Start Me Up

In a previous life I'm pretty sure that I was a rockstar. Heck maybe even Beethoven himself... or not. In any event, I think that far too many up and coming musicians lack the "showboating" that one really needs for being a successful act.

Today's song, "Start Me Up" by the The Rolling Stones has to be one of the funniest videos because of Mick. Lets face it, he certainly could, "Show some Boat". At the end of it all, the performance is supposed to be entertaining, one way or the other, that is why the likes of Ozzy, Alice and yes, even Britney remain so popular. It's all about the show.

The video for this however, well that's a whole other story.

If you start me up
If you start me up I'll never stop
If you start me up
If you start me up I'll never stop
I've been running hot
You got me ticking gonna blow my top
If you start me up
If you start me up I'll never stop
Never stop, never stop, never stop

You make a grown man cry (x3)
Spread out the oil, the gasoline
I walk smooth, ride in a mean, mean machine
Start it up

If you start it up
Kick on the starter give it all you got, you got, you got
I can't compete with the riders in the other heats
If you rough it up
If you like it you can slide it up,
Slide it up, slide it up, slide it up

Don't make a grown man cry (x3)
My eyes dilate, my lips go green
My hands are greasy
She's a mean, mean machine
Start it up

If start me up
Ahh... give it all you got
You got to never, never, never stop
Slide it up, baby just slide it up
Slide it up, slide it up, never, never, never

You make a grown man cry (x3)
Ride like the wind at double speed
I'll take you places that you've never, never seen
If you start it up
Love the day when we will never stop, never stop
Never, never, never stop
Tough me up
Never stop, never stop

You, you, you make a grown man cry
You, you make a dead man come
You, you make a dead man come

Nothing like an aging rocker in a skintight cat suit!

Paint it Black

I have no idea why this one came up today as it really is kind of depressive. But I guess we all have our moments, and well... we just have to get on with it.

Had a great weekend and only removed the nail polish (black, perhaps the source of today's tune) once I'd gotten to work this morning. I would complain that the weekend is just too short, only it's most likely as long as it needs to be and short enough to bring us back to reality before any real damage is done.

"Paint it Black" from the Rolling Stones is one of those classics that everyone knows (even if they don't know it). While I think that Within Temptation do a fantastic cover of this song, the original still rocks.

I see a red door and I want it, painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens every day

I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and must have it painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black

No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you

If I look hard enough into the settin' sun
My love will laugh with me before the mornin' comes

I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls go by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

Hmm, hmm, hmm,...

I wanna see it tainted, tainted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it tainted, tainted, tainted, tainted black
Yeah!

Hmm, hmm, hmm

Tainted? Nah... I rather like black.