Patience by Guns N' Roses

Wow! This blog has been running for more about 4 years and I haven't written something about the guns who ruled the early 90's with their brand of rock and roll... Guns N' fuckin' Roses.

Me and my brothers started off with the Use Your Illusion albums and gradually gravitated to the older albums... Appetite for Destruction and GNR Lies. GNR Lies seemed to be a sucky album with me listening only to one side of the album as I found the other side not too appealing for my youthful and ignorant taste. (Little did I know that the other side I was not listening to was a copy of the GNR original EP "Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide".

The song starts of with the infamous whistle which every kid listening to Guns N' Roses had to learn at that time.

(1..2...1,2,3,4)
Shed a tear 'cause I'm missing you
I'm still alright to smile
Girl, I think about you every day now
Was a time when I wasn't sure
But you set my mind at ease
There is no doubt you're in my heart now
Said woman take it slow
It'll work itself out fine
All we need is just a little patience
Said sugar make it slow
And we'll come together fine
All we need is just a little patience
(inhale) Patience...
Ooh, oh, yeah

Sit here on the stairs
'Cause I'd rather be alone
If I can't have you right now, I'll wait dear
Sometimes, I get so tense
But I can't speed up the time
But you know, love, there's one more thing to consider
Said woman take it slow
Things will be just fine
You and I'll just use a little patience
Said sugar take the time
'Cause the lights are shining bright
You and I've got what it takes to make it
We won't fake it, Oh never break it
'Cause I can't take it

...little patience, mm yeah, ooh yeah,
Need a little patience, yeah
Just a little patience, yeah
Some more pati... (ence, yeah)
I've been walking these streets at night
Just trying to get it right (Need some patience, yeah)
It's hard to see with so many around
You know I don't like being stuck in a crowd (Could use some patience, yeah)
And the streets don't change but maybe the name
I ain't got time for the game
'Cause I need you (Patience, yeah)
Yeah, yeah well I need you
Oh, I need you (Take some patience)
Whoa, I need you (Just a little patience is all we need)
Ooh, this ti- me....

Shattered Like by Rivermaya

Being a big fan of Rivermaya I have a lot of favorite songs from the band. This probably cracks the top 10 Rivermaya songs for me. The song's structure seems simple and I just like the overall message... again a disappointment in love life.

I distinctly remember this songs video, which was a collage of videos from Rivermaya's tour abroad. They also performed a danceable version of this song for their Araneta concert with Kitchie Nadal, which ranks among the best concerts I've attended.

You're the night in my days,
that I fight to keep from coming
you're the life when I pray, that I feel.

I tried to tame you,
I tried to open your mind.
I tried to save you,
you said it's just a waste of time
'cause you are meant to explode one day
'cause you are built that way,
yeah you are built that way.

I delight in my pain,
and I'm shattered like your promises
though I tried to be sane,
I'm just shattered like,
shattered like your promises.

Had you been drinking?
had you been messing up your life
like you did mine, not long ago.

That's good for ego,
that's good for motherfucking ego
like I need it.
Still, while the record company waits
until our song I say tough luck

But i'm too crazy and
i'm too weak and I'm too busy
remembering how to smile
and how to be happy.

I delight in my pain
and I'm shattered like your promises
though I tried to be sane,
I'm just shattered like,
shattered like.

I'm just shattered, shattered, shattered...

December 2 Ch VII by Taken By Cars

This song is what i would call an "on-switch", it just turns the mood up! Awesome guitar riffs that would make you forget about problems... it just takes you to places.

Kudos to the band for delivering this awesome song.

A sinking call
An out of sight hello
From a thousand wailing walls
It's like you
It's like you never left at all

I throw your word around like child's play
Listen to what I say
I throw your words around like child's play
New blues for a new day

And when I'm gone
I want you to wonder
And when I stop
I want you to play

And let the best of you just see right through me
Cause I can't see

But I wasn't where you were
No I'm never where you are
I'm in my looking glass view
Always almost too close to you
I'm always almost too close to you

Ray of Light by Madonna

This is probably my favorite 90's Madonna song, why? Because aside from being a good song... I distinctly remember listening to thisn song while sitting at a backseat of a car with the sun on my face on the way home from a beach somewhere in the north. I actually felt I was kidnapped because the plan was not shared with me and my brothers... we just became aware a few hours before we would travel. But what the heck it was fun!!

