Artist- Kenny Chesney & Grace Potter
Song of the day- you and tequila
I have been dragging my feet to like or even listen to this entire song because of my non-fan-ness of Mr. Chesney. I've am very stubborn about not liking him and his ripped off sleeve t-shirt wearing country self. Yet, I suppose this isn't very christian or open minded of me though I like to justify judging and disliking famous people cuz if they don't know I exist I figure they shouldn't care what I think....but that is wrong and I digress. Once again Grace Potter won me over as I would continually hear snippets of her mixing with his vocals on the radio and I became obsessed with finding the song I had tried to avoid for so long. Lesson learned. Though I do relate all to well with both people and tequila that make me crazy, what I really like about the song is its mellow sunsetting feel in the music and reminiscent surges of emotions of the many times I would take myself on a solo road trip down to Malibu on the PCH to contemplate life and get away from the LA crap to something so peaceful I still daydream about when I could do it again. If you're looking for that peaceful place, or trying to avoid people or tequila that make you crazy, this one's for you.
Baby, here I am again
Kicking dust in the Canyon wind
Waiting for that sun to go down
Made it up Mulholland Drive
Hell bent on getting high
High above the lights of town
'Cause you and Tequila make me crazy
Run like poison in my blood
One more night could kill me, baby
One is one too many, one more is never enough
Thirty days and thirty nights
Been putting up a real good fight
And there were times I thought you'd win
It's so easy to forget
The bitter taste the morning left
Swore I wouldn't go back there again
'Cause you and Tequila make me crazy
Run like poison in my blood
One more night could kill me, baby
One is one too many, one more is never enough
When it comes to you
Oh, the damage I could do
It's always your favorite sins
That do you in
'Cause you and Tequila make me crazy
Run like poison in my blood
One more night could kill me, baby
One is one too many, one more is never enough
Never enough, you and Tequila
You and Tequila make me crazy
Showing posts with label Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. Show all posts
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
I'm the only one who's bleeding For the things I never needed
Artist- Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Song of the day- Things I never needed
Today's artist is THE artist I am most looking forward to seeing this year at Lollapalooza. After missing her sold out show in Chicago the musical gods (or Perry Farrel) shined their light upon me and added her to the lineup. There's something about her voice that punches through your chest and gets your heart pumping. Usually in a southern old school rock n roll kind of way and if you don't believe me look up one of the other several songs of hers I have posted and see what I mean. However, on a turn of a dime she can shoot out a ballad like today's song that makes your heart shiver in a different way. She makes me wish to have brunch more than I usually do, just so I can pause and lament about my life.
These lyrics cut to the core of an inner struggle I seem to have most of my life but especially this year. It's the struggle to want to carry everything on your shoulders, your problems, other peoples problems, a savior complex in the purest of forms longing for approval with the constant realization that I can't do it and it just might hurt me in the end to do so. To get to that place where you're vulnerable enough, or broken enough to not only give your best, but also give your worst, your weakness to God who's supposed to do the saving and to give up on wanting approval from others cuz that's not where my identity is and will always leave me emptier. The truly dying to self part that we cling so hard to but don't see that once we let go control, the scariest of all things, is when the true living, the true approval, the true saving begins. If you're like me and holding on to things you never needed and want to sing about it over brunch with me, this one's for you.
Take a long hard look at my face
Take away the things I can't replace
Take my heart, go on take it away
I've got nothing to say
Take away this sense of regret
Take the things I need to forget
Take the mistakes I haven't made yet
They're all I have left
I don't want to be the one who lets you down
All I did was run myself around
I wish I could have seen through your eyes
Maybe then I would have realized
I'm the only one who's bleeding
For the things I never needed
Take a good long look at yourself
Take the weight off everyone else
Take the hardest blow that was dealt
It's all on your shoulders
I don't want to be the one who lets you down
All I did was run myself around
I wish I could have seen through your eyes
Maybe then I would have realized
I'm the only one who's bleeding
For the things I never needed
The things I never needed
I don't want to be the one who lets you down
All I did was run myself around
I wish I could have seen through your eyes
Maybe then I would have realized
I'm the only one who's bleeding
For the things I never needed
The things I never needed
Song of the day- Things I never needed
Today's artist is THE artist I am most looking forward to seeing this year at Lollapalooza. After missing her sold out show in Chicago the musical gods (or Perry Farrel) shined their light upon me and added her to the lineup. There's something about her voice that punches through your chest and gets your heart pumping. Usually in a southern old school rock n roll kind of way and if you don't believe me look up one of the other several songs of hers I have posted and see what I mean. However, on a turn of a dime she can shoot out a ballad like today's song that makes your heart shiver in a different way. She makes me wish to have brunch more than I usually do, just so I can pause and lament about my life.
