10-07-1992 57 CHANNELS (and nothing on)

di Springsteen

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

I bought a bourgeois house in the Hollywood hills
With a truckload of hundred thousand dollar bills
Man came by to hook up my cable TV
We settled in for the night my baby and me
We switched ‘round and ‘round ‘til half-past dawn
There was fifty-seven channels and nothin’ on
Well now home entertainment was my baby’s wish
So I hopped into town for a satellite dish
I tied it to the top of my Japanese car
I came home and I pointed it out into the stars
A message came back from the great beyond
There’s fifty-seven channels and nothin’ on
Well we might’a made some friends with some billionaires
We might’a got all nice and friendly if we’d made it upstairs
All I got was a note that said “bye-bye John
Our love is fifty-seven channels and nothin’ on”
So I bought a .44 magnum it was solid steel cast
And in the blessed name of Elvis well I just let it blast
‘Til my TV lay in pieces there at my feet
And they busted me for disturbing the almighty peace
Judge said “What you got in your defense son?”
“Fifty-seven channels …

09-07-1985 IF YOU LOVE SOMEBODY SET THEM FREE

di Sting

STING

Free, free, set them free (Oh whoa)
Free, free, set them free
Free, free, set them free
Free, free, set them free
If you need somebody, call my name
If you want someone, you can do the same

If you want to keep something precious

You got to lock it up and throw away the key
If you want to hold onto your possession
Don’t even think about me
If you love somebody
If you love someone
If you love somebody

If you love someone

Set them free
Free, free, set them free (Set them free)
Free, free, set them free (Set them free)
Free, free, set them free (Set them free)
Free, free, set them free
If it’s a mirror you want

Just look into my eyes
Or a whipping boy
Someone to despise
Or a prisoner in the dark
Tied up in chains you just can’t see
Or a beast in a gilded cage…

08-07-1985 WE DON’T NEED ANOTHER HERO

di Britten, Lyle

TINA TURNER

Out of the ruins
Out from the wreckage
Can’t make the same mistake this time

We are the children
The last generation (the last generation)
We are the ones they left behind

And I wonder when we
Are ever gonna change, change
Living under the fear
‘Til nothing else remains

We don’t need another hero
We don’t need to know the way home
All we want is life beyond the Thunderdome

Looking for something
We can rely on
There’s gotta be something better out there

Love and compassion
Their day is coming (coming)
All else are castles built in the air

And I wonder when we
Are ever gonna change, change
Living under the fear
‘Til nothing else remains…