Sunday

Day 84

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Group: The Cranberries

Genre:

Album: Everybody else is doing it, why can't we?

Released: 1993



Oh, do you know,

Where to go, where to go?
Something on your mind,
Wanna leave me behind, wanna leave me behind...

You're spinning me around,
My feet are off the ground.
I dunno where I stand.
Do you have to hold my hand?
You mystify me, you mystify me, you mystify me...

Oh, when he walked into the room,
It happened oh so soon.
I didn't want to know.
Does he really have to go?
You mystify me, you mystify me, you mystify me...

And I couldn't find the words,
To say, "I love you."
And he couldn't find the time,
To say, "I need you."
It wouldn't come out right.
It wouldn't come out right.
Just came out all wrong.

You're spinning me around,
My feet are off the ground.
I dunno where I stand.
Do you have to hold my hand?
You mystify me, you mystify me, you mystify me...

Oh, do you know,
Where to go, where to go?
Something on your mind,
Wanna leave me behind, wanna leave me behind





This one is a less mainstream Cranberries song, & I like it very much. It’s kind of irratic in tune….you’ll find it’s kind of all over the place. Total Cranberrie’s style. I can’t really pin down the reason I like this one so much. It makes me think of my old boyfriend, which back then ( high school) might have been a good thing. Now it’s irrelevant.

"And I couldn't find the words,
To say, "I love you."
And he couldn't find the time,
To say, "I need you."
It wouldn't come out right.
It wouldn't come out right.
Just came out all wrong. "

Favorite line. Hmm…the reasons have mystified me as well.

Mr.Roboto

Day 83

--STATS--

Group: STYX

Genre: Rock

Album: Kilroy Was Here

Released: 1983



Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto
Mata au hima de
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto
Himitsu o shiri tai

You're wondering who I am (Secret secret, I've got a secret)
Machine or mannequin (Secret secret, I've got a secret)
With parts made in Japan (Secret secret, I've got a secret)
I am the modern man

I've got a secret I've been hiding under my skin
My heart is human, my blood is boiling, my brain IBM
So if you see me acting strangely, don't be surprised
I'm just a man who needed someone and somewhere to hide
To keep me alive, just keep me alive
Somewhere to hide to keep me alive

I'm not a robot without emotions, I'm not what you see
I've come to help you with your problems so we can be free
I'm not a hero, I'm not a savior, forget what you know
I'm just a man who's circumstances went beyond his control
Beyond my control, We all need control
I need control, We all need control

I am the moldren man (Secret secret, I've got a secret)
Who hides behind a mask (Secret secret, I've got a secret)
So no one else can see (Secret secret, I've got a secret)
My true identity

Domo arigato, Mr, Roboto
Domo, Domo
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto
Domo, Domo
Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto
Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto
Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto
Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto
(Thank you very much oh Mr. Roboto
for doing the jobs that nobody wants to)
Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto
(And thank you very much oh Mr. Roboto
for helping me escape just when I needed to)
Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto
(Thank you thank you thank you)
Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto
(I wanna thank you)
Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto
(Please thank you)

The problem's plain to see
Too much technology
Machines to save our lives
Machines de-humanize

The time has come at last (Secret secret, I've got a secret)
To throw away this mask (Secret secret, I've got a secret)
Now everyone can see (Secret secret, I've got a secret)
My true identity

I'm Kilroy! Kilroy! Kilroy! Kilroy....



Another forgotten band that has heavily influenced my childhood. My father introduced me to all the great music. On the hour long car rides to my Dad’s place on his visitational weekends, I would choose the music from the tapes he had in his car. It was often either Paul McCartney, Three Dog Night, Chicago or Styx.

I would think up story lines to go with this song, which seemed really legit at the time, but I’m sure would be hilarious now if I tried to remember them. I can at least thank them for teaching me every bit of Japanese I now know today.