These lyrics cut to the core of an inner struggle I seem to have most of my life but especially this year. It's the struggle to want to carry everything on your shoulders, your problems, other peoples problems, a savior complex in the purest of forms longing for approval with the constant realization that I can't do it and it just might hurt me in the end to do so. To get to that place where you're vulnerable enough, or broken enough to not only give your best, but also give your worst, your weakness to God who's supposed to do the saving and to give up on wanting approval from others cuz that's not where my identity is and will always leave me emptier. The truly dying to self part that we cling so hard to but don't see that once we let go control, the scariest of all things, is when the true living, the true approval, the true saving begins. If you're like me and holding on to things you never needed and want to sing about it over brunch with me, this one's for you.
Take a long hard look at my face
Take away the things I can't replace
Take my heart, go on take it away
I've got nothing to say
Take away this sense of regret
Take the things I need to forget
Take the mistakes I haven't made yet
They're all I have left
I don't want to be the one who lets you down
All I did was run myself around
I wish I could have seen through your eyes
Maybe then I would have realized
I'm the only one who's bleeding
For the things I never needed
Take a good long look at yourself
Take the weight off everyone else
Take the hardest blow that was dealt
It's all on your shoulders
I don't want to be the one who lets you down
All I did was run myself around
I wish I could have seen through your eyes
Maybe then I would have realized
I'm the only one who's bleeding
For the things I never needed
The things I never needed
I don't want to be the one who lets you down
All I did was run myself around
I wish I could have seen through your eyes
Maybe then I would have realized
I'm the only one who's bleeding
For the things I never needed
The things I never needed
Thursday, February 24, 2011
I lost a piece of my mind and you can see it on my face my heart is burning this time but there aint no fire escape
Artist-Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
Song of the day: Goodbye Kiss
The realization hit me today that my sister will be moving across the country in one week. There are few people in my life who have shaped me more than my sister and as many times as I literally follow in her foot steps, she can't take a hint and keeps moving away from me...or maybe it's really the stalker in me who can't take the hint. Either way I hate goodbyes more than most things in life and sadly can make a timeline of my life by the times I've had to say goodbye to people I really care about. Such is the price of constantly moving and not living in the same place your whole life I guess. But since I probably won't be able to stop thinking about it all week long, I thought I'd pay tribute to "goodbye songs" as I prepare to say farewell. Today's song is a bit more peppy when it comes to the subject and since I haven't stopped listening to this album since I bought it, it was the first kind of goodbye that came to mind. Got a favorite goodbye song? Send it my way!
Verse 1
I lost a piece of my mind
and you can see it on my face
my heart is burning this time
but there aint no fire escape
Pre chorus
that little part of me that used to be so strong,
is stumbling over now that I know youre moving on baby
Chorus
You were never gonna wait for me
babe I really hate to say it,
but Im gonna say it anyway
You, you know youre not the only one
Id rather just cut and run
than set the blind on yesterday
so lets just call this what it is
and give me one more goodbye kiss
Verse 2
I thought that you were the only one
who could keep my feet on the ground
I came to an empty room
and I know youre leaving town
Pre Chorus
that little part of me, thats gone for good
that was the only thing making me do the things I should
Chorus
and you were never gonna wait for me
babe I really hate to say it,
but Im gonna say it anyway
You, you know youre not the only one
Id rather just cut and run
than set the blind on yesterday
so lets just call this what it is
and give me one more goodbye kiss
Bridge
Ooh you really, really made it hard on me
you really, really were a mystery
you really, really took it out on me baby
but now Ive solved it and Im sad to say I see
Chorus
that you were never gonna wait for me
babe I really hate to say it,
but Im gonna say it anyway
You, you know youre not the only one
Id rather just cut and run
than set the blind on yesterday
so lets just call this what it is
and give me one more goodbye kiss
Song of the day: Goodbye Kiss
The realization hit me today that my sister will be moving across the country in one week. There are few people in my life who have shaped me more than my sister and as many times as I literally follow in her foot steps, she can't take a hint and keeps moving away from me...or maybe it's really the stalker in me who can't take the hint. Either way I hate goodbyes more than most things in life and sadly can make a timeline of my life by the times I've had to say goodbye to people I really care about. Such is the price of constantly moving and not living in the same place your whole life I guess. But since I probably won't be able to stop thinking about it all week long, I thought I'd pay tribute to "goodbye songs" as I prepare to say farewell. Today's song is a bit more peppy when it comes to the subject and since I haven't stopped listening to this album since I bought it, it was the first kind of goodbye that came to mind. Got a favorite goodbye song? Send it my way!
