Friday 30 December 2011

Ryan Adams - Everybody Knows (2007)



Ryan Adams
"Everybody Knows"
Album: Easy Tiger (2007 Lost Highway Records)

SINGLE:




LYRICS:

You come for me in the worst of places
You come for me, you come and try to take me home
I'm always in need, and it's hard to be reciprocating
The fabric of our life gets torn
And everything's changing, so how am I to know
How I'm going to hold on to you when I'm spinning out of control
You and I together, but only one of us in love
And everybody knows

He says a name, it echoes in my head like it was a canyon
He says a name, he says it and I know what's up
You come to me sometimes when I'm thinking like a cannonball shooting out a cannon
And I forget whatever it was I was thinking about

With everything changing how am I to know
How I'm going to hold on to you when I'm spinning out of control
You and I together but only one of us in love
And everybody knows

With everything changing how am I to know
How I'm going to hold on to you when I'm spinning out of control
You and I together but only one of us in love
And everybody knows
Everybody knows

ALBUM:

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Tuesday 27 December 2011

Super Furry Animals - Juxtaposed With U (2001)



Super Furry Animals
"Juxtaposed With U"
Album: Rings Around The World (2001 EPIC)

SINGLE:

File:JuxtapozedWithU-SFA.jpg

LYRICS:

It's easy when you know how
To get along without Biff! Bang! Pow!
And if I see that you're fed up
I'll stop and give you a leg up
Over-priced unreal estate, surreal estate
The highest price they've hit to date
Creating new divides and tension
You've got to tolerate
All those people that you hate
I'm not in love with you
But I won't hold that against you

You've got to tolerate
Some of those people that you hate
I'm not in love with you
But I won't hold that against you

This is a tale of two situations
Mutual appreciation
Away from narrow preconception
Avoiding conflict hypertension
Non-phobic word aerobic
This was my domain
'Til someone stole my name

You've got to tolerate
All those people that you hate
I'm not in love with you
But I won't hold that against you

You've got to tolerate
Some of those people that you hate
I'm not in love with you
But I won't hold that against you

Let's get juxtaposed, juxtaposed
Just suppose I juxtapose with you
(I wanna get juxtaposed with you) (X4)

You've got to tolerate
All those people that you hate
I'm not in love with you
But I won't hold that against you

You've got to tolerate
Some of those people that you hate
I'm not in love with you
But I won't hold that against you

Let's get juxtaposed

ALBUM:

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Monday 26 December 2011

Cameo - Candy (1986)



Cameo
"Candy"
Album: Word Up! (1986 Casablanca Records)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:

It's like candy
I can feel it when you walk
Even when you talk it takes over me
You're so dandy
I wanna know
Can you feel it too just like I do

(hoo!)

This stuff is starting now
It's the same feeling
I always seem to get around you
There's no mistaking; I'm clearly taken
By the simple mere thought of you

(oh!)

This stuff is starting now
This stuff is starting now
This stuff is starting now

(hoo!)

My eyes roll in my head
I toss and turn in my bed
In the morning when I think about you

(yes I do)

Simply put, you're the reason why
Even though I'm real shy

(real shy)

I attempt to look my best for you

(indeed I do - just for you)

Cause you affect me, fascinate me
I thank heaven for the things that you do (for the things that you do)
It's like candy
You sure are sweet - Sweet!
You're so dandy
You're taking my appetite - but it's all right

It's like candy

(ooh, vanilla! oh, chocolate!)

You look real nice, wrapped up tight
You're so dandy
(in the night, if I have a little bit more like that)
You're giving me a heart attack
It's the kind I like

It's like candy, you're so dandy...

(Why you do - why you do - baby)

You're like a brand new feeling (feeling)
In a special way
A surprise package
On a bright clear sunny day (you're so dandy)
And wrapped up tight

(so good - so good)

Strawberry! raspberry!
All those good things!
Violets and gumdrops
That's what you're saying to me

(ow!)

(sweet candy - candy)
It's like candy
Sure seems like good candy oh baby!

