Sticks and Stones by The Zombies

The Zombies are plain BAD ASS in this song! If there catalogue was full of songs like this they could have been more significant today. If a modern band covers this song, The Zombies would be instant geniuses!

This song alone puts them in line with the Beatles and the Stones, but I may be wrong as well. Great walking bass, steady drumming and awesome breakdown guitar solo! :)

People talk about breaking off
Can't let us be
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But talk don't bother me

People talk about breaking off
Scatter up my name
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But I'll never be the same

I've been abused
In my home
I've been abused
I've been abused right from the start

People talk about breaking off
Can't let us be
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But talk don't bother me
Oh, oh, oh

I've been abused
Out of my home
I've been abused
I've been abused right from the start

People talk about breaking off
Can't let us be
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But talk don't bother me
Oh, oh, oh

I've been abused
In my home
I've been abused
I've been abused right from the start

People talk about breaking off
Can't let us be
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But talk don't bother me

Don't Stop Believin' by Journey

I have to admit, it was only recently that i became familiar with this song, particularly when it was used as a background for the Soprano's final scene. And it Journey's new singer being a Filipino (Arnel Pineda), it got curiouser for me.

The song is driven by a strong bass line and piano riff and a powerful vocal. Neal Schlon's guitar work ain't bad either.

Just a small town girl, livin in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin anywhere
Just a city boy, born and raised in south detroit
He took the midnight train goin anywhere

A singer in a smokey room
A smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on

Strangers waiting, up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching in the night
Streetlight people, living just to find emotion
Hiding, somewhere in the night

Working hard to get my fill,
Everybody wants a thrill
Payin anything to roll the dice,
Just one more time
Some will win, some will lose
Some were born to sing the blues
Oh, the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on

Strangers waiting, up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching in the night
Streetlight people, living just to find emotion
Hiding, somewhere in the night

Dont stop believin
Hold on to the feelin
Streetlight people

We Come Alive by Joey Tempest

This song is the lead-of single for JOey Tempest's debut album, Place to Call Home. To be honest I didn't know anything about Joey Tempest when i bought his album from a CD sale. I took a risk knowing only the fact that "could be" playing a guitar (which i assumed he was really as the cover of the album shows him holding a guitar).

The song is easy going with lots of things happening. Backing vocals are a hit for me! The last part with the guitar solo and the backing vocals is something i won't forget.

Well it's early evening and I'm at your door
Thinking of things to say
It's been a long hard week since I saw you now,
Baby, you're always worth the wait
I feel kinda restless, nervous I guess
But so lucky to be alive
We take the city by the hand
It's our time tonight

We come alive
Yeah, we come alive with the night
We come alive
Yeah, we come alive with the night

You've got your black jeans on
And your worn out shirt
Like the casual girl I know
I'm gonna take you down town to this place I know
Where they play our kind of rock and roll
For a moment I feel when I look in your eyes
That I've found what I'm searchng for
Heaven's right in front of me and I'm
Steppin through the door

We come alive
Yeah, we come alive with the night
We come alive
Yeah, we come alive with the night

Look out!

Well we walk on in and the music's loud
And the lights are way down low
The air fills up with ecstacy
As we dance the whole night through
I love the way we touch and express ourselves
Such a natural way to be
Now I know why the night belongs
To fools like you and me

Like theives we steal each other's time
We have to go back home
Got my arms around you so glad I found you
And it's something I've done on my own
Baby in just a little while we could go our separate ways
But we both know we'd fool ourselves
This night ain't over yet

We come alive
Yeah, we

On My Mind by Damone

Featuring one of my favorite guitar players, Dave Pino, the solo from this song is just plain RAD! I've been waiting for more than 2 years to have a copy of this album and at last i already have one (found from one Philmusic forumer), a diamond in the rough! :)

Legend has it that Dave Pino wrote the whole Damone album, way even before Damone got started, for a girlfriend. He wrote more than 70 songs.

Today I woke and said to me, (wey-ee-ay-oh) 'cause you’re mine,
And then I’d fallen back to sleep and you were all in my mind.
I dreamed that we were flying thousand miles an hour,
So we could get away to be alone for hours.

The phone can ring but I don’t care, (wey-ee-ay-oh) ‘cause you’re mine,
The world can end and that’s okay, (wey-ee-ay-oh) ‘cause you’re mine.
Inside I only care about the one I love,
And you are number one to me, the one I love.

You own my heart and more, ‘till the end of time.
You are the only one who’s ever on my mind.

Tonight we ate and it was love, (wey-ee-ay-oh) and you’re mine,
We danced around like kids in love, (wey-ee-ay-oh) ‘cause you’re mine.
We sang the songs, to which we knew just half the words,
We played Relieveo and scared off all the birds.

You say to me that you are mine, (wey-ee-ay-oh) ‘cause you’re mine,
I let you know that you’re the one, (wey-ee-ay-oh) all the time.
So now the night will end ‘cause my dad’s on the prowl,
He paged a thousand times tonight for every hour.

You own my heart and more, ‘till the end of time.
You are the only one who’s ever on my mind.
You own my heart and more, ‘till the end of time.
You are the only one who’s ever on my mind.

[Guitar solo]

You own my heart and more, ‘till the end of time.
You are the only one who’s ever on my mind.
You own my heart and more, ‘till the end of time.
You are the only one forever on my mind

That's What You Get by Paramore

Saw this on MTV and it instantly won me over... was it because of the pretty vocalist, her red hair and green jacket? maybe but overall this song is WAY OK!by my standards.


The intro is energetic and seems like a breakdown of a song. I also love the dynamic of the shifting of the cadence by the 2nd verse. Honestly I wasn't able to catch the lyrics of the song on 1st listen, but was instantly captured by the line "that's what you get when you let your heart win" and the promise and disappointment behind those words.


No sir, well I don't wanna be the blame, not anymore
It's your turn, so take a seat we're settling the final score
And why do we like to hurt, so much?

I can't decide, You have made it harder just to go on
And why, all the possibilities where I was wrong

That's what you get when you let your heart win, whoa
That's what you get when you let your heart win, whoa
I drowned out all my sense with the sound of its beating
And that's what you get when you let your heart win, whoa

I wonder, how am I supposed to feel when you're not here
Cause I burned every bridge I ever built when you were here
I still try holding onto silly things, I never learn
Oh why, all the possibilities I'm sure you've heard

That's what you get when you let your heart win, whoa
That's what you get when you let your heart win, whoa
I drowned out all my sense with the sound of its beating (beating)
And that's what you get when you let your heart win, whoa

Hey, make your way to me, to me
And I'll always be just so inviting
If I ever start to think straight
This heart will start a riot in meLet's start, start, hey!

Why do we like to hurt so much?
Oh why do we like to hurt so much?

That's what you get when you let your heart win! whoa
That's what you get when you let your heart win, whoa
That's what you get when you let your heart win, whoa
Now I can't trust myself with anything but this
And that's what you get when you let your heart win, whoa