11/16/08

The Be Good Tanyas: Ootischenia

The Be Good Tanyas
Song: Ootischenia
Album: Hello Love

Ootischenia YouTube Video #1

Lyrics:
Little sad with everything around me.
I hit the floor and my feet kept moving...
I look forward and never backwards,
I was out the door like a roman soldier.
Impossible to keep a straight line...
Too young to keep these bitter hearts
And all around me.
Somebody singing.
Get back get back...

Long hair coming down her shoulders,
She is tired and feeling so much older...
So tear the pages from the family bible,
It came down upon the women for survival.
It came down upon the women for survival.
You know it wasn’t me, no...
And nothing at all, you stop me if I get it wrong...
I think I’m hearing somebody saying ...
I’m gonna spank you ‘till you can’t sit down...
Bust apart we’ll lose each other,
The constellation of my sisters and brothers,
I’m spinning out into the darkness...
Good bye to you in the sadness of this ...
Good bye to you in the sadness of this ...
Good bye to you in the sadness of this ...
Impossible to keep a straight line.
Too young to keep these bitter hearts.
And all around me...
Somebody singing...
Get back get back.

11/14/08

Cake: Rock N Roll Lifestyle

From Motorcade of Generosity (1994)

Video #1, Live, 2007 - Awesome!

Video #2, original video.

Rock'n'Roll Lifestyle - Lyrics
Well, your CD collection looks shiny and costly.
How much did you pay for your bad Moto Guzi?
And how much did you spend on your black leather jacket?
Is it you or your parents in this income tax bracket?
Now tickets to concerts and drinking at clubs,
Sometimes for music that you haven't even heard of.
And how much did you pay for your rock'n'roll t-shirt

That proves you were there,
That you heard of them first?
How do you afford your rock'n'roll lifestyle?
How do you afford your rock'n'roll lifestyle?
How do you afford your rock'n'roll lifestyle?
Ah, tell me.
How much did you pay for the chunk of his guitar,
The one he ruthlessly smashed at the end of the show?
And how much will he pay for a brand new guitar,
One which he'll ruthlessly smash at the end of another show?
And how long will the workers keep building him new ones?
As long as their soda cans are red, white, and blue ones.
And how long will the workers keep building him new ones?
As long as their soda cans are red, white, and blue ones.
Aging black leather and hospital bills,
Tattoo removal and dozens of pills.
Your liver pays dearly now for youthful magic moments,
But rock on completely with some brand new components.
How do you afford your rock'n'roll lifestyle?
How do you afford your rock'n'roll lifestyle?
How do you afford your rock'n'roll lifestyle?
Excess ain't rebellion.
You're drinking what they're selling.
Your self-destruction doesn't hurt them.
Your chaos won't convert them.
They're so happy to rebuild it.
You'll never really kill it.
Yeah, excess ain't rebellion.
You're drinking what they're selling.
Excess ain't rebellion.
You're drinking,
You're drinking,
You're drinking what they're selling.

11/13/08

Guns N Roses: You're Crazy

Guns N Roses live jam here on YouTube. I like this jam, very cool and doable.....

Guns N Roses in London,
YouTube. This won't work, no one can play this fast ;-)

One more on YouTube.

You're Crazy - Lyrics:

Ow!
I've been lookin' for a trace
Lookin' for a heart,
Lookin' for a lover in a world
That's much too dark
Because you don't want my love, no, no
You wanna sati-satisfaction
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, ow!
You don't need my love
You got to find yourself another
Another piece, another piece of the Action,
Yeah, ow yeah, look out
Say where ya goin?
What you gonna do?
I been lookin' everywhere said I,
I been lookin' for you
Because you don't want my love, no, no
You wanna sati-satisfaction
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
You don't need my love
You got to find yourself another
Another piece, another piece
Of the action
You're crazy, hey, hey
You know you're crazy, oh my!
You're fuckin' crazy, oh child
You know you're crazy
Ay,ay,ay,ay,ay,ay,ah,ah,ah,ah, yeah!
Woh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Oh na,no,na,no,na,no,na,no,na,no,no,no
No,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no
No,no,no, no, no, no, no,no,no,no,no,no
No,no,no!
Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, Oh no, ow! -
Woooh, yowl!
Say, boy, where ya comin' from?
Where'd ya get that point of view?
When I was youngerI knew a Motherfucker like you,
And she said,'You don't need my love,You wanna sati-satisfaction,'
Bitch
You don't need my love,
You've got to find yourself another
Another piece, another piece
Of the action
You're crazy, hey, hey
You know you're crazy, oh my!
You're fuckin' crazy, oh child
You know you're crazy,
Ay, ay, ay, ay,
You know you're crazy,
Hey, hey,You're fuckin' crazy,
Oh child,You know you're crazy,
Ay, ay, ay, ay,
You're fuckin' crazy,
Yeah
You know you are!
Bring it down!
You're fuckin' crazy!

