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Don't You Think Someone Should Take You Home

2012-01-17T17:37:00.002+08:00

I originally thought that I've blogged about this song already. One of my recent favorites from Butch Walker. He sounds like Ryan Adams on this one. The song's just short of perfect.

Her hair is like a crow's nest
She's got glitter in her eye
Her smile is like a jack-o-lantern
Trying not to cry
She's been living been living pretty hard
Since her old man up and died a year ago

And I see her every morning
While she's walking to the check
She holds her head like she's got something heavy
Hanging 'round her neck

Puts some money in her purse
And hides some where he won't expect before she goes

Don't You Think Someone Should Take You Home
Don't You Think Someone Should Take You Home

Well she stole more than a little
From her folks in Cartersville
With that wrong foot in that right boot
Left a lot of room to fill

With one foot on the platform
And a lot of time to kill
They shoulda' known

Don't You Think Someone Should Take You Home
Don't You Think Someone Should Take You Home

Well I haven't seen her lately
Guess I just assumed the worst
But I think I kinda miss her
Standing there with her lips pursed.

First thing in the morning
Leaning up against the church
Like it's your own

Don't You Think Someone Should Take You Home
Don't You Think Someone Should Take You Home
Don't You Think Someone Should Take You Home

Together by The Fray

2011-10-14T22:10:00.005+08:00

I decided to play The Fray's Together EP and listened to the first track. Fortunately I discovered my love for this song. I like how the bass is played, with it's rests and short attacks. I'm not sure if that's a guitar that plays in the intro, but the this features some neat guitar playing as well. I also like how he sings the 2nd "We go together", which I've italicized in the lyrics below.

As the spring in its bloom
The summer stars and the moon
Come and dance with me my love
And we will be...

One, we go together,
I promise forever,
Everyday together,
I live with you. We go together,
I promise forever,
Everyday together,
I live with you.

As the leaves and the trees
The oceans celebrate you and me
We will live to see many days
And we will dream, we'll dream.

We go together,
I promise forever,
Everyday together,
I live with you. We go together,
I promise forever,
everyday together,
I live with you.

Polly by Nirvana

2011-10-14T21:43:00.003+08:00

I just finished reading a Kurt Cobain bio by Charles Cross entitled Heavier than Heaven. Also with news about Nevermind's 20th Anniversary, my appreciation for Cobain and his songs have increased alot. I like the sound of the guitar on this song, as well as the multi-layered vocals. It's amazing how something beautiful can come out of something that's really terrible, as the song was inspired a news article about a girl that was raped and tortured by a blow torch. In Charles Cross's book he highlights the lyric "It amazes me, the will of instinct"... and somehow I just can't get that off my head.

Polly wants a cracker
I think I should get off her first
I think she wants some water
To put out the blow torch

Isn't me
Have a seed
Let me clip
Dirty wings
Let me take a ride
Cut yourself
Want some help
Please myself
Got some rope
Have been told
I promise you
Have been true
Let me take a ride
Cut yourself
Want some help
Please myself

Polly wants a cracker
Maybe she would like some food
She ask me to untie her
A chase would be nice for a few

Isn't me
Have a seed
Let me clip
Dirty wings
Let me take a ride
Hurt yourself
Want some help
Please myself
Got some rope
Have been told
I promise you
Have been true
Let me take a ride
Cut yourself
Want some help
Please myself

Polly said

Polly says her back hurts
She's just as bored as me
She caught me off my guard
It amazes me, the will of instinct

Isn't me
Have a seed
Let me clip
Dirty wings
Let me take a ride
Cut yourself
Want some my help
Please myself
I've got some rope
Have been told
I promise you
Have been true
Let me take a ride
Cut yourself
Want some my help
Please myself

Looking' Out Forever by Paul Westerberg

2011-09-21T15:54:00.002+08:00

Paul Westerberg is one of my favorite song writers. I just like how he catches a feeling and translates it to a song that I can relate to. This one especially. There's just a ball of energy that waits to be released.

The one who loves you most
Is giving up the ghost
And taking to the stage
Like a stone on a grave
Yeah I think of her
Every once in awhile
Every once in awhile
Forever
I'm lookin' out forever now
I love you now forever now
I love you now forever now yeah
I'm lookin' out forever now
I'm lookin' out forever now
I'm lookin' out forever now yeah
I love you now forever now
I love you now forever now
I love you now forever now yeah
I'm lookin' out forever now
I love you now forever now yeah

Ain't nothing else I can say
Nothin' left to give her
Abandon the wind
I'm a bend in the river
Standing by the bank
They're calling me across
Think of me sometimes
When the river flows because
I'm lookin' out forever now
I love you now forever now
I love you now forever now yeah
God I know I'm going home
God I don't belong
Taste me in his kisses
Waste me in my prime
Replace me with another
Think of me some time

Stand by Me by Oasis

2011-09-21T15:34:00.002+08:00

I was just listening to the Be Here Now album on the way to work. Hearing this song and the subsequent song from the album just made me feel alive today. There are some things that you take for granted, hearing the nuances in the vocal stylings of Liam and Noel Gallagher, how they harmonize and all... such an amazing thing. Reminds me of why I became an Oasis fan in the first place...

Made a meal and threw it up on Sunday
I've got a lot of things to learn
Said I would and I'll be leaving one day
Before my heart starts to burn

So what's the matter with you
Sing me something new
Don't you know the cold and wind and rain don't know
They only seem to come and go away

Times are hard when things have got no meaning
I've found a key upon the floor
Maybe you and I will not believe in
The things we find behind the door

So what's the matter with you
Sing me something new
Don't you know the cold and wind and rain don't know
They only seem to come and go away

Stand by me
Nobody knows the way it's gonna be
Stand by me
Nobody knows the way it's gonna be
Stand by me
Nobody knows the way it's gonna be
Stand by me
Nobody knows
Yeah nobody knows the way it's gonna be

If your leaving will you take me with you
I'm tired of talking on my phone
There is one thing I can never give you
My heart will never be your home

So what's the matter with you
Sing me something new
Don't you know the cold and wind and rain don't know
They only seem to come and go away

Stand by me
Nobody knows the way it's gonna be
Stand by me
Nobody knows the way it's gonna be
Stand by me
Nobody knows the way it's gonna be
Stand by me
Nobody knows
Yeah nobody knows the way it's gonna be

The way it's gonna be, yeah
Maybe I can see, yeah
But don't you know the cold and wind and rain don't know
They only seem to come and go away

Stand by me
Nobody knows the way it's gonna be
Stand by me
Nobody knows the way it's gonna be
Stand by me
Nobody knows the way it's gonna be
Stand by me
Nobody knows
Yeah God only knows the way it's gonna be

Strip My Mind by Red Hot Chili Peppers

2011-09-15T22:32:00.007+08:00

This song comes from the Jupiter disc of the Stadium Arcadium double album. The main reason I like this song was the backing vocals applied (the one singing "ohhhh", "yeahhhh") by, according to information from the internet, RCHP guitarist John Frusciante. I would have bet that it was Zakk Wylde singing that parts. But then again I could be wrong and I wouldn't want to lose money over a silly bet.

Arthur J. did,
indicated
The boulevard will never be
So full of life and love again - hey
(Aw, say goodbye to your boots, man)

Hot as Hades,
early eighties
Sing another song
Make me feel like I'm in love again - hey
(You gotta lose to win)

Oh yeah
Oh
Please don't strip my mind
Leave something behind
Please don't strip my mind

All in favor sign the waiver
Bloody Carolina
Won't you take another look inside - hey
(Aw, it will make me cry)

Operator, co-creator
Come on radiator
Won't you blow another top and sing - hey
(Ah, you only get what you bring)

Oh yeah
Oh
Please don't strip my mind
Leave something behind
Please don't strip my mind

El Dorado won the lotto
All the cash and not a clue
But now you know what I've been through - hey

Oh yeah
Oh
Please don't strip my mind
Leave something behind
Please don't strip my mind
Leave something behind

Dive by Nirvana

2011-09-15T22:10:00.003+08:00

I don't know what made me like this song. It could be because I was in a recent Nirvana-appreciation binge in alignment with Nevermind's 20th anniversary. It's most likely the gritty-dirty feel of the song. And oh yeah, Kurt singing "Pick Me, Pick Me" as if he's taunting the person he's talking to.

Uhg.
Pick Me, Pick me, yeah
Let a long, low signal
At ease, at least, yeah
Everyone is hollow

Pick me, pick me, yeah
Everyone is waiting
Pick me, pick me, yeah
You can even pay them

Hey!

Dive, dive, dive, Dive in me
Dive in me

Kiss this, kiss that, yeah
Let a long, low signal
At ease, at least, yeah
You can be my hero

Pick me, pick me, yeah
Everyone is waiting
Hit me, Hit me yeah,
Im real good at hating

Hey

Dive, dive, dive, Dive in me
Dive in me

Dive, dive, dive, Dive in me
Dive in me

In Bloom by Butch Walker and the Black Widows

2011-07-21T19:37:00.003+08:00

I just love this version by Butch Walker and his band. Why? Because for me, I've gotten used to hearing the original version that the lyrics doesn't already come across to me. Today, I find the genius in Cobain's lyrics. Short of saying that Cobain's GOD! It also helps that Butch Walker is one of my favorite artists.

Sell the kids for food
Weather changes moods
Spring is here again
Reproductive glands

And he's the one who likes
All our pretty songs and he
Likes to sing along and he
Likes to shoot his gun but he
Don't know what it means
He don't know what it means
He don't know what it means
And I say aahh

We can have some more
Nature is a whore
Bruises on the fruit
Tender age in bloom

And he's the one who likes
All our pretty songs and he
Likes to sing along and he
Likes to shoot his gun but he
Don't know what it means
He don't know what it means
He don't know what it means
And I say aahh

Anino by Wolfgang

2011-07-21T19:22:00.003+08:00

Saw Wolfgang in their concert in the still broken and down trodden Metropolitan Theater in Manila with Astrud. It was a fun night. The takeaway from that concert is better appreciation of this song, which was apparently written by Mon Legazpi and not Basti Artadi. They also said that the Tagalog songs from Serve from Silence is actually a sort of rock opera, similar to a concept album, which if I remember correctly they executed in Wurm. The song, by it's own merit, stands the test of time. My favorite line is the one where Basti sings "Kung alam ko lang kung papaano, Kung alam ko lang..."

