Topic: These kids today...

[Jahn]

Not really my cup of tea (and not even Pop, but Country) but I love these (Swedish) women, Jill and Titiyo.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SetixP2Z8dw

[Nichi]

A Swedish performer, nee Ellinor Olovsdotter.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliphant

Music Is Life
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[Jahn]

"Elliphant" is new for me.
There are so many great artist around here that one can't possible have knowledge about every one.

[Nichi]

<span data-s9e-mediaembed="youtube" style="display:inline-block;width:100%;max-width:640px"><span style="display:block;overflow:hidden;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%"><iframe allowfullscreen="" loading="lazy" scrolling="no" style="background:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/m-M1AtrxztU/hqdefault.jpg) 50% 50% / cover;border:0;height:100%;left:0;position:absolute;width:100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/m-M1AtrxztU"></iframe></span></span><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/m-M1AtrxztU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/m-M1AtrxztU</a>

Can't shed much light on the storyline of the video, alas. But it's interesting.

[Michael]

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Can't shed much light on the storyline of the video, alas. But it's interesting.

  It's a ripper.

[Nichi]

<span data-s9e-mediaembed="youtube" style="display:inline-block;width:100%;max-width:640px"><span style="display:block;overflow:hidden;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%"><iframe allowfullscreen="" loading="lazy" scrolling="no" style="background:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6tu4wWSbnIs/hqdefault.jpg) 50% 50% / cover;border:0;height:100%;left:0;position:absolute;width:100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6tu4wWSbnIs"></iframe></span></span><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/6tu4wWSbnIs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/6tu4wWSbnIs</a>


Run away-ay with me
Lost souls and reverie
Running wild and running free
Two kids, you and me

And I say
Hey, hey hey hey
Living like we're renegades
Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
Living like we're renegades
Renegades, renegades

Long live the pioneers
Rebels and mutineers
Go forth and have no fear
Come close the end is near

And I say
Hey, hey hey hey
Living like we're renegades
Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
Living like we're renegades
Renegades, renegades

All hail the underdogs
All hail the new kids
All hail the outlaws
Spielberg's and Kubrick's

It's our time to make a move
It's our time to make amends
It's our time to break the rules
Let's begin...

And I say
Hey, hey hey hey
Living like we're renegades
Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
Leaving like we're renegades
Renegades, renegades




Just in case the "VEVO" version can't be seen outside the US, here is another version, not quite as well-produced:

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That second line is "lost soul to reverie", not 'for every' as printed by the uploader.

[Nichi]

Ah sweet youth!

[Nichi]

Here's their acoustic version - with a toy piano, no less. 

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[Nichi]

Vocal group Pentatonix.
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[Jahn]

Run away-ay with me
Lost souls and reverie
Running wild and running free
Two kids, you and me

And I say
Hey, hey hey hey
Living like we're renegades
Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
Living like we're renegades
Renegades, renegades

Long live the pioneers
Rebels and mutineers
Go forth and have no fear
Come close the end is near

The first link worked well.
Heh, one of my friends started a band (in the 1970's) called The Renegades - I can provide "evidence" later.

Good Music, and of course that type of message that youngsters want to hear.

As Stones from Beggars Banquet

Pleased to meet you
 Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
 But what's puzzling you
 Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby
 Pleased to meet you
 Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
 But what's confusing you
 Is just the nature of my game
 Just as every cop is a criminal
 And all the sinners saints
 As heads is tails
 Just call me Lucifer
 Cause I'm in need of some restraint
 So if you meet me
 Have some courtesy
 Have some sympathy, and some taste
 Use all your well-learned politesse
 Or I'll lay your soul to waste, um yeah

[Ke-ke wan]

"Elliphant" is new for me.
There are so many great artist around here that one can't possible have knowledge about every one.

Agree!

When I hear people say "Music today sucks."  Or "Nobody makes good music anymore".  I just shake my head.  Really?  The world is at your fingertips!

[Nichi]

Matisyahu - Sunshine
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https://youtu.be/E_Vt4MlbM0c

It's derivative, but perky.

Verse 1:
Keep on moving till the first rays of dawn
Keeping it on till the day stays strong
Morning till the night time blaze is on
All along I keep singing my song
I said, this phase is always
Sometimes I get so crazed
But just know that I'll always stay
Cause you're my light through the haze

Chorus:
It's time for a champion
Soothe the soul of the land
Mend the heart from the sea and the sand
Until the sun comes up again x2

Reach for the sky
Keep your eye on the prize
Forever in my mind
Be my golden sunshine
It's raining in your mind
So push them clouds aside
Forever by my side
You're my golden sunshine

Verse 2:
When the sun set I let myself down
Found the ground beneath my feet gone
No more words were there to speak
On that day my song was born
Never meant to leave you all alone
Said I'd be your shelter from the storm
Now your clothes have all been torn
Kingdom sacked attacked and dethroned

Chorus

Reach for the sky
Keep your eye on the prize
Be my golden sunshine
It's raining in your mind
So push them clouds aside
Forever by my side
You're my golden sunshine

It's the way of the world
You're on your own
Time to grow and be a man
Want to fly high like Peter Pan
No more Never Never Land
So lose your backpack filled with sand
Come along and take my hand
We'll walk together for forever

Reach for the sky
Keep your eye on the prize
Forever in my mind
Be my golden sunshine
It's raining in your mind
So push them clouds aside
Forever by my side
You're my golden sunshine

Reach for the sky
Keep your eye on the prize
Forever in my mind
Be my golden sunshine
It's raining in your mind
So push them clouds aside
Forever by my side
You're my golden sunshine

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Walk with me now, talk with me now, baby
Bo-bo-bo-bo-bo
Walk with me momma, talk with me now
(repeat)


Wiki - Matthew Paul Miller (born June 30, 1979),[2] known by his Hebrew and stage name Matisyahu (/mætɪsˈjɑːhuː/; "Gift of God"), is a Jewish American reggae vocalist, beatboxer, and alternative rock musician.

Known for blending Orthodox Jewish themes with reggae, rock and hip hop beatboxing sound.....

[Jahn]

Matisyahu - Sunshine

It's derivative, but perky.

Not my style, really.

[Nichi]

This video by British Ed Sheeran has over 950 million hits on it.

The Shape of You
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[Nichi]

This video by British Ed Sheeran has over 950 million hits on it.

The Shape of You
<span data-s9e-mediaembed="youtube" style="display:inline-block;width:100%;max-width:640px"><span style="display:block;overflow:hidden;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%"><iframe allowfullscreen="" loading="lazy" scrolling="no" style="background:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JGwWNGJdvx8/hqdefault.jpg) 50% 50% / cover;border:0;height:100%;left:0;position:absolute;width:100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JGwWNGJdvx8"></iframe></span></span><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/JGwWNGJdvx8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/JGwWNGJdvx8</a>

And now it has 1,689,750,650 views. That is quite a hit.