Tired Of This, So Help Me Please?

[Georgia Boy]

Feeling a bit jaded today with everything that's been going on for the last few months, please help reinvigorate me for tomorrow. I never thought that I'd ever be:

• An Advocate on Twitter, didn't even have an account until this happened
• Talking to Politicians constantly
• Speaking to Schools about vaping
• Be at a vape Rally in DC - Met some great people there

So here's my question for the Day, what do you think the Anthem should be for this our 'vape Family'. My choice is of course, Truckin by the Grateful Dead for the penultimate verse, especially the last line, it has certainly been that:

Sometimes the light's all shinin' on me
Other times, I can barely see
Lately, it occurs to me
What a long, strange trip it's been

Peace and Love To You All

 

[r77r7r]

I dunno. Maybe look at the strength of the protesters in HK.

 

[Astron]

“Sittin' and starin' out of the hotel window.
Got a tip they're gonna kick the door in again”

you might not be too far off with that one.

 

[Opinionated]

Pick a few sentences from the Song "And Justice for All" by Metallica.

A jaded look, perhaps, but true.



Halls of justice painted green
Money talking
Power wolves beset your door
Hear them stalking
Soon you'll please their appetite
They devour
Hammer of justice crushes you
Overpower

The ultimate in vanity
Exploiting their supremacy

I can't believe the things you say
I can't believe
I can't believe the price you pay

Nothing can save you
Justice is lost
Justice is raped
Justice is gone
Pulling your strings
Justice is done
Seeking no truth
Winning is all
Find it so grim
So true
So real

Apathy their stepping stone
So unfeeling
Hidden deep animosity
So deceiving
Through your eyes their light burns
Hoping to find
Inquisition sinking you
With prying minds

The ultimate in vanity
Exploiting their supremacy

I can't believe the things you say
I can't believe
I can't believe the price you pay

Nothing can save you
Justice is lost
Justice is raped
Justice is gone
Pulling your strings
Justice is done
Seeking no truth
Winning is all
Find it so grim
So true
So real

Lady Justice has been raped
Truth assassin
Rolls of red tape seal your lips
Now you're done in
Their money tips her scales again
Make your deal
Just what is truth? I cannot tell
Cannot feel

The ultimate in vanity
Exploiting their supremacy

I can't believe the things you say
I can't believe
I can't believe the price we pay

Nothing can save us
Justice is lost
Justice is raped
Justice is gone
Pulling your strings
Justice is done
Seeking no truth
Winning is all
Find it so grim
So true
So real
Seeking no truth
Winning is all
Find it so grim
So true
So real

 

[r77r7r]

 

[Sloth Tonight]

]

Come our end suddenly...
All hail our lethargy...

Sound our dire reveille
Rouse all from our apathy
...lest we cease to be

Sound the dread alarm through the primal body
Sound the reveille
To be or not to be

Rise
Stay the grand finale
Stay the reading of our
Swan song and epilogue

One drive to stay alive
Elementary - Muster every fiber
Mobilize... Stay alive

Stir us from our
Wanton slumber
Mitigate our ruin
Call us all to arms and order

 

[evan le'garde]

Here's something i read.

I never thought that I'd ever be,
Feeling a bit jaded today,
With everything that's been going on,
Please help reinvigorate me.... for tomorrow.

Been speaking about vaping to Schools,
Bout all the regulations and rules,
Politicians Talking constantly,
At a Vape Rally in DC.

So here's my question for the Day,
what do you think the Anthem should be ?,
My choice is of course,
For this our 'Vape Family',
"Peace and Love, To You All !" .

It's the best i could do.

 

[Opinionated]

]

Come our end suddenly...
All hail our lethargy...

Sound our dire reveille
Rouse all from our apathy
...lest we cease to be

Sound the dread alarm through the primal body
Sound the reveille
To be or not to be

Rise
Stay the grand finale
Stay the reading of our
Swan song and epilogue

One drive to stay alive
Elementary - Muster every fiber
Mobilize... Stay alive

Stir us from our
Wanton slumber
Mitigate our ruin
Call us all to arms and order

Oh wow I haven't thought about Tool in years! And apparently they are still making music..

yeah that's far more positive... good choice.

 

[Sloth Tonight]

Oh wow I haven't thought about Tool in years! And apparently they are still making music..

yeah that's far more positive... good choice.