The Drama Queen Blues (Original song)

Originally posted on No Phat Chicks! back in 2007:

"O.k., so I wrote a song a few months ago... When this whole "No Fat Chicks" thing started. I was hoping to get the Jim Dyar Band to pick it up. But that didn't happen. So now, I'll offer it up to the blogosphere. I don't sing, or play guitar. But if I did, I would definitely add some yodels to this song..."

Drama Queen Blues - Lyrics

Drama sticks to me like glue.
I attract it, like a magnet.

It seeks me out, and attaches.
I carry it around, for weeks, in my back pocket...
Refrain: Ohhhh, I've got the Drama Queen B-L-U-E-S (sing in texas, twangy, Nanci Griffith style)
Amidst a lightning storm of controversy, my drama brews,
daily.... like bad coffee.

Refrain: Ohhhh, I've got the Drama Queen B-L-U-E-S
Oh, what would we all dooooooo,

without these ol' drama queen Bluuuuuuuuues!!!
Life would be so booooringgggg,
without these ol' drama queen Bluuuuues!!"

Image Source: Getty Images

11/12/08

Diana Krall, Elvis Costello & Willie Nelson - Crazy (Live)

Great song! Too complicated to sing, but this YouTube video with Diana Krall, Elvis Costello and Willie Nelson is just awesome!


Lyrics:
I'm crazy
crazy for feeling so lonely
I'm crazy
crazy for feeling so blue
I know you'd love me as long as you wanted
then somedayleave me for somebody new
(bridge)
worry
why do I let myself worry
wondring what in the world did I do
crazy for thinking that my love could hold youI
'm crazy for crying
I'm crazy for trying and
I'm crazy for loving you...

Alison Krauss and Robert Plant: Killing the Blues

Great song! Great lyrics!

YouTube video #1 of Alison Krauss and Robert Plant singing "Killing the Blues"

Great interview
here.

This song was originally written by either John Prine or Chris Smither. Shawn Colvin also sings it on her "Cover Girl" album. Listen to Shawn Colvin here:

Killing the Blues lyrics here:
Leaves were falling ..

Just like embers
In colors red and gold
they set us on fire
Burning just like a moonbeam ..
in our eyes

Chorus:
Somebody said they saw me
Swinging the world by the tail
Bouncing over a white cloud.
Killing the Blues

I am guilty of something
I hope you never do because there is nothing
Sadder than losing .. yourself in love

Repeat Chorus:
Somebody said they saw me
Swinging the world by the tail
Bouncing over a white cloud.
Killing the Blues


Repeat Chorus:
Somebody said they saw me
Swinging the world by the tail
Bouncing over a white cloud.
Killing the Blues


Now, you ask me
Just to leave you
To go out on my own and get what I need to
You want me to find ..what I've already had

Repeat Chorus:
Somebody said they saw me
Swinging the world by the tail
Bouncing over a white cloud.
Killing the Blues


Repeat Chorus:
Somebody said they saw me
Swinging the world by the tail
Bouncing over a white cloud.
Killing the Blues


Repeat Chorus:
Somebody said they saw me
Swinging the world by the tail
Bouncing over a white cloud.
Killing the Blues


Repeat Chorus:
Somebody said they saw me
Swinging the world by the tail
Bouncing over a white cloud.
Killing the Blues

11/11/08

Gillian Welch: Look at Miss Ohio

God, I love this song! Great duet!