Lumpong naglalakad
Katabi niya'y haring nakahubad
Binging nakikinig
Sa iyak ng piping mayroong tinig

Alisin ang yong maskara
at idilat ang mga mata
Ang isipang tangan ay buksan
sa walang kabuluhan

Iligtas nyo ako sa sarili kong anino
Daan ay hanapin palabas sa salamin
Kay dami daming hugis ng salamin

Nakatitig na bulag
sa mga haliging nabuwag
Baliw na sumasayaw
sa liwanag siya'y ikaw

At ang diwa ko'y litong lito
ito'y balatkayo
Ang nakikita'y kabaliktaran
Hindi ang kinagisnan

Iligtas nyo ako sa sarili kong anino
Daan ay hanapin palabas sa salamin
Tangay sa agos ng mundong puro abo
Hindi mundong ito
Bato ay abutin
at basagin ang salamin
Pirapirasong bubog ng salamin

Kung alam ko lang kung papaano
Kung alam ko lang

Iligtas nyo ako sa sarili kong anino
Daan ay hanapin palabas sa salamin
Tangay sa agos ng mundong puro abo
Hindi mundong ito
Bato ay abutin
at basagin ang salamin
Pirapirasong bubog ng salamin

Courage and Control by Brandon Boyd

2011-05-25T00:23:00.006+08:00

For some reason, I was reminded by the melody of this song. Quite possibly because I saw some tweets with regards to the upcoming Incubus concert here in Manila. I don't remember the words exactly, but somehow I just feel that I needed to listen to this song today. I initially thought it was an Incubus song,trying to go through my iPod for this. Since it's an unusual song, I was even thinking it may have come from the Monuments and Moments album.

The boulevard is bustlin’
A vast and wrinkled muslin
is pulled over my eyes and
I know I don’t belong

There is a noise inside of me
That bustles asymmetrically
Oh how have I to balance
Those sounds into a song?

It’s time to let your hair down
and give yourself permission
It takes courage and control
But you start by letting go, oh

The city’s an analogy
for things building inside of me
There’s chaos in this discord,
but still we move along

The chaos sings of symmetry
and all her words are poetry
That’s the kind of city
which i want to belong

It’s time to let your hair down
and give yourself permission
It takes courage and control
But you start by letting go, oh

Oh, i think, i feel, i see
Oh, that this place is not me
I want to belong
but be wild and free
Oh, he who asks
receives

It’s time to let your hair down
and give yourself permission
It takes courage and control
But you start by letting go, oh

It’s time to let your hair down
and give yourself permission
Oh, it takes courage and control!
But you start by letting go, oh

Aso't Pusa by Hale

2011-05-03T13:04:00.002+08:00

I tried listening to Hale's first album and rediscovered a few good opm songs. I tried my luck on buying what would the band's last album, Kundiman, and surprisingly it didn't disappoint me. Probably because of the lowered expectations? Not really. The album's got some neatly structured songs such as this one chronicling a couples infighting.

Hindi na tayo natapos
Ang simple-simple na bagay
Hindi ka magpapatalo
Hinding-hindi ka aatras

Kapitbahay sa kanto
Nabibingi na sa ingay
Pag di ka pa huminahon
Kilay mo ay liliyab

Walang humpay na away
Hindi na ako lalaban
Aah..Ahh..Ahh..
Ahh..Ah..AH...
Aso't pusa

Pumunta na si Hepe
Pati na rin ang nanay mo
Mukhang kailangan ng helmet
At tangke sa gerang ito

Konting masahe
Konting humas sa braso mo
At pag ako'y ay sinuwerte
Mamayang gabi makakascore

Walang humpay na away
Hindi na ako lalaban
Aah..Ahh..Ahh..
Ahh..Ah..AH...
Aso't pusa

Away ng away
Huwag ng magalit
Hindi na kita
Sasabayan

Walang humpay na away
Hindi na ako lalaban
Aah..Ahh..Ahh..
Ahh..Ah..AH...
Aso't pusa

Pag-hug naman
Pa-kiss naman diyan
Pa-hug naman
Pa-kiss naman diyan

I Don't Care What You Call Me by David Ford

2011-04-02T12:06:00.003+08:00

It's just one of those lonely, sincere and heartfelt songs that I've come to love.

I never made time
You never made much sense
We never stood a chance
If we're honest

You were not the first
And I won't be the last
But if it makes it better
Well you can call me what you will

Get Home late
No-one's here
Pace around the house
And sit in my chair

And if you think of me
It doesn't mean a thing
So why don't you just tell me what you really think again?

I don't care what you call me
Oh I
I don't care what you call me
No I
I don't care what you call me
'Cos it won't hurt any more

I know I let you down
And Christ you let me know
Every time and time again

Just another afternoon
Get drunk and disappear
So call me what you will

Rain it on down
What else can you throw at me?
I haven't heard before

And tear me on down
I am unforgivable
So why don't you just tell me what you really think again

I don't care what you call me
Oh I
I don't care what you call me
Oh I
I don't care what you call me
'Cos it won't hurt any more

Rain it on down
What else can you throw at me?
I haven't heard before

And tear me on down
I am unforgivable
So why don't you just tell me what you really think again

Scream me on down
I am so forgettable
Yes I know

Shoot me on down
Don't you think this isn't killing me
So why don't you just tell me what you really think again

I don't care what you call me
Oh I
I don't care what you call me
No I
I don't care what you call me
'Cos it won't hurt any more

Pigeons and Crumbs

2011-03-15T09:48:00.002+08:00

Someday, I would like to write a song like this. Simple but full of textures. It's somewhat lonely but it's a good start for the day.

Gotta get back
Gotta figure out a way
I'm losing - My senses to you
Where'd it go, the bluebird I should follow
Back home, but where is home
Guess it won't amount to much
Won't be long before I crush
I'll stand in line

Don't believe a thing they say, today
Seems we all get lost amongst the pigeons and the crumbs

All alone
But I'm in a crowded room
I'm sinking, in quick sand tonight
You pick me up, And I shine across the sky till morning,
Then you colour me in
Guess it won't amount to much
Seems to me I've lost my touch
I'm back in line

Don't believe a thing they say today
Turn around and walk away
Everything will go your way, I pray
Seems we all get lost amongst the pigeons and the crumbs

Gotta get in time
Gotta get it last time

Don't believe a thing they say today
Turn around and walk away
Everything will go your way, I pray
Seems we all get lost amongst the pigeons and the crumbs

Don't believe a thing they say today
Turn around and walk away
Everything will go your way, I pray
Seems we all get lost amongst the pigeons and the crumbs

Amphetamines by Eve 6

2011-03-14T13:23:00.004+08:00

I was listening to this album just last Saturday while waiting for the MRT Train on Buendia Station. It just clicked that I began to appreciate this song. I just love it's energy and Jon Siebel's guitar work especially on the pre-chorus part. It just strikes me as something beautiful in it's own way. Of course, the lyrics don't hurt either.

Amphetamines and jellybeans

She was pretty in her teens
Waiting for the month of come what May
I smelled you on my shirt today
Of course the hardest part is letting go
But you've got to or you know
You'll end up waiting by the

Phone me once in a while
Let me know you're alright
Tell you again that I'm fine
Then we go about our separate lives

Was it nasty scheme or lazy dreams
I left you cold two blankets deep
This is the last song I'll send your way
I smelled you on my shirt today
Of course the hardest part is letting go
But you've got to or you know
You'll end up waiting by the

Phone me once in a while
Let me know you're alright
Tell you again that I'm fine
Then we go about our separate lives

Phone me tell me that you're waiting
By the phone for me to phone you
Once in a while
Then we go about our separate lives

Phone me once in a while
Let me know you're alright
Tell you again that I'm fine
Then we go about our separate lives

Before You by Chantal Kreviazuk

2011-03-13T18:32:00.002+08:00

This is one of my favorite songs between my HS and College era. I believe I was already in college when I heard this. I just love the rhythm guitar and the song's cadence. I also like how Chantal Kreviazuk looked in the video for this song. I got a huge crush on her by virtue of this song.

I still don't have a copy of this song in my CD collection, I remember around the years 2004 to have seen a copy at a discount, but I regrettably passed on it.

Baby, before you
Well, I was bad news
In lettin' me love you
I think I can get through

Oh, baby before you
Well, I was so scared
I was a train wreck waitin' to happen
On the way to nowhere

And now I think it's kinda funny that you say you love me
You tell me that I'm crazy then you smile

And now I think I'll get through
The end of the world
And now I think I'll get through
Bein' a girl
Now I think I'll get through
Anything
And now I think I'll get through

Now honey around you
I'm feelin' so good
'Cause you picked me up out of the rough
And you polished me up and made me brand new

And baby before you, ho ho
There was just a black hole
Yeah I was beat down, blacked out
My darling you couldn't even know

But ever since I met you on a cloudy Monday
I can't believe how much I love the rain

And now I think I'll get through
The end of the world
And now I think I'll get through
Life as a girl
Now I think I'll get through
Anything
Now I think I'll get through

Ever since I met you on a cloudy Monday
I can't believe how much I love the rain

And now I think I'll get through
The end of the world
And now I think I'll get through
Life as a girl
Now I think I'll get through
Anything
Now I think I'll get through

Oh ... ho ...
Now I think I'll get through
Oh ....
Now I think I'll get through
Oh ... ho ...
And now I think I'll get through

And now I think I'll get through
Oh, and now I think I'll get through
Oh, and now I think I'll get through

Next Year by Foo Fighters

2011-03-06T20:21:00.003+08:00

There's Nothing Left to Loose was the Foo Fighters album that I didn't own outright, as during the time this was released I was sort of in a limbo with the music I like OR was it because I was buying CDs already, which are more expensive that the cassette, thus I had to make well chosen purchases. Among the hits from the album, this is one of my favorites. Probably because it was more mellow that most Foo Fighters songs that I've liked.

I'm in the sky tonight,

There I can keep by your side
Watching the wide world riot and hiding out
I'll be coming home next year

Into the sun we climb
Climbing our wings will burn white
Everyone strapped in tight
We'll ride it out
I'll be coming home next year

Come on get on get on
Take it till life runs out
No one can find us now,
Living with our heads underground

Into the night we shine
Lighting the way we glide by
Catch me if I get too high
When I come down
I'll be coming home next year

I'm in the sky tonight
There I can keep by your side
Watching the whole world wind around and round
I'll be coming home next year

Come on get on get on
Take it till life runs out
No one can find us now,
Living with our heads underground

I'll be coming home next year
Everything's alright up here
If I come down
I'll be coming home next year
Say good-bye

Thinking About You by Radiohead

2011-02-21T01:42:00.006+08:00

While everyone is probably digesting and absorbing Radiohead's latest album, The King of Limbs, I just rediscovered this song of theirs from Pablo Honey. I suddenly remembered it while watching the movie 127 Hours, because there was a line that mentioned the title/hook of this song.

Been thinking about you
Your record's a hit
Your eyes are on my wall
Your teeth are over there
But I'm still no one
And you're my star
What do you care?