You're so dandy
Just keep doing what you do

you know what i mean
baby
it's like candy ohhhhhh
your so tender sweet candy
your like your like ohhhhhh

its like candy

ALBUM:

File:Cameo-Word Up! (album cover).jpg

Saturday 24 December 2011

David Bowie & Bing Crosby - Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy (1977) TV



David Bowie & Bing Crosby
"Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy"
Album: Bowie The Singles Collection (1993 EMI UK)

"Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" (sometimes titled "The Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth") is a Christmas song with an added counterpoint performed by David Bowie and Bing Crosby. "Little Drummer Boy" is a Christmas song written in 1941, while the "Peace on Earth" tune and lyrics, written by Ian Fraser, Larry Grossman, and Alan Kohan, were added to the song especially for Bowie and Crosby's recording.

SINGLE:

File:Single Peace On Earth-Little Drummer Boy cover.JPG

File:Single PeaceOnEarth-LittleDrummerBoy CCMusicReissueCover.jpg


LYRICS:

Come they told me pa-ram-pam-pam-pam
A new-born king to see pa-ram-pam-pam-pam
Our finest gifts we bring pa-ram-pam-pam-pam
Ra-pam-pam-pam, ra-pam-pam-pam

Peace on Earth, can it be
Years from now, perhaps we'll see
See the day of glory
See the day, when men of good will
Live in peace, live in peace again

Peace on Earth, can it be

Every child must be made aware
Every child must be made to care
Care enough for his fellow man
To give all the love that he can

I pray my wish will come true
For my child and your child too
He'll see the day of glory
See the day when men of good will
Live in peace, live in peace again

Peace on Earth, can it be
Can it be

ALBUM:

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Friday 23 December 2011

Tom Petty - I Won't Back Down (1989)



Tom Petty
"I Won't Back Down"
Album: Full Moon Fever (1989 MCA)

SINGLE:

File:TP - I Wont Back Down single.jpg

LYRICS:

Well I won't back down
No I won't back down
You can stand me up at the gates of hell
But I won't back down

No I'll stand my ground, won't be turned around
And I'll keep this world from draggin me down
gonna stand my ground
... and I won't back down

Chorus:
(I won't back down...)
Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out
(and I won't back down...)
hey I will stand my ground
and I won't back down

Well I know what's right, I got just one life
in a world that keeps on pushin me around
but I'll stand my ground
...and I won't back down

(I won't back down...)
Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out
(and I won't back down...)
hey I will stand my ground
(I won't back down)
and I won't back down...

(I won't back down...)
Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out
(I won't back down)
hey I won't back down
(and I won't back down)
hey baby, there ain't no easy way out
(and I won't back down)
hey I will stand my ground
(and I won't back down)
and I won't back down
(I won't back down)
No I won't back down...

ALBUM:



Alexander O'Neal - Never Knew Love Like This (1988)



Alexander O'Neal
"Never Knew Love Like This"
Album: Hearsay (1988 Tabu)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:

You are my favourite lady and you are my favourite man

yes
you are

So it feels good to know that you feel the same.
And forever and a day together we will be

Nothing on this earth could ever take you away from me.

'Cause I've been kissed but I - never knew love like this -

And I've been missed but I - never knew love like this -.
Love someone before but I - never knew love like this -

I've had lots of lavin' but I never knew love like this.

You're something special -
and you know you're something special
too

I love you and that's all I need to hear to make my day.
'Cause you're always on my mind
no matter what I do

Nothing on this earth could ever keep me away from you.

I've been kissed but I - never knew love like this -
. . .
I've been kissed but I - never knew love like this -
. . .

When I'm asleep at night
in my dream I hold you tight

I never had a better love
never love like this.
I've been kissed but I - never


ALBUM:





Wednesday 21 December 2011

T.Rex - Jeepster (1971) Live



T.Rex
"Jeepster"
Album: Electric Warrior (1971 Fly)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:

You're so sweet
You're so fine
I want you all and everything
Just to be mine

'Cos you're my baby
'Cos you're my love
Girl I'm just a Jeepster
For you love

You slide so good
With bones so fair
You've got the universe
Reclining in your hair

Just like a car
You're pleasing to behold
I'll call you Jaguar
If I may be so bold

The wild winds blow
Upon your frozen cheeks
The way you flip your hip
It always makes me weak

Your motivation
Is so sweet
Your vibrations
Are burning up my feet

Girl I'm just a jeepster
For your love
Girl I'm just a vampire
For your love

I'm gonna suck you.

ALBUM:

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Tuesday 20 December 2011

Daryll Hall & John Oates - I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) (1981)



Daryll Hall & John Oates
"I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)"
Album: Private Eyes (1981 RCA)

SINGLE:

File:Hall-Oates-ICan'tGoForThat.jpg

LYRICS:

Easy, ready, willing, overtime
Where does it stop
Where do you dare me
To draw the line
You've got the body
Now you want my soul
Don't even think about it
Say, no go
I, I-I, I 'll do anything
That you want me to do
Yeah, I, I-I, I'll do almost anything
That you want me too, ooh
Yeah

But I can't go for that, nooo
(No)
No can do
I can't go for that, nooo
(No)
No can do
I can't go for that, nooo
(No)
No can do
I can't go for that
Can't go for that
Can't go for that
Can't go for that

I can go for being twice as nice
I can go for just repeating
The same old lines
Use the body
Now you want my soul
Ooh, forget about it
Now say, no go

I, I-I, I 'll do anything
That you want me to do
Yeah, I, I-I, I'll do almost anything
That you want me too, ooh
Yeah

But I can't go for that, nooo
(No)
No can do
I can't go for that, nooo
(No)
No can do
I can't go for that, nooo
(No)
No can do
I can't go for that
Can't go for that
Can't go for that
Can't go for that, yeah

[Instrumental Interlude]

Yeah, I, I-I, I 'll do anything
That you want me to do
Yeah, I, I-I, I'll do almost anything
That you want me too, ooh
Yeah

But I can't go for that, nooo
(No)
No can do
I can't go for that, nooo
(No)
No can do
I can't go for that, nooo
(No)
No can do
I can't go for that
Can't go for that
Can't go for that
Can't go for that, yeah..


ALBUM:

File:Hall Oates Private Eyes.jpg


Friday 16 December 2011

Steely Dan - Hey Nineteen (1980) Live (2006)

 

Live-Charlotte, NY (USA) 12/8/2006

 Steely Dan
"Hey Nineteen"
Album: Gaucho (1980 MCA) 

SINGLE:

File:Hey Nineteen cover.jpg

 LYRICS:

Way back when in 'Sixty seven
I was the dandy of Gamm Chi
Sweet things from Boston so young and willing
Moved down to Scarsdale where the hell am I?

Hey Nineteen
No we can't dance together
No we can't talk at all
Please take me along when you slide on down

Hey Nineteen that's 'Retha Franklin
She don't remember the Queen of Soul
It's hard times befallen the sole survivors
She thinks I'm crazy I'm just growing old

Hey Nineteen
No we got nothin' in common
No we can't talk at all
Please take me along when you slide on down

[solo]

ad libbed lines
nice, sure looks good,
hm hm hmm, skate a little lower now

The Cuervo Gold
The fine Columbian
Make tonight a wonderful thing
[say it again]

The Cuervo Gold
The fine Columbian
Make tonight a wonderful thing

The Cuervo Gold
The fine Columbian
Make tonight a wonderful thing

We can't dance together
No we can't talk at all.

ALBUM:






Thursday 15 December 2011

The Psychedelic Furs - The Ghost In You (1984)



The Psychedelic Furs
"The Ghost in You"
Album: Mirror Moves (1984 Columbia)

SINGLE:




LYRICS: 

A man in my shoes runs a light and all the papers lied tonight 
 but falling over you is the news of the day 
 Angels fall like rain 
 And love - is all of heaven away 

(CHORUS) 

 Inside you the times moves and she don't fade
The ghost in you She don't fade Inside you the time moves and 
she don't fade A race is on I'm on your side 

And here in you my engines die I'm in a mood for you 
Or running away Stars come down in you and love - 
you can't give it away 
(CHORUS)

Don't you go it makes no sense when all your talk and supermen 
 just take away the time and get in the way Ain't it just like rain 
 And love - is only heaven away 
 (CHORUS)

ALBUM:





Saturday 10 December 2011

Hubert Sumlin R.I.P.(1931-2011) with/Eric Clapton, Robert Cray and Jimmie Vaughan



Hubert Sumlin (1931-2011)

Hubert Sumlin (November 16, 1931 – December 4, 2011) was an American Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist and singer.He was best known for his celebrated work, from 1955, as guitarist in Howlin' Wolf's band. His singular playing was characterized by "wrenched, shattering bursts of notes, sudden cliff-hanger silences and daring rhythmic suspensions".

