California Uber Alles - The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy @ELGROOVER

ELGROOVER Track 12. 'California Uber Alles'. From the album 'Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury'.

Written by J. Biafra / J. Greenway / M. Franti / M. Pistel / Boucher

Contains sample from "California Uber Alles" performed by Dead Kennedys

Hiphoprisy is:
Michael Franti & Rono Tse

Musicians:
Michael Franti - Vocals, Background Vocals
Rono Tse - Angle Grinder, Tire Rims, Chains, Break Drums, Electronic Springs, Sheet Metal & Steel Drums
Charlie Hunter - Guitar, Bass Guitar

Programming and Musical Arrangements by Mark Pistel & Michael Franti

Mixed by Hiphoprisy

Engineered by Mat Callahan, John Baker

Post production engineering by Jeff Mann

♪♫ California über alles
California above all others
(California über alles) (2x) [Dead Kennedys]
I'm your governor Pete Wilson, ya know
The baddest governor to ever grab the mic and go
BOOOM!
Gimme a budget and watch me hack it!
Gimme a beat and I'll show you how to jack it!
I give the rich a giant tax loophole
I leave the poor living in a poophole
At a time when Aids is in a crisis
I cut health care and I raise prices
Sales tax, snack tax, excise tax
Information attack with a newspaper tax
Hit the pocket books of working families
Increase tuition at the universities
Some day I'll command all o' you
Even your kids are gonna pray to me in school
Soon I'm gonna be the president
You might remember the last one this state sent

California über alles (4x)
(California über alles) (2x)

I'm so proud to know the Great Communicator
Wanna be known as the Great Incarcerator
I'll blow environmentalists away
And I'll be the führer some day
I'll keep cuttin' Public Education
even though we rank 45th in the nation
I've got a plan for all the minorities
Send'em to the California Youth Authorities
From San Francisco Urban Elementary
to Pelican Bay State Penitentiary
There they can work for the master race
and always wear a happy face
Close your eyes, it can't happen here
Big Brother in a squad car's comin' near
Come enjoy the surf and the sun
and keep California number one!

California über alles (4x)
(California über alles) (2x)

Now it's 1992
Knock knock on your front door, yo guess who
It's the suede denim secret police
They've come to your house for your long haired niece
Gonna send her off to a camp
'cause she's been accused of growing hemp
Don't you worry it's only a shower
And now for your clothes here's a pretty flower
Gonna die on malathion gas
The serpent's egg has already been hatched
People starvin' and livin' in the streets
because they tried to mess with me, President Pete!

California über alles (4x)
(California über alles) (2x) ♪♫

Note: This album is dedicated to Tahan K. Jones, the first African-American conscientious objector from the Iraqi slaughter, and to all others who refused to kill or be killed in the name of the New World Order, and to the infamy of those who did and were.

~ [Finally, after being blocked for 7 months, UMG have let it roll. Many thanks to the copyright owners UMG for allowing this to be heard on YouTube ☺] ~

Note: Ratings 3.5 after 3,472 views whilst audio was muted

updated 15 years ago

California Uber Alles - The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

ELGROOVER 2009-01-13 | Track 12. 'California Uber Alles'. From the album 'Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury'.

Written by J. Biafra / J. Greenway / M. Franti / M. Pistel / Boucher

Contains sample from "California Uber Alles" performed by Dead Kennedys

Hiphoprisy is:
Michael Franti & Rono Tse

Musicians:
Michael Franti - Vocals, Background Vocals
Rono Tse - Angle Grinder, Tire Rims, Chains, Break Drums, Electronic Springs, Sheet Metal & Steel Drums
Charlie Hunter - Guitar, Bass Guitar

Programming and Musical Arrangements by Mark Pistel & Michael Franti

Mixed by Hiphoprisy

Engineered by Mat Callahan, John Baker

Post production engineering by Jeff Mann

♪♫ California über alles
California above all others
(California über alles) (2x) [Dead Kennedys]
I'm your governor Pete Wilson, ya know
The baddest governor to ever grab the mic and go
BOOOM!
Gimme a budget and watch me hack it!
Gimme a beat and I'll show you how to jack it!
I give the rich a giant tax loophole
I leave the poor living in a poophole
At a time when Aids is in a crisis
I cut health care and I raise prices
Sales tax, snack tax, excise tax
Information attack with a newspaper tax
Hit the pocket books of working families
Increase tuition at the universities
Some day I'll command all o' you
Even your kids are gonna pray to me in school
Soon I'm gonna be the president
You might remember the last one this state sent

California über alles (4x)
(California über alles) (2x)

I'm so proud to know the Great Communicator
Wanna be known as the Great Incarcerator
I'll blow environmentalists away
And I'll be the führer some day
I'll keep cuttin' Public Education
even though we rank 45th in the nation
I've got a plan for all the minorities
Send'em to the California Youth Authorities
From San Francisco Urban Elementary
to Pelican Bay State Penitentiary
There they can work for the master race
and always wear a happy face
Close your eyes, it can't happen here
Big Brother in a squad car's comin' near
Come enjoy the surf and the sun
and keep California number one!

California über alles (4x)
(California über alles) (2x)

Now it's 1992
Knock knock on your front door, yo guess who
It's the suede denim secret police
They've come to your house for your long haired niece
Gonna send her off to a camp
'cause she's been accused of growing hemp
Don't you worry it's only a shower
And now for your clothes here's a pretty flower
Gonna die on malathion gas
The serpent's egg has already been hatched
People starvin' and livin' in the streets
because they tried to mess with me, President Pete!

California über alles (4x)
(California über alles) (2x) ♪♫

Note: This album is dedicated to Tahan K. Jones, the first African-American conscientious objector from the Iraqi slaughter, and to all others who refused to kill or be killed in the name of the New World Order, and to the infamy of those who did and were.

~ [Finally, after being blocked for 7 months, UMG have let it roll. Many thanks to the copyright owners UMG for allowing this to be heard on YouTube ☺] ~

Note: Ratings 3.5 after 3,472 views whilst audio was muted

The Whiffenpoof Song - Cal Tjader

ELGROOVER 2013-01-01 | Track 1. 'The Whiffenpoof Song'. From the album 'Soul Bird: Whiffenpoof'.

Written by Tod Galloway / George S. Pomeroy / Meade Minnigerode

Bass -- Richard Davis
Drums -- Grady Tate, Sol Gubin
Percussion -- Armando Peraza
Piano -- Paul Griffin
Vibraphone -- Cal Tjader

Producer -- Creed Taylor

Engineer -- Val Valentin

Help Me Somebody ~ Brian Eno - David Byrne

ELGROOVER 2011-10-04 | Track 4. 'Help Me Somebody'. From the album 'My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts'

Written by Eno / Byrne

Brian Eno and David Byrne - guitars, basses, synthesizers, drums, percussion and found objects.
John Cooksey - drums
Steve Scales - congas, metals

Rooks courtesy of April Potts, recorded at Eglingham Hall.

Sampled voice: Reverend Paul Morton, broadcast sermon, New Oleans, June 1980

Produced by Brian Eno and David Byrne

♪♫ Talkin' funny and lookin' funny
and talkin' 'bout nobody judge me
You make yourself look bad.

Help me somebody.

You need to take a good look at yourself
and see if you're the kind of person
that God wants you to be.
It's no big thing, it's a small thing
what... people... think.

Help me somebody.

There's no escape from Him.
He's so high you can't get over Him.
He's so low you can't get under Him.
He's so wide you can't get around Him.

If you make your bed in Heaven He's there.
If you make your bed in Hell He's there.
He's everywhere.

Woo! Help me somebody. Woo! Help me somebody ♪♫

Garden - Groundhogs [ BBC Radio 1 Session 1970 ]

ELGROOVER 2011-09-24 | Track 10. Bonus track 'Garden'. From the album 'Thank Christ For The Bomb'

Written by Tony (T.S.) McPhee

Tony McPhee - Vocals, Guitar
Pete Cruickshank - Bass
Ken Pustelnik - Drums

Produced by Malcolm Brown

Engineered by Mike Harding & Mike Franks

♪♫ My garden is all overgrown and the weeds are creeping up on my home,
Grass has grown over two foot high and the trees are blocking out the sky.
French windows won't open any more from the moss that's grown outside the door,
Hundred birds are nesting in the trees, looks like a wild-life sanctuary.