Been thinking about you
And there's no rest
Should I still love you
Still see you in bed
But I'm playing with myself
What do you care?
When the other men are far far better

All the things you've got
All the things you need
Who bought you cigarettes
Who bribed the company to come and see you honey?

I've been thinking about you
So how can you sleep
These people aren't your friends
They're paid to kiss your feet
They don't know what I know
And why should you care
When I'm not there

Been thinking about you
And there's no rest
Should I still love you
Still see you in bed
But I'm playing with myself
What do you care?
When I'm not there.

All the things you've got
That you'll never need
All the things you've got
I've bled and I'd bleed to please you
... honey

Been thinking about you..

I'm Waiting for the Day by The Beach Boys

2011-02-21T01:36:00.002+08:00

I've been trying to understand the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds to no avail. While eating my 2nd lunch earlier (damn a very "bitin" korean beef stew), I was able to take a listen at this song. I guess I was able to relate to it with my experiences from last year. Oh well. +1 for the Beach Boys/Brian Wilson I guess.

I came along when he broke your heart
That's when you needed someone
To help forget about him

I gave you love with a brand new start
That's what you needed the most
To set your broken heart free

I know you cried, and you felt blue
But when I could I gave strength to you
I'm waiting for the day when you can love again

I kissed your lips
And when your face looked sad
It made me think about him
And that you still loved him so

But you know that pretty soon
I made you feel glad
That you belonged to me
And love began to show

He hurt you then, but that's all gone
I guess I'm saying you're the only one
I'm waiting for the day when you can love again

He hurt you then, but that's all done
I guess I'm saying you're the only one
I'm waiting for the day when you can love again

You didn't think that I could sit around and let him work
You didn't think that I could sit around and let (watch) him take you
You didn't think that I could sit around and let him go
You didn't think that I could sit back and let you go
You didn't think . . .

Just Breathe by Pearl Jam

2011-02-20T09:35:00.002+08:00

This song is one of my favorite new tracks from the last Pearl Jam album, Backspacer. This acoustic ditty is heartfelt and is the usual welcome reprieve from PJ's hard rocking songs. Well done guys.

Yes I understand that every life must end, aw huh...
As we sit alone, I know someday we must go, aw huh...
I'm a lucky man to count on both hands
The ones I love...

Some folks just have one
Others they got none, aw huh...

Stay with me
Let's just breathe

Practiced are my sins
Never gonna let me win, aw huh...
Under everything, just another human being, aw huh...
Yea, I don't wanna hurt, there's so much in this world
To make me bleed

Stay with me
You're all I see

Did I say that I need you?
Did I say that I want you?
Oh, if I didn't I'm a fool you see
No one knows this more than me
As I come clean

I wonder everyday
As I look upon your face, aw huh...
Everything you gave
And nothing you would take, aw huh...
Nothing you would take
Everything you gave

Did I say that I need you?
Did I say that I want you?
Oh, if I didn't I'm a fool you see
No one knows this more than me
As I come clean

Nothing you would take
Everything you gave
Hold me 'till I die
Meet you on the other side

You Get What You Give by New Radicals

2011-02-18T12:15:00.004+08:00

I saw the video for this song the summer of '98. I was in high school and I guess for the people of the same age as me, this is one of the songs that encapsulates that period. It was fun. It was not that reckless (not reckless for me I guess).

I just realized how great the bass lines on this are. After years and years of listening to it.

Wake up kids we got the dreamers disease
Age 14 they got you down on your knees
Souls polite, we're busy still saying please
Friendnemies, who, when you're down ain't your friend
Every night we smash their Mercedes-Benz
First we run; and then we laugh till we cry

But when the night is falling and you cannot find the light, light
You feel your dreams are dying
Hold tight
You've got the music in you

Don't let go
You've got the music in you
One dance left
This world is gonna pull through
Don't give up
You've got a reason to live
Can't forget
We only get what we give

I'm coming home baby You're tops,
Give it to me now

Four a.m. we ran a miracle mile
We're flat broke but hey we do it in style
The bad rich God's flying in for your trial

But when the night is falling
You cannot find a friend, friend
You feel your dream is breaking
Just bend
You've got the music in you

Don't let go
You've got the music in you
One dance left
This world is gonna pull through
Don't give up
You've got a reason to live
Can't forget
We only get what we give

This whole damn world can fall apart
It'll be ok, follow your heart
You're in harms way
I'm right behind
Now say you're mine
You've got the music in you

Don't let go
You've got the music in you
One dance left
This world is gonna pull through
Don't give up
You've got a reason to live
Can't forget
We only get what we give
Don't let go
I feel the music in you,you,you YOU!

Fly ....... high .......!
What's real ....... can't die .......!
You only get what you give

Health insurance rip off lying
FDA big bankers buying
Fake computer crashes dining
Cloning while they're multiplying
Fashion shoots with Beck and Hanson
Courtney Love, and Marilyn Manson
You're all fakes run to your mansions
Come around, we'll kick your ass in!

Don't let go
One dance left
Don't give up
Can't forget

You Shook Me All Night Long by AC/DC

2011-02-16T10:03:00.004+08:00

AC/DC made some really good songs based on the catchiest guitar riffs. I remember reading about the Back in Black album in guitar magazines, it being one of the best guitar albums of all time. I only came to realize it when I bought the album during 4th or 5th year college. It was a day that I got my grades from school and went to SM Manila after.

She was a fast machine
She kept her motor clean
She was the best damn woman that I ever seen
She had the sightless eyes
Tellin' me no lies
Knockin' me out with those American thighs
Takin' more than her share
Had me fighting for air
She told me to come but I was already there
'Cause the walls start shaking
The earth was quakin'
My mind was achin'
And we were makin' it and you -

Shook me all night long
Yeah you shook me all night long

Workin' double time
On the seduction line
She was one of a kind, she's just mine all mine
Wanted no applause
Just another course
Made a meal out of me, and come back for more
Had to cool me down
To take another round
Now I'm back in the ring to take another swing
'Cause the walls were shaking
The earth was quakin'
My mind was achin'
And we were makin' it and you -

Shook me all night long
Yeah you shook me all night long
Knocked me out and then you
Shook me all night long
Then you were shakin' and you
Shook me all night loooong
Yeah you shook me
Well, you took me

You really took me and you
Shook me all night long
Oaaaaaahhhhhh you shook me all night long
Yeah yeah you
Shook me all... night... long
Ya really took me and you
Shook me all night long

Yeah you shook me, yeah you shook me
All night loooong!

Ananas by James Taylor

2011-02-16T09:48:00.004+08:00

I've recently been converted to a James Taylor. He's music is just smooth and relaxing, yet still full of emotions. This is most definitely my favorite track from the Hourglass album. He mentions that this is an attempt to write a bi-lingual song. I love how the bass drives this song as well and is very well complimented by backing vocals

Je t'aime encore
Means I love you still
C'est pour toujours
Means I always will

Tu me manquais trop
Means I missed you too much
Je fais ce qu'il faut
Means I'll do what I must

Me voici à ta fenêtre
Tous tes gens me voient ici
Here I am at your window darling
For all your people to see me

Ananas laisse moi une fois
Laisse moi te voir
Let me one more time, ananas
Ananas, I'm lopin' along hopin' you're home
Open up and let me on in

Maybe I rise and maybe I fall
Maybe you lie underneath it all
I ain't got nothin' but for what you see
Even my own heart don't belong to me

Got your river running in my blood
Got your fire burning in my heart
You got me falling like a shooting star
Just like some tragic work of art

Ananas laisse moi une fois
Laisse moi te voir
Let me one more time, ananas
Ananas, I'm lopin' along hopin' you're home
Open up and let me on in

Here I am at your window baby
For all your people to see
Howling like a dog on the moonlight
Won't you have pity on me

Ananas laisse moi une fois
Laisse moi te voir
Let me one more time, ananas
Ananas, I'm lopin' along hopin' you're home
Open up and let me on in

Spit on a Stranger by Nickel Creek

2011-02-16T02:46:00.004+08:00

I was surprised that I haven't logged a Nickel Creek song before, especially This Side. However for this post I've selected Spit on a Stranger instead. It's actually one of my favorites from the album that's not as high profile as the title track, but that doesn't mean it's anything less than that. I just love how the instruments diverge in the song and the dynamics of the acoustic instruments especially the double bass.

In short it's a lovely song!

Note: I just found out that this is a cover of a Pavement song. Gaddamit!

However you feel

Whatever it takes
Whenever it's real
Whatever awaits me

Whatever you need
However so slight
Whenever it's real
Whenever it's right

I've been thinking long and hard about the things you said to me
Like a bitter stranger
Now I see the long and short the middle and what's in between
I could spit on a stranger (Pull me out)
You're a bitter stranger (Pull me out)

Whatever you feel
Whatever it takes
Whenever it's real
Whatever awaits me
Whatever you need
However so slight
Honey, I'm a prize and you're a catch and we're a perfect match
Like two bitter strangers
Now I see the long and short of it and I can make it last
I could spit on a stranger (Pull me out)
You're a bitter stranger (Pull me out)
I could spit on a stranger (Pull me out)
You're a bitter stranger (Pull me out)
I could spit on a stranger (Pull me out)
You're a bitter stranger (Pull me out)

I see the sunshine in your eyes
I'll try the things you never try
I'll be the one that leaves you high, high, high

Rocket Queen by Guns N' Roses

2011-02-02T18:39:00.004+08:00

I thought I already wrote about this song years ago, but looking at the blog, it might be that I missed the opportunity to write this down. I'm currently reading Slash's biography and knowing the story about one of the greatest bands the world has seen is just a treat.

Rocket Queen is just a balls out song... it's no accident that they put this song as the last track of the album. It starts out raw and strong and it ends simple and sweet. Too sweet it actually made me cry. Try to listen to the details of the guitar and bass parts. It's just amazing really.

If I say I don't need anyone
I can say these things to you
'Cause
I can turn on any one
Just like I turned on you
I've got a tongue like a razor
A sweet switchblade knife
And I can do you favors
But then you'll do whatever I like

Here I am
And you're a Rocket Queen
I might be a little young
But honey I ain't naive
Here I am
And you're a Rocket Queen oh yeah
I might be too much
But honey you're a bit obscene

I've seen everything imaginable
Pass before these eyes
I've had everything that's tangible
Honey you'd be surprised
I'm a sexual innuendo
In this burned out paradise
If you turn me on to anything
You better turn me on tonight

Here I am
And you're a Rocket Queen
I might be a little young
But honey I ain't naive
Here I am
And you're a Rocket Queen oh yeah
I might be too much
But honey you're a bit obscene

I see you standing
Standing on your own
It's such a lonely place for you
For you to be
If you need a shoulder
Or if you need a friend
I'll be here standing
Until the bitter end
No one needs the sorrow
No one needs the pain
I hate to see you
Walking out there
Out in the rain
So don't chastise me
Or think I, I mean you harm
Of those that take you
Leave you strung out
Much too far
Baby-yeah

Don't ever leave me
Say you'll always be there
All I ever wanted
Was for you
To know that I care

Cheryl (Come and Take a Ride) by Waltham

2011-02-01T20:16:00.004+08:00

If ever I'm lucky to go to the Boston area, this is the band that I would like to see. One who love's 80's inspired music would certainly appreciate such an opportunity.

