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The Allman Brothers Band - Melissa

The Allman Brothers Band - Melissa Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Eat A Peach
Released: 1972

Melissa Lyrics

Crossroads, seem to come and go, yeah.
The gypsy flies from coast to coast,
Knowing many, loving none,
Bearing sorrow, having fun.
But, back home he'll always run,
To sweet Melissa.
Mmmm-hmmm.

Freight train, each car looks the same, all the same.
And no one knows the gypsy's name,
And no one hears his lonely sighs,
There are no blankets where he lies.
Lord, in his deepest dreams the gypsy flies,
With sweet Melissa.
Mmmm-hmmm.

Again, the mornin's come.
Again, he's on the run.
A sunbeam's shinin through his hair.
Fear not to have a care.
Well, pick up your gear and gypsy roll on.
Roll on.

Crossroads, will you ever let him go? Lord, Lord.
Or will you hide the dead man's ghost?
Or will he lie, beneath the clay?
Or will his spirit float away?
But, I know that he won't stay,
Without Melissa.
Yes, I know that he won't stay, yeah,
Without Melissa.
Lord, Lord, it's all the same.
Mmmmm-hmmmmm.

Writer/s: ALAIMO, STEPHEN / ALLMAN, GREGG
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Gregg Allman spoke at length about this song in an interview with the San Luis Obispo (CA) Tribune on November 30, 2006: "I wrote that song in 1967 in a place called the Evergreen Hotel in Pensacola, Florida. By that time I got so sick of playing other people's material that I just sat down and said, 'OK, here we go. One, two, three - we're going to try to write songs.' And about 200 songs later - much garbage to take out - I wrote this song called 'Melissa.' And I had everything but the title. I thought (referring to lyrics): 'But back home, we always run... to sweet Barbara' - no. Diane...? We always run... to sweet Bertha.' No, so I just kind of put it away for a while. So one night I was in the grocery store - it was my turn to go get the tea, the coffee, the sugar and all that other s--t... and there was this Spanish lady there and she had this little toddler with her - this little girl. And I'm sitting there, getting a few things and what have you. And this little girl takes off, running down the aisle. And the lady yells, Oh, Melissa! Melissa, come back, Melissa!' And I went, 'Oh - that's it.' I forgot about half the stuff I went for, I went back home and, man, it was finished, only I couldn't really tell if it was worth a damn or not because I'd written so many bad ones. So I didn't really show it to anybody for about a year. And then I was the last one to get to Jacksonville - I was the last one to join the band that became the Allman Brothers. And my brother sometimes late at night after dinner, he'd say, 'Man, go get your guitar and play me that song - that song about that girl.' And I'd play it for him every now and then. After my brother's accident, we had three vinyl sides done of Peach, so I thought well we'll do that, and then on the way down there I wrote "Ain't Wastin' Time No More." I wrote that for my brother. We were all in pretty bad shape. I had just gotten back from Jamaica and I was weighing at about 156, 6-foot-1-and-a-half - I was pretty skinny. So we went back down there, got in the studio and finished the record. And the damn thing shipped gold."

This was first recorded in 1968 by the 31st Of February, one of Gregg and Duane Allman's first bands. Duane's version of this with the 31st Of February is the first recording of him playing the bottleneck slide guitar, a technique he became famous for.

Steve Alaimo, who was operating the studio where The Allman Brothers recorded this song, received a songwriting credit on this track along with Gregg Allman. Alaimo had a few Hot 100 entries as a singer in the '60s and early '70s before moving into production work.

The part of the song that begins: "Crossroads, will you ever let him go" is probably a reference to Robert Johnson, a blues legend who supposedly went to a crossroads and sold his soul to the devil.

This was one of the first songs the band recorded without Duane Allman. He died in a motorcycle accident about four months before this was released. Eat A Peach was dedicated to Duane.

Gregg Allman told Esquire in 2013 that thanks to ready access to biphetamines, he had been awake for about two days when he wrote this song. He says that he was working like crazy on another song, but when he played it for his brother, Duane said, "What you have her is a new set of lyrics to an obscure Rolling Stones song." Said Gregg: "That's discouraging as s--t, right there. And just as I was about to say f--k it, I wrote 'Melissa.'"

At Duane Allman's funeral in 1971, Gregg Allman played this song on one of Duane's old guitars. At the service, Gregg said, "This was my brother's favorite song that I ever wrote."

This was never a big hit in the US, but it has endured as a regular on classic rock radio.

The Allman Brothers performed this on the last episode of the syndicated Dennis Miller Show on July 25, 1992.

