Ranking every track 1 on every full length Weezer album.

Ranking every track 1 on every full length Weezer album.

So here we go.  If you aren’t down with the weez, then this might not be a fun post for you. 

But then again, maybe you haven’t given them enough of a chance and should check this list out.

So as the title would suggest I am going to give you a 12 through 1 ranking of the 12 full length weezer albums.  12 includes the upcoming Pacific Daydream, due out October 27^th.

I am also including 2010’s Death to False Metal.  Which, in case you are wondering was sold as a Weezer album to fulfill their contract with Geffen, but it was really a compilation album, patched up by Rivers with little input from the rest of the band.

 But more on that later.

Let’s get Going.

12. Don’t Let Go from 2001’s Green Album

So, initially there is an excitement when a band comes back after a 5 year hiatus. But once you get past this song, you realize there are better songs later.

The whole green album was filled with weird cryptic lyrics with no personality.  This started that mold. And as a comeback song, you can see why it was never a single.  

The album should have opened with Hashpipe.  This was just cookie cutter, there were a few old school sounding riffs. But the solo was just a copy of the vocal track. 

 Rivers would later improvise better solos.

 But it was such a dismal way to start an album.

Here is a redone version from 2005. You can look for the original on your own. 

So, the guy in the back is Bobby Schneck, a guitar tech for the band who played during some songs on the Make Believe tour.  Also, some people have dubbed this version the “New Wave” version of the song due to Brian’s synthesizer duties.  The solo section on this version is much different as well.  

11. Turning Up The Radio from 2010’s Death to False Metal

So this was a song that came out of a whole conglomerate of Rivers Cuomo and anyone following him on YouTube. 

I participated, it was weird, but it showed the whole world a facet of his writing process.

The project was called, Let’s Write a Sawng

Go ahead, click it.

Right up there where it says Let’s Write a Sawng

So, yeah, this is a decent song, but this was a completely solo project.  Cuomo offered the song for the band; they didn’t want it so it ended up on this album. 

Here ya Go.

10. Beverly Hills from 2005’s Make Believe

Here We go,  

I have held a grudge against this song since 2005, and it’s time to end that beef.

If this is what brought you into the weezer world, cool.

If you haven’t checked out any of the older stuff, or anything since, you are really missing out.

The summer of 2005 and the Make Believe tour was overrun with 13 year olds, who only knew 1 song, and they would rush the stage as soon as this song came on.  I try hard not to be a snob, or a hipster, but sadly when it comes to weezer, I kind of am. Sorry

So this was the band’s biggest single of all time, and the number 2 most downloaded song of 2005. If you are under the age of 30, I have probably offended you already

Anyways.  The song was just too poppy for me. And as good as Stephanie Eitel’s gimme gimmes are, I like it better when the band does it.

Also, there is a better live version of this.  You don’t need the original, everybody fucking owns it.

Yeah, how about that solo huh?  Also, did you hear rivers accent. When he plays live sometimes his r’s and L’s become w’s.  I don’t know if that is on purpose, or is that a Connecticut thing that he masks when he records.  Anyways.  Good, it’s done.

9. California Kids from 2016’s White Album

Look, this song is good. It gets a lower rating though, in particular because as far as lead songs go, it’s just not the best. Plus we just came from Everything Will Be Alright In The End, and for me that was a phenomenal album.

Now granted this wasn’t the lead single.  In fact it was the 5^th single.  But still the first song.

Look it’s just kind of boring and based on just weird meet ups that Rivers had through tinder.

However, the one positive I would say is that it did set the tone for the album.  Which is cool.

To my knowledge this was the only song that had been written before recording the white album. 

Well.  Here it is.  By the way the video pays homage to the other videos from the album.  Make sure you check those out too.

8. Memories from 2010’s Hurley

Ahh, that’s right, Weezer was on Epitaph for 1 album.  So they got a bit harder.  Maybe you like it.  It didn’t feel real to me.  But hey

So the song itself is definitely a cool look back at the history of weezer, however, for as much as they say they want to go “back there”  it took them 4 years to actually go back there.

