There are a lot of things that can be said about the following video, ranging from descriptions as a brutally graphic political statement decrying genocide and ethnic cleansing to calling it a cynical marketing attempt to generate Internet buzz and fuel album sales.
No matter what you think of the video, it’s an impressive [...]
TANYA DONELLY – KEEPING YOU
I’m keeping you i’m keeping you I’m keeping you so realize your fate I’m keeping you i’m keeping you I’m keeping you so settle down now
You landed here from inner space You landed with that screwed-up look on your face I wanted you from way back when [...]
THEY
I wondered what had happened to the chords. There was a music,
they were following a pattern. It was an intention perhaps.
No field but they walk in it. No place
without them, any discretion is useless. They want a time, they
have a time, each one in his place, an endless arrival.
[...]
Every once in awhile, you just feel like telling people to … thankfully, I haven’t had one of THOSE days in a while, but I’m still diggin’ the song, what … 15 years later?
CATHERINE WHEEL – EAT MY DUST (YOU INSENSITIVE FUCK)
I think I have the best of me Inside my [...]
EELS – IN MY YOUNGER DAYS
In my younger days This wouldn’t have been so hard I would’ve just shrugged it off But now it’s tough I’m not so rough I’ve got a little ways to go It’s not over yet, I know But it feels Not so far away
In my younger [...]
THE POGUES (feat. Kirsty MacColl) – FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK
It was Christmas Eve babe In the drunk tank An old man said to me, won’t see another one And then he sang a song The Rare Old Mountain Dew I turned my face away And dreamed about you
Got on a lucky [...]
EELS – LITTLE BIRD
Little bird Hoppin’ on my porch I know it sounds kinda sad But what’s it all for? Right now you’re the only friend I have in the world And I just can’t take out very much Goddamn I miss that girl
Little bird You look all right I’m sure [...]
SAGE FRANCIS – GOT UP THIS MORNING
It’s not that what we’re doing is wrong But let’s try to keep this a secret Between me, you, and the song A menage a trois that sings to me Sinfully When god plays along
What you want with a woman who won’t do what [...]
EELS – THE LOOK YOU GAVE THAT GUY
I never thought that I could be so bold,
To even say these thoughts aloud. I see you with your man, your eyes just shine, While he stands tall and walking proud.
That look you give that guy, I wanna see … Looking [...]
PRAYERS FOR ATHEISTS – BIKE SONG
I give this bike to breathe – no thought where I’m goin’. Cut cord, no cell phone to hold me. Patches on my shirt, dirty black jeans, duct-taped shoes, breakneck speed, patches in my backpack just in case, padlock fat, chained to my waist, Snaked in bike [...]