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We didn't start the fire - Billy Joel 

Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnny Ray
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio

Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, Television
North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe

Rosenbergs, H Bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
Brando, The King And I, and The Catcher In The Rye

Eisenhower, Vaccine, England's got a new queen
Maciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it

Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev
Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc

Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dancron
Dien Bien Phu Falls, Rock Around the Clock

Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team
Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland

Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev
Princess Grace, Peyton Place, Trouble in the Suez

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it

Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac
Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, Bridge On The River Kwai

Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball
Starkwether, Homicide, Children of Thalidomide
Buddy Holly, Ben Hur, Space Monkey, Mafia
Hula Hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go

U2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy
Chubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the Congo

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it

Hemingway, Eichman, Stranger in a Strange Land
Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion

Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson

Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British Politician sex
J.F.K. blown away, what else do I have to say

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it

Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again
Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock
Begin, Reagan, Palestine, Terror on the airline
Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan

Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide
Foreign debts, homeless Vets, AIDS, Crack, Bernie Goetz
Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law
Rock and Roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it

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Think for yourself - The Beatles

I've got a word or two
To say about the things that you do
You're telling all those lies
About the good things that we can have
If we close our eyes

Do what you want to do
And go where you're going to
Think for yourself
'Cause I won't be there with you

I left you far behind
The ruins of the life that you have in mind
And though you still can't see
I know your mind's made up
You're gonna cause more misery

Do what you want to do
And go where you're going to
Think for yourself
'Cause I won't be there with you

Although your mind's opaque
Try thinking more if just for your own sake
The future still looks good
And you've got time to rectify
All the things that you should

Do what you want to do
And go where you're going to
Think for yourself
'Cause I won't be there with you

Do what you want to do
And go where you're going to
Think for yourself
'Cause I won't be there with you
Think for yourself

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Fame - David Bowie & John Lennon

Fame, (fame) makes a man take things over
Fame, (fame) lets him loose, hard to swallow
Fame, (fame) puts you there where things are hollow
Fame (fame)

Fame, its not your brain, its just the flame
That burns your change to keep you insane (sane)
Fame (fame)

Fame, (fame) what you like is in the limo
Fame, (fame) what you get is no tomorrow
Fame, (fame) what you need you have to borrow
Fame (fame)

Fame, nien! its mine! is just his line
To bind your time, it drives you to, crime
Fame (fame)

Could it be the best, could it be?
Really be, really, babe?
Could it be, my babe, could it, babe?
Could it, babe? , could it, babe?

Is it any wonder I reject you first?
Fame, fame, fame, fame
Is it any wonder you are too cool to fool
Fame (fame)

Fame, bully for you, chilly for me
Got to get a rain check on pain (pain)
(fame)

Fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame ,fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame
Fame
Whats your name?

Feeling so gay, feeling gay

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Golden Brown

Golden brown texture like sun
Lays me down with my mind she runs
Throughout the night
No need to fight
Never a frown with golden brown

Every time just like the last
On her ship tied to the mast
To distant lands
Takes both my hands
Never a frown with golden brown

Golden brown finer temptress
Through the ages she's heading

West
From far away
Stays for a day
Never a frown with golden brown

Never a frown
With golden brown
Never a frown
With golden brown

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A whiter shade of pale

We skipped the light fandango
Turned cartwheels cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
But the crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
As the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
The waiter brought a tray

And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly,
Turned a whiter shade of pale
She said, there is no reason
And the truth is plain to see.
But I wandered through my playing cards
And would not let her be
One of sixteen vestal virgins
Who were leaving for the coast
And although my eyes were open
They might have just as well've been closed
She said, Im home on shore leave,
Though in truth we were at sea
So I took her by the looking glass
And forced her to agree
Saying, you must be the mermaid
Who took neptune for a ride.
But she smiled at me so sadly
That my anger straightway died

If music be the food of love
Then laughter is its queen
And likewise if behind is in front
Then dirt in truth is clean
My mouth by then like cardboard
Seemed to slip straight through my head
So we crash-dived straightway quickly
And attacked the ocean bed

