Queen - These Are The Days Of Our Lives (Official Video)

When I was young, naïve and judgmental, I hated lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders. But when I heard this song and other songs by Queen, I suddenly thought that “Freddie Mercury might be bisexual, but he’s cool. He rocks. He is one of the many icons who 'taught' us not to discriminate.” – Only proves to show that whatever opinion others may have for people who seem “different” in their eyes, it’s not their nature but what they do with it that matters. And criticisms don’t really affect the genius of their work.

I think Freddie is bubbly in this video. That’s just his natural character. He’s a real entertainer.

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“THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES” by Queen

Sometimes I get the feeling

I was back in the old days, long ago
When we were kids, when we were young
Things seemed so perfect, you know

The days were endless
We were crazy, we were young
The sun was always shining
We just lived for fun

Sometimes it seems like lately,

I just don’t know
The rest of my life’s been...
Just a show

Those were the days of our lives

The bad things in life were so few
Those days are all gone now but
One thing is true
When I look, and I find
I still love you

You can’t turn back the clock
You can’t turn back the tide
Ain’t that a shame?
Mmm, I’d like to go back one time
On a roller coaster ride...
When life’s just a game

No use in sitting and thinking on what you did
When you can lay back
And enjoy it through your kids

Sometimes it seems like lately,
I just don’t know
Better sit back and go
With the flow

These are the days of our lives
That flowed in the swiftness of time
These days are all gone now but
Some things remain
When I look, and I find
No change

Those were the days of our lives, yeah

The bad things in life were so few
Those days are all gone now but
One thing's still true
When I look, and I find
I still love you....

I still love you.

ALL I WANT

'ALL I WANT' by Toad The Wet Sprocket

Nothing's so loud
As hearing when we lie
The truth is not kind
And you've said neither am I
And the air outside so soft is saying everything...
Everything

All I want is to feel this way
To be this close, to feel the same
All I want is to feel this way
The evening speaks, I feel it say


Nothing's so cold
As closing the heart when all we need
Is to free the soul
But we wouldn't be that brave I know
And the air outside so soft, confessing everything...
Everything

All I want is to feel this way
To be this close, to feel the same
All I want is to feel this way
The evening speaks, I feel it say

And it won't matter now
Whatever happens will be
Though the air speaks of all we'll never be
It won't trouble me


All I want is to feel this way
To be this close, to feel the same
All I want is to feel this way
The evening speaks, I feel it say

And it feels so close
(All I want is to feel this way)
Let it take me in
(To be this close, to feel the same)
Let it hold me so
(All I want is to feel this way)
I can feel it say
(The evening speaks, I feel it say...)

"So Close"- Daryl Hall, Jason Mraz

This song made me sad when I first heard it way back in high school. Still makes me sad today. Hall & Oates songs are superb classics.

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“SO CLOSE” as performed live by Daryl Hall & Jason Mraz

Yeah…
Met on the dance floor in the old high school gym
He fell like a rock, she kinda liked him
And his heart beat like thunder, as they moved 'cross the floor,
When the music was over, she slipped out the door

Yeah a man loves a woman, but he can't understand,

Why she's sad when she stares, at the ring on her hand.
She sits in some club, where the long shadows fall
Drops a coin in the jukebox, not the phone on the wall.

So close, yet so far away.

So close, yet so far away.
We believe in tomorrow, and our better way.
And then we lie… down to sleep
So close… yet so far away.

Oh, there's a restless look in your eye tonight.

There's a secret hurt in my heart
And the dream that pulls us together girl,
Is a dream… is a dream, that keeps us
So close, yet so far away.

Some people will find, if you really believe,
That's what you need, solve all the mysteries.
Oh I know someone, who just heads for the sun,
‘Cause she says: "I don't wanna be wise, I just wanna stay young."

So close, yet so far away.

So close, yet so far away.
We believe in tomorrow, maybe more than today.
And then we lie… down to sleep
So close… yet so far away.

Oh, there's a restless look in your eye tonight.
There's a secret hurt in my heart
And the dream that pulls us together girl,
Is a dream, that's gonna tear us, tear us apart.

There's a restless look in your eye tonight.
There's a secret hurt in my heart (so close)
And the dream that pulls us together girl,
Is a dream, that pulls us
So close, ooohhh…

There's a restless look in your eye tonight.
There's a secret hurt in my heart (so close)
And the dream that pulls us together girl,
Is a dream… that pulls us
So close.

So close…
Yet so far away.