Tomorrow Never Knows by the Beatles

For as long as I can remember, I've been a Beatles fan. This was because of the fact that my father liked the Beatles and most cassette tapes available are albums by the Beatles. 

Revolver stands out for me. This was because from the eyes of the kid version of myself, the album cover has a drawing of a fuzzy mountain and hairy armpits.  I think I was already in college when I realized that the cover actually showed an illustrated version of John, Paul, George and Ringo's face.

For this week, this song has been stuck in my head. Maybe because I'm currently reading Bob Spitz's The Beatles book for my night reading. I won't be ashamed of the fact that I didn't know this song's title before. I previously thought that Tomorrow Never Knows would be nostalgic or romantic. I just now have come to grips that that's the title of one of the most evolutionary songs the Beatles ever came up with.

Turn off your mind relax and float down stream
It is not dying
It is not dying

Lay down all thoughts,
surrender to the void,
It is shining
It is shining.

Yet you may see the meaning of within
It is being
It is being

Love is all and love is everyone
It is knowing
It is knowing

And ignorance and hate, they mourn the dead
It is believing
It is believing

But listen to the colour of your dreams
It is not leaving
It is not leaving

So play the game "Existence" to the end
Of the beginning
Of the beginning

Domino by Jessie J

I like the energy of this song. It never fails to make me want to go and dance!

I'm feeling sexy and free
Like glitter's raining on me
You like a shot of pure gold
I think I'm 'bout to explode

I can taste the tension like a cloud of smoke in the air
Now I'm breathing like I'm running cause you're taking me there
Don't you know
you spin me out of control

We can do this all night
Turn this club, skin tight
Baby, come on!
Pull me like a bass drum
Sparkin' up a rhythm
Baby, come on!

Rock my world into the sunlight
Make this dream the best I've ever known
Dirty dancing in the moonlight
Take me down like I'm a domino
Every second is a highlight
When we touch don't ever let me go
Dirty dancing in the moonlight
Take me down like I'm a domino

You got me loosing my mind
My heart beats out of time
I'm seeing Hollywood stars
You stroke me like a guitar

I can taste the tension like a cloud of smoke in the air
Now I'm breathing like I'm running cause you're taking me there

Don't you know
you spin me out of control

We can do this all night
Turn this club, skin tight
Baby, come on!
Pull me like a bass drum
Sparkin' up a rhythm
Baby, come on!

Rock my world into the sunlight
Make this dream the best I've ever known
Dirty dancing in the moonlight
Take me down like I'm a domino
Every second is a highlight
When we touch don't ever let me go
Dirty dancing in the moonlight
Take me down like I'm a domino

Ooh baby baby got me feeling so right
Ooh baby baby dancing in the moonlight


Rock my world into the sunlight
Make this dream the best I've ever known
Dirty dancing in the moonlight
Take me down like I'm a domino
Every second is a highlight
When we touch don't ever let me go
Dirty dancing in the moonlight
Take me down like I'm a domino

Just Give Me A Reason by Pink featuring Nate Ruess

I first encountered this song from one of my team mates at work, Maney. She has a habit of playing a song she likes over and over and over again and we teased her about it. It was funny though that after having to listen to this song for a whole work Friday, Monday came and I actually looked for the song in youtube and gave it a listen.

The song has a great hook and is solidly built under Pink's and Nate Ruess's voice. 

I like how the song builds up to the 1st chorus and no longer let's up. And the lyrics, especially the chorus parts "just a little bit's enough and "we're not broken we're just bent". Simply it's magic.

I'm honestly glad that Pink's career has survived this long. I remember first seeing her in MTV back when i was in late high school or early college. That's a long time really. I just want to thank her and her collaborators for this song.