Come and take a ride!

I knew this girl who couldn't read my face
I'm twenty-one and she thought I was twenty-eight
I'm freaking out, cuz I've been running for a while
Baby, you ain't the first
What can I say?

I know she's hurt from what that creep did outside
He broke her heart and took her feelings for a ride, yeah
I want Maria, but Maria don't care
Baby, you ain't the first
What can I say?

Come and take a ride
Be with someone else
Come and take a ride
Be with someone else

When we went out she asked me what I like to drink
I blew the answer cuz of you I couldn't think
I lingered on and drank Tequiza for a while
Baby, you ain't the first
What can I say?

Come and take a ride
Be with someone else
Come and take a ride
Be with someone else

You said Cupid had not shot anyone else
I guess my Cheryl was wrong

Come and take a ride
Be with someone else
Come and take a ride
Be with someone else

Barely Breathing by Duncan Sheik

2011-02-01T11:07:00.003+08:00

I remember high school everytime I hear this song... pure late 90's. Great guitar work. Simple lyrics... and first and only song I know that used the word "saline". It's music video was even included in the Windows 95 CD that came with the first PC we had at home. Just a classic.

I know what you're doing
I see it all too clear
I only taste the saline
When I kiss away your tears

You really had me going
Wishing on a star
The black holes that surround you
Are heavier by far

I believed in your confusion
So completely torn
Must have been that yesterday
Was the day that I was born

There's not much to examine
There's nothing left to hide
You really can't be serious
If you have to ask me why
I say goodbye

'Cause I am barely breathing
And I can't find the air
Don't know who I'm kidding
Imagining you care

And I could stand here waiting
A fool for another day
I don't suppose it's worth the price
It's worth the price, the price
That I would pay, yeah yeah, yeah

Everyone keeps asking
What's it all about?
I used to be so certain
Now I can't figure out

What is this attraction?
I only feel the pain
There's nothing left to reason
And only you to blame
Will it ever change?

'Cause I am barely breathing
And I can't find the air
Don't know who I'm kidding
Imagining you care

And I could stand here waiting
A fool for another day
I don't suppose it's worth the price
It's worth the price, the price
That I would pay, yeah yeah, yeah
But I'm thinking it over anyway
I'm thinking it over anyway

I've come to find
I may never know
Your changing mind
Is it friend or foe?

I rise above or sink below
With every time
You come and go
Please don't come and go

'Cause I am barely breathing
And I can't find the air
Don't know who I'm kidding
Imagining you care

And I could stand here waiting
A fool for another day
But I don't suppose it's worth the price
It's worth the price, the price
That I would pay, yeah yeah, yeah
But I'm thinking it over anyway
I'm thinking it over anyway

Well, I know what you're doing
I see it all too clear

Ballad in Urgency / Wiser Time by the Black Crowes

2011-01-26T14:47:00.003+08:00

I believe this songs are unique in a way that were created to be performed next to each other, similar to how it appears in the album. You know it's two songs, but how it transitions from one to the next is just amazing. I feel warm every time I hear this. I've owned the Amorica album for years now, even owning 2 copies (my brother had one originally). My appreciation of the Black Crowes grew leaps and bounds after seeing them live in Atlanta last November.

Ballad in Urgency

Here with me
And this price you pay
Just a wishful dream
could be blown away

Ask yourself for better or worse
Because what's the use if it's just good luck

A black cat has crossed my path
Tell me what's good luck about that

Hate and greed
Swollen and sweet
Let's start this misery
If that's where you wanna be
Fear and love
From down or form up above
Come to me
Come to me
I bet you please
Come set me free

Excuse me please
For my definition
But deeper still are my convictions

Urgently I wait to hear an answer
While I misconduct
a sad lost anthem
An anthem like you have never heard
Have you heard something so absurd

Hate and greed
Swollen and sweet
Let's start this misery
If that's where you wanna be

You believe me

With my Hate and my greed
We are Swollen and sweet
If you start this misery
Well you're in the place where you wanna be
With my Fear and love
From down or form up above
Come on to me
Come on to me
Well I bet you please
Come set me free

Wiser Time

No time left now for shame
Horizon behind me, no more pain
Windswept stars blink and smile
Another song, another mile

You read the line every time
Ask me about crime in my mind
Ask me why another read song
Funny but I bet you never left home

On a good day, I know it ain't every day
We can part the sea
And on a bad day, well I know it ain't every day
Glory beyond our reach

Seconds until sunrise
Tired but wiser for the time
Lightning 30 miles away
Three thousand more in two days

On a good day, I know it ain't every day
We can part the sea
And on a bad day, well I know it ain't every day
Glory beyond our reach

John Brown by The Honeydogs

2011-01-25T08:13:00.003+08:00

I bought the Honeydog's Seen a ghost album from a CD sale years ago, probably around 2005. There were lots of CDs that were priced at a 100pesos, however they were bands that were not really known here in Manila. I risked buying some, including this record. I was fortunate to find albums that I really like such as this CD. I just started ripping this record again and it was refreshing to rediscover the songs I really liked including the slow ballad John Brown. I think I haven't encountered an album I haven't liked yet for the start of 2011.

Can you see a king
Suspend all disbelief?
Walking through the bad part of town,
can you turn the other cheek?
Can you forget that you were chattel?
Bones in our closet always rattle

Caught in a steel trap
Memory serves it's never gonna pass
Old John Brown
Can we keep from goin' down?
Old John Brown
Can we keep from goin' down?

A zealous one born too soon
Could he see his city on a hill in ruins?
Caught in a steel trap
Memory serves it's never gonna pass
Old John Brown
Can we keep from goin' down?
Old John Brown
Can we keep from goin' down?

Can you pray?
Can you take that walk
from Harper's Ferry to Little Rock?
Caught in a steel trap
Memory serves it's never gonna pass
Old John Brown
Can we keep from goin' down?
Old John Brown
Can we keep from goin' down?

Tupelo Honey by Van Morrison

2011-01-24T10:18:00.003+08:00

My uncle Ling mentioned Van Morrison yesterday, along with Frank Zappa. I checked a Van Morrison video in Youtube and found it OK. I clicked on another song with a more familiar title, Tupelo Honey. This was a live performance in Montreux 1980. Damn! That's just awe-inspiring. One of the best vocal performances I've seen!

You can take all the tea in China
Put it in a big brown bag for me
Sail right around the seven oceans
Drop it straight into the deep blue sea
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
She's an angel of the first degree
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like honey from the bee

You can't stop us on the road to freedom
You can't keep us 'cause our eyes can see
Men with insight, men in granite
Knights in armor bent on chivalry
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
She's an angel of the first degree
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like honey from the bee

You can't stop us on the road to freedom
You can't stop us 'cause our eyes can see
Men with insight, men in granite
Knights in armor intent on chivalry
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
She's an angel of the first degree
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like honey from the bee

You know she's alright
You know she's alright with me
She's alright, she's alright (she's an angel)

You can take all the tea in China
Put it in a big brown bag for me
Sail it right around the seven oceans
Drop it smack dab in the middle of the deep blue sea
Because she's as sweet as tupelo honey
She's an angel of the first degree
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like honey from the bee

She's as sweet as tupelo honey
She's an angel of the first degree
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like the honey, baby, from the bee
She's my baby, you know she's alright.....

I heard a tale of old Manhattan
I've never been there but I want to go
Standing waiting on my number

Whispering a Prayer by Steve Vai

2011-01-24T09:34:00.002+08:00

Sometimes it's difficult to understand instrumental music, especially if you don't know where the songwriter is coming from. I saw a video of Steve Vai talking about motivating yourself with this song in the background. That just somehow made this song easy to digest and start to appreciate it as a work of beauty... an art by itself.

Different by Acceptance

2011-01-21T14:24:00.004+08:00

I was on a bus ride this week when I accidentally selected this song. I was to choose the Black Crowes' Amorica album, however ended up on this. It was fortunate to be able to listen to this song again and see it in a different light. It's just a wonder how we can suddenly like a piece of music if you start looking at things from another perspective.

Tell myself, on the ride home.
Getting tired, hating all I've known.
Holding on, like it's all I have.
Count me out, when it's clear that I, find it hard to say.
And you, find it hard to care.

I wanted to see something that's different,
something you said would change in me.
Wanted to be, anything different,
everything you would change in me.

Got this way, upfront but never true.
God I'm wrong, it's just the way I am.
Crashing down, any chance you hear.
Caving in, any chance that you, could see inside of me.
And I don't know what to say, It's fine.
This isn't Hollywood.
So fine, getting in your way.

I wanted to see something that's different,
something you said would change in me.
Wanted to be, anything different,
everything you would change in me.

I'm taking a chance, this could be different.
This could be all I'm waiting for.
Taking a chance, this could be different.
This could be all I'm waiting for.

I wanted to see something that's different,
something you said would change in me.
Wanted to be, anything different,
everything you would change in me.

Something that's different
Something that's different

Gravity by John Mayer

2011-01-10T15:39:00.002+08:00

Few songs are well written and well executed. This song fits both. Almost perfect I would say.

Gravity is working against me
And gravity wants to bring me down

Oh I'll never know what makes this man
With all the love that his heart can stand
Dream of ways to throw it all away

Oh Gravity is working against me
And gravity wants to bring me down

Oh twice as much ain't twice as good
And can't sustain like a one half could
It's wanting more
That's gonna send me to my knees

Oh gravity, stay the hell away from me
And gravity has taken better men than me (now how can that be?)

Just keep me where the light is
Just keep me where the light is
Just keep me where the light is
C'mon keep me where the light is
C'mon keep me where the light is
Oh... where the light is!

I'm Going Left by Eric Clapton

2011-01-10T15:33:00.003+08:00

It's great to discover songs and artists by listening to an artist that usually listen to then finding out that the song is just a cover from another artist you didn't appreciate before. For me, it starts a snowball effect of listening to the original song and eventually appreciating the original artist more 'til he becomes an eventual favorite of yours.

Looking at the credits of this song, I found that it was originally by Stevie Wonder. I just love how happy this song sounds.