But I'm not going to cut a single blade of grass, my garden will look just like the distant past,
Before the days of agricultural land, before the time when pebbles turned to sand.
When I leave this house I'm going to stay, I'm forsaking my comforts to live another way,
Get my clothes from heaps, my food from bins, my water from ponds and have tramps for all my friends. ♪♫

http://www.thegroundhogs.co.uk
The Official Site of Tony 'TS' McPhee & The Groundhogs

Important Safety Instructions! (Mutation 2) - Vernon Reid

ELGROOVER 2011-09-22 | Track 9. 'Important Safety Instructions! (Mutation 2)'. From the album 'Mistaken Identity'

Written by V. Reid

·Vernon Reid: Guitars, Both Real And Imagined, Whispering
·Don Byron: Clarinet, Bass Clarinet
·DJ Logic: Turntables
·Leon Gruenbaum: Samchillian Tip Tip Tip Cheeepeee, Theremin, Melodica
·Curtis Watts: Drums
·Hank Schroy: Bass, Fretless Bass

Produced by Prince Paul, Teo Macero, Vernon Reid

Mixed by Scott Harding, assisted by Phil Painson

Recorded by Glen Kolotkin & Scott Harding

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Raven - Slade

ELGROOVER 2011-04-08 | Track 1. 'Raven'. From the album 'Play It Loud'

Written by Lea/Holder/Powell

Noddy Holder - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Dave Hill - lead guitar
Jim Lea - bass guitar, violin
Don Powell - drums

Chas Chandler - producer
George Chkiantz - engineer
Anton Mathews - mixing engineer

♪♫ Tell raven that it's fatal
Chasing everything that glitters
Coloured pieces chattering doesn't miss a single thing
Gold and silver body stone never leaves a thing alone

[Chorus]
Belts away every hour
Flies to his lofty tower
Storing his spoils of the fruits of his toils
You beware of the sight of the roundabout flight

Often you'll see the raven
Flapping wings and calling loudly
He doesn't care what others feel thinks he has the right to steal
Gold and silver body stone never leaves a thing alone

[Chorus]

[Break]

[Chorus] ♪♫

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Nothing Lasts - Steve Miller Band

ELGROOVER 2011-04-05 | Track 9. 'Nothing Lasts'. From the album 'Recall The Beginning...A Journey from Eden'

Written by Steve Miller

Arranged By [Strings And Horns] - Nick DeCaro

Bass - Gerald Johnson
Drums - Gary Mallaber , Jim Keltner , Jack King* , Roger Allen Clark*
Guitar/Vocals - Steve Miller
Keyboards - Ben Sidran , Dick Thompson

Producer - Ben Sidran
Engineer - Bruce Botnick

♪♫ All the things you think and say
Float away into space
Done in thought or done in haste
They have no place, they leave no trace

All the things you think and do
Have become a part of you
All your deeds have come to pass
Nothing lasts, nothing lasts

Like a river flowing past your windowpane
Life's never the same
Like the sun you're born to set
You'll die in sin
And be born once again

Now you know, so damn well
That your life is a heaven and a hell
And it's very easy to tell
When you're sick and when you're well

So the secret to this life
Is so very easy to learn
If you ever love another
Never ask for anything in return

Like a river flowing past your windowpane
Life's never the same
Like the sun you're born to set
You'll die in sin
And be born once again

All the things you think and say
Float away into space
Done in thought or done in haste
They have no place, they leave no trace

All the things you think and do
Have become a part of you
All your deeds have come to pass
Nothing lasts, nothing lasts ♪♫

This album is dedicated to Mahalia Jackson and Junior Parker.

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Zombies!!! Zombiton Zombiethon - Topper time to Frak The Freeking Form@!

ELGROOVER 2010-10-31 | Zombies take an afternoon walk/stagger in Brighton, UKplc

The accompanying music is that of Thavius Beck from his album 'Decompostion' [released 2004]
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0:00 - 3:37
Open Your Fucking Eyes

3:38 - 7:29
What Lurks In The Darkness

(What Lurks in the Darkness...) is made up of the first 4 mins of the episode "Der Super-Papagei" from the german version of the radio play series "Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators" ("Die drei Fragezeichen")
info: http://santana.uni-muenster.de/rockybeach/ddf/threeinv.html
:-)
At the following page you will find a script of it:
waste.informatik.hu-berlin.de/koubek/ hoerspielwerkstatt/manuskripte/hoerspiel/papagei-script.pdf
~ Source ~ Review by 'hobster' on Discogs.

7:30 - 11:04
To Make Manifest

11:05 - 13:49
In Memorium (feat. Nyah Beck)

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Recording information: Thavius Beck's House.

Personnel includes: Thavius Beck (rap vocals); Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Subtitle, Longevity.

Personnel: Thavius Beck (vocals, programming); Longevity, Cedric Bixler-Zavala (vocals).

The World Is A Ghetto by WAR

ELGROOVER 2010-06-03 | Track 5. Title track from the album 'The World Is A Ghetto'.

Written by War.

Howard Scott: Guitar, Percussion, Vocals
B.B. Dickerson: Bass, Percussion, Vocals
Lonnie Jordan: Organ, Piano, Timbales, Percussion, Vocals
Harold Brown: Drums, Percussion, Vocals
Papa Dee Allen: Conga, Bongos, Percussion, Vocals
Charles Miller: Clarinet, Alto, Tenor & Baritone Saxes, Percussion, Vocals
Lee Oskar: Harmonica, Percussion, Vocal

Produced by Jerry Goldstein in Association with Lonnie Jordan & Howard Scott

Engineer: Chris Huston

♪♫ Walkin' down the street, smoggy-eyed
Looking at the sky, starry-eyed
Searchin' for the place, weary-eyed
Crying in the night, teary-eyed

Don't you know that it's true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto
Don't you know that it's true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto

Wonder when I'll find paradise
Somewhere there's a home sweet and nice
Wonder if I'll find happiness
Never give it up now I guess

Don't you know that it's true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto
Don't you know that it's true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto

------ long instrumental break ------

There's no need to search anywhere
Happiness is here, have your share
If you know you're loved, be secure
Paradise is love to be sure

Don't you know that it's true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto
Don't you know that it's true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto

Don't you know that it's true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto
Don't you know that it's true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto

(The world is a ghetto) {21 times and fade} ♪♫

N.B. Audio blocked late Sept 2010 then block removed/rolled back 23rd Oct 2010

Update: Audio blocked again 4th Nov 2010

Update: Audio block removed/rolled back again 4th Nov 2011 !!

Update: Audio blocked again, 28th July 2015, this time the claimant is SME. Blocked in 242 countries

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Cut Across Shorty - Rod Stewart

ELGROOVER 2010-06-03 | Track 6. 'Cut Across Shorty'. From the album 'Gasoline Alley'.

Written by Wayne Walker, Marijohn Wilkin

Musicians - (Take your pick from the following list? Any clarification for the line up on this track would be welcome).

Acoustic Guitar [Uncredited For Instrument] - Martin Quittenton
Acoustic Guitar [Uncredited] - Rod Stewart
Bass - Ronnie Lane
Bass [Uncredited] - Ron Wood
Bass - Pete Sears
Drums - Kenny Jones
Drums [Uncredited For Instrument] - Mickey Waller
Guitar - Ron Wood
Mandolin - Stanley Matthews
Slide Guitar - Sam Mitchell
Violin [Uncredited] - Dennis O'Flynn , Dick Powell
Vocals - Rod Stewart
Vocals [Uncredited] - Ronnie Lane

Produced by Lou Reizner , Rod Stewart

♪♫ Now a country boy named Shorty
and a city boy named Dan
had to prove who could run the fastest
to wed Miss Lucy's hand
Now Dan had all the money
and he also had the looks
But Shorty musta had that something boys
that can't be found in books

Chorus:
Cut across Shorty, Shorty, cut across
That's what Miss Lucy said
Cut across Shorty, Shorty, cut across
You know it's you that I wanna wed

Wait a minute

Now Dan had been in training
about a week before the race
He made up his mind old Shorty
would end in second place
You know Dan with his long legs flying
he left Shorty far behind
Shorty heard him holler out
Miss Lucy that you'll soon be mine

(Chorus)

But Shorty wasn't worried
There was a smile upon his face
'Cause old Lucy had fixed the race
And just like that old story
about the turtle and the hare, you know that thing
when Danny crossed over the finish line
he found Shorty waiting there

(Chorus)

It's you that I wanna wed, no no
And oh Lord it's you I wanna wed
................It's you that I wanna wed ♪♫

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N.B. after being instantly copyright blocked on upload, this became 'live' eight months later, 6th February 2011, which was nice ;-j

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World Of Soul - James Brown

ELGROOVER 2010-05-26 | Track 4. (disc 2) 'World Of Soul'. From the album 'Make It Funky - the big payback: 1971-1975'.

Written by James Brown - Fred Wesley - St. Clair Pinckney

Arranged & Produced by James Brown

James Brown: Vocals, Electric Piano
Isiah "Ike" Oakley, Darryl "Hasaan" Jamison, Jerone "Jasaan" Sanford: Trumpets
Fred Wesley: Trombone
Maceo Parker: Alto Saxophone
St. Clair Pinckney: Tenor Saxophone
Jimmy "Chank" Nolen, Hearlon "Cheese" Martin: Guitars
Fred Thomas: Bass
John "Jabo" Starks: Drums
John Morgan: Tambourine, Sticks

(Previously [1996] unreleased performance)

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Poor Boy - Jeff Beck feat. Imelda May

ELGROOVER 2010-05-21 | Bonus Track 11. 'Poor Boy'. From the 'Emotion & Commotion' album (Japanese edition).

Written by Chester Burnett.

Produced by: Jeff Beck & Alan Branch.

Enginered & Mixed by: Steve Lipson.

Additional Engineering by: Tim Weidner, Edd Hartwell, Sam Farr, Niko Bolas, Niall Acott, Graham Archer, Steve Price & Alan Branch.

Drums - Stephen Rushton
Bass - Ian Jennings
Guitar - Darrel Higham
Vocals - Imelda May

The Official Jeff Beck web site:

http://www.jeffbeck.com

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Cry Me A River (Instrumental) - Jeff Beck

ELGROOVER 2010-05-20 | Bonus Track 12. 'Cry Me A River (Instrumental)'. From the 'Emotion & Commotion' album (Japanese edition).

Written by Arthur Hamilton.

Produced, Engineered & Mixed by: Steve Lipson.

Additional Engineering by: Tim Weidner, Edd Hartwell, Sam Farr, Niko Bolas, Niall Acott, Graham Archer, Steve Price & Alan Branch.

Drums - Earl Harvin
Bass - Chris Bruce
Keyboards - Pete Murray

The Official Jeff Beck web site:

http://www.jeffbeck.com

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Papa Dont Take No Mess {second part} - James Brown

ELGROOVER 2010-04-25 | Track 5. (disc 2) 'Papa Don't Take No Mess' {second part}. From the album 'Make It Funky - the big payback: 1971-1975'

Written by James Brown - Fred Wesley - John Starks - Charles Bobbit

Arranged & Produced by James Brown

James Brown: Vocals, Piano
Isiah "Ike" Oakley: Trumpets
Fred Wesley: Trombone
Maceo Parker: Alto Saxophone
St. Clair Pinckney: Tenor Saxophone
Jimmy "Chank" Nolen & Hearlon "Cheese" Martin: Guitars
Fred Thomas: Bass
John "Jabo" Starks: Drums

N.B. see {first part} for full lyric.