Eric Clapton/ Robert Cray/ Hubert Sumlin/ Jimmie Vaughan - Killing Floor Live Crossroad Festival

The Crossroads Guitar Festival is a music festival and benefit concert first held in 2004 and again in 2007 and 2010. The festivals benefit the Crossroads Centre founded by Eric Clapton, a drug treatment center located in Antigua. The concerts are also intended to be a showcase for a variety of guitarists. All were hand-picked by Eric Clapton himself, who addressed the 2007 audience, saying that each were some of the very best, and those who had earned his respect.



The Rolling Stones - Far Away Eyes (1978)



The Rolling Stones
"Far Away Eyes"
Album: Some Girls (1978 Rolling Stones/Atlantic)

SINGLE:





A SIDE : MISS YOU / B SIDE: FAR AWAY EYES

LYRICS:

(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

I was driving home early Sunday morning through Bakersfield
Listening to gospel music on the colored radio station
And the preacher said, "You know you always have the
Lord by your side"

And I was so pleased to be informed of this that I ran
Twenty red lights in his honor
Thank you Jesus, thank you lord

I had an arrangement to meet a girl, and I was kind of late
And I thought by the time I got there she'd be off
She'd be off with the nearest truck driver she could find
Much to my surprise, there she was sittin in the corner
A little bleary, worse for wear and tear
Was a girl with far away eyes

So if you're down on your luck
And you can't harmonize
Find a girl with far away eyes
And if you're downright disgusted
And life ain't worth a dime
Get a girl with far away eyes

Well the preacher kept right on saying that all I had to do was send
Ten dollars to the church of the sacred bleeding heart of Jesus
Located somewhere in Los Angeles, California
And next week they'd say my prayer on the radio
And all my dreams would come true
So I did, the next week, I got a prayer, and a girl
Well, you know what kind of eyes she got

So if you're down on your luck
I know you all sympathize
Find a girl with far away eyes
And if you're downright disgusted
And life ain't worth a dime
Get a girl with far away eyes

ALBUM:

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Friday 9 December 2011

The Cure - Friday I'm In Love (1992)



The Cure
"Friday I'm In Love"
Album: Wish (1992 Fiction)

SINGLE:

File:Fridayimin cov.jpg

LYRICS:

I don't care if Monday's blue
Tuesday's gray and Wednesday too
Thursday I don't care about you
It's Friday, I'm in love

Monday you can fall apart
Tuesday, Wednesday break my heart
Oh, Thursday doesn't even start
It's Friday I'm in love

Saturday, wait
And Sunday always comes too late
But Friday, never hesitate...

I don't care if Mondays black
Tuesday, Wednesday - heart attack
Thursday, never looking back
It's Friday, I'm in love

Monday, you can hold your head
Tuesday, Wednesday stay in bed
Or Thursday - watch the walls instead
It's Friday, I'm in love

Saturday, wait
And Sunday always comes too late
But Friday, never hesitate...

Dressed up to the eyes
It's a wonderful surprise
To see your shoes and your spirits rise
Throwing out your frown
And just smiling at the sound
And as sleek as a sheik
Spinning round and round
Always take a big bite
It's such a gorgeous sight
To see you eat in the middle of the night
You can never get enough
Enough of this stuff
It's Friday, I'm in love

I don't care if Monday's blue
Tuesday's gray and Wednesday too
Thursday I don't care about you
It's Friday, I'm in love

Monday you can fall apart
Tuesday, Wednesday break my heart
Thursday doesn't even start
It's Friday I'm in love
If you find some error in the lyrics,
would you please submit your corrections to me?