(Well) I'm goin' left
'Til you lead me to the right
Lead me to what is right
I'm goin' left
'Til you lead me to the right
Lead me to what is right

There's a train people say
I could ride to get my whole life straight
But the bridge on the way
Has a toll too much for me to pay
Yes I know it must be
What I chose could mean my destiny
Lights are green all is go
But my heart keeps telling my mind no

(Well) I'm goin' left
'Til you lead me to the right
Lead me to what is right
I'm goin' left
'Til you lead me to the right
Lead me to what is right

There's a plane over there
Where all are given even share
What you get is so small
It's like never having nothing at all
Take my hand says a friend
A will stick with you until the end
But I'm in doubt I must decline
'Cause even friends can change their lines

(Well) I'm goin' left
'Til you lead me to the right
Lead me to what is right
I'm goin' left
'Til you lead me to the right
Lead me to what is right

Stay Young by Oasis

2011-01-09T18:18:00.003+08:00

Out of the blue, probably because I just ripped the Faculty soundtrack just recently, I decided to listen to Stay Young in Youtube (cos i don't have the song in the PC and my ipod is somewhere). I checked out the acoustic version performed and sang by Noel Gallagher. I suddenly remembered how much I liked Oasis songs before. I also thought about that I should start focusing on the lyrics part of song writing again.

One way out is all you're ever gonna get
From those who'll hand it out don't never let it upset you
Cos they'll put words into our mouths they're making us feel so ashamed

Making us take the blame
Making us cold in the night
Making us question my heart and soul
And I think that it's not quite right

Hey! stay young and invincible
Cos we know just what we are
And come what may we're unstoppable
Cos we know just what we are

Feed your head with all the things you need
When you're hungry
Stay in bed and sleep all day as long as it's Sunday
Cos they'll put words into your mouth they're making you feel so ashamed

Luha by Rivermaya

2011-01-07T16:16:00.007+08:00

One reason I like listening to Rivermaya is that there's always an old song that I can suddenly relate to when I listen to their albums. Listening to it intently, you'll notice that the vocals are overdubbed, Bamboo and Rico, Rivermaya's greatest vocalist in duet with Nathan and Mark Escueta's tight rhythm section in the background. Some songs just don't get better than this.

Wag mo nang ipilit,
'wag mo nang piliting lumapit
Ako'y iyong limutin,
Baka pa ang langit magalit

Balikan mo ang dati,
Isipin kung saan ka nagkamali
Nar'yan ka pa ba
Nagluluksa sa dilim?

Ubos na ang luha

Bago na ang tinig,
Bago na ang ihip ng hangin
Ubos na ang luha
Sa langit at lupang atin

Alaala inaamag
Na sa isipan
Nar'yan ka pala,
Nagdurusa sa dilim

Ubos na ang luha,
Sa langit at lupa

Gusto Ko Lamang Sa Buhay by Itchyworms

2011-01-06T09:37:00.003+08:00

I started my day with this song. I really like the candid lyrics and the effects driven guitar sounds on this song. Hopefully I'll be optimistic the rest of the day.

Ayokong maghintay pa sa imposible
Ayoko ng mga romatikong sine
Ayoko nang umasa pa sa walang silbi

Ayokong tumawid pag pinagbabawal
Ayoko ng kapeng maraming asukal
Ayokong bumili ng underwear na mahal

Gusto ko lamang sa buhay ay yakapin mo ako
Gusto ko lamang sa buhay ay yakapin mo ako
Hindi naman ako milyonaryo
Basta't araw-araw yakap mo ko
Feeling ko ang yaman yaman ko

Ok lang kung 'di maging presidente
Ok lang kung mawalan ng kuryente
Ok lang kung ang bumbilya'y walang sindi

Ok lang kung ketchup lamang ang ulam
Ang gulay ay hindi naman kailangan
Basta't sa sandwich mo ako ang iyong palaman

Gusto ko lamang sa buhay ay yakapin mo ako
Gusto ko lamang sa buhay ay yakapin mo ako
Hindi naman ako milyonaryo
Basta't araw-araw yakap mo ko
Feeling ko ang yaman yaman ko
Feeling ko ang yaman yaman ko

Ang dami ko pang sinabi
Tungkol sa aking sarili
Lahat ng yun 'di na bale
Ikaw lang ang importante

Yakapin mo ako
Lunurin sa iyo
Sa loob ng 'yong mga bisig
Dama ko ang 'yong pag-ibig

Yakapin mo ako
Gusto ko lamang sa buhay ay yakapin mo ako...

Gusto ko lamang sa buhay ay yakapin mo ako
Gusto ko lamang sa buhay ay yakapin mo ako
Hindi naman ako milyonaryo
Basta't araw-araw yakap mo ko
Feeling ko ang yaman yaman ko

Respect by Train

2011-01-05T15:24:00.004+08:00

I listened to the Drops of Jupiter album while on commute. I was supposed to write about the song Hopeless which I remembered to have included in a mix-tape that i gave to a girl named Regina. The next song to that is Respect, which is more livelier that Hopeless. I'll put an entry about Hopeless probably next time.

Edit: I just love how the guitar is strummed after the line "Everybody needs a little respect"

For reasons I don't know I treated you so cold
I wish I had those times again
Cause something that you said keeps ringing in my head
Someday you're gonna wanna come back and you're gonna wanna treat me fine

Everybody needs a little respect
Everybody needs a little time
Everybody needs a little respect
Everybody needs a little

I watched me push you down in dreams I had of you
And all I remember about those days is I would run around thinking that you'd be alright
But you lost your light along the way
And oh you were right about the things I'd say
Cause if I had it back again I know I'd treat you kind

Everybody needs a little respect
Everybody needs a little time
Everybody needs a little respect
Everybody needs a little time
Everybody got to have somebody
Everybody got to have someone

And all I ever wanted from this play
Was someone to talk to when I get down
It seems you get the things you give along the way
Now all I need is one more chance to make you feel like hanging round

Everybody needs a little
Everybody needs a little
Everybody needs a little respect
Everybody needs a little time
Everybody needs a little respect
Everybody needs a little time
Everybody
Everybody got to have someone

I Don't Love You by My Chemical Romance

2011-01-04T17:01:00.005+08:00

I should have noted this down before, back when the Black Parade was it's peak of popularity. I tried to listen to the song recently, and I still like it. Just shows that the guys from MCR writes good music that can be appreciated not just by emo kids. Black Parade, as a whole, is awesome. I enjoyed watching the manila concert. One of the best concerts I've seen bar-none.

Well, when you go
Don't ever think I'll make you try to stay
And maybe when you get back
I'll be off to find another way

And after all this time that you still owe
You're still the good-for-nothing I don't know
So take your gloves and get out
Better get out
While you can

When you go
Would you even turn to say
"I don't love you
Like I did
Yesterday"

Sometimes I cry so hard from pleading
So sick and tired of all the needless beating
But baby when they knock you
Down and out
It's where you oughta stay

And after all the blood that you still owe
Another dollar's just another blow
So fix your eyes and get up
Better get up
While you can
Whoa, whooa

When you go
Would you even turn to say
"I don't love you
Like I did
Yesterday"

Well come on, come on

When you go
Would you have the guts to say
"I don't love you
Like I loved you
Yesterday"

I don't love you
Like I loved you
Yesterday

I don't love you
Like I loved you
Yesterday

Strong Enough to Break by Hanson

2011-01-04T15:17:00.005+08:00

Just ripped the Best of Hanson: Live and Electric CD this past holiday season during some down time and listened to this song for a couple of times today during my commute to work. I'm really impressed with this brothers, from tight drumming and Beatlesque vocal harmonies (not really Beatlesque, but I can't think of a word to describe how good their vocal harmonies are). The band's just amazing. For the Live and Electric album, the bass player does an awesome job as well. Makes me want to be a sessionist!!

I don't feel myself today
Just a figure in a big monopoly game
Struggle is the price you pay
You get just enough just to give it away
I'm sinking but I'm floating away
Throw me a line so I can anchor my pain
The fabric is about to fray
The fabric is about to fray

Maybe you could take a look at yourself lately
Maybe you could take a look at yourself lately
Maybe you could take a look at yourself lately

Things keep coming and I keep wondering
I start feeling the walls close in
Things keep coming and I keep stumbling
I start feeling I'm strong enough to break
Oh, I start feeling I'm strong enough to break

Been running through my mind today
Scenarios to add to your hypocrisy
No one ever takes the blame
But everyone is searching for a cure to the pain
Nothing ever seems to change
Oh, nothing ever seems to change
We just play like broken records in a deaf man's charade

Maybe you could take a look at yourself lately
Maybe you could take a look at yourself lately
Maybe you could take a look at yourself lately

Things keep coming and I keep wondering
I start feeling the walls close in
Things keep coming and I keep stumbling
I start feeling I'm strong enough to break
Oh, I start feeling I'm strong enough to break

Carry on just a pawn and the same old song
I'm still holding on

The fabric is about to fray

Maybe you could take a look at yourself lately
Maybe you could take a look at yourself lately

Things keep coming and I keep wondering
I start feeling the walls close in
Things keep coming and I keep stumbling
I start feeling I'm strong enough
Things keep coming and I keep wondering
I start feeling the walls close in
Things keep coming and I keep stumbling
I start feeling I'm strong enough to break
Oh, I start feeling I'm strong enough to break

Come Pick Me Up by Ryan Adams

2011-01-02T09:25:00.005+08:00

I tried to give this record for another spin, just to check what other good songs I can relate to now, after not listening for it for quite some time. I just realized that you have to put this record at the exact volume for you to hear the details as there are some soft dynamics happening in the album, but not too loud.

Come Pick Me Up is the song that I really liked while listening to the album today. There's just some magic to it. A lady named Kim Richey lends the vocals.

When they call your name
Will you walk right up
With a smile on your face?
Will you cower in fear?
In your favourite sweater
With an old love letter

I wish you would
I wish you would

Come pick me up
Take me out
Fuck me up
Steal my records
Screw all my friends
They're all full of shit
With a smile on your face
And then do it again
I wish you would

When you're walking down town
Do you wish I was there?
Do you wish it was me?
With the windows clear
And the mannequins eyes
Do they all look like mine

You know you could
I wish you would

Come pick me up
Take me out
Fuck me up
Steal my records
Screw all my friends
Behind my back
With a smile on your face
And then do it again
I wish you would

I wish you'd make up my bed
So I could make up my mind
Try it for sleeping instead
Maybe you'll rest sometime
I wish I could
I wish I could
I wish I could

Carolina in My Mind by James Taylor

2011-01-01T14:55:00.004+08:00

Might be sort of an injustice to the great artistic talents of James Taylor, but eversince seeing his bit in the the movie Funny People with Seth Rogen, it's what I'm reminded of when I hear some of his songs.