Verse 1
I lost a piece of my mind
and you can see it on my face
my heart is burning this time
but there aint no fire escape
Pre chorus
that little part of me that used to be so strong,
is stumbling over now that I know youre moving on baby
Chorus
You were never gonna wait for me
babe I really hate to say it,
but Im gonna say it anyway
You, you know youre not the only one
Id rather just cut and run
than set the blind on yesterday
so lets just call this what it is
and give me one more goodbye kiss
Verse 2
I thought that you were the only one
who could keep my feet on the ground
I came to an empty room
and I know youre leaving town
Pre Chorus
that little part of me, thats gone for good
that was the only thing making me do the things I should
Chorus
and you were never gonna wait for me
babe I really hate to say it,
but Im gonna say it anyway
You, you know youre not the only one
Id rather just cut and run
than set the blind on yesterday
so lets just call this what it is
and give me one more goodbye kiss
Bridge
Ooh you really, really made it hard on me
you really, really were a mystery
you really, really took it out on me baby
but now Ive solved it and Im sad to say I see
Chorus
that you were never gonna wait for me
babe I really hate to say it,
but Im gonna say it anyway
You, you know youre not the only one
Id rather just cut and run
than set the blind on yesterday
so lets just call this what it is
and give me one more goodbye kiss
Thursday, February 3, 2011
If I was a blade I'd shave you smooth
Artist- Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Song of the day- Paris (Oooh la la)
Have you ever heard a song that you decided you absolutely 100% hated, and then later realized crap never mind it won me over? This happens to me very reluctantly with Katy Perry, but I mostly blame pop culture for convincing me to to like it. Kind of in the same way it convinces me to like vests again, plastic huge glasses, and Natalie Portman movies. Anyway the first time I saw today's video I rolled my eyes and said she was trying too hard. Till I educated myself in some deep Grace Potter soul and realized there's some pipes, talent, a past history of playing concerts in t-shirts and years of funk to back it up. Granted attempts at studio fame might cause one to sleeze it up and make incorrect french translations but I am all for a revival in girl funk-ness. And it may or may not be also caused from my desire to wear flapper dresses in public unironically. Still there's something about the funky guitar riff and wailing vocals that makes everything just more attractive in general. And I usually hate guitar riffs and funk. But sometimes you need a little extra strut in your step, and if you do today, this one's for you.
And if you disagree check out the hotel room acoustic, rock n roll and what I think is the way more awesomer version!
ou got me down on the floor
So what'd you bring me down here for?
You got me down on the floor
So what'd you bring me down here for?
If I a man I'd make my move
If I was a blade I'd shave you smooth
If I a judge I'd break the law
And if I was from Paris
If I was from Paris
I would say
Oooh la la la la lala
You got me up on your swing
So when you gonna shake that thing?
You got me up on your swing
So when you gonna shake that thing?
If I a man I'd make my move
If I was a blade I'd shave you smooth
If I a judge I'd break the law
And if I was from Paris
If I was from Paris
I would say
Oooh la la la la la la
If I a man I'd make my move
If I was a blade I'd shave you smooth
If I a judge I'd break the law
And if I was from Paris
If I was from Paris
I would say
Oooh la la la la la la
Song of the day- Paris (Oooh la la)
Have you ever heard a song that you decided you absolutely 100% hated, and then later realized crap never mind it won me over? This happens to me very reluctantly with Katy Perry, but I mostly blame pop culture for convincing me to to like it. Kind of in the same way it convinces me to like vests again, plastic huge glasses, and Natalie Portman movies. Anyway the first time I saw today's video I rolled my eyes and said she was trying too hard. Till I educated myself in some deep Grace Potter soul and realized there's some pipes, talent, a past history of playing concerts in t-shirts and years of funk to back it up. Granted attempts at studio fame might cause one to sleeze it up and make incorrect french translations but I am all for a revival in girl funk-ness. And it may or may not be also caused from my desire to wear flapper dresses in public unironically. Still there's something about the funky guitar riff and wailing vocals that makes everything just more attractive in general. And I usually hate guitar riffs and funk. But sometimes you need a little extra strut in your step, and if you do today, this one's for you.
