Goodbye cruel world

Goodbye cruel world,
I'm leaving you today.
Goodbye,
Goodbye,
Goodbye.

Goodbye, all you people,
There's nothing you can say
To make me change my mind.
Goodbye.


sung by: Pink Floyd

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In My Life

Artist: The Beatles
Album : Rubber Soul
Title: In My Life

There are places I'll remember
All my life, though some have changed
Some forever, not for better
Some have gone and some remain

All this places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life, I've loved them all

But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new

Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life, I love you more

Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life, I love you more
In my life-- I love you more

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U2 - All I Want is You

You say you want
Diamonds on a ring of gold
You say you want
Your story to remain untold

But all the promises we make
From the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you

You say you'll give me
A highway with no one on it
Treasure just to look upon it
All the riches in the night

You say you'll give me
Eyes in a moon of blindness
A river in a time of dryness
A harbour in the tempest
But all the promises we make
From the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you

You say you want
Your love to work out right
To last with me through the night

You say you want
Diamonds on a ring of gold
Your story to remain untold
Your love not to grow cold

All the promises we break
From the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you

You...all I want is...
You...all I want is...
You...all I want is...
You...

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I Will

Who knows how long I've loved you
You know I love you still
Will I wait a lonely lifetime
If you want me to, I will.

For if I ever saw you
I didn't catch your name
But it never really mattered
I will always feel the same.

Love you forever and forever
Love you with all my heart
Love you whenever we're together
Love you when we're apart.

And when at last I find you
Your song will fill the air
Sing it loud so I can hear you
Make it easy to be near you
For the things you do endear you to me
Oh, you know, I will
I will.

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If you Love Somebody

"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"
singer: Sting

If you need somebody, call my name
If you want someone, you can do the same
If you want to keep something precious
You got to lock it up and throw away the key
If you want to hold onto your possession
Don't even think about me

If you love somebody, set them free

If it's a mirror you want, just look into my eyes
Or a whipping boy, someone to despise
Or a prisoner in the dark
Tied up in chains you just can't see
Or a beast in a gilded cage
That's all some people ever want to be

If you love somebody, set them free

You can't control an independent heart
Can't tear the one you love apart
Forever conditioned to believe that we can't live
We can't live here and be happy with less
So many riches, so many souls
Everything we see we want to possess

If you need somebody, call my name
If you want someone, you can do the same
If you want to keep something precious
You got to lock it up and throw away the key
If you want to hold onto your possession
Don't even think about me

If you love somebody, set them free


wiki-notes:
"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"

is the first single released from Sting's solo debut album The Dream of the Blue Turtles. It is also the opening track of the album, and is featured on Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994 as well as The Very Best of Sting & The Police. The song's title refers to an aphorism by Richard Bach.[citation needed]
[edit] Song information

Like much of the album, the song has heavy jazz influences, and was a major hit, peaking at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100, number one on the US Album Rock Tracks chart for three weeks, number 17 on the US R&B chart[1], and number 26 on the UK Singles Chart.

Live performances of the song are featured on the DVD edition of Bring On the Night and on the CD and DVD editions of ...All This Time.

A portion of the song was later used for Sting's 1987 hit "We'll Be Together" from ...Nothing Like the Sun.

The song was also performed at The Brits in February 1995 with M People. He duetted on the song with the band's lead singer, Heather Small and this track was given the dance treatment by the band who were also backed by a 100-strong Gospel Choir at the Earls Court Arena during the annual music awards show.

Sting said that he wrote the song as an "antidote" to the Police's 1983 song "Every Breath You Take."

about Sting:
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, CBE (born 2 October 1951), better known by his professional name Sting, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, activist, actor and philanthropist. Prior to starting his solo career, he was the principal songwriter, lead singer and bassist of the rock band The Police.

Sting has varied his musical style throughout his career, incorporating distinct elements of jazz, reggae, classical, and world-beat into his music.[1] As a solo musician and member of The Police, Sting has received sixteen Grammy Awards for his work, receiving his first Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 1981, and receiving an Oscar nomination for best song. He is a member of both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

references:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_You_Love_Somebody_Set_Them_Free
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting_(musician)

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Iwan Fals - Nona

Singer Iwan Fals
Title: Nona
Album: 1910
Year: 1988

verse 1:

Sudah cukup jauh perjalanan ini
Lewati duka lewati tawa
Lewati s'gala persoalan

Kucoba berkaca pada jejak yang ada
Ternyata aku sudah tertinggal
Bahkan jauh tertinggal


Verse 2:
Bodohnya diriku tak percaya padamu
Lalu sempat aku berpikir
Untuk tinggalkan kamu


Chorus.