From the movie:

Ira (Seth Rogen): "Do you ever get sick of singing the same songs over and over?"
James Taylor: "Do you ever get tired of talking about your dick?"

In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina
Can't you see the sunshine
Can't you just feel the moonshine
Ain't it just like a friend of mine
To hit me from behind
Yes I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind

Karen she's a silver sun
You best walk her way and watch it shinin'
Watch her watch the mornin' come
A silver tear appearing now I'm cryin'
Ain't I goin' to Carolina in my mind

There ain't no doubt it no ones mind
That loves the finest thing around
Whisper something soft and kind
And hey babe the sky's on fire, I'm Dyin'
Ain't I goin' to Carolina in my mind

In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina
Can't you see the sunshine
Can't you just feel the moonshine
Ain't it just like a friend of mine
To hit me from behind
Yes I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind

Dark and silent late last night
I think I might have heard the highway calling
Geese in flight and dogs that bite
Signs that might be omens say I'm going, going
I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind

With a holy host of others standing 'round me
Still I'm on the dark side of the moon
And it seems like it goes on like this forever
You must forgive me
If I'm up and gone to Carolina in my mind

In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina
Can't you see the sunshine
Can't you just feel the moonshine
Ain't it just like a friend of mine
To hit me from behind
Yes I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind

Rose by Cynthia Alexander

2010-12-31T23:43:00.005+08:00

I had a recent listen of Cynthia Alexander's debut album, Insomnia & Other Lullabies, and now I understand why others adore her. The song's just enchanting and I didn't notice before that she had this beautiful voice. It's just exciting listening to it. I guess this was one of the best re-discover for the later part of the year.

Walk the streets alone tonight no life at home
Must get out to watch the pretty ones
You want to talk but they don't understand
You want to live, want to love

You are a Rose, on a stormy sea
Rose, uncaring society
Rose, of impropriety

You must be what you must be no other the same
Hunting streets with hormones high
Forgotten Rose, alone you cry
You want to live, want to love

You are a Rose, on a stormy sea
Rose, uncaring society
Rose, with thorns to hide your feelings

You are a Rose, on a stormy sea
Rose, uncaring society
Rose, of impropriety
Rose, with thorns to hide your feelings

In America by Creed

2010-12-31T23:38:00.002+08:00

I tried to listen to Creed today, it has been months since I really listened to one of the bands that inspired me to pickup the guitar during my college years. I remember buying this album with Dris right after we got from an overnight swimming party for Serhenz's sister. I think I told a story about him buying a John Mayer CD for himself.

I suddenly thought of studying the basslines for Creed's song to improve myself. Brian Marshall's off the hook on this album. I gotta listen to the new Creed album damnit!

Only in America
We're slaves to be free
Only in America we kill the unborn
To make ends meet
Only in America
Sexuality is democracy
Only in America we stamp our dollar
"In God We Trust"

What is right or wrong
I don't know who to believe in
My soul sings a different song
In America
What is right or wrong
I don't know who to believe in
My soul sings a different song
In America, In America, In America

Church bell's ringing
Pass the plate around
The choir is singing
As their leader falls to the ground
Please mister prophet man
Tell me which way to go
I gave my last dollar
Can I still come to your show

What is right or wrong
I don't know who to believe in
My soul sings a different song
In America
What is right or wrong
I don't know who to believe in
My soul sings a different song
In America, In America, In America, In America

I am right and you are wrong
I am right and you are wrong
I am right and you are wrong
No one's right and no one's wrong
In America, In America, In America, In America

What is right or wrong
I don't know who to believe in
My soul sings a different song
In America, In America

What is right or wrong
I don't know who to believe in
My soul sings a different song
In America, In America,
What is right for you and me?
In America

Hey You by Pink Floyd

2010-12-31T23:33:00.004+08:00

Seeing this in the movie Due Date and how it was used really upped my appreciation for this song. Even better was seeing it performed live by Mr. Roger Waters in Atlanta. I had to get my tickets from a scalper, the whole experience was fun. It's probably one of my highlights for the year 2010.

Hey you, out there in the cold
Getting lonely, getting old
Can you feel me?
Hey you, standing in the aisles
With itchy feet and fading smiles
Can you feel me?
Hey you, dont help them to bury the light
Don't give in without a fight.

Hey you, out there on your own
Sitting naked by the phone
Would you touch me?
Hey you, with you ear against the wall
Waiting for someone to call out
Would you touch me?
Hey you, would you help me to carry the stone?
Open your heart, I'm coming home.

But it was only fantasy.
The wall was too high,
As you can see.
No matter how he tried,
He could not break free.
And the worms ate into his brain.

Hey you, standing in the road
always doing what you're told,
Can you help me?
Hey you, out there beyond the wall,
Breaking bottles in the hall,
Can you help me?
Hey you, don't tell me there's no hope at all
Together we stand, divided we fall.

[Click of TV being turned on]
"Well, only got an hour of daylight left. Better get started"
"Isnt it unsafe to travel at night?"
"It'll be a lot less safe to stay here. You're father's gunna pick up our trail before long"
"Can Loca ride?"
"Yeah, I can ride... Magaret, time to go! Maigret, thank you for everything"
"Goodbye Chenga"
"Goodbye miss ..."
"I'll be back"

Wala Kang Katulad by Sponge Cola

2010-12-16T11:39:00.004+08:00

I honestly like this song and it's accompanying video. I'm not a big Sponge Cola fan, but they have good songs. One of best friends believed in them starting from the debut album. I'm not sure if I told this story yet, but i was riding the LRT and this girl was listening to an OPM song using her cellphone, the volume was just subtle not to disturb a lot of people in the train. I asked her to make sure what the band was and she mentioned Sponge Cola and for that my respect for this band increased.

Tanging ikaw lang ang minamasdan ko
Nakatuon buong pansin ko
Sa bawat galaw,Sa bawat paglipat

Marahil minsan ika'y nasisilaw rin
Kibit-balikat bawat ningning
Wala kang sablay, Magbago mang kulay

Nakahihigit man ang ilan
Ikaw lang aking inaasam
Wala na akong iba pang kailangan
Wala kang katulad

Bago pa man tuluyan na magdilim
Igawad kahit kaunting pansin
Punan ang patlang sa ating pagitan

Nakahihigit man ang ilan
Ikaw lang aking inaasam
Wala na akong iba pang kailangan
Wala kang katulad

Nakabinbin Sa 'yong pagtitig
Pangako ng nakalaang pag-ibig
Asahan mong ako'y maghihintay

Nakahihigit man ang ilan
Ikaw lang aking inaasam
Wala na akong iba pang kailangan
Wala kang katulad

Because of You by 98º

2010-12-13T13:45:00.004+08:00

I just remembered this song after searching for the 98 degrees hit Invisible Man. Both are good songs, but I liked how the video for this song was executed. I remember the girl and the San Francisco bridge (if I'm not mistaken). Great cheesy lyrics coming from a boy band.

It’s all... it’s all... it’s all...
You’re my sunshine after the rain
You’re the cure against my fear and my pain
‘Cause I’m losing my mind
When you’re not around
It’s all... it’s all...
It’s all because of you

You’re my sunshine
Oh yeah...

Baby I really know by now
Since we met that day
You showed me the way
I felt it then you gave me love
I can’t describe
How much I feel for you

I said baby I should have known by now
Should have been right there
Whenever you needed love
And if only you were here
I’d tell you, yes I’d tell you
Oh yeah...

You’re my sunshine after the rain
You’re the cure against my fear and my pain
‘Cause I’m losing my mind
When you’re not around
It’s all... it’s all...
It’s all because of you

Honestly, could it be you and me
Like it was before
Neither less or more
'Cause when I close my eyes
At night I realize that no one else
Could ever take your place

I still can feel and it’s so unreal
When you’re touching me Kisses endlessly
It’s just a place in the sun
Where our love’s begun
I miss you... yes I miss you

You’re my sunshine after the rain
You’re the cure against my fear and my pain
‘Cause I’m losing my mind
When you’re not around
It’s all... it’s all...
It’s all because of you

If I knew how to tell you
What’s on my mind
Make you understand
Then I’d always be there
Right by your side

You’re my sunshine after the rain
You’re the cure against my fear and my pain
‘Cause I’m losing my mind
When you’re not around
It’s all... it’s all...
It’s all because of you

Your Poppa Don't Mind by Supertramp

2010-12-12T03:43:00.002+08:00

The song starts of with an interesting title, something that would make me press play. I'm not really that familiar with Supertramp's catalogue of songs, but this one really one me over, starting from the introductory piano tune with the driving bass line and neat guitar work. The song somewhat reminds of Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan. Probably I'll bunch those bands up in the same category.

Give it a whirl, give it a try
Why don't you sleep out, start living high?
You're on your own, you make your bed
No time for wasting, just look ahead

Your poppa don't mind what you do or say
You can't surprise him anymore
He's got a reputation that he don't look back
Your poppa don't mind at all

He's getting old, it's getting late
It's soon tomorrow, so celebrate
Bring it out and go to town
Before you're thinkin' of settling down

Your poppa don't mind what you do or say
You can't surprise him anymore
He don't believe in heaven like a good man should
Your poppa don't mind at all

Finding out is half the fun
And when you find out, don't try to run
And if you know then you've begun
But if you don't know it's still to come

Your poppa don't mind what you do or say
You can't surprise him anymore
He talks about his women and his old school's tie
Your poppa don't mind at all

Your poppa don't mind what you do or say
You can't surprise him anymore
He don't believe in Heaven like a good man should
Your poppa don't mind at all
Your poppa don't mind at all
Your poppa don't mind at all

Rockin' Chair by Oasis

2010-12-07T15:40:00.001+08:00

I was in the middle of the commute today when I suddenly had the craving to listen to this song. One of the Oasis songs I can truly relate to.

I'm older than I wish to be
This town holds no more for me
All my life I try to find another way
I don't care for your attitude
You bring me down I think you're rude
All my life I try to make a better day

It's hard enough being alone
Sitting here by the phone
Waiting for my memories to come and play

It's hard enough sitting there
Rockin' in your rockin' chair
It's all too much for me to take when you're not there

It's hard enough being alone
Sitting here by the phone
Waiting for my memories to come and play

It's hard enough sitting there
Rockin' in your rockin' chair
It's all too much for me to take when you're not there

I'm older than I wish to be
This town holds no more for me
All my life I try to find another way
I don't care for your attitude
You bring me down I think you're rude
All my life I try to make a better day

It's hard enough being alone
Sitting here by the phone
Waiting for my memories to come and play

It's hard enough sitting there
Rockin' in your rockin' chair
It's all too much for me to take when you're not there

Again by Lenny Kravitz

2010-12-07T12:56:00.004+08:00

The song sounds so simple... yet it sticks. Probably because of the cheesy lyrics. And Lenny Kravitz singing it. What I just can't understand in the music video for this song is, why does Lenny Kravitz hesitate in asking this girl out, comeon! You're f'ckin' Lenny Kravitz!