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Papa Dont Take No Mess {first part} - James Brown

ELGROOVER 2010-04-20 | Track 5. (disc 2) 'Papa Don't Take No Mess' {first part}. From the album 'Make It Funky - the big payback: 1971-1975'

Written by James Brown - Fred Wesley - John Starks - Charles Bobbit

Arranged & Produced by James Brown

James Brown: Vocals, Piano
Isiah "Ike" Oakley: Trumpets
Fred Wesley: Trombone
Maceo Parker: Alto Saxophone
St. Clair Pinckney: Tenor Saxophone
Jimmy "Chank" Nolen & Hearlon "Cheese" Martin: Guitars
Fred Thomas: Bass
John "Jabo" Starks: Drums

♪♫ Papa don`t take no mess
Papa don`t take no mess
Papa is the man who can understand
How a man has to do
Whatever he can

Papa don`t, Papa don`t, Papa don`t

Papa don`t take no mess, no
He don`t take no mess

Now Papa might grin
Drink a little taste of gin
Bet his last ten on
A little game of skins, hit me

Papa don`t take no mess
Papa don`t take no mess
Papa don`t, Papa don`t, Papa don`t
Papa don`t, Papa don`t
Papa don`t take no mess, hey, hey

Papa digs the chick
If she look real slick
Papa rap is very quick
He defintely ain`t no trick

Oh, yeah

Papa don`t, Papa don`t, Papa don`t
Papa don`t, Papa don`t
Papa don`t take no mess
Papa is the man
Who will take a stand
Papa don`t take no mess
Papa don`t, Papa don`t
Papa don`t, don`t, Papa don`t

Look, dig this

Papa didn`t cuss
He didn`t raise a whole lotta fuss
But when we did wrong
Papa beat the hell out of us

Papa don`t, Papa don`t
Papa don`t, Papa don`t
Papa don`t, Papa don`t
Papa don`t take no mess
Papa don`t take no mess

I saw Papa cry when he
Thought that I would die
Lookie here
I saw papa cry
I saw Papa cry when he
Thought that I would die
He says something was in his eye
I knew it was a lie
Papa loves his son

Mama said Papa`s smart
Papa got a whole lotta heart
And Papa would do his part
When the game get hard, hit me ♪♫

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Starship Trooper (Live) {second part} - YES ~ Tour 2009 @ Birmingham Symphony Hall, UK

ELGROOVER 2010-03-10 | Second encore of their 12 song + 2 encore set
16th November 2009, Birmingham Symphony Hall.
Originally from "The Yes Album" [1971]

~ Starship Trooper ~ (second part)

Written by Anderson/Squire/Howe

2009 Tour Line up:
Benoit David - Lead Vocals
Steve Howe - Guitar
Oliver Wakeman - Keyboards
Chris Squire - Bass
Alan White - Drums

♪♫ III. Würm
Howe ♪♫

Starship Trooper (Live) {first part} - YES @ Birmingham Symphony Hall, UK

ELGROOVER 2010-03-09 | Second encore of their 12 song + 2 encore set
16th November 2009, Birmingham Symphony Hall.
Originally from "The Yes Album" [1971]

~ Starship Trooper ~ (first part)

Written by Anderson/Squire/Howe

2009 Tour Line up:
Benoit David - Lead Vocals
Steve Howe - Guitar
Oliver Wakeman - Keyboards
Chris Squire - Bass
Alan White - Drums

♪♫ I. Life Seeker
Anderson

Sister Bluebird flying high above,
Shine your wings forward to the sun.
Hide the myst'ries of life on your way.
Though you've seen them, please don't say a word.
What you don't know, I have never heard.

Starship Trooper, go sailing on by,
Catch my soul, catch the very light.
Hide the moment from my eager eye.
Though you've seen them, please don't tell a soul.
What you can't see, can't be very whole.

Speak to me of summer, long winters longer than time can remember,
The setting up of other roads, to travel on in old accustomed ways.
I still remember the talks by the water, the proud sons and daughter that,
Knew the knowledge of the land, that spoke to me in sweet accustomed ways.

Mother life, hold firmly on to me.
Catch my knowledge higher than the day.
Lose as much as only you can show.
Though you've seen them, please don't say a word.
What I don't know, I have never shared.

II. Disillusion
Squire

Loneliness is a pow'r that we possess to give or take away forever.
All I know can be shown by your acceptance of the facts there shown before you.
Take what I say in a diff'rent way and it's easy to say
that this is all confusion.
As I see a new day in me, I can also show it you and you may follow.

Speak to me of summer, long winters longer than time can remember,
The setting up of other roads, to travel on in old accustomed ways.
I still remember the talks by the water, the proud sons and daughter that,
Knew the knowledge of the land, spoke to me in sweet accustomed ways ♪♫

Roundabout (Live) - YES Tour 2009 @ Birmingham Symphony Hall, UK

ELGROOVER 2010-02-19 | Roundabout (Live) - YES ~ Tour 2009 @ Birmingham Symphony Hall, UK

First encore of their 12 song + 2 encore set
16th November 2009, Birmingham Symphony Hall.
Originally from the "Fragile" album [1971]

~ Roundabout ~

Written by Anderson/Howe

2009 Tour Line up:
Benoit David - Lead Vocals
Steve Howe - Guitar
Oliver Wakeman - Keyboards
Chris Squire - Bass
Alan White - Drums

♪♫ I'll be the round about
The words will make you out 'n' out
I'll spend the day your way......
Call it morning driving thru the sound and
In and out the valley......

The muses dance and sing
They make the children really ring
I'll spend the day your way
Call it morning driving thru the sound and
In and out the valley.....

In and around the lake
Mountains come out of the sky
and they Stand there
One mile over we'll be there and we'll see you
Ten true summers we'll be there and
Laughing too
Twenty four before my love you'll see I'll be
There with you

I will remember you
Your silhouette will charge the view
Of distance atmosphere......
Call it morning driving thru the sound and
Even in the valley......

In and around the lake
Mountains come out of the sky
and they Stand there
One mile over we'll be there and we'll see you
Ten true summers we'll be there and
Laughing too ooo oo oo
Twenty four before my love you'll see I'll be
There with you

Along the drifting cloud the eagle searching
Down on the land
Catching the swirling wind the sailor sees
The rim of the land
The eagle's dancing wings create as weather
Spins out of hand

Go closer hold the land feel partly no more
Than grains of sand
We stand to lose all time a thousand answers
By in our hand
Next to your deeper fears we stand
Surrounded by million years

I'll be the roundabout
The words will make you out 'n' out
I'll be the roundabout
The words will make you out 'n' out........

In and around the lake
Mountains come out of the sky they
Stand there
Twenty four before my love and I'll be
There........

I'll be the roundabout
The words will make you out 'n' out
We spend the day your way
Call it morning driving thru the sound and
In and out the valley.... eh

In and around the lake
Mountains come out of the sky and they
Stand there
One mile over we'll be there and we'll see You
Ten true summers we'll be there and
Laughing too ooo
Twenty four before my love you'll see I'll be
There with you.....

Da da da da daaa da da
Da da da da daaa da da
Da da da da daaa da da
Da da da da daaa da da
Da da da da daaa da da
Da da da da daaa da da
Da da da da daaa da da
Da da da da daaa da da ♪♫

Heart Of The Sunrise (Live) {second part} - YES Tour 2009 @ Birmingham Symphony Hall, UK

ELGROOVER 2010-01-25 | Twelfth number of their 12 song + 2 encore set
16th November 2009, Birmingham Symphony Hall.
Originally from the "Fragile" album [1971]

~ Heart Of The Sunrise ~ (second part)

Written by Anderson/Squire/Bruford

2009 Tour Line up:
Benoit David - Lead Vocals
Steve Howe - Guitar
Oliver Wakeman - Keyboards
Chris Squire - Bass
Alan White - Drums

♪♫ Love comes to you and you follow
Lose one on to the heart of the sunrise
SHARP-DISTANCE
How can the wind with its arms
All around me

Lost on a wave and then after
Dream on on to the heart of the sunrise
SHARP-DISTANCE
How can the wind with so many around me
Lost in the city

Lost in their eyes as you hurry by
Counting the broken ties they decide
Love comes to you and then after
Dream on on to the heart of the sunrise
Lost on a wave that you're dreaming
Dream on on to the heart of the sunrise
SHARP-DISTANCE
How can the wind with its arms all around
Me
SHARP-DISTANCE
How can the wind with so many around me
I feel lost in the city

Lost in their eyes as you hurry by
Counting the broken ties they decided

Straight light moving and removing
SHARPNESS of the colour sun shine
Straight light searching all the meanings
Of the song
Long last treatment of the telling that
Relates to all the words sung
Dreamer easy in the chair that really fits
You

Love comes to you and then after
Dream on on to the heart of the sunrise
SHARP-DISTANCE
How can the wind with its arms all around
Me
SHARP-DISTANCE
How can the wind with so many around me
I feel lost in the city ♪♫

Heart Of The Sunrise (Live) {first part} - YES ~ Tour 2009 @ Birmingham Symphony Hall, UK

ELGROOVER 2010-01-24 | Twelfth number of their 12 song + 2 encore set
16th November 2009, Birmingham Symphony Hall.
Originally from the "Fragile" album [1971]

~ Heart Of The Sunrise ~ (first part)

