The song peaked at #26 in the US Adult Alternative Songs Billboard, #15 in the UK in 2013. The song was on his self-titled debut album. Jake is an artist that could have debuted in the 60s and 70s and fit in perfectly. I saw him in 2017 and the audience was a mixture of young and old.
Jake was 19 when this song was released. he said: “Before age 12, I had no interest in music,” “Then, me uncle came around with a guitar and showed me basic chords. I started listening to Jimi Hendrix and it just blew me away.
“It was also disheartening. I mean, when you listen to Jimi Hendrix for the first time, you think, ‘How am I going to be able to play like that?’
He started to write songs at 14. Along with Hendrix, he counts the Beatles among his earliest musical influence “They’re a starting point for anyone, I should think. Then, I traced things back to Buddy Holly and Elvis, just discovering all those great records.”
From Songfacts
This gritty stroll through the streets of Bugg’s hometown of Clifton, Nottingham, was released as the third single from his debut album. He penned the tune with long-time Snow Patrol collaborator, Iain Archer. Bugg recalled to The Daily Telegraph: “When I was writing with Iain, we had a fag, a cup of tea, a bit of a play. The way I see it, it’s jamming.”
The song’s Michael Holyk directed video was shot in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
The song featured in an American a commercial for Gatorade sports drinks that aired during the 2013 NBA championships.
Lightning Bolt
Morning, it’s another pure grey morning Don’t know what the day is holding When I get uptight And I walk right into the path of a lightning bolt
Sirens of an ambulance comes howling Right through the center of town and No one blinks an eye And I look up to the sky for the path of a lighting bolt
Met her as the angels parted for her But she only brought me torture But that’s what happens When it’s you who’s standing in the path of a lightning bolt
Everyone I see just wants to walk with gritted teeth But I just stand by and I wait my time They say you gotta tow the line they want the water not the wine But when I see the signs I jump on that lightning bolt
And chances, people tell you not to take chances When they tell you there aren’t any answers And I was starting to agree But I awoke suddenly in the path of a lightning bolt
Fortune, people talking all about fortune Do you make it or does it just call you In the blinking of an eye Just another passerby in the path of a lightning bolt
Everyone I see just wants to walk with gritted teeth But I just stand by and I wait my time They say you gotta tow the line they want the water not the wine But when I see the signs I jump on that lightning bolt
It was silent, I was lying back gazing skyward When the moment got shattered I remembered what she said And then she fled in the path of a lightning bolt
The love of Richard Nixon, death without assassination, The love of Richard Nixon, yeah they all betrayed you
This band took a more sympathetic view than some of the other songs that mention the former President. The Welsh band formed in Blackwood in 1986. The song was written by band members James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, and Sean Moore. One member of the band Richey Edwards who suffered from depression disappeared in 1995 never to be seen again.
This song was released in 2004 the song peaked at #2 in the UK. Altogether they had 41 UK top 75 songs, 34 Top 40 songs, 15 Top 10 and 2 number 1’s. Bass player Nicky Wire: “If Radiohead are Kennedy, then Manic Street Preachers are Nixon; the ugly duckling who had to try ten times harder than anyone else. Paranoid megalomaniacs.”
From Songfacts
The Manic’s primary lyricist and rhythm guitarist Richey Edwards gained early notoriety by cutting the words “4REAL” into his arm with a razor blade. Since that episode and his later disappearance, now presumed dead, the band have been somewhat overshadowed by the events of Richey Edwards’ troubled life. This provocatively titled single, is a sympathetic appraisal of someone else whose achievements were eclipsed by one event. “The main thrust of the song,” bassist Nicky Wire explained to Repeat Fanzine, “is the idea of being tarnished with a certain part of your life forever. With us, people might think of Richey’s disappearance or 4 REAL.
With Nixon, people will always associate him with Watergate and being a crook, not the fact that he was the first president to go to China to build up relations. Or the way he de-escalated the arms race with the Soviet Union – quite admirable things.”
Wire added concerning his sympathy for the devil: “There’s always been a ridiculousness to Manic Street Preachers. Not humour, not funny-ha ha, but a question of ‘Do they really mean it?’ But there’s probably more empathy [with Nixon] than I should admit. Nixon wasn’t a good president, but he wasn’t George W Bush. He was a brilliant man, and not all Republican presidents have been. I do think he’s a fascinating character, particularly in today’s climate. He probably ended the Vietnam War. Whatever you think his reasons were – and conspiracy theories abound – he signed off at the end of it.”
