I'm not a Fiona Apple fan, but she released an album produced at home on Garage Band.
She titled the album with the hook line she lifted from "The X Files". "Fetch me the bolt cutters."
I'm not a Fiona Apple fan, but she released an album produced at home on Garage Band.
She titled the album with the hook line she lifted from "The X Files". "Fetch me the bolt cutters."
“Racing makes heroin addiction look like a vague wish for something salty.” -Peter Egan
"I walk through the cloud of an ex,Originally Posted by swiftdrivr
and I feel no tension"
ChrisZ
And you just know something is about to go down. It's like starting a book with "He reached for the gun in the glovebox."
Jim
Swift DB-1
Talent usually ends up in front, but fun goes from the front of the grid all the way to the back.
That's more like what I meant.
Jim
Swift DB-1
Talent usually ends up in front, but fun goes from the front of the grid all the way to the back.
Sometimes you can get the image from just the title of the song...
Sounds Of Silence.
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Heart of the Sunrise
etc....
Anything is possible, until it is proven impossible.
All good examples of what I was speaking of. I guess the best example [I can think of at the moment] of the title doing it is "Bridge Over Troubled Water," and the afore-mentioned "You were the first to be the last."
Jim
Swift DB-1
Talent usually ends up in front, but fun goes from the front of the grid all the way to the back.
Cold hearted orb that rules the night,
Removes the colours from our sight.
Red is grey and yellow white.
But we decide which is right.
And which is an illusion???"
Chris Z
PS - second best line
Letters I've written
Never meaning to send
To & fro the races...
I've gone crazy on this road ... with all of this travellin alone
But the asphalt is burnin' tonight ...
Nanci Griffith
I'll see your Moody Blues, and raise you some Mellissa Ethridge; [Dance Without Sleeping]
"Walking on the edge of rage and understanding
Between the black and the white
This child is so angry
Alone here tonight"
She [and Kevin] get a lot said in this short burst. Every adolescent can probably relate
Last edited by swiftdrivr; 04.23.20 at 10:53 AM.
Jim
Swift DB-1
Talent usually ends up in front, but fun goes from the front of the grid all the way to the back.
These lyrics fit the theme - but the whole album is full of pull quotes. The Who's answer to Catcher in the Rye - Quadrophenia.
Tommy was first, but this might be better.....
5:15
Girls of fifteen
Sexually knowing
The ushers are sniffing
Eau de Cologning
The seats are seductive
Celibate sitting
Pretty girls digging
Prettier women
Magically bored on a quiet street corner
Free frustration in our minds and our toes
Quiet storm water, m-m-my generation
Uppers and downers, either way blood flows
ChrisZ
"My love is vengeance, it's never free." [The Who; behind blue eyes]
I always found The Who to be very negative, angry, sad. Still, some of their lyrics were well written.
Jim
Swift DB-1
Talent usually ends up in front, but fun goes from the front of the grid all the way to the back.
I agree - most great lyrics seem to focus on the darker side of life, but:
And like one and one don't make two
One and one make one
And I'm looking for that free ride to me
I'm looking for you
From Bargain - they did a few "love" songs - Townshend was a little more circumspect on his solo stuff.
You could do an entire thread on the lyrics of the Who, Springsteen, Billy Joel, The Beatles, etc - we need to pull some others out of the woodwork....
ChrisZ
Speaking of Billy Joel,
"Then she says she wants affection, as she reaches for the blade," [Stiletto]
Heard it on my way home. Yes, anger, sadness, betrayal, frustration are all fonts of fine lyrics.
The thing that impresses me, as a writer, are the guys who can use a dime's worth of words, and get a dollar's worth of emotion / imagery / and/or ambiance in response.
Jim
Swift DB-1
Talent usually ends up in front, but fun goes from the front of the grid all the way to the back.
Soooooooo...…..it's a PROFIT deal...…. (Steve Martin)…….lol
Sorry......again...…
Glenn
Or, you could say that it's about economy, maximizing the impact by choosing great words. In "I wish you peace," the Eagles [well, Bernie Leadon and Patti Davis], could have said lots of things, but I doubt anyone could communicate the meaning any better than the line "cooling water at the fevers end." That was the perfect analogy, the perfect phrasing
Jim
Swift DB-1
Talent usually ends up in front, but fun goes from the front of the grid all the way to the back.
