Sam Theme

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So i was listening to this song, it's from the disney movie Home on the Range (which i did not see because my aunt said it was no good), but i really like this song and as i was listening to it today i realized that it would make a great theme for Sam, next to Three Doors Down's "Love Me When I'm Gone", that is.

Anytime You Need a Friend Lyrics


When you're sad,
When you're feeling low
When you're hurt and don't know where to go.
Think of me-
There I'll be,
Anytime you need a friend.

When you're down,
And your luck runs out,
Or if you're in trouble or in doubt,
It's OK-
Turn my way,
Anytime you need a friend.

When you're scared,
I will stay with you,
When you feel you're falling,
I'll lift you.
When you're heart breaks,
I'll ease your aches,
Whatever it takes, I'm in-
Anytime you need a friend.

All our lives,
Anywhere we are,
Just reach out-I'll never be too far.
Come what may
There I'll stay
Anytime you need a friend.

When you're scared,
I will stay with you,
When you feel you're falling,
I'll lift you.
When you're heart breaks,
I'll ease your aches,
Whatever it takes, I'm in-
Anytime you need a friend.

When you need a friend,
Come what may,
There I'll stay,
Now until the very end,
Anytime you need a friend.
Anytime,
Whatever it takes,
Anytime,
Anywhere,
Anytime you need a friend.

EDIT: look what i made. :)

Whenyourheartbreaks.jpg
 
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There's a lot of Disney songs that have those great universal themes that at times can draw Sam and/or Al to mind so vividly.
 
QL Nut said:
Reminds me a little of the song he sang on the piano in "Pool Hall Blues."

oh yeah Chris, you're right. i have not seen Pool Hall Blues for a while but i remember the song....ah vaguely anyway, i remember the main idea hehe.
 
by the way i felt the urge to post the Lyrics to the song i mentioned in my first post Love me When I'm Gone. i swear people it was like this song was written just for Sam.:hair

There's another world inside of me
That you may never see
There're secrets in this life
That I can't hide
Somewhere in this darkness
There's a light that I can't find
Maybe it's too far away...
Maybe I'm just blind...

Maybe I'm just blind...

[chorus]
So hold me when I'm here
Right me when I'm wrong
Hold me when I'm scared
And love me when I'm gone
Everything I am
And everything in me
Wants to be the one
You wanted me to be
I'll never let you down
Even if I could
I'd give up everything
If only for your good
So hold me when I'm here
Right me when I'm wrong
You can hold me when I'm scared
You won't always be there
So love me when I'm gone
[end chorus]

Love me when I'm gone...

When your education x-ray
Can not see under my skin
I won't tell you a damn thing
That I could not tell my friends
Roaming through this darkness
I'm alive but I'm alone
Part of me is fighting this
But part of me is gone

[chorus]

Maybe I'm just blind...

[chorus]

Love me when I'm gone...

Love me when I'm gone
When I'm Gone
When I'm Gone
When I'm Gone




oh and there is another one by the same group called Let Me Go, that was great for Sam's love life during his leaps, but i don't think i have the lyrics right now, becasue they were on my desktop......oh never mind i do, i must have re found them a while ago.

One more kiss could be the best thing
But one more lie could be the worst
And all these thoughts are never resting
And you're not something I deserve

In my head there's only you now
This world falls on me
In this world there's real and make believe
And this seems real to me

[Chorus]
You love me but you dont know who I am
I'm tore between this life I lead and where I stand
And you love me but you dont know who I am
So let me go
Let me go

I dream ahead to what I hope for
And I turn my back on loving you
How can this love be a good thing
When I know what I'm goin through

In my head there's only you now
This world falls on me
In this world there's real and make believe
And this seems real to me

[Chorus]
You love me but you dont know who I am
I'm tore between this life I lead and where I stand
You love me but you dont know who I am
So let me go
Just Let me goo...
Let me go

And no matter how hard I try
I can't escape these things inside I know
I knowww..
When all the pieces fall apart
You will be the only one who knows
Who knows

[Chorus]
You love me but you dont know who I am
I'm tore between this life I lead and where I stand
And you love me but you dont know Who I am
So let me go
Just let me go

and you me but you dont
you love me but you dont
you love me but you dont know who I am
and you love me but you dont
you love me but you dont
you love me but you dont know me
:)
 
i know i just heard the one line in the car one day "you love me but you don't know who i am" and the first thing to pop in my head when i heard that one line was "Sam!". :)
 
Not a song this time, but a poem quoted in ?The Time Traveler's Wife? (which my son bought me as an Easter gift), but nevertheless it is very fitting for Sam I think, a promise for the end of his Leaping days:

Love after Love

The time will come
when, with elation,
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror,
and each will smile at the other's welcome,

and say, sit here. Eat.
You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you

all your life, whom you ignored
for another, who knows you by heart.
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,

the photographs, the desperate notes,
peel your own image from the mirror.
Sit. Feast on your life.


