ATF: Out-There

This 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 your musical tastes could be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions you might dare to make.  For I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.

Link: [Golden Earring]

Twilight Zone

Golden Earring

Somewhere in a lonely hotel room

There's a guy starting to realize

That he's eternal fate

Has turned it's back on him

It's two A.M.

It's two A.M.

It’s two A.M.

The fear has gone

The fear has gone

I'm sitting here waitin'

I’m sitting here waitin’

The gun’s still warm

The gun’s still warm

Maybe my connection

Is tired of takin' chances

Yeah there's a storm on the loose

Sirens in my head

Wrapped up in silence

All circuits are dead

Cannot decode

My whole life spins

Into a frenzy

Help I'm steppin' into the twilight zone

Place is a madhouse

Feels like being cloned

My beacon's been moved

Under moon and star

Where am I to go

Now that I've gone too far

Oh whoa oh

Help I'm steppin' into the twilight zone

Place is a madhouse

Feels like being cloned

My beacon's been moved

Under moon and star

Where am I to go

Now that I've gone too far

Soon you will come to know

When the bullet hits the bone

Soon you will come to know

When the bullet hits the bone

I'm falling down the spiral

Destination unknown

Double-crossed messenger

All alone

Can't get no connection

Can't get through

Where are you

Well the night weighs heavy

On his guilty mind

This far from the borderline

When the hitman comes

He knows damn well

He has been cheated

And he says

Help I'm steppin' into the twilight zone

Place is a madhouse

Feels like being cloned

My beacon's been moved

Under moon and star

Where am I to go

Now that I've gone too far

Oh whoa oh

Help I'm steppin' into the twilight zone

Place is a madhouse

Feels like being cloned

My beacon's been moved

Under moon and star

Where am I to go

Now that I've gone too far

Soon you will come to know

When the bullet hits the bone

Soon you will come to know

When the bullet hits the bone

Bone bone

When the bullet hits the bone

Help I'm steppin' into the twilight zone

Place is a madhouse

Feels like being cloned

My beacon's been moved

Under moon and star

Where am I to go

Now that I've gone too far

Oh whoa oh

Help I'm steppin' into the twilight zone

Place is a madhouse

Feels like being cloned

My beacon's been moved

Under moon and star

Where am I to go

Now that I've gone too far

Soon you will come to know

When the bullet hits the bone

Soon you will come to know

When the bullet hits the bone

Soon you will come to know

When the bullet hits the bone

Soon you will come to know

When the bullet hits the bone

When the bullet hits the bone

Aha ah

When the bullet hits the bone

When the bullet hits the bone

Aha ah

When the bullet hits the bone

When the bullet hits the bone

Aha ah

When the bullet hits the bone

When the bullet hits the bone

Aha ah

When the bullet hits the bone

Link: [Red Rider]

Lunatic Fringe

Red Rider

Lunatic fringe

I know you're out there

You're in hiding

And you hold your meetings

I can hear you coming

We know what you're after

We're wise to you this time

We won't let you kill the laughter

Lunatic fringe

In the twilight's last gleaming

This is open season

But you won't get too far

'Cause you gotta blame someone

For your own confusion

But I'm on guard this time

Against your final solution

We can hear you coming

We can hear you coming

No

You're not going to win this time

You're not going to win this time

We can hear the footsteps

We can hear the footsteps

Out along the walkway

Out along the walkway

Lunatic fringe

We all know you're out there

Can you feel the resistance

Can you feel the thunder

The thunder

Thunder

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ATF: Deep

This 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 your musical tastes could be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions you might dare to make.  For I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.

Link: [R.E.M.]

Losing My Religion

R.E.M.

