Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Kings Of The Nordic Twilight (1999)

1. To Magic Horizons

[Musica e testi: Luca Turilli]

Welcome to shadow world far under northern skies
Mountains and raging seas, valleys and icy winds
Inter fulmina et in tenebris /
mihi horror membra percepit
Quantum mortalia pectora / tora caecae noctis habent
Domine, Domine, Domine, Domine
Gloria, gloria, gloria perpetua
Glory and majesty, triumph and victory
Legends and epic tales born between these dark lakes
For you a new one written with black blood...

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Saturday, August 25, 2007

[Chorus]

[Verse - Snoop Dogg]
I'm a Bad Boy, wit a lotta ho's
Drive my own cars, and wear my own clothes
I hang out tough, I'm a real Bo$$
Big Snoop Dogg, yeah he's so sharp
On the TV screen and in the magazines
If you play me close, you're on a red beam
Oh you got a gun so you wanna pop back?
AK47 now nigga, stop that!
C mid shoes, now I'm on the move
You're family's crying, now you on the news
They can't find you, and now they miss you
Must I remind you I'm only here to twist you
Pistol whip you, dip you then flip you
Then dance to this motherfucking music we crip to
Subscribe nigga, get yo ïssue
Baby come close, let me see how you get loose!

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

[Chorus]

[Verse - Snoop Dogg]
I'm a gangsta, but y'all knew that
Da Big Bo$$ Dogg, yeah I had to do that
I keep a blue flag hanging out my backside
But only on the left side, yeah that's the Crip side
Ain't no other way to play the game the way I play
I cut so much you thought I was a DJ
{*scratches*} "two!" - "one!" - "yep, three!"
S-N double O-P, D-O double G
I can't fake it, just break it, and when I take it
See I specialize in making all the girls get naked
So bring your friends, all of y'all come inside
We got a world premiere right here, now get live!
So don't change the dizzle, turn it up a little
I got a living room full of fine dime brizzles
Waiting on the Pizzle, the Dizzle and the Shizzle
G's to the bizzack, now ladies here we gizzo

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Snoop Dogg feat Pharrel - Drop it like its hot

[Intro]
Snooooooooooop..
Snooooooooooop..

[Chorus - Snoop Dogg]
When the pimp's in the crib ma
Drop it like it's hot
Drop it like it's hot
Drop it like it's hot
When the pigs try to get at ya
Park it like it's hot
Park it like it's hot
Park it like it's hot
And if a nigga get a attitude
Pop it like it's hot
Pop it like it's hot
Pop it like it's hot
I got the rolly on my arm and I'm pouring Sean Don
And I roll the best weed cause I got it going on

[Verse - Pharrell Williams]
Uh! I'm a nice dude, with some nice dreams
See these ice cubes, see these Ice Creams?
Eligible bachelor, million dollar boat
That's whiter than what's spilling down your throat
The Phantom, exterior like fish eggs
The interior like suicide wrist red
I can excercise you, this can be your Phys. Ed
Cheat on your man ma, that's how you get ahizzead
Killer wit the beat, I know killers in the street
Wit the steel that'll make you feel like Chinchilla in the heat
So don't try to run up on my ear talking all that raspy shit
Trying to ask me shit
When my niggaz fill ya vest they ain't gon pass me shit
You should think about it, take a second
Matter fact, you should take four B
And think before you fuck wit lil skateboard P

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Prowler

(Harris)
This is the earliest version of 'Prowler', a classic Iron Maiden song with an incredibly catchy tune. It was later re-recorded at a faster tempo for the Iron Maiden album, which improved somewhat on this raw version whose slower tempo seems to drag in places. Dave Murray's great guitar solo is here though, along with the raw energy that characterised Maiden's earliest recordings.

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Invasion

(Harris)
'Invasion' is another of Harris's early compositions, and was first recorded here on the Soundhouse Tapes. It is a great song about a Viking invasion, which was later released as a b-side to the Women In Uniform single, and which later evolved into 'Invaders' on the Number Of The Beast album. This original version of 'Invasion' has a slightly slower tempo than the later version, but is every bit as good.