~ Derek Walcott ~
 
here is another song i found that is a good reference to Sam. this one refers to his desire to return home. not all the lyrics necessarily work but for the most part. and the idea is the big thing.

COME TO MY WINDOW
Come to my window
Crawl inside, wait by the light
of the moon
Come to my window
I'll be home soon


I would dial the numbers
Just to listen to your breath
I would stand inside my hell
and hold the hand of death
You don't know how far I'd go
To ease this precious ache
You don't know how much I'd give
Or how much I can take
Just to reach you
Just to reach you
Oh to reach you


Come to my window
Crawl inside, wait by the light
of the moon
Come to my window
I'll be home soon


Keeping my eyes open
I cannot afford to sleep
Giving away promises
I know that I can't keep
Nothing fills the blackness
That has seeped into my chest
I need you in my blood
I am forsaking all the rest
Just to reach you
Just to reach you
Oh to reach you


Come to my window
Crawl inside, wait by the light
of the moon
Come to my window
I'll be home soon

I don't care what they think
I don't care what they say
What do they know about this
love anyway


Come to my window
Crawl inside, wait by the light
of the moon
Come to my window
I'll be home soon


and from Sams POV the one that the song is saying they need for Sam is uncontiously DOnna.
 
Hey Guys, I know its been a while since this thread has been used but I heard this song on the radio and it made me think of Sam. its a little off in some areas but it pretty accuratly portrays Sam's desire to go home.

Another summer day
Is come and gone away
In Paris and Rome
But I wanna go home
Mmmmmmmm

Maybe surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh I miss you, you know

And I’ve been keeping all the letters that I wrote to you
Each one a line or two
“I’m fine baby, how are you?”
Well I would send them but I know that it’s just not enough
My words were cold and flat
And you deserve more than that

Another aerorplane
Another sunny place
I’m lucky I know
But I wanna go home
Mmmm, I’ve got to go home

Let me go home
I’m just too far from where you are
I wanna come home

And I feel just like I’m living someone else’s life
It’s like I just stepped outside
When everything was going right
And I know just why you could not
Come along with me
But this was not your dream
But you always believe in me

Another winter day has come
And gone away
And even Paris and Rome
And I wanna go home
Let me go home

And I’m surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel alone
Oh, let go home
Oh, I miss you, you know

Let me go home
I’ve had my run
Baby, I’m done
I gotta go home
Let me go home
It will all right
I’ll be home tonight
I’m coming back home
 
laestrella said:
sam beckett fan: living under a rock? i can't believe you've never heard mellisa etheridge she's great! nowhere to go and your little secret? bring me some water? man, that's a shame you didn't hear her music before. music is my first love...well, that was really michael j. fox but...*smiles*.

i always think of sam with evanescence songs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evanescence

http://www.trans-siberian.com/lyrics/xmasattic10-dreamchild.shtml
I also think of Sam with this song.

Dunno about Melissa Etheridge (is she the writer) but over here in England that song is commonly sung by the Canadian Michael Bublé.
 
I only know it from Michael Buble....and well, that guy from American Idol. ;) The one who came in third and I've already forgotten his name!!
 
leaper1 said:
Dunno about Melissa Etheridge (is she the writer) but over here in England that song is commonly sung by the Canadian Michael Bublé.
Yeah thats the version I was referring to that I heard on the radio, I didn't know there was another one by Melissa Etheridge. I have heard her before though.
EDIT: then again, I am kind of remembering now but I had onlny heard it once and wasn't paying full attention.
 