Written by Anderson/Squire/Bruford

2009 Tour Line up:
Benoit David - Lead Vocals
Steve Howe - Guitar
Oliver Wakeman - Keyboards
Chris Squire - Bass
Alan White - Drums

♪♫ Love comes to you and you follow
Lose one on to the heart of the sunrise
SHARP-DISTANCE
How can the wind with its arms
All around me

Lost on a wave and then after
Dream on on to the heart of the sunrise
SHARP-DISTANCE
How can the wind with so many around me
Lost in the city

Lost in their eyes as you hurry by
Counting the broken ties they decide
Love comes to you and then after
Dream on on to the heart of the sunrise
Lost on a wave that you're dreaming
Dream on on to the heart of the sunrise
SHARP-DISTANCE
How can the wind with its arms all around
Me
SHARP-DISTANCE
How can the wind with so many around me
I feel lost in the city

Lost in their eyes as you hurry by
Counting the broken ties they decided

Straight light moving and removing
SHARPNESS of the colour sun shine
Straight light searching all the meanings
Of the song
Long last treatment of the telling that
Relates to all the words sung
Dreamer easy in the chair that really fits
You

Love comes to you and then after
Dream on on to the heart of the sunrise
SHARP-DISTANCE
How can the wind with its arms all around
Me
SHARP-DISTANCE
How can the wind with so many around me
I feel lost in the city ♪♫

Machine Messiah (Live) {second part} - YES ~ Tour 2009 @ Birmingham Symphony Hall, UK

ELGROOVER 2010-01-22 | Eleventh number of their 12 song + 2 encore set
16th November 2009, Birmingham Symphony Hall.
Originally from the "Drama" album [1980]

~ Machine Messiah ~ (second part)

Written by Geoff Downes/Trevor Horn/Steve Howe/Chris Squire/Alan White

2009 Tour Line up:
Benoit David - Lead Vocals
Steve Howe - Guitar
Oliver Wakeman - Keyboards
Chris Squire - Bass
Alan White - Drums

♪♫ Run down a street
Where the glass shows
That summer has gone
Age, in the doorways
Resenting the pace of the dawn.
All of them standing in line
All of them waiting for time.
From time, the great healer,
The machine-Messiah
Is born.

Cables that carry the life
To the cities we build
Threads that link diamonds of life
To the satanic mills
Ah, to see in every way
That we feel it every
Day, and know that
Maybe we'll change
Offered the chance
To finally unlearn our lessons
And alter our stance.

Friends make their way into systems of chance
(reply- friends make their way of escape into systems of chance)
Escape to freedom I need to be there
Waiting and watching, the tables are turning
I'm waiting and watching
I need to be there.

I care to see them walk away
And, to be there when they say
They will return.

Machine, Messiah
The mindless
Search for a higher
Controller
Take me to the fire
And hold me
Show me the strength of your
Singular eye.

History dictating symptoms of ruling romance
Claws at the shores of the water upon which we dance
All of us standing in line
All of us waiting for time
To feel it, all the way
And to be there when they
Say they know that
Maybe we'll change
Offered the chance
To finally unlearn our lessons
And alter our stance.

Machine, machine Messiah.
Take me into the fire

Hold me, machine Messiah
And show me
The strength of your singular eye ♪♫

Machine Messiah (Live) {first part} - YES ~ Tour 2009 @ Birmingham Symphony Hall, UK

ELGROOVER 2010-01-22 | Eleventh number of their 12 song + 2 encore set
16th November 2009, Birmingham Symphony Hall.
Originally from the "Drama" album [1980]

~ Machine Messiah ~ (first part)

Written by Geoff Downes/Trevor Horn/Steve Howe/Chris Squire/Alan White

2009 Tour Line up:
Benoit David - Lead Vocals
Steve Howe - Guitar
Oliver Wakeman - Keyboards
Chris Squire - Bass
Alan White - Drums

♪♫ Run down a street
Where the glass shows
That summer has gone
Age, in the doorways
Resenting the pace of the dawn.
All of them standing in line
All of them waiting for time.
From time, the great healer,
The machine-Messiah
Is born.

Cables that carry the life
To the cities we build
Threads that link diamonds of life
To the satanic mills
Ah, to see in every way
That we feel it every
Day, and know that
Maybe we'll change
Offered the chance
To finally unlearn our lessons
And alter our stance.

Friends make their way into systems of chance
(reply- friends make their way of escape into systems of chance)
Escape to freedom I need to be there
Waiting and watching, the tables are turning
I'm waiting and watching
I need to be there.

I care to see them walk away
And, to be there when they say
They will return.

Machine, Messiah
The mindless
Search for a higher
Controller
Take me to the fire
And hold me
Show me the strength of your
Singular eye.

History dictating symptoms of ruling romance
Claws at the shores of the water upon which we dance
All of us standing in line
All of us waiting for time
To feel it, all the way
And to be there when they
Say they know that
Maybe we'll change
Offered the chance
To finally unlearn our lessons
And alter our stance.

Machine, machine Messiah.
Take me into the fire

Hold me, machine Messiah
And show me
The strength of your singular eye ♪♫

South Side Of The Sky (Live) - YES ~ Tour 2009 @ Birmingham Symphony Hall, UK

ELGROOVER 2010-01-03 | Tenth number of their 12 song + 2 encore set
16th November 2009, Birmingham Symphony Hall.
Originally from the "Fragile" album [1971]

~ South Side Of The Sky ~

Written by Anderson/Squire

2009 Tour Line up:
Benoit David - Lead Vocals
Steve Howe - Guitar
Oliver Wakeman - Keyboards
Chris Squire - Bass
Alan White - Drums

♪♫ A river a mountain to be crossed
The sunshine in mountains sometimes lost
Around the south side so cold that we cried
Were we ever colder on that day a million
Miles away
It seemed from all eternity

Move forward was my friend's only cry
In deeper to somewhere we could lie
And rest forthe the day with cold in the way
Were we ever colder on that day a million
Miles away
It seemed from all eternity

The moments seemed lost in all the noise
A snow storm a stimulating voice
Of warmth of the sky of warmth when you die
Were we ever warmer on that day a million
Miles away
We seemed from all eternity

The sunshine in mountains sometimes lost
The river can disregard the cost
And melt in the sky warmth when you die
Were we ever warmer on that day a million miles away
We seemed from all of eternity ♪♫

Owner Of A Lonely Heart (Live) - YES ~ Tour 2009 @ Birmingham Symphony Hall, UK

ELGROOVER 2009-12-02 | Ninth number of their 12 song + 2 encore set
16th November 2009, Birmingham Symphony Hall.
Originally from the "90125" album [1983]

~ Owner Of A Lonely Heart ~

Written by Anderson/Horn/Rabin/Squire

2009 Tour Line up:
Benoit David - Lead Vocals
Steve Howe - Guitar
Oliver Wakeman - Keyboards
Chris Squire - Bass
Alan White - Drums

♪♫ Move yourself
You always live your life
Never thinking of the future
Prove yourself
You are the move you make
Take your chances win or lose her

See yourself
You are the steps you take
You and you - and that's the only way

Shake shake yourself
You're every move you make
So the story goes

Owner of a lonely heart
Owner of a lonely heart
Much better than - a
Owner of a broken heart
Owner of a lonely heart

Say you don't want to chance it
You've been hurt so before

Watch it now
The eagle in the sky
How he dancin' one and only
You lose yourself
No not for pity's sake
There's no real reason to be lonely
Be yourself
Give your free will a chance
You've got to want to succeed

Owner of a lonely heart
Owner of a lonely heart
Much better than - a
Owner of a broken heart
Owner of a lonely heart

Owner of a lonely heart

After my own indecision
They confused me so
My love said never question your will at all
In the end you've got to go
Look before you leap
And don't you hesitate at all - no no
Owner of a lonely heart

Owner of a lonely heart

Owner of a lonely heart
Owner of a lonely heart
Much better than - a
Owner of a broken heart
Owner of a lonely heart
(repeat)

Owner of a lonely heart

Sooner or later each conclusion
Will decide the lonely heart
It will excite it will delight
It will give a better start

Owner of a lonely heart

Owner of a lonely heart

Don't deceive your free will at all
Don't deceive your free will at all
Don't deceive your free will at all
Just receive it

Owner of a lonely heart ♪♫

Steve Solo (Live) - YES ~ Tour 2009 @ Birmingham Symphony Hall, UK

ELGROOVER 2009-12-02 | "Steve Solo" (Live) - YES ~ Tour 2009 @ Birmingham Symphony Hall, UK

Eighth number of their 12 song + 2 encore set
16th November 2009, Birmingham Symphony Hall.

~ "Steve Solo" ~

Written by Howe

2009 Tour Line up:
Benoit David - Lead Vocals
Steve Howe - Guitar
Oliver Wakeman - Keyboards
Chris Squire - Bass
Alan White - Drums

And You And I (Live) - {second part} - YES ~ Tour 2009 @ Birmingham Symphony Hall, UK

ELGROOVER 2009-12-01 | Seventh number (posted in two parts) of their 12 song + 2 encore set
16th November 2009, Birmingham Symphony Hall.
Originally from the 'Close To The Edge' album [1972]

~ And You And I ~ (second part)

Written by Anderson/Bruford/Howe/Squire

2009 Tour Line up:
Benoit David - Lead Vocals
Steve Howe - Guitar
Oliver Wakeman - Keyboards
Chris Squire - Bass
Alan White - Drums

I. Cord Of Life

♪♫ A man conceived a moment's answers to the dream,
Staying the flowers daily, sensing all the themes.
As a foundation left to create the spiral aim,
A movement regained and regarded both the same,
All complete in the sight of seeds of life with you.

Changed only for a sight of sound, the space agreed.
Between the picture of time behind the face of need,
Coming quickly to terms of all expression laid,
Emotion revealed as the ocean maid,
All complete in the sight of seeds of life with you.

