SCARBOROUGH FAIR

SIMON & GARFUNKEL

SONGWRITER: PAUL SIMON & ART GARFUNKEL

WHERE: IN THE CONCERT IN CENTRAL PARK

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY AND THYME

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: FOLK ROCK

YEAR: 1966

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme is the third studio album by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel. Produced by Bob Johnston, the album was released on October 24, 1966 in the United States by Columbia Records. Following the success of their debut single "The Sound of Silence", Simon & Garfunkel regrouped after a time apart while Columbia issued their second album, a rushed collection titled Sounds of Silence. For their third album, the duo spent almost three months in the studio, for the first time extending a perfectionist nature both in terms of instrumentation and production.

The album largely consists of acoustic pieces that were mostly written during Paul Simon's period in England the previous year, including some recycled numbers from his debut solo record, The Paul Simon Songbook. The album includes the Garfunkel-led peace "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her", as well as "7 O'Clock News/Silent Night", a combination of news reports of the day (the Vietnam War, the civil rights movement, the death of comedian Lenny Bruce), and the Christmas carol "Silent Night".

Many critics have considered it a breakthrough in recording for the duo, and one of their best efforts. "Homeward Bound" had already been a top five hit in numerous countries and "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" performed similarly. The album peaked at number four on the Billboard Pop Album Chart and was eventually certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Simon & Garfunkel were an American folk rock duo consisting of singer-songwriter Paul Simon and singer Art Garfunkel. They were one of the best-selling music groups of the 1960s and became counterculture icons of the decade's social revolution, alongside artists such as the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and Bob Dylan. Their biggest hits—including "The Sound of Silence" (1964), "Mrs. Robinson" (1968), "The Boxer" (1969), and "Bridge over Troubled Water" (1970)—reached number one on singles charts worldwide.

Are you going to Scarborough Fair?

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme

Remember me to one who lives there

She once was a true love of mine

Tell her to make me a cambric shirt

(On the side of a hill in the deep forest green)

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme

(Tracing a sparrow on snow-crested ground)

Without no seams nor needlework

(Blankets and bedclothes the child of the mountain)

Then she'll be a true love of mine

(Sleeps unaware of the clarion call)

Tell her to find me an acre of land

(On the side of a hill, a sprinkling of leaves)

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme

(Washes the ground with so many tears)

Between the salt water and the sea strand

(A soldier cleans and polishes a gun)

Then she'll be a true love of mine

Tell her to reap it in a sickle of leather

(War bellows, blazing in scarlet battalions)

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme

(Generals order their soldiers to kill)

And to gather it all in a bunch of heather

(And to fight for a cause they've long ago forgotten)

Then she'll be a true love of mine

Are you going to Scarborough Fair?

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme

Remember me to one who lives there

She once was a true love of mine.

YOU MADE ME THE THIEF OF YOUR HEART

SINEAD O' CONNOR

SONGWRITERS: MORRIS ROYCROFT; GAVIN FRIDAY & PAUL DAVID HEWSON

COUNTRY: IRELAND

ALBUM: IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER: MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK

LABEL: ISLAND RECORDS

GENRE: ALTERNATIVE ROCK

YEAR: 1993

Magda Davitt (born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor (/ʃɪˈneɪd oʊˈkɒnər/) on 8 December 1966) is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra. As Sinéad O'Connor, she achieved worldwide success in 1990 with a new arrangement of Prince's song "Nothing Compares 2 U".

Since then, while maintaining her singing career, she has occasionally encountered controversy, partly due to her statements and gestures—such as her ordination as a priest despite being a woman with a Roman Catholic background—and her strongly expressed views on organised religion, women's rights, war, and child abuse. In addition to her ten solo albums, her work includes many singles, songs for films, collaborations with many other artists, and appearances at charity fundraising concerts.

In 2017, O'Connor said that she had changed her legal name to Magda Davitt.

I hope you're happy now

I could never make you so

You were a hard man

No harder in this world

You made me cold

And you made me hard

And you made me the thief

Of your heart

Winter is cold

inRead invented by Teads

Oh, but you're colder still

And for the first time

I feel like you're mine

I'll share you with the one

Who will mend what falls apart

And turn a blind eye

To the thief of your heart

Oh, you lost

Oh, you lost

Hope

You lost hope

You lost hope

I'll never wash these clothes

I want to keep the stain

Your blood to me is precious

Nor would I spill it in vain

Your spirit sings

Though your lips never part

Singing only to me

The thief of your heart

Oh, you lost

Oh, you lost

Oh, you lost

Hope

You lost hope

Oh, you lost

Oh, you lost

Hope

You lost hope.

