'Lessons'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Well, I vaguely remember hearing it was about either political violence/human rights in Africa, but also read it was Ireland. Found this in a review of a Police box set, but it's vague:
"Sumner's political voice was becoming more adept though, "Invisible sun" being powerful enough to warrant another ban by the BBC."
Oooh. That reminds me, what about that "Ain't Gonna go to Sun City" song that had a lot of artists on it?
Oooh. That reminds me, what about that "Ain't Gonna go to Sun City" song that had a lot of artists on it?
Oh yes. It had Peter Garrett too, now an MP in Australia's federal parliament.
The first verse of Invisible Sun
I don't want to spend the rest of my life/Looking at the barrel of an Armalite/I don't want to spend the rest of my days/Keeping out of trouble like the soldiers say/ I don't want to spend my time in hell/Looking at the walls of a prison cell/I don't ever want to play the part/Of a statistic on a government chart
(aaaaghh why can't i format this right?!?! eta and i'm redundant anyway...)
I don't want to spend the rest of my life
Looking at the barrel of an Armalite
I don't want to spend the rest of my days
Keeping out of trouble like the soldiers say
I don't want to spend my time in hell
Looking at the walls of a prison cell
I don't ever want to play the part
Of a statistic on a government chart
There has to be an invisible sun
It gives its heat to everyone
There has to be an invisible sun
That gives us hope when the whole day's done
It's dark all day, and it glows all night
Factory smoke and acetylene light
I face the day with me head caved in
Looking like something that the cat brought in
There has to be an invisible sun
It gives its heat to everyone
There has to be an invisible sun
That gives us hope when the whole day's done
And they're only going to change this place by
Killing everybody in the human race
And they would kill me for a cigarette
But I don't even wanna die just yet
There has to be an invisible sun
It gives its heat to everyone
There has to be an invisible sun
It gives us hope when the whole day's done
I think it's an old celtic folk song called "Fields of Athenry".
Connie, does the version start out with some rockin' guitars, have some bagpipes in the middle, and a male lead singer, dueting with a female during the chorus? If so, it's likely Dropkick Murphys.
Curious - in my post of the Police lyrics - do you see the whole post in the "quote" font (looks like a typwriter font) or just the first paragraph? Because my browser (Firefox on XP) has shown it both ways.
Ooh, "Sun City!" I loved that song and video, and not just because Bono looked really hawt in his beard.
There was a full album spun off from that, which included a U2 song "Silver and Gold," later to be found live on "Rattle and Hum." So there's another one.
My Levellers cds are pretty much all protest songs, with pretty fiddles.
Surely if you're gonna have one Costello, it's Shipbuilding. If 2, Shipbuilding and Tramp the Dirt Down. If 3, actually, Oliver's Army, Shipbuilding and Tramp the Dirt down.
What about Radio Radio?