Look at Miss Ohio,
video #1 and video #2.

Look at Miss Ohio Lyrics:
Oh me oh my oh, l
ook at Miss Ohio
She’s a-running around with her rag-top down
She says I wanna do right but not right now
Gonna drive to Atlanta and live out this fantasy
Running around with the rag-top down
Yeah I wanna do right but not right now
Had your arm around her shoulder, a regimental soldier
An’ mamma starts pushing that wedding gown
Yeah you wanna do right but not right now
Oh me oh my oh, would ya look at Miss Ohio
She’s a-runnin’ around with the rag-top down
She says I wanna do right but not right now
I know all about it, so you don’t have to shout it
I’m gonna straighten it out somehow
Yeah I wanna do right but not right now
Oh me oh my oh, look at Miss Ohio
She a-runnin’ around with her rag-top down
She says I wanna do right , but not right now
Oh I wanna do right but not right now.

Greg Brown: Spring Wind

"Spring Wind"

YouTube Video
here.

One more
video here.

I lived awhile without you,
darn near half my life.
I no longer see our unborn children,
born to you my unwed wife.
But yesterday I had a vision,
beneath the tree where we once talked,
of an old couple burning
their love letters so their children
won't be shocked.
[chorus:]
Love calls like the wild birds--
it's another day.
A Spring wind blew my list of
things to do...away.
My friends are gettin older,
so I guess I must be too.
Without their loving kindness,
I don't know what I'd do.
Oh the wine bottle's half empty--
the money's all spent.
And we're a cross between our parents
and hippies in a tent.
[repeat chorus]
In a mucked up lovely river,
I cast my little fly.
I look at that river and smell it
and it makes me wanna cry.
Oh to clean our dirty planet,
now there's a noble wish,
and I'm puttin my shoulder to the wheel
'cause I wanna catch some fish.
[repeat chorus]
Children go to sleep now--
you know it's gettin' late.
I know you don't like to miss nothin'
and school ain't that great.
Oh, I'll dance with you when you're happy,
and hold you when you're sad,
and hope you know how glad I am,
just to be you're Dad.
[repeat chorus]
Darlin' it's been a hard go
but I think we'll be okay.
I know I say that all the time
like everything else I say.
Oh, I've been gone so often,
but every time I miss you,
and I don't really know nothin',
Except I like to kiss you.
[repeat chorus]

Lyric Source: Lyrics for
Dream Cafe, 1992.

Greg Brown: Just By Myself

"Just by Myself"

Not so good YouTube video here.

I'll walk around
some ancient city,
write in my notebook,
and drink my tea.
Don't have to make love,
'cause love made me,
and I'll be happy
just by myself.


Hey-ay-ay-ay-ay.
I'll make my supper
'bout ten oclock,
and watch the moon rise
above my block,
and go to bed
in just my socks,
and I'll be happy
just by myself.
Hey-ay-ay-ay-ay.


And I'll go fishin'--
get with the flow.
I know a river
in Idaho.
I'll catch a big trout
and let him go,
and I'll be happy
just by myself.


Hey-ay-ay-ay-ay.
Love never made a--
a fool of me.
I always was one
as you could see.
I can't be good,
so I'll be free.
Ummm, and I'll be happy
just by myself.
Hey-ay-ay-ay-ay.


I'll fold the laundry, just like I please.
And put the sheets on, just like I please.
And in my dreams, find sweet release.
Ummm, and I'll be happy
just by myself.
Hey-ay-ay-ay-ay.
Happy, oh-oh-oh.
Happy, hey-ay-ay-ay-ay.

Falling Slowly...

I just heard this song again on World Cafe tonight. Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova "Falling Slowly." I think it's an amazing duet, great lyrics.

Here's the original video of "
Falling Slowly" from the movie "Once."

YouTube version, live in 2006.

It won a "
Best Original Song" Oscar!