To add: this was performed on MTV VMA's with Fuckin' Lenny Kravitz and his big hairdo on guitars.

Zephyr in the sky at night I wonder
Do my tears of mourning sink beneath the sun
She's got herself a universe gone quickly
For the call of thunder threatens everyone

And I feel like I just got home
And I feel
And I feel like I just got home
And I feel

Faster than the speeding light she's flying
Trying to remember where it all began
She's got herself a little piece of heaven
Waiting for the time when Earth shall be as one

And I feel like I just got home
And I feel
And I feel like I just got home
And I feel

Quicker than a ray of light
Quicker than a ray of light
Quicker than a ray of light

Zephyr in the sky at night I wonder
Do my tears of mourning sink beneath the sun
She's got herself a universe gone quickly
For the call of thunder threatens everyone

And I feel
Quicker than a ray of light
Then gone for
Someone else shall be there
Through the endless years

She's got herself a universe
She's got herself a universe
She's got herself a universe

And I feel

Quicker than a ray of light she's flying
Quicker than a ray of light I'm flying

Hatak by The Dawn

I was trying to choose which song from The Dawn's Sound the Alarm I was going to write about and choose this one over As I Do and Pedestal. I'm a recent The Dawn fan and I would say that this song falls in the company of classic songs from the band.

The album and the song features new guitarist Kenneth Ilagan, who replaced the classic Francis Reyes for lead guitar duties.

Hinihintay ang sikat ng araw
sa pusong madilim
upang makita ang sarili
ligaw at dumaraing

San ba ako huling lumiko
di ko na matandaan
marami nang binuhos ang mundo
isa isa lang mahina ang kalaban
mahina ang kalaban

May kaunting panahon ka pa
para ako ay sagipin
hatak lang ang kailangan ko
ayokong mahulog sa bangin

Kung ika'y aking nasaktan
ako sanay' patawarin
Tao lang, tao lang kaibigan
ang langit ay hanap pa din

San ba ako huling lumiko
di ko na matandaan
marami nang binuhos ang mundo
isa isa lang mahina ang kalaban
mahina ang kalaban

May kaunting panahon ka pa
para ako ay sagipin
hatak lang ang kailangan ko
ayokong mahulog sa bangin

Tignan mo ako ng may pagmamahal
yan lamang aking hiling sa iyo

Isa isa lang..
Isa isa lang..
Isa isa lang..
ang paghakbang

May kaunting panahon ka pa
para ako ay sagipin
hatak lang ang kailangan ko
ayokong mahulog sa bangin

What Light by Wilco

I'm not really familiar with Wilco as a band, but I've heard that they're quite good.

I don't own a copy of the Sky Blue Sky album, but I was able to get a copy of this song by way of Relix Magazine (see www.relix.com), which had a free CD that came along. I love the acoustic feel and the vibe in the song. Simple yet sweet.

This song made me a fan of Wilco

If you feel like singing a song
And you want other people to sing along
Just sing what you feel
Don't let anyone say it's wrong

And if you're trying to paint a picture
But you're not sure which colors belong
Just paint what you see
Don't let anyone say it's wrong

And if you're strung out like a kite
Or stung awake in the night
It's alright to be frightened

When there's a light (what light)
There's a light (one light)
There's a light (white light)
Inside of you

If you think you might need somebody
To pick you up when you drag
Don't loose sight of yourself
Don't let anyone change your bag

And if the whole world's singing your songs
And all of your paintings have been hung
Just remember what was yours is everyone's from now on

And that's not wrong or right
But you can struggle with it all you like
You'll only get uptight

Because there's a light (what light)
There's a light (one light)
There's a light (white light)
...
Inside of you

Bochog by Rivermaya

I'm honestly hardpressed in choosing which Rivermaya songs to write about. I enjoy them alot, even with the transitions of members of the band.