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yeah I Love Sam by Olivia Newton John, I have seen the video on youtube, and its in my favs too. :)
Youtube also has a beautiful Sam and Donna theme:
Still Holdin' On

(Clint)
There's something out there left for you
But it's not me
We've reached a point of no return
it's only right I set you free

(Martina)
I know I'll have to turn away
But there's nowhere for my love to go
And there won't come a day
When I won't honor what we've vowed

CHORUS
But I'll go on with my life
We can even say goodbye for now if
If that's what we have to do
But here in my heart
When my arms are empty darlin'
I'm still holdin' on to you

(Clint)
We can't deny that this one's
Out of our control
Stronger than the both of us
And bound to take its toll

(Martina)
I can stand the test of time
And as far as I can see
There are no walls that we can't climb
Standin' between you and me

(REPEAT CHORUS)

And there's a place you'll always be
No matter where you are
You're here with me
When the world is turning upside down
Together we can stand our ground
We can even say goodbye for now if
If that's what we have to do
But here in my heart
Even when my arms are empty darlin'
I'm still holdin' on to you

I'm still holdin' on to you...



unfortunatly the video isn't there anymore, it was deleted for terms of use violation at least accoring to the error message attached to the old link for it. I don't see how it violated anything though it was a beautiful video. :(
 
Any video that's using clips from QL (or any other TV show or movie) and using any recorded music is a violation of the copyright of both the video clips and the song. It doesn't matter who's compiled them together, it does not forfeit the rights of the original copyright holder and they can, therefor, ask that any that they feel is a violation of the copyright be removed from public display. What this adds up to is that just about every "fan made" video on youtube is a copyright violation since I sincerely doubt that the person who made the video got any kind of permission to use the material contained within them.

The Terms of Use of Youtube actually to expressly state that the contents of "fan made" videos are a violation - though I'm sure no one ever does bother to read the Terms of Use. The two parts in particular that would apply to fan made videos is:

In connection with User Submissions, you affirm, represent, and/or warrant that: (i) you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to use and authorize YouTube to use all patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights in and to any and all User Submissions to enable inclusion and use of the User Submissions in the manner contemplated by the Website and these Terms of Service

and

C. In connection with User Submissions, you further agree that you will not: (i) submit material that is copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise subject to third party proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights, unless you are the owner of such rights or have permission from their rightful owner to post the material and to grant YouTube all of the license rights granted herein;

Considering Youtube is starting to do commercial business, I expect you'll see more and more videos removed for Terms of Use and Copyright violations.
 
It doesn't matter if it's stupid or not, it's the law. Technically, according to copyright law, all fanmade videos are illegal since there is no permission given for any video clips or music used. If you really look into the purpose behind youtube, it was not to provide a place for fan made videos or clips from movies, tv shows, etc. It was meant to be a place for people to share original video. Youtube is now getting to the point where it's firmly enforcing it's terms of use. When you sign up to create a and use a Youtube account you are agreeing to the ToU - whether you've bothered to take the time to read them or not - and are bound by them. Youtube is in its rights to remove anything that violates its ToU.
 
Yeah I know you are right, it just stung me because my best friend and I were looking into making a music video for Ql and try posting it on youtube.

I was talking to her on AIM last night and we couldnt understand, they removed that one video for violation but millions of others are still there QL and other shows/movies.
 
"Something I Can Never Have" by Nine Inch Nails makes me think of Sam whenever I hear it.

yeah...more Sam and Al (it kinda fits both of 'em...).

still makes me think of QL, though :)
 
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Sam Beckett Fan said:
Yeah I know you are right, it just stung me because my best friend and I were looking into making a music video for Ql and try posting it on youtube.

I was talking to her on AIM last night and we couldnt understand, they removed that one video for violation but millions of others are still there QL and other shows/movies.

Sam Beckett Fan, I think that with the way You Tube works, somebody would have to report the video for violating certain terms, which is why some videos are still up there. You Tube hosts such a huge amount of information that the people running it couldn't catch any violations on their own.

As for your planned vid, don't let You Tube deleting things stop you. Al's Place has a music video section, and I'm sure that there are plently of people out there willing to host for you. Failing that, try yousendit; the link expires after a certain amount of downloads/days, but you can always re-upload it.

When it comes down to it, any form of fan art/tribute, be it music videos, collages, screen caps, avatars, or fan fiction is a form of copyright violation, but unless the author turns a profit, the studios seem to turn a blind eye. After all, it's free publicity for their product.
 
ok, thanx for the advice Emma, Our music video will be a while though, we have the song and the scenes we want to use but we need a program for making music videos. which we cannont find.

and Joy, I downloaded that song, and when I listened to it, I didn't at all see tbe connection. that's just me I guess though.