Falling Slowly lyrics:
I don't know you

But I want you
All the more for that

Words fall through me
And always fool me
And I can't react
And games that never amount
To more than they're meant
Will play themselves out
Take this sinking boat and point it home
We've still got time
Raise your hopeful voice you have a choice
You've made it now
Falling slowly, eyes that know me
And I can't go back
Moods that take me and erase me
And I'm painted black
You have suffered enough
And warred with yourself
It's time that you won
Take this sinking boat and point it home
We've still got time
Raise your hopeful voice you had a choice
You've made it now
Take this sinking boat and point it home
We've still got time
Raise your hopeful voice you had a choice
You've made it now
Falling slowly sing your melody
I'll sing along

11/6/08

Alexi Murdoch - Orange Sky

Alexi Murdoch, Orange Sky, Live, in a bookstore.... Amazing!

Well I had a dream
I stood beneath an orange sky
Yes I had a dream
I stood beneath an orange sky
With my brother standing by
With my brother standing by
I said Brother, you know you know
It’s a long road we’ve been walking on
Brother you know it is, you know it is
Such a long road we’ve been walking on
And I had a dream I stood beneath an orange sky
With my sister standing by
With my sister standing by
I said Sister, here is what I know now
Here is what I know now
Goes like this.. In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, in your love, in your love
But sister you know I’m so weary
And you know sister
My hearts been broken
Sometimes, sometimes
My mind is too strong to carry on
Too strong to carry on
When I am alone
When I’ve thrown off the weight of this crazy stone
When I've lost all care for the things I own
That's when I miss you, that's when I miss you, that's when I miss you
You who are my home
You who are my home
And here is what I know now
Here is what I know now
Goes like this..
In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, in your love, in your love
Well I had a dream I stood beneath an orange sky
Yes I had a dream I stood beneath an orange sky
With my brother and my sister standing by
With my brother and my sister standing by
With my brother and my sister standing by

Eddie Vedder - Society

YouTube video of "Society."

This
video includes the lyrics as well.

"Society" lyrics:
Oh, it's a mystery to me.

We have a greed with which we have agreed.
And you think you have to want more than you need.
Until you have it all you won't be free.
Society, you're a crazy breed.
Hope you're not lonely without me...
When you want more than you have.
You think you need...
And when you think more than you want.
Your thoughts begin to bleed.
I think I need to find a bigger place.
Because when you have more than you think.
You need more space.
Society, you're a crazy breed.
Hope you're not lonely without me...
Society, crazy indeed.
Hope you're not lonely without me...
There's those thinking, more-or-less, less is more.
But if less is more, how you keeping score?
Means for every point you make, your level drops.
Kinda like you're starting from the top.
You can't do that...
Society, you're a crazy breed.
Hope you're not lonely without me...
Society, crazy indeed.
Hope you're not lonely without me...
Society, have mercy on me.
Hope you're not angry if I disagree...
Society, crazy indeed.
Hope you're not lonely without me...

Emmy Lou Harris & Mark Knoepfler: This is Us

I'm officially obsessed with this song...

Here's the link to the
This is Us video from the documentary "Real Live Roadrunning."

Live rendition of
This is Us here [sound is off on this one, however]

Another crappy video of
This is Us here on the David Letterman Show.

Got time? Here's a 2 hour documentary about Emmy Lou Harris and Mark Knopfler's collaboration called "
Real Live Roadrunning."

This is Us Lyrics:
This is Us, Down at the Mardi Gras
This Is Us, in your daddy's car
You were the missing link
Yea, I had a little too much to drink, now
Too long
long in the sun
Having too much fun
You and me and our memories, this is us
This is us, This is us
This is us, This is us
You were working at the barbeque
Yea
When I said I do
And jamming on the bar-room floor
You and that wedding coat you wore
You and that amazing dress
I was stoned on love I guess
You and me, we were meant to be, this is us
This is us, This is us
This is us, This is us
This is us on our honeymoon in our hotel room
Sitting by the wishing well
Checking out our love hotel.
Making plans for the sunshine state
Waiting at the terminal gate
You and me making history, this is us.
This is us, This is us
This is us, This is us
This is us, This is us
This is us, This is us
And our baby born
With her pride and joy
You at the Sunday game
Standing next to what'is name
On our annivesary
With the family
You and me and our memories, this is us
This is us, This is us
This is us, This is us
This is us, This is us
This is us, This is us.....