I choose Bochog, because somehow without listening to it for months, it popped in my head yesterday. It has a melancholic feel to it... and another unrequited love song for the books. I got a feeling that Kakoy Legaspi had a lot of influence with the direction of the Rivermaya sound for this album with a lot of great guitar parts. I'm not sure who copped the guitar solo for this song, but DAMN!, that's how I would like my guitar playing to sound.

Tumawag ka agad sa akin
ng matanggap mo ang mga rosas kagabi
Binasa mo ang sulat na
kasama't para kang lasing na pusa sa kilig

Busog na ang 'yong isipan
Busog na ang puso mo
Pero ako

Mula pa sa may kanto ay
tuloy-tuloy kitang pinagmasdan kinaumagahan
Hanggang tenga ang 'yong ngiti
at tila na sa ulap lumilipad sige lipad

Busog na ang 'yong isipan
Busog na ang puso mo
Pero ako

Sa panaginip ko ako ang nagbigay
ng mga rosas at inibig mo ako ng tunay

Busog na ang 'yong isipan
Busog na ang puso mo
at wala ka ng kailangan
Busog na ang 'yong mundo

Busog na ang 'yong isipan
Busog na ang puso mo
Pero ako

Palamig by the Eraserheads

I recently joing a band that's main goal is to jam over Eraserheads covers. We pooled the songs we liked to sing (one of my choices was my favorite Bato), as much as possible we didn't want to cover the most popular ones from the 1st three albums. Palamig took me by surprise.

I didn't appreciate the Eheads' latter albums, but this one was really great. The sound is very different from early Eheads and actually approximates Ely Buendia's and Raimund Marasigan's latter bands (Pupil and Sandwich respectively).

It's just really fun when you re-discover old music!

Wala na bang magagawa
Meron bang dapat sabihin
Di man lang natatawa
Di man lang tumingin sa akin

Meron nga bang dahilan?
Dapat ba itong malaman?

Naglalaro sa ulan
Nanginginig sa lakas ng hanging
Giniginaw ang itong balat
Nagbibigay init sa atin

Nung tayo'y Magkahiwalay
Unti-unting pinapatay

Sa lamig
Tuyo't tigang na ang aking bibig

Putulin ang mga paa
Itapon sa umaapoy na baga
Bawiin ang lahat ng bumabagabag
Sa isip na puno ng galit

Kelan nga ba araw?
Parusa ang bawat galaw

Sa lamig
Tuyo't tigang na ang aking

Kelan nga ba aaraw?
Parusa ang bawat galaw

Sa lamig
Tuyo't tigang na aking

Tuyo't tigang na ang aking bibig...

Lookin' Up in Heaven by Paul Westerberg

I just bought this Paul Westerberg album, Folker, and absolutely loved this song.

Westerberg just writes the lyrics that hits you on the spot. Melodies are simple yet lovely.

Someday morning I felt afraid
Someone leaving in the world today
I looked low, I looked high
Only missed one friend
Before I go, I look high again

So I went lookin' up in heaven
But you wasn't anywhere in sight
They asked me to stick around
But without you it just wasn't right
I went lookin' up in heaven
But you wasn't anywhere in sight

Sunday evening I get the blues
Someone sleeping' in their tennis shoes
I looked low and I looked high
Only missed one friend
Before I go, I look high again

So I went lookin' up in heaven
But you wasn't anywhere in sight
They asked me to stick around
But without you it just wasn't right
I went lookin' up in heaven
But you wasn't anywhere in sight

I met a little angel, she asked me if I could step outside
"I'll make you forget her, I'll make you forget her
Baby, won't you watch me fly?"

