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[Rattler]

For Solideo, (como por primera vez puedo sentir del corazon tu lio);

NEVER BACKDOWN BEATDOWN UFC THEME MUSIC

Hard is not hard enough, get softer!

Rattler (Matt the "cynic" Rat)

[Jilly]

Ratter,  do you like motorbikes as much as I do?

Shania Twain - I'm Gonna Getcha Good

Shania Twain - I'm Gonna Getcha Good

[Rattler]

And, also a bit the way I feel, one for me w/o any special reason... (got my period I think ):

Los Piratas - My Way

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[Rattler]

Ratter,  do you like motorbikes as much as I do? -snip-

Yes, used to be crazy about them (posted about my Münch yestrday) but I wont drive anything below 2 tons or below 3 wheels in the present or the future anymore: Man is a "learning" species...

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[Rattler]

And, also a bit the way I feel, one for me w/o any special reason... (got my period I think ):

There is a version (actually, two: I cannot decide which is better..., they are *very* different, and I cherish both singers...) for all those great ladies we have on this forum, also:

Nina Simone - My Way

Shirley Bassey MY WAY

For the foreigners, the lyrics:

And now, the end is near;
And so I face the final curtain.
My friend, I'll say it clear,
I'll state my case, of which Im certain.

I've lived a life thats full.
I've traveled each and ev'ry highway;
And more, much more than this,
I did it my way.

Regrets, I've had a few;
But then again, too few to mention.
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption.

I planned each charted course;
Each careful step along the byway,
But more, much more than this,
I did it my way.

Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew.
But through it all, when there was doubt,
I ate it up and spit it out.
I faced it all and I stood tall;
And did it my way.

I've loved, I've laughed and cried.
I've had my fill; my share of losing.
And now, as tears subside,
I find it all so amusing.

To think I did all that;
And may I say - not in a shy way,
No, oh no not me,
I did it my way.

For what is a woman, what has she got?
If not herself, then she has naught.
To say the things she truly feels;
And not the words of one who kneels.
The record shows I took the blows -
And did it my way!

Rattler

[Rattler]

And now for something completely different, anybody likes Goth? I do, especially this one singer (forget the first vid, parts are bad):

Anabantha, "Escaparate de tus recuerdos"

anabantha-eres tu

Or, her "Phantom of the Opera" version, excellent!

ANABANTHA - EL FANTASMA DE LA OPERA

Enjoy (or not),

Rattler

[Robert Hilton]

EVANESCENCE-=- My Immortal

Another good one

[Koen]

new Belgian group of youngsters who make some good music...

Do I Know You

[Rattler]

nice, I like it (also Robs vid, JFTR), but does it not sound rather English than Belgian?

Rattler

[Koen]

nice, I like it (also Robs vid, JFTR), but does it not sound rather English than Belgian?

Rattler

there is no Belgian sound

here's something Belgian of an artist that does a lot of different styles:

DAAN ICON ( official video )

tribute to Johnny Cash

Daan - Swedish Designer Drugs

Daan - Housewife

[Robert Hilton]

Another couple of nice Belgian numbers

K's Choice - Not An Addict (European version)

K's Choice - Everything for free

The first one just gives me goose bumps evrytime I hear it.

And of course we couldn't forget

Vaya con dios - Heading for a fall

[Koen]

good songs...one of THE Belgian groups...dEus

0110 - dEUS - Suds & Soda

dEUS - Nothing really ends (Live)

dEUS - Instant Street (Live)

[Robert Hilton]

The Dutch music scene has produced a wide variety of good artists.
De Dijk - Als Ze Er Niet Is (External Embedding Disabled)
Another one, very '80's but a great number.

Golden Earring - When The Lady smiles

And mixture of Dutch and Belgium, somewhat older and more sedate but I think a good translation from the original French.

Herman van Veen : Een Vriend Zien Huilen

The original is called Voir Un Ami Pleurer by Jacques Brel

[Rattler]

I *love* Herman van Veen (but had completely forgotten, though I saw many of his concerts (he sings perfect German!).