Right from the start you were a thief
You stole my heart
And I your willing victim
I let you see the parts of me
That weren't all that pretty
And with every touch you fixed them

Now you've been talking in your sleep, oh, oh
Things you never say to me, oh, oh
Tell me that you've had enough
Of our love, our love

Just give me a reason
Just a little bit's enough
Just a second we're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again

It's in the stars
It's been written in the scars on our hearts
We're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again

I'm sorry I don't understand where all of this is coming from
I thought that we were fine (Oh, we had everything)
Your head is running wild again
My dear we still have everythin'
And it's all in your mind (Yeah, but this is happenin')

You've been havin' real bad dreams, oh, oh
You used to lie so close to me, oh, oh
There's nothing more than empty sheets
Between our love, our love
Oh, our love, our love

Just give me a reason
Just a little bit's enough
Just a second we're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again

And I never stopped you're still written in the scars on my heart
You're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again
Oh, tear ducts and rust
I'll fix it for us
We're collecting dust but our love's enough

You're holding it in
You're pouring a drink
No nothing is as bad as it seems
We'll come clean

Just give me a reason
Just a little bit's enough
Just a second we're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again 

It's in the stars
It's been written in the scars on our hearts

That we're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again

Just give me a reason
Just a little bit's enough
Just a second we're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again
It's in the stars
It's been written in the scars on our hearts
That we're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again

Oh, we can learn to love again
Oh, we can learn to love again 

Oh, oh, that we're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again

If It Makes You Happy by Sheryl Crow

This was on rotation on MTV while i was in high school. I distinctly remember attending a school event wherein this was performed by a fellow student. I can't remember who she was but her performance was what I remembered after I grew an appreciation for Sheryl Crow's music during my college years. 

One thing I remember about the song as well is that Sheryl Crow wore a short skirt for the video. Something that a guy during his adolescent years will keenly remember. 

I've been long, a long way from here
Put on a poncho, played for mosquitoes,
And drank til I was thirsty again
We went searching through thrift store jungles
Found Geronimo's rifle, Marilyn's shampoo
And Benny Goodman's corset and pen

Well, O.K. I made this up
I promised you I'd never give up

If it makes you happy
It can't be that bad
If it makes you happy
Then why the hell are you so sad

You get down, real low down
You listen to Coltrane, derail your own train
Well who hasn't been there before?
I come round, around the hard way
Bring you comics in bed, scrape the mold off the bread
And serve you french toast again

Well, O.K. I still get stoned
I'm not the kind of girl you'd take home

If it makes you happy
It can't be that bad
If it makes you happy
Then why the hell are you so sad

We've been far, far away from here
Put on a poncho, played for mosquitoes
And everywhere in between
Well, O.K. we get along
So what if right now everything's wrong?

If it makes you happy
It can't be that bad
If it makes you happy
Then why the hell are you so sad

Cold Brains by Beck

I came across this song while putting my iPod into shuffle mode. I downloaded Beck albums back when the band I was playing with jammed a couple of Beck songs.

Given a steady back-beat, driving bass and decent acoustic guitar work a few harmonica lines, Beck makes the most out of a relatively simple production.

Cold brains,
Unmoved,
Untouched,
Unglued
Alone at last

No thoughts,
No mind
To rot
Behind
A trail of disasters


A final curse
Abandon hearse
We ride disowned
Corroded to the bone


The fields of green
Are bent, obscene
I lay upon the gravel

A worm of hope
A hangman's rope
Pulls me one way or the other

A final curse
Abandoned hearse
We write this song
Corroded to the bone

A bird of song
Is heard no longer
In the evacuated heavens

The drain is drawn
And drained and gone
And on and on, it doesn't matter

A final curse
Abandoned hearse
We ride this old
Corroded to the bone

Rhinoceros by Smashing Pumpkins

I owned a copy of the Gish album for more than 3 years now, but I just started to appreciate it. I started to appreciate Billy Corgan and the Smashing Pumpkins more after really listening to the song Drown. Rhinoceros has a similar feel and features a buzzing guitar solo, similar to ones that I've grown fond of from Kurt Cobain.

Planned a show
Trees and Balloons
Ice cream snow
See you in June
Could have known
I would reveal
Should have known
I would conceal your way
She knows, she knows, she knows
She knows, she knows, she knows
How's it
She knows, she knows, she knows
Colors show
After the moon
I should go
See you in June
Your way
Open your eyes
To these must I lie?