Years go by now, now I have grown
Sunday night and I ain't alone
So you look low and I look high
And miss another friend
Before I go, I look high again
(I love you)

Lookin' up in heaven
But you wasn't anywhere in sight
They asked me to stick around
But without you it just wasn't right
So I went lookin' up in heaven
But you wasn't anywhere in sight

They invited me to stick around, you know
But I told 'em there was another place
I had to check out tonight

I went lookin' up in heaven
But you wasn't anywhere in sight

The Great Debate by Dream Theater

This song starts of an instrumental with excerpts of news clips relating to genetic science thus the title of the song.

I feed it very dramatic and powerful.

What if someone said
Promise lies ahead
Hopes are high in certain scientific circles
Life won't have to end
You could walk again

What if someone said
Problems lie ahead
They've uncovered something highly controversial
The right to life is strong
Can't you see it's wrong

Human kind has reached a turning point
Poised for conflict at ground zero
Ready for a war
Do we look to our unearthly guide
Or the white coat heroes
Searching for a cure

Turn to the light
Don't be frightened of the shadows it creates
Turn to the light
Turning away would be a terrible mistake

Anarchistic moral vision
Industries of death
Facing violent opposition
Unmolested breath

Ethic inquisitions breed
Antagonistic views
Right wing soundbyte premonitions
In a labyrinth of rules

Are you justified
Are you justified
Are you justified
Justified in taking
Life to save life
Life to save life
Life to save life


This embryonic clay
Wrapped in fierce debate
Would be thrown away
Or otherwise discarded

Some of us believe
It may hold the key
To treatment of disease
And secrets highly guarded

Are you justified
Are you justified
Are you justified
Justified in taking
Life to save life
Life to save life
Life to save life


Humankind has reached a turning point
Poised for conflict at ground zero
Ready for a war
Do we look to our unearthly guide
Or to white coat heroes
Searching for a cure

Turn to the light
Don't be frightened of the shadows it creates
Turn to the light
Turning away would be a terrible mistake

We're reaching
But have we gone too far

Harvesting existence
Only to destroy
Carelessly together
We are sliding

Someone else's future
Four days frozen still
Someone else's fate
We are deciding

Miracle potential
Sanctity of life
Faced against each other
We're divided

Should we push the boundaries
Or should we condemn
Moral guilt and science
Have collided

Turn to the light
We defy our own mortality these days
Turn to the light
Pay attention to the questions we have raised

No Way by Pearl Jam

My favorite Pearl Jam albums are the first two they released, Ten and VS. I tried to listen to other titles one day on my way home from Makati and decided to try to listen to the Yield Album.

It was a breakthrough in hearing these songs again and No Way was one of the strongest "Pearl Jamm-y" songs of the lot that could be placed in the first two albums. It has the same grit and angst.

Here's a token of my openness
Of my need to not disappear
How I'm feeling, so revealing to me
I found my mind too clear
I just need someone to be there for.. me
I just want someone to be there for.. me

All the static in my attic-a
Shoots down my sciatic nerve
To the ocean of my platitudes
Longitudes, latitudes, it's so absurd
I just need someone to be there for..
I just want someone to be there for..
Someone to be there for..

'Cause I'll stop trying to make a difference
I'm not trying to make a difference
I'll stop trying to make a difference
No way

Ooh, let's call in an angel

'Cause I'll stop trying to make a difference
I'm not trying to make a difference
I'll stop trying to make a difference
No way
'Cause I'll stop trying to make a difference
I’m not trying to make a difference
I’m not trying to make a difference
No way
No way, no way
Let's call in an angel
Who's calling an angel?

Flying High Again (Live) by Ozzy Osbourne

What i remember about this song was reading about it being used as an audition piece by Ozzy Osbourne to find the replacement for Randy Rhoads so that their tour might continue.

I read that Ozzy was on the corner of his hotel room bed and one of the eventual guitarist (could it be Bernie Tormé? ) played his electric guitar acoustically (not plugged in) and the performance moved Ozzy and he asked the guitarist if he would like to help Ozzy continue with the tour and close out the remaining shows.

I prefer the live version (from Tribute) as it has a faster tempo than the studio version which appeared on Diary of a Madman.