ALBUM:

File:TheCureWish.jpg

Thursday 8 December 2011

Dobie Gray - Drift Away (1973) R.I.P.(1940-2011)



Dobie Gray
"Drift Away"
Album: Drift Away (1973 Decca)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:

Day after day, I'm more confused
Yet I look for the light through the pourin' rain
You know that's a game that I hate to loose
And I'm feelin' the strain
Ain't it a shame

Oh, give me the beat boys and free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock n roll
And drift away
Oh, give me the beat boys and free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock n roll
And drift away

Beginnin' to think that I'm wastin' time
I don't understand the things I do
The world outside looks so unkind
Now I'm countin' on you
To carry me through

Oh, give me the beat boys and free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock n roll
And drift away
Yea, give me the beat boys and free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock n roll
And drift away

And when my mind is free
You know a melody can move me
And when I'm feelin' blue
The guitar's comin' through
To soothe me

Thanks for the joy that you've given me
I want you to know I believe in your song
And rhythm and rhyme and harmony
You help me along
Makin' me strong

Oh, give me the beat boys and free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock n roll
And drift away
Give me the beat boys and free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock n roll
And drift away

Oh-ho, ah-no
Give me the beat boys and free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock n roll
And drift away

Hey, hey, hey, yeah
Give me the beat boys and free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock n roll
And drift away

Na, Na, now won't ya
Won't ya take me
Oh-ha, take me

ALBUM:



Wednesday 7 December 2011

Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet - Jacksons, Monk & Rowe (1993) TV Live



Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet
"Jacksons, Monk & Rowe"
Album: The Juliet Letters (1993 Warner Bros)

EXCERPTS FROM THE JULIET LETTERS:



LYRICS:

Sisters 4 and Brothers 3
Hanging off the family tree
Practising for getting old
Do you want your fortune told
They're looking for you high and low
Now there's nowhere for you to go
So you'll just have to come out and face the music
Jacksons, Monk and Rowe

Long ago when we were kids and we cut your hair to bits
As we carried off like spoils the heads we'd smash right off
your dolls
But the wind is changing you know
Are you sure of your friends and your foe
Have you got what it takes to carry it off
Jacksons, Monk and Rowe

As the sun beats down and life begins to complicate
Will we both incinerate
If we touch that brass name-plate

Messrs. All, noble Sirs
Highly paid solicitors
Find enclosed my signed divorce
Sad proceedings you endorse
The burden of pity will show
In the people we used to know
Have you got enough strength to carry it off
Jacksons, Monk and Rowe

ALBUM:

File:Julietletters.jpg

Tuesday 6 December 2011

Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman (1978)



Chaka Khan
"I'm Every Woman"
Album: Chaka (1978 Warner Bros)

SINGLE:

File:Chaka Khan I'm Every Woman.jpg

LYRICS:

[Chorus:]
I'm every woman, it's all in me
Anything you want done, baby
I'll do it naturally
I'm every woman, it's all in me
I can read your thoughts right now
Every one from A to Z

I can cast a spell
With secrets you can't tell
Mix a special brew
Put fire inside of you
But anytime you feel
Danger or fear
Instantly I will appear, 'cause

[Chorus]

I can sense your needs
Like rain on to the seeds
I can make a rhyme
Of confusion in your mind
And when it comes down
To some good old fashioned love
That's what I've got plenty of, 'cause

[Chorus]

I ain't braggin' 'cause I'm the one
You just ask me ooh and it shall be done
And don't bother to compare
'Cause I've got it
I've got it, I've got it, yeah

I'm every woman
[Repeat and fade]

ALBUM:

File:Chaka Khan - Chaka (1978 album).jpg

Saturday 3 December 2011

Antony and The Johnsons - Hope There's Someone (2005)



Antony and the Johnsons
"Hope There's Someone"
Album: I'm a Bird Now (2005 Secretly Canadian)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:

Hope there's someone
Who'll take care of me
When I die, will I go

Hope there's someone
Who'll set my heart free
Nice to hold when I'm tired

There's a ghost on the horizon
When I go to bed
How can I fall asleep at night
How will I rest my head

Oh I'm scared of the middle place
Between light and nowhere
I don't want to be the one
Left in there, left in there

There's a man on the horizon
Wish that I'd go to bed
If I fall to his feet tonight
Will allow rest my head

So here's hoping I will not drown
Or paralyze in light
And godsend I don't want to go
To the seal's watershed

Hope there's someone
Who'll take care of me
When I die, Will I go

Hope there's someone
Who'll set my heart free
Nice to hold when I'm tired

ALBUM: