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Poetic Melodies: Foreign Exchange

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Foreign Exchange


Foreign Exchange

yes!

Well, I am feeling all musical and what not this week, so I will do a Poetic Melodies post all week.  Well, it is my blog and stuff. *shrug*  Today’s featured artist is The Foreign Exchange.  Enjoy, get up on it!

Waiting for the daylight
Cause then she’ll keep me
In the safety of her arms
She never leaves me
And when the sun rises, she watches over me

He tells me all his secrets
He thinks nobody knows
We lay together in daylight
I love him so
And when the sun rises, he watches over me






These lines here are so simple, but poetry can be simple… don’t you agree?

Good people, good loving
Good music in my life, it makes me happy
Good people, good loving
Good music in my life, it makes me happy
So happy




When she lays down at night
I wonder what she sees
When she thinks of paradise
Maybe she’ll dream of me
So every night I pray
That when she goes to sleep
and she dreams of a love
Maybe she’ll dream of me





All this time I had it wrong,
But now I truly see
The road you’re choosing.
See the writings on the wall
Tells me I’m losing you
And there’s nothing for me to do
Cause our greatest fears came true.
I finally got a clearer view

I don’t wanna be a soldier anymore!
Because the war never ends
And no one ever wins
I don’t understand why we should fight for love?
Either it ain’t or it is!
It either ain’t or it is!

Are you a Foreign Exchange fan?  If so, what is your favorite Foreign Exchange song?

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Billy Ocean and other randomness…

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Billy Ocean, etc…

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So yesterday I started my Twitter day off with this:


[blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/NaturallyAlise/status/35750857911836672″]


All morning I had the song “Love Zone” in my head.  Also in my head I sang it like Billy Ocean, every riff, every ad lib, it was a thing of beauty.  Angels sang, thunder rolled, and people saved on their car insurance.  By the way my skull is headquarters for obscurity, foolishness, and general lickerish, paphian thoughts. (Yes, you will learn these words of the day if I have to shove them down your throat,*clears throat*)  What was I saying?  Oh, so this tweet led to a bunch of fabulous follow up tweets by my lovely Twitter goons:

[blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/and1grad/status/35751684651094016″]

Oh no, but it didn’t stop there:

[blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/Orig_Glamazon/status/35751804645937152″]

I hope you didn’t think it was over!

[blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/steenfox/status/35752062474125312″]

Think we stopped here?  Oh, surely you jest.

[blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/NaturallyAlise/status/35752394893565952″]



Just in case you aren’t familiar with the catalog of the fantabulous 80’s singer Billy Ocean, here is the song we were crooning:




The only thing better than a Twitter sing-along is a BILLY OCEAN Twitter sing-along. So I am sure you are wondering why the heck did I have Billy Ocean songs in my head? Do you REALLY have to have a reason? However, I did actually have a reason. I was reminiscing on my childhood, and thinking of all the albums my mama used to play on Saturday mornings, aka “Clean Up Day,” aka “Your child is your slave Day“, aka “Why I gotta get up so early, can’t we clean in the afternoon Day.” Wait, what was I talking about? Oh yeah, my mama had 5 albums, yes albums, that she played without fail:

tear-down-these-walls billy ocean

this album plus the "Love Zone" album got mad spins!


Sade_Promise_album_cover

My mama played so much Sade that I went through a period where I could not stand to hear a Sade song.


bobby brown album cover dont be cruel

I think this is one of the best pop albums ever made, seriously, every song went hard!


Clark Sisters - You brought the sunshine .1981

Then you know she had to throw a little Jesus up in the mix, I'm just sayin'...



and the Pièce de résistance….

Al B. Sure In Effect Mode

This was one of my mama's favorite albums when I was growing up. She was all about the light-skinned eyebrow sensation... smh


So yes, anytime I hear a song from any of these artists I get a  warm and fuzzy feeling about my childhood.  It also makes me sad that the next generation’s memories will be about Wacka Flocka, Nicki Minaj, and a host of other unsavory characters.  Sucks for them.

What musical memories do have from your parents or grandparents?  Please share.

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it just is…

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thanks Josh for always listening...

 

 

originally posted 10-21-10

poetry.
is.
donny hatahway.
his voice is.
just.
every.
thing.
and…
even if I never knew his story…
I would know his story.

poetry is.
phyllis hyman.
unstoppable.
but stoppable.
even if I never knew her story…
i would know her story.

because:
i know pain intimately
and it never disguises its voice
doesn’t hide beneath chords
or behind riffs.
pain is consistent.
and if it it ain’t broke.
you know the rest.
but i still try to fix it.
with poetry.

and…

poetry is.
yeah it just is.
but…
mired in death.
in life…
in turmoil.
in peace.
in confusion.
in clarity.
in hope.
in giving up.
in beauty.
in ugliness.
in love.
in indifference.
in me.

in doubt.
in belief.
in irrationality.
in reality.
in this fallacy
in this truth
inside.
it just.
is.
every.
thing.

every. thing.
even when my everything is nothing
no. thing.
is transformed into importance
even when my song for you
still leaves me living all alone
when no one loves me in no space
when i feel there is no time
for anyone to hear my song.
but i am just thankful
that i can sing it.
and my refusal to be lonely
is greeted by poems
who agree that they don’t need to live on.
but insist.
that I do.
because poetry just is.
but me,
i.
am.
every. thing.

 

 

 

 

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Valentine’s Day treat: stolen kisses…

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Something short and sweet for ya for “Valium-Times” Day, lol… feel free to steal a kiss or two from me…. *wink*

muah!

Ladrón de Besos

You are definitely a smooth criminal, but I’m not telling….

Pillager of pecks and puckers

Marauder of magical mouth to mouth moments

Sweet stolen smooches…. lip to lip larceny

Kisses are the the best ill-gotten gain

….and require accomplices

Can I be your partner in crime?….

Here are some kiss themed songs to rock to today…








Of course I had to hit you with the remix *Diddy bops*

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Poetic Melodies: Maxwell

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The Maxwell I fell in love with...

Today’s Poetic Melodies features Maxwell:

Maxwell is an artist whose relevance  has endured the test of time.  I would like to share some of my favorite lyrics from my favorite Maxwell songs that read to me like poetry.  Enjoy:


Lead me on girl if you must
Take my heart and my love
Take of me all that you want
And if there’s a thing that you need
I’d give you the breath that I breathe
And if ever you yearn for the love in me
Whenever Wherever Whatever



Teach me ’bout me
Tell me what you thought
I thought, you thought, I thought
Use me, drain me
Of all the things you want
You know girl can’t be bought
Maybe you might be more than
Just a one night lady
Maybe you might be matrimony
Trying to save me



I can’t control the feeling
Girl cause I know you’re here
I feel you from the floor to the ceiling
Girl, I feel you when you comb your hair



There was a time when love wasn’t chosen
now I’m just open for more
now I’m just reaching out for something better
than I had before, girl
there ain’t a bottom line in your world

Ooh and I, I can let my life pass me by
or I can get down and try
work it all out this lifetime
work it on out this time

I can let it all pass me by
or I can just try and try
I can move to the light
oh if I take it one day at a time (oh I)
oh spread my love out and fly
oh I (I can move to the light)
ooh I can just make you understand
that love is not a fairytale in a melody
if you want it you can have it girl



What is your favorite Maxwell song or Maxwell lyric?