Mukhang Pera By The Youth

I have totally forgotten about this song and had the chance to listen to it again when I rode my officemate's car on the way to a team outing activity. It's too bad that the Youth met it's demise early on it's career. The song has great and thought provoking lyrics, great guitar work and the bass lines are top notch. It's one of the songs that really brings me back to those days.

Oh, ang tao kapag walang pera'y na papraning
Di alam ang gagawin,
Tatawag sya sa diyos?
Samba dito, Samba doon oh diyos ko
Tulungan mo po ako
Tulungan mo po ako

Pero kapag nandyan na marami ng pera
Wala ng Diyos, paano nalulunod na
Sa diyos-diyos ang pera
pera na ang sinasamba
pera na, pera na, di ba!

Bakit ang pera may mukha
Bakit ang mukha walang pera
Oh ang pera nga naman
Oh ang pera nga naman
O ang tao nga naman,
Mukhang pera

Oh, ang tao kapag walang pera'y na papraning
Di alam ang gagawin,
Tatawag sya sa diyos?
Samba dito, Samba doon oh diyos ko
Tulungan mo po ako

Bakit ang pera may mukha
Bakit ang mukha walang pera
Oh ang pera nga naman
Oh ang pera nga naman
O ang tao nga naman,
Mukhang pera


Mundo'y umiikot sa pera
Mukha kang pera
Kamukha ka ni Ninoy
Mukha kang pera

Kamukha ka ni Ninoy
Kamukha ka ni Ninoy

Take a Picture by Filter

Me and Astrud were spending our weekend on Lilom Resort in Batangas. The place was picturesque and as I was going to go for a bathroom break, this song suddenly came to my head. I had this love and hate thing about taking pictures. I believe there are moments that are meant to live in our heads and not immortalized by pictures. That's just the way I really am I guess.

Awake on my airplane
Awake on my airplane
My skin is bare
My skin is theirs
Awake on my airplane
Awake on my airplane
My skin is bare
My skin is theirs

I feel like newborn
And I feel like a newborn
Awake on my airplane
Awake on my airplane
I feel so real

Could you take my picture
Cause I won't remember
Could you take my picture
Cause I won't remember
Could you take my picture
Cause I won't remember
Could you take my picture
Cause I won't remember - yeah

I don't believe in
I don't believe in your sanctity your prophecy
I don't believe inI don't believe in sanctity or hypocrisy
Can everyone agree that no one should be left alone
Can everyone agree that they should not be left alone
And I feel like a newborn
And I feel like a newborn (kicking and screaming)

Could you take my picture
Cause I won't remember
Could you take my picture
Cause I won't remember
Could you take my picture
Cause I won't remember
Could you take my picture
Cause I won't remember - yeah

Hey dad what do you think about your son now?
Hey dad what do you think about your son now?

Could you take my picture
Cause I won't remember
Could you take my picture
Cause I won't remember
Could you take my picture
Cause I won't remember
Could you take my picture
Cause I won't remember
Could you take my picture
Cause I won't remember
Could you take my picture
Cause I won't remember - yeah

Seasons by Chris Cornell

I've recently re-discovered Chris Cornell and increased my appreciation for this wonderful vocalist. The reason was his part in the Pearl Jam documentary, PJ20, in which he appeared speaking in park primarily as one of the key figures in the Seattle/Grunge movement during the early 90s. 

I actually saw a few months back the Singles movie on whose soundtrack this song appears, but that rekindled appreciation for another artist (specifically Paul Westerberg).

This is, however, my first time appreciating this song. I'm just amazed on how beautiful it is considering the fact it just has an acoustic guitar and Cornell's voice.

Summer nights and long warm days
Are stolen as the old moon falls
My mirror shows another face
Another place to hide it all
Another place to hide it all

And I'm lost, behind
The words I'll never find
And I'm left behind
As seasons roll on by

Sleeping with a full moon blanket
Sand and feathers for my head
Dreams have never been the answer
And dreams have never made my bed
Dreams have never made my bed

And I'm lost, behind
The words I'll never find
And I'm left behind
As seasons roll on by

Now I want to fly above the storm
But you can't grow feathers in the rain
And the naked floor is cold as hell
This naked floor reminds me
Oh the naked floor reminds me

And I'm lost, behind
Words I'll never find
And I'm left behind
As seasons roll on by

If I should be short on words
And long on things to say
Could you crawl into my world
And take me worlds away
Should I be beside myself
And not even stay

And I'm lost, behind
Words I'll never find
And I'm left behind
As seasons roll on by

Dandy Life by Collective Soul

I believe this is song may stand as somewhat unique in the Collective Soul library, primarily because it was sang by Ross Childress instead of default vocalist Ed Roland. Roland's voice can still be heard though doing backup duties on the chorus part.

