Crazy Train

This is one of my favorite Ozzy songs because I think that life is one big crazy train.
With that said, life is what you make of it, and even with experiencing the craziness of the rat race, some people do eventually find a way to get off of the crazy train.

These are the lyrics:
All aboard

Crazy,but that's how it goes
Millions of people living as foes
Maybe it's not too late
To learn how to love
And forget how to hate

Mental wounds not healing
life's a bitter shame
I'm going off the rails on a crazy train

I've listened to preachers
I've listened to fools
I've watched all the dropouts
Who make their own rules
One person conditioned to rule and control
The media sells it and you live the role

Mental wounds still screaming

Driving me insane
I'm going off the rails on a crazy train

I know that things are going wrong for me
You gotta listen to my words
Yeah

Heirs of a cold war
That's what we've become
Inheriting troubles I'm mentally numb
Crazy, I just can not bare
I'm living with something that just isn't fair

Mental wounds not healing
Who and what's to blame
I'm going off the rails on a crazy train

Now you can sing along with the video.

Beds are Burning

Midnight oil is a band from Sidney Australia. The song 'Beds are Burning', was one of their well known songs, and it became a top 10 hit for them in 1987.
I like this song because it is a song about the Indigenous Indians, who are also known as Native Americans.
I am including the lyrics to this song, so that you can understand what the Indians went through, when the 'White man' invaded their world and turned it upside down.

These are the lyrics:
Out where the river broke
The blood wood and the desert oak
Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
Steam in forty five degrees

The time has come
To say fair's fair
To pay the rent
To pay our share

The time has come
A fact's a fact
It belongs to them
Let's give it back

How can we dance when our earth is turning
How do we sleep while our beds are burning
How can we dance when our earth is turning
How do we sleep while our beds are burning

The time has come
To say fair's fair
To pay the rent, now
To pay our share

Four wheels scare the cockatoos
From Kintore East to Yuendemu
The western desert lives and breathes
In forty five degrees

The time has come
To say fair's fair
To pay the rent
To pay our share
The time has come
A fact's a fact
It belongs to them
Let's give it back

How can we dance when our earth is turning
How do we sleep while our beds are burning
How can we dance when our earth is turning
How do we sleep while our beds are burning

The time has come
To say fair's fair
To pay the rent, now
To pay our share
The time has come
A fact's a fact
It belongs to them
We're gonna give it back

How can we dance when our earth is turning
How do we sleep while our beds are burning

Now you can listen to the video, and sing along with it.



Do you have Indian in your family tree? I do, from my mother's side of the family, but I look like my dad's side of the family.

Love Is A Battlefield

When MTV still played music videos, I use to watch it a lot. I liked seeing the artists interpretation of their songs, because it gave a different perspective to what my own interpretation of their songs were.
This song basically was cool because for me it was about being at war with our feelings, when we are young and trying to understand how love can be a good thing and a bad thing at the same time. As you can see with Pat Benatar's video for this song, she clearly had a different vision than mine.



Are you a Pat Benatar fan? If you are a fan, what is your favorite song?

Fast Car

Tracy Chapman received a Grammy Award for best female pop vocalist performance for the Song, 'Fast Car', in 1989. She grew up poor, but she was lucky enough to have a mom, who saw how much she loved music, and bought her a Ukulele.
When I first heard this song play on the radio, It made me think about, when I was growing up. It was not an easy life.
My mom did the best she could, I know that now, but when you're a kid, you wish for a better life. A life where you have enough food to eat everyday.
Moving here ... moving there, which meant that I could never really call it my home, because I never lived there long enough for it to feel like my home.
I was born near to a city, destined to live the city life, when suddenly I am forced to live the country life. Luckily I am living the city life again, because I feel like I am finally home.
Even if you aren't into this kind of music, I hope that you will take the time to listen to this song. I guarantee that it will be worth your time.

People Are People

I found the song 'People Are People' sang by the band 'Depeche Mode' to be a song that has deep meaning to it because the lyrics deal with how mankind tends to treat their fellowman.

We who are judged by the color of our skin, or are judged for being an American, a Mexican, A Muslim, A German, An Asian, or a Jewish person, should not be grouped into these labels as a whole, because we are all individuals with our own personalities, views, and spirituality.

I think that I should not be judged by another human being, because I would not judge them.

The lyrics to this song gives us reasons why we shouldn't judge, or be judged by anyone. We are who we are because we were born with a unique soul. We are not like everyone else because our soul controls our thoughts and actions.

I am a person who wishes for a peaceful world which would mean that there would be no need for Wars to be started, and I also wish for universal love which would mean that there would be no reason to hate our  fellowman.

Please take the time to listen to this song because in times like these, we definitely need to come together as one, so that we can embrace our fellowman, and to also remember to lend a helping hand when a good man (or woman) is down and out because someday it could be you who is in that position instead of them.


Are you afraid to be the real you because you are afraid that people will judge you for who you really are?

OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark)

I have chosen two videos from this band, because I like them both equally. I first heard the song, 'If you leave', when I saw the movie, 'Pretty in pink', back in the mid 1980's. I liked that movie so much I went out and bought the DVD. 

This song brings back memories of a time, when I had a crush on a guy, who I had met during the summer of 1976, and then was lucky enough to see again in 1980, before I had to leave for my stint in the Army. We both had a great time together. Whenever I hear this song, I wonder if he still remembers me.

I like the second song because the music seems to be very soothing to the soul, especially when so many scary things are going on all around us, which sometimes makes it very hard to sleep at night. 

This band was formed in 1978. The founding members are Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys, who met at primary school. They are from England.
The song, 'If you leave' was on the the billboard chart at #5 in the U.S. However, the song,'Forever live and die', only reached #11 in the UK.

Waiting For A Star To Fall

The song 'Waiting For A Star To Fall' peaked at #5 on the U.S. billboard hot 100 chart in 1988. George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam formed the band 'Boy Meets Girl'. George and Shannon were married until they got divorced in 2000. 

This song was offered to Whitney Houston because George wrote the song after seeing a falling star at one of her concerts. Thankfully Whitney rejected the song, and Boy meets girl finally had a hit song.

I like this song because it is a happy song. A song about love is always nice to listen to especially if you are in a loving relationship. I am currently in a loving relationship, with a childhood sweetheart, who treats me like a queen. We enjoy each others company very much, and I am grateful that he never gave up looking for me after we parted ways in 1981.

With everything that has been happening all around the world, whether it be earth quakes, volcanoes erupting, or gigantic oil spills (thanks to British Petroleum and others), we all need a refreshing break from all this disaster, so watch and listen to this video so that you can smile for a little while.