CHeck out his "Suzanne" version (both Obama and our Prez Zapatero just found out they both adored that old Cohen song I sang to some of my first loves...):

Herman Van Veen - Suzanne lyrics

The original, seen here in the North:

LEONARD COHEN - Suzanne (Live 1988)

And then, sung by the same, then 74 yrs old man 20 yrs later, still the same impression:

"Suzanne" @ Olympia (Paris)

Sorry, but I am a Romantic....

Rattler

[Robert Hilton]

Herman does his try-outs some 10 kliks from where I live. I've seen him quite a few times now. He's still good.

[sky2979]

ANABANTHA - EL FANTASMA DE LA OPERA

Enjoy (or not),

Rattler

Love it! besitos cielo

[Rattler]

One for FACMan, Robert, Sky, Jilly, Solideo and all the other regulars, we need some more Blues here:

Dave Hole has been my favorite slide guitar Blues player since long (even better than Ry Cooder from my POV), even if in this vid the voice does not come over very well, the guitar surely does ....check out his unusual style of playing his left hand, rather piano style!

Dave Hole - Up All Night Thinking

Enjoy,

Rattler

P.S.: I have nothing against Ry Cooder, quite to the contrary, especially when with Steve Vai (here also on slide guitar, the R+B slide guitar duel from the movie Crossroads):

Steve Vai vs Ry Cooder (Crossroads Guitar Duel)

R.

[Robert Hilton]

Nice Matt.
What would appear to be a contradiction in terms, Pink Floyd and blues, but Dave Gilmour did start out in a blues band.

Pink Floyd - More Blues

And

Pink Floyd - Seamus The Dog

This is the dog they used for Seamus.
A somewhat different style of blues, tight and ordered, not everybodies taste. I think it works though.

[Rattler]

Definitely does for me!

Pity that the two songs are so short...

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[Rattler]

Preparing St. Valentines Day (FEB 14, for those in another orbit), one of my favorite choices ATM is (and probably for everyone who lost love, but still feels it, and feels ther just might be a chance), this so beautifully romantic (and hurting) song (works for gays and lesbians also!):

It´s been seven hours and fifteen days since you took your love away. I go out every night and sleep all day since you took your love away. Since you´ve been gone I can do whatever I want, I can see whomever I choose. I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant, but nothing, I said: Nothing! can take away this Blues, because: Nothing compares, nothing compares... to you. It´s been so lonely without you here, like a bird wthout a song... Nothing can stop these lonely tears from falling, tell me, baby, where did I go wrong? I could put my arms around every boy I see, but they´d only remind me... (of you) I went to the doctor, guess what he told me, guess what he told me? He said, girl, you´d better try to have some fun, no matter what you do... ...but he´s a fool, ´cause nothing compares, nothing compares... to you. nothing compares, nothing compares... to you! All the flowers that you planted, mamma, in the backyard, all died when you went away. I know that living with you, baby, was sometimes hard,   but I ´m willing to give it another try... nothing compares, nothing compares... to you. nothing compares, nothing compares... to you. nothing compares, nothing compares... to you!

Han pasado siete horas y quince dias desde que te llevastes tu amor. Salgo todas las noches y duermo todo el dia desde que te llevastes tu amor. Desde que te fuistes puedo hacer lo que me da la gana, puedo verme con quien me guste. Puedo cenar en un restaurante pijo, pero nada, repito: Nada! puede quitar esta tristeza porque nada se puede comparar a ti, nada se compara a ti! Ha sido tan vacio sin ti, aqui, me siento como un pajaro sin canción... Nada puede frenar estas lagrimas de soledad que estan cayendose, dime, cariño, donde me eqivoqué? Pudiera abrazar qualquier chico que veo, pero sólo me recordarían (a ti). Fui a ver el médico, adivina que me dijo, adivina que me dijo? Dijo, chica, deberias divertirte, sin que te importe lo que hagas... ...pero es un tonto, porque nada se puede comparar a ti, nada se compara a ti! Nada se compara, nada se compara a ti! Todas las flores que plantastes, mi amor, en el patio, todas se murieron cuando te fuistes. Sé que vivir contigo, cariño, a veces fue duro, pero quisiera intentarlo otra vez... Nada se compara, Nada se compara a ti. Nada se puede comparar, Nada se puede comparar a ti! Nada se puede comparar, Nada se puede comparar a ti!

Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 u live

What are your choices?

Rattler