Somethin's at the edge of your mind, you don't know what it is
Somethin' you were hopin' to find but your not sure what it is
Then you hear the music and it all comes crystal clear
The music does the talkin' says the things you want to hear
CHORUS:I'm young, I'm wild and I'm free
I got the magic power of the music in me
She climbs into bed, pull the covers overhead and turns her little radio on
She's has a rotten day so she hopes the DJ's gonna play her favorite song
It makes her feel much better, brings her closer to her dreams
A little magic power makes it better that it seems
She's young now, she's wild now, she wants to be free
She gets the magic power of the music in me
If you're thinkin' it over but you just can't sort it out
Do you want someone to tell you what they think it's all about
Are you the one and only who's sad and lonely, reachin' for the top
Well the music keeps you goin' and it's never gonna stop
The world is full of compromise, the infinite red tape
But the music's got the magic, it's your one chance for escape
So turn me on - turn me up - it's your turn to dream
A little magic power makes it better than it seems
CHORUS
― nonthings (nonthings), Friday, 15 August 2003 18:23 (twenty-two years ago)
one year passes...
Just mentioning this song elsewhere the other day moved me to revive this poor lonely thread. One thing I love about "Magic Power" is that it's surprisingly NOT just a dumb egotistical hot-shit rock 'n roll star's boast, which it definitely would've been if it'd been Gil Moore's song rather than Rik Emmett's. OK, maybe it
is a little dumb, but it's not a boast, it's not necessarily a rock musician or even any sort of musician addressing us. "Turn me on, turn me up", "She gets the magic power of the music from me" - that could be a DJ, or maybe even (why not?) the radio itself. Little things mean a lot, and with that "lunkheaded sincerity" "Magic Power" justifies its own existence.
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Saturday, 28 August 2004 18:00 (twenty-one years ago)
"In Triumphh's career there has been a history of what I would consider to be intelligent, thinking-man's rock. On the first album we had a song called 'Blinding Light Show' that lyrically, and in a very personal way, deals in philosphical depth with the problems of being an entertainer and being on stage. I think that sometimes the band is criticized in a very superficial way because they think of us a very heavy group." - Rik Emmett
― dave q, Saturday, 28 August 2004 19:22 (twenty-one years ago)
This song is incredible, and should...nay, MUST...be broadcast over every speaker and radio channel in the morning, every day, for the rest of our lives. Suicide rates will drop, crops will grow, and world peace will arrive.
Plus, there's one part of it reminds me of "The Song Remains the Same" by Zeppelin (the extended A chord right before they hit the chorus)
― Joe (Joe), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 00:45 (twenty-one years ago)
five years pass...