The song is decent.  Rivers screaming is a bit awkward. 

A killer solo would have been nice.  But hey what can you do

I think I like this song more because of the video.

Decide for yourself.

7. (If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To from 2009’s Raditude

I don’t know

A lot of people didn’t like this song, and in general Raditude is highly regarded as weezer’s worst album.

I actually liked the album.  

Ok except Love is the Answer, but-

Nobody liked that song.

Look if anything, this song should be noted for the background “yep shouted after the line - The rest of the summer was the best we ever had- unofficially I think of it as a nod to that song Shine by Collective soul. But hey maybe I am wrong

The song itself is not half bad; it definitely has its own sound. But that was true of the whole album.  It’s pretty straight forward. About a guy wanting a girl to make the first move

It was also the lead single off the album, but everyone was waiting for Can’t Stop Partying.

6. Mexican Fender from 2017’s Pacific Daydream

Look, you probably haven’t heard this yet.

The weez has been getting us ready for this album for a while.

You owe it to yourself to get hip to this. 

Out of the first 3 songs released from the album, this is my favorite.  There are a lot of modern sounds to it, but it has a very pinkertonesque breakdown.  But no solo.

I think this might grow on me, and hopefully you. 

Check out the video, and yes this is the real video

Finally, the top 5

5. Troublemaker from 2008’s Red Album

This is top 5 because it is a great song. 

The red album was sort of all over the place, but this was a hip song to start it all off. 

Good hook, good breakdown.  I mean, It’s missing a solo, but there weren’t many on the red album. 

But this song has the ability to get you going.

Oh plus my son loved this song.

Check out the very different video

4. American Gigolo from 2002’s Maladroit

Maladroit as an album is always overlooked. But I mean they had cool videos for other songs, this one just got missed.

It is a pretty hard rocking number. And a great opening number. Keep in mind that this came out almost a year after the green album.  So there was a tradeoff, where the green album seemed rushed, Maladroit was almost over produced.

The song features a lot of distortion and a whiny guitar sort of shredding in the background, and just a great crunchy snacky cake of a solo.

I have always liked Maladroit. And I love using this song as an entry way, to show people that weezer is more than just the pop you see them putting out.

Dig it.

3. Tired of Sex from 1996’s Pinkerton

Gasp

“This is not number 1?”

So this song has lived in obscurity for most casual fans.

I mean when you think about Pinkerton, most of it has wasted away.

But when I say solo, these are the kind of solos I am looking for.  Rivers just shredding his heart out.  He hated the album, but fans loved it.

So anyways, it is only number 3 because; there are 2 songs that mean more to me… kinda…

It’s just

Ok here it is, it’s top 25 and with 12 albums to choose from. Top 25 is saying a lot.

Here’s a live version from 2001

Here’s the original from the album

Both worth your time.

2.  My Name is Jonas from 1994’s Blue Album

If you are doing the math, right now you are probably very confused.

Pinkerton at 3, blue at 2?

And, hey think about this, my son’s middle name is Jonas.

The song rocks and I mean loudly. 

Then all of a sudden, a harmonica.  How often do you hear a harmonica if you aren’t a huge blues fan?

I mean it has a cool break/solo and really just chomps down on you. 

This was always a good first set closer.

Just listen

So if you haven’t figured it out yet… it’s time for number 1

It’s a bit of a shocker…

1.  Ain’t Got Nobody from 2014’s Everything Will Be Alright in the End

The song has everything that I have been saying the others haven’t.

Kick ass intro, hand claps, solos, breaks, shreds, crunchies,  it is all there. 

The lyrics might not make much sense. But ehh what does Ape the Goomba mean?

So here is what it is.  For years, the weezer fanbase has begged for Pinkerton 2.0, in my opinion, this album was it. 

As soon as I heard this song, I was so excited; weezer was back, and not just back, but true to form.

This one does it for me.

