Now I know three songs with pressure in it

and these three songs comes with different background stories and the word pressure is used in very

different meanings depending on from which time they're written. Don't you think that a word has

different meaning depending on in which time and space it is told?


Firstly came Under pressure(1981) by David Bowie and Queen/ Freddie Mercury,

and it became a hit  song in the 1980's.

It's about love and why can't we give ourselves one more chance and it's about

the whole world. During that time when Under pressure was written the Berlin Wall was still up as a

reminder of the 2nd world war,

I was in Berlin this May 2016 and and some of the wall is still there to this day(most of it was destroyed 9 sept 1989) to remind about that war and it is now there for tourists to take a look at and it seems harmless when it's just some broken wall but back in the day there was watchtowers and soldiers shooting those trespassing. And although that wall was there still people could go through, escaping from communist east to west.  

Freddie Mercury and David Bowie wrote the lyrics, improvised the song.


then I heard Pressure by Ylvis in 2012, (see that I'm ignoring the Vanilla Ice cover song?)

This is a rap with lyrics about put the right amount of pressure on it, 'cause you gotta know how to,

like you're in control, the funny lyrics turn into the meaning of the pressure of the weather, which fits

the Norweigan boys, talk about the weather is a daily business.

and today I heard No pressure with Ray Lamontagne, it seems to have been released this year ,

20 jan 2016.  The song is about how he doesn't want to see his loved one crying. It's rock n' roll and

that soothing voice of Ray. Anything you want to be you can be. It says not when it was written but

it's released like ten days after Bowies passing so I'm thinking about that.

And that is three songs about pressure that I've heard of. Cheers!

What kind of nerd are you?

Ye I wonder sometimes the same thing. It depends on my mood. I have affection for old time movies those that were made before the second world war but after the first world war so its those movies that are from 1920-1939 something. But then after that WW2 came light television -60, -70 the flowerpower era.
There has always been entertainment for the people. It started with the romans gladiator games or before that with the ancient greeks and before that before the people knew how to write down history it all happened in public entertainment. I have my favourite films one is The Scarlet Pimpernel(1934) with Leslie Howard as the sir Percy Blakeney.  It tells a lovestory with the background of the French revolution and it is also the man behind the mask and dangerous escapades.

Come to think of it it tells of the end of a Kingdom that turned from monarchy to republic. Its nothing romantic with politics really but I watch it for the strong actors. The Scarlet Pimpernel is a very good film that stands the test of time.

This story has been made over and over. I like the TV-serie made with R E G and the film from 1982 because Chauvelain is then played by mr Gandalf! whats his name? sir Ian McKellen! as a baddie.
Now awaiting the musical of The Scarlet Pimpernel that has been said to be filmatized with Douglas Sills in the lead, he played it on Broadway, though I doubt it be good translated into film those direct on stage jokes he then made.