Thursday, July 24, 2014

ATF: Realizing the Dream

This weekly series will include as many of my all-time favorite (ATF) tunes as I can get my grubby little hands on (so to speak).  Now, each one included in each edition will have some connection with the other—albeit only as a figment of my imagination, but they will not be numbered.  For I just cannot bring myself to rate some higher than others.  So, this will not be a countdown, but if you are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t matter.  Besides, with no countdown, this could go on forever and ever!  Oh, and despite the fact that there is absolutely no way that your musical tastes can be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions you might dare to make.  For I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.



Life’s Been Good
Joe Walsh
I have a mansion
Forget the price
Ain't never been there
They tell me it's nice
I live in hotels
Tear out the walls
I have accountants
Pay for it all

They say I'm crazy
But I have a good time
I'm just lookin’ for clues
At the scene of the crime
Life's been good to me
So far

My Maserati
Does 185
I lost my license
Now I don't drive
I have a limo
Ride in the back
I lock the doors
In case I'm attacked
I make hit records
My fans they can't wait
They write me letters
Tell me I'm great
So I got me an office
Gold records on the wall
Just leave a message
Maybe I'll call

Lucky I'm sane
After all I've been through
Everybody says
I'm cool
He's cool
I can't complain
But sometimes I still do
Life's been good to me
So far

I go to parties
Sometimes until four
It's hard to leave
When you can't find the door
It's tough to handle
This fortune and fame
Everybody's so different
I haven't changed

They say I'm lazy
But it takes all my time
Everybody says
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
I keep on goin’
Guess I'll never know why
Life's been good to me
So far
Yeah yeah yeah



What a Feeling
Irene Cara
First
When there's nothing
But a slow
Glowin’ dream
That your fear
Seems to hide
Deep inside
Your mind
All alone
I have cried
Silent tears
Full of pride
In a world
Made of steel
Made of stone

Well
I
Hear the music
Close my eyes
Feel the rhythm
Wrap around
Take ahold
Of my heart

What a feelin’
Beats believin'
I can have it all
Now I'm dancin’ for
My life
Take your passion
And make it happen
Pictures come alive
You can dance right through
Your life

Now
I
Hear the music
Close my eyes
I am rhythm
In a flash
It takes hold
Of my heart

What a feelin’
Beats believin'
I can have it all
Now I'm dancin’ for
My life

What a feelin’

What a feelin’
I am music now
Beats believin’
I am rhythm now
It just comes on back
You can dance right through
Your life
What a feelin’
I can really have it all
What a feelin’
Pictures come alive when I call
I can have it all
I can really have it all
Have it all
Pictures come alive when I call
Call
Call
Call
Call…

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10 comments:

  1. You did much better this time. I like both of these songs :)

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Ann!!! I try to please.

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  2. I haven't thought of Flashdance in years. It was quite inspiring at the time. And still is.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Stephen!!! We saw Jennifer Beals in an episode of ABC's Motive a couple of weeks ago, and she is still smoking hot.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Karen!!! I have--countless times, in fact!

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  4. i do like the first one a lot. :)

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear TWG!!! I especially love the acoustical guitar rift to the melody.

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  5. Well, these helped me do my housework in a flash!

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Lee!!! I am glad to be of service.

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