Oh

Life

Is bigger

It's bigger

Than you

And you are not me

The lengths that I will go to

The distance in your eyes

Oh no

I've said too much

I set it up

That's me in the corner

That's me in the spot

Light

Losing my religion

Trying to keep up with you

And I don't know if I can do it

Oh no

I've said too much

I haven't said enough

I thought that I heard you laughing

I thought that I heard you sing

I think

I thought

I saw you try

Every whisper

Of every waking hour

I'm choosing my confessions

Trying to keep an eye on you

Like a hurt

Lost

And blinded fool

Fool

Oh no

I've said too much

I set it up

Consider this

Consider this

The hint of the century

Consider this

The slip

That brought me to my knees

Failed

What if all these fantasies

Come flailing around

Now I've said

Too much

I thought that I heard you laughing

I thought that I heard you sing

I think

I thought

I saw you try

That was just a dream

That was just a dream

That's me in the corner

That's me in the spot

Light

Losing my religion

Trying to keep up with you

And I don't know if I can do it

Oh no

I've said too much

I haven't said enough

I thought that I heard you laughing

I thought that I heard you sing

I think

I thought

I saw you try

But that was just a dream

Try

Cry

Why

Try

That was just a dream

Just a dream

Link: [Joan Osborne]

One of Us

Joan Osborne

If God had a name

What would it be

And would you call it to His face

If you were faced with Him

In all His glory

What would you ask

If you had just one question

And yeah

Yeah

God is great

Yeah

Yeah

God is good

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah yeah yeah

What if God was one of us

Just a slob like one of us

Just a stranger on the bus

Trying to make His way home

If God had a face

What would it look like

And would you want to see

If seeing meant that you would have to believe

In things like Heaven

And in Jesus

And the Saints

And all the Prophets

And yeah

Yeah

God is great

Yeah

Yeah

God is good

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah yeah yeah

What if God was one of us

Just a slob like one of us

Just a stranger on the bus

Trying to make His way home

Tryin' to make His way home

Back up to Heaven all alone

Nobody callin' on the phone

'Cept for the Pope

Maybe in Rome

Yeah

Yeah

God is great

Yeah

Yeah

God is good

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah yeah yeah

What if God was one of us

Just a slob like one of us

Just a stranger on the bus

Trying to make His way home

Just tryin' to make His way home

Like a holy rolling stone

Back up to Heaven all alone

Just tryin' to make His way home

Nobody callin' on the phone

'Cept for the Pope

Maybe in Rome

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Martin Kloess

My Promise

(Shakespearean Sonnet)

By Martin Kloess

My dear my love my world my precious soul

Please take my hand that I may bless your life

And be your shield for any future strife

To be that piece of life that makes you whole

-

That every day you walk through will be bliss

And all your needs I’ll meet to see you smile

An at your feet such wonders I’ll compile

Your dream your heaven paradise my this

-

But though I dream alas I’m just a man

A man whose dream right now holds only you

Tomorrow’s dream may change oh yes it’s true

But for this dream I’ll do what legends can

-

All this I wish plus love that will not die

But I can only promise this I’ll try

As with every other part of my life in this world so far, my time in cyberspace has been rather bittersweet.   For I have been led to meet (so to speak) several very ugly people, but from time to time, our Heavenly Father has blessed me with meeting a truly beautiful person.

[Martin Kloess] is most definitely one of those truly beautiful people, and aside from some of the most incredible poetry ever written, his [Poetry and Viral Videos] site contains a lesson on the different types of poetic styles he employs that would normally only be available to those attending an elite institution of higher learning.

Okay, there is also the viral videos part to his site, and this is where Martin displays another incredible talent.  For he can find the stupidest videos ever produced.  Yeah, making cranky people like me even crankier is all part of the joke (I hope).  At least between the great poetry and stupid videos on each post can be found good music (even to me, much of the time).

With my energy level being so low, I am amazed at just how much content he can publish each day under normal circumstances, and what makes it even more amazing is that Martin is suffering from [PLS].  I had never heard of this rare neuromuscular disease until meeting Martin.  He tells me that he can no longer actually speak, nor go outside, but that there is no pain.  Nonetheless, our Heavenly Father can sure make it hard to keep believing in His goodness and mercy while we are still in this world.