SOMEBODY TO SHOVE

SOUL ASYLUM

SONGWRITER: DAVID ANTHONY PIRNER

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: "GRAVE DANCER'S UNION"

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: GRUNGE

YEAR: 1992

"Somebody to Shove" is a song by the Minneapolis alternative rock band Soul Asylum, released in 1992. Issued as a single from the álbum Grave Dancers Union(1992), it reached number one on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and number nine on the Mainstream Rock Tracks in the US.

The song was written by Soul Asylum's lead Singer Dave Pirner. It was the first single from their album (see Soul Asylum discography).

Soul Asylum is an American alternative rock band formed in 1981 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The band began using their official name in 1983.

The band originally formed in 1981 under the name Loud Fast Rules, with a lineup consisting of Dave Pirner, Dan Murphy, Karl Mueller, and Pat Morley. Morley was replaced by Grant Young in 1984. The band recorded three albums with = Twin/Tone Records and two with A&M Records, with little commercial success. In 1992, they released the triple-platinum álbum Grave Dancers Union, featuring their Grammy Award–winning single "Runaway Train". The band played at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton early the next year. They also scored a platinum record with the álbum Let Your Dim Light Shine three years later.

Grandfather watches the grandfather clock

And the phone hasn't rang for so long

And the time flys by, like a vulture in the sky

Suddenly he breaks into song

I'm waiting by the phone

Waiting for you to call me up and tell me I'm not alone

I'm waiting by the phone

Waiting for you to call me up and tell me I'm not alone

Hello, speak up, is there somebody there?

These hang ups are getting me down

In a world frozen over with over exposure

Let's talk it over, let's go out and paint the town

Cause I'm waiting by the phone

Waiting for you to call me up and tell me I'm not alone

Cause I want somebody to shove

I need somebody to shove

I want somebody to shove me

You're a dream for insomniacs, prize in the Cracker Jack

All the difference in the world is just a call away

And I'm waiting by the phone

Waiting for you to call me up and tell me I'm not alone

Yes I'm waiting by the phone

I'm waiting for you to call me, call me

and tell me I'm, tell me I'm not alone

Cause I want somebody to shove

I need somebody shove

I want somebody to shove me

Yes I want somebody to shove

I need somebody shove

I want somebody to shove me.

PATIENCE

GUNS N' ROSES

SONGWRITERS: Axl Rose; Duff McKagan; Izzy Stradlin; Slash & Steven Adler

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: "G N' R Lies"

LABEL: GEFFEN RECORDS

GENRE: HARD ROCK

YEAR: 1988

"Patience" is a song by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, which appears on the album G N' R Lies and was released as a single in 1989. The song peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is played using three acoustic guitars and was recorded in a single session by producer Mike Clink. A music video of the song was shot and appears on the band's music video DVD, Welcome to the Videos.

Tesla guitarist Frank Hannon later implied that Guns N' Roses had copied Tesla's earlier work, stating that a demo by Tesla called "Better Off Without You" was "'Patience' note for note." Hannon later backtracked on his blog, saying "The song is a great song that they wrote themselves, and it is only the end part that has any similar part to the guitar chords we used. I apologize for any controversy or dis-respect I may have projected in my joking around with Eddie Trunk about this."

The motivation for the track is generally accepted to be the troublesome relationship between Axl Rose and his now ex-wife Erin Everly, though this was never stated in the album or interviews. According to bass guitarist Duff McKagan, "Axl came up with a great lyric, seemingly out of nowhere, that of course became the story and melody of that song." It has also been stated by the band that Stradlin wrote the song about his ex-girlfriend Angela Nicoletti McCoy.

One, two, one, two, three, four

Shed a tear 'cause I'm missin' you

I'm still alright to smile

Girl, I think about you every day now

Was a time when I wasn't sure

But you set my mind at ease

There is no doubt

You're in my heart now

Said, woman, take it slow

It'll work itself out fine

All we need is just a little patience

Said, sugar, make it slow

And we come together fine

All we need is just a little patience

(Patience)

I sit here on the stairs

'Cause I'd rather be alone

If I can't have you right now

I'll wait, dear

Sometimes I get so tense

But I can't speed up the time

But you know, love

There's one more thing to consider

Said, woman, take it slow

And things will be just fine

You and I'll just use a little patience

Said, sugar, take the time

'Cause the lights are shining bright

You and I've got what it takes

To make it, we won't fake it,

I'll never break it

'Cause I can't take it

Little patience

Need a little patience

Just a little patience

Some more patience

Need some patience

Could use some patience

Gotta have some patience

All it takes is patience

Just a little patience

Is all you need

I been walkin' the streets at night

Just tryin' to get it right

Hard to see with so many around

You know I don't like

Being stuck in the crowd

And the streets don't change

But maybe the name

I ain't got time for the game

'Cause I need you

Yeah, yeah, but I need you

Oh, I need you

Whoa, I need you

All this time.