One thing I like about the song is that it seems to be simple, starting with what seems to be a electronic drum back beat and jangling of guitars. This is one of my favorites among the Collective Soul catalog.

Took a walk to a caution scene
I guess I crossed the line somehow
And if I lost some of your hope
I'm sorry for the folly was all mine

And I don't ever really understand
All the things we say
But I try to anyway
Anyhow

For what's in a day of a dandy life
For what's in a day of this dandy life
Everything, Everything, Everything


Hangin' on every way
My social butterfly
Everyone wants to be loved
Loved in their own way

I can say I spent the night
On the telephone inside, When you said that 

every single one of us can find a happy face
So why don't you go try
To Try anyway

And I suppose I was born yesterday
'Cause I never thought of things quite 

In that way at all
and in that way

For what's in a day of a dandy life
For what's in a day of this dandy life
Everything, Everything, Everything

 
Hangin' on every way
My social butterfly
Everyone wants to be loved
Loved in their own way, way

Everyone wants to be loved
Loved in their own way, way
Hangin' on every way

Kabataan Para Sa Kinabukasan by Francis M

I rediscovered this song while watching Eat Bulaga's episode last saturday. They featured kids whom they granted scholarships back in 2009 and graduate this year 2013. Gloc 9 and Michael V sang this song, both a  tribute and a challenge to the Filipino Youth.

I'm not sure as to what the state of rap is in the Philippines nowadays. I guess we have good rappers now, Loonie and Abra are 2 people that come to mind. Gloc 9 is another, But no one still comes close to Francis M. Di kailangan ni FrancisM mag-mura... Ikaw ang mapapamura sa mga lyrics nya.

Kapag ang tao'y masipag, tumatatag ang buhay,
Nagsusumikap kahit mahirap, ialay
Ang pawis sa kinabukasan,
at nang tayong lahat ma-biyayaan,
At huwag kalilimutan
At laging tandaan ang hagdang
paitaas ang siyang laging tahakin
Anuman ang iyong gawin,
kahit yun at yun din, gawin mong magaling at sa
puso'y manggaling

Nasa palad mo ang kapalaran,
kabataan para sa kinabukasan
Oras ay ginto, gamitin ng mahusay,
dahil and oras ay walang hinihintay


Peace - Kapayapaan
Nature - Kalikasan
Children - Kabataan

Ang kabataan, kalikasan para sa kinabukasan,
Iwasan ang pagkakamaling ating naranasan
Oras nang magtubos,
daigdig natin 'wag sayangin,
'wag hayaang maubos
Oras na para kumilos (Make a stand)
Magkapit bisig para sa daigdig (Hand in hand)
Mulat na kabataan ang sagot,
'wag masasangkot sa ipinagbabawal na gamot
Kundi'y gamitin ang talino,
maging tunay na bayani, makabagong Pilipino
Sulong kabataan, ipakita ang lakas,
tunay at wagas na pag-asa ng bukas


Nasa palad mo ang kapalaran
kabataan para sa kinabukasan
Oras ay ginto, gamitin ng mahusay,
Dahil and oras ay walang hinihintay

Coffee & TV by Blur

I saw the video for this when I was in high school which featured a milk cartoon. I liked how the song sounded in general, but it was only yesterday when I got to read the lyrics to the song and have found a new level of appreciation for it.

Being an Oasis fan, I now appreciate Blur's music. I've come to realize that, maybe, Noel Gallagher's spite of Blur came from the fact that Blur represented a different kind of music, music that was also as good if not better than Oasis's. 