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Boten Anna

Jag känner en bott, hon heter Anna, Anna heter hon
Och hon kan banna, banna dig så hårt
Hon röjer upp I våran kanal
Jag vill berätta för dig, att jag känner en bott
Jag känner en bott, hon heter Anna, Anna heter hon
Och hon kan banna, banna dig så hårt
Hon röjer upp I våran kanal
Jag vill berätta för dig, att jag känner en bott
Som alltid vaktar alla som är här
Och som ser till att vi blir utan besvär
Det finns ingen take-over som lyckas
Kom ihåg att det är jag som känner en bott
En bott som ingen, ingen annan slår
Och hon kan kicka utan att du får
Hon gör sig av med alla som spammar
Ja, inget kan slå våran bott
(Ready for take off)
(Are you ready?)
Jag känner en bott, hon heter Anna, Anna heter hon
Och hon kan banna, banna dig så hårt
Hon röjer upp I våran kanal
Jag vill berätta för dig att jag känner en bott
Då kom den dagen, jag inte trodde fanns,
Det satte verkligen kanalen ur balans
Jag trodde aldrig att jag hade så fel
Men när Anna skrev och sa:
"Jag är ingen bott
Jag är en väldigt, väldigt vacker tjej"
Som nu tyvärr är väldigt främmande för mig
Men det finns inget som behöver förklaras
För I mina ögon är hon alltid en bott
Jag känner en bott, hon heter Anna, Anna heter hon
Och hon kan banna, banna dig så hårt
Hon röjer upp I våran kanal
Jag vill berätta för dig att jag känner en bott
Som alltid vaktar alla som är här
Och som ser till att vi blir utan besvär
Det finns ingen take-over som lyckas
Kom ihåg att det är jag som känner en bott
En bott som ingen, ingen annan slår
Och hon kan kicka utan att du får
Hon gör sig av med alla som spammar
Ja, inget kan slå våran bott
(Ready for take off)
(Are you ready?)

Þorraþræll

Kristján Jónsson fjallaskáld fæddist 20.júní 1842 í Krossdal í Kelduhverfi og ólst upp í þeirri sveit og í Öxarfirði. Árið 1861 birti hann nokkur kvæði eftir sig í blöðum og varð fljótlega kallaður Fjallaskáld. Kristján gekk í Lærða Skólann í Reykjavík, hann hélst ekki við bókina en togaðist inn í sollinn í höfuðstaðnum, mun  meira en góðu hófi gegndi. Svo fór að hann hætti námi við Lærða Skólann árið 1868, eftir að velgjörðarmenn hans voru að því komnir gefast upp á skáldinu. Eftir það gerðist hann barnakennari í Vopnafirði þar sem hann dó árið eftir, á tuttugasta og sjöunda aldursári (líkt og rokkstjörnur 20. aldarinnar). Bölmóður og vonleysi einkennir mörg ljóða Kristjáns eins og reyndar var algengt í ljóðum margra síðrómantískra skálda. Þó var Kristján að sögn jafnan glaður og indæll í umgengni, þó hugsanlega hafi heilsuleysi, drykkjuskapur og erfið æska markað sálarlíf hans og valdið honum þunglyndi. Hann var eiginlega nokkurs konar útlagi á sinni tíð sem hvergi festi rætur. Þótt ævi Kristjáns Jónssonar Fjallaskálds yrði stutt var hann eitt af ástælustu skáldum á sinni tíð, og er sennilega enn.

Nú er frost á Fróni,
frýs í æðum blóð,
kveður kuldaljóð
Kári í jötunmóð.
Yfir laxalóni
liggur klakaþil,
hlær við hríðarbyl
hamragil.
Mararbára blá
brotnar þung og há
unnarsteinum á,
yggld og grett á brá.
Yfir aflatjóni
æðrast skipstjórinn,
harmar hlutinn sinn
hásetinn.

Horfir á heyjaforðann
hryggur búandinn:
,,Minnkar stabbinn minn,
magnast harðindin. -
Nú er hann enn á norðan,
næðir kuldaél,
yfir móa og mel
myrkt sem hel.
Bóndans býli á
björtum þeytir snjá,
hjúin döpur hjá
honum sitja þá.
Hvítleit hringaskorðan
huggar manninn trautt;
Brátt er búrið autt,
búið snautt.

Þögull Þorri heyrir
þetta harmakvein
gefur grið ei nein,
glíkur hörðum stein,
engri skepnu eirir,
alla fjær og nær
kuldaklónum slær
og kalt við hlær:
,,Bóndi minn, þitt bú
betur stunda þú.
Hugarhrelling sú,
er hart þér þjakar nú,
þá mun hverfa, en fleiri
höpp þér falla í skaut.
Senn er sigruð þraut,
ég svíf á braut.