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The Fall of an Empire

Cheezaki — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 23:41:07 +0000

"Let England Shake"

by PJ Harvey, 2011

The West's asleep. Let England shake,
weighted down with silent dead.
I fear our blood won't rise again.

England's dancing days are done.
Another day, Bobby, for you to come home
& tell me indifference won.

Smile, smile Bobby, with your lovely mouth.
Pack up your troubles, let's head out
to the fountain of death
& splash about, swim back and forth
& laugh out loud,

until the day is ending,
& the birds are silent in the branches,
& the insects are courting in the bushes,

come back!!!

Cheezaki — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:38:45 +0000

"Come back and Stay" by Paul Young, 1983

Since you've been gone
I shut my eyes
And I fantasize
That you're here with me
Will you ever return?
I want be satisfied
'Till you're by my side
Don't wait any longer...
Why don't you come back?
Please hurry, Why don't you come back?
Please hurry...
Come back and stay for good this time
Come back and stay for good this time
When you said goodbye
I was trying to hide
What I felt inside
Until you passed me by
You said you'd return
You said that you'd be mine

What I need, I just don't have! (tribute to Jahanshah)

Cheezaki — Mon, 02 May 2011 08:55:10 +0000

"Rudie Can't Fail" by the Clash, 1979
haha! I almost missed the vintage Grace Jones poster on Rudy's wall @ 1:44

Sing, Michael, sing-on the route of the 19 Bus
Hear them sayin'
How you get a rude and a reckless?
Don't you be so crude and a feckless
You been drinking brew for breakfast
Rudie can't fail

So we reply
I know that my life make you nervous
But I tell you that I can't live in service
Like the doctor who was born for a purpose***
Rudie can't fail

I WENT TO THE MARKET TO REALISE MY SOUL

MAN-SIZE! (men should be afraid!)

Cheezaki — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 09:11:04 +0000

"Man Size" by PJ Harvey. From the album "Rid of Me", 1993.

I'm coming up man-sized
Skinned alive
I want to fit
I've got to get
Man-sized
I'm heading on
Handsome
Got my leather boots on

Got my girl and she's a wow
I cast my iron knickers down
Man-sized no need to shout
Can you hear, can you hear me now?

I'm man-sized
Man-sized

I'll measure time
I'll measure height
I'll calculate
My birthrite
Good Lord I'm big
I'm heading on
Man-size
Got my leather boots on

Got my girl and she's a wow

Best Depeche Mode cover ever?

Cheezaki — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 19:42:12 +0000

"Shake the Disease" cover by the Belgian band Hooverphonic from Depeche Mode tribute album "For the Masses." (1998) Original lyrics by Martin Gore / Depeche Mode. (1985)

I'm not going down on my knees
Begging You to adore me
Cant you see it's misery
And Torture for me
When I'm misunderstood
Try as hard as you can
I tried as hard I could
To make you see
How important it is for me
Here is a plea
From my heart to you
Nobody knows me
As well as you do
You know how hard it is for me
To shake the disease

CHASE by Giorgio Morodor

Cheezaki — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 03:02:24 +0000

No words this time! "Chase" is the soundtrack to Oliver Stone's 1978 Oscar winning Movie "Midnight Express" about the harrowing ordeal of an American student who gets arrested for drugs in Turkey. Composed by talented artist Giorgio Moroder.

Living for the moment, lips and lashes

Cheezaki — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:32:46 +0000

"Don't stop the dance" by Bryan Ferry (formerly of Roxy Music), 1985.

Mama says truth is all that matters
Lying and deceiving is a sin
Drifting through a world torn and tattered
Every thought I have don't mean a thing

Don't stop, don't stop the dance
Don't, more music, stop the dance

Mama says love is all that matters
Beauty should be deeper than the skin
Living for the moment, lips and lashes
Will I ever find my way again

Don't stop, don't stop the dance

Mama says love is stormy weather

love that you need / Will never be found at home

Cheezaki — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 18:58:59 +0000

"Smalltown Boy" by Bronski Beat. 1984.

You leave in the morning
With everything you own
In a little black case
Alone on a platform
The wind and the rain
On a sad and lonely face
Mother will never understand
WHy you had to leave
For the love that you need
Will never be found at home
And the answer you seek
Will never be found at home
Pushed around and kicked around
Always a lonely boy
You were the one
That they'd talk about around town
As they put you down
And as hard as they would try
They'd hurt to make you cry

I studied nuclear science

Cheezaki — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 03:29:20 +0000

"The future is so bright", by Timbuk3. 1986.

I study nuclear science
I love my classes
I got a crazy teacher, he wears dark glasses
Things are going great, and they're only getting better
I'm doing all right, getting good grades
The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades,
I gotta wear shades

I've got a job waiting for my graduation
Fifty thou a year -- buys a lot of beer
Things are going great, and they're only getting better
I'm doing all right, getting good grades
The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades

Didn't I blow your mind this time?