And if you disagree check out the hotel room acoustic, rock n roll and what I think is the way more awesomer version!
ou got me down on the floor
So what'd you bring me down here for?
You got me down on the floor
So what'd you bring me down here for?
If I a man I'd make my move
If I was a blade I'd shave you smooth
If I a judge I'd break the law
And if I was from Paris
If I was from Paris
I would say
Oooh la la la la lala
You got me up on your swing
So when you gonna shake that thing?
You got me up on your swing
So when you gonna shake that thing?
If I a man I'd make my move
If I was a blade I'd shave you smooth
If I a judge I'd break the law
And if I was from Paris
If I was from Paris
I would say
Oooh la la la la la la
If I a man I'd make my move
If I was a blade I'd shave you smooth
If I a judge I'd break the law
And if I was from Paris
If I was from Paris
I would say
Oooh la la la la la la
Monday, November 22, 2010
Strange how heavy my heart is Strange how dark it is tonight
Artist- Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Song of the day- One short night
Since I heard Grace Potter's voice I've been waiting for the moment I'd like her music cuz her current pizazz and over abundance of sparkly double entendres in her newest singles have left me more annoyed than impressed. However put her in a living room jam session and her musical skills just blow me out of the water. Today's song finally gave me that southern raspyness and country longing that makes me wish I was as badass as one non-flared Potter. And since I will be away from my computer one whole week...I know I'm not sure how I'll survive either?! Let me leave you on a high note. May you have a fatty, delicious Thanksgiving and remember all the things you have to be thankful for and how all the things you aren't as thankful for can make for a fantastic heart aching diddy. Till our next jam session, have a good one!
One short night with a stranger
One full moon over my head
One false move and it's over
So I always think of what we said, my baby
Strange how heavy my heart is
Strange how dark it is tonight
Strange the way this all started
I guess I'm losing track of wrong and right
And as the lights go dim
I lie down with him
And as I'm lying there
I can only smell your hair
It's like your across the hall
With your ear glued to the wall
And as I move to let him in I can
Feel you crawl under my skin
And I can feel you from the inside
Prowling like a devil that I try to hide
I can feel your heart beating
Closer than the poison of my pride
Caught up in a moment
I thought I'd feel no shame because I
Didn't have tell you lies
When the daylight came but now
Down goes that silver tear
Down goes my golden year
Down we go in a water slide
That's made up of the tears I've cried
And I can feel you from the inside
Prowling like a devil that I try to hide
I can feel your heart beating
Closer than the poison of my pride
I can feel you, you're touching me
I look at him but it's you I see, baby
I can feel your heart beating
Closer than the poison of my pride
One short night
One short night
Song of the day- One short night
Since I heard Grace Potter's voice I've been waiting for the moment I'd like her music cuz her current pizazz and over abundance of sparkly double entendres in her newest singles have left me more annoyed than impressed. However put her in a living room jam session and her musical skills just blow me out of the water. Today's song finally gave me that southern raspyness and country longing that makes me wish I was as badass as one non-flared Potter. And since I will be away from my computer one whole week...I know I'm not sure how I'll survive either?! Let me leave you on a high note. May you have a fatty, delicious Thanksgiving and remember all the things you have to be thankful for and how all the things you aren't as thankful for can make for a fantastic heart aching diddy. Till our next jam session, have a good one!
One short night with a stranger
One full moon over my head
One false move and it's over
So I always think of what we said, my baby
Strange how heavy my heart is
Strange how dark it is tonight
Strange the way this all started
I guess I'm losing track of wrong and right
And as the lights go dim
I lie down with him
And as I'm lying there
I can only smell your hair
It's like your across the hall
With your ear glued to the wall
And as I move to let him in I can
Feel you crawl under my skin
And I can feel you from the inside
Prowling like a devil that I try to hide
I can feel your heart beating
Closer than the poison of my pride
Caught up in a moment
I thought I'd feel no shame because I
Didn't have tell you lies
When the daylight came but now
Down goes that silver tear
Down goes my golden year
Down we go in a water slide
That's made up of the tears I've cried
And I can feel you from the inside
Prowling like a devil that I try to hide
I can feel your heart beating
Closer than the poison of my pride
I can feel you, you're touching me
I look at him but it's you I see, baby
I can feel your heart beating
Closer than the poison of my pride
One short night
One short night
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