I've been searching for you
I heard a cry within my soul
I've never had a yearning quite like this before
Now that you are walking right through my door

All of my life
Where have you been?
I wonder if I'll ever see you again
And if that day comes
I know we could win
I wonder if I'll ever see you again

A sacred gift of heaven
For better, worse, wherever
And I would never let somebody break you down
Nor take your crown, never

All of my life
Where have you been?
I wonder if I'll ever see you again
And if that day comes
I know we could win
I wonder if I'll ever see you again
And everytime I've always known
That you were there, upon your throne
A lonely queen without her king
I longed for you, my love forever

All of my life
Where have you been?
I wonder if I'll ever see you again
And if that day comes
I know we could win
I wonder if I'll ever see you again

All of my life
Where have you been?
I wonder if I'll ever see you again
And if that day comes
I know we could win
I wonder if I'll ever see you again

All of my life
Where have you been?
I wonder if I'll ever see you again
And if that day comes
I know we could win
I wonder if I'll ever see you again

I wonder if I'll ever see you again
I wonder if I'll ever see you again
I wonder if I'll ever see you again
I wonder if I'll ever see you again

I wonder if I'll ever see you again
I wonder if I'll ever see you again
I wonder if I'll ever see you again

What Would You Say by Dave Matthews Band

2010-12-07T12:39:00.004+08:00

I was able to see Dave Matthews Band while I was in Atlanta for a business trip. It was fortunate that my officemates were able to get tickets, and they even got it cheaper than face value (Thanks Pia, Don and Jon!). I' m not going to claim that I'm a big Dave Matthews fan. This song made an impression of me during the concert as it featured a mean solo from Trombone Shorty. Nakakabilib!

Up and down the puppies' hair
Fleas and ticks jump everywhere
'Cause of original sin

Down the hill fell Jack and Jill
And you came tumbling after
'Cause of original sin

Wipe away the tears
Drink a hope to happy years
And you may find
A lifetime's passed me by

What would you say
Don't drop the big one
If you a monkey on a string
well Don't cut my life line
If you a doggie on a chain
Don't bite the mailman
What would you say

I was there when the bear
Ate his head, thought it was a candy
Everyone goes in the end

Knock knock on the door
Who's it for, theres nobody in here
Look in the mirror my friend

I don't understand at best
I cannot speak for all the rest
at mornin rise a lifetime's passed me by

What would you say
Dont' drop the big one
If you a monkey on a string
well Don't cut my life line
If you a doggie on a chain
Don't bite the mailman
What would you say

Every dog has its day every day has its way
Of being forgotten - "Mom, it's my birthday!"
what'd you say (then what could you say)
what would you say

I was there when the bear
Ate his head, thought it was a candy
Everyone goes in the end

Knock knock on the door
Who's it for, theres nobody in here
Look in the mirror my friend

I don't understand at best
I cannot speak for all the rest
at mornin rise a lifetime's passed me by

what would you say?

Ain't Seen Love Like That by Mr. Big

2010-12-07T12:30:00.003+08:00

Bump Ahead was the 1st Mr. Big album me and my brothers owned. There was a time when we thought of ourselves as rock stars. I forgot which member of Mr. Big i turned out to be, but those days were fun. We'd listen to cassette tapes as a group, when there's nothing to do, especially on summer and Christmas vacations from school. This song probably suffered in terms of like-ability as the token acoustic song in a Mr. Big album by the presence of the Cat Stevens cover Wild World, but still ranks as one of my favorite Mr. Big songs! I even tried to learn the guitar parts for this.

I've been miles from nowhere
Crossed and doubled back
Time is a healer
And I've done my time
Cause I ain't seen love like that

I've seen the light of freedom
Dim and fade to black
So many faces, but no one compares
No, I ain't seen love like that

And I got people telling me to let her go
Don't let it turn you around
Tomorrow's comin' and you'll never know
The one that you lost may be found

I believe in justice
I wonder where's she's at
It feels like a lifetime
And it just ain't fair
No I ain't seen love like that

And I got people tellin' me to let her go
That girl is bringin' you down
Tomorrow's comin'
And you'll never
The love that you lost may be found

You know that people telling me to let her go
Dont' let it trun you around
Tomorrow's comin' and you'll never know
The love that you lost may be found
No, I ain't seen love like that
So many faces, (ain't seen love like that)
No one compares I ain't seen love like that
(ain't seen love like that) ain't seen love....
(ain't seen love like that) no I ain't

Victoria by John Mayer

2010-12-06T16:17:00.002+08:00

I love songs that are named after girls. It's most likely that such songs were inspired by real persons. Persons who could have really made a difference to the song writer's life. Most of the songs in the John Mayer debut, Inside Wants Out, are acoustic based. This is one the songs I tried to learn during college when I was mostly busy with playing guitar, downloading music in the IRC Chat network and studying. I wish things can be that simple again. But then again, it maybe just me playing with my head. I'll probably to write some songs about girls I learned to love and I'm trying to forget. That makes it somewhat easier they say. But easy has not been something I'm familiar with.

Don't know why Tori came by
But I could see by the look in her eyes
Tori'd been driving 'round the town for a while
Playing with the thought of leaving

Don't know why, but Tori just smiled
And mentioned something about how you were right
Must have been hard to see through the tears she was hiding

She said "I might not be seeing him soon...
I've got a few things I've been waiting to do"

Hey, Tori came by
Tori came by tonight
Hey, Tori came by
She says to say goodbye

Looked outside at the car in the drive
And the suitcase on the back seat inside
Sure it's so she can't look out behind at the road

She said "I might not be seeing him soon...
I've got a few things I've been waiting to do"

Hey, Tori came by
Tori came by tonight
Hey, Tori came by
She says to say goodbye

Don't look down, she seemed alright
You might be asking where is Tori tonight?
Somewhere out on the highway I'm sure she's fine

Nerbyoso by Rivermaya

2010-12-06T16:07:00.005+08:00

Today, I don't feel very well. But not enough from stopping me to write this note down. I tend to listen to more familiar music when I'm physically, mentally or emotionally down, just to try to bring myself back up. Rivermaya's always a good candidate. I decided to write down Nerbyoso, being one of the main reasons why I really made a point of buying the It's Not Easy Being Green album. Every guy can probably relate to this song. I should probably get over being a Nerbyoso.

Isang gabing kasama ka
Walang ginagawang iba
Kundi mag-usap sa mata
Bigla akong tinawag
Uwian na pala
Pag-lingon ko'y wala ka na

Ilang gabi na 'kong lubhang nagdaramdam
Kahit pangalan mo'y hidi ko pa alam

Sasabihin ko na sana't
Aaminin sa iyo
Lahat lahat ng itinatago ng
Puso kong
Alipin ng kaba
Alam mo naman tayo
Walang magawa
Nerbyoso

Nais ko sanang makapiling kang muli
Kahit saglit lang kahit lamang sandali
Pagka't ilang gabi na 'kong nagdaramdam
Pa'no kung di ka na muling matagpuan

Sasabihin ko na sana't
Aaminin sa iyo
Lahat lahat ng itinatago ng
Puso kong
Alipin ng kaba
Alam mo naman tayo
Walang magawa
Nerbyoso

Ilang gabi na 'konglubhang nagdaramdam
Kase mahal kita hindi mo pa alam

Sasabihin ko na sana't
Aaminin sa iyo
Lahat lahat ng itinatago ng
Puso kong
Alipin ng kaba
Alam mo naman tayo
Walang magawa
Nerbyoso

Stupid Girl by Garbage

2010-12-04T06:30:00.003+08:00

Garbage is one of those bands during my high school days that I found interesting not only because of how cute Shirley Manson in the "Only Happy When It Rains" video, but I was able to enjoy the music as well. I wasn't really aware of it at that time, but this song has a sexy bass line that compliments the vocalist. The video for this song was catchy in it's own right! The only thing that bothered me before is why this cute vocalist hanging out with old dudes, not thinking that they were seasoned studio vets!

You pretend you're high
You pretend you're bored
You pretend you're anything
Just to be adored
And what you need
Is what you get

Don't believe in fear
Don't believe in faith
Don't believe in anything
That you can't break

You stupid girl
You stupid girl
All you had you wasted
All you had you wasted

What drives you on
(What drives you on)
Can drive you mad
(Can drive you mad)
A million lies to sell yourself
Is all you ever had

Don't believe in love
Don't believe in hate
Don't believe in anything
That you can't waste

You stupid girl
You stupid girl
Can't believe you fake it
Can't believe you fake it

Don't believe in fear
Don't believe in pain
Don't believe in anyone
That you can't tame

You stupid girl
You stupid girl
All you had, you wasted
All you had, you wasted

You stupid girl
You stupid girl
Can't believe, you fake it
Can't believe, you fake it

You stupid girl
You stupid girl
Can't believe, you fake it
Can't believe, you fake it

You stupid girl

Xavia by The Submarines

2010-12-04T06:16:00.003+08:00

I copied the Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist soundtrack from an officemate last week I think, while I gave her some Fiest mp3s. This song is the one that caught my attention. It's just so cool. I can't explain why, and that's the best part. Maybe it's because of the vocal harmonies, the simple guitar riffs. It's just awesome.

Your going away
And I'm feeling the same
Thing Day after Day
I can't let it go

Everyone in this room
They've got troubles too
Secret stories and
Lies that we never knew

Xavia, who will save us?
Your smile's on fire
And still my heart
Won't let you down, the sound

I don't wanna be
Your favorite enemy
Not when i can be loving you, alright
Why can't it be?
No two people feel
The same way at the same time

Xavia, who will save us?
Your smile's on fire
And still my heart
Won't let you down [removal]

Everyone in this room
They've got troubles too
Secret stories and
Lies that we never knew

Your going away(I don't wanna be)
And I'm feeling the same(your favorite enemy)
Thing Day after Day(I don't wanna be)
I can't let it go(your favorite enemy)

Xavia, who will save us?
Your smile's on fire
And still my heart
Won't let you down

Xavia, who will save us?
Your smile's on fire
And still my heart
Won't let you down, the sound

One heart to break, One heart
One heart to break, One heart
One heart to break, My heart
One heart to break, My heart

Soul Singing by the Black Crowes

2010-11-29T05:46:00.003+08:00

This is one of the songs that were familiar to me during the Black Crowes concert I attended. I tried to look for a CD and saw this in the CD bin so I decided to give it a spin. I didn't know that this song was this good. Probably it's primarily because I already associate it with a great experience. But listening to the album, gave me a different point of view. I remember buying the Lions album in Quiapo before and thinking that it was a disappointing album (in comparison with the first two Crowes album) only to change my mind today.

