Meaty, Beaty, Big & Bouncy #153: Simple Minds

[ShayLaB]

Song #: 186
Title: The Universal
Artist: Blur
Year: 1995
Available on: The Great Escape
UK Chart peak: 5

UK Chart Run
Date and Position
25/11/1995 5
02/12/1995 11
09/12/1995 18
16/12/1995 27
23/12/1995 29
30/12/1995 30
06/01/1996 34
13/01/1996 45
20/01/1996 63
Clip: [url][/url]

Notes:

I sometimes, kinda like Blur a little. Some of the singles are fine but a whole album just seems a little much. The is, by far, my favourite of their songs.


Wikipedia:

"The Universal" is a song by English alternative rock band Blur and is featured on their fourth studio album, The Great Escape. It was released 13 November 1995 as the second single from that album, charting at #5 in the UK Singles Chart.

In keeping with the song's science fiction theme, the single's cover art is an allusion to the opening shot of 2001: A Space Odyssey, and the music video is a tribute to the movie A Clockwork Orange, with the band dressed up in costumes similar to Alex and his droogs. Both movies were directed by Stanley Kubrick.

The song has increased in stature since its release; this is proved by it being voted second best of all Blur singles on blurtalk.com.

This is the next century
Where the Universal's free
You can find it anywhere
Yes, the future's been sold
Every night we're gone
And to karaoke songs
How we like to sing along
'Though the words are wrong

It really, really, really could happen
Yes, it really, really, really could happen
When the days they seem to fall through you
Well, just let them go

No-one here is alone
Satellite's in every home
Yes, the Universal's here
Here for everyone
Every paper that you read
Says tomorrow's your lucky day
Well, here's your lucky day

It really, really, really could happen
Yes, it really, really, really could happen
If the days they seem to fall through you
Well, just let them go

[Marius]

Ha, was thinking about this topic the other day...
Love the song. Spooky to see Clockwork Orange mentioned, seeing that I watched the movie just last night

[ShayLaB]

Ha, was thinking about this topic the other day...
Love the song. Spooky to see Clockwork Orange mentioned, seeing that I watched the movie just last night

I have not seen it...it must be the only Kubrick movie that I haven't watched. I just never really imagined that it would be something I would enjoy.

[ShayLaB]

Song #: 185
Title: SOS
Artist: ABBA
Year: 1975
Available on: ABBA
UK Chart peak: 6

UK Chart Run
Date and Position
20/09/1975 47
27/09/1975 31
04/10/1975 16
11/10/1975 13
18/10/1975 7
25/10/1975 6
01/11/1975 6
08/11/1975 7
15/11/1975 21
22/11/1975 33

Clip:
SOS
Man in the Middle - the rather fab B-side

Notes:



ABBA

SOS

Palindromes ahoy!!

I tried to play this on the piano a couple of nights ago and failed miserably.

"S.O.S." was written by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson and recorded at Glen Studio on 22–23 August 1974. The title itself was coined by Stig, though the lyrics he provided were re-written by Björn Ulvaeus. "SOS" was among the first 3 songs recorded for the group's 1975 album, ABBA.

Despite the song's catchiness, it was passed over as the lead single from the album; the track "So Long" was chosen instead. "So Long" was chosen primarily because it had the same uptempo beat as their 1974 hit single, "Waterloo".

The descending chords and ominous Minimoog synthesizer melody line of the introduction set the tone for Fältskog’s vocals, sounding almost as if she were breaking down in tears.

Where are those happy days, they seem so hard to find
I tried to reach for you, but you have closed your mind.

Whatever happened to our love
I wish I understood
It used to be so nice, it used to be so good

So when you're near me, darling can't you hear me
SOS
The love you gave me, nothing else can save me
SOS
When you're gone (when you're gone)
How can I even try to go on
When you're gone (when you're gone)
Though I try how can I carry on

You seem so far away though you are standing near
You made me feel alive, but something died I fear
I really tried to make it out
I wish I understood
What happened to our love, it used to be so good

So when you're near me, darling can't you hear me
SOS
The love you gave me, nothing else can save me
SOS
When you're gone (when your gone)
How can I even try to go on
When you're gone (when your gone)
Though I try how can I carry on

So when you're near me, darling can't you hear me
SOS
And the love you gave me, nothing else can save me
SOS
When you're gone (when you're gone)
How can I even try to go on
When you're gone (when you're gone)
Though I try how can I carry on
When you're gone (when you're gone)
How can I even try to go on
When you're gone (when your gone)
Though I try how can I carry on

[Tiger]

Song #: 185
Title: SOS
Artist: ABBA

Song #: 186
Title: The Universal
Artist: Blur


Both classics. Very different.