Guilty pleasure? Maybe, but after you hear it, it’s going to be yours too.

That is it for now, I will amend this if a new album comes out.  Until then, check out all of the other ones, and get ready for Pacific Daydream.

One Love

=w=

8 Artists You Should Know

So. I want to keep this as un-hipster as possible. Really, it is the opposite, but someone telling you about obscure music has a hipster-esque feeling to it.

So yeah I reached out to my friends, and I had a few of my own.  I just figure music still can have that word of mouth feel to it. 

The days of trading mixtapes or reading about bands, or bands being at in store junkets is a bygone era.

Music is digital now, not only does everyone have a smartphone that can pull up videos of anything, anywhere; we’ve also got iPod or any other device.

Hell, you might even be reading this on a phone.

So anyways, it’s time to highlight some people you may not know about.

X Ambassadors

Saw these guys last year, and at the time, I had only heard their song Renegades. It was on a commercial for a Jeep Renegade.

Well needless to say they are an awesome band, and they put on a great show.  They have an energy that is all their own.  Is their sound original? Maybe not. But I can’t think of anything to compare it to. Maybe Lenny Kravitz, but a lot better, and not just a Hendrix ripoff.

So these dudes are from New York and have been together now for 8 years. They’ve released a few EPs, but didn’t release a full length album until June of 2015.  And quite frankly, it was worth the wait. 20 tracks of music. Full songs intertwined with well-placed interludes, it is definitely great.

The band is led by Sam Harris who is a multi-instrumental specialist. 

Rounding out the rest of the band is Casey Harris on keys, also the blind brother of Sam Harris, but god damn he gets down.  Noah Feldshuh plays lead guitar, and Adam Levin finalizes the group on drums. 

So they had a great 2015/2016 opening for Imagine Dragons, Weezer, and Panic! At the Disco.  But look for them to start headlining their own shows soon.

Here’s a look into their live experience:

Jungle

Renegades

Sturgill Simpson

If you tuned into Saturday Night Live this week, and found yourself saying, “who the fuck is Sturgill Simpson”  Don’t worry. I did too, and so many people have been asking that for a while.

In fact Simpson even sells a shirt reflecting that.

So after the SNL gig, I started looking into Simpson, who is now my latest musical obsession. 

Dude is awesome. 

Now I am not a huge fan of country music, but Simpson sort of blends some soul and rock into it.  His voice is versatile as is his repertoire of songs. 

His backing band members are no slouches either. And there are so many of them. His horn section swells to upwards of 6 members on certain songs.

And the guy on the keys.  Fucking righteous

So Sturgill Simpson, was in the navy, and then moved around a bit and started a bluegrass band in 2004. Then they broke up and he managed a railroad yard.

He went solo in 2013 and released  a few  albums, started appearing on tv.

In 2016 he released his third album “A Sailor’s Guide to the Earth” on Atlantic Records, and his success is starting to happen as the album is not only nominated for Best Country Album but also Album of the Year at the upcoming Grammys.

Ok, check it for yourself.

Call To Arms  This was the final number on SNL. If that doesn’t get you hooked, I don’t know.

You Can Have The Crown / Some Days  This is a smaller band live at some brewery

In Bloom   That’s right he covered Nirvana, and truthfully I like it. A lot.

The Bigger Empty

So it’s no secret that I love the Smoking Popes, well this takes their drummer and puts him center stage with a guitar and a mic.

How can I explain this to you.  It’s great shit.  Ok how about this, I am literally going to copy and paste the about section from their facebook page. Ok?   Well deal with it.

Punk rockers that got old and slowed down a little bit.

So yeah, that’s their about, hears their biography straight off their facebook page

The Bigger Empty is a rock band from Westmont,IL. Its members include: Mike Felumlee (drummer of The Smoking Popes and Alkaline Trio) on guitar/vocals, Amanda Sena on keys and vocals, and Jim Steinkraus, Reuben Baird, and Kevin Baschen from the Chicago band Sketch Middle. This group has been playing together for several years as Mike’s solo act. During rehearsals for their upcoming album, the guys discovered they were sounding more like a band than a solo project, and so The Bigger Empty was born.

