I'm Getting hard on the pavement

Can you find me some grass?

I have a certain arrangement

Up the kyber pass

Oh yeah

Let's get high with some fruitcake

Fruitcake and tea

And after I've done her,

Well you can do me

 

Can't believe the conversations we have on here :blush:

 

Lundi for Khyber Pass - read arse. He's talking about anal sex.

The whole song is full of double entendre's about sex. Real British bawdy seaside humour. :cool:

 

I'm quite shocked :o

I wonder about Robbie reading about Alistair Crowley..... quite a thing. He by the way lived in one of the Houses in the part where Robbie lives in London now.

 

 

Really, I did not know that Lundi ..

Some more about Swings Both Ways song

 

https://robbiewilliams.com/blogs/news/intro...4e6a8&_ss=r

 

Swings Both Ways, the title track of Robbie's new album, has its origins in a suite in one of the most famous hotels on the whole of the west coast of America.

 

"It was written by me, Guy Chambers and Rufus Wainwright in a room in the Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles one afternoon earlier this year," explains Robbie - who it's fair to say is delighted with the inclusion of Mr Wainwright on Swings Both Ways.

 

"Rufus has probably written some of the best songs of the last fifteen years and it’s an honour to have him on my record."

 

But what was it like to work with him for the first time and how did the song begin to take form?

 

"I think I said ‘everybody swings both ways…’, but then Rufus brought a lot to the table with this song," Robbie says. "He works so quickly, and he’s so smart and so succinct that it’s kind of scary being in a room with him - you’ve got to keep pace the best you can."

 

The narrative of the song playfully explores themes around the hidden lifestyles of stars scrutinised beneath the limelight.

 

"Songs are just stories. We’re now in a period of history where a male straight pop star with a following can sing a song that’s basically saying ‘Yeah, I help up for the other team, if they’re short’. And, in this song, I do."

That did help me too, thank you.

 

Just one thing: you wrote "For those out drinking at their mother's way".

 

I remember it as "at their mother's wake" but I don't remember where I read this.

 

 

I will investigate further Lundi ..

That's well appreciated, Sydney, thank you.

 

How come the connection between Khyber Pass and arse? That's a mysterium to me :???:.

That's well appreciated, Sydney, thank you.

 

How come the connection between Khyber Pass and arse? That's a mysterium to me :???:.

 

 

I think Laura would be better at explaining that one Lundi :lol:

Samples of some unreleased songs from Intensive Care

 

 

 

 

Some nice tunes in that lot ...

I think Laura would be better at explaining that one Lundi :lol:

 

It's cockney rhyming slang Lundi - I don't know if you know what that is? - Khyber Pass means arse.

 

:ph34r:

They've started playing Strong on Heart London this week. :wub:

They've started playing Strong on Heart London this week. :wub:

 

 

Good song given the time we are in , we need to be strong :)

That did help me too, thank you.

 

Just one thing: you wrote "For those out drinking at their mother's way".

 

I remember it as "at their mother's wake" but I don't remember where I read this.

 

 

Listening to the track again Lundi it does indeed sound like 'wake' & in the context would make more sense anyway :)

 

:heart: the video

 

Songfacts ( some interesting comments in the link )

 

This song was Williams' first with his new songwriting partner Stephen Duffy. Williams himself called the song "something like a mini gangster opera" and "kind of cabaret act reggae."

The rolling rhythm of the song owes a lot to the early work of The Clash. During the chorus Williams reaches a extremely high disco-like falsetto. Lyrically the song is a bit darker than previous songs. It tells the tale of gangsters and how they "Don't kill their own and all love their mothers," before an anguished chorus of, "I've taken as much as I'm willing to take." >>

The line, "First they ignore you, then laugh at you and hate you, then they fight you, then you win" is a quote of Mahatma Gandhi. >> https://www.songfacts.com/facts/robbie-williams/tripping

 

Wiki

"Tripping" is a song recorded by British singer Robbie Williams for his sixth studio album Intensive Care (2005). The single was released as the album's lead single on 3 October 2005, by Chrysalis Records. Backed with the track "Make Me Pure", also from the same album, it was sent to radio stations around the world.

 

Williams himself calls the song "something like a mini gangster opera" and "kind of cabaret act reggae". The rolling rhythm of the song owes much to the early work of The Clash. During the chorus Williams reaches an extremely high disco-like head voice. Lyrically the song is a bit darker than previous songs. It tells the tale of gangsters and how they "don't kill their own and they all love their mothers", before an anguished chorus of "I've taken as much as I'm willing to take". The opening lyrics "First they ignore you, then laugh at you and hate you. Then they fight you, then you win" is a paraphrase from a quote commonly attributed to Mahatma Gandhi.

