I posted this video in the Rick Wright memorial thread but I believe it deserves posting here as well... as a tribute to this wonderful man who left us just yesterday... his voice and music are transcendent, otherworldly, and just... brilliant.

Still can't believe he's gone...

"Breakthrough" - Rick Wright
I can take or leave it, won't be the woebegone
Don't need a model universe to hang your pictures on
You hide somewhere, you die somewhere
And then this senseless thought
By hating more you're feeling more
And that's how you get caught

(They're never gonna make it easy,
Of this you can be sure)
I greet you from the wilderness,
I'll stay inside your door

There is no cage or prison
They have no fence too tall
You die more times that anyone
And there's still no place to fall

(They're never gonna make it easy,
This comes down from above)
I have no helm, no secret realm,
I dream to be at the heart of love, a part of love...

I bet you can conceal it, but that's just a dead-end track
I'll cover you like the driven snow, and then I'll bring you back
You'll see, you feel, you feel like a banner
Unfurled and gently blown
And there before your opening eyes
The self you've never known...

(They're never gonna make it easy
Of this you can be sure)
You feel alive, your heart untied
And loved for ever more

(They're never gonna make it easy
This comes down from above)
You feel alive, your heart untied
And loved for ever more...

(They're never gonna make it easy
Of this you can be sure)
You feel alive, your heart untied
And loved for ever more

(They're never gonna make it easy
This comes down from above)
You feel alive, your heart untied
And loved for ever more...

Another of my favourite bands of all time. Nicekback have done some FANTASTIC tracks over the years. Probably my favourite Canadian band. The name comes from when Mike Kroeger worked in a coffee shop, when he gave customer change he said "Here's your Nickel Back"

Chad Kroeger's voice is amazing on thier tracks and gives extreme power to thier tracks., this one especially. His voice makes the band what it is, his gruff powerful voice is fantastic. His solo music is good too.

This perticuular track sums up how I feel now. Kinda what I feel about LTS in a symbolic way.

Nickelback - Savin' Me

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


Prison gates won't open up for me
On these hands and knees I'm crawlin'
Oh, I reach for you

Well I'm terrified of these four walls
These iron bars can't hold my soul in
All I need is you

Come please I'm callin'
And oh I scream for you
Hurry I'm fallin', I'm fallin'

Show me what it's like
To be the last one standing
And teach me wrong from right
And I'll show you what I can be
And Say it for me
Say it to me
And I'll leave this life behind me
Say it if it's worth saving me

Heaven's gates won't open up for me
With these broken wings I'm fallin'
And all I see is you

These city walls ain't got no love for me
I'm on the ledge of the eighteenth story
And oh I scream for you

Come please I'm callin'
And all I need from you
Hurry I'm fallin', I'm fallin'

Show me what it's like
To be the last one standing
And teach me wrong from right
And I'll show you what I can be
And Say it for me
Say it to me
And I'll leave this life behind me
Say it if it's worth saving me

Hurry I'm fallin'

All I need is you
Come please I'm callin'
And oh, I scream for you
Hurry I'm fallin', I'm fallin', I'm fallin'

Show me what it's like
To be the last one standing
And teach me wrong from right
And I'll show you what I can be
And Say it for me
Say it to me
And I'll leave this life behind me
Say it if it's worth saving me

Hurry I'm fallin'

And Say it for me
Say it to me
And I'll leave this life behind me
Say it if it's worth saving me

Great choice.... Tears in heaven is one of the tracks that means a lot to me

Great emotional track with a lot of feeling put into the lyrics. Clapton not one of my biggest favs but a lot of tracks rank in my favs.

Ouch... the song is awesome and i think one of my all time favorites ever (i get goosebumps everytime i hear the last crescendo, culminating in the ending solo, where the guitar takes over the voice), but i wouldn't like to be in your shoes right now. 
To feel like this must be heart-wrenching... i can only hope it'll pass soon for you, and imho it's not a problem to help getting rid of the most negative parts of these emotions by "sharing" them with such kind of melodies.

A great track by a great new Irish band. The Script is from Dublin. Love the lyrics and the music

The Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved

A Special version of the video should be watched by all LTS members:

http://www.ejnmedia.co.uk/ltsfiles/scriptmwcbm.htm

Also watch this after:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qw-J8kC5DHo

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Going back to the corner where I first saw you,
Gonna camp in my sleeping bag I'm not gonna move,
Got some words on cardboard got your picture in my hand,
Saying if you see this girl can you tell her where I am,
Some try to hand me money they don't understand,
I'm not...broke I'm just a broken hearted man,
I know it makes no sense, but what else can I do,
How can I move on when I'm still in love with you...