[Benny]

Song #: 185
Title: SOS
Artist: ABBA

Palindromes ahoy!!

Masterpiece

[ShayLaB]

Song #: 184
Title: Brilliant Disguise
Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Year: 1987
Available on: Tunnel of Love
UK Chart peak: 20

UK Chart Run
Date and Position
03/10/1987 21
10/10/1987 20
17/10/1987 38
24/10/1987 54
31/10/1987 70

Clip: Brilliant Disguise

Notes:

"Brilliant Disguise" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1987 album Tunnel of Love. It was released as the first single from the album, reaching the #5 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Like much of the Tunnel of Love album, "Brilliant Disguise" was recorded in Springsteen's home studio, called Thrill Hill East, between January and May 1987 with several members of the E Street Band. On this song, Springsteen played several instruments and is backed by Roy Bittan on keyboards, Danny Federici on organ and Max Weinberg on drums.

The lyrics of "Brilliant Disguise" represent a confession of self-doubt on the part of the singer. The emotions expressed in the song include confusion, jealousy and anxiety about whether the singer's wife has become a stranger to him.

I hold you in my arms
as the band plays
What are those words whispered baby
just as you turn away
I saw you last night
out on the edge of town
I wanna read your mind
To know just what I've got in this new thing I've found
So tell me what I see
when I look in your eyes
Is that you baby
or just a brilliant disguise

I heard somebody call your name
from underneath our willow
I saw something tucked in shame
underneath your pillow
Well I've tried so hard baby
but I just can't see
What a woman like you
is doing with me
So tell me who I see
when I look in your eyes
Is that you baby
or just a brilliant disguise

Now look at me baby
struggling to do everything right
And then it all falls apart
when out go the lights
I'm just a lonely pilgrim
I walk this world in wealth
I want to know if it's you I don't trust
'cause I damn sure don't trust myself

Now you play the loving woman
I'll play the faithful man
But just don't look too close
into the palm of my hand
We stood at the alter
the gypsy swore our future was right
But come the wee wee hours
Well maybe baby the gypsy lied
So when you look at me
you better look hard and look twice
Is that me baby
or just a brilliant disguise

Tonight our bed is cold
I'm lost in the darkness of our love
God have mercy on the man
Who doubts what he's sure of

[ShayLaB]

Song #: 183
Title: Si tu vois ma mère
Artist: Sidney Bechet
Year: 1950s
Available on: Compilations
UK Chart peak: n/a

Clip: Si tu vois ma mère

Notes:

Sidney Bechet (May 14, 1897 – May 14, 1959) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer.

He was one of the first important soloists in jazz (beating cornetist and trumpeter Louis Armstrong to the recording studio by several months and later playing duets with Armstrong), and was perhaps the first notable jazz saxophonist. Forceful delivery, well-constructed improvisations, and a distinctive, wide vibrato characterized Bechet's playing.
Bechet's erratic temperament hampered his career, however, and not until the late 1940s did he earn wide acclaim.

"Bechet to me was the very epitome of jazz ... everything he played in his whole life was completely original. I honestly think he was the most unique man to ever be in this music." — Duke Ellington.

[ShayLaB]

Song #: 182
Title: Guilty Conscience
Artist: Eminem Ft Dr Dre - Guilty Conscience
Year: 1999
Available on: The Slim Shady LP
UK Chart peak: #5

UK Chart Run
Date and Position
14/08/1999 5
21/08/1999 7
28/08/1999 12
04/09/1999 21
11/09/1999 29
18/09/1999 36
25/09/1999 42
02/10/1999 60
Clip: Guilty Conscience

Notes:

His fourth studio album was such let down (think Ass Like That)that I haven't bothered to listen to any of his albums since. There are some absolute gems before that point and this is one of his best.


