Stop 'n' Shop With the radio on at night And me in love with modern moonlight Me in love with modern rock &amp; roll Modern girls and modern rock &amp; roll Don't feel so alone, got the radio on Like the roadrunner
Rhymes with ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay.
<a href="http://www.playgroundjungle.com/">Playground Jungle:</a> <i>The "folk process" in the subversive songs, rhymes, stories and jokes you told when the teacher wasn't around.</i> Visit the whole (growing) collection via the <a href="http://www.playgroundjungle.com/2009/12/index-of-first-lines.html">index of first lines</a>.
Hurricane Chris
Shreveport rapper <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Chris_(rapper)">Hurricane Chris</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0PCQYalZU8">performs</a> for the Louisiana State Legislature.
But what would Frank Lloyd Wright say?
<i>"[Jax de Leon's] last project as a student was a graphic representation of every note, word, instrument and voice from <a href="http://www.jaxdeleon.com/illinois/introduction/">Come on, Feel the Illinoise! by Sufjan Stevens.</a>"</i> Read an <a href="http://perfectlaughter.com/index.php/sufjan-illinois-jax-de-leon/">interview with him here.</a>
Filed under: he said what now?
<a href="http://www.snacksandshit.com/">Snacks and Shit</a> - The <a href="http://www.noroomservicejustsnacksandshit.com/2009/02/1_05.html">premise</a> is simple: A single hip-hop <a href="http://www.snacksandshit.com/2009/02/71.html">l</a><a href="http://www.snacksandshit.com/2009/02/75.html">y</a><a href="http://www.snacksandshit.com/2009/02/32.html">r</a><a href="http://www.snacksandshit.com/2009/02/25.html">i</a><a href="http://www.snacksandshit.com/2009/02/58.html">c</a>, taken out of context, with bonus commentary.
Enter Sandkitty
<a href="http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/6798/af20907621cbf76cee7547eco9.jpg">Herein</a> lies a link to a JPG of LOLcats representing the famous Metallica lyrics. (<a href="http://status.metafilter.com/">Again</a> 'cause I can't help myself.) You have to zoom in when the page loads.
National Anthems of the World
Have you ever wondered what the national anthem of Bolivia, Nepal or The Republic of Seychelles sounded like? Well wonder no more because <a href="http://www.nationalanthems.info/">NationalAnthems.info</a> has got you covered! It claims to have the national anthem for every country in the world in MIDI format, along with downloadable lyrics and sheet music so you can sing and play along. But if the MIDI format isn't doing it for you, there's also other sites that you can visit that have downloadable MP3s of pretty much every national anthem this planet and its inhabitants have to offer, <a href="http://www.national-anthems.net/">such as this one</a> or <a href="http://www.navyband.navy.mil/anthems/national_anthems.htm">this one</a>, which is notable in that the anthems featured there were performed by the US Navy Band. And finally, for your further reading and listening pleasure, <a href="http://www.nationalanthems.us/">check out this forum</a> which contains background information on and even more links to downloadable national anthems.
Prewar Blues Lyrics &amp; Dylan Lyrics Concordances 'N Stuff
The things I like best about Michael Taft's <a href="http://www.dylan61.se/michael%20taft,%20blues%20anthology.txt.WebConcordance/framconc.htm" title="">Prewar Blues Lyrics Concordance</a>, a subsection of T. G. Lindh's <a href="http://www.dylan61.se/concordance_meny.html" title="&#0169; Copyright TG Lindh , all rights reserved ">Web Concordances of Pre-War Blue Lyrics and Bob Dylan Lyrics</a>, are the listings of the lyrics by singer: <a href="http://www.dylan61.se/MTBluesA_C/Michael%20Taft,%20Blues%20Anthology%20with%20Index%20by%20Artist%20A-C.htm" title="Pre-war Blues Lyric Poetry: an Anthology - A - C">A - C</a>, <a href="http://www.dylan61.se/MTBluesD_H/Michael%20Taft,%20Blues%20Anthology%20with%20Index%20by%20Artist%20D-H.htm" title="Pre-war Blues Lyric Poetry: an Anthology - D - H">D - H</a>, <a href="http://www.dylan61.se/MTBluesJ_L/Michael%20Taft,%20Blues%20Anthology%20with%20Index%20by%20Artist%20J-L.htm" title="Pre-war Blues Lyric Poetry: an Anthology - J - L">J - L</a>, <a href="http://www.dylan61.se/MTBluesM_R/Michael%20Taft,%20Blues%20Anthology%20with%20Index%20by%20Artist%20M-R.htm" title="Pre-war Blues Lyric Poetry: an Anthology - M - R">M - R</a> and <a href="http://www.dylan61.se/MTBluesS_Y/Michael%20Taft,%20Blues%20Anthology%20with%20index%20by%20Artist%20S-Y.htm" title="Pre-war Blues Lyric Poetry: an Anthology - S - Y">S - Y</a>. And the nice thing about the blues lyrics is you don't need to ask for a log in and password. It 's all right there. Explore and enjoy. <a href="http://www.dundee.ac.uk/english/wics/cncintro.htm" title="''Its simplest use is as an index, to locate quickly any passage in a text. All you need to know is one word from the passage: look up that word in a concordance to the text and you will find the passage.''"><em>What is a Concordance ?</em></a> you may ask. Well, woot, there it is: <em>A concordance is a comprehensive index of the words used in a text or a body of texts. </em>. See also <a href="http://www.dundee.ac.uk/english/wics/wics.htm" title="This site is devoted to the study of literature using literary computer concordances, a form of analysing text. This document will attempt to help students understand what is meant by literary concordancing and will ask questions about featured Romantic writers which may be answered by using the English department concordance site.">The Web Concordances and Workbooks</a>. Not to mention the less scholary, more incomplete and occasionally rather dubious <a href="http://www.federalcigarjugband.com/Pages/glossary.html" title="What follows is an excerpt from the dictionary portion of The Jug Band Dictionary and Companion&#0169;. The Jug Band Dictionary and Companion&#0169; is a work in progress by Federal Cigar Jug Band bass player/juggist, Bill Boslaugh -- the completed work is expected sometime in the (not too?) distant future. ">Jug Band Dictionary</a>, as the etymologies of some words therein are sometimes more folk than the author realizes...
