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Post July 7th, 2024, 11:21 am

Shinedown - Clueless and Dramatic

This social situation gives you anxiety
Poppin' pills to inoculate your sobriety
Anti-social saturation got you empty inside
Like your staring down the barrel of a .45

Bet you might

Another day in the life of the clueless and dramatic
Yeah they keep changing the rules
When the screens never stop and the fear is automatic

What do you do?
What do you do?

Because you think for yourself and you don't need the help
And there's so many friends to lose
Just another day in the life of the clueless and dramatic

They want you to conform but it's not in your nature
They provide the illness that infects your behavior
(And love your neighbor)
As they're raiding all your secrets and invading your thoughts
Trolling your emotions at any cost
Turn it off, turn it off

Another day in the life of the clueless and dramatic
Yeah they keep changing the rules
When the screens never stop and the fear is automatic

What do you do?
What do you do?

Because you think for yourself and you don't need the help
And there's so many friends to lose
Just another day in the life of the clueless and dramatic

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Another day in the life of the clueless and dramatic
Yeah they keep changing the rules
When the screens never stop and the fear is automatic

What do you do?
What do you do?

Because you think for yourself and you don't need the help
And there's so many friends to lose

Turn it off

Save yourself from the clueless and dramatic

Turn it off

Save yourself from the clueless and dramatic

From the clueless and dramatic
From the clueless and dramatic
“He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.” - Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien
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Post July 19th, 2024, 12:51 am

From out of the blue comes this cut, Helpless, from 2002 by Geoff Tate, the then lead vocalist of Queensryche. Cool tune.

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Post July 19th, 2024, 9:10 am

Maybe it's just me or the singer's vocals, but it gives me a David Bowie vibe.
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Post July 19th, 2024, 1:58 pm

Necron 99 wrote: ↑July 19th, 2024, 9:10 am Maybe it's just me or the singer's vocals, but it gives me a David Bowie vibe.
Hmmm. Hadn't thought of that. But I must admit I've never spent much time listening to Bowie.
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Post August 16th, 2024, 2:03 am

I posted The Oath by KISS a while back but I found a version released about 2 weeks ago that was updated by a guy who gave the song a bit of a modern update. Personally, I think the updated version sounds waaaay better than the modern rock I hear on radio. And, besides, the song just kicks arse!

KISS - The Oath (RE-RECORDED 2024 by HERNAN RIOS)
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Post August 16th, 2024, 5:52 pm

Nice, I see the guy remastered Detroit Rock City too. Sounds good.
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Post August 29th, 2024, 4:28 pm

Van Halen, Finish What You Started, Live

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Post August 29th, 2024, 6:42 pm

VH was having a lot of fun at that time. Glad I got to see them in September '95 in ATL.
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Post August 29th, 2024, 7:02 pm

I heard this on the way to work this morning and thought it sounded superb.

Giacomo Puccini's 'Chrysanthemums' (Elegy for Strings)

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Post September 6th, 2024, 8:12 pm

One of my favorites, seems an appropriate choice.
Good song about growing up, the choices we make as we move from childhood to adults, and reflecting on it all

September - Daughtry

How the time passed away, all the trouble that we gave
And all those days we spent out by the lake
Has it all gone to waste? All the promises we made
One by one they vanish just the same

Of all the things I still remember
Summer's never looked the same
The years go by and time just seems to fly
But the memories remain

In the middle of September we'd still play out in the rain
Nothing to lose but everything to gain
Reflecting now on how things could've been
It was worth it in the end

Now it all seems so clear, there's nothing left to fear
So we made our way by finding what was real
Now the days are so long that summer's moving on
We reach for something that's already gone, yeah

Of all the things I still remember
Summer's never looked the same
The years go by and time just seems to fly
But the memories remain

In the middle of September we'd still play out in the rain
Nothing to lose but everything to gain
Reflecting now on how things could've been
It was worth it in the end

Yeah, we knew we had to leave this town (we knew we had to leave this town)
But we never knew when and we never knew how (we never knew how)
We would end up here the way we are
Yeah, we knew we had to leave this town (we knew we had to leave this town)
But we never knew when and we never knew how (we never knew how)

Of all the things I still remember
Summer's never looked the same
The years go by and time just seems to fly
But the memories remain

In the middle of September we'd still play out in the rain
Nothing to lose but everything to gain
Reflecting now on how things could've been
It was worth it in the end
“He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.” - Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien
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