Wikipedia:

"Guilty Conscience" is a song released in 1999 by rap artist Eminem featuring his mentor, Dr. Dre. It was the third single from his major label debut album, The Slim Shady LP, also released in 1999. It was also released on his greatest hits album Curtain Call: The Hits.

[announcer]
Meet Eddie, twenty-three years old.
Fed up with life and the way things are going,
he decides to rob a liquor store.
("I can't take this no more, I can't take it no more homes")
But on his way in, he has a sudden change of heart.
And suddenly, his conscience comes into play...
("Shit is mine, I gotta do this.. gotta do this")

[Dr. Dre]
Alright, stop! (Huh?)
Now before you walk in the door of this liquor store
and try to get money out the drawer
You better think of the consequence (But who are you?)
I'm your motherfuckin conscience

[Eminem]
That's nonsense!
Go in and gaffle the money and run to one of your aunt's cribs
And borrow a damn dress, and one of her blonde wigs
Tell her you need a place to stay
You'll be safe for days if you shave your legs with Renee's razor blade

[Dr. Dre]
Yeah but if it all goes through like it's supposed to
The whole neighborhood knows you and they'll expose you
Think about it before you walk in the door first
Look at the store clerk, she's older than George Burns

[Eminem]
**** that! Do that shit! Shoot that bitch!
Can you afford to blow this shit? Are you that rich?
Why you give a **** if she dies? Are you that bitch?
Do you really think she gives a **** if you have kids?

[Dr. Dre]
Man, don't do it, it's not worth it to risk it! (You're right!)
Not over this shit (Stop!) Drop the biscuit (I will!)
Don't even listen to Slim yo, he's bad for you
(You know what Dre? I don't like your attitude..)

[sound of static]

("It's alright c'mon, just come in here for a minute")
("Mmm, I don't know!")
("Look baby..")
("Damn!")
("Yo, it's gonna be alright, right?")
("Well OK..")

[announcer]
Meet Stan, twenty-one years old. ("Give me a kiss!")
After meeting a young girl at a rave party,
things start getting hot and heavy in an upstairs bedroom.
Once again, his conscience comes into play... ("Shit!")

[Eminem]
Now listen to me, while you're kissin her cheek
and smearin her lipstick, I slipped this in her drink
Now all you gotta do is nibble on this little bitch's earlobe..
(Yo! This girl's only fifteen years old
You shouldn't take advantage of her, that's not fair)
Yo, look at her bush.. does it got hair? (Uh huh!)
**** this bitch right here on the spot bare
Til she passes out and she forgot how she got there
(Man, ain't you ever seen that one movie _Kids_?)
No, but I seen the porno with SunDoobiest!
(Shit, you wanna get hauled off to jail?)
Man **** that, hit that shit raw dawg and bail..

[sound of static]
[pickup idling, radio playing]

[announcer]
Meet Grady, a twenty-nine year old construction worker.
After coming home from a hard day's work,
he walks in the door of his trailer park home
to find his wife in bed with another man.
("WHAT THE ****?!?!")
("Grady!!")

[Dr. Dre]
Alright calm down, relax, start breathin..

[Eminem]
**** that shit, you just caught this bitch cheatin
While you at work she's with some dude tryin to get off?!
**** slittin her throat, CUT THIS BITCH'S HEAD OFF!!!

[Dr. Dre]
Wait! What if there's an explanation for this shit?
(What? She tripped? Fell? Landed on his dick?!)
Alright Shady, maybe he's right Grady
But think about the baby before you get all crazy

[Eminem]
Okay! Thought about it, still wanna stab her?
Grab her by the throat, get your daughter and kidnap her?
That's what I did, be smart, don't be a retard
You gonna take advice from somebody who slapped DEE BARNES??!

[Dr. Dre]
What'chu say? (What's wrong? Didn't think I'd remember?)
I'ma kill you ****!

[Eminem]
Uhhh-aahh! Temper temper!
Mr. Dre? Mr. N.W.A.?
Mr. AK comin' straight outta Compton y'all better make way?
How in the **** you gonna tell this man not to be violent?