 

Upon its release, the song became a global hit, reaching number one in Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands. It peaked within the top five in more than 10 European countries, including the United Kingdom, where it reached number two and was the 19th best-selling single of 2005. It was also a success in Australia, reaching number seven on the ARIA Singles Chart, and peaked at number 20 in New Zealand.

 

Music video

The video, which was directed by Johan Renck, features Williams running in place as if he can't seem to get anywhere. It appears that Williams is having a nightmare, in which he is living sometime in 1950s, and is stuck running endlessly in a maze without ever advancing, or driving in a stereotypical 1950s backdrop. It also includes a baby singing to him some of the chorus, and a pair of lesbian twins in the backseat of his Saab 95. He also sees himself trapped in an elevator with a bigger guy in drag that proposed him to make out, he tries to defend himself but, at the end he allows him to be touched, and at that moment, Williams wakes up, smiles and close his eyes.

 

Chart success

The song became a massive worldwide success for Williams, debuting inside the top ten in most countries around Europe, including number two (behind Push The Button by Sugababes) in the United Kingdom, spending six weeks inside the top ten and fifteen inside the top seventy-five.[1] The single reached number one in The Netherlands, Argentina, Germany (where it was his first number one single[2]), Portugal, Italy, and Taiwan. In Switzerland, the single was certified Gold.[3] In Mexico, the song reached number nine and became the eleventh most played track of the year.[4] In Australia, the single peaked at number seven and went on to sell over 35,000 copies, being certified Gold by the ARIA.[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripping_(song)

 

 

"Tripping"

 

First they ignore you

Then laugh at you and hate you

Then they fight you

Then you win

 

When the truth dies very bad things happen

They're being heartless again

I know it's coming and there's going to be violence

I've taken as much as I'm willing to take

Why do you think we should suffer in silence?

When a heart is broken there's nothing to break

 

You've been mixing with some very heavy faces

The boys have done a bit of bird

They don't kill their own

And they all love their mothers

But you're out of your depth son have a word

 

I know it's coming and there's going to be violence

I've taken as much as I'm willing to take

Why do you think we should suffer in silence?

The heart is broken there's nothing to break

 

All is wonderful in past lives

Dreaming of the sun she warms,

You should see me in the afterlife

Picking up the sons of dust

 

When you think we're lost we're exploring

What you think is worthless

I'm adoring

You don't want the truth the truth is boring

I've got this fever, need to

Leave the house

Leave the car

Leave the bad men where they are

I leave a few shells in my gun

N' stop me staring at the sun....

 

I know it's coming and there's going to be violence

I've taken as much as I'm willing to take

Why do you say we should suffer in silence?

My heart is broken there's nothing to break

 

I know it's coming and there's going to be violence

I've taken as much as I'm willing to take

Why do you think we should suffer in silence?

A heart is broken there's nothing to break

 

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/robbiewilliams/tripping.html

 

 

 

Some general reviews of the whole album https://www.metacritic.com/music/intensive-...ms/user-reviews

Loved Tripping.

 

Shame it missed out on the number one spot.

 

As we were talking about Strong the other day. ^_^

 

This has always been one of my favourite songs.

 

For the lyrics but also because it is so good performed live.

 

It's a song that has been missed off a few tours so it's always a treat when Robbie performs it unexpectedly.

 

It's also one of my favourite videos because it captures everything about him that made me a fan.

 

The energy, his raw talent, all his contradictions and frailties, the connection with his audience. His love of his family. It's all there in four minutes. :heart:

 

 

As we were talking about Strong the other day. ^_^

 

This has always been one of my favourite songs.

 

For the lyrics but also because it is so good performed live.

 

It's a song that has been missed off a few tours so it's always a treat when Robbie performs it unexpectedly.

 

It's also one of my favourite videos because it captures everything about him that made me a fan.