Robert Plant / Allison Krauss - Please Read the Letter

Here's the original video for the Please Read the Letter...

Here's Please Read the Letter (Live)
[Note: I want those boots that Allison Krauss is wearing!]

Please Read the Letter lyrics:
Caught out running...
With just a little too much to hide.
Maybe baby...
Everything's gonna work out fine.
Please read the letter,
I pinned it to your door.
It's crazy how it all turned out...
We needed so much more.
Too late, too late.
A fool could read the signs.
Maybe baby...
You'd better check between the lines.
Please read the letter,
IWrote it in my sleep.
With help and consultation from
the angels of the deep.
Once I stood beside a well of many words.
My house was full of rings and
Charms and pretty birds.
Please understand me, my walls come falling down...
There's nothing here that's left for you.
But check with lost and found.
Please read the letter that I wrote.
Please read the letter that I wrote.
One more song just before we go...
Remember baby...
All the things we used to know.
Please read my letter,
and promise you'll keep the secrets and the memories and
cherish in the deep
Ah... ah... ah....
Please read the letter that I wrote.
Please read the letter that I wrote.
Please read the letter that I wrote.
Please read the letter that I wrote.
Please read the letter that I wrote.
Please read the letter that I wrote.

11/5/08

The Avett Brothers: For Today/Careless (cover)

This is my current favorite song. Let's sing it!

Here are the Avett Brothers singing "Careless." Heath even looks like he could be one of the Avett Brothers!

For Today, July 2, 2008.

Here's Jessica Lea Mayfield singing
Careless with The Avett Brothers. [Jessica Lea Mayfield wrote this song, but her brother is in The Avett Brothers band.]

Here's one of my blog entries about this song, and another one....

Here is the official recording on her
MySpace page... But I can't find the lyrics on line!! Crap!

Damien Rice: Volcano

I don't care if this is a cover.... I want to sing the female vocals on this song by Damien Rice: Volcano

This is an amazing song! Very powerful instrumentation....

Volcano lyrics:
Don't hold yourself like that.

You'll hurt your knees.
I kissed your mouth and back.
But that's all I need.
Don't build your world around volcanoes....
melt you down

What I am to you is not real.
What I am to you... you do not need.
What I am to you is not what you mean to me.
You give me miles and miles of mountains.
And I'll ask for the sea.
Don't throw yourself like that...
In front of me.

I kissed your mouth, your back.
Is that all you need?
Don't drag my love around..... volcanoes melt me down.

What I am to you is not real.
What I am to you you do not need.
What I am to you is not what you mean to me.
You give me miles and miles of mountains.
And I'll ask for... what I give to you...
Is just what i'm going through.

This is nothing new.
No no just another phase... of finding what I really need....
Is what makes me bleed.
And like a new disease she's still too young to treat...
Volcanoes melt me down.
She's still too young.
I kissed your mouth.
You do not need me.....

Wilco: Leave Me Like You Found Me (cover)

Leave me Like You Found Me (original YouTube video)

Leave Me Like You Found Me lyrics:
That’s when I knew you.
You might be lonely too..
That’s what I wished for...
Somebody just like you.
To tell me what to do, honestly.
And leave me like you found me.
Can you believe it.
I’m somebody just like you.
Content with being blue, honestly.
Leave me like you found me.
I sit on the couch alone.
Where you sit when I’m not home.
And I feel so close to you.
And down the city streets.
People are climbing the trees.
They’re finally up off their knees.
Honestly....You leave me like you found me...
Can you leave me like you found me?

Wilco: Either Way (cover)

Either Way (You Tube video #1) with a great, short guitar solo...

Either Way (Live) You Tube video #2.

One more YouTube version of
Either Way, includes two acoustic guitarist and one singer...

Either Way lyrics:

Maybe the sun will shine today.
The clouds will blow away.
Maybe I won’t feel so afraid.
I will try to understand...Either way.

Maybe you still love me...Maybe you don’t.
Either you will or you won’t.
Maybe you just need some time alone...
I will try to understand.
Everything has its plan.
Either way...
I’m gonna stay.
Right for you.