Oh no, oh no
Here we go, here we go now
Oh no, oh no
Here we go now

Got a crazy feelin' I don't understand
Gotta get away from here
Feelin' like I shoulda kept my feet on the ground
Waitin' for the sun to appear

Mama's gonna worry
I been a bad, bad boy
No use sayin' sorry
It's something that I enjoy

If you could be inside of me
You'd see, you'd see what light I see
Flyin' high again, alright!

I can see through mountains watch me disappear
I can even touch the sky
Swallowing colors of the sound I hear
Am I just a crazy guy? You bet

Mama's gonna worry
I been a bad, bad boy
No use sayin' sorry
It's something that I enjoy

If you could be inside my head
You'd see that black and white is red

Flyin' high again
Flyin' high again
Flyin' high again
Flyin' high again

Come on and join me

Flyin' high again
Flyin' high again
Flyin' high again
Flyin' high again

Oh no, oh no
Here we go now
Oh no, oh no
Here we go now

Daddy thinks I'm crazy he don't understand
Never saw inside my head
People think I'm crazy but I'm in demand
Never heard a thing I said

Mama's gonna worry
I've been a bad, bad boy
No use sayin sorry
It's something that I enjoy

Flyin high again
Flyin high again
Flyin high again
Flyin high again

Come on And Join Me

Don't Stop by The Rolling Stones

I've had some respect for The Rolling Stones (I was more familiar with the Beatles) for quite sometime before Don't Stop was released as the carrier single for the comprehensive best of collection of the Rolling Stones aptly titled "Forty Licks"

The song just shows how much they haven't changed and that rock n' roll and writing a good song ain't rocket science.

The video for this song featured images referenced from Stone's hits such as Satisfaction, Paint It Black.

Well you bit my lip and drew first blood
And warmed my cold, cold heart
And your wrote your name right on my back
Boy your nails were sharp

Don't stop
Honey don't stop
Don't stop
Baby don't stop

Well I love your screams of passion
In the long hot summer night
But you pepper me with poison darts
And twisted in your knife

Don't stop
Honey don't stop
Don't stop
Baby don't stop

Well the only thing I ask of you
Is to hand me back some pride
Don't you dump me on some dusty street
And hang me out to dry

Ah, Don't stop
Honey don't stop
Baby don't stop
Baby don't stop
Ah Honey

I'm losing you
I know your heart is miles away
There's a whisper there where once there was a storm
And all that's left is that image that I'll find a way
And some memories have tattered as they've torn

Don't stop
Don't stop
Baby don't stop
Baby don't stop
Honey Honey (don't stop)
Baby don't stop
Baby don't stop
Come on honey don't stop
Play on baby
Don't stop
Baby baby don't stop
Ah honey don't stop
Don't ya stop

I know I got ya some picture that I filed away
Honey don't stop
Don't you stop

New Year's Day by U2

I tried to take a listen to U2's War album, having bought it more than a year ago (or was it two) but having never listened to it since. I'm like that, i buy something but don't use it for quite sometime, fairly satisfied that I've already bought the item.

Never did i expect that this is probably once of the Quintessential Albums... an equal to Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby and All That You Can Leave Behind.

The album has Sunday Bloody Sunday, but what striked me was thins song, New Year's Day. It was utterly familiar yet unfamiliar at the same time for me, having heard this song used in a movie or two.

All is quiet on New Year's Day.
A world in white gets underway.
I want to be with you, be with you night and day.
Nothing changes on New Year's Day.
On New Year's Day.

I... will be with you again.
I... will be with you again.

Under a blood-red sky
A crowd has gathered in black and white
Arms entwined, the chosen few
The newspaper says, says
Say it's true, it's true...
And we can break through
Though torn in two
We can be one.

I... I will begin again
I... I will begin again.

Oh, oh. Oh, oh. Oh, oh.
Oh, maybe the time is right.
Oh, maybe tonight.
I will be with you again.
I will be with you again.