Do you feel like a chain store?
Practically floored
One of many zeros
Kicked around bored
Your ears are full but your empty
Holding out your heart
To people who never really
Care how you are

So give me Coffee and TV
History
I've seen so much
I'm goin blind
And i'm braindead virtually
Sociability
It's hard enough for me
Take me away from this big bad world
And agree to marry me
So we can start all over again

Do you go to the country
It isn't very far
There's people there who will hurt you
Cos of who you are

Your ears are full of the language
There's wisdom there you're sure
'Til the words start slurring
And you can't find the door

So give me Coffee and TV
History
I've seen so much
I'm goin blind
And i'm braindead virtually
Sociability
It's hard enough for me
Take me away from this big bad world
And agree to marry me
So we can start all over again

So give me Coffee and TV
History
I've seen so much
I'm goin blind
And i'm braindead virtually
Sociability
It's hard enough for me
Take me away from this big bad world
And agree to marry me
So we can start all over again

Oh...we could start over again
Oh...we could start over again
Oh...we could start over again
Oh...we could start over again

Faithfull by Pearl Jam

After 15 years, Yield may now be my favorite Pearl Jam album. This after viewing the documentary Pearl Jam: Twenty. It's a must view for any fan, diehard or casual. It helped me understand what's are the factors , experiences and circumstances that made Pearl Jam that band it is today comparing it to the band of the 1st two albums.

After viewing the documentary, this is the song that I most remember from it. Instead of hearing"mediocrity" and "soft", I now hear the grit, truth and emotion in this Pearl Jam song.

Plaque on the wall says that no one's slept here
It's rare to come upon a bridge that has not been around
Or been stepped on
Whatever the notions, we laced in our prayers
The man upstairs is used to all of this noise
I'm through with screaming
And echoes nobody hears, it goes, it goes, it goes
Like echoes nobody hears, it goes, it goes, it goes
We're faithful, we all believe, we all believe it
And echoes nobody hears, it goes, it goes, it goes
We're faithful, we all believe, we all believe it
So faithful, we all believe, we all believe it

M.Y.T.H. is…
Belief in the game controls that keeps us in a box of fear
We never listen
Voice inside so drowned out
Drowned you are, you are, you are everything
And everything is you
Me you, you me, it's all related
What's a boy to do?
Just be darling and I will be too
Faithful to you

Stuck On You by Dave Matthews/Elvis Presley

Saw this on TV as part of an Elvis tribute video that was broadcasted as part of the release of the ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits album. I was never a Dave Matthews fan then, not a big fan up to now, but there's just something with the lyric of the song ( (I'm gonna stick like glue) that "stuck" on me.

You can shake an apple off an apple tree
Shake-a, shake- sugar,
But you'll never shake me
Uh-uh-uh
No-sir-ee, uh, uh
I'm gonna stick like glue,
Stick because I'm
Stuck on you

Gonna run my fingers thru your long black hair
Squeeze you tighter than a grizzly bear
Uh-uh-uh,
Yes-sir-ee, uh, uh
I'm gonna stick like glue
Stick, because I'm
Stuck on you

Hide in the kitchen, hide in the hall
Ain't gonna do you no good at all
'Cause once I catch ya and the kissin' starts
A team o' wild horses couldn't tear us apart

Try to take a tiger from his daddy's side
That's how love is gonna keep us tied
Uh-uh-uh
Yes-sir-ee, uh,uh
I'm gonna stick like glue
Stick, because I'm
Stuck on you

Pocketful of Rainbows By Elvis Presley

I discovered this song today, while Astrud and I were doing some travel plans. I put my iPod on shuffle and this song was one of the songs that made an impression. I liked it enough to say that this is the song for today, ranking over Tears for Fears' Woman in Chain (which Astrud and I danced to) and Pupil's sa Dulo ng Dila. I guess it's really hard to top an Elvis Song. 

I don't worry
Whenever skies are gray above
Got a pocketful of rainbows
Got a heart full of love

Mister Heartache
I've found a way to make him leave
Got a pocketful of rainbows
Got a star up in my sleeve

Kiss me extra tender
Hold me extra tight
'Cause I'm savin' your sweetness
For a lonely night, aye
Aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, aye

No more teardrops
Now that I've found a love so true
I got a pocketful of rainbows
Got an armful of you

Kiss me extra tender
Hold me extra tight
'Cause I'm savin' your sweetness
For a lonely night, aye
Aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, aye

No more teardrops
Now that I've found a love so true
Got a pocketful of rainbows
And an armful of you

Rainbows...
Rainbows...