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Sunday, August 12, 2007

Iron Maiden

(Harris)
This is the first recorded version of what would become Iron Maiden's trademark song. This recording is much more raw than the version that eventually ended up on the first album, with a slower tempo that almost seems to drag a bit in places. However, it exhibits the raw power and energy of the early Iron Maiden recordings.

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Friday, August 10, 2007

Because only 5,000 copies

of The Soundhouse Tapes were made, they have become the "Holy Grail" for Iron Maiden collectors. The 7" vinyl E.P. was only available through direct mail order, and were quickly sold out. Although several record companies placed orders for 20,000 copies each, the band decided to refuse, feeling that cashing in at that time would have destroyed the magic of The Soundhouse Tapes. Note that Dave Murray did all of the guitar tracks for The Soundhouse Tapes, as the band was experiencing problems finding a second guitarist that could match Dave's abilities.
Due to the extreme rarity of this record, there are quite a few bootleg versions floating around and Maiden collectors should take extreme caution to make sure that they only purchase an original.
Every so often, one special band emerges from the mass of untried and unknown hopefuls which fill the streets of the rock world. Iron Maiden is just one such band, bringing with their emergence, a style of rock music, so hard, gritty and honest in its delivery that only success can justify their hard toil!

The tracks on this E.P. were the first ever recorded by the band and are the authentic unremixed cuts taken from the demo tape recorded at Spaceward Studios in Cambridge on December 30th 1978, and, subsequently presented to me in the Soundhouse a week later.

After one hearing it was obvious that Iron Maiden would become one of the leaders of present-day heavy metal, combining the sort of talent and hard drive that the music world must not ever ignore.

Neal Kay

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Wednesday, August 08, 2007

The Soundhouse Tapes was a critical element of Iron Maiden's future success, and was instrumental in eventually acquiring a record contract with EMI. It was released independently on the Rock Hard Records label, a name coined from a Rod Smallwood idea "If it ain't Rock Hard, it ain't worth a fuck." Neal Kay, the infamous Soundhouse D.J. composed the sleeve notes, which read as follows:

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Monday, August 06, 2007

The Soundhouse Tapes

The Soundhouse Tapes are the very first recordings of Iron Maiden. This record features three of the original four songs from the Spaceward demo tape which was recorded in one 24-hour session on 31st December 1978. (The studio would normally be empty over New Year, and the band was able to haggle for a cheap price). The fourth song of the set, 'Strange World', was not included on The Soundhouse Tapes because the band was a bit unhappy with its recording quality. Consequently, the Spaceward version of 'Strange World' was not released until years later for Best Of The Beast compilation.

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Saturday, August 04, 2007

She says I am the one
You know what you did
She says he is my son
Breaking my heart, babe
She says I am the one
Billie Jean is not my lover
Billie Jean is not my lover
Billie Jean is not my lover
Billie Jean is not my lover
Billie Jean is not my lover
Billie Jean is
Billie Jean is
Billie Jean is
Not my lover
Not my lover
Not my lover
Not my lover
Billie Jean is not my lover
(she is just a girl)
Billie Jean is not my lover
(she is just a girl)
Billie Jean is not my lover
(she is just a girl)
Billie Jean is not my lover
(she is just a girl)
Billie Jean is
Billie Jean is
Billie Jean is not my lover
Billie Jean is not my lover
Billie Jean is
Billie Jean is
Billie Jean is not my lover
Billie Jean is not my lover
Billie Jean is
Billie Jean is...

Thursday, August 02, 2007

her room

Billie Jean is not my lover
She's just a girl who claims that
I am the one
But the kid is not my son
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
Billie Jean is not my lover
She's just a girl who claims that
I am the one
But the kid is not my son
No, no
She says I am the one
(Oh, babe)
But the kid is not my son
He, he, he
Hoo!
Hoo!
She says I am the one
But the kid is not my son
No, no, no
Billie Jean is not my lover
She's just a girl who claims that
I am the one
(You know what you did to me, babe)
But the kid is not my son
No, no, no, no
No, no
She says I am the one
But the kid is not my son
No, no