“Great story in the beginning of the video on how Sting ended up singing on ‘Money for Nothing’. As one of the commenters on YouTube said ‘You know you’re awesome when Eric Clapton plays rhythm for you!’”

- Scott James

Lyrics

Now look at them yo-yo’s that’s the way you do it
You play the guitar on the MTV
That ain’t workin’ that’s the way you do it
Money for nothin’ and chicks for free
Now that ain’t workin’ that’s the way you do it
Lemme tell ya them guys ain’t dumb
Maybe get a blister on your little finger
Maybe get a blister on your thumb

We gotta install microwave ovens
Custom kitchen deliveries
We gotta move these refrigerators
We gotta move these color TV’s

See the little faggot with the earring and the make-up
Yeah buddy that’s his own hair
That little faggot got his own jet airplane
That little faggot he’s millionaire

We gotta install microwave ovens
Custom kitchen deliveries
We gotta move these refrigerators
We gotta move these color TV’s

I shoulda’ learned to play the guitar
I shoulda’ learned to play them drums
Look at that mama, she got it stickin’ in the camera
Man we could have some fun
And he’s up there, what’s that ? Hawaiian noises ?
Bangin’ on the bongos like a chimpanzee
That ain’t workin’ that’s the way you do it
Get your money for nothin’ get your chicks for free

We gotta install ovens
Custom kitchen deliveries
We gotta move these refrigerators
We gotta move these color TV’s, Lord

Now that ain’t workin’ that’s the way you do it
You play the guitar on the MTV
That ain’t workin’ that’s the way you do it
Money for nothin’ get your chicks for free
Money for nothin’ get chicks for free

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“This is a great video of Aerosmith back in the day. I’ve seen them three times and every time they put on an amazing show. They’re total pros and they have so many hits that it would take four hours to play them all.”

- Scott James

Lyrics

In the attic lights
Voices scream
Nothin’ seen
Real’s the dream

Leaving the things that are real behind
Leaving the things that you love from mind
All of the things that you learned from fears
Nothin’ is left for the years

Voices scream
Nothin’ seen
Real’s the dream

Toys, toys, toys
In the attic
Toys, toys, toys
In the attic

Toys, toys, toys
In the attic
Toys, toys, toys
In the attic

Lights, voices scream
Nothin’ seen
Real’s the dream

Leaving the things that are real behind
Leaving the things that you love from mind
All of the things that you learned from fears
Nothin’ is left for the years

Voices scream
Nothin’ seen
Real’s the dream

Toys, toys, toys
In the attic
Toys, toys, toys
In the attic

Toys, toys, toys
In the attic
Toys, toys, toys
In the attic

Toys, toys, toys
In the attic
Toys, toys, toys
In the attic

Toys, toys, toys
In the attic

The post Aerosmith – “Toys In the Attic” – 1975 appeared first on Great Music Blog.

“This album will always remind me of the fall of ’97. I think I wore that cassette out. Love this song – love this video. Kelli Ali is mesmerizing.”

- Scott James

Lyrics

Take me down, 6 underground,
The ground beneath your feet,
Laid out low, nothing to go
Nowhere a way to meet
I’ve got a head full of drought,
Down here, so faroff losing out
Round here,

Overground, watch this space,
I’m open to falling from grace

Calm me down, bring it round
Too way high off your street
I can see like nothing else
In me you’re better than I wannabe
Don’t think ‘cos I understand,
I care, don’t think ‘cos I’m talking we’re friends,

Overground, watch this space,
I’m open to falling from grace

Talk me down, safe and sound
Too strung up to sleep
Wear me out, scream and shout
Swear my time’s never cheap
I fake my life like I’ve lived
Too much, I take whatever you’re given
Not enough,

Overground, watch this space,
I’m open

I fake my life like I’ve lived
Too much, I take whatever you’re given
Not enough,

Overground, watch this space,
I’m open to falling from grace

The post The Sneaker Pimps – “6 Underground” – 1997 appeared first on Great Music Blog.

“One of my favorite early live Stones videos”

- Scott James
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Lyrics

Under my thumb
The girl who once had me down
Under my thumb
The girl who once pushed me around

It’s down to me
The difference in the clothes she wears
Down to me, the change has come,
She’s under my thumb

Ain’t it the truth, babe?

