Rock Bottom - UFO

Artist: UFO
Song: Rock Bottom
Year: 1974
Album: Phenomenon

Blues based space rock.

Lyrics:
Seventeen, and nature's queen
Oh you know what I mean
Twenty one, I know that you can
See the numbers run
Now you look so peaceful
Lyin' there asleep
With the wings of god above you
Before the spirits meet

Rock bottom, rock bottom, rock bottom
Rock bottom, rock bottom, rock bottom

Shadow earth is closin' in
Above the lamps in your street
Lucifer goes walkin'
Down for you to meet
Minutes pass so slowly by
The hands on your clock
Heaven's don't just open
When you can knock

Rock bottom, rock bottom, rock bottom
Rock bottom, rock bottom, rock bottom

Wall of darkness closin' in
Will the light reveal your soul
Just one sweet kiss
On your clay cold lips
Long, long sleep you'll never know
Where do we go, where do we go
Where do we go from here

Seventeen, and nature's queen
Oh you know what I mean
Twenty one, I know that you can
See the numbers run
Now you look so peaceful
Lyin' there asleep
With the wings of god above you
Before the spirits meet

Rock bottom, rock bottom, rock bottom
Rock bottom, rock bottom, rock bottom

Three Days - Jane's Addiction

Artist: Jane's Addiction
Song: Three Days
Year: 1990
Album: Ritual de lo Habitual

This is a three part song that meditates on death and rebirth.

Lyrics:
Three days was the morning.
My focus three days old.
My head, it landed
To the sounds of cricket bows...

I am proud man anyway...
Covered now by three days...

Three ways was the morning.
Three lovers, in three ways.
We knew when she landed,
Three days she'd stay.

I am a proud man anyway...
Covered now by three days...

We saw shadows of the morning light
the shadows of the evening sun
till the shadows and the light were one.

Shadows of the morning light
the shadows of the evening sun
till the shadows and the light were one...

True hunting is over.
No herds to follow.
Without game, men prey on each other.
The family weakens by the bite we swallow...

True leaders gone,
Of land and people.
We choose no kin but adopted strangers.
The family weakens by the length we travel...

All of us with wings...
All of us with wings...
All of us with wings!
All of us with wings!
All of us with wings!
All of us with wings!

Erotic Jesus lays with his Marys.
Loves his Marys.
Bits of puzzle,
Fitting each other.

All now with wings!

Oh my Marys!
Never wonder...
Night is shelter
For nudity's shiver...

All now with wings...

Girl You Know It's True - Milli Vanilli

Artist: Milli Vanilli
Song: Girl You Know It's True
Year: 1989
Album: Girl You Know It's True

Unfairly crucified artists who got caught in the corporate machine of late eighties bubblegum pop.

Lyrics:
"So what are you doing back?"
"Well, I set back and thought about the things we used to do.
It really meant a lot to me, you mean a lot to me."
"I really mean that much to you?"
"Girl, you know it's true."

I'm in love with you girl 'cause you're on my mind,
you're the one I think about most every time.
And when you crack a smile in everything you do
don't you understand girl this love is true.
You're so sickin' hand, lone sweetin' thing,
that ? like poison up on your skin.
It lightens up my day and that's also true,
together we are one, separated we are two.
To make it all mine, all mine is my desire,
cause you contain a quality, you that I admire.
To put it playin' simple, you rule my world,
so try to understand:

I'm in love girl, I'm so in love girl,
I'm just in love girl, and this is true.

Girl you know it's true,
uh uh uh, I love you.
Yes you know it's true,
uh uh uh, I love you.

Girl you know it's true,
my love - is for you.
Girl you know it's true,
my love - is for you.

This sizzling thing girl, I can't explain,
my emotions starts up when I hear your name.
Maybe a sweet, sweet voice would ring in my ear,
it stimulate my senses, girl when you are near.
And with your positive emotion love making enjoy,
there's no need to bust, it's like a girl and a boy.
These feelings I keep, I often wondering why,
so I thought I might discuss this girl, just you and I.