Turn round tailor, Coins and
Assaulting all the mornings of the Crosses
Interest shown, Never know
Presenting one another to the cord, Their fruitless worth;
All left dying, rediscovered Cords are broken,
Of the door that turned round, Locked inside
To close the cover, the mother earth.
All the interest shown, They won't
To turn one another, to the sign Hide, hold, they won't
At the time Tell you, watching the world,
To float your climb. Watching all of the world,
Watching us go by.

And you and I climb over the sea to the valley,
And you and I reached out for reasons to call.

II. Eclipse

Coming quickly to terms of all expression laid,
Emotion revealed as the ocean maid,
As a movement regained and regarded both the same,
All complete in the side of seeds of life with you.

III. The Preacher the Teacher

Sad preacher nailed upon the coloured door of time;
Insane teacher be there reminded of the rhyme.
There'll be no mutant enemy we shall certify;
Political ends, as sad remains, will die.
Reach out as forward tastes begin to enter you.
Ooh, ooh.

I listened hard but could not see
Life tempo change out and inside me.
The preacher trained in all to lose his name;
The teacher travels, asking to be shown the same.
In the end, we'll agree, we'll accept, we'll immortalise
That the truth of the man maturing in his eyes,
All complete in the sight of seeds of life with you.

Coming quickly to terms of all expression laid,
As a moment regained and regarded both the same,
Emotion revealed as the ocean maid,
A clearer future, morning, evening, nights with you.

IV. Apocalypse

And you and I climb, crossing the shapes of the morning.
And you and I reach over the sun for the river.
And you and I climb, clearer, towards the movement.
And you and I called over valleys of endless seas ♪♫

And You And I (Live) - {first part} - YES ~ Tour 2009 @ Birmingham Symphony Hall, UK

ELGROOVER 2009-11-30 | Seventh number (posted in two parts) of their 12 song + 2 encore set
16th November 2009, Birmingham Symphony Hall.
Originally from the 'Close To The Edge' album [1972]

~ And You And I ~ (first part)

Written by Anderson/Bruford/Howe/Squire

2009 Tour Line up:
Benoit David - Lead Vocals
Steve Howe - Guitar
Oliver Wakeman - Keyboards
Chris Squire - Bass
Alan White - Drums

I. Cord Of Life

♪♫ A man conceived a moment's answers to the dream,
Staying the flowers daily, sensing all the themes.
As a foundation left to create the spiral aim,
A movement regained and regarded both the same,
All complete in the sight of seeds of life with you.

Changed only for a sight of sound, the space agreed.
Between the picture of time behind the face of need,
Coming quickly to terms of all expression laid,
Emotion revealed as the ocean maid,
All complete in the sight of seeds of life with you.

Turn round tailor, Coins and
Assaulting all the mornings of the Crosses
Interest shown, Never know
Presenting one another to the cord, Their fruitless worth;
All left dying, rediscovered Cords are broken,
Of the door that turned round, Locked inside
To close the cover, the mother earth.
All the interest shown, They won't
To turn one another, to the sign Hide, hold, they won't
At the time Tell you, watching the world,
To float your climb. Watching all of the world,
Watching us go by.

And you and I climb over the sea to the valley,
And you and I reached out for reasons to call.

II. Eclipse

Coming quickly to terms of all expression laid,
Emotion revealed as the ocean maid,
As a movement regained and regarded both the same,
All complete in the side of seeds of life with you.

III. The Preacher the Teacher

Sad preacher nailed upon the coloured door of time;
Insane teacher be there reminded of the rhyme.
There'll be no mutant enemy we shall certify;
Political ends, as sad remains, will die.
Reach out as forward tastes begin to enter you.
Ooh, ooh.

I listened hard but could not see
Life tempo change out and inside me.
The preacher trained in all to lose his name;
The teacher travels, asking to be shown the same.
In the end, we'll agree, we'll accept, we'll immortalise
That the truth of the man maturing in his eyes,
All complete in the sight of seeds of life with you.

Coming quickly to terms of all expression laid,
As a moment regained and regarded both the same,
Emotion revealed as the ocean maid,
A clearer future, morning, evening, nights with you.

IV. Apocalypse

And you and I climb, crossing the shapes of the morning.
And you and I reach over the sun for the river.
And you and I climb, clearer, towards the movement.
And you and I called over valleys of endless seas ♪♫

Yours Is No Disgrace (Live) {second part} - YES ~ Tour 2009 @ Birmingham Symphony Hall, UK

ELGROOVER 2009-11-27 | Sixth number (posted in two parts) of their 12 song + 2 encore set
16th November 2009, Birmingham Symphony Hall.
Originally from the 'The Yes Album' [1971]

~ Yours Is No Disgrace ~ (second part)

Written by Anderson/Squire/Howe/Kaye/Bruford

2009 Tour Line up:
Benoit David - Lead Vocals
Steve Howe - Guitar
Oliver Wakeman - Keyboards
Chris Squire - Bass
Alan White - Drums

♪♫ Yesterday a morning came, a smile upon your face.
Caesar's palace, morning glory, silly human race,
On a sailing ship to nowhere, leaving any place,
If the summer change to winter, yours is no disgrace.

Battleships confide in me and tell me where you are,
Shining, flying, purple wolfhound, show me where you are,
Lost in summer, morning, winter, travel very far,
Lost in musing circumstances, that's just where you are.

Yesterday a morning came, a smile upon your face.
Caesar's palace, morning glory, silly human race,
On a sailing ship to nowhere, leaving any place,
If the summer change to winter, yours is no,
Yours is no disgrace.
Yours is no disgrace.
Yours is no disgrace.

Death defying, mutilated armies scatter the earth,
Crawling out of dirty holes, their morals, their morals disappear.

Yesterday a morning came, a smile upon your face.
Caesar's palace, morning glory, silly human, silly human race,
On a sailing ship to nowhere, leaving any place,
If the summer change to winter, yours is no,
Yours is no disgrace.
Yours is no disgrace.
Yours is no disgrace ♪♫

Yours Is No Disgrace (Live) {first part} - YES ~ Tour 2009 @ Birmingham Symphony Hall, UK

ELGROOVER 2009-11-26 | Sixth number (posted in two parts) of their 12 song + 2 encore set
16th November 2009, Birmingham Symphony Hall.
Originally from the 'The Yes Album' [1971]

~ Yours Is No Disgrace ~ (first part)

Written by Anderson/Squire/Howe/Kaye/Bruford

2009 Tour Line up:
Benoit David - Lead Vocals
Steve Howe - Guitar
Oliver Wakeman - Keyboards
Chris Squire - Bass
Alan White - Drums

♪♫ Yesterday a morning came, a smile upon your face.
Caesar's palace, morning glory, silly human race,
On a sailing ship to nowhere, leaving any place,
If the summer change to winter, yours is no disgrace.

Battleships confide in me and tell me where you are,
Shining, flying, purple wolfhound, show me where you are,
Lost in summer, morning, winter, travel very far,
Lost in musing circumstances, that's just where you are.

Yesterday a morning came, a smile upon your face.
Caesar's palace, morning glory, silly human race,
On a sailing ship to nowhere, leaving any place,
If the summer change to winter, yours is no,
Yours is no disgrace.
Yours is no disgrace.
Yours is no disgrace.

Death defying, mutilated armies scatter the earth,
Crawling out of dirty holes, their morals, their morals disappear.

Yesterday a morning came, a smile upon your face.
Caesar's palace, morning glory, silly human, silly human race,
On a sailing ship to nowhere, leaving any place,
If the summer change to winter, yours is no,
Yours is no disgrace.
Yours is no disgrace.
Yours is no disgrace ♪♫

Astral Traveller (Live) - YES ~ Tour 2009 @ Birmingham Symphony Hall, UK

ELGROOVER 2009-11-20 | Fifth number of their 12 song + 2 encore set
16th November 2009, Birmingham Symphony Hall.
Originally from the 'Time and a Word' album [1970]

~ Astral Traveller ~

Written by J. Anderson

2009 Tour Line up:
Benoit David - Lead Vocals
Steve Howe - Guitar
Oliver Wakeman - Keyboards
Chris Squire - Bass
Alan White - Drums

♪♫ And in the ruins of the balloon
Stood a man with glasses held high,
Wondering when to do it again
Have another fly into the sky,
Somewhere flying high.

Astral trav'ller leaving without her,
Wandering where lights go,
Leave out the body load.

Once in the air, people who dare
Get a great respect in being.
(Astral trav'ller.)
Heavenly flight wondrous night
And all the sights worth seeing
Just believin'

Astral trav'ller leaving without her,
Wandering where lights go,
Leave out the body load ♪♫

Onward Into Unity (Live) - YES ~ Tour 2009 @ Birmingham Symphony Hall, UK

ELGROOVER 2009-11-20 | Fourth number of their 12 song + 2 encore set
16th November 2009, Birmingham Symphony Hall.
Originally from the 'Tormato' album [1978]

~ Onward ~

Written by C. Squire

2009 Tour Line up:
Benoit David - Lead Vocals
Steve Howe - Guitar
Oliver Wakeman - Keyboards
Chris Squire - Bass
Alan White - Drums

♪♫ Contained in everything I do
There's a love I feel for you
Proclaimed in everything I write
You're the light, burning brightly

Onward through the night
Onward through the night
Onward through the night of my life

Displayed in all the things I see
There's a love you show to me
Portrayed in all the things you say
You're the day leading the way

Onward through the night
Onward through the night
Onward through the night of my life

Onward through the night
Onward through the night
Onward through the night of my life ♪♫

Tempus Fugit (Live) - YES ~ Tour 2009 @ Birmingham Symphony Hall, UK

ELGROOVER 2009-11-20 | Third number of their 12 song + 2 encore set
16th November 2009, Birmingham Symphony Hall.
Originally from the 'Drama' album [1980]

~ Tempus Fugit ~

Written by Downes/Squire/Howe/White/Horn

2009 Tour Line up:
Benoit David - Lead Vocals
Steve Howe - Guitar
Oliver Wakeman - Keyboards
Chris Squire - Bass
Alan White - Drums

♪♫ Born in the night
She would run like a leopard
That freaks at the sight
Of a mind close beside herself
And the nearer I came
How the country would change
She was using the landscape
To hide herself.