Most of the performers and artists of the 60 and 70's got ripped off so they never saw the money. Just by accident I came across this video and it explains a lot of what went on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIssqxixYp0
ChrisZ
"They sportin' short dresses, wearin' spike-heel shoesSometimes it's not adolescent angst or lost love. Sometimes it's just fun. Still, good writing comes through
They smokin' Lucky Strikes, and wearing nylons too"
[ ZZ Top ; Nationwide]
Jim
Swift DB-1
Talent usually ends up in front, but fun goes from the front of the grid all the way to the back.
Cause we baadddd.....we Nationwide.
....and then there's what the drag strip announcer says at the end of Steve Miller's "Livin' in the USA" but those words do not appear on any online lyric search.......the end of which is him saying "He takes it!"
....and then I bought Quadrophenia again just the other day because I haven't totally ruined my hearing yet.............
"Here by the sea and sand
Nothing ever goes as planned"
Thanks Mom everywhere........
It's the little old Lady from Pasadena.
I was a dj so I am a music geek.....
My vote:
- Black Betty - Ram Jam. ...
- The Distance - Cake. ...
- Fuel - Metallica. ...
- Highway Star - Deep Purple. ...
- Highway to Hell - AC/DC.
- Kickstart my Heart - Motley Crue
- Thunderstruck - AC/DC
Johnny Cash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18cW_yHo3PY
Commander Cody https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=868DSi85odQ
This may be too progressive for the older crowd.... but I am young at heart although too old for this....
Ministry - Jesus built my hotrod: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXCh9OhDiCI
Primus- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBQ2305fLeA
For all of us flower children, (or who believe we are - age is not a requirement.)
The velocity addicts explode on the highways
Ignoring the journey and moving so fast
Their nerves fall apart and they gasp but can't breathe
They run from the cops of the skeleton past
Petrified by tradition in a nightmare they stagger
Into nowhere at all and they look up aghast
And I wave goodbye to speed
And smile hello to a rose
Tim Buckley - Goodbye and Hello
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYFlij-rD9o
The only one I knew who played this was Jonathan Schwartz on WNEW-FM out of NYC.
He was on from 6 - 10 so I associate this song with the 8pm hour - does not seem to fit at any other time
ChrisZ
Odd to see Metallica and Johnny Cash together, but then, I love Sarah Brightman and Enya, but also Emmy Lou Harris's "Pancho and Lefty", "Tulsa Train", and Patsy Cline's "Crazy."
So, from Deep Purple; " Smoke on the Water" is a pretty evocative title [and a great song.]
And Emmy Lou Harris [to branch out from rock for a minute] [Pancho and Lefty] "The deserts quiet and Clevelands cold." and "His horse was fast as polished steel." Great line!
Jim
Swift DB-1
Talent usually ends up in front, but fun goes from the front of the grid all the way to the back.
All the Road Running by Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris.
Well if you're inclined
To go up on the wall
It can only be fast and high
And those who don't like the danger
Soon find something different to try
For today
Don't stand
Don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me
Really nice song. I had never heard it before.
"A million miles our vagabond heels
Clocked up beneath the clouds"
I like it.
Jim
Swift DB-1
Talent usually ends up in front, but fun goes from the front of the grid all the way to the back.
"Step aside, open wide, It's the loner.
If you see him in the subway, He'll be down at the end of the car."
Social Distancing
Neil Young
Speedway at Nazareth
Search for it on You Tube, there are several versions.
Mark Knopfler and Emmy Lou Harris collaborated live. Absolutely haunting..
“Racing makes heroin addiction look like a vague wish for something salty.” -Peter Egan
Couldn't find the duet of Pancho and Lefty, but that is a really well written song, [by Townes Van Zandt, not that I knew that an hour ago] Her voice and pacing really does add to his already haunting lyrics. Definitely one of those "I wish I'd written that!" songs.
Jim
Swift DB-1
Talent usually ends up in front, but fun goes from the front of the grid all the way to the back.