With a shared passion for straightforward, hard hitting pop-rock, The Bigger Empty are diving into the recording of their debut full-length album. The album is currently being tracked at Reuben’s studio Chicago Sound Lab with Reuben manning the console. The guys are very excited to share their musical vision with the world. Rock music just as it should be: pure, simple, and catchy

So, yeah, it’s just poppy music, a touch of punk/indie But honestly they are worth your time.

Thread

Better than Drowning

The XX

Believe it or not, my almost 12 year old son is the one who made me take a second look at The XX

I saw them earlier on SNL and that’s where he found them. Somehow he took a liking to them. I’m still a little perplexed by the bands lineup/grouping.

They were once a 4 piece, but have narrowed it down to 3

So, they’ve got Oliver Sim on Bass and Vocals, Romy Madley Croft on guitar and vocals, and then they’ve got a guy making beats and mixing things up named Jamie Smith.

That’s it, and maybe my age is showing, but a band without a drummer confuses me.  But it clearly works. And the electronic aspect of it, means that the percussion can be produced in a way not possible with an actual drummer.

So like I said they were a 4 piece in 2006 but by the end of 2009 the band made the decision to axe the second guitarist.

So these cats are British and are  big over there

 Well, here, they were just on Jimmy Fallon

Lips

Islands

Vince Staples

So, my main man Tate Nuggs told me to check this dude out. I did, and I liked it.

I don’t give Hip Hop enough credit on this blog, I think I need to change that. 

So Vince Staples is from Long Beach, where lots of great music has come from.

He started out being featured on some OddFuture tracks.  Then he started putting out mixtapes of his own and was signed by Def Jam records.

He made his major label album debut in 2015 entitled Summertime ‘06  with 3 singles off it received many 4 and 5 star reviews and ranked in the top ten of the year by various websites and publications.

2016 brought us Prima Donna a 7 song EP that was again, critically on fire.

Blue Suede

Norf Norf

War Ready

All Them Witches

This is another band that came from a recommendation  and I am glad that I got it. I don’t know much about them, and was unable to find a whole lot out, but I like what I have heard. 

They are a rock band from Nashville, and they sound like they were plucked from a killer acid trip and just started rocking.

They’ve put out 5 albums, 3 studio and 2 live, and they are planning their next album for February of this year.

So, check em out and pay attention for their next album.

The Marriage of Coyote Woman

When God Comes Back LIVE

Under Pressure – Yes that Under Pressure.  It’s worth your time. I promise

Tori Kelly

So, here’s the thing, she is not necessarily overlooked, some of her videos have been viewed over 30 million times, but she came as a recommendation from my lady friend Denee. Truthfully though, I had never heard of her before.  

So if you haven’t heard of her, here you go.

So I like what I did stop to listen to.

So here’s a quick brief history.

She tried out for American Idol in 2010 but did not make their top 24.

She then started releasing her own music, self produced and self released.  That got her noticed and she signed to Capitol Records. 

In June of 2015 she put out her first full length album that went to number 2 on the album  charts she was nominated for various best new artist awards, and even won a few.

So that’s where we are today.

Nobody Love

Should’ve Been Us

Hollow

Desaparecidos

So, you might have heard the name Conor Oberst before.  Maybe you like his other band Bright Eyes.

Maybe you like the supergroup Monsters of Folk.

So Desaparecidos is new to me too. It was recommended to me by a friend of mine named Pete. I may have heard them when they released their first album in 2002. But as I recalled to Pete, there was a lot of Emo/Post-core music saturating life in the early 2000s. 

So anyways, What you’ve got is an awesome band who took a 13 year break between albums and picked up right where they left off.

Kind of.  I mean they got more educated, but realistically the politics were there, I mean they sort of fall into that whole DC scene, without being from DC

Ok, well, let’s have a listen, and this will be a bit different.