And so we are told this is the golden age
And gold is the reason for the wars we wage
Though I want to be with you
Be with you night and day
Nothing changes
On New Year's Day
On New Year's Day
On New Year's Day

Say Forever by Rico Blanco

I first listened to this song almost a year ago, on the way to Rico Blanco's Your Universe launching in Gateway Mall in Cubao. I've feared listening to album (in most cases, i hate listening to an album for the first time, specially if i haven't heard any singles from it yet).

I remember sitting in the FX and popping out my mp3 player to preview what would be Rico Blanco's debut album as a solo arist offering for me. Lo and behold, what i heard was not a usual rock song.

It's highly evident that the song was heavily influenced by the 80's. The artist's incorporation of synths for the album was something i was expecting and hoping. Also features some sweet basslines (which i tried to learn last saturday) and vocal harmonies (especially the ones that take place in the chorus).

Plain awesome!!

I'm at the central station
Without a destination baby its true, its true.
A million miles from nowhere
Tryin to get to somewhere baby with you, with you.

Let's go outside stand by my side, say forever
You'll always be the one for me, say forever
I'm always there the one who cares, say forever

Doin' a hundred ninety
The autobahn she loves me more than you do. if you do.
Big city life conundrum
Trying to keep myself from fallin for you, for you.

Let's go outside stand by my side, say forever
You'll always be the one for me, say forever
I'm always there the one who cares, say forever

I'm in my final verse and
The situations worse i dunno what to do, do you?
From marrakesh to hong kong
The only thing i want from this world is you, and its true

Let's go outside stand by my side, say forever
You'll always be the one for me, say forever
I'm always there the one who cares, say forever

Come Down by Bush

I initially saw the video for this song in MTV, but found was not initially interested about it. That's until I heard the acoustic version of the song that came a part of the Kosovo Benefit album, No Boundaries.

I just love the acoustic version's simplicity. I guess the emotions shine through more with the stripped down version. Sting accompaniment doesn't hurt as well. This song is the primary reason why I coveted the Sixteen Stone album, which i searched for for years.

love and hate, get it wrong
she cut me right back down to size
sleep the day, let it fade
who was there to take your place

no one knows, never will
mostly me but mostly you
what do you say, do you do
when it all comes down

cause i don't want to come back down from this cloud
it's taken me all this time to find out what i need yeah
i don't want to come back down from this cloud
it's taken me all this all this time

there is no blame, only shame
when you beg you just complain
the more i come, the more i try
all police are paranoid

so am i, so's the future
so are you, be a creature
what do you say, do you do
when it all comes down

cause i don't want to come back down from this cloud
it's taken me all this time to find out what i need yeah yeah yeah

i don't want to come back down from this cloud
it's taken me all this all this time

shoot up, shoot up, shoot up you're high

love and hate, get it wrong
she cut me right down to size
sleep the day, let it fade
who was there to take your place

no one knows, never will
mostly me but mostly you
what do you say, do you do
when it all comes down

cause i don't want to come back down from this cloud
it's taken me all this time to find out what i need yeah yeah yeah

i don't want to come back down from this cloud
it's taken me all this all this time
why did you come down
i don't want to come back down from this cloud

Goodbye by Juana

I was able to catch this OPM song via MTV. One of the better love songs I was able to related to for a long while, that's why I grabbed a copy as soon as I saw one that was on a bargain.

Didn't mean to hurt you badly
Don't think that I am fooling around with you
So sorry for the time you've wasted on me
So sorry for the things that you went through
But I know that the problem's within me
You're so nice but your love don't deserve me
Or maybe I'm just so scared to fall in love again

I can still remember the days
So many times I've been hurt
So much trust I put on a relationship
So much suffering I got and the pain still remain
You know I like you but I don't wanna take the risk
So confused and I don't know how to deal with it
Need some time for awhile before I give my heart away

Don't say goodbye
Don't say goodbye
I need some time for awhile before I give my heart away

Don't say goodbye
Don't say goodbye
I need some time for awhile before I give my heart away

Now I know I wasn't thinking before
That's why I'm always ending up with Mr. Wrong
Learning from the past, don't wanna make a mistake
You could be Mr. Right or could be a fake
You know I like you but I don't wanna take the risk
So confused and I don't know how to deal with it
Need some time for awhile before I give my heart away

Woman in Chains by Tears for Fears

I was reminded of this song while I was listening to Joe Satriani's Rubina (from the Not of This Earth Album). They were utterly similar (at least to me). I just find this Tears for Fears song very powerful and moving, especially with the female second vocals (just checked and her name is Oleta Adams). Damn! This is heavier than those metal songs.