More in the mind
Than the body this feeling
A sense at the end
Of a circular line
That is drawn at an angle
I see when I'm with you
To navigate waters and finally answer to-yes.

If you were there you would want to be near me
Innocence, you could hold all the materials
And though nothing would really be living
It would shock Your fall into landing light
In the north sky time flies fast to the morning
The cold of the dawn it meant nothing to us
You were keeping your best situation
An answer to-yes

(Yes, Yes) And the moment I see you
(Yes, Yes) It's so good to be near you
(Yes, Yes) And the feeling you give me
(Yes, Yes) Makes me want to be with you
(Yes, Yes) From the moment you tell me - yes

If you could see all the roads I have travelled
Towards some unusable last equilibrium
Run like an athlete and die like a dead beaten speed-freak
An answer to all of your answers to-yes

In the north sky time flies faster than morning
The cold of the dawn it meant nothing to us
You were keeping your best situation
An answer to Yes

(Yes, Yes) And the moment I see you
(Yes, Yes) It's so good to be near you
(Yes, Yes) And the feeling you give me
(Yes, Yes) Makes me want to be with you
(Yes, Yes) If we wait for an answer
(Yes, Yes) Will the silence be broken
(Yes, Yes) Should we wait for an answer
(Yes, Yes) Do we leave it unspoken

(Yes Yes Yes Yes . . .) ♪♫

Your Move / Ive Seen All Good People (Live) - YES ~ Tour 2009 @ Birmingham Symphony Hall, UK

ELGROOVER 2009-11-18 | Second number of their 12 song + 2 encore set
16th November 2009, Birmingham Symphony Hall.
Originally from 'The Yes Album' [1971]

~ Your Move / I've Seen All Good People ~

Written by Anderson/Squire

2009 Tour Line up:
Benoit David - Lead Vocals
Steve Howe - Guitar
Oliver Wakeman - Keyboards
Chris Squire - Bass
Alan White - Drums

♪♫ I. Your Move
(Anderson)

I've seen all good people turn their heads each day
so satisfied I'm on my way.
I've seen all good people turn their heads each day
so satisfied I'm on my way.

Take a straight and stronger course to the corner of your life.
Make the white queen run so fast she hasn't got time to make you a wife.

'Cause it's time, it's time in time with your time and its news is captured
For the queen to use.
Move me on to any black square,
Use me any time you want,
Just remember that the goal
Is for us to capture all we want, anywhere,
Yea, yea, yea.

Don't surround yourself with yourself,
Move on back two squares,
Send an instant karma to me,
Initial it with loving care
Don't surround
Yourself.

'Cause it's time, it's time in time with your time and its news is captured
For the queen to use.
Diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit didda.
Diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit Don't surround
Didda. Yourself with yourself.
Don't surround yourself with yourself, Don't surround yourself.
Move on back two squares,
Send an instant karma to me, Send an instant
Initial it with loving care Karma to me. Don't surround Yourself.

'Cause it's time, it's time in time with your time and its news is captured
For the queen to use.
Diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit didda.
Diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit didda.
Diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit didda.
Diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit didda.

'Cause it's time, it's time in time with your time and its news is captured.

II. All Good People
(Squire)

I've seen all good people turn their heads each day so satisfied I'm on my way. [repeat] ♪♫

Siberian Khatru (Live) - YES ~ Tour 2009 @ Birmingham Symphony Hall, UK

ELGROOVER 2009-11-17 | Opening number of their 12 song + 2 encore set 16th November 2009, Birmingham Symphony Hall.
Originally from the 'Close To The Edge' album [1972]

~ Siberian Khatru ~

Written by Anderson/Howe/R. Wakeman

2009 Tour Line up:
Benoit David - Lead Vocals
Steve Howe - Guitar
Oliver Wakeman - Keyboards
Chris Squire - Bass
Alan White - Drums

♪♫ Sing, bird of prey;
Beauty begins at the foot of you. Do you believe the manner?
Gold stainless nail,
Torn through the distance of man
As they regard the summit.

Even Siberia goes through the motions.
Hold out and hold up;
Hold down the window. Outbound, river,
Hold out the morning that comes into view. Bluetail, tailfly.
River running right on over my head.

How does she sing?
Who holds the ring? And ring and you will find me coming.
Cold reigning king,
Hold all the secrets from you
As they produce the movement.

Even Siberia goes through the motions.
Hold out and hold up;
Hold down the window. Outbound, river,
Hold out the morning that comes into view. Bluetail, tailfly.
River running right over the outboard, river,
Bluetail, tailfly,
Luther, in time.
Dood'ndoodit, dah, d't-d't-dah.

Hold down the window;
Hold out the morning that comes into view.
Warm side, the tower;
Green leaves reveal the heart spoken Khatru.

Gold stainless nail,
Torn through the distance of man as they regard the summit.
Cold reigning king,
Shelter the women that sing
As they produce the movement.
River running right on over,
Then over my head. Outboard, river.

Bluetail, tailfly,
Luther, in time,
Suntower, asking,
Cover, lover,
June cast, moon fast,
As one changes,
Heart gold, leaver,
Soul mark, mover,
Christian, changer,
Called out, saviour,
Moon gate, climber,
Turn round, glider ♪♫

Hot Pants Finale (Live) - James Brown

ELGROOVER 2009-11-08 | Track 13. (disc 2) 'Hot Pants Finale' [Live]. From the compliation album 'Make It Funky - the big payback: 1971-1975'.

Recorded July 26th, 1971, Apollo Theater, New York, NY.
Released 1996

Written by James Brown / Fred Wesley

Arranged & Produced by James Brown

James Brown: Vocals
Jerone "Jasaan" Sanford, Russell Crimes: Trumpets
Fred Wesley: Trombone
Jimmy Parker: Alto Saxophone
St. Clair Pinckney: Tenor Saxophone
Hearlon "Cheese" Martin, Robert Coleman: Guitars
Fred Thomas: Bass
John "Jabo" Starks: Drums
John Morgan: Tambourine
Danny Ray: emcee

~ [Many thanks to the copyright owners UMG for allowing this to be heard on YouTube] ~ ☺

I Cant Stand It 76 - James Brown

ELGROOVER 2009-11-08 | Track 7. (disc 2) ' I Can't Stand It "76" '. From the compilation album 'Make It Funky - the big payback: 1971-1975'.

Written by James Brown

Arranged & Produced by James Brown

James Brown: Vocals, Organ
Isiah "Ike" Oakley: Trumpet
Fred Wesley: Trombone
Maceo Parker, Jimmy Parker: Alto Saxophones
St. Clair Pinckney: Tenor Saxophone
Jimmy "Chank" Nolen, Hearlon "Cheese" Martin: Guitars
Charles Sherrell: Bass
John Morgen: Drums
Johnny Griggs: Percussion

~ [Many thanks to the copyright owners UMG for allowing this to be heard on YouTube....this time! ;-j ] ~ ☺

Funky President (People Its Bad) - James Brown [Original Speed Master]

ELGROOVER 2009-10-31 | Track 9. (disc 2) 'Funky President (People It's Bad)' ~ *[Original Speed Master]. From the compilation album 'Make It Funky - the big payback: 1971-1975'

Written by James Brown

Arranged by James Brown and Fred Wesley

Produced by James Brown

James Brown: Vocals, with probably: unidentified Trumpets, Flutes
Tom "Bones" Malone: Trombone
David Sanborn: Alto Saxophone
Joe Farrell: Tenor Saxophone
Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis: Baritone Saxophone
Joe Beck, Sam Brown: Guitars
Wilbur Bascomb: Bass
Alan Schwartzberg: Drums
Jeannette Washington, Bobby Roach: Background Vocals

♪♫ Funk it down, nasty
(Hey, listen to the man)
(Rap, Godfather)
(Pay back), (cold-blooded)
People, people, we've got to get over
Before we go under, yeaaaah Lord
People, people, we've got to get over
Before we go under
Hey, could be, you didn't say watchya meant
You just changed, a brand new funky President
Yea huh

Stock market going up, jobs going down
It ain't no funky job to be found
Taxes keep going up, I've changed from a glass
Now I drink from a paper cup, gettin' bad
People, people, we've got to get over
Before we go under, listen to me
Let's get together and raise
Let's get together and get some land
Raise our food like the man
Save our money like the mob
Put up your fight own the job
Wooh

(Go on, rap baby)
(tell them, Godfather)
Hey Lord, heeeey, turn on your fountain water [funk motor?]
Get down and praise the Lord
Get sexy, sexy, get funky and dance
Love me baby, love me nice too
Don't make it once, but can you make it twice
I like it

People, people, we've got to get over
Before we go under
People, people, well well well
Before we go under
Turn on your funk motor [fountain water?], I know it's tough
Turn on your funk motor [fountain water?], until you get enough, yeah
Hey, give yourself a chance to come through
Wooh, tell yourself, I can do what you can do

(Hey, listen to the man), (Rap Godfather)
(Pay back), (cold-blooded)
People, people, heeeeey, huh people, people
Hey, people, people, don't you see what's goin' on
People, people, we've got to get together
Oooww, get on your good foot, huh, change it, yeah

Got to get together and get some land
Raise our food just like the man
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, I've got to say it again
We've got to get together and buy some land huh
Raise our food just like the man
Save our money, do like the mob
Put up your fight and own the job
We've got to get over, before we go under
Time's getting short, heeeey Lord

Country do you know just what I meant
but that's changed
we've got a brand new funky President ha uhh
Oooww, I need to be the mayor
So I could change some things around here
I need to be the governor, uhh
I need to be the governor, ha uhh
I need to be the governor ♪♫

~ [Many thanks to the copyright owners UMG for allowing this to be heard on YouTube....this time! ;-j ] ~ ☺

Burundi Black (Part 1) - Burundi Steiphenson Black [7 1971 issue]

ELGROOVER 2009-10-19 | The original source of this tribal rhythm was a recording of 25 drummers of the Ingoma tribe, Burundi. The recording was included in an album, 'Musique du Burundi', issued by the French Ocora label in 1968. During the early 70s, a British pop musician named *Mike Steiphenson grafted an arrangement for guitars and keyboards onto the original recording from Burundi, and the result was 'Burundi Black', an album that sold more than 125,000 copies and made the British best-seller charts. ~ Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/africabeyond/africaonyourstreet/cdreviews
*Mike Steiphenson aka Michel Bernholc, was a French (not British) musician and arranger.