It's a new world

Day 82

--STATS--

Artist: Bryan Adams

Genre: Rock

Album: SPIRIT, the Sound Track

Released: 2002


Here I am, this is me
There is no where else on Earth I'd rather be
Here I am, it's just me and you
Tonight we'll make our dreams come true

It's a new World, it's a new start
It's alive, with the beating of Young hearts
It's a new day, it's a new plan
I've be waiting for you, here I am

Yeah yeah yeah

Here I am

Here we are, we've just begun
And after all this time my time has come
Yeah, here we are, still going strong
Wright here in the place were we belong

Ooh!
It's a new World, it's a new start
It's alive, with the beating of Young hearts
It's a new day, it's a new plan
I've be waiting for you, here I am

Yeah here I am

Here I am

Yeah...

Yeah...

[Waiting for you, here I am]

Here I am, this is me
There is no where else on Earth I'd rather be
Here I am, just me and you
Tonight we'll make our dreams come true...

Ooh!
It's a new World, it's a new start
It's a live, it's a feeling of Young hearts
It's a new day, it's a new plan
I've be waiting for you,

Ooh!
It's a new World, it's a new start
It's alive, with the beating of Young hearts
It's a new day, it's a new plan
I've be waiting for you, ooh... here I am

Here I am

Ooh

Right next to you

An suddenly the World is all brand new

Here I am

Here I am

Oh, I'm gonna stay

Now There is nothing standing in our way

Ooh! Here I am

Here I am

This is me...


My daughter’s favorite pixar film is Spirit. We watched it over & over again this last summer. Luckily, I don’t really mind, because all the music was written & performed by Brian Adams, my canadian hero ( With some help from Hans Zimmer). Now every time I play anything else by him, my daughter will ask “ Is this the horsey man?” Good girl.

This is an expert taken right out of the film


This is the full version of the song

Clint Eastwood

Day 81

--STATS_

group: Gorillaz

Genre: Electronica/ Pop

Album: Gorillaz

Released: 2001


I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless,but not for long
The future is coming on
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
It's coming on [x3]

Yeah... Ha Ha!
Finally someone let me out of my cage
Now, time for me is nothing cos I'm counting no age
Now I couldn't be this
Now you shouldn't be scared
I'm good at repairs
And I'm under each snare
Intangible
Bet you didn't think so I command you to
Panoramic view
Look I'll make it all manageable
Pick and choose
Sit and lose
All you different crews
Chicks and dudes
Who you think is really kickin' tunes?
Picture you gettin' down in a picture tube
Like you lit the fuse
You think it's fictional
Mystical? Maybe
Spiritual
Hero who appears in you to clear your view when you're too crazy
Lifeless
To know the definition for what life is
Priceless
For you because I put you on the hype %&*^
You like it?
Gunsmokin' righteous with one token
Psychic among those
Possess you with one go

I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless,but not for long
The future is coming on
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
It's coming on [x3]

The essence the basics
Without it you make it
Allow me to make this
Child, like in nature
Rhythm
You have it or you don't that's a fallacy
I'm in them
Every sprouting tree
Every child apiece
Every cloud you see
You see with your eyes
I see destruction and demise
Corruption in disguise
From this enterprise
Now I'm sucking to your lies
Through Russ, though not his muscles but the percussion he provides
with me as a guide
But y'all can see me now cos you don't see with your eye
You perceive with your mind
That's the inner
So I'm gonna stick around with Russ and be a mentor
bust a few rhymes so (*&%^$ *&^$^@*
Remember where the thought is
I brought all this
So you can survive when law is lawless
Feelings, sensations that you thought were dead
No squealing, remember
(that it's all in your head)

I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
My future is coming on
It's coming on [x4]
My future is coming on
It's coming on [x4]
My future is coming on
It's coming on [x4]
My future is coming on
It's coming on [x2]
My future is coming on
It's coming on [x2]
My future is coming on
It's coming on [x2]
My future



This song isn’t noteworthy, really, at first listen. It’s when you find out that this band consist’s only of animated people for members that you realize it’s true brilliance. That’s right. I said animated. Drawn people.

What was truly awesome was watching Madonna’s opening act with the cartoon band at the 2006 Grammies. Oh how I really wanted legs as killer as hers. Her legs & Kelly Ripa’s arms…hmm. Gotta go. Need to hit the gym!