Now what you wear, I don't care,
how ? before, the reason that I like a girl is for what you are.
If I sit and think about it, you rule my world,
so try to understand:

I'm in love girl, I'm so in love girl,
I'm just in love girl, and this is true.

Girl you know it's true,
uh uh uh, I love you.
Yes you know it's true,
uh uh uh, I love you.

Girl you know it's true,
my love - is for you.

I'm in love with you girl, I'm in love with you girl
I'm in love with you, I'm in love with you, I'm in love with you.

Girl you know it's true,
my love - is for you.
Girl you know it's true,
uh uh uh, I love you.
Yes you know it's true,
uh uh uh, I love you.

Last Caress - The Misfits

Artist: The Misfits
Song: Last Caress
Year: 1980
Album: Beware EP

Metallica has nothing on the original version. A punked up fifties style rocker.

Lyrics:
I got something to say
I killed your baby today
And it doesnt matter much to me
As long as its dead

Well I got something to say
I raped your mother today
And it doesnt matter much to me
As long as she spread

Sweet lovely death
I am waiting for your breath
Come sweet death, one last caress

Go

Sweet lovely death
I am waiting for your breath
Come sweet death, one last caress

Well, I got something to say
I killed your baby today
And it doesnt matter much to me
As long as its dead

Sweet lovely death
I am waiting for your breath
Come sweet death
One last caress

One last caress, sweet death
One last caress, sweet death

Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh

In My Defence - Freddie Mercury

Artist: Freddie Mercury
Song: In My Defence
Year: 1992
Album: The Great Pretender

Originally recorded in 1986, this was first issued as a single in 1992.

Lyrics:
In my defence what is there to say
All the mistakes we made must be faced today
It's not easy now knowing where to start
While the world we love tears itself apart

I'm just a singer with a song
How can I try to right the wrong
For just a singer with a melody
I'm caught in between
With a fading dream

In my defence what is there to say
We destroy the love - it's our way
We never listen enough never face the truth
Then like a passing song
Love is here and then it's gone

I'm just a singer with a song
How can I try to right the wrong
For just a singer with a melody
I'm caught in between
With a fading dream

I'm just a singer with a song
How can I try to right the wrong
I'm just a singer with a melody
I'm caught in between with a fading dream
Caught in between with a fading dream
Caught in between with a fading dream

Oh what on earth
Oh what on earth
How do I try
Do we live or die

Oh help me God
Please help me

Same Ol' Story - Cyndi Lauper

Artist: Cyndi Lauper
Song: Same Ol' Story
Year: 2008
Album: Brink Ya To The Brink

Cyndi Lauper turns into a dance floor diva.

Lyrics:
People slippin' in the rain
I watch them get up again
It makes me feel like I can too
Hey hey ya

Just when I get off the ground
Your back tryin' to put me down
Like some simpleton you can use
Hey

Well It's the same old fucking story
With your two different sets of rules
The same old fucking story
One for me two for you
It's the same old fucking story
It's the same old fucking story all around yeah

Still some glory in my eyes
Much to everyone's surprise
After everything you put me through
Yeah well
Friends tell me you've been around
Big fish in a big ol' town
Gobble up all in one fair swoop yeah

Well It's the same old fucking story
With your two different sets of rules
The same old fucking story
One for me and two for you
It's the same old fucking story
It's the same old fucking story all around yeah

Still got my feet on tie to the beat yeah
Still got my feet on tie to the beat yeah
Still got my feet on tie to the beat yeah
Still got my feet on tie to the beat yeah

Still some glory in my eyes
Much to everyone's surprise
After everything you put me through
Yeah well
Friends tell me you've been around
Big fish in a big ol' town
Gobble up all in one fair swoop yeah

Well It's the same old fucking story
With your two different sets of rules
The same old fucking story
One for me and two for you
It's the same old fucking story
It's the same old fucking story all around yeah

It's the same fucking story know damn well it's true
Same ol same ol same ol same ol same ol

It's the same old fucking story
With your two different sets of rules
Well it's the same old fucking story
And you damn well it's true
It's the same old fucking story well
Well it's the same old fucking story all around yeah

This Charming Man - The Smiths

Artist: The Smiths
Song: This Charming Man
Year: 1983
Album: This Charming Man (single)

An early MTV staple with a jangling guitar.