Lyrical visuals
<a href="http://www.vimeo.com/658158">Solar, with lyrics.</a> A very pretty, surprisingly wordy video. <a href="http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=5558">(via)</a>
Protest Songs
So are you ready to march on Washington to protest in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protest_song">song</a>? Here are some <a href="http://www.ocap.ca/lyrics.html">lyrics</a>. Some <a href="http://www.brownielocks.com/sixtieswarsongs.html">examples</a> from the 60's. Something <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-op0vyUhkE">sweet</a> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan">Bob Dylan</a>. Speaking of Zimmermans, here's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlUyNmUABbc">Roy's</a> take on Iraq. Roy is new to me, but <a href="http://royzimmerman.com/">apparently</a> he protests in song about a lot of stuff.
Famous First Words
<a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-25/">The 25 Best Pop Song Opening Lyrics, like EVER</a> - a spinner.com 'hit list', complete with wry commentary and abruptly cut-off audio clips. Bonus: <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-25/">25 more</a>, suggested by people who don't work for the webside. If you are as annoyed by the one-item-per-page format as I am (and if you don't have AdBlock, the video ads are extra annoying), here they all are sorted by artist name: 50 Cent <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-22/">#22</a>, Fiona Apple <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-24/">#24</a>, The Beatles <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-4/">#4</a> <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-11/">R11</a>, Beck <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-7/">#7</a>, Bon Jovi <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-10/">#10</a>, Johnny Cash <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-13/">R13</a>, The Carpenters <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-6/">#6</a>, Elvis Costello <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-11/">#11</a>, The Doors <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-8/">R8</a>, The Eagles <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-14/">R14</a>, Erik B and Rakim <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-12/">R12</a>, Merle Haggard <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-18/">#18</a>, Jimi Hendrix <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-14/">#14</a>, Human League <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-25/">#25</a>, Michael Jackson <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-15/">#15</a>, Joe Jackson <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-5/">R5</a>, Rick James <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-1/">#1</a>, Jefferson Airplane <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-18/">R18</a>, Led Zeppelin <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-10/">R10</a>, Jerry Lee Lewis <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-24/">R24</a>, LL Cool J <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-5/">#5</a>, Lynyrd Skynyrd <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-6/">R6</a>, Madonna <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-21/">R21</a>, George Michael <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-19/">#19</a>, Nirvana <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-19/">R19</a>, Roy Orbison <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-12/">#12</a>, Ozzy Osbourne <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-23/">R23</a>, Pavement <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-16/">#16</a>, Carl Perkins <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-8/">#8</a>, Tom Petty <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-20/">R20</a>, Prince <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-17/">#17</a> <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-25/">R25</a>, The Ramones <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-3/">#3</a>, Otis Redding <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-15/">R15</a>, The Righteous Brothers <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-23/">#23</a>, The Rolling Stones <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-2/">#2</a> <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-1/">R1</a>, Bob Seger <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-17/">R17</a>, The Sex Pistols <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-20/">#20</a>, Simon &amp; Garfunkel <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-21/">#21</a>, Paul Simon <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-22/">R22</a>, Sir Mix-A-Lot (!?!) <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-2/">R2</a>, The Smiths <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-16/">R16</a>, Patti Smith <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-9/">#9</a>, Bruce Springsteen <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-4/">R4</a>, Rod Stewart <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-7/">R7</a>, Three Dog Night (?)<a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-3/">R3</a>,Weezer <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/06/best-opening-lyrics-no-13/">#13</a>, Warren Zevon <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/08/24/readers-best-opening-lyrics-no-9/">R9</a>.