I've been down
Cascading and blue w/out a sound
Now I've traded my black feathers for a crown
So feed me milk & honey
Lay me down
Lay me down
Look around
Show me holy places not yet found
Let's disappear and we'll hide underground
We'll get high and we'll feel safe & sound
It comes around Arayayayound

You got my soul singing my soul singing
You got my soul singing my soul singing
You got my soul singing my soul singing
You got my soul singing my soul singing

Home bound
Tired of tired of running town to town
Tired of my heart turned upside down
Now my life's a smile not a frown
The sound
The sound

You got my soul singing my soul singing
You got my soul singing my soul singing
You got my soul singing my soul singing
You got my soul singing my soul singing

Volcano Girls by Veruca Salt

2010-11-27T07:34:00.004+08:00

I haven't seen or heard this song since High School when I encountered a CD for this band that I really wanted to buy. I didn't realize that this song is that good until now. This is now one of my favorite songs. Hey Nina Gordon doesn't look bad either, I wouldn't mind crushing on her.

Leave me Lying here
Cause I don't wanna go
Leave me Lying here
Cause I don't wanna go
Leave me Lying here
Cause I don't wanna go

Tell me, tell me what you really want from me
You gotta let me know
I'm falling off and I need you terribly
One down, and one to go

Volcano girls we really can't be beat
Warm us up and watch us blow
Now and then we fail and we admit defeat
We're falling off
We are watered down and fully grown

Leave me Lying here
Cause I don't wanna go
Leave me Lying here
Cause I don't wanna go

A million miles of running
And I hit the wall
I bounce back and I run some more
This is it, I'm giving up
I'm calling quits
So get down and meet me on the floor

Way to go, way to flip off everyone
I steal your thunder then I try to bolt
But I could stand a little pity now and then
I'm falling off, I am watered down and fully grown

Go, I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go

I told you about the seether before
You know, the one that's neither or nor
Well here's another clue if you please
The seether's Louise
(One, Two, Three, Wow)

Leave me Lying here
Cause I don't wanna go
Leave me Lying here
Cause I don't wanna go
Leave me Lying here
Cause I don't wanna go

Leave me, leave me, leave me
Go, I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go

Singing in My Sleep by Semisonic

2010-11-25T21:14:00.003+08:00

I just recently bought my copy of this album I've longed to own since I had my first listen of Closing Time. Closing Time is one of the biggest songs during my High School Era. However, listening to this just today, Singing in My Sleep won my heart over, enough to write about the song in this blog. Closing Time tends to be over loved so I'm giving love to a relatively underestimated song of this band. I remember that this song was also released as a single, albeit not as successful as "song of the year" candidate.

Got your tape and it changed my mind

Heard your voice in between the lines
Come around from another time
Where nobody ever goes

All alone on the overpass
Wired and phoned to a heart of glass
Now I’m falling in love too fast
With you or the songs you chose

And all the stars
Play for me
Say the promise you long to keep

I can hear you sing it to me in my sleep
I can hear you sing it to me in my sleep

I’ve been living in your cassette
It’s the modern equivalent
Singing up to a Capulet
On a balcony in your mind

In the city the lion sleeps
Pray to Sony my soul to keep
Were you ever so bright and sweet
Did you ever look so nice

And all the sounds
Dream for me
Dive me down in a soul so deep

I can hear you sing it to me in my sleep
I can hear you sing it to me in my sleep

Oh Sweet Nuthin' by The Black Crowes

2010-11-24T04:27:00.003+08:00

Saw the Black Crowes last Saturday in Atlanta,GA. I was there for some work related items and was fortunate to see some great gigs! The ticket to this show was already sold out, same with the Friday set they had. I tried the box office and confirmed my fear's that the show's already sold out. I went to get some snack and try to a ticket from the scalpers (it was too expensive). I tried the box office again... and they've already opened up a few slots! Wow!

This song was just exemplary. I haven't heard it before from them, but it was an instant hit for me. Chris Robinson and the bassist, Sven Pipien even sang "Hey Jude" when the end was near. The song, it seems, is a Velvet Underground original.

Say a word for Jimmy Brown
He ain't got nothing at all
He knocked the shirt right of his back
He ain't got nothing at all

And say a word for Ginger Brown
He walks with his head down to the ground
Took the shoes right off his feet
And threw the poor boy right out in the street

And this is what he said:
Oh, sweet nuthin'
She ain't got nothing at all
Oh, sweet nuthin'
She ain't got nothing at all

Say a word for Polly May
She can't tell the night from the day
They threw her out in the street
Just like a cat she landed on her feet

And say a word for Joana Love
She ain't got nothing at all
With every day she falls in love
And every night she falls
And when she does she says:

Oh, sweet nuthin'
You know She ain't got nothing at all
[Woe, oh] sweet nuthin'
She ain't got nothing at all
Oh, let me hear you

Oh, say a word, say a word for Jimmy Brown
He ain't got nothing at all, not a thing
And not a shirt, shirt on his back
No, he ain't got nothing at all

And say a word for Ginger
He walks with his head to the ground
He took the shoes, took the shoes from his feet, from his feet
And threw the poor boy out into the street
And then he said:

Oh, sweet sweet nuthin'
She ain't got, she ain't got, she ain't got nothing at all
Sweet sweet sweet sweet nuthin'
She ain't got
Sweet Sweet nothing ...
Oh, let me hear you

She ain't got nothing at all ...

Akap by Imago

2010-11-08T11:43:00.002+08:00

I remember liking this song the first time I saw the video for this. Especially with the lights on the Christmas lanterns. I guess we should start covering this as a band again. It's one of Imago's commercial songs, but I guess it's my favorite as well from their catalog.

Nagtatanong
Bakit mahirap
Sumabay sa agos
Ng iyong mundo

Nagtataka
Simple lang naman sana
Ang buhay
Kung ika'y matino

Sabihin sa akin lahat ng lihim mo
Iingatan ko
Ibaling sa akin ang problema mo
Kakayanin ko

Pikit mata
Kong iaalay
Ang buwan at araw
Pati pa sapatos kong suot

Nagtatanong
Simple lang naman sana
Ang buhay
Kung ika'y lumayo

Sasamahan ka sa tamis
Sasamahan ka sa dilim
Sasamahan ka hanggang langit
Sasamahan ka sa tamis
Sasamahan ka sa pait
Sasamahan ka sa dilim
Sasamahan ka hanggang langit
Sasamahan ka

Goin' Where the Wind Blows by Mr. Big

2010-11-08T00:30:00.001+08:00

Even though all members of Mr. Big are highly proficient in their craft, they're more famous for their stripped down loved songs. This is one sample, where the song is mostly acoustic, with only some percussion and bass. It stands as one of my favorite acoustic-based songs, even trying to learn it one time during college. Just an awesome song.

Someone said life is for the taking
Here I am with my hand out waiting for a ride
I've been living on my great expectations
What good is it when I'm stranded here
And the world just passes by

Where are the signs to help me get out of this place

If I should stumble on my moment in time,
How will I know
If the story's written on my face, does it show
Am I strong enough to walk on water
Smart enough to come in out of the rain
Or am I a fool going where the wind blows

Here I sit halfway to somewhere
Thinking about what's in front of me and
what I left behind
On my own, supposed to be so easy
Is this what I've been after
Or have I lost my mind

Maybe this is my chance coming to take me away

If I should stumble on my moment in time,
How will I know
If the story's written on my face, does it show
Am I strong enough to walk on water
Smart enough to come in out of the rain
Or am I a fool going where the wind blows

Here I am walking naked through the world
Taking up space, society's child
Make room for me, make room for me,
make room for me

Am I strong enough to walk on water
Smart enough to come in out of the rain
Or am I a fool
Going where the wind blows

Going where the wind blows
Going where the wind blows
Going where the wind blows

Purple Rain by Prince

2010-11-08T00:21:00.002+08:00

One of the best ballads that I've heard in my life. Every one should at least experience watching Purple Rain the movie and listening to the album. Prince's guitar talents should be known by every rock and pop fan.

I never meant to cause you any sorrow
I never meant to cause you any pain
I only wanted one time to see you laughing
I only wanted to see you laughing in the purple rain

Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
I only wanted to see you bathing in the purple rain

I never wanted to be your weekend lover
I only wanted to be some kind of friend, hey
Baby, I could never steal you from another
It's such a shame our friendship had to end

Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
I only wanted to see you underneath the purple rain

Honey, I know, I know, I know times are changin'
It's time we all reach out for something new, that means you too
You say you want a leader, but you can't seem to make up your mind
And I think you better close it and let me guide you to the purple rain

Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
If you know what I'm singin' about up here, come on raise your hand
Purple rain, purple rain
I only want to see you, only want to see you in the purple rain

Kailan Pa Ma'y Ikaw by Christian Baustista

2010-11-04T21:52:00.003+08:00

There are few and far in between purely Tagalog love songs that I like. This is one of them. I liked it so much that I even bought an original copy of this album. Kudos to Tito C. Camayada for creating this song and Christian Bautista for his rendition!

Ang pag-ibig ko'y tanging ikaw lamang
Ang puso kong ito ay para lang sa 'yo
Magpakailan ma'y hindi magbabago
Magpahanggang wakas, mananatili ka sa puso

Laging ikaw ang nasa isip ko
Ang buhay ko ay para sa 'yo
Tanging ikaw lamang ang iibigin
Kahit sa oras ng pagtulog ko
Ikaw pa rin ang panaginip
At kahit na kailan pa ma'y ikaw pa rin

'Di ko iisipin na mayro'ng hanggan
Pagmamahalan nati'y ganyan
Kung uulitin man ang buhay ko
Tanging ikaw pa rin ang nanaising makapiling

Laging ikaw ang nasa isip ko
Ang buhay ko ay para sa 'yo
Tanging ikaw lamang ang iibigin
Kahit sa oras ng pagtulog ko
Ikaw pa rin ang panaginip
At kahit na kailan pa ma'y ikaw pa rin

Ikaw ang buhay ko at pangarap
Pag-ibig ko lahat ng sandali

Laging ikaw ang nasa isip ko
Ang buhay ko ay para sa 'yo
Tanging ikaw lamang ang iibigin
Kahit sa oras ng pagtulog ko

Laging ikaw ang nasa isip ko
Ang buhay ko ay para sa 'yo
Tanging ikaw lamang ang iibigin
Kahit sa oras ng pagtulog ko
Ikaw pa rin ang panaginip
At kahit na kailan pa ma'y ikaw pa rin