NOTE: (If I'm not mistaken), this here is the A side of the original 7" release of the Steiphenson arrangement from 1971.

There was also a 12" 'Special Re-mix' made, released in 1981.

However, there was not, to the best of my knowledge, a 10" 'Trench Foot Steppin' Dub Mix' released in 1917 ;-)

The visual is a loop of "Hubble Approaches the Final Frontier: The Dawn of Galaxies". This "zoom" starts in the Fornax constellation and pushes through deeper and narrower telescopic fields to at last reach Hubble's Ultra Deep Field, where astronomers have identified 108 very distant galaxies. The zoom reveals the locations of the 108 galaxies, then it pushes farther into the field, showing a close up of three representative candidates.

☻☺☻☺☻☺
~ Ubumwe ~
☺☻☺☻☺☻

On The Road Again - Big Stick

ELGROOVER 2009-09-28 | Track 2. 'On The Road Again'. From the album 'Drag Racing Underground'

Big Stick are:
John Gill and Yanna Trance

For Ladies Only - Steppenwolf

ELGROOVER 2009-09-22 | Track 1. 'For Ladies Only'. The album title track.

Written by Jerry Edmonton, Kent Henry, John Kay, Goldy McJohn

John Kay - vocals, guitar
Kent Henry - lead guitar
George Biondo - vocals, bass
Goldy McJohn - keyboards
Jerry Edmonton - drums

Richard Podolor - producer

Bill Cooper - engineer

♪♫ What you say to drive that girl away
When she's the one and only?
Who's the one that you been leanin' on
Ev'ry time that you were down and lonely?
How many times did you say to yourself that woman is the devil's tool?
Somehow you knew that you blew it again and didn't wanna look like a ravin' fool
But when you need affection
You go to her with a smilin' face
But now she's got a strange reaction

For ladies only
Tired of talkin' 'till somebody hears
For ladies only
Half the world has been built upon their tears

If you've been contemplatin' just what you're doin' wrong
Then you will be a witness to the rumble goin' on
You fight it hard to tell apart the truth from the jive
They've got a right to say it wrong if freedom's to survive

Now if you don't believe your own reflection
Just take a look at all your smooth talkin' friends
I'm sure you'll make the right connection

For ladies only
Too much waitin' for too many years
For ladies only
Half the world has been built upon their tears

I'll give you my donation to help the cause along
I'll make my contribution 'till the fight has been won
But when my bedroom closes one thing remains
Man, woman, hog or dog, I'm callin' the plays
And if you find the need to raise objection
Don't talk to me 'bout your wasted time
You know you made your own selections

For ladies only
Too much waitin' for too many years
For ladies only
Half the world has been built on their tears
For ladies only
Tired of talkin' 'till somebody hears
For ladies only
Half the world has been built on their tears
For ladies only
Too much waitin' for too many years
For ladies only
Half the world has been built on their tears
For ladies only
Tired of talkin' 'till somebody hears
For ladies only.... ♪♫

http://www.steppenwolf.com
The official Steppenwolf website.

~ [Many thanks to the copyright owners UMG for allowing this to be heard on YouTube] ~ ☺

Im Asking - Steppenwolf

ELGROOVER 2009-09-22 | Track 2. 'I'm Asking'. From the album 'For Ladies Only'.

Written by Jerry Edmonton, Goldy McJohn

John Kay - vocals, guitar
Kent Henry - lead guitar
George Biondo - vocals, bass
Goldy McJohn - keyboards
Jerry Edmonton - drums

Richard Podolor - producer

Bill Cooper - engineer

♪♫ I'm asking all you mothers,
do your children get jived?
And God was just piled upon them
do you think they'll survive?
You send them to the movies
what d'you think that they'll see?
You know that that won't be love,
that's not rated 'GP',
but they can watch a murderer,
a rapist or a cheat,
armies kill millions
and violence in our streets

I'm asking!
Yes, I'm Asking!

But lost stinking bodies
are still not for young eyes
I'm asking all you mothers,
do you tell your children lies?
how do you think they'll grow up
if they're weaned upon a gun
or stories of how the stork
has brought you, your new son
Achieved their resentment
as a wellness fills their eyes
when truth is discovered
if they leave you - don't
don't you be surprised

I'm asking
Im asking all you mothers
Im asking
of you mothers to be
I'm asking
for the sake of our children,
don't take away the right
the right to be free

I'm asking all you young girls
have you learned about lost pleasures
or did your parents bind your morals,
restrain you from those treasures
Tell me, look behind you,
was your mama really there?
Your child looks a lot like you
for her sake I hope you'll be fair
You want your kids to grow up
with the things you never had,
then give them love and freedom
respect their values of good and bad

I'm asking
Yes, I'm asking
I'm asking
I'm asking
do you tell your children lies
I'm asking

I'm asking

I'm asking

I'm asking

Yes, I'm asking

I'm asking ♪♫

http://www.steppenwolf.com
The official Steppenwolf website.

~ [Many thanks to the copyright owners UMG for allowing this to be heard on YouTube] ~ ☺

Shackles & Chains - Steppenwolf

ELGROOVER 2009-09-22 | Track 3. 'Shackles & Chains'. From the album 'For Ladies Only'.

Written by John Kay

John Kay - vocals, guitar
Kent Henry - lead guitar
George Biondo - vocals, bass
Goldy McJohn - keyboards
Jerry Edmonton - drums

Richard Podolor - producer

Bill Cooper - engineer

♪♫ Take what you got to give and let it shine
Take what you got to give but leave me mine
Nobody likes you the way that I could
Aaaah for you, I'd dive to the bottom
Don't you know I surely would

Can you hear me callin' late at night when love comes tumblin' down
Slidin' in the kitchen late at night, hear me stumblin' around
Someday you'll want me the way I want you
Aaaah and then I'll climb through your mountains if you really want me to

Don't hold your knife so close to my head
I'll hide all the shackles and chains on my bed
I know I'm a rounder, it's hard to forget
After all the little playful things I've done

Now if you believe me, then let us be kind
We'll sit down together and talk over wine
If you show me your game, then I'll show you mine
'Til our shadows fade beneath the rising sun

Can you hear me callin' late at night when love comes tumblin' down
Slidin' in the kitchen late at night, hear me stumblin' around
Nobody likes you the way that I could
Aaaah for you, I'd dive to the bottom
Don't you know I surely would

Don't hold your knife so close to my head
I'll hide all the shackles and chains on my bed
I know I'm a rounder, it's hard to forget
After all the little playful things I've done

Now if you believe me, then let us be kind
We'll sit down together and talk over wine
If you show me your game, then I'll show you mine
'Til our shadows fade beneath the rising sun ♪♫

http://www.steppenwolf.com
The official Steppenwolf website.

~ [Many thanks to the copyright owners UMG for allowing this to be heard on YouTube] ~ ☺

Tenderness - Steppenwolf

ELGROOVER 2009-09-22 | Track 4. 'Tenderness'. From the album 'For Ladies Only'.

Written by Mars Bonfire

John Kay - vocals, guitar
Kent Henry - lead guitar
George Biondo - vocals, bass
Goldy McJohn - keyboards
Jerry Edmonton - drums

Richard Podolor - producer

Bill Cooper - engineer

♪♫ She tried to show me how to love
I bit her lips and bruised her arms
No I hadn't learned Tenderness

She asked, "what does love mean to you?"
I grabbed her hair and pulled her down
I looked in her eyes and I laughed

The love I feel is hard and fast
It's for a face and for one night
I don't need to own anyone

She said, she said, "All your women burn in your flame
But as it dies, as it dies, they'll leave you and seek revenge"

She laughed and said, "You'll go through hell
You'll live in lonely rooms I know
And watch for my love's Tenderness"

Oh I went from her to someone else
And someone else mmmm
Oh I couldn't feel satisfied

She said, she said, "All your women burn in your flame
And as it dies, as it dies, they'll leave you and seek revenge"

I wish that I could find her now
My love is soft, my love is warm
I'd take her to bed tenderly
Oh i'd take her to bed tenderly
Yes I'd take her to bed tenderly

mmmhhhmmmm ♪♫

http://www.steppenwolf.com
The official Steppenwolf website.

~ [Many thanks to the copyright owners UMG for allowing this to be heard on YouTube] ~ ☺

The Night Times For You - Steppenwolf

ELGROOVER 2009-09-22 | Track 5. 'The Night Time's For You'. From the album 'For Ladies Only'.