Cos if one day you wake up and find that you're missing me,
And your heart starts to wonder where on this earth I can be,
Thinking maybe you'll come back here to the place that we'd meet,
And you'd see me waiting for you on the corner of the street.

So I'm not moving...
I'm not moving.

Policeman says son you can't stay here,
I said there's someone I'm waiting for if it's a day, a month, a year,
Gotta stand my ground even if it rains or snows,
If she changes her mind this is the first place she will go.

Cos if one day you wake up and find that you're missing me,
And your heart starts to wonder where on this earth I can be,
Thinking maybe you'll come back here to the place that we'd meet,
And you'd see me waiting for you on the corner of the street.

So I'm not moving...
I'm not moving.

I'm not moving...
I'm not moving.

People talk about the guy
Who's waiting on a girl...
Ooh ooh
There are no holes in his shoes
But a big hole in his world...
Hmmmm

And maybe I'll get famous as man who can't be moved,
And maybe you won't mean to but you'll see me on the news,
And you'll come running to the corner...
Cos you'll know it's just for you

I'm the man who can't be moved
I'm the man who can't be moved...

Cos if one day you wake up and find that you're missing me,
And your heart starts to wonder where on this earth I can be,
Thinking maybe you'll come back here to the place that we'd meet,
And you'd see me waiting for you on the corner of the street.

So I'm not moving...
I'm not moving.

I'm not moving...
I'm not moving.

Going back to the corner where I first saw you,
Gonna camp in my sleeping bag not I'm not gonna move.

Ahh, Fear Factory... one of my first ever steps into the Mtal world together with Metallica and Pantera. Nice memories ^_^ So many parties, hehe.

Anyway here's a sweet piece from my last "favourite" album, it's a fantasy-epic love song (a bit hard to comprehend not knowing the story, but the lyrics are very nice and so is the music), also a bit sad, with two of the best voices of the scene (Simone Simmons and Roy Khan). She's also beautiful, i could lose myself in those blue eyes

Kamelot - The Haunting (Somewhere in time)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdNQRjPOJTM

Merely the sound of your voice
Made me believe that
that you were her
Just like the river disturbs
...my inner peace

Once I believed I could find
Just a trace of her beloved soul
Once I believed she was all
Then she smothered my beliefs

One cold winter's night
I may follow her voice to the river
Leave me for now and forever
Leave while you can

Somewhere in time
I will find you and haunt you again
Like the wind sweeps the earth
Somewhere in time
When no virtues are left to defend
You fall in deep

I was a liar in every debate
I rule the forces that fueled your hate
When the cold in my heart leaves
It comes to an end
And quietly I'll go to sleep

How could that first time recur
When memories linger on and on
What made me think you were her
Helena is dead to all
dead to all

Nothing can bring her to life
Don't pretend that I'll be loving you
Once I believed she was gone
I'm corrupted from within
Leave me for now and forever
Leave while you can

Somewhere in time
I will find you and haunt you again
Like the wind sweeps the earth
Somewhere in time
When no virtues are left to defend
You fall in deep

I was a liar in every debate
I rule the forces that fueled your hate
When the cold in my heart leaves
It comes to an end
And quietly I'll go to sleep

Follow me into the light
(Like ice on a lake of tears I'll take you through)
Leave me tonight
(Life fades in anew)
I've gone too far to begin all anew
With someone like you

El_Barto
Welcome to the machine is all I can say.

No, seriously, Pink Floyd references aside, I'm sorry to hear that... it's not a good feeling. Well, hopefully you'll be back on your feet in no time. Experiences like this help build your resilience in future encounters.

In the spirit of lost love...

Don Henley - The Boys of Summer
Nobody on the road
Nobody on the beach
I feel it in the air
Summer's out of reach
Empty lake,
Empty streets
The sun goes down alone
I'm drivin' by your house, though I know
You're not home

But I can see you
Your brown skin shinin' in the sun
You got your hair combed back and your sunglasses on, baby
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone

I never will forget those nights
I wonder if it was a dream
Remember how you made me crazy?
Remember how I made you scream
Now I don't understand what happened to our love
But babe I'm gonna get you back
Gonna show you what I'm made of

I can see you
Your brown skin shinin' in the sun
I see you walkin' real slow and you're smilin' at everyone
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone...

Out on the road today, I saw a deadhead sticker on a Cadillac
A little voice inside my head said, "Don't look back, you can never look back,"
I thought I knew what love was,
What did I know?
Those days are gone forever
I should just let 'em go, but...

I can see you
Your brown skin shinin' in the sun
You got that top pulled down and that radio on, baby
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone

I can see you
Your brown skin shining in the sun
You got that hair slicked back and those wayfarers on, baby
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone...