"Diamonds From Sierra Leone" By Kanye West

"Diamonds From Sierra Leone" by Kanye is pure genius:

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Words:

[Intro]
Diamonds are forever
They won't leave in the night
I've no fear that they might
Desert me

[Chorus]
Diamonds are forever (forever, forever)
Throw your diamonds in the sky if you feel the vibe
Diamonds are forever (forever, forever, forever)
The Roc is still alive every time I rhyme.
Forever ever? Forever ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever?......

Close your eyes and imagine, feel the magic
Vegas on acid,
Seen through Yves St. Laurent glasses
And I've realized that I've arrived, cuz
It take more than a magazine to kill my Vibe does
he write his own rhymes, so sort of
I think 'em
That mean I forgot better shit than u ever thought up
Damn, is he really that caught up?
I ask if you talkin' bout classics, do my name get brought up?
I remember I couldn't afford a Ford Escort or even a four-track recorder
so its only right that I let the top drop on a drop-top Porsche
- its for yourself that's important
If a stripper named Porscha and u get tips from many men
Then your fat friend her nickname is Minivan
Excuse me,
That's just the Henny, man, I smoke, I drink, I'm supposed to stop I can't because

[Chorus]
Diamonds are forever (forever, forever)
Throw your diamonds in the sky if you feel the vibe
Diamonds are forever (forever, forever, forever)
The Roc is still alive every time I rhyme.
Forever ever? Forever ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever?......

I was sick about awards
Couldn't nobody cure me
Only playa that got robbed but kept all his jewelry
Alicia Keys tried to talk some sense to them
30 minutes later seems there's no convincing them
What more can you ask for?
The international assholes nah
Who complains about what he is owed?
And throw a tantrum like he is 3 years old
You gotta love it though somebody still speaks from his soul
And wouldn't change by the change, or the game, or the fame,
When he came, in the game, he made his own lane
Now all I need is y'all to pronounce my name
Its Kanye - But some of my plastic - they still say Kane
Got family in the D, Kin-folk from Motown
Back in the Chi - them folks ain't from Motown
Life movin' too fast I need to slow down
Girl ain't give me no ass, ya need to go down

Diamonds are forever (forever, forever)
My father Ben said I need Jesus
So he took me to church and let the water wash over my ceaser
Diamonds are forever (forever, forever)
The preacher said we need leaders
Right then my body got still like a paraplegic

You know who you can call you gotta best believe it
The Roc stand tall and you would never believe it
Take your diamonds and throw 'em up like you bulimic
Yea the beat cold but the flow is anemic
After debris settles and the dust get swept off
Big K pick up where young Hov left off
Right when magazines wrote Kanye West off
I dropped my new shit sound like the best of
A&R's lookin' like "pssh we messed up"
Grammy night, damn right, we got dressed up
Bottle after bottle till we got messed up
In the studio, where really though, yea he next up
People askin' me if I'm gon' give my chain back
That'll be the same day I give the game back
You know the next question dog "Yo, where Dame at?"
This track the Indian dance to bring our reign back
"What's up with you and Jay, man, are y'all ok man?"
They pray for the death of our dynasty like Amen
R-r-r-right here stands a-man
With the power to make a diamond with his bare hands...

Diamonds are forever (forever, forever)
Throw your diamonds in the sky if you feel the vibe
Diamonds are forever (forever, forever, forever)
The Roc is still alive every time I rhyme.
Forever ever? Forever ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever?......

Diamonds are forever (forever, forever)
Diamonds are forever (forever, forever, forever) 

The Rolling Stones Still Rock

Back in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and maybe even in the 90s you heard this duo. Hearing them NOW though, shows that these guys are CLASSIC ROCK STARS!!!!!  All from Britain, these 4 guys have adjusted their songs and of course experimented with various styles of rock.

Here's a current line up of these icons:

1) Mick Jagger: Lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar and harmonica
2) Keith Richards: Guitar, lead and backing vocals, electric and acoustic guitar
3) Ronnie Wood: Slide, lap and pedal steel guitars; occasional bass
4)Charlie Watts: Drums


There you go guys and gals, now you're more familiar with the "Legends of Rock"!!! Below is "Paint It Black", and YOU can guess the meaning of it (also, the words are below the video!):



Lyrics:

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 newborn baby it just happens every day

I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it has been painted black

Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black

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

If I look hard enough into the setting sun
My love will laugh with me before the morning 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 walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

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

Vangelis's Piece In Blade Runner

This is a video from Blade Runner, but it has some pretty cool music at the end. Vangelis, as he's known, produces this piece and it's one of my FAVORITE songs!!!! This Vangelis fello is from Greece and performs ambient style music which is truly the best! Below is the amazing Blade Runner movie muisc and under this video I also added "Blade Runner Blues" from the same movie:



"Blade Runner Blues":

Brian Setzer's Best CD Ever

Brian Setzer is one of the greatest "non-radio heard" artist's I have seen. He makes rock and roll music with his orchestra, and hence calls his crew "The Brian Setzer Orchestra". This song named "Kiss Me Deadly" is one of the best original works I have heard:

Lyrics:

She came to me in early April
She came like late spring
Does sometimes
My heart was taken so
Like December snow
Frozen in the chill of winter time

But now they've taken early April
December's comin' back again
I feel the frosty morn
Now my baby's gone
She just wouldn't leave it well alone

She said, "Kiss me deadly, don't be sweet
Kiss me deadly, knock me off my feet
Kiss me deadly, turn up the heat
Kiss me deadly, kiss me deadly
Kiss me deadly, kiss me deadly"

She wore dark glasses and a black rose
Was it perfume? I couldn't tell
She wouldn't hesitate
She would intoxicate
Any kind of man that came her way

She's not a girl you can hold on to
I got that feeling from the start
But I looked the other way
It's haunting me today
I just couldn't get enough of her

She said, "Kiss me deadly, don't be sweet
Kiss me deadly, knock me off my feet
Kiss me deadly, turn up the heat
Kiss me deadly, kiss me deadly
Kiss me deadly, kiss me deadly"

She left me then in late October
We didn't have too much to say
She had her mind made up
I guess that's my tough luck
Letting my fool heart get in the way

You know I'm kind of glad it's over
That kind of love can last so long
Don't feel too bad for me
Yes, I heard her plea
I kissed her deadly can't you see

That I kissed her deadly, off of her feet
I kissed her deadly, don't be sweet
I kissed her deadly, turned up the heat
Kiss me deadly, don't be sweet

Kiss me deadly, knocked her off her feet
Kiss me deadly, turned up the heat
Kiss me deadly, kiss me deadly
Kiss me deadly, kiss me deadly

The Editors Are Awesome At Indie

The Editor's are a British indie rock group who have pretty much transformed what indie is. Four guys (Bassist: Russell Leech; Guitarist: Chris Urbanowicz; and Singer: Tom Smith) make up this "new age" music group. Winning multiple music awards in Britian, it's no wonder why a song like "Lights" would rise above other indie recordings:




Lyrics:

I still love the light on baby
It keeps me awake but I don't mind

Everything I always wanted
Is right there but soon it won't be

Oh, if fortune favours the brave
I am as poor as they come
I've got a million things to say
I've got a million things to

I still love the light on baby
It keeps me awake but I don't mind
Everything I always wanted
Is right there but soon it won't be

Oh, if fortune favours the brave
I am as poor as they come
I've got a million things to say
I've got a million things to

I still love the light on baby
I still love the light on baby
I still love the light on baby
I still love the light on baby

Oh, if fortune favours the brave
I am as poor as they come
I've got a million things to say
I've got a million things to

Ahhhh, a million things to say
A million things to say
A million things to say

The Beatles Will Always Come Back

It's no wonder why the Beatles will always be in our hearts. These guys (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr) have left a giant mark in music history and are known worldwide. There love songs are just magical and leave you in a "web of love". This song is called "I've Just Seen A Face":



Lyrics:

I've just seen a face,
I can't forget the time or place
Where we just met.
She's just the girl for me
And want all the world to see
We've met, mmm-mmm-mmm-m'mmm-mmm.

Had it been another day
I might have looked the other way
And I'd have never been aware.
But as it is I'll dream of her
Tonight, di-di-di-di'n'di.

Falling, yes I am falling,
And she keeps calling
Me back again.

I have never known
The like of this, I've been alone
And I have missed things
And kept out of sight
But other girls were never quite
Like this, di-di-di-di'n'di.

Falling, yes I am falling,
And she keeps calling
Me back again.

Yeah!
Bup-a-lup-bup!

Falling, yes I am falling,
And she keeps calling
Me back again.

I've just seen a face,
I can't forget the time or place
Where we just met.
She's just the girl for me
And want all the world to see
We've met, mmm-mmm-mmm-di-di-di.

Falling, yes I am falling,
And she keeps calling
Me back again.

Falling, yes I am falling,
And she keeps calling
Me back again.

Oh, falling, yes I am falling,
And she keeps calling
Me back again.