You better love loving and you better behave
You better love loving and you better behave
Woman in chains, woman in chains

Calls her man the great white hope
Says she's fine, she'll always cope, ooh
Woman in chains, woman in chains

Well, I feel lying and waiting is a poor man's deal (A poor man's deal)
And I feel hopelessly weighed down by your eyes of steel
(Your eyes of steel)
Well, It's a world gone crazy keeps woman in chains, woh woh woh
Woman in chains, woman in chains

Trades her soul as skin and bones
(You better love loving and you better behave)
Sells the only thing she owns
(You better love loving and you better behave) ooh ooh
Woman in chains (the sun and the moon), woman in chains

Men of stone, men of stone, hey baby, no no no, ooh

Well, I feel deep in your heart there are wounds time can't heal
(The time can't heal)
And I feel somebody somewhere is trying to breathe
Well, you know what I mean
It's a world gone crazy keeps woman in chains

It's under my skin but out of my hands
I'll tear it apart (somebody somewhere is trying)
But I won't understand (to breathe)
I will not accept the greatness of man
It's a world gone crazy keeps woman in chains
Gone crazy keeps woman in chains

So free her, so free her, so free her
So free her, so free her (the sun and the moon)
So free (the wind and the rain) her, so free her
So free her, so free her, so free her, so free her
So free her, so free her (the sun and the moon)
So free (the wind and the rain) her, so free her

Let's Go Down to the Town Oasis by Papas Fritas

I'm not a big fan of Papas Fritas. I don't know much about them, except for hearing them on some magazines and online articles. I bought the "Pop Has Freed Us" album on a CD sale, thinking that it was a low risk buy. The song "Let's Go Down to the Town Oasis" is just pure pleasure. I tried to listen to the album on a bad day and this song instantly perked me up. I like the vibe, instrumentation and the vocal harmonies.

Let's go down to the town oasis
Meet you there at half past five
I'll bring cards, my hearts and aces
You bring yours and I'll bring mine

While we're there we'll catch a picture
Rest our feet and free our minds
Meet some friends we've known forever
Drink to me cause I'm not buying

Tell a tale drink an ale
A bottle of white wine
Tell a tale drink an ale
We all got the time

Here's our friend old Captain Kenny
Serves your drink with a crooked smile
Here's to him and here's to whiskey
Served straight up or in your eye

Why wait for rain when the sun's in the sky
Why look for pain in a smile

I don't think I'll be there tonight
Drink to me another time

Tell a tale drink an ale
A bottle of white wine
Tell a tale drink an ale
We all got the time
All we got is time

And Your Bird Can Sing by The Beatles

With my mp3 player on Auto-pilot, it reacquaints me with this Beatles classic from the ground braking Revolver album.

George Harrison's guitar just roars and screams, powerful vocal harmonies abound as with other Beatles songs. And as usual Paul Mccartney's bass playing is steady.

I remember looking at the cover of Revolver and not being able to understand what the hell it was about. I even though it was a mountain with Beatle's faces on it. When i got older, i realized, that yes there are faces on it, but it was not definitely shaped like a mountain

You tell me that you've got everything you want
And your bird can sing
But you don't get me, you don't get me

You say you've seen seven wonders and your bird is green
But you can't see me, you can't see me

When your prized possessions start to weigh you down
Look in my direction, I'll be round, I'll be round

When your bird is broken will it bring you down
You may be awoken, I'll be round, I'll be round

You tell me that you've heard every sound there is
And your bird can swing
But you can't hear me, you can't hear me