Nona, maafkan aku
Oh nona peluklah aku

nona begitu perkasanya dirimu
Yakiniku


Nona marahlah padaku
Nona nonaku

Verse 3
Aku tak peduli apa kata mereka
Hari ini engkau di sini
Esok tetap di sini


notes:
Iwan Fals, (born September 3, 1961 in Jakarta) is an Indonesian singer and songwriter. He has released several dozen albums of mostly solo guitar-based material in a style said to be influenced by Bob Dylan. He is considered a popular singer in the country. He is known as a social observer and protest singer[1][2], although he has sung many songs about love and romance.

He is married (his wife's name is Rosanna) with three children : Galang Rambu Anarki, Annisa Cikal Rambu Basae and Rayya Rambu Robbani. His eldest son, Galang Rambu Anarki, died in April 1997 of asthma, with speculation of a morphine overdose [1]. Iwan Fals had previously written an eponymously titled song for him on his birth in 1982.

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The Beatles - Hello, Goodbye

You say yes, I say no
You say stop and I say go, go, go
Oh, no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello

I say high, you say low
You say why, and I say I don't know
Oh, no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello

Why, why, why, why, why, why
Do you say good bye
Goodbye, bye, bye, bye, bye

Oh, no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello
hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye I say hello
Hello

Hela, heba helloa
Hela, heba helloa

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REMEMBER JOHN LENNON

I Remembered one Time, The First Time I Went to This Coffee Shop In Bogor late 2007, Never Went There Before, Tho it Charged Me Lots of Money Which I Didn't Have (that's why i never go to Starbuck), but Friend of Mine Take Me There.

Forget all about the Coffee Prices, suddenly my eyes catched this little CD BOX, with a John Lennon In It, without further thought, I say, hey, i must have the CD

so, i change my order, from a glass of hot coffee, into a CD called John Lennon-Remember.... (It is said only for Sale in Starbuck..???) Cool

Remember John Lennon is a tribute to the greatest songwriter and singer that ever lived. I Still Remember Him so Much, Who Doesn't anyway?

Music fans around the world are marking the life of former Beatle John Lennon on the 25th anniversary of his death.

The legendary singer was shot outside his New York apartment on 8 December 1980 by deranged fan Mark Chapman, who is currently serving 20 years to life in a New York prison for the crime.

He will be eligible for parole again in 2006, having been turned down twice already.

Paul Weller, Badly Drawn Boy, Sugababes and Jamie Cullum will be among musicians paying tribute at a special BBC2 ‘Lennon Night’ concert taking place at London's Abbey Road studios.

Studio 2 in the building is where The Beatles recorded the majority of their hits. The artists involved will cover Lennon songs.

The transmission will be broadcast simultaneously on Radio 2 and across the US on Sirius Satellite Radio. It will air between 7 and 8.30pm GMT.

A gig will also take place in the New York studios, where Dr John and Daryl Hall will be among the artists performing.

Fans will also be holding commemorative events in the star’s home city of Liverpool, and at Strawberry Fields, in Central Park, near the Dakota building where Lennon lived.

It was also outside the Manhattan building that he was shot and killed.

In Liverpool at 12pm GMT white balloons will be released from the Britannia Courtyard in Albert Dock and at 4pm GMT images of the singer will be projected on to the George's Dock building.

A civic service is also due to take place at Our Lady and St Nicholas Parish Church, opposite Pier Head, at 3pm GMT.

A one-minute silence was held at Virgin Megastores in central London at 11am GMT.

The tribute was organised in association with the British Beatles Fan Club, and will also feature a memorabilia exhibition. It is the first time in the store's history that trading will cease to salute a music artist.

A documentary about Mark Chapman, the man who killed the singer-songwriter, will be shown on Channel 4 at 9pm tonight. ‘I Killed John Lennon’, which will feature recordings of Chapman taped by his biographer in 1990, has been criticised by members of Lennon’s family.

Meanwhile, Tom Brook - the first British reporter on the scene following the fatal shooting - will look at the impact of Lennon's life and death in his documentary, ‘One Night In December’.

LennonSongs is supposed to list all of the songs John Lennon wrote and participated on the recording of that are published on vinyl, single, EP or CD.
At the moment the database contains 192 songs, 73 albums and 59 singles/EPs.

Lovers & Friends is a list of links that are related to John Lennon.

Photographs:
Christopher Bothén
Kieron Murphy (Logo original picture)

The True Story of Jean "Django Reinhardt" (1910 - 1953)

Django Reinhardt has astounded and thrilled numerous generations of guitar players and jazz lovers with his amazing command of the guitar. January 24th, 1910 at Liberchies Belgium, Django was born into the open air, rambling lifestyle of his gypsy parents. At the age of eight, his mother's tribe settled near the belt of fortifications that surrounded the old Paris, near the Choisy gate. He never wore a suit or lived in a real house until he was twenty years old. These French Gypsies or Manouches were a world unto themselves, medieval in their beliefs, and distrustful of modern science. Django grew up in this world of contradictions, one foot in the bustling big city of Paris and the other in the age-old life of the nomadic gypsy. Though born into poverty Django had the soul of a nobleman and this natural elegance of bearing and attitude expressed itself in his music.

It was at an early age Django became attracted to music. When twelve years old he received his first instrument, a banjo/guitar that was given to him by a neighbor who had noticed his keen interest in music. He quickly learned to play, mimicking the fingerings of musicians he watched. He was soon astounding adults with his ability on the guitar, and before he was thirteen he began his musical career playing with popular accordionist Guerino at a dance hall on the Rue Monge. He went on to play with numerous other bands and musicians and made his first recordings with accordionist Jean Vaissade for the Ideal Company. Since Django could not read or write at the time "Jiango Renard" was how his name appeared on these records.

On November 2nd, 1928 an event took place that would forever change Django's life. At one o'clock in the morning the 18 year old Django returned from a night of playing music at a new club "La Java" to the caravan that was now the home of himself and his new wife. The caravan was filled with celluloid flowers his wife had made to sell at the market on the following day. Django upon hearing what he thought was a mouse among the flowers bent down with a candle to look. The wick from the candle fell into the highly flammable celluloid flowers and the caravan was almost instantly transformed into a raging inferno. Django wrapped himself in a blanket to shield him from the flames. Somehow he and his wife made it across the blazing room to safety outside, but his left hand, and his right side from knee to waist were badly burned.

Initially doctors wanted to amputate his leg but Django refused. He was moved to a nursing home where the care was so good his leg was saved. Django was bedridden for eighteen months. During this time he was given a guitar, and with great determination Django created a whole new fingering system built around the two fingers on his left hand that had full mobility. His fourth and fifth digits of the left hand were permanently curled towards the palm due to the tendons shrinking from the heat of the fire. He could use them on the first two strings of the guitar for chords and octaves but complete extension of these fingers was impossible. His soloing was all done with the index and middle fingers! Film clips of Django show his technique to be graceful and precise, almost defying belief.

Django was influenced by jazz recordings of Eddie Lang and Joe Venuti, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. This new music found a place deep in Django's heart. It provided the perfect vehicle for his prodigious talent for improvisation. Django rarely if ever played a solo the same way twice. Numerous recordings prove this to be true. His creative genius was not only that of the master improviser, but also that of the composer, and he can be credited with numerous pieces with beautiful melodies and sophisticated, subtle harmonic structures. However, Django could not read or write musical notation and he was at the mercy of others that could to get his ideas down on paper.

1934 proved to be the most important year of his life. The Quintet of the Hot Club of France was born! As the fates would have it, the Quintet was formed by a chance meeting of Django and Stéphane Grappelli. A band of fourteen musicians including Django, Stéphane, Roger Chaput, and Louis Vola were commissioned to play at the Hotel Cambridge at teatime. During intermission Django would find a corner backstage and play his guitar. One day Stéphane joined in and both were so pleased with the exchange they went on to play together more and more frequently joined by Roger Chaput (guitar), Louis Vola (bass), and eventually Django's brother Joseph (guitar). A small record company Ultraphone recorded their first sides Dinah, Tiger Rag, Oh Lady be Good, and I Saw Stars. These first records caused a sensation! The Quintet went on to record hundreds of sides and had a following on both sides of the ocean.

1939 found the Quintet touring in England when the war broke out. Django returned to Paris while Stéphane remained in England. Django played and recorded throughout the war years substituting Hubert Rostaing's clarinet for Stephen's violin. He somehow avoided the fate of many of his kinfolk who went to their deaths in the Nazi concentration camps. After the war he was rejoined by Stéphane and they again played and recorded. He toured briefly with Duke Ellington in America and returned to Paris where he continued his career until 1951 when he retired to the small village of Samois sur Seine.



On May 16th 1953 Django suffered a massive brain hemorrhage and died, leaving behind his wife Sophie and son Babik. His music remains as vital and exciting today as it was when he lived, a legacy of joy to all future generations that rediscover the genius of the Belgian gypsy Django Reinhardt.

Thanks to Joseph Dinkins for the Contribution