Read Music/ Speak Spanish -   Yep, the whole album from 2002

And then of course.

Payola  - Yep a whole playlist of their 2015 album.

So that’s it 8 artists that deserve your time. They are making names for themselves, you can like them before they are cool

But really, what do you think, did you know them, all of them? Any of them? Did I miss anyone?

I will do this again, and I am also going to do a deeper classic version of this later too.

     -peace

Fun Christmas songs.

Christmastime is here, so it’s time for some Christmas songs.

These are some of the fun ones, I might do more traditional ones later, but these are the ones you seldom get to hear. 

I won’t do much of a commentary, because I just want to give you the shock value. It’s more comedic that way.

By the way most of these aren’t real child friendly, or work friendly. And definitely don’t share them with your mother or your mother-in-law.

Holy Shit It’s Christmas

So this is a great tune.  Red Peters is just an older guy who puts out comedy albums.

He also once farted on President Obama.

So here he is with his friends the singing hamsters.

The hamsters are like a dirty version of the Chipmunks. 

They change the words in the song to have a little fun. 

Well, here listen. 

Be Clause I got High

So, in all reality, Afroman actually has his own Christmas album.

This is not from it,

This is Bob Rivers, who like Red Peters is just a radio guy that also writes parodies. 

This one is straight up, and it’s not bad.  If you remember the original, this is pretty straight forward with just different lyrics.

Ding, Fries are Done

So this is an older one, but once it’s in your head, you can’t forget it. 

So if you really love Carol of the Bells, truly think if you want to push play or not.

Family Guy did a version of this once too.  Look for it on your own time.

Run Run Rudolph

Of Course you know this.  It’s a Chuck Berry tune.

But this isn’t Chuck Berry.

Nor is it Kelly Clarkson.

In 2008 a bunch of great musicians got together to record Christmas Tunes for an Album called “We Wish You a Metal Christmas. 

You owe it to yourself to look it up on YouTube, There’s some good stuff there, Ronny James Dio, Tommy Shaw etc.

So this is Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters, Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top and, Lemmy, who needs no introduction.

O Holy Night

So, this is my favorite Jesus Christmas song.

Obviously, not this version.  This is just for fun.

Oh, what do I mean by Jesus Christmas song?

I look at it, basically there are 2 types of serious Christmas songs, those that have a religious tone, and those that don’t. 

So this is a silly version of a religious song.  It’s not meant to be offensive.  Plus if you really listen to it, it represents the view that kids don’t really comprehend the whole religious thing.

What sticks out is the background music and singers, they are doing an incredible version of the song, like seriously, put them behind Whitney Houston and you’ve created a Christmas miracle.

Walking in my Winter Underwear

So this is Stan Boreson on the Lawrence Welk Show.

It’s just some fun stuff.

Clearly it’s older than me.

 It’s in Black and white for Christ’s sake.

I Farted on Santa's Lap (Now Christmas is Gonna Stink for Me)

So this is The Little Stinkers, a great group of kids.

I know nothing more about them.  I tried to dig up some info, but was unsuccessful.

Then again, I didn’t try too hard.

Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy

So clearly this isn’t the original, and it’s not really silly until the end.

But the guys involved make it funny from the get go.

So, just watch the whole thing and enjoy it. 

Rusty Chevrolet

So this is Da Yoopers.

A fun group of guys from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. 

So here is a new take on Jingle bells that you may have never heard.

Even though they are from Michigan, I think most Wisconsinites can relate. 

But people from Ohio hate this song.

WHAM! - LAST CHRISTMAS VOCAL COVER 2016 (OFFICIAL)

I had to do it.  This is Jon Sudano, and if you haven’t seen any of his videos, you need to go back and watch them all. 

What seems like a cruel joke is a gift of true talent.

To have a song playing and then to sing another song, it messes up your mind, trust me I tried.