Written by Mars Bonfire, Morgan Cavett

John Kay - vocals, guitar
Kent Henry - lead guitar
George Biondo - vocals, bass
Goldy McJohn - keyboards
Jerry Edmonton - drums

Richard Podolor - producer

Bill Cooper - engineer

♪♫ You're hair hangs under black silk
The gown you wear blows in the wind
You're one of the devils best friends
Your burning eyes are doin' me in

The Night Time's for you, yeah
The Night Time's for you

You think up evil and sin
And take away everything that I own
Talk in symbols and signs
That goes beyond anything that I've known

The Night Time's for you, yeah
The Night Time's for you
The Night Time's for you
Now The Night Time's for you

Does the night give you power just to rule over me
I've been waiting for the hour 'til your chains set me free
Set me free, set me free, yeah..yeah..

The full moon shines in your eye, the bell toll
Keeps ringin' the hour
The birds you keep, scream to be free
And like a bird I'm under your power

The Night Time's for you, yeah
The Night Time's for you
The Night Time's for you, yeah
The Night Time's for you

Does the night give you power just to rule over me
I've been waiting for the hour 'til your chains set me free
Set me free, set me free, yeah..yeah..

The Night Time's for you..... ♪♫

http://www.steppenwolf.com
The official Steppenwolf website.

~ [Many thanks to the copyright owners UMG for allowing this to be heard on YouTube] ~ ☺

Jaded Strumpet - Steppenwolf

ELGROOVER 2009-09-22 | Track 6. 'Jaded Strumpet'. From the album 'For Ladies Only'.

Written by Jerry Edmonton

John Kay - vocals, guitar
Kent Henry - lead guitar
George Biondo - vocals, bass
Goldy McJohn - keyboards
Jerry Edmonton - drums

Richard Podolor - producer

Bill Cooper - engineer

♪♫ You know I got a thing for women
That are lean, and know their demons
Diamonds and sequins don't knock them on their ass

I got a high struttin' floozy
She's clean and always choosy
She clawed her way up to the head of her class

(CHORUS):

And they call her a Jaded Strumpet
You know that girl sure blows trumpet
Got a hootchie cootchie throwback
If you treat her right she might show you there

(END CHORUS)

Now she won't ask the worlds permission
To please her needs and disposition
She does what she wants and she says what she feels
And if you try to catch and hold her
Then do your best that you won't bore her
She don't need ya just to pay for her meals

(CHORUS)

And if you think she'll let you ride her
Only two words can describe her
Please, don't you overdrive her
She's really quite a lady, in her own way

You know I got a thing for women
That are lean, and know their demons
Diamonds and sequins don't knock them on their ass

I got a high struttin' floozy
She's clean and always choosy
She clawed her way to the head of her class

(CHORUS)

....Yeah she might show you there,
Hey, she gonna show you there
Yeah, ooow...

Yeah, yeah Jaded Strumpet
That girl, she sure blows trumpet, ooh!
Yeah, yeah Jaded Strumpet
You know the chicks' show's alright
Yeah, yeah Jaded Strumpet
The girl, wow, won't you blow trumpet
Yeah, yeah Jaded Strumpet
H'come I never see ya out there, alright
Yeah, yeah Jaded Strumpet
The girl, she sure blows, blows trumpet
[Fade] Yeah, yeah Jaded Strumpet
The girl, now she sure gets my trumpet, oow ♪♫

http://www.steppenwolf.com
The official Steppenwolf website.

~ [Many thanks to the copyright owners UMG for allowing this to be heard on YouTube] ~ ☺

Sparkle Eyes - Steppenwolf

ELGROOVER 2009-09-22 | Track 7. 'Sparkle Eyes'. From the album 'For Ladies Only'.

Written by George Biondo, John Kay

John Kay - vocals, guitar
Kent Henry - lead guitar
George Biondo - vocals, bass
Goldy McJohn - keyboards
Jerry Edmonton - drums

Richard Podolor - producer

Bill Cooper - engineer

♪♫ Oh Woman, don't you know me?
Has it been so long that you forgot
I thought of you just yesterday
My time it has been dragging
And I've changed girl but so have you
Please don't turn your face away
It's in your eyes I know
Where did the sparkle go?

Sparkle eyes used to shine ev'ry day
God, I wish I never had seen you looking this way

Can't recall just who was wrong
Guess it doesn't matter now
To dredge the past I've no desire
But it hurts to feel your sadness
And to see the life you've led
Faceless fountains cooled your fire
It was mine not long ago
Where did the sparkle flow?

Sparkle Eyes used to smile at the rain
Don't I wish that I could see it again
Where did the sparkle go?

Now if I only knew where to begin
Girl, I'd try to break your fall and stop your spin
But time has changed us both too many ways
And I'm looking at a strange and empty face

And your eyes used to shine every day
If I had only never seen you lookin' this way
Those faceless fountains they cooled your fire
It was mine not so very long ago
Your eyes would laugh at the rain
You don't know how I wish I could see it again
I just can't stand to watch goin' down slow
Where did the sparkle go? ♪♫

http://www.steppenwolf.com
The official Steppenwolf website.

~ [Many thanks to the copyright owners UMG for allowing this to be heard on YouTube] ~ ☺

Black Pit - Steppenwolf

ELGROOVER 2009-09-22 | Track 8. 'Black Pit'. From the album 'For Ladies Only'.

Written by Kent Henry, Goldy McJohn

John Kay - vocals, guitar
Kent Henry - lead guitar
George Biondo - vocals, bass
Goldy McJohn - keyboards
Jerry Edmonton - drums

Richard Podolor - producer

Bill Cooper - engineer

http://www.steppenwolf.com
The official Steppenwolf website.

~ [Many thanks to the copyright owners UMG for allowing this to be heard on YouTube] ~ ☺

Ride With Me - Steppenwolf

ELGROOVER 2009-09-22 | Track 9. 'Ride With Me'. From the album 'For Ladies Only'.

Written by Mars Bonfire

John Kay - vocals, guitar
Kent Henry - lead guitar
George Biondo - vocals, bass
Goldy McJohn - keyboards
Jerry Edmonton - drums

Richard Podolor - producer

Bill Cooper - engineer

♪♫ How ya gonna make it baby?
That's the question to be asked
Life goes on around you
In so many different ways
I know my share of history
How hard it is to be free
From wearing masks that turn to skin
Hiding what you could have been

And I, I, I'm so confused
Which way, which way to choose?
Ride with me baby 'til the end of the day

Mama's home philosophy
Makes everyone a freak but me
Though I'm starvin' in the streets
And can't predict the future
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Who's the sanest of us all?
Is he with me or one of them?
How does he dress, who are his friends?

And I, I, I'm so confused
Which way, which way to choose?
Ride with me baby 'til the end of the day

Mama's home philosophy
Makes everyone a freak but me
Though I'm starvin' in the streets
And can't predict the future
Can I have my vision back?
I'll live outside your city walls
You don't have to be afraid
Until I come together

Ride with me Baby
'Til the end of the day ♪♫

http://www.steppenwolf.com
The official Steppenwolf website.

~ [Many thanks to the copyright owners UMG for allowing this to be heard on YouTube] ~ ☺

In Hopes Of A Garden - Steppenwolf

ELGROOVER 2009-09-21 | Track 10. 'In Hope Of A Garden'. From the album 'For Ladies Only'.

Written by George Biondo

John Kay - vocals, guitar
Kent Henry - lead guitar
George Biondo - vocals, bass
Goldy McJohn - keyboards
Jerry Edmonton - drums

Richard Podolor - producer

Bill Cooper - engineer

♪♫ In hopes of a garden
The scent of a smile
A long summer's day love
Quickly dissolves away

In hopes of a garden
The scent of a smile
A long summer's day love
We'll use our hopes as a place
We'll use out hopes as a place

Come with me
Come with me
Come with me ♪♫

http://www.steppenwolf.com
The official Steppenwolf website.

~ [Many thanks to the copyright owners UMG for allowing this to be heard on YouTube] ~ ☺

Macho City {second section} - Steve Miller Band

Macho City {first section} - Steve Miller Band

ELGROOVER 2009-09-18 | (As appears on Disc 2. Track 8. 'Macho City'. From the compilation album 'The Loft, Vol. 2 - Presented by David Mancuso').

Track 5. 'Macho City'. From the album 'Circle of Love'.

Written by Steve Miller

Steve Miller - vocals, guitar
Byron Allred - keyboards
Gerald Johnson - bass
Gary Mallaber - drums, percussion

Produced by Steve Miller

Recording engineer - Rick Fisher

♪♫ Macho City
Macho City
Macho City
Macho City (Macho City)

Welcome to the entertainment
Here now are the facts (Macho City)
Presented by reporters
Wearing macho slacks (Macho City)

All around the world
The message is hot and smoking (Macho City)
Would you like to see the future
Nobody's joking (Macho City)

Velcro people with
X-Ray sight (Macho City)
Will be making judgements
About what's wrong and what's right (Macho City)

Politicians and lawyers
All know what it means (Macho City)
They'll be keeping it all legal
With political visquine

Macho City
Macho City

As time marches
Through the ages
Macho men always
Shooting up history's pages

Taking over this (ooh)
Taking over that (ooh)
Macho men always
Where it's at

El Salvador
Afghanistan (Macho City)
Ask those people
About the macho plan (Macho city)

Macho City

Talking about
Zombie servants
Mystic mud
Silver bullets
Head green ton stud
Black cat bone
The heebee-jeebees
John the Conqueroo's personal voodoo keys

Way over yonder
Over on yonder's wall
Looks like Macho Man's
Headed for a big fall

How can Macho Man
Heal his soul
Will powerful root man
Let him go ♪♫

~ [Many thanks to the copyright owner/administrator, Demon Music, for allowing this to be heard on YouTube] ~ ☺