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Lyric of the Day #39: “Perfect Day,” by Lou Reed

10 Jul

Jonathan Sanchez           

                Firstly let me apologize for coming to you with this lyric so late. I was actually waiting to see the result of the San Francisco Giants game where south paw Jonathan Sanchez reached pretty much the pitching pinnacle with a rare no hitter. While it was not a perfect game because of an eighth inning error it was still indeed a perfect day for him. And, yes, I am so ashamed by the Mets that I am beginning to cite other baseball achievements in the blog. So, in honor of the no hitter let us do a little repeat. I recently mentioned how Lou Reed is one of the best lyricists of all time. He actually was honored in the lyric of the day. Now, because of his lyrical greatness and convenience, his solo song “Perfect Day,” shall also be honored. Mr. Sanchez congrats.

Lou Reed

“Oh, it’s such a perfect day
I’m glad I spend it with you
Oh, such a perfect day
You just keep me hanging on
You just keep me hanging on”

– “Perfect Day,” by Lou Reed off of the 1972 album Transformer.

Did you know…

Coldplay actually covered this song (not stole it) for a 2006 acoustic set at the Isle of Wight music festival. Reed had asked them to backstage after he had finished his set but forgot to perform it himself

Links of the Day: Tommy Emmanuel

10 Jul

Okay this is simply unfair and amazing. There is nothing to say but check this out for your own good. Tommy Emmanuel is simply incredible and he knows it.

http://www.fark.com/cgi/vidplayer.pl?IDLink=4500613

Tommy Emmanuel

Song of the Day #39: “1500 Miles,” by Stephen Speaks

10 Jul

               numbers

              Well we have reached 1500 views and to honor this number we have reached into our bag of, “There must be a song about anything,” and found a song with the theme of 1500. See, this blog can never get old because there is simply way to many songs out there. Just not enough words so I am most likely becoming trite, hackneyed, repetitive and whatever other words you would like to use to describe uninteresting. Anywho shall we get to the song?

              Out of the deepening bag of unknown and unrespected artists comes the Oklahoma independent band that combines two stepbrothers Rockwell Ripperger and Dain Samuelson. Well I probably should not say unknown because they have 2,024,385 myspace profile views. So, yes they are beating me by a lot in the hits count. Don’t rub it in. But, hey they get their shout out here with their song 1500 miles which is a mellow, well sung, acoustic song with pleasant lyrics. The more I listen to it the more I like it and that most likely explains their draw. You should definitely check out this song and then visit the blog daily to get us to 2000 views soon. Come on I know you cannot wait to see what song I choose for 2000.

Stephen Speaks

Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiuFMs3bRhw

Lyric of the Day #38: “I’m Waiting for My Man,” by The Velvet Underground

9 Jul

           Velvet Underground and Nico

             38 lyrics of the day gives one a lot of time to think of lyricists. A common question when anyone discusses lyrics is the simple who is the best. Yes, every band (unless they are an instrumental band which is okay just not for this section) has someone who writes their lyrics. In my opinion one of the greatest lyricists of all time is Lou Reed, the lead for The Velvet Underground. His lyrics are beyond truthful. Until the late 60’s a lot of the real was blocked. By the real I mean the drug-filled war-torn 60’s. Reed always was truthful and he did not hold anything back in his lyrics. This is best displayed by one of my favorite songs off of their 1967 debut album, “The Velvet Underground and Nico,” called “I’m Waiting for My Man.”

“I’m waiting for my man
Twenty-six dollars in my hand
Up to Lexington, 125
Feel sick and dirty, more dead than alive
I’m waiting for my man
Hey, white boy, what you doin’ uptown?
Hey, white boy, you chasin’ our women around?
Oh pardon me sir, it’s the furthest from my mind
I’m just lookin’ for a dear, dear friend of mine
I’m waiting for my man
Here he comes, he’s all dressed in black
Beat up shoes and a big straw hat
He’s never early, he’s always late
First thing you learn is you always gotta wait I’m waiting for my man
Up to a Brownstone, up three flights of stairs
Everybody’s pinned you, but nobody cares
He’s got the works, gives you sweet taste
Ah then you gotta split because you got no time to waste
I’m waiting for my man
Baby don’t you holler, darlin’ don’t you bawl and shout
I’m feeling good, you know I’m gonna work it on out
I’m feeling good, I’m feeling oh so fine
Until tomorrow, but that’s just some other time
I’m waiting for my man”

Links of the Day: Another Guitar Hero and Another Guitar Master

9 Jul

Links

You know I have had similar links before. I posted a link of Tommy Emmanuel, the guitar freak, playing the guitar incredibly fast, and I have posted a set-list of a new Rock Band Game. So today, I will not stray far away from my past. Some guitar hero 5 tracks and a video of a guitarist who equals Mr. Emmanuel, Roy Clark.

Guitar Hero

Guitar Hero 5 has just announced that Bob Dylan and Kings of Leon will be added onto their growing set-list which already includes Deep Purple’s “Woman from Tokyo,” and Tom Petty’s, “Runnin’ Down a Dream.” Check out the rest of them over here: http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/07/09/guitar-hero-5-adds-bob-dylan-kings-of-leon-to-eclectic-set-list/

Roy Clark

Roy Clark is awesome. Here is a video of him displaying his amazing quickness and proficiency. Really Really Really cool: http://www.fark.com/cgi/vidplayer.pl?IDLink=4498403

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