Riding The Storm Out: Music thread of songs dedicated to the lockdown.

[DannyBoy]

 

[StraightJ]

By the Almighty, this is one of the songs that most inspires me when I hear it, and I'm so glad I recalled it.  If only more folks would heed the admonishments right about now.  I included the lyrics so those not familiar could see how it fits, and made a small alteration(managed to make it rhyme) to what Bob Marley(RIP) likely would have used if he wrote this now.  I feel tempted to re-write the entire thing as a timely tribute.  This man walked the walk and beleved there were things more important than life itself.  Being this is a sports board, he looked like an athlete too, in the soccer photo.

 

"Redemption Song"
 

Old pirates, yes, they rob I
Sold I to the merchant ships
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit
But my hand was made strong
By the hand of the Almighty
We forward in this generation
Triumphantly

Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever have
Redemption songs
Redemption songs

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our minds
Have no fear for (invisible enemy)
'Cause none of them can stop the time
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look? Ooh!
Some say it's just a part of it
We've got to fulfill the book

Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever have
Redemption songs
Redemption songs
Redemption songs

[Guitar break]

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our mind
Wo! Have no fear for atomic energy
'Cause none of them-a can-a stop-a the time
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look?
Yes, some say it's just a part of it
We've got to fulfill the book

Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever had
Redemption songs
All I ever had
Redemption songs
These songs of freedom
Songs of freedom

 

[StraightJ]

 

[StraightJ]

 

[thinwhiteduke]

 

[Woody]

 

 

[HipKat]

 

[thinwhiteduke]

19 hours ago, Woody said:

is it supposed to be sarcasm or what? he's saying he's that dumb? what was the point?

[DannyBoy]

 

[StraightJ]

 

[StraightJ]

Bonus points for the album title?!?!?

 

 

[StraightJ]

I wanted to save this for round 2 when the food shortages hit, but didn't want DannyBoy or someone else to beat me to it  :)

I've got quite a list, and hope to keep folks entertained and/or encourage some reflection for a good while.

 

 

 

[StraightJ]

 

[StraightJ]

   

 

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[StraightJ]

On 5/4/2020 at 3:32 AM, thinwhiteduke said:

is it supposed to be sarcasm or what? he's saying he's that dumb? what was the point?

I think it was a mix of sarcasm for how people were overdoing it, and maybe some practicality....or maybe the video game playing was satire as well.  Either way, the guy was clever and made an official title and got it out first.

Good stuff from the lot of ya, yours captured some of the spirit, Hip got one where a lot of the lyrics were relevant along with the title, DB took one off my list(I realize I shouldn't be greedy lol).  Without any idea if those in charge will end up forcing a reboot("2nd wave) and how long this could go, I figured I may as well stock up on songs to dole out, like I plan to start doing with food.

[StraightJ]

 

[Woody]

I dedicate this to Jungle. 

 

 

 

[StraightJ]

I was going to post the original, as the title stands on it's own....but I realized this was an homage, NOT a cover. Chris Cornell re-wrote all of the words in 2015 to reflect our current time(lyrics underneath), I realized his subconscious might have tapped into something that's remarkably fitting right now, regardless what he may have consciously intended.  Uncanny, possibly prophetic in some spots depending on what you notice.

I was going to highlight some parts of the lyrics, but figured they'd have more meaning if you noticed them yourself.  Most are fairly straightforward.

 

 

 

 

Here come bards and the bloggers, who are losing your heads

Only write by repeating what others have said

Now the ones and the zeros, they don't know how to lie

If it's written then it must be a fact

Now winners & losers are equally lost,

And the times they are a changin' back

 

Come presidents blue, and congressmen red

We do what's been undone and undo it again

As we carry the load for the 1%, who bought you your seat at the table

Well the wine pours red and the hearts turn black, And the times they are a changin' back

 

Come all you media, women and men

24 hours a day scare the shit out of them

If fear is your business then business is grand

There's always someone somewhere dying

And I know if it gets slow you'll take up the slack

Cause the times they are a changin' back

 

Come pass the baton in the relay of time

Where death is the only true finish line

And we look to the past or the future is blind

Are we sure that we're equal to the task

Cause I can't help but see the writing on the wall

It reads: the times they are a changin' back

 

 

 

 

[StraightJ]

I wanted to throw some British pop in here, and I think during this crisis(or any) many can relate to the title if not the lyrics as the common love metaphor.  As a bonus, I figured if I mentioned actually liking the song, maybe it'd help dispell some of the narratives about me.  Maybe.

 

 

[StraightJ]

 

 

 

[StraightJ]

 

[DannyBoy]

 

[StraightJ]

One definition of "estrange" is:  "to remove from customary environment or associations"

Off the "Use Your Illusion II" album, the video opens with the definitions of "Illusion", and closes with the definitions of "Disillusion", which add even more to it's current relevance.  And it's GNR, with over the top theatrics like Axl Rose jumping off an aircraft carrier, and Slash doing a guitar solo on like he was walking on water, so what's not to like?  :)

This is a more introspective version of Axl.

 

 

 

[StraightJ]

 

[StraightJ]