April 24, 20233 yr Author BJSC154 - Pray For Me I Don't Fit In by Melt Yourself Down Melt Yourself Down are a London band formed in 2012. Their music covers a wide range of genres such as afrobeat, punk, jazz and funk. This is their second BJSC appearance. They previously represented Trifoski seven years ago, failing to qualify for the final. Pray For Me I Don't Fit In is the title track taken from their fourth album which was released in 2022. ncVMWMVrMT4
May 25, 20233 yr Author BJSC155 - Macho City by The Steve Miller Band The Steve Miller Band are an American group formed in San Francisco in 1966. In the UK, they are best known for their 1973 single 'The Joker' which reached number 1 in 1990 after being used in a Levi's TV commercial. They also reached number 2 on the singles chart in 1982 with 'Abracadabra'. Macho City is taken from their eleventh studio album 'Circle Of Love', released in 1981. I have never heard the whole album or any of the groups other albums. I know the song from it being played a few times on Annie Nightingale's Radio 1 request show in 1983. It became a bit of a cult song for the listeners at the time. Forty years later, I hope the same thing will happen with the Buzzjack audience. gemlal7T-PY
July 19, 20232 yr Author BJSC156 - The First Picture Of You by The Lotus Eaters The Lotus Eaters were formed in Liverpool in 1982. 'The First Picture Of You' was their debut single, released in July 1983. It reached number 15 on the UK singles chart. The video was filmed in Walberswick on the Suffolk coast. Subsequent singles failed to reach the top 40 and the band split up in 1985. They reformed in 2001. OnIqtV16B3k
October 25, 20232 yr Author BJSC159 - Gaza by Marillion Five years after they last represented Rolloland, Marillion are back with the song 'Gaza' from their 2012 album 'Sounds That Can't Be Made' which has become very relevant to the current situation in the Middle East. Its lyrics take the perspective of a boy growing up in the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip. In an interview with Radio Rollo in 2012, singer and lyricist Steve Hogarth said this about the song: "This is a song for the people – especially the children – of Gaza. It was written after many conversations with ordinary Palestinians living in the refugee camps of Gaza and the West Bank. I spoke also to Israelis, to NGO workers, to a diplomat unofficially working in Jerusalem, and took their perspectives into account whilst writing the lyric. It is not my/our intention to smear the Jewish faith or people – we know many Jews are deeply critical of the current situation – and nothing here is intended to show sympathy for acts of violence, whatever the motivation, but simply to ponder upon where desperation inevitably leads." For anyone who is interested, these are the full lyrics to the song: When I was young it all seemed like a game Living here brought no sense of shame But now I'm older I've come to understand Once we had houses Once we had land They rained down bullets on us as our homes collapsed We lay beneath the rubble terrified Hoping, dare we dream? We gave up waiting For us, to dream is still a dream When I woke up, the house was broken stones We suddenly had nothing And nothing's changed We live, eight people, in this overcrowded heat Factory-farmed animals living in our own sweat Living like this is all my baby brother ever knew The world does nothing, what can we do? We will kick the ball We will skip the rope We will play outside, be careful We will paint and draw, we will say our prayers Outside the pitiless sun bleaches the broken streets The darkness drops in the evening like an iron door The men play cards under torchlight The women stay inside Hell can erupt in a moment day or night You ask for trouble if you stray too close to the wall My father died feeding the birds Mum goes in front of me to check for soldiers For every hot-head stone ten come back For every hot-head stone a hundred come back For every rocket fired the drones come back For thirteen years the roads have all been closed We're isolated, we're denied medical supplies Fuel and work are scarce, they build houses on our farms The old men weep, the young men take up arms We're packed like chickens in this town of block cement I get headache from the diesel, when it rains, the sewers too I had no idea what martyrdom meant Until my older brother, my older brother I'm sorry I can't continue You sow the wind, you reap the whirlwind, it is said When people know they have no future Can we blame them if we cannot tame them? And when their hopes and dreams are broken And they feel they might as well be dead As they go, will we forgive them If they take us with them? Stay close Stay home Stay calm Have faith With the love of our family we can rise above anything Someday surely someone must help us With the love of our family we can rise above anything Someday surely someone must help us Even now we will go to school Even now we will dream to dream Someday surely someone must help us Nothing's ever simple, that's for sure There are grieving mothers on both sides of the wire And everyone deserves a chance to feel the future just might be bright But any way you look at it, whichever point of view For us to have to live like this It just ain't right It just ain't right It just ain't right We all want peace and freedom that's for sure But peace won't come from standing on our necks Everyone deserves a chance to feel the future just might be bright But any way you look at this, whichever point of view For us to have to live like this It just ain't right It just ain't right It just ain't right It's like a nightmare rose up slouching towards Bethlehem Like a nightmare rose up from this small strip of land Slouching towards Bethlehem It's like a nightmare rose up from this small strip of land Slouching towards Bethlehem It's like a nightmare rose up from this small strip of land Slouching towards Bethlehem It's like a nightmare rose up from this small strip of land Slouching towards Bethlehem It's like a nightmare rose up, like a nightmare rose up Slouching towards Bethlehem I can't know what twist of history did this to me It's like a nightmare It's like a nightmare (With the love of our family) (We can rise above everything) Towards Bethlehem (Some day surely someone must help us) Someday surely someone must help us uaBVTtt53FA
November 20, 20232 yr Author Steve Hackett was the lead guitarist in Genesis from 1971 to 1977. 'Hoping Love Will Last' is taken from his second solo album 'Please Don't Touch!' which was released in 1978. It features vocals from the American singer Randy Crawford who went on to have four UK hit singles including 'One Day I'll Fly Away' (no.2 in 1980) and 'Almaz' (no.4 in 1986). She also sang lead vocal on 'Street Life', a top five single for The Crusaders in 1979, so she was relatively unknown when Steve Hackett's album came out. dGDtPsrCwhY
March 19Mar 19 Author Rolloland finally won its first song contest yesterday with London band Archive winning the first Lottery spin off contest. We had been given the theme of a song from a year ending in 9 and chose 'Collapse/Collide' from 2009. The contest was held in Lotunia and Archive triumphed with a winning margin of eight points over runners-up Pestolia. We would like to thank the following countries who all included the song in their votes:18 Lotunia18 Ennea15 Botanikka 15 Dobago15 Zanmatony13 Summericia13 Terra Avium12 Aeroche12 Persephonia11 The Spodic Empire11 Sovarasma10 Pagasa9 Deandria9 Jadakissnia9 Land of DW9 Lentyll6 Trifoski5 Danaeviia5 FSR Rontvia4 Seyetana3 Pestolia2 Eledan1 Wholune
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