Shoop

Day 80

--STATS--

Group: Salt-n-Pepa

Genre: Hip-Hop

Album: Very Necessary

Released: 1993



Hey, yeah - I wanna shoop, baby

[Oooo, how you doin', baby?
No, not you
You, the bow-legged one, (ha-ha) yeah
What's your name?
Damn, that sounds sexy]

Here I go, here I go, here I go again (again?)
Girls, what's my weakness? (Men!)
Ok then, chillin', chillin', mindin' my business (word)
Yo, Salt, I looked around, and I couldn't believe this
I swear, I stared, my niece my witness
The brother had it goin' on with somethin' kinda...uh
Wicked, wicked (oooo) - had to kick it
I'm not shy so I asked for the digits
A ho? No, that don't make me
See what I want slip slide to it swifty
Felt it in my hips so I dipped back to my bag of tricks
Then I flipped for a tip, make me wanna do tricks for him
Lick him like a lollipop should be licked
Came to my senses and I chilled for a bit
Don't know how you do the voodoo that you do
So well it's a spell, hell, makes me wanna shoop shoop shoop

Shoop shoop ba-doop
Shoop ba-doop
Shoop ba-doop ba-doop ba-doop
Shoop ba-doop
Shoop ba-doop
Shoop ba-doop ba-doop ba-doop

Ummm, you're packed and you're stacked 'specially in the back
Brother, wanna thank your mother for a butt like that (thanks, Mom)
Can I get some fries with that shake-shake booty?
If looks could kill you would be an uzi
You're a shotgun - bang! What's up with that thang?
I wanna know how does it hang?
Straight up, wait up, hold up, Mr. Lover
Like Prince said you're a sexy mutha-
Well-a, I like 'em real wild, b-boy style by the mile
Smooth black skin with a smile
Bright as the sun, I wanna have some fun
Come (come) and (hmmm) give me some of that yum-yum
Chocolate chip, honey dip, can I get a scoop? (please)
Baby, take a ride in my coupe, you make me wanna...

Shoop shoop ba-doop (Baby, hey)
Shoop ba-doop
Shoop ba-doop ba-doop ba-doop
Shoop shoop ba-doop (Don't you know I wanna shoop, baby)
Shoop ba-doop
Shoop ba-doop ba-doop ba-doop

Well let me bring you back to the subject, Pep's on the set
Make you get hot, make you work up a sweat
When you skip-to-my-lou, my darling
Not falling in love but I'm falling for your [super sperm]
When I get ya betcha bottom dollar you were best under pressure
[Yo, Sandy, I wanna like, taste you]
Getcha getcha lips wet cuz it's time to have Pep

On your mark, get set, go, let me go, let me shoop
To the next man in the three-piece suit
I spend all my dough, ray me, cutie
Shoop shoop a-doobie like Scoobie Doobie Doo
I love you in your big jeans, you give me nice dreams
You make me wanna scream, "Oooo, oooo, oooo!"
I like what ya do when you do what ya do
You make me wanna shoop

Shoop shoop ba-doop
Shoop ba-doop
Shoop ba-doop ba-doop ba-doop
Shoop shoop ba-doop
Shoop ba-doop
Shoop ba-doop ba-doop ba-doop

[Oh, my goodness, girl, look at him
He's the cutest brother in here
And he's comin' this way! Oooo!]

S and the P wanna get with me, cool (uh-huh)
But I'm wicked, G, (yeah) hit skins but never quickly (that's right)
I hit the skins for the hell of it, just for the yell I get
Mmm mmm mmm, for the smell of it (smell it)
They want my bod, here's the hot rod (hot rod)
Twelve inches to a yard (damn) and have ya soundin' like a retard (yeah)
Big 'Twan Love-Her, six-two, wanna hit you
So what you wanna do?
What you wanna do?
Mmmm, I wanna shoop

Shoop shoop ba-doop
Shoop ba-doop
Shoop ba-doop ba-doop ba-doop
Shoop shoop ba-doop
Shoop ba-doop
Shoop ba-doop ba-doop ba-doop

Oh, you make me wanna shoop
Hey yeah, I wanna shoop, baby



Salt n’ Peppa. What a trip. Shortly after high school, my best friend & I thought we were pretty cool. We memorized the lyrics to this song & tried to keep up. We blarred it on my poor stereo in my blue Grand Prix coupe & cruised around town.
My God, we were awesome.