Carlos Gardel and the Tango
<a href="http://www.gardelweb.com/index-english.htm">Carlos Gardel was a singer</a> who became a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Carlos_Gardel_Abasto_Buenos_Aires.jpg">national icon of Argentina</a>. <a href="http://www.gardelweb.com/Gardel_music.htm">He sang<a href="http://www.totango.net/ttindex.html"> the tango </a>among other styles, but would now be most famous for <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBHhSVJ_S6A">this</a>, which was originally <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGrDh5OLS-M">this</a>. (<a href="http://www.planet-tango.com/lyrics/porunaca.htm">Lyrics here</a>.) For those of you who think this is all too romantic, listen to <a href="http://www.todotango.com/spanish/biblioteca/letras/letra.asp?idletra=154">another side of tango</a>...(<a href="http://www.planet-tango.com/lyrics/cambalac.htm">Translation here</a>.)</a>
Bomb the Bass
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncHsp1Sn5-M">Bug Powder Dust</a> <br><a href="http://www.sauna.org/kiulu/powder.html">Lyrics</a>, by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomb_The_Bass">Bomb the Bass</a>
Great Russian Voices
<a href="http://russia-in-us.com/Music/GRV/">Giants of Soviet opera are little known in the West.</a> But Victor Han has taken it upon himself to keep their memory alive....my personal favorite is <a href="http://russia-in-us.com/Music/GRV/Reizen/index.htm">Mark</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afLLdU8Odfs">Reizen</a>, a deeply nuanced bass, who was powerful enough to carry on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MzO56PmjQ4">singing into his ninth decade</a>. If you'd care to follow along with some of the songs, you can use Emily Ezust's <a href="http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/">massive archive of lyrics</a>, to which Victor contributes. Or, try listening in <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-ch6dmen2k">English</a> first. Too much music? <a href="http://www.vor.ru/English/Music_Portraits/Music_Portraite_06.html">Here's some reading</a>.
Haaaaah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! The Laughing Policeman!
<a href="http://www.laughingpoliceman.com/sing_along.htm">When I was a kid, my dad, who grew up in London, during the Blitz, used to play this old record: a song called "The Laughing Policeman."</a> It always put a smile on my face. According to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Laughing_Policeman_%28song%29">Wikipedia</a>, it was written in 1922 by Charles Jolly, who wrote "numerous other laughing songs (The Laughing Major, Curate, Steeplechaser, Typist, Lover, etc)." If you want to hear the happiest policeman ever, <a href="http://www.radiocraft.co.uk/laughiiceman.mp3">here's the mp3</a>. The song has inspired <a href="http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/l/laughing_policeman.asp">cartoonists</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0752847724/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">mystery novelists</a> (great series, by the way!), <a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0070292/">filmmakers</a>, a <a href="http://www.brillianttv.co.uk/timmymallett/recordings-laughingpoliceman.html">more-recent recording</a> (<a href="http://www.brillianttv.co.uk/timmymallett/sound/mallett2.mp3">mp3</a>), and, inevitably, some <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH1Atggwzfc">scary</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HAD1fcPDOM&mode=related&search=">people</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpvYV32eQIQ&mode=related&search=">on</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYEIcPPEydk&mode=related&search=">youtube</a>. Speaking of youtube, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZPkrkT6BVQ">this</a> is how I remember the song.
Paroles, Paroles, Paroles...