Cheezaki — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 00:12:28 +0000

"Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time" by the Delfonics, 1973

I gave my heart and soul to you, girl
Didn't I do it baby.... didn't I do it baby

Gave you the love you never knew, girl
Didn't I do it baby... didn't I do it baby

I've tried so many times and that's no lie
It seems to make you laugh each time I cry

Didn't I blow your mind this time, didn't I, oh
Didn't I blow your mind this time, didn't I,
Listen

I thought that heart of yours was true, girl
Now didn't I think it baby, babe... didn't I think it baby

I said Wot?

Cheezaki — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 01:50:01 +0000

By popular demand (OK, just Anonymouse),
"Wot" by British Punker/Rapper/Rocker turned politician, Captain Sensible, aka Ray Burns. 1982.

This is the original video and lyrics.

When I woke up this morning I was feeling fine
But this cat starts banging man what a swine!
So I called reception but to no avail
That's why I'm telling you this sorry tale.
I went bang - I said shut up,
I went bang - I said rap up.
Well I'm aware that the guy must do his work
But the piledriver man drove me berserk!

"got down on my knees and I pretend to pray"

Cheezaki — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:17:10 +0000

California Dreaming by Mammas and the Pappas, 1965.

All the leaves are brown
And the sky is gray
I've been for a walk
On a winter's day

I'd be safe and warm
If I was in L.A.
California dreamin'
On such a winter's day

Stopped into a church
I passed along the way
Oh, I got down on my knees
And I pretend to pray

You know the preacher likes the cold
He knows I'm gonna stay
California dreamin'
On such a winter's day

All the leaves are brown
And the sky is gray
I've been for a walk
On a winter's day

Strategy 31 democracy demonstrations in Moscow

Cheezaki — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:47:35 +0000

Strategy-31 is a spontaneous civic movement which, since 31 July 2009, has regularly held protest meetings in defence of freedom of assembly in Russia. They are held on the 31st day of every month which has 31 days. In Moscow they take place in Triumfalnaya Square. They are intended to both promote and defend the right to hold peaceful demonstrations, as enshrined in article 31 of the Russian Constitution

The re-vo-lution's near...

Cheezaki — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:09:24 +0000

"History Repeating" by Propellerheads featuring Shirley Bassey. 1997

The word is about, there's something evolving,
whatever may come, the world keeps revolving
They say the next big thing is here,
that the revolution's near,
but to me it seems quite clear
that it's all just a little bit of history repeating

The newspaper shouts a new style is growing,
but it don't know if it's coming or going,
there is fashion, there is fad
some is good, some is bad
and the joke is rather sad,

was he really saying something?

Cheezaki — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:50:14 +0000

"He was Really Saying Something" covered by Bananarama, 1982.
The three guys in the video are from the Fun Boy 3.

I was walking down the street
When this boy started following me
Now I ignored all the things he said
He moved me in every way

With his collar unbuttononed
On my side he was struttin'

He was really saying something
(Saying something)
Really saying something
(Saying something)
Bop bop shoo be do-wah
Bop bop shoo be do-wah

since we broke up last June...

Cheezaki — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 02:46:49 +0000

"On the Radio" live by Donna Summer, 1983

Someone found a letter you wrote me, on the radio
and they told the world just how you felt
it must have fallen out of a hole in your old brown overcoat
they never said your name
but I knew just who they meant.

Oh, I was so surprised and shocked, and I wondered too
if by change you heard it for yourself
I never told a soul just how I've been feeling about you
but they said it really loud
they said it on the air
on the radio whoa oh oh
...

All for freedom and for pleasure

Cheezaki — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:52:24 +0000

"Bella ciao," for Iran with farsi translation

Cheezaki — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:42:37 +0000

the classic Italian anti-fascist song "Bella Ciao" with Farsi subtitles and images of Iran, and the original.

1971 live performance by Milva

"If I only could / make a deal with God / and get him to swap our places"

Cheezaki — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:10:52 +0000

"Running up that Hill" cover by Placebo (2003, 2007)

Placebo's official video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KEEXyRL0qE

original masterpiece by Kate Bush (1985)

Lyrics by Kate Bush

Love: The beat that my heart skipped

Cheezaki — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:10:46 +0000

Every now and then I cower and I need to find empowerment
Empowerment is paramount to how I can begin to mount
A plan that I can implement
to make a dent on ignorance
Instead of drunk belligerence
and the dissidence of miscreants
Especially in this instance
with the never ending persistence
to use the words in each sentence
as if they were blunt instruments
to beat a hole in the defence
of this beauty and her innocence
which serves to just build resistance
in spite of all my good intents.
The beat that my heart skipped