In the sixth grade, we were especially cool. So cool, that I thought a three piece suite was some strange bathing suite. No,no, really. That kind of cool. Kids think up the silliest things…


So…can you keep up with the rhymes? I dare you to try. Don’t worry— I won’t be there to laugh at you.

Finding this video has made me realize that the 90's weren't as clean as I thought they were! It's no question where Britney got her inspiration from.
Oh yeah-- And the lyrics are posted on the screen like a sing-a-long so you can cheat your way through.

Same Old Lang Syne

Day 79


--Stats--

Artist: Dan Fogelburg

Genre: Folk

Album: The innocent Age

Released: 1981


Met my old lover in the grocery store
The snow was falling Christmas Eve
I stole behind her in the frozen foods
And I touched her on the sleeve

She didn't recognize the face at first
But then her eyes flew open wide
She went to hug me and she spilled her purse
And we laughed until we cried

We took her groceries to the checkout stand
The food was totalled up and bagged
We stood there lost in our embarrassment
As the conversation dragged

We went to have ourselves a drink or two
But couldn't find an open bar
We bought a six-pack at the liquor store
And we drank it in her car

We drank a toast to innocence
We drank a toast to now
And tried to reach beyond the emptiness
But neither one knew how

She said she'd married her an architect
Who kept her warm and safe and dry
She would have liked to say she loved the man
But she didn't like to lie

I said the years had been a friend to her
And that her eyes were still as blue
But in those eyes I wasn't sure if I saw
Doubt or gratitude

She said she saw me in the record stores
And that I must be doing well
I said the audience was heavenly
But the traveling was hell

We drank a toast to innocence
We drank a toast to now
And tried to reach beyond the emptiness
But neither one knew how

We drank a toast to innocence
We drank a toast to time
Reliving in our eloquence
Another 'auld lang syne'

The beer was empty and our tongues were tired
And running out of things to say
She gave a kiss to me as I got out
And I watched her drive away

Just for a moment I was back at school
And felt that old familiar pain
And as I turned to make my way back home
The snow turned into-- rain...



What an epic song. I wonder how many people are living this reality? Dan Folgelburg really had a way with song writing. I always have enjoyed hearing this song play around Christmas time & New Years. One year, it came on while I was visiting my aunt in Washington Thanks Giving weekend. Picture a bunch of drunk women singing loud & out of tune, of course knowing every word. The following month, Folgelburg succumbed to prostate cancer. What a way to go. This song will always add a little something to my holiday season.

Crazy

Day 78

--STATS--

Group: Gnarls Barkley

Genre:Funk/ Neo Soul

Album: St. Elsewhere

Released: 2006




I remember when, I remember, I remember when I lost my mind
There was something so pleasant about that place.
Even your emotions had an echo
In so much space

And when you're out there
Without care,
Yeah, I was out of touch
But it wasn't because I didn't know enough
I just knew too much

Does that make me crazy?
Does that make me crazy?
Does that make me crazy?
Possibly [radio version]
probably [album version]

And I hope that you are having the time of your life
But think twice, that's my only advice

Come on now, who do you, who do you, who do you, who do you think you are,
Ha ha ha bless your soul
You really think you're in control

Well, I think you're crazy
I think you're crazy
I think you're crazy
Just like me

My heroes had the heart to lose their lives out on a limb
And all I remember is thinking, I want to be like them
Ever since I was little, ever since I was little it looked like fun
And it's no coincidence I've come
And I can die when I'm done

Maybe I'm crazy
Maybe you're crazy
Maybe we're crazy
Probably...



This one is fun. “…Who do you think you are? Ha ha ha, bless your soul…” Seriously now. Great to sing & makes me think of the summer that I had my first child, Taylor. I had all this free time, as I left work six weeks before I was due. When I got restless, I would drive somewhere just me, because I knew I still could. This song was on the radio. So this song makes me think of the freedom to do things just
myself.

If you are a mother, what songs were on the radio during your “Freedom rides’?