[Dr. Dre]
Cause he don't need to go the same route that I went
Been there, done that.. aw **** it...
What am I sayin? Shoot em both Grady, where's your gun at?

[gun fires, is cocked, and re-fired]

[ShayLaB]

Song #: 181
Title: Desire
Artist: U2
Year: 1988
Available on: Rattle and Hum
UK Chart peak: #1

UK Chart Run
Date and Position
01/10/1988 3
08/10/1988 1
15/10/1988 2
22/10/1988 17
29/10/1988 30
05/11/1988 37
12/11/1988 58
19/11/1988 63
26/11/1988 88
03/12/1988 83
17/12/1988 88
31/12/1988 92
07/01/1989 79

Clip: Desire

Notes:

It's a funny thing y'know...their four best singles (IMO) come from the same, largely ignored, Rattle and Hum album. Desire, Angel of Harlem, When Love Comes to Town and All I Want is You are a fine run of hits. Generally I am not their biggest fan but Desire is a splendid Bo Diddley pastiche.


From Wikipedia:

"Desire" is a song by U2. It is the third track on their 1988 album, Rattle and Hum, and the band's first number-one single in the UK and Australia. It reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US, and topped both the Modern and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts, the first song to reach the top of both of these charts simultaneously. It reached number two on the Dutch Top 40.

The band cite The Stooges' song "1969" as its main influence, which is an interpolation of the Bo Diddley Beat.

Yeah...
Lover, I'm on the street
Gonna go where the bright lights
And the big city meet
With a red guitar...on fire
Desire

She's a candle burning in my room
Yeah I'm like the needle, needle and spoon
Over the candle with a shotgun
Pretty soon everybody got one
And the fever when I'm beside her
Desire
Desire

And the fever, getting higher
Desire
Desire
Burning...
Burning...

She's the dollars
She's my protection
Yeah she's a promise
In the year of election
Oh sister, I can't let you go
Like a preacher stealing hearts
At a traveling show
For love of money money money
money money money money money
money money money
And the fever, getting higher
Desire, desire, desire, desire

Desire...

[Tiger]

Song #: 181
Title: Desire
Artist: U2

[Benny]

Song #: 181
Title: Desire
Artist: U2

Classic

[ShayLaB]

Song #: 180
Title: I'm Waiting For The Man
Artist: The Velvet Underground / David Bowie
Year: 1967/1972
Available on: The Velvet Underground and Nico / Live in Santa Monica 1972
UK Chart peak: n/a


Clips:
The Velvet Underground
David Bowie
OMD

Notes:

A top song from the much revered banana album...but I prefer the live Bowie version that I encountered initially on the rather fab Almost Famous soundtrack.

From Wikipedia:

"I'm Waiting for the Man" is a song by the American rock band The Velvet Underground, written by Lou Reed. It was first released on their 1967 debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico.

The song is about purchasing 26 dollars worth of heroin in a Harlem brownstone near the intersection of Lexington Avenue and 125th Street in New York City. The song is sung from the point of view of the purchaser who is presumably traveling to Harlem from another part of the city; the "man" in the song's title is a drug dealer. Along with traditional guitar, bass, and drums, the song also features pounding, percussive rock-and-roll barrelhouse-style piano. It is one of the band's more popular songs, and one of their many compositions featuring drugs as subject matter. After leaving the band in 1970, Lou Reed continued to incorporate the song into his solo live performances. Reed does not often sing the song himself anymore. Released as a single in October 1971 (b/w "There She Goes Again") as Andy Warhol's Velvet Underground on MGM Records

In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it #159 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

I'm waiting for my man
Twenty-six dollars in my hand
Up to Lexington, 125
Feel sick and dirty, more dead than alive
I'm waiting for my man

Hey, white boy, what you doin' uptown?
Hey, white boy, you chasin' our women around?
Oh pardon me sir, it's the furthest from my mind
I'm just lookin' for a dear, dear friend of mine
I'm waiting for my man

Here he comes, he's all dressed in black
PR shoes and a big straw hat
He's never early, he's always late
First thing you learn is you always gotta wait
I'm waiting for my man

Up to a Brownstone, up three flights of stairs
Everybody's pinned you, but nobody cares
He's got the works, gives you sweet taste
Ah then you gotta split because you got no time to waste
I'm waiting for my man

Baby don't you holler, darlin' don't you bawl and shout
I'm feeling good, you know I'm gonna work it on out
I'm feeling good, I'm feeling oh so fine
Until tomorrow, but that's just some other time
I'm waiting for my man

[CrazyCrazy]

I love Bowie will need to hear this!