Been my favorite band since I was 14 years old. They released a new album recently after 13 years. I literally cried with joy

 

[Punk In Drublic]

Been my favorite band since I was 14 years old. They released a new album recently after 13 years. I literally cried with joy

Amazing band along with Maynard’s side projects. Ashamed to say I haven’t given their new album much attention.

Perhaps not everyone’s cup of tea, but Black Flag - Rise Above was the first song to pop into my mind reading this thread.

Jealous cowards try to control
Rise above! We're gonna rise above!
They distort what we say
Rise above! We're gonna rise above!
Try and stop what we do
Rise above! We're gonna rise above!
When they can't do it themselves
Rise above! We're gonna rise above!

We are tired of your abuse
Try to stop us; it's no use!

Society's arms of control
Rise above! We're gonna rise above!
Think they're smart; can't think for themselves
Rise above! We're gonna rise above!
Laugh at us behind our backs
Rise above! We're gonna rise above!
I find satisfaction in what they lack
Rise above! We're gonna rise above!

We are tired of your abuse
Try to stop us; but it's no use!

We are tired of your abuse
Try to stop us; it's no use!

We are born with a chance
Rise above! We're gonna rise above!
I am gonna have my chance
Rise above! We're gonna rise above!
We are born with a chance
Rise above! We're gonna rise above!
And I am gonna have my chance
Rise above! We're gonna rise above!

We are tired of your abuse
Try to stop us; it's no use!

Rise above!
Rise above!
Rise above!
We're gonna rise above!
We're gonna rise above!
We're gonna rise above!

 

[Opinionated]

probably off topic.. lol

 

[Electrodave]

How about "Teenage Lobotomy" by the Ramones? For no particular reason, really. I just like the Ramones, and most of these vaping kids have probably had lobotomies.

Lobotomy, lobotomy, lobotomy, lobotomy!

DDT did a job on me
Now I am a real sickie
Guess I'll have to break the news
That I got no mind to lose
All the girls are in love with me
I'm a teenage lobotomy

Slugs and snails are after me
DDT keeps me happy
Now I guess I'll have to tell 'em
That I got no cerebellum
Gonna get my Ph.D.
I'm a teenage lobotomy

Lobotomy, lobotomy,…

 

[Baditude]

I never thought that I'd ever be:

• An Advocate on Twitter, didn't even have an account until this happened
• Talking to Politicians constantly
• Speaking to Schools about vaping
• Be at a Vape Rally in DC - Met some great people there

First off, let me say thank you for being actively proactive for vaping. I have participated just like yourself. It is a worthy cause.

It's easy to get discouraged. We have won some battles and lost some, but the war is still on.

I try to remind myself that we will eventually win because we are in the right and that science backs our cause, not theirs. I'm not a poet so I'll just leave you with this.

 

[Punk In Drublic]

probably off topic.. lol

Was much into punk during the late 70’s, but vividly recall the buzz about a new band called Metallica in the early 80’s. Few poorly recorded bootleg tapes floated around until Kill em All was released. That was a game changer. Ride The Lightning was the first and only album I camped out in front of the music store waiting for it’s release.

Ramones – great band! Hands down the best show I’ve ever seen. No BS, just 1,2,3,4…music!

 

[Eskie]

Where's Patti Smith when you need her?

 

[Skeebo]

Ramones – great band! Hands down the best show I’ve ever seen. No BS, just 1,2,3,4…music!

I saw the Go Go's and the many phases of Belinda Carlisle.

 

[DaveP]

Oh wow I haven't thought about Tool in years! And apparently they are still making music..

yeah that's far more positive... good choice.

Most of the popular bands are booked way ahead and they continue because they love playing and they are under contract. Then, they evaluate their plight, think a little, and the money wins out. It's hard to change job titles when the money is good.

 

[englishmick]

Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerers of death's construction
In the fields the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds
Oh Lord yeah

 

[englishmick]

And you tell me over and over and over again my friend
You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction
You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction
You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction

 

[Punk In Drublic]

Most of the popular bands are booked way ahead and they continue because they love playing and they are under contract. Then, they evaluate their plight, think a little, and the money wins out. It's hard to change job titles when the money is good.

There is still money in music? I mean outside the preformed bubble gum autotune pop that infects our ears. Thought iTunes and music streaming put an end to any kind of profit a band (or musician) can make.