Under my thumb
The squirmin’ dog who’s just had her day
Under my thumb
A girl who has just changed her ways

It’s down to me, yes it is
The way she does just what she’s told
Down to me, the change has come
She’s under my thumb
Ah, ah, say it’s alright

Under my thumb
A siamese cat of a girl
Under my thumb
She’s the sweetest, hmmm, pet in the world

It’s down to me
The way she talks when she’s spoken to
Down to me, the change has come,
She’s under my thumb
Ah, take it easy babe
Yeah

It’s down to me, oh yeah
The way she talks when she’s spoken to
Down to me, the change has come,
She’s under my thumb
Yeah, it feels alright

Under my thumb
Her eyes are just kept to herself
Under my thumb, well I
I can still look at someone else

It’s down to me, oh that’s what I said
The way she talks when she’s spoken to
Down to me, the change has come,
She’s under my thumb
Say, it’s alright.

Say it’s all…
Say it’s all…

Take it easy babe
Take it easy babe
Feels alright
Take it, take it easy babe

The post The Rolling Stones – “Under My Thumb” – 1966 appeared first on Great Music Blog.

“Black Sabbath live in California in their prime (1974). Ozzy could almost sing in tune back then.”

- Scott James
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Lyrics

Songwriters: F. IOMMI, W. WARD, T. BUTLER, J. OSBOURNE

Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerers of death’s construction
In the fields the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds
Oh lord yeah!

Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor
Time will tell on their power minds
Making war just for fun
Treating people just like pawns in chess
Wait ’til their judgement day comes
Yeah!

Now in darkness world stops turning
Ashes where the bodies burning
No more war pigs have the power
Hand of God has struck the hour
Day of judgement, God is calling
On their knees the war pig’s crawling
Begging mercy for their sins
Satan laughing spreads his wings
Oh lord yeah!

The post Black Sabbath – War Pigs – 1974 appeared first on Great Music Blog.

This slice of Americana from Wilco at Farm Aid proves that Jeff Tweedy has become a great American songwriter. And an endorsement from President Obama doesn’t hurt either.

- Matt Bagley

Lyrics

There’s an airline plane
Flies to heaven everyday
Past the pearly gates

If you want to ride this train
Have your ticket in your hand
Before it is too late

If the world looks wrong
And your money’s spent and gone
And your friend has turned away

You can get away to heaven
On this aeroplane
Just bow your head and pray

Them’s got ears, let them hear
Them’s got eyes, let them see
Turn your eyes to the lord of the skies

Take this airline plane
It’ll take you home again
To your home behind the skies

Well a lot of people guess
Some say no and some say yes
Will it take some and leave some behind?

But you will surely know
When to the airport go
To leave this world behind

Oh a lot of speakers speak
A lot of preachers preach
When you lay their salary on the line

You hold your head and pray
It’s the only earthly way
You can fly to heaven on time
Fly to heaven on time

Them’s got ears, let them hear
Them’s got eyes, let them see
Turn your eyes to the lord of the skies

Take that airline plane
It’ll take you home again
To your home behind the skies

Your ticket you obtain
On this heavenly airline plane
You leave your sins behind

You’ve got to take this flight
It may be daytime, might be night
But you can’t see your way if you’re blind

Them’s got ears, let them hear
Them’s got eyes, let them see
Turn your eyes to the lord of the skies

Take that airline plane
It’ll take you home again
To your home behind the skies

The post Wilco – “Airline to Heaven” – 2005 appeared first on Great Music Blog.

“This is one of my favorite songs, and it is simply beautiful live.”

- Adam Faughn

Lyrics

When your day is long and the night
The night is yours alone
When you’re sure you’ve had enough of this life, well hang on
Don’t let yourself go
Everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes

Sometimes everything is wrong
Now it’s time to sing along
When your day is night alone (hold on, hold on)
If you feel like letting go (hold on)
When you think you’ve had too much of this life, well hang on

Everybody hurts
Take comfort in your friends.
Everybody hurts
Don’t throw your hand. Oh, no
Don’t throw your hand
If you feel like you’re alone, no, no, no, you are not alone

If you’re on your own in this life
The days and nights are long
When you think you’ve had too much of this life to hang on

Well, everybody hurts sometimes
Everybody cries
And everybody hurts sometimes
And everybody hurts sometimes
So, hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on
(Hold on, hold on)

Everybody hurts
You are not alone

The post R.E.M. – “Everybody Hurts” – 2003 appeared first on Great Music Blog.

“This was recorded in late 1996 prior to the release of his amazing album title “Either/Or”. Elliot died several years later after apparently stabbing himself in the heart.”