He plays guitar and in this video he shows that he really can sing. I’ve been speculating that that was the case all along, but now the secrets out.  You hear it at the beginning of the song and a bit at the end. 

Ok, so if you don’t like vulgarity, then this is the end of the post for you today.  Thank you for reading, and If I don’t see you, Happy Holidays.

******Seriously, if you go beyond this point, and get offended it’s your own fault.******

This is the stuff you want to keep away from your mom, your grandma or your 8 year old. 

So, I’m not explaining the rest of these, I am just leaving them here for you to discover, the titles explain them pretty well.

Christmas Tree

Personally I think this is decent, but my wife thinks it belongs down at the bottom, and doesn’t want her mother to hear it.

I obliged, but only because the couch is uncomfortable.

It’s just Lady Gaga

Fist Me This Christmas

Afroman Is Coming To Town

I told you he had a Christmas Album.  It’s as good as it is offensive.

Grandma Got Molested At The Airport

Well, the title says it all.

 Well, that's it for today folks, I hope you had fun, 

I hope you were happy for a while. 

 Don't let the Holidays get you down, just come back and listen again.  

 Like I said, I am going to try to write a serious version, but who knows.  

So have a good Holidays if I don't see you. 

Feliz Navidad.

What?! Oh Hell No! Hold up. Huh? Oh Ok

(Or, what’s that song really about?)

Wake Me Up When September Ends – Green Day

So, we hear this song every year when a football team starts out 0 and 4.

We also hear it when we are seeing tributes to the September 11^th attacks.

It was used as a tribute to Hurricane Katrina

The video itself is a long sweeping love story about a young couple torn apart by the war. The sadness of waiting for a loved one to come home, and everything we feared during the Iraq war.  

Obviously none of that is what the song is about at all.

But the band never told anyone not to use it.  I think good musicians are aware that, even when their words are misconstrued, they can still help others heal.  (ok maybe not the football stuff)

The song’s real meaning came from Billie Joe Armstrong’s childhood.   They mention it in one line in particular, but at the age of ten Billie Joe lost his father in September of 1982.  So the line “Like my father's come to pass”  is the whole meaning behind the song.

The video was okayed because Billie Joe felt that it still conveyed loss, along with their disdain for the war.

Closing Time – Semisonic

20 years later, bars are still playing this song as they turn up the lights.

Seems simple enough, we all know the bar culture, “you don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here“ has been around for years, hell, it’s in the Blues Brothers

So, ok, what’s the song really about?

Childbirth.   Yep, just listen to the damn lyrics, take the bar context out of it, and realize that the bar is a womb, that  “won’t be open until your brothers or sisters come”    

It’s the baby that knows who it wants to take him or her home. 

Yep. 

Don’t believe me, Singer Dan Wilson breaks it down line by line in the video below.

Say It Ain’t So – Weezer

I don’t get to talk about this song enough, and more people should know what it’s really about.

So if you don’t understand the importance this has to me, recognize that the symbol on the bass drum head is on my arm.  Or realize that when I am talking about Rivers the next couple of lines, I am talking about the leader of Weezer; not my son, but recognize where I got my son’s name.

So I don’t know what you think the song is about, I’ve known for years, so I don’t know what people think it’s about.

Anyways Rivers’ real parents split when he was a kid, and when that happened Rivers believed it to be due to the fact that his father was an alcoholic.  I can’t confirm that he was, only that this was what Rivers believed.

Flash forward to Rivers in High School and he comes home and there is beer in the fridge, So Rivers immediately thinks of the worst.  He now thinks that his step father is going to become an alcoholic and leave his family just as his real father had done.

So, listen to the lyrics now, it’s all there,  a Heineken in the fridge,  “like father , step father”   really the words were there the whole time, so if you missed it, well yeah  I can understand.  That’s a lot of personal history to know about. 

Damn.

Semi- Charmed Life – Third Eye Blind

You didn’t realize what this was about because on the radio and video edits, they backmask  the word, and in the video, lead singer  Stephan Jenkins covers his mouth .