The timing of the single’s release, two weeks before George W. Bush’s victory at the 2004 US presidential elections, was most likely significant. Many suspected it was a statement by the Manics concerning the reputation of the USA’s leadership at the time.
The song finishes with a sample of Nixon himself stating “I have never been a quitter.” Wire explained to NME October 8, 2011: “We thought that applied to us as a band. I just find him really interesting and kind of like myself.”
“The Love Of” peaked at #2 on the UK singles chart helped by a marketing ploy that was deliberately designed to encourage multiple purchases. The single came complete with a special offer whereby fans could purchase all three formats (2 track CD, 3 track CD and DVD) for just £5. You don’t have to be a maths professor to work out what the effect of this was.
The Love of Richard Nixon
The world on your shoulders The love of your mother The fear of the future The best years behind you The world is getting older The times they fall behind you The need it still grows stronger The best years never found you
The love of Richard Nixon, death without assassination The love of Richard Nixon, yeah they all betrayed you The love of Richard Nixon, death without assassination Yeah they all betrayed you Yeah and your country too
Love build around the sandy beaches Love rains down like Vietnam’s leeches Richard the third in the White House Cowering behind divided curtains
The world is getting older The times they fall behind you The need it still grows stronger The best years never found you
Ah, the love of Richard Nixon, death without assassination The love of Richard Nixon, yeah they all betrayed you The love of Richard Nixon, death without assassination Yeah they all betrayed you Yeah and your country too
The love of Richard Nixon, death without assassination The love of Richard Nixon, yeah they all betrayed you People forget China and your war on cancer Yeah they all betrayed you Yeah and your country too
In all the decisions I have made in my public life, I have always tried to do what was best for the nation. I have never been a quitter
I’m gonna stand the test of time Like Beatles and Stones
Beady Eye was a band formed by Liam Gallagher of Oasis with former members of Oasis. This song was written by Liam Gallagher and it was on the Different Gear, Still Speeding album released in 2011.
They recycled the Who’s My Generation riff to good effect. They defiantly have that mid-sixties mod thing going on.
Beady Eye released two albums. Different Gear, Still Speeding (#3 UK) in 2011 and BE (#2 UK) in 2013. In 2014 Beady Eye broke up because of the failure to gain popularity in the US according to Liam Gallagher.
Beatles and Stones
Well it beats me mama, I just want to rock and roll Well it beats me mama, I just want to rock and roll I’m gonna stand the test of time Like Beatles and Stones
Well it freaks them mama I’m not doin’ what I’m told Well it freaks them mama You know I can’t be bought and sold I’m gonna stand the test of time Like Beatles and Stones
I’m on my way home, just get back to what’s mine And when I get home, well I’ll be alright
Well it beats me mama, I just want to rock and roll I’m gonna stand the test of time Like Beatles and Stones
I’m on my way home, just get back to what’s mine And when I get home, well I’ll be alright
What’s that you say? Get out the way!
Well it beats me mama, I just want to rock and roll Well it beats me mama, I just want to rock and roll I’m gonna stand the test of time Like Beatles and Stones
Well it freaks them mama
I’m not doin’ what I’m told Well it freaks them mama You know I can’t be bought and sold I’m gonna stand the test of time Like Beatles and Stones
I’m on my way home, just get back to what’s mine And when I get home, well I’ll be alright Well it beats me mama, I just want to rock and roll I’m gonna stand the test of time Like Beatles and Stones
I’m on my way home, just get back to what’s mine And when I get home, well I’ll be alright
This song was off the 2012 album Temptest. Bob wrote this song with Robert Hunter, the Grateful Dead lyricist. The album peaked at #3 in the Billboard Album Charts. My son is who called my attention to this one. Unlike some other older performers, Bob somehow stays relevant to the times.
The memorable video is directed by Nash Edgerton. Bob looks just really cool in this video as he leads some kind of gang.
The song refers to the Duquesne train service that used to run between New York Penn and Pittsburgh Penn Stations, which was named after the 18th century Fort Duquesne in the latter city. That route is now served by the daily Amtrack Pennsylvanian service.
From Songfacts
The bluesy song The lyrics show Dylan’s distaste at times a changing’. “Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing,” he demands. “Blowing like it’s gonna sweep my world away.”