Jethro Tull, Skating Away
Well, do you ever get the feeling
That the story's too damn real
And in the present tense?
Or that everybody's on the stage
And it seems like you're the only
Person sitting in the audience?
Yes, Roundabout
Along the drifting cloud
The eagle searching down on the land
Catching the swirling wind
The sailor sees the rim of the land
The eagle's dancing wings
Create as weather spins out of hand
David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust
Making love with his ego Ziggy sucked up into his mind
Anything is possible, until it is proven impossible.
My wife's a David Bowie fan, but I never really got into his music. I like "Fame', but no particularly evocative lyrics there, to my ear. It is all subjective, however, depending on the emotions, memories, and
mental images evoked in the listener, which won't be the same for everyone.].
Here's something from a song I really like. [Tracey Chapman; Smoke and Ashes.]
"Your light and your heat have all been spent
Leaving only smoke and ashes"
There is a lot of fine writing in the lyrics of that song, but this says it so well you hardly need the rest. It's both succinct, and evocative.
Jim
Swift DB-1
Talent usually ends up in front, but fun goes from the front of the grid all the way to the back.
"them kind of cars don't pass you everyday"
-Prince
"then i turned myself to face me, but i never caught a glimpse"
-David Bowie
My Earworm
This always ran through my mind when buckling in:
"Let me ride on the Wall Of Death one more time
You can waste your time on the other rides
This is the nearest to being alive
Oh let me take my chances on the Wall Of Death"
I'm going to go off on a tangent here because I saw this again the other day and it still tears my heart out almost 20 yeas later:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AHCfZTRGiI
Long Story:
1968. Boomers had so exploded the population of Florida State University that many freshman classes were being held at night.
Cold January night. First meeting of Humanities course being taught by one graduate student; Julian Compton. Class was a mix of everything from sorority girls in mandatory dresses to long haired hippies in bell bottom Levis and buffalo sandals.
Compton introduces himself and immediately instructs the students to write down the name of the musical entertainer that would still be popular in 20 years. He then asks each student to give their answer and their reasoning.
The ensuing discussion eats up a good part of the hour. After the last answer was given, Compton says "You are all wrong." At the front of the room are blackboards that slide back and forth enabling one to be hidden.
With a flourish, Compton slides back the front board with all the students projections; Beatles, Elvis, Beach Boys, Everly Brothers, etc.
On the hidden board, now visible, are two words artfully written in many colors of chalk taking up most the board:
Rolling Stones
Compton quietly exits the room.
Last edited by Purple Frog; 04.25.20 at 10:14 PM. Reason: Told this story at Julian's wake'
excellent point: ever since the song came out, when I was jumping in the car (or Kart) I was singing “I just wanna fly” by Sugar Ray
I will also say that I have a Track Day play list as well.....
@Purple Frog: Spot On.
@Bardahl77 not at all - I watched an interview with Rick Rubin about producing Hurt; one statement sits with me “When Trent sang the song it was good, when Johnny sang it, it was Hopeless”
geez, I could do this all night lol!!
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"It's not the side-effects of the cocaine
I'm thinking that it must be love."
Station to Station
David Bowie (Beep Beep)
ChrisZ
"I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black"
Jim
Swift DB-1
Talent usually ends up in front, but fun goes from the front of the grid all the way to the back.
What song is this from? After "Hurt" and "Paint it black', I need a dose of speed [Pun intended]
Jim
Swift DB-1
Talent usually ends up in front, but fun goes from the front of the grid all the way to the back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcFhyy2kgdo
Cool! I think I saw one of these acts as a kid. Like the song, too. And in that vein;
"Speeding down the fast lane, honey, we're playin' from town to town
The boys and I've been burnin' it up, can't seem to slow it down
I've got the pedal to the floor, our lives are runnin' faster
We got our sights set straight ahead, but I ain't sure what we're after"
[Molly Hatchet; Flirting with Disaster]
Jim
Swift DB-1
Talent usually ends up in front, but fun goes from the front of the grid all the way to the back.
Back to the Who. Goin Mobile
I don't care about pollution
I'm an air-conditioned gypsy
That's my solution
Watch the police and the taxman miss me!
ChrisZ
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