But if you watch the video, he also walks backwards as he says it, which, means nothing, but come on, backmasking and showing that you did it.

Fucking genius.

The radio and vide edits also take out the post bridge.  I mean, you aren’t missing much, but the lyrics make sense if you know what you are hearing.  

There are other edits that take a shit ton more out. They use those on “light” radio stations nowadays, and those edits make it impossible to understand the true meaning.

Ok fine, I’ll tell you

Crystal Meth.  The song is about  a downward spiral into a slow addiction to Crystal Meth. The original chorus was, “I want nothing else”

So, yeah, he says “Doing Crystal meth will lift you up”

Drugs man, drugs.  Has anyone ever written a straight up song about drugs and got it on the radio?  Maybe someday soon. 

So here is the official video

Here is an unofficial fan made lyric video of the whole song intact as it appears on the album 

Love Song – Sara Bareilles

So, you may think that it’s a break up song, or a fuck you to a former lover.

It’s actually a fuck you to her record label.

She was trying to make an album and she was writing song after song, and the label, Epic, was still looking for a hit.  They weren’t ready to put out an album without a radio hit.

She was running into writer’s block and just became frustrated.

So Bareilles just wrote out the way she felt about the record label’s pressure and the way that they would just offer no help other than to shoot her down.  They wanted a love song.

That’s exactly what they got.

The Freshmen – The Verve Pipe

Depending on who you ask, the song means a lot of things. 

Only two of them are acceptable answers. 

The song is usually referred to as a song about suicide, and lyrically that’s what it’s about, the lead singer’s ex committing suicide.

Except that it never actually happened. 

The girl in question did have an abortion, and that’s what the song is really about.  There’s only 1 line that truly refers to it, but it’s there and you probably never  noticed it. 

“Stop a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice”

I don’t know what the rice part means.  But yeah, it’s a really deep dark song.

And here’s the darkest version out there.

And here’s the brightest:

Total Eclipse of the Heart – Bonnie Tyler

So the song was written by Jim Steinman, the man who wrote and produced Meat Loaf’s Bat out of Hell.

So right off the bat (no pun intended) you know it’s going to be some crazy shit.  The song was originally longer, I mean you’ve heard Paradise by the Dashboard Light, Jim Steinman writes some long ass crazy songs. 

The video is crazy as fuck too, and if you haven’t seen the Literal version, you owe it to yourself to see it. Click Here.   Watch other literal videos too.

So anyways, the song is a love song, but it’s not just any love song, it’s a vampire love song.

I would’ve watched more of Twilight had they used it.

So yeah, it’s a god damned Vampire love song.  So it’s about literally living in the dark all the time and that will be the only time for love or anything. 

Obviously the eclipse represents that moment of darkness in the middle of day. A brief moment where you can be totally out and free.

Summer of 69 – Bryan Adams

Seriously?

Bryan Adams was 10 in the summer of 69, you really think he had a band then?

And that one of the members would have left the band to get married?

Sex.   As in the sexual position of 69ing.

There’s some nostalgia in there and you can say it’s about young love, but 69 is there on purpose.

So that’s it for today.

 I’m sorry if I ruined your ideas as to what this music was really about, I know that you probably won’t look or hear the songs in the same way again.

But hey at least you know the truth right?

One last fun story,  Randy Bachman of Bachman Turner Overdrive has a brother named Gary.   Gary had a stutter. 

So when BTO was making the Not Fragile album the guys were playing around with a fun song, it was a nod to The Who, with the chorus progression being the same as Baba O’Riley. 

The song was not supposed to be a part of the album and Randy Bachman stuttered through the chorus as a joke to his brother, Gary was supposed to get the only copy of this song.   

Well, the rep from their label was still looking for a hit, and this was proposed, Randy re-recorded the lyrics without the stutter, but no one liked it, so they used the original with the stutter, and they had a number 1 song. 

Ok, Bye Now, 

See you later.

Woops??!?

Ok, bye now,  see you next week or something .