The Nash Edgerton-directed music video is set on the streets of downtown Los Angeles. Dylan appears briefly throughout the clip.
The line, “I’m gonna stop at Carbondale and keep on going” refers to Carbondale, Pennsylvania, in the northeast corner of the state. Like all of the region, it’s now a small rust belt town, but at the time when the Duquesne train line was running, Carbondale was fat off the anthracite coal industry.
Duquesne Whistle
Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing Blowing like it’s gonna sweep my world away I’m gonna stop at Carbondale and keep on going That Duquesne train gon’ rock me night and day
You say I’m a gambler, you say I’m a pimp But I ain’t neither one
Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing Sound like it’s on a final run
Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing Blowing like she never blowed before Little light blinking, red light glowing Blowing like she’s at my chamber door
You smiling through the fence at me Just like you’ve always smiled before
Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing Blowing like she ain’t gon’ blow no more
Can’t you hear that Duquesne whistle blowing? Blowing like the sky’s gonna blow apart You’re the only thing alive that keeps me going You’re like a time bomb in my heart
I can hear a sweet voice steadily calling Must be the mother of our Lord
Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing Blowing like my woman’s on board
Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing Blowing like it’s gon’ blow my blues away You’re a rascal, I know exactly where you’re going I’ll lead you there myself at the break of day
I wake up every morning with that woman in my bed Everybody telling me she’s gone to my head
Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing Blowing like it’s gon’ kill me dead
Can’t you hear that Duquesne whistle blowing? Blowing through another no good town
The lights on my native land are glowing I wonder if they’ll know me next time ’round I wonder if that old oak tree’s still standing That old oak tree, the one we used to climb
Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing Blowing like she’s blowing right on time
This list will be different for every baseball fan. Many times it’s your team’s announcer and other times it’s a network announcer you grew up with. I tend to like announcers who are not complete homers although some I like… like Harry Caray. He made it fun even though he openly rooted for the Cubs…and Budweiser.
There are many more that could be on this list.
5:Harry Caray – He injected fun into the game. It was like a fan announcing the game. He wasn’t technically the best baseball announcer but he was enjoyable.
4:Mel Allen – I remember Mel when I was a kid on “This Week in Baseball.” That voice was a part of my childhood.
3:Bob Uecker – “Just a bit outside” the more I listen to him the more I appreciate him.
2:Jack Buck – NOT Joe… You could hear his excitement for the game in his voice. For me, the best is between Jack and…
1: Vin Scully – Being a Dodgers fan I was spoiled by Vin Scully… my number 1 favorite. If you tuned into a Dodger game you would not know who employed Mr. Scully. He would not root for the Dodgers and he knew when not to say anything and let the action speak for itself.
I’ve always liked Time Travel movies. I have made a list below but I’m not including the Back To The Future franchise because everyone knows about those movies. These are my top ten I’ve watched so far. Please make some more recommendations if you have any.
1, Frequency (2000) – This movie combines two loves of mine. Baseball and Time Travel… A son in modern times talks to his dad over a Ham Radio in 1969 and it revolves around details from the 1969 World Series.
2. The Time Machine (1960) – From the HG Wells book, this movie has aged well through the years. It’s a period piece at the turn of the 20th century…and also a trip into the far future.
3. I’ll Follow You Down (2013) – It’s odd to see Haley Joel Osment grown up and acting but this low budget film is a good film. Haley plays a guy named Errol who saw his father leave for the airport when he was 9 and he never came back home. A grown-up Errol looks to see what happened to his dad and finds him in the 1940s.
4. 41 (2012) – An Australian film made in 2012. Aidan accidentally kills his girlfriend in an auto accident. He hears about room 41 in a local motel and if you go to a hidden place in the room and back out…you go back 12 hours in time. He tries to go back and avoid the accident. I happen to catch this movie by accident and it was worth the watch.
5. Project Almanac (2014) – A teenager is trying to go to MIT but his family doesn’t have the money. He starts looking at his deceased father’s old inventions and gadgets to raise money. He finds a VHS tape of his 7th birthday party and in the mirror on the tape, he sees himself at the age of 18 at the party.
He finds his dad’s attempt at a time machine and finishes it. He ends up fulfilling what he saw on the tape and messes with the lives of his friends.
6. Peggy Sue Got Married (1989) – Classic 80s movie about Peggy Sue who is separated from her husband and goes to her high school reunion and passes out. She wakes up as a teenager in the early 60s.
7. Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) – A fun romp through the 80s.
8. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989) – This movie launched a lot of quotes. Bill and Ted learned history by going back in time. George Carlin is most excellent in this movie.
9. Time Bandits (1981) – I saw this with a friends family back in 1981 at a theater. I was excited because George Harrison was one of the Executive Producers. Kevin, a young kid gets visited in the middle of the night by six dwarves and with a special map visit places in time.
10. Time After Time (1979) – Malcolm McDowell stars in this movie as he plays Herbert George Wells and he chases Jack The Ripper through time to 1979 with his time machine.
Heard this song and loved it. It’s so catchy and I even liked the video. I also laughed because I heard the other version which is called F**k You…but I try to keep this blog at least PG-13 so we will go with Forget You today. But…if you want to hear the other be my guest.
This song peaked at #2 in the Billboard 100 in 2011. The songwriters were Bruno Mars, CeeLo Green, Philip Lawrence, and Ari Levine. The song has a good pop hook and it has a few different styles thrown in.
You may have thought the inspiration for this song was from a breakup but Green said the hit came about as a result of creative differences with his label, Elektra Records.
“I did ‘F— You’ to be an a–hole, to be spiteful toward the label,” “Because it had taken about three years to do The Lady Killer, and I just felt that after recording almost 70 songs I could not please them.”
From Songfacts
This is the radio-friendly version of Cee-Lo Green’s expletive-laden viral hit, “F–k You.” In the original rendition of the song about being jilted for a Ferrari-driving slickster, Cee-Lo drops 16 f-bombs in just 3 1/2 minutes.
The song features Green’s Elektra labelmate Bruno Mars. It originated during a session in L.A. with Mars and Phil Lawrence of the production team the Smeezingtons. The pair played to Cee-Lo a rough demo of a song they weren’t sure was worth completing. “When Bruno first sung ‘F—- You’ to me, they were still a bit indecisive on whether or not it could work at all,” Green told Entertainment Weekly.”I was like, ‘I like it. Let’s record it.'” The trio then completed the song with Cee Lo contributing many of the verse lyrics.
Cee-Lo told Entertainment Weekly that the lyrics about a gold-digging ex aren’t strictly autobiographical. “I mean, it’s based on something true… As far as me personally, it’s not a current event. It’s a figurative account. It’s not completely fictitious, though.”
Cee-Lo first appeared on the music scene in 1995 with the Southern hip-hop group Goodie Mob. He is best-known as one-half of the duo Gnarls Barkley, who had a worldwide hit with “Crazy.”
The video broke the two million view mark on YouTube within one week of its release but also received criticism for the foul language used by Cee-Lo. The musician claimed rather loftily in an interview that it’s actually a work of art. “What I’ve tried to accomplish, like, is making art products … so I still believe that (the song) can be classified as art because it’s an original piece and the edge and alternative is there, and the integrity is intact,” he said.
Cee-Lo added that he was trying to elevate music with the song, something he feels the music industry does not do enough. “The system does not, you know, advocate art, so to speak, but it does package and promote products and product placement, and there’s a definitive difference between the two, art and product,” he said. “I have yet to sit down and try to write something for the sake of radio. I just never done it, not consciously.”
The Gnarls Barkley star admitted the revamped version with milder lyrics wasn’t part of the initial plan. “It wasn’t like we were looking for it to be a radio hit of some sort. It was only until a short time after that we considered doing a clean version just in case.”
Cee-Lo told NME about the song: “It’s a fictitious account of love lost. But it’s a trial that we’ve all been through some time or another, and I think that’s why people can relate to it.”
The official music video was released on September 1, 2010. It features grade school and high school versions of Green getting their heart broken by the girls they love. The singer told Billboard magazine that while he wasn’t directly in charge of casting, he had a large part in deciding who got the role. “I [did] have a final say in who I would think best represent me. I picked quite a few of the people that you see,” he said.
The song topped the charts in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom and was a top ten hit in many other territories including Australia, Belgium (Flanders), Canada, Denmark, Hungary, Ireland, New Zealand, and Sweden.
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow performed this song on “The Substitute” episode of Glee, in which she plays a substitute teacher who Mr. Schue (Matthew Morrison) falls for. The Glee version debuted at #11 on the Hot 100 marking Paltrow’s first entry on the chart. Can you name the two previous other songs the actress has contributed vocals to, which have graced other Billboard charts?