[ShayLaB]

Song #: 179
Title: Care of Cell #44
Artist: Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs
Year: 2006
Available on: Under The Covers Vol1
UK Chart peak: n/a


Clips:
Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs
The Zombies

Notes:

A rather splendid little ditty originally by The Zombies.

From Wikipedia:

Under the Covers, Vol. 1 is the first collaboration between alternative rock artist Matthew Sweet and Bangles singer Susanna Hoffs. Released by Shout! Factory in 2006, the album contains 15 cover versions of favorite songs from the 1960s and 1970s. The album was a result of their mutual love for songwriting from the 1960s. Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs decided to record an album together in dedication of that era consisting of only cover versions.

Good morning to you I hope you're feeling better baby
Thinking of me while you are far away
Counting the days until they set you free again
Writing this letter hoping you're okay

Saved you the room you used to stay in every Sunday
The one that is warmed by sunshine every day
And we'll get to know each other for a second time
And then you can tell me 'bout your prison stay...

Feels so good...
You're coming home soon!

It's gonna to be good to have you back again with me
Watching the laughter play around your eyes
Come up and fetch you, saved up for the train fare money
Kiss and make up and it will be so nice...

Feels so good...
You're coming home soon!

Walking the way we used to walk
And it could be so nice...
We're talking the way we used to talk
And it could be so nice...

It's gonna be good to have you back again with me
Watching the laughter play around your eyes
Come up and fetch you, saved up for the train fare money
Kiss and make up and it will be so nice...

Feels so good...
You're coming home soon!
Feels so good...
You're coming home soon!

[Wardo]

'Care of Cell' is cool! I like Susanna's voice.

[ShayLaB]

Song #: 178
Title: Lively Up Yourself
Artist: Bob Marley & the Wailers
Year: 1974
Available on: Natty Dread
UK Chart peak: n/a


Clip:
Lively Up Yourself - Natty Dread
Lively Up Yourself - African Herbsman



Notes:

From Wikipedia:

Natty Dread is a 1974 reggae album by Bob Marley & The Wailers. An important transition in Marley's discography, Natty Dread was the first album released as Bob Marley & the Wailers (as opposed to The Wailers) and the first recorded without former bandmates Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer. It is also the first album recorded with the I-Threes, a female vocal trio that included Bob's wife, Rita Marley, along with Marcia Griffiths and Judy Mowatt.

Natty Dread is a spiritually charged political and social statement. It opens with a blues-influenced positive celebration of skanking, reggae and sex, "Lively Up Yourself", which Marley used to open many of his concerts, in order to get the audience worked up; American R&B star Prince used it for the same purpose. The original and still unreleased demo of the Island version of "Lively up Yourself" was recorded in 1973- This was the last time all 3 original Wailers (Bob Marley,Peter Tosh and Neville "Bunny" Livingston) recorded together in a studio. This version featured each Wailer singing a verse each.

wooooo! oohhh hoo!
ohh yeah! oh yeah
(you gonna)
Lively up yourself and don't be no drag
Lively up yourself, 'for reggae is another day
Hey, lively up yourself and don't say no
You gonna lively up yourself cause I said so

(You what you gonna do)
You rock so, you rock so, like you never did before
You dip so, you dip so, dip through my door
You come so, you come so, oh yeah
You skant so, you skant so, be alive today

You gonna lively up yourself and don't say no
you, lively up yourself cause i say so
You lively up yourself, and don't be no drag
you lively up yourself, cause reggae is another day

what you got, that i don't know
am a trying to wonder, wonder, wonder why you, wonder, wonder why you act so!

yeah!
hey do you hear what your man say
you woman in the morning time yo
you will lively up your woman in the evening time and take ya, take ya, take ya, take ya ...

come on baby, cos i wanna lively up my self yo

(instrumental interlude)

lively up yourself...
lively up yourself...
(You rock so, you rock so),

(instrumental interlude)

you rock so, you rock so,
You dip so, you dip so,
you skant so you skant so
and don't be no drag

you come so, you come so
'cause reggae is another bag
hey what you got in ya bag
what you got in ya bag hanging there

what you say you got, i don't believe

[Wardo]

GREAT song. One of my favourites from Marley.

