Turf dance is a form of American street dance that originated in Oakland, California. The term is credited to dancer Jeriel Bey, who created it as an acronym for Taking Up Room on the Floor. because the terms "having fun with it" or "hitting it" (as it was originally known) didn't seem marketable. Turf Dancing originated as a way to describe dances that different 'turfs' from Oakland performed to represent where they were from (the same as 'blocks' or 'sets'). The dance form had its earliest influences in the Oakland Boogaloo movement of the mid-1960s, later developing into a distinctive dance style.
Turf Dancing has its earliest origins in the Oakland Boogaloo movement of California in the 1960s, developing into a separate genre of dance in during the 1990s, and along with hyphy music came to be seen as distinctively representative of Oakland. The movement rose to prominence in 2002 following Jeriel Bey's establishment of his group, The Architeckz, and Oakland's first nationally known group, "The Architeckz" Then the Animaniakz came then after. Because the names of the two crews look the same one really came before the other. Turf Dancing was first displayed on videos from artists such as Baby Bash, Keak Da Sneak, and E-40 by innovative and influential turf dancers (and creators of the turfing Lifestyle) Jeriel Bey. Along Demetrius Zeigler, Chare' Johnson, Rawnay, Ronald "Head" Singleton & Yun Shep, and Dav 2.0. Turf dance had been promoted as a means of dispute resolution within the Oakland community, and in 2005 The Architeckz built on this concept of dance battle by engaging krump dancers from Los Angeles in city-level competition. Friendly rivalries with dancers from New York and Memphis have developed as well. The artist E-40 brought international attention to the movement with his 2006 single Tell Me When to Go.
The Basics ( /ˈbæzɪtʃ/ BAZZ-ich) are a three-piece band from Melbourne, Australia, formed by Wally De Backer and Kris Schroeder in 2002. Their style has been described as anything from 'indie-pop' to 'rock'n'roll' to 'pop-rock', though their records show they span a wide range of genres, including reggae, ska, country, and electro-pop. They are "recognised as one of Australia's hardest-working bands".
With close to 1000 shows in their ten-year career, their live performances are well-known for their sense of humour and energy.
The Basics were formed after Kris met Wally at a party in Melbourne. The event was to see off the young aspiring producer, who was about to depart for Los Angeles, and together with a number of musician friends, the two jammed on some blues-rock standards. Later that night, they bonded over a mutual love of The Beatles, 70s and 80s cartoon theme songs and old Sierra adventure games.
Initially, they played around Melbourne as an acoustic guitar/drums combo, starting at The Opposition in Frankston and the House of Fools in Footscray, where in late 2002 they met Michael Hubbard and later invited him to join them on electric guitar. Though lacking any real experience with the instrument, Kris willingly purchased his first bass guitar, and the trio was born. During this time, the group start performing songs with more complicated three-part harmony.
I will be here when you need me by your side
I will be here once the thrill is gone
I will be here when everything is just right
I will be here after you move on
I'm a rock in the ocean
And you, you are the tide
You know I am going nowhere
I'm just waiting here for the water to rise
I don't know how the story ends
And I don't want to know, so if you do
Don't tell me
Let's pretend we write it as we go
Promises are so hard to keep
We say things we don't mean
This house is cold and empty
Just a ghost of who I used to be
I stare at my own reflection
Wonder if you'd even recognize me
Last night I heard you whisper
“Everything is fine, I am here, I am here”
Last night I saw your shadow
But when I called your name you disappeared
Who's gonna say goodnight?
Who's gonna stop the word from turning?
Who's gonna numb my pain?
Who's gonna save me when the sky is crashing down?
How happy we are today
The feeling will only escape
No matter who we blame it on
When the thrill is gone, it's gone, it's gone
This could be the best we got
And what we got is on our hands
Are you going to the countdown?
Sooner or later it's all in the past
Sooner or later it floats above the glass
Sooner or later it breaks inside the cast
Sooner or later...
Concrete rubble for concrete dreams
Grains of sand floating in the sea
Passing trains, all the passing trees
When you walked away it was the
Saddest day the world has known
Shattered my heart and left me in
Pieces of a broken home
Now you say you need me
Standing at the door
Asking if you can come in
And I can't say no, I can't say no
You and I just can't say goodbye
Every time we do, well
It's just another lie
I know you're no good for me, but
Every time I'm with you there's
Nowhere I'd rather be
We've been to hell, been burnt by the
Flames of a pain so deep that
Even the strongest god in the heavens would
Kneel and weep
But here I lie
Pressed against your skin
Right where I want to be
You're the sweetest sin
You and I just can't say goodbye
Every time we do, well
It's just another lie
I know you're no good for me, but
Every time I'm with you there's
You're too tired to talk now I understand You don't need to say you're sorry You do the best that you can But we think that tomorrow We'll find a way But we are who we are and that's okay
We walk we walk something we can't have We hold on we hold on to goddamn photographs
In this box we are safe And we'll never change That big world out there keeps calling our names I don't want to leave But I can't stay See we are who we are we got to find our way
We walk we walk something we can't have We hold on we hold on to goddamn photographs
We walk we walk something we can't have All that we got is these goddamn photographs