Scooter Boy by Mojofly

Originally, I dismissed this song as a Avril Lavigne, Skater Boy rip-off. It would be years until I realized how great a song it really is. (I'll be honest, Kitchie Nadal getting famous and being really pretty helped in getting to understand this song i guess)

Walang ginawa kungdi mag TV-babad
Nang-gagago ng tao sa telepono hanggang umaga
Linggo na't di pa sya nag sisimba
Umiipon na ang kanyang mga sala

Nang-klepto pa ng marijuana ng galing Baguio
Nakipagsuntukan sa tabi ng Bicutan
Pero nahuli lang sya habang nangugupit sa Ayala

Scooter Boy, Nasan Ka?
Scooter Boy, Nasan Ka?
Scooter Boy

Saksakan ng utang sa may karinderia
May kotse sa garahe, pero walang pang gasolina
Di maiwasan di mapagalitan sa bisyong di matanggap ng magulang

Nang-klepto pa ng marijuana ng galing Baguio
Nakipagsuntukan sa tabi ng Bicutan
Pero nahuli lang sya hbang nangugupit sa Ayala

Scooter Boy, Nasan Ka?
Scooter Boy, Nasan Ka?
Scooter Boy


Bawat klase niya ay tinutulugan 
Pumapasok lang hangat umabot sa attendance
Matinik sa chicks sobrang pilyo pero bobo
Pagdating sa kalokohan siya ang number 1
Di paiiwan

Scooter Boy, Nasan Ka?
Scooter Boy, Nasan Ka?
Scooter Boy 

What You Do About Me by M2M

This song brings me back to my college days, when life had its share of problems... but we had M2M on MTV, so it was all OK.

I wish that I was her and I wish that she was me
You gotta let her go, and I know that you agree

Because how could this ever start?
If you're afraid to break her heart?
You say you love me so
You have to let her go

All that she wants is you
All that she sees is you
All that you gotta do
It's to set her free
That's what
That's what
What you do about me

Love's not an easy thing
Always somebody gets hurt
I know you were meant for me, even though she saw you first
But deal with her honestly
I won't let you cheat with me
I bet you never knew
What you got yourself into

All that she wants is you
All that she sees is you
All that you gotta do
It's to set her free
That's what
That's what
What you do about me

We could beautiful
We could be so special
We could be wonderful

All that I want is you
All that I see is you
and All that you gotta do
It's to set her free
That's what
That's what
What you do about me

All that she wants is you
All that she sees is you
All that you gotta do
It's to set her free
That's what
That's what
What you do about me

Sugar Kane by Sonic Youth

I believe I first heard of this song via the End of Days soundtrack which my brother Augy brought home for one reason and one reason only. The soundtrack  "Oh My God", the first Guns 'N Roses song to come-out of Axl's heavily revamped GNR lineup. While that song was good in it's own way, one of this Sonic Youth song was the song that really made an impression on me (the album contained songs from other bands like I liked by the way... Korn, Limp Bizkit, Creed, Eminem, etc.)

It would be years when I would encounter a copy of Sonic Youth's own album, Dirty, which has a sock-puppet pictured on the cover. My own copy would be literally dirty... smudged and frazzled edges in the inlays,  as it was a used copy that I bought at a 2nd hand store in Quiapo.

I tried to learn this song today on bass as well. Sometimes I still can't believe how great songs like this can be created out of 3 guitar chords that I learned as a 4th grade kid (C, D, G). 