[CrazyCrazy]

I absolutely love it!

[NothingFails]

Desire is great

Its hard not to enjoy Bob Marley

[ShayLaB]

Song #: 177
Title: Meeting Mr Miandad
Artist: The Duckworth Lewis Method
Year: 2009
Available on: The Duckworth Lewis Method
UK Chart peak: n/a


Clip:
Meeting Mr Miandad
The group talking about their love of cricket.

Notes:

Cricket...the perfect accompaniment to a warm summer day. The album is a beautifully observed homage to the splendid game and the inclusion of this song is a vote for the album as much as anything else.


From Wikipedia:

The Duckworth Lewis Method are an Irish pop group formed by Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy and Thomas Walsh of Pugwash. The Duckworth Lewis Method is also the title of the group's only album, which was released on 3 July 2009, a few days before the start of the 2009 Ashes series. A concept album about cricket, the album has 12 tracks, one of which is an instrumental. The album was mixed and recorded in Dublin and was mastered at Abbey Road Studios.

Mohammad Javed Miandad Khan (born 12 June 1957), popularly known as Javed Miandad , is a former Pakistani cricketer who played between 1975 and 1996. He is Pakistan's leading run scorer in Test cricket. He has served as a captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. He is widely known for his big six against India in 1986 where 5 runs were required from 1 ball. After his playing career, he has remained the coach of Pakistan cricket team at various occasions, as well as held positions in the Pakistan Cricket Board. He had three coaching stints with the Pakistan national team.

Woke up from a dream Thursday morning
Mr. Miandad to me was calling, yeah
Got Duckie on the phone and when he´d stopped yawning
I said "Pack up your bags we´re going to Pakistan“ cause...

We´re meeting Mr. Miandad, meeting Mr. Miandad
When we get to Pakistan in our VW camper van
We´re meeting Mr. Miandad, meeting Mr. Miandad
It´s our historical phantasmagorical destiny

Everywhere we go people know us
When we lose our way people show us
When we break down people tow us
And send us on our way with a smile and a little wave
Hey Hey Hey!

We´re meeting Mr. Miandad, meeting Mr. Miandad
When we get to Pakistan in our VW camper van
We´re meeting Mr. Miandad, meeting Mr. Miandad
It´s our historical phantasmagorical destiny

It´s gonna take a while but when we get there
Mr. Miandad will be met there
We´ll shake him by the hand and he´ll say
"Wait there, while I get my guitar I´m a rock´n´roll star like you“
Woo Hoo Hoo!

We´re meeting Mr. Miandad, meeting Mr. Miandad
When we get to Pakistan in our VW camper van
We´re meeting Mr. Miandad, meeting Mr. Miandad
It´s our historical phantasmagorical destiny

It´s our historical phantasmagorical destiny

[ShayLaB]

Song #: 176
Title: She Cries Your Name
Artist: Beth Orton
Year: 1996
Available on: Trailer park
UK Chart peak: 40

UK Chart Run
Date and Position
14/06/1997 40
21/06/1997 67

Clip: She Cries Your Name

Notes:

From Wikipedia:

"She Cries Your Name" is a song by Beth Orton, released as her third single and found on her 1996 release Trailer Park. It was re-released in 1997, with a different set of b-sides. Both releases contain 4 songs, and were released on CD and vinyl. The initial release peaked at #76, and the re-release at #40 in the UK official singles chart.

She cries your name,
three times again,
She cries your name,
How long can this love remain.

Cut beneath the surface screen of what we say and what we
seem, Is a trick to be seen, She keeps crying out your name,
But her scream sound the same, How fickle fate can be.