- Scott James
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Lyrics

Drink up, baby, stay up all night
With the things you could do, you won’t but you might
The potential you’ll be that you’ll never see
The promises you’ll only make

Drink up with me now and forget all about
The pressure of days, do what I say
And I’ll make you okay and drive them away
The images stuck in your head

People you’ve been before that you
Don’t want around anymore
That push and shove and won’t bend to your will
I’ll keep them still

Drink up, baby, look at the stars
I’ll kiss you again, between the bars
Where I’m seeing you there, with your hands in the air
Waiting to finally be caught

Drink up one more time and I’ll make you mine
Keep you apart, deep in my heart
separate from the rest, where I like you the best
And keep the things you forgot

People you’ve been before that you
Don’t want around anymore
That push and shove and won’t bend to your will
I’ll keep them still

The post Elliott Smith – Between the Bars – 1996 appeared first on Great Music Blog.

“U2′s performance in Live Aid was the event that catapulted them into world stardom. Bono’s famed leap into the audience made the headlines, while the turmoil that was created by this unexpected stunt almost broke the band apart. Either way, it was a magical moment of artist-audience connection in one of the greatest live shows the world has ever witnessed. (Look out for Lou Reed, Rolling Stones shoutouts!)”

- Michael Hazani

Lyrics

If you twist and turn away
If you tear yourself in two again
If I could, yes I would
If I could, I would let it go, surrender, dislocate

If I could throw this lifeless lifeline to the wind
Leave this heart of clay, see you walk, walk away
Into the night and through the rain
Into the half-light and through the flame

If I could through myself set your spirit free
I’d lead your heart away
See you break, break away
Into the light and to the day

Ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ooh
Ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ooh

To let it go and so to fade away
To let it go and so fade away
I’m wide awake, I’m wide awake, wide awake
I’m not sleeping, oh no, no, no

If you should ask then maybe they’d
Tell you what I would say, true colors fly in blue and black
Bruised silken sky and burning flag
Colors crash, collide in blood shot eyes

Ooh ooh, ooh ooh
Ooh ooh

If I could, you know I would
If I could, I would let it go, this desperation, dislocation
Separation, condemnation, revelation
In temptation, isolation, desolation

Let it go and so fade away, to let it go
Oh yeah and so fade away, to let it go, oh no
And so to fade away, I’m wide awake, I’m wide awake
Wide awake, I’m not sleeping, oh no, no, no

The post U2 – “Bad” appeared first on Great Music Blog.

“I used to play in a band that did a heavy metal version of this song. This video was shot in Germany. Listen to the crowd at 3:30. It goes to show just how far reaching Bob Marley’s music really was.”

- Scott James
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Lyrics

Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: don’t give up the fight!

Preacher man, don’t tell me,
Heaven is under the earth.
I know you don’t know
What life is really worth.
It’s not all that glitters is gold;
‘Alf the story has never been told:
So now you see the light, eh!
Stand up for your rights. come on!

Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: don’t give up the fight!
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: don’t give up the fight!

Most people think,
Great god will come from the skies,
Take away everything
And make everybody feel high.
But if you know what life is worth,
You will look for yours on earth:
And now you see the light,
You stand up for your rights. jah!

Get up, stand up! (jah, jah! )
Stand up for your rights! (oh-hoo! )
Get up, stand up! (get up, stand up! )
Don’t give up the fight! (life is your right! )
Get up, stand up! (so we can’t give up the fight! )
Stand up for your rights! (lord, lord! )
Get up, stand up! (keep on struggling on! )
Don’t give up the fight! (yeah! )

We sick an’ tired of-a your ism-skism game -
Dyin’ ‘n’ goin’ to heaven in-a Jesus’ name, lord.
We know when we understand:
Almighty god is a living man.
You can fool some people sometimes,
But you can’t fool all the people all the time.
So now we see the light (what you gonna do?),
We gonna stand up for our rights! (yeah, yeah, yeah! )

So you better:
Get up, stand up! (in the morning! git it up! )
Stand up for your rights! (stand up for our rights! )
Get up, stand up!
Don’t give up the fight! (don’t give it up, don’t give it up! )
Get up, stand up! (get up, stand up! )
Stand up for your rights! (get up, stand up! )
Get up, stand up! (… )
Don’t give up the fight! (get up, stand up! )
Get up, stand up! (… )
Stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up!
Don’t give up the fight!

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