Lyrics:
A punctured bicycle
On a hillside desolate
Will nature make a man of me yet ?

When in this charming car
This charming man


Why pamper life's complexity
When the leather runs smooth
On the passenger seat ?


I would go out tonight
But I haven't got a stitch to wear
This man said "It's gruesome that someone so handsome should care"


A jumped up pantry boy
Who never knew his place
He said "return the ring"
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things


I would go out tonight
But I haven't got a stitch to wear
This man said "It's gruesome that someone so handsome should care"
Na, na-na, na-na, na-na, this charming man ...
Na, na-na, na-na, na-na, this charming man ...


A jumped up pantry boy
Who never knew his place
He said "return the ring"
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things

Gonna See My Friend - Pearl Jam

Artist: Pearl Jam
Song: Gonna See My Friend
Year: 2009
Album: Backspacer

A great rocker, which is infectious!

Lyrics:
Do you wanna hear something sick?
We are but victims of desire
I'm gonna shake this thing
I wanna shake this pain before I retire

I’m gonna see my friend, I'm gonna see my friend
Make it go away
I’m sick of everything, gonna see my friend
Make it go away

Buona Sera, won’t be long before we
All walk off the wire
I’m gonna see my friend,.. I'm gonna see my friend
for what I require

Buona sera, cut my quick
Don’t’ want my flame to get no higher.

I'm gonna see my friend, I'm gonna see my friend, make it go away
I'm sick of everything, I'm gonna see my friend, make it go away
I'm gonna see my friend, I'm gonna see my friend, make it go away

Wanna leave it all
Wanna give it up
Wanna see it, gone once & for all

Wanna feel withdrawal
Want an overhaul
Wanna be there, hard as a statue
Black as a tattoo, never to wash away

Gonna take me an astral plane
I'm gonna tunnel through denial
I’m gonna shake this thing
I wanna shake this pain 'for I retire

I'm gonna see my friend, I'm gonna see my friend, make it go away
I'm sick of everything, I'm gonna see my friend, make it go away
I'm gonna see my friend, I'm gonna see my friend, make it go away

Use Somebody - Kings Of Leon

Artist: Kings Of Leon
Song: Use Somebody
Year: 2008
Album: Only By The Night

This song is everywhere! Even Dreams covers it (very well, I might add) in their Chicago area concerts.

I apologize for my long absence from this blog. Many other things took priority, in the past year and I didn't find enough time to do these posts to the high standards I set for myself. Instead of a daily post, it will become a "whenever the mood strikes me" posting schedule. There may be a story attached to it. There may not be. There will be lyrics and youtube embedding (when possible) and some type of writing.

Most of the comments on this blog lately have been foreign spam. I do not tolerate comment spam of any kind. I do appreciate all the people who have commented with an actual opinion or statement. Thank you for that.

Lyrics:
I've been roaming around, I was looking down at all I see
Painted faces fill the places I can't reach
You know that I could use somebody
You know that I could use somebody

Someone like you and all you know and how you speak
Countless lovers under cover of the street
You know that I could use somebody
You know that I could use somebody
Someone like you

Off in the night while you live it up I'm off to sleep
Waging wars to shake the poet and the beat
I hope it's gonna make you notice
I hope it's gonna make you notice

Someone like me, someone like me
Someone like me, somebody

I'm ready now, I'm ready now
I'm ready now, I'm ready now
I'm ready now, I'm ready now
I'm ready now

Someone like you, somebody
Someone like you, somebody
Someone like you, somebody

I've been roaming around, I was looking down at all I see