back in the day

• missy elliot adlı günah çıkartan lömbüdünün son çalışması under construction'daki en adamakıllı, aynı zamanda insanı dumura uğratan çalışması. silikon dudaklı mahalle gülü jay z ile birlikte düet yaptığı bu parçasında şöyle diyor kendileri:
  what happened to those good old days, when hip-hop was so much fun/those parties in the summer y'all, and no one came through with a gun!
  'şu söyleyenlere de bir bakın, akılları başlarına mı gelmiş ne? gangsta'dan sıkıldınız galiba, artık kafalarınıza dank etmiştir oldskool kavramının ne kadar yüce olduğu!' diyesi geliyor insanın.
• (bkz: courtney pine)
• megadeth'in the system has failed albümünden hemen dikkat çeken güzel bi şarkı.
• the system has failed'in ilk dinleyişte öne çıkan şarkılarından biri. maiden'a benzettim ben açıkçası.
• the system has failed'in her dinleyişte koşa koşa yukarılara tırmanan mükemmel bir şarkısı. özellikle ikinci yarısındaki gitar partisyonları, üstüne mükemmel vokal melodisi, aman aman. sözler de gelsin hemen demekten başka bişi gelmez elimden
• the system has failed'in bombalarından. her şey yerli yerinde ve kusursuz. ("it doesn't matter anyway" sözleriyle arkadaki kroslar ne güzel uymuş öyle..)
• iron maiden'dan flash of the blade'i, özellikle nakarata kadar çok andıran parça.
  
  - edit -
  orta kısımlarda ise yine iron maiden'dan transylvania'yı andıran parça
• megadeth şarkısı olanın sözleri de söyledir ki:
  
  where were you when it happened
  where could you be found
  were you at the front of the stage
  or in the underground
  
  from s.f. out to old brit
  new york to l.a.
  the world of metal changed forever
  back in the day
  
  well that was back in the day
  and if you weren't there
  it doesn't matter anyway
  because you wouldn't understand
  
  live to die
  die to play
  every day and place
  leave a path of metal
  across a world from stage to stage
  
  well that was back in the day
  and if you weren't there
  it doesn't matter anyway
  because you wouldn't understand
  
  in denim and leather
  we were a one for all-all for one force
  knocked rock n roll on it's ass
  and put metal on the course
  
  back in the day
  if you wern't there
  it doesn't matter
  cause you wouldn't understand...
  
  this is our way of life
  a life that was born free
  to follow orders how to live
  was never meant to be
  
  hints of thunder, seeds of lightning
  the power hits the stage
  the music was exciting
  the mania raged
  
  we all had the fever
  our ears started to ring
  feeding this wildfire
  consuming everything
  
  metal's king back then
  and still is to this day
  others imitate or challenge
  but it never goes away
• erykah badunun yeni albümündeki enfes parça...
  
  (chorus)
  back in the day when things were cool, hey
  all we needed was bop-bop, bop-bop, bop-ba-domp
  ooooh, bop-bop, bop-bop, bop-ba-domp
  well well well
  (repeat)
  soulflower take me flying with you, hey
  gimme dat bop-bop, bop-bop, bop-ba-domp
  gimme some of dat bop-bop, bop-bop, bop-ba-domp
  well well well
  back in the day when things were cool
  we used to meet up with these dudes
  then we'd roll out on hopes and truths
  and would ride around the park till its after dark
  pumpin the trunk with the windows rolled up, puff
  well well well
  (chorus 2x)
  soulflower take me flying with you, hey
  just gimme dat bop-bop, bop-bop, bop-ba-domp
  gimme some of dat bop-bop, bop-bop, bop-ba-domp
  well well well
  wailin and singin and jammin and talkin
  and pumpin the trunk with the windows rolled up, puff
  well well well
  da laughin and singin and jammin and talkin
  pumpin the trunk with the windows rolled up, puff
  well well well
  laughin and singin and jammin and talkin
  and pumpin the trunk with the windows rolled up, puff
  and we would ride around the park till its after dark
  and when we get home hope the dogs dont bark, puff
  well well well
  laughin and singin and jammin and talkin
  and pumpin the trunk with the windows rolled up, puff
  well well well
  and we would ride around the park till its after dark
  and when we get home hope the dogs dont bark, puff
  well well well
  laughin and singin and jammin and talkin
  and pumpin the trunk with the windows rolled up, puff
  well well well
  and we would ride around the park till its after dark
  and when we get home hope the dogs dont bark
  (puff until fade-out)
• bana göre albümün ^* başını çeken şarkı, en iyisi.
  girişteki o mükemmel riff bile yetiyor insanın şarkının devamının azmanlığını tahmin edebilmesi için. hele şarkının sonu ise oldukça yaratıcı bir biçimde bitiyor.
  tek kelimeyle muhteşem.