 

The energy, his raw talent, all his contradictions and frailties, the connection with his audience. His love of his family. It's all there in four minutes. :heart:

 

 

I am a fan of it on & off Laura , sometimes I want to hear it & sometimes I don't , I am not too sure of what some of the lyrics mean really , he talks about taking it to the bridge , is that in terms of the chorus & verses, I am not sure of what the context is :thinking: . It probably is a song that means different things to different people at a certain time or event in their lives

 

 

 

 

Some bits of info from wiki :

 

 

 

"Strong" was written by Williams while he was in a hotel in Cologne. It was inspired by some of his most hardcore fans, who, Williams confessed, "scared the living daylights out of [him]". "I just wanted them to understand I'm not being rude, but I'm feeling a bit scared of everything," he said.[4]

 

"Strong" is a song by English recording artist Robbie Williams. It was released on 15 March 1999 as the third single from his second studio album, I've Been Expecting You (1998). The song managed to break into the top five in the United Kingdom. The B-side is the live version of "Let Me Entertain You" recorded at the 1999 Brit Awards, the performance was included on the single in the enhanced section.

 

In June 2017, Williams performed at the One Love Manchester benefit concert, in aid of the Manchester Arena bombing victims and as a display of the city's unity against terrorism. Williams opened and closed his set by leading a 55,000-strong terrace chant of the song's chorus, changing the lyrics to "Manchester we're strong, we're strong, we're strong. And we're still singing our songs, our songs, our songs!".[1][2]

 

On the final night of Williams's 2003 Knebworth House concerts, 125,000 ticketholders sang Strong to set the world record for Most Karaoke Participants. Williams and his audience held the record until 2009, when 160,000 people sang Friends in Low Places by Garth Brooks whilst in attendance at the 2009 NASCAR Sharpie 500 race.[3]

 

 

 

 

 

Yes "that's a good line to take it to the bridge" - he means the bridge of the song. ^_^

Yes "that's a good line to take it to the bridge" - he means the bridge of the song. ^_^

 

 

He obviously just threw threw the line in there then because he couldn't think of anything else :lol:

Great song :wub:

 

 

GHOSTS

 

Here I stand, victorious

The only man who made you come

When you cried, you cried for us

And when we died, you died alone

Gravity's calling

Don't go home

Where are we?

 

Did what I could

For one of us

I always thought it was for you

And when I lied

Oh, I lied for us

Because you never heard the truth

I am lying alone tonight

Don't go home

Where are we?

 

If we are ghosts

(A long, long time ago)

It looks like we could have made it, baby

We are ghosts

(A long, long time ago)

Me and you

We are ghosts

(A long, long time ago)

We could have made it

We are ghosts

(A long long time ago)

Me and you

(Ago)

 

Look at the time it's taken me

To get away from what was said

I'll never leave

I'll always love

You know that all those words are dead

Buried in yours tonight

Move aside

I'm taking you home

 

On the radio

She was that summer song

Packing them in

Making them dance

A law of her own

Taking the time to sing it

I don't need you

But I'm lost

I'm lost without you tonight

Have you no heart?

Where are we?

(Everybody, sing it)

 

Ghosts

We love like ghosts

We are ghosts

They're taking down our satellite

We are ghosts

Josephine

I'll follow your star tonight

We are ghosts

If not tonight

Then when will she say

(Everybody, sing it)

We're not ghosts

 

One of the meany comments at the time the album was relased in relation to this song

 

 

General Comment

I agree with the comments about how good this song is. Really underrated and hard to believe the by-the-numbers 'Place to Crash' was released as a single instead.

 

I remember reading a bit about the writing of this song in the book 'Feel'. The chorus originally had lines like 'in the fairgrounds and the coffee shops' IIRC in the soft-spoken bits that became 'a long long time ago'. I think the jist was that when you remember a relationship, you tend to visualise specific moments and places and remember them vividly almost like you're trying to relive it; then you have to catch yourself and face up to the reality that those people, at least as they existed and felt at the time, are dead - ghosts. I think there's also something of a double-meaning to the term, as Robbie/the narrator seems haunted by these memories and regrets about what could have been - he's become hollow and joyless, in essence a ghost himself.

 

It's interesting the way the song alludes to other heavenly bodies like stars and satellites towards the end. The way I see the 'satellite' line is that when we're young or in a particularly intense relationship we tend to idealise love and treat it as some amazing, other-worldly thing. The satellite is what's used to discover the mysteries of all the things in the universe we wonder at and don't understand. Now that the man is a hollow shell who's been burned by love, he's given up hope of ever trying to reach or understand these things - 'they're taking down our satellite'. 'I'll follow your star tonight' seems like a last desperate clinging to something out of reach and intangible.

 

https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858565292/

Hey, thank you for following the topic I'm interested in now!

 

Just read yesterday that Guy didn't like 'Strong' at one point and we must say thanks to Steve Power, producer for the song had been released :)

He obviously just threw threw the line in there then because he couldn't think of anything else :lol:

 

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