You're perfect in the way, a perfect end today
You're burning out their lights, and burning in their eyes
I love you Sugar Kane, a-comin' from the rain
Oh kiss me like a frog, and turn me into flame
I love you all the time, I need you 8 to 9
And I can stay all night, your body shining

And I know
There's something down there sugar soul
Back to the cross a twisted lane
There something down there sugar kane

I'm back again in love, I'm back again a dove
Where'd you get your light, your smilin' sugar life
Another lovers day, another cracked up night
Every night I say, the light is coming

And I know
There's something down there sugar cone
Back to the cross a twisted lane
There's something down there sugar kane

Hey angel come and play, and fly me away
A stroll along the beach, until you're out of time
I love you sugar kane, a crack into the dream
I love you sugar kane, I love you sugar kane
I love you sugar kane, I love you sugar kane
I love you sugar kane, I love you sugar

Good Time by Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen

Hey, I'm an equal opportunity guy, and this song is jumping and so happy it's difficult to resist to dance to it. I'm not big on Owl City, but synth sounds are always welcome to my ears. This song definitely lives up to it's name. I came across this song from youtube, while searching for something I can no longer remember, maybe a search for Carly Rae Jepsen. Somehow I think she's cute too.

Whoa-oh-oh-oh
It's always a good time
Whoa-oh-oh-oh
It's always a good time
Woke up on the right side of the bed
What's up with this Prince song inside my head?
Hands up if you're down to get down tonight
'Cause it's always a good time
Slept in all my clothes like I didn't care
Hopped into a cab, take me anywhere
I'm in if you're down to get down tonight
'Cause it's always a good time
Good morning and good night
I'll wake up at twilight
It's gonna be alright
We don't even have to try
It's always a good time
Whoa-oh-oh-oh Whoa-oh-oh-oh
It's always a good time
Whoa-oh-oh-oh Whoa-oh-oh-oh
We don't even have to try, it's always a good time.
Freaked out, dropped my phone in the pool again
Checked out of my room, hit the ATM
Let's hang out if you're down to get down tonight
'Cause it's always a good time
Good morning and good night
I'll wake up at twilight
It's gonna be alright
We don't even have to try
It's always a good time.
Whoa-oh-oh-oh Whoa-oh-oh-oh
It's always a good time
Whoa-oh-oh-oh Whoa-oh-oh-oh
We don't even have to try, it's always a good time.
Whoa-oh-oh-oh Whoa-oh-oh-oh
It's always a good time
Whoa-oh-oh-oh Whoa-oh-oh-oh
We don't even have to try, it's always a good time.
Doesn't matter when
It's always a good time then
Doesn't matter where
It's always a good time there
Doesn't matter when,
It's always a good time then
It's always a good time
Whoa-oh-oh-oh Whoa-oh-oh-oh
It's always a good time
Whoa-oh-oh-oh Whoa-oh-oh-oh
We don't even have to try, it's always a good time
Whoa-oh-oh-oh Whoa-oh-oh-oh
It's always a good time
Whoa-oh-oh-oh Whoa-oh-oh-oh
We don't even have to try, it's always a good time.

Bodegas and Blood by Butch Walker and The Black Widows

I re-listened to this song back in December of 2012 and discovered this song. It was also opportune that I downloaded a copy of Butch Walker's visit to the Daryl Hall's web show Live at Daryl's House. I actually didn't realize the Daryl in the title of the show was THE Daryl Hall from Hall and Oates. 

Butch Walker's song is always fun. Somehow I'm just able to relate to his music, similar to how I relate probably to Paul Westerberg's. They are both genius in my opinion.

Walking into a bodega while she's cleaning out her nose
Stuck here in Kenmare Square without a place to go
And it's a beautiful day
And she's a beautiful face
And she'll be fine

 
And the car wash water oozes down the sidewalk city street
Runs like the flow of blood from her legs 

down to the bathroom sink
And as she looks at the street
And then she looks at her feet
And she is fine
So it seems
Yeah
And it's days like these
That keep me on my winning streak
It's all a part of me
And Mr. Harris runs the consignment store where she likes to get her jeans
He was a regular at studio 54 

Hanging out with the other queens
And he's the last of the five, to make it out alive
And he is fine
So it seems

Yeah

 And it's days like these
That keep me on my winning streak
It's all a part of me

 
Little girl, she was an orphan she lost her folks when she was young
Nobody never gave her nothing, she taught herself to get things done
But if she smiles at everyone
And she is made and loved
And we are fine
Yes we are

 
Oh and it's days like these
That keep me on my winning streak
It's all a part of me