<a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Main_Page">LyricsWiki</a> is the place to find reliable lyrics without invasive ads. <a href="http://www.songmeanings.net/">SongMeanings</a> when you've been wondering what those lyrics mean. <a href="http://www.kissthisguy.com/">The Archive of Misheard Lyrics</a> because sometimes your version is much better than the original.
Songophobia
<a href="http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/observer/archives/2006/09/29/jarvis_cocker_w.html">What inoffensive songs do people find scary?</a> A list asked for by a curious <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarvis_Cocker">Jarvis Cocker</a>, former frontman of the band Pulp. <br>My favorite entry:<br>"Laughing Gnome - Bowie. Scared the crap out of me as a kid. I remember getting my parents to check under the bed. My father, a bit of an evil electronics bastard put a speaker under my bed one night and played the song just as I was drifting off. He then ran in when I started screaming and pulled out a doll from under the bead and chopped its head off with a machete. God I need therapy."
Bob Dylan Annnotated and Tablaturated
Artur J's <a href="http://republika.pl/bobdylan/lat/" title="'Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different. The good poet welds his theft into a whole of feeling which is unique, utterly different from that from which it was torn; the bad poet throws it into something which has no cohesion.' - The Sacred Wood: Essays on Poetry and Criticism T.S. Eliot">Annotated Lyrics of Bob Dylans Love and Theft</a> has expanded and now features Annotated lyrics for <a href="http://www.bobdylan.republika.pl/streetl/index.html" title="Street Legal comes the closest to where my music is going, you know. It has to do with an illusion of time, I mean, what the songs are necessarily about is the illusions of time.- Bob Dylan 1978">Street Legal</a>, <a href="http://www.bobdylan.republika.pl/kol/" title="'I’m thinking about calling this album Knocked Out Loaded. Is that any good, you think, Knocked Out Loaded?' - Bob Dylan 1986 (to Mikal Gilmore">Knocked Out Loaded</a>, <a href="http://www.bobdylan.republika.pl/ohmercy/index.html" title="'Most of [Oh Mercy songs] are stream-of-consciousness songs; the kind that come to you in the middle of the night, when you just want to go back to bed.'- Bob Dylan, 1989">Oh, Mercy</a> and <a href="http://www.bobdylan.republika.pl/mt/index.html" title="'I'd make this record no matter what was going on in the world. I wrote these songs in not a meditative state at all, but more like in a trancelike, hypnotic state. This is how I feel? Why do I feel like that? And who's the me that feels this way? I couldn't tell you that, either. But I know that those songs are just in my genes and I couldn't stop them comin' out.' - Bob Dylan 2006">Modern Times</a>. And he is already on top of Dylan's quotes of <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/14/arts/music/14dyla.html?_r=1&ref=music&oref=slogin" title="But maybe you've heard his words, if you're one of the 320,000 people so far who have bought Bob Dylan's latest album, 'Modern Times,' which made its debut last week at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart. It seems that many of the lyrics on that album, Mr. Dylan's first No. 1 album in 30 years (down to No. 3 this week), bear some strong echoes to the poems of Timrod, a Charleston native who wrote poems about the Civil War and died in 1867 at the age of 39. ">Henry Timrod</a> on the new album. On a related tip, someone waved a lawyer at Eyolf &#0216;strem, so he removed all his tabs from his Dylan tablature site, <a href="http://www.dylanchords.com/" title="My Back Pages Bob Dylan - Chords and lyrics - For chords, go to one of the mirrors. The rest you may still find here">My Back Pages</a>. But, fortunately there are some mirrors and the blog of <a href="http://dylanchords.info/" title="Aug 26: Didn’t I say it? And it was so. I was going to wait until the official release date, but since a) I am going away for a week, and b) most people seem to have it already, I figured: why wait any longer? Modern Times it is.">this one</a> has a tab page for Modern Times already.