She cries your name,
Three times the pain,
She cries your name,
How long can this love remain.

Birds that scream for territory can learn to sing
euphorically, Give him time an' he's real, And there's a
wasteland in your soul the burned out trees will leave you
cold, Living out an ideal.

She cries your name,
three times again,
She cries your name,
How long can this love remain.

She cries your name,
Twelve times again,
She cries your name,
How long can this love remain.

[CrazyCrazy]

I like Beth but have not heard this track! Thanks!

[Tiger]

Song #: 176
Title: She Cries Your Name
Artist: Beth Orton

nice

[ShayLaB]

Song #: 175
Title: Ticket to Ride
Artist: The Beatles
Year: 1965
Available on: Help
UK Chart peak: 1

UK Chart Run
Date and Position

17/04/1965 11
24/04/1965 1
01/05/1965 1
08/05/1965 1
15/05/1965 2
22/05/1965 3
29/05/1965 7
05/06/1965 10
12/06/1965 14
19/06/1965 24
26/06/1965 32
03/07/1965 50


Clip: Ticket to Ride

Notes:

"Ticket to Ride" is a song by The Beatles from their 1965 album, Help!. It was recorded 15 February 1965 and released two months later. In 2004, this song was ranked number 384 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

Composition

The song was written primarily by John Lennon (credited to Lennon–McCartney), with Paul McCartney's contributions in dispute. Lennon said that McCartney's contribution was limited to "the way Ringo played the drums". McCartney said that was an incomplete description, and that "we sat down and wrote it together... give him 60 percent of it... we sat down together and worked on that for a full three-hour songwriting session." This song was also the first song by the band in which McCartney was featured on lead guitar.
The song features a coda with a different tempo that extends the song's length past three minutes, the first Beatles single ever to do so. Lennon said this double-time section (with the lyric "My baby don't care") was one of his "favourite bits" in the song.

Meaning of "ticket to ride"

While the song lyrics describe a girl "riding out of the life of the narrator", the inspiration of the title phrase is unclear. McCartney said it was "a British Railways ticket to the town of Ryde on the Isle of Wight", and Lennon said it described cards indicating a clean bill of health carried by Hamburg prostitutes in the 1960s. The Beatles played in Hamburg early in their musical career, and "ride/riding" was slang for having sex.

Release

"Ticket to Ride" was released as a single on 9 April 1965 in the United Kingdom and 19 April in the United States with "Yes It Is" as its B-side, topping the Hot 100 for a week in the US and the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in the UK. The American single's label declared that the song was from the United Artists release Eight Arms to Hold You. This was the original title of the Beatles' second movie; the title changed to Help! after the single was initially released. The song was also included on the Help! album released on 6 August in the UK and on 13 August in the US.

I think I'm gonna be sad,
I think it's today, yeah.
The girl that's driving me mad
Is going away.

She's got a ticket to ri-hide,
She's got a ticket to ri-hi-hide,
She's got a ticket to ride,
But she don't care.

She said that living with me
Was bringing her down yeah.
She would never be free
When I was around.

She's got a ticket to ri-hide,
She's got a ticket to ri-hi-hide,
She's got a ticket to ride,
But she don't care.

I don't know why she ridin' so high,
She ought to think twice,
She ought to do right by me.
Before she gets to saying goodbye,
She ought to think twice,
She ought to do right by me.

I think I'm gonna be sad,
I think it's today yeah.
The girl that's driving me mad
Is going away, yeah.

Ah, she's got a ticket to ri-hide,
She's got a ticket to ri-hi-hide,
She's got a ticket to ride,
But she don't care.

I don't know why she ridin' so high,
She ought to think twice,
She ought to do right by me.
Before she gets to saying goodbye,
She ought to think twice,
She ought to do right by me.

She said that living with me,
Was bringing her down, yeah.
She would never be free
When I was around.

Ah, she's got a ticket to ri-hide,
She's got a ticket to ri-hi-hide,
She's got a ticket to ride,
But she don't care.

My baby don't care, my baby don't care.
My baby don't care,

(Fading)

My baby don't care, my baby don't care.