Speaking of such, I have been having a wonderful time trying to get the initial listings for the new site directory ready and I do not know exactly when it will be ready to launch.  Hence, there will be no more editions to the [A Sunday Drive] series for the foreseeable future.  There are two [ATF] editions already scheduled for each week until the first of June, and then I will publish another progress update on the new site.  Since I am currently around half done and can only work for a couple of hours a day on average, the launch of the new site may not come until Labor Day.  Hey, I was assured of it happening, but I was not promised it being as soon as I wanted it to.  Sigh.  

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ATF: Meteoric

This 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 your musical tastes could be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions you might dare to make.  For I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.

Link: [Smash Mouth]

All-Star

Smash Mouth

Somebody once told me

The world is gonna roll me

I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed

She was looking kinda dumb

With her finger and her thumb

In shape of an "L" on her forehead

Well the years start coming

And they don't stop coming

Fed to the wolves

And I hit the ground running

Didn't make sense not to live for fun

Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb

So much to do

So much to see

So what's wrong with taking the backstreets

You'll never know if you don't go

You'll never shine if you don't glow

Hey now

You're an all star

Get your game on

Go play

Hey now

You're a rock Star

Get the show on

Get paid

And all that glitters is gold

Only shooting stars break the mold

It's a cool place

And they say it gets colder

You're bundled up now

Wait 'til you get older

But the media men beg to differ

Judging by the hole in the satellite picture

The ice we skate

Is getting pretty thin

The waters getting warm

So you might as well swim

My world's on fire

How about yours

That's the way I like it

And I never get bored

Hey now

You're an all star

Get your game on

Go play

Hey now

You're a rock star

Get the show on

Get paid

And all that glitters is gold

Only shooting stars break the mold

Hey now

You're an all star

Get your game on

Go play

Hey now

You're a rock star

Get the show on

Get paid

And all that glitters is gold

Only shooting stars

Somebody once asked

Could you spare some change for gas

I need to get myself away from this place

I said yep

What a concept

I could use  little fuel myself

And we could all use a little change

Well the years start coming

And they don't stop coming

Fed to the wolves

And I hit the ground running

Didn't make sense not to live for fun

Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb

So much to do

So much to see

So what's wrong with taking the backstreets

You'll never know if you don't go

You'll never shine if you don't glow

Hey now

You're an all star

Get your game on

Go play

Hey now

You're a rock star

Get the show on

Get paid

And all that glitters is gold

Only shooting stars break the mold

And all that glitters is gold

Only shooting stars break the mold

Link: [Bad Company]

Shooting Star

Bad Company

Johnny was a schoolboy

When he heard his first Beatles song

Love me do

I think it was

And from then it didn't take him long

Got himself a guitar

Used to play every night

Now he's in a rock ‘n' roll outfit

And everything's alright

Don't you know

Johnny told his mama

Hey mama

I'm goin' away

I’m gonna hit the big time

Gonna be a big star someday

Mama came to the door

With a teardrop in her eye

Johnny said

Don't cry mama

Smiled and wave goodbye

Don't you know

Yeah yeah

Don't you know that you are a shooting star

Don't you know

Don't you know

Don't you know that you are a shooting star

And all the world will love you just as long

As long as you are

Johnny made a record

Went straight up to number one

Suddenly everyone loved

To hear him sing his song

Watchin' the world go by

Surprisin' it goes so fast

Johnny looked around him and said

Well I made the big-time at last

Don't you know

Don't you know

Don't you know that you are a shooting star

Don't you know

Whoa

Yeah

Don't you know that you are a shooting star

Yeah

And all the world will love you just as long

As long as you are

A shooting star

Don't you know that you are a shooting star

Don't you know

Yeah eh

Don't you know that you are a shooting star

And all the world will love you just as long

As long as you are

Johnny died one night

Died in his bed

Bottle of whisky

Sleeping tablets by his head

Johnny's life passed him by like a warm summer day

If you listen to the wind you can still hear him play

Whoa

Whoa whoa

Don't you know that you are a shooting star

Don't you know

Don't you know

Don't you know that you are a shooting star

Don't you know

Don't you know that you are a shooting star

Don't you know…

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