Maybe the sun will shine today.
The clouds will roll away.
Maybe I won’t be so afraid.
I will understand everything has its plan.
Either way...

Wilco: Hate it Here (cover)

Hate it Hear YouTube #1

Hate it Hear, not so bad cover of it on YouTube.

Hate it Hear. Live in Brisbane, Australia.

And finally, what the song sounds like on the album....
Here.

Hate it Here Lyrics:
I try to stay busy

I do the dishes,
I mow the lawn
I try to keep myself occupied.
Even though I know you’re not coming home.
I try to keep the house nice and neat.
I make my bed I change the sheets.
I even learned how to use the washing machine.
But keeping things clean doesn’t change anything.
What am I gonna do when I run out of shirts to fold?
What am I gonna do when I run out of lawn to mow?
What am I gonna do if you never come home?
Tell me, what am I gonna do?
I hate it...
I hate it here....
When you’re gone.

I caught myself thinking
I caught myself thinking once again...
Have to try to keep my mind out of this.
Try not to pretend.
I’ll check the phone.
I’ll check the mail.
I’ll check the phone again and I call your mom.
She says you’re not there and I should take care...
I hate it here
When you’re gone...
I hate it....
I hate it here....
When you’re gone....
I try to stay busy.
I take out the trash, I sweep the floor.
Try to keep myself occupied.
Cause I know you don’t live here.... anymore.

Ben Harper & Jack Johnson - Please Me Like You Want To


Here's Ben Harper and Jack Johnson - Watch "Please Me Like You Want To" [YouTube] with just acoustic guitar....

Lyrics:
Don't do me any favors
matter of fact why don't you do yourself a few
your presence ain't nobody's blessing
I've got plenty of other things I could do
oh no, not another excuse
your tired silly games for me are just no use
and now it's plain for me to see you're with somebody that you don't want to be
so won't you please please me like you want to
not like you have to
or won't you just go on and leave me
leaving me is the least that you could do
you could have spared me so much misery
and told me you just wanted a friend
believe me there is a difference when you mean it
and when you pretend
or was I just your habit cause I know a habit is a hard thing to break
but won't you spare me a little mercy there's only so much that I can take
so won't you please please me like you want to not like you have to or
won't you just go on and leave me leaving me is the least that you could do

Cover Songs: Allison Krauss/Robert Plant

Rich Woman



Please Read the Letter

Fortune Teller



Let Your Loss be Your Lesson

Cover Song: Eddie Vedder... Rise and/or Hard Sun

We should probably stick with "Rise" because I think it might be easier to play???

Insert lyrics, video, sheet music here...

Cover Song #2: Morning Yearning, by Ben Harper


Amazing live rendition
here. Learn it, play it, sing it!

Original video
here.

Live Video #2
here.

Morning Yearning Lyrics:
A finger's touch upon my lips.
It's a morning yearning.
Pull the courtains shut, try to keep it dark.
But the sun is burning.
The world awakens on the run.
And will soon be yearning.

With hopes of better days to come.
It's a morning yearning.

Another day, another chance to get it right.
Must i.... still be learning.
Baby crying kept us up all night...
With her morning yearning.

Like a summer rose, i' m a victim of the fall.
But i' m soon returning...
Your love' s the warmest place the sun ever shines.
My morning yearning....

Cover Song #1: The Beatles / Revolution

You say you want a Revolution?

Well you know...
We all want to change the world.
You tell me that it's evolution.
Well you know....
We all want to change the world.
But when you talk about destruction.
Don't you know you can count me out.
Don't you know it's gonna be alright. Alright. Alright.

You say you got a real solution.
Well you know. We'd all love to see the plan.
You ask me for a contribution.
Well you know.
We're doing what we can.
But when you want money for people with minds that hate.
All I can tell you is brother, you have to wait.
Don't you know it's gonna be alright. Alright. Alright.
You say you'll change the constitution.
Well you know. We all want to change your head.
You tell me it's the institution. Well you know.
You better free your mind instead.
But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao, you ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow. Don't you know know it's gonna be alright.
Alright. Alright. --