1. Her Huey Lewis duet “Cruisin’ ” topped Adult Contemporary the week of December 16, 2000.
2. Simultaneously with her success with this song, Paltrow also charted on Country Songs with “Country Strong,” the title track from the 2010 film in which she co-starred.
Some Gwyneth aficionados might have come up with “It’s Only Love,” a track from Sheryl Crow’s 2002 album, C’mon C’mon. However, this never featured on any Billboard chart.
The sweary version was named by Spin magazine as their Best Song of 2010.
Bruno Mars explained to Rolling Stone that when he came up with the piano riff, he thought it was an old soul riff from the ’60s or ’70s. Said Mars, “I guess I’d know by now if it wasn’t original. When Cee-Lo got in there and sang, we all got the chills.”
In what looked a lot like Elton John’s appearance on The Muppet Show in 1977, Cee-Lo performed this song at the Grammy Awards in 2011 dressed in feathers and backed by a band of puppets. The song became a duet when Gwyneth Paltrow joined in, eventually ending up on top of Cee-Lo’s piano. The song was nominated for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and won for Best Urban/Alternative Performance.
When the Glee version debuted at #31 in the UK on the day of the 2011 Oscar ceremony, Gwyneth Paltrow became the sixth Academy Award winner for Best Actress to also make that country’s singles chart, following Liza Minnelli, Cher, Barbra Streisand, Nicole Kidman and Kate Winslet.
Bruno Mars recalled to Q magazine: “For years I’d been saying, ‘I wanna work with Cee lo Green.’ We came up with the title and sung the chorus for him. We were a little nervous about it cos we didn’t want it to be like a skit. He said, ‘That’s incredible, let’s go.’ We wrote it in two hours.”
In a February 2012 promo for Fender guitars, Bruno Mars said he played his 57 Reissue Stratocaster on the song.
Forget You
I see you driving ’round town With the girl I love and I’m like, Forget you! Oo, oo, ooo I guess the change in my pocket Wasn’t enough I’m like, Forget you! And forget her too! Said, if I was richer, I’d still be with ya Ha, now ain’t that some shit? (ain’t that some shit?) And although there’s pain in my chest I still wish you the best with a Forget you! Oo, oo, ooo
Yeah I’m sorry, I can’t afford a Ferrari, But that don’t mean I can’t get you there. I guess he’s an Xbox and I’m more Atari, About the way you play your game ain’t fair.
I pity the fool that falls in love with you (Oh shit she’s a gold digger) Well (Just thought you should know ) Ooooooh I’ve got some news for you Yeah go run and tell your little boyfriend
I see you driving ’round town With the girl I love and I’m like, Forget you! Oo, oo, ooo I guess the change in my pocket Wasn’t enough I’m like, Forget you! And forget her too! Said, if I was richer, I’d still be with ya Ha, now ain’t that some shit? (ain’t that some shit?) And although there’s pain in my chest I still wish you the best with a Forget you! Oo, oo, ooo
Now I know, that I had to borrow, Beg and steal and lie and cheat. Trying to keep ya, trying to please ya. ‘Cause being in love with your a** ain’t cheap.
I pity the fool that falls in love with you (Oh shit she’s a gold digger) Well (Just thought you should know) Ooooooh I’ve got some news for you Ooh, I really hate your ass right now
I see you driving ’round town With the girl I love and I’m like, Forget you! Oo, oo, ooo I guess the change in my pocket Wasn’t enough I’m like, Forget you! And forget her too! Said, if I was richer, I’d still be with ya Ha, now ain’t that some shit? (ain’t that some shit?) And although there’s pain in my chest I still wish you the best with a Forget you! Oo, oo, ooo
Now baby, baby, baby Why d’you wanna wanna hurt me so bad? (So bad, so bad, so bad) I tried to tell my momma but she told me “This is one for your dad” (Your dad, your dad, your dad) Yes she did And I was like Uh! Whhhy? Uh! Whhhy? Uh! Whhhy lady? Oh! I love you oh! I still love you. Oooh!
I see you driving ’round town With the girl I love and I’m like, Forget you! Oo, oo, ooo I guess the change in my pocket Wasn’t enough I’m like, Forget you! And forget her too! Said, if I was richer, I’d still be with ya Ha, now ain’t that some shit? (ain’t that some shit?) And although there’s pain in my chest I still wish you the best with a Forget you! Oo, oo, ooo