It's like 10 000 spoons when all you need is a knife
<a href="http://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid14634.aspx">32 worst lyrics of all time</a>
Gracenote.com announces legal lyrics downloads
<a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/07/14/BUG1MJUJOT29.DTL">An end to</a> <a href="http://www.kissthisguy.com/">mondegreens?</a> It looks like <a href="http://www.gracenote.com/">Gracenote</a>, the company behind the <a href="http://www.mp3-converter.com/faq/cddb.htm">CDDB</a> (CD database), is looking to enhance your music-listening experience by providing an expansive and "legitimate" lyrics database <a href="http://www.betanews.com/article/Gracenote_Inks_Deal_to_Offer_Lyrics/1152903017">in association with major on-line digital music providers</a>. Will this be the end of the road for <a href="http://www.mredkj.com/other/lyrics-illegal2.html">existing lyrics sites</a>? <small>[more inside]</small>
i was standing by the window
Made most popular to many Americans as the closing song for the Grand Ole Opry programs, Will The Circle Be Unbroken was written in 1907 by Ada Habershon, an intensely religious young woman and acquaintance of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_Moody">Dwight Moody</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_David_Sankey">Ira David Sankey</a>. The music was "composed" by <a href="http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/FAMOUSIOWANS/501300335">Charles Gabriel</a>, a popular songwriter and composer of the era who is often solely credited with the song, but while he may have put the notes down on paper, the tune itself already existed as the African-American spiritual Glory Glory / Since I Laid My Burden Down. [lots more inside]
Music CopyRight Cops Strike Again
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4508158.stm">Now they're after the lyrics.</a> The MPA isn't stopping at the MP3 files.
Singhing the blues
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1581445,00.html">When science meets art.</a> Science writer <a href="http://www.simonsingh.com/">Simon Singh</a> was annoyed with the lyrics to British singer <a href="http://www.katiemelua.com/">Katie Melua</a>'s latest single. He rewrote them to be scientifically accurate, and she sings <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/ram/today1_melua_20051015.ram">the unfortunate result</a> (RealAudio file).
the saddest song I've ever heard
<a href="http://www.musicanet.org/robokopp/usa/asiwoits.htm"><i>The Streets of Laredo: The Cowboy's Lament</i></a> was originally written as the Irish drover balled <i>Bard of Armaugh</i> (or <i><a href="http://www.ierland.com/lyrics/bard_of_armagh.txt">Armagh</a></i>), which later mutated into <i>A Handful of Laurel</i>, about a young man dying of syphilis in a London hospital, musing back on his days in the alehouses and whorehouses. Immigrants settling in the Appalachians brought their own version, <i><a href="http://www.mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=7101">The Unfortunate Rake</a></i>, sung as early as 1790, about a young soldier dying of mercury poisoning, a result of treatment for venereal disease, who requests a military funeral - a slight but important evolution from the previous version. The current lyrics are most popularly attributed to cowboy <a href="http://www.cowboypoetry.com/fhmaynard.htm">Frances Henry "Frank" Maynard</a>, who copyrighted them in 1879. While various <a href="http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=46310">versions</a> of the song were popular in the US before Maynard took pen to paper and needle to wax cylinder (under such titles as <i><a href="http://www.mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=3672">Locke Hospital</a></i>, <i><a href="http://www.mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=5525">St. James Infirmary Blues</a></i>, <i>Tom Sherman's Bar</i> and <i>Way Down in Lodorra</i>), his version is the one with which we are most familiar today.</br> </br> <i>beat the drum slowly, play the fife lowly / sound the death march as you carry me along / cover my body in sweet-smelling posies / for I'm the young</i> (rake, soldier, man, girl, lass, etc) <i>cut down in</i> (his/her) <i>prime</i> (or <i>and I know I've done wrong</i>)</br> </br> The song has been recorded by pretty much every country, western and folk-identified musical artist since recording music became practical, although the most popular versions must be those by <a href="http://www.arlo.net/bio.shtml">Arlo Guthrie</a> (who once said it was "the saddest song I know," and who sings it on his album <i>Son of the Wind</i>) and <a href="http://www.johnnycash.com/Cashcareer.htm">Johnny Cash</a> (who added <a href="http://www.lyricsdepot.com/johnny-cash/streets-of-laredo.html">a few verses</a> to his 1965 version, improving the song a bit and making it more emotionally complex). <a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/folkden/php/search/individ.php?mid=103">Roger McGuinn's</a> creative commons-licensed version is one of my personal favorites, as is Bobby Sutliff's <a href="http://www.houseofideas.com/bobby_sutliff/sound.htm">version</a>.
People have a problem with me, cause I ain't lazy...
<a href="http://www.pegcity.com/images/bastidpipismitty.mov">"I Ain't Lazy"</a> (lyrics NSFW) featuring <a href="http://www.skratchbastid.com/">Skratch Bastid</a>, <a href="http://www.peanutsandcorn.com/artists/johnsmith.html">John Smith</a> &amp; <a href="http://www.peanutsandcorn.com/artists/pipskid.html">Pip Skid</a>. A day-in-the-life indie hip-hop video directed by Jason Lapeyre featuring another top notch crew of <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/40944">PCRs</a>.