This was used in a commercial television advertisement campaign for Cingular/AT&T Wireless. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)

James Bay - Hold Back The River

James Bay - Hold Back The River Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Hold Back The River
Released: 2014

Hold Back The River Lyrics

Tried to keep you close to me,
But life got in between
Tried to square not being there
But think that I should have been

Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river, so I
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
Hold back the river, hold back

Once upon a different life
We rode our bikes into the sky
But now we call against the tide
Those distant days are flashing by

Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river, so I
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
Hold back the river, hold back

Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river, so I
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
Hold back the river, hold back

Hold oho, oho, oho, oho
Oho, oho, oho, oho

Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander
Let us hold each other
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander
Let us hold each other

Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river, so I
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
Hold back the river, hold back

Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river, so I
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
Hold back the river, hold

Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander
Let us hold each other
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander
Let us hold each other

Writer/s: IAIN ARCHER, JAMES BAY
Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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James Bay grew up in the English town of Hitchin listening to James Taylor and Bob Dylan, before studying guitar at the Brighton Institute of Modern Music. The bluesy singer-songwriter first gained some traction after playing right before The Rolling Stones during the band's 2013 Hyde Park shows. He also had a hugely successful run of support slots with Tom Odell, John Newman and Kodaline. Bay's big breakthrough came when he was named Critics Choice 2015 by the Brit Awards panel. The award is almost a guarantee of success - Adele, Jessie J, Ellie Goulding and Sam Smith have all won the prize early in their careers.

Bay's debut single "Let It Go" was iTunes single of the week. This is his second single, which peaked at #2 on the UK singles chart.

James Bay told The Sun about the song: "I wrote it after my first really busy period as an artist, when music had taken me around the world for the first time, and at the end of the year, I've become really eager to see friends and my family properly. 'Hold Back The River' is a metaphor for that feeling."

James Bay penned the song after a headlining show in London. He wanted to connect with all those he knew who had come to the gig, even if he barely had the time to see them. Bay explained to Billboard magazine: "In a song I wanted to say, 'I know I'm not around very often at the moment, but I'm never gone. We can always give each other a call.' It all came out of that emotion."

The song was a last-minute addition to the LP. Bay told Billboard: "When I started recording my album, there was a little gap I was looking to fill, so I was messing with ideas, and 'Hold Back the River' was the last one to be written. It was late to the album recording party but made it in through the door, and I'm really glad it did."

James Bay told NME how the music of an American rock band fed through into this song: "I was listening to Kings of Leon and the key track was 'The Bucket,'" he said. "I loved the repetitive, relentless guitar and the pace of it, the rush at the end is the same as where I take 'Hold Back The River' – that was the inspiration."

There is another connection to the American rockers. James Bay's debut album Chaos and the Calm was recorded in Nashville with Kings of Leon producer Jacquire King.

The Allman Brothers Band - Ain't Wasting Time No More

The Allman Brothers Band - Ain't Wasting Time No More Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Eat A Peach
Released: 1972

Ain't Wasting Time No More Lyrics

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Gregg Allman wrote this shortly after his brother, Duane, died in a motorcycle accident. It's about Gregg coming to terms with the death of his brother Duane.

The main melody was taken from an improvised melody Dickey Betts played on the live version of "Whipping Post" on the At Fillmore East album. (thanks, Will - Long Island, NY)

This opens Eat A Peach, the first Allman Brothers album after Duane Allman's death. The album is dedicated to him.

Jamie T. - The Prophet

Jamie T. - The Prophet Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Carry On The Grudge
Released: 2014

The Prophet Lyrics

There's fire in her eyes in the altercation
She blames her poverty on her parents generation
She says they sniffed it up their nose now they want our payments
Its fucking cold in here, the landlord's tryna make us vagrants
And Jacky our whiskey buddy hits him with an iron fist
The landlord goes down swinging while you drink your buddies piss
I don't know what to do now that I'm definitely on a list
I just sit back, drink brew with Coca-Cola communists

I'm glad you came and turned up next to me
Like a grenade with a pin out at the party
You're like a fucking hurricane next to me
There's fire on the fringe whittle them down, down

I think she lost her looks to the beauty and terror
She says her friends are fucked and in the fairest of weather
She asked me is it painless am I humouring the brainless
Being young and drunk and all fucked up and being in entertainment
I don't ask the questions I don't write the rules
I'm up for suggestions I will follow you through
It can't be any worse then what I've been up to
It can't be any worse then what I've been up to

I'm glad you came and turned up next to me
Like a grenade with a pin out at the party
You're like a fucking hurricane next to me
There's fire on the fringe whittle them down, down

I don't know what it is that your doing to me
I haven't cracked a smile since '93
She says a pretty dull, dull place to be
No shit Sherlock, shoot them down, down, down

I don't ask the questions I don't write the rules
I'm up for suggestions I will follow you through
It can't be any worse then what I've been up to
It can't be any worse then what I've been up to

I don't ask the questions I don't write the rules
I'm up for suggestions I will follow you through
It can't be any worse then what I've been up to
It can't be any worse then what I've been up to

I'm glad you came and turned up next to me
Like a grenade with a pin out at the party
You're like a fucking hurricane next to me
There's fire on the fringe whittle them down, down

I don't know what it is that your doing to me
I haven't cracked a smile since '93
She says a pretty dull, dull place to be
No shit Sherlock, shoot them down, down, down

Writer/s: TREAYS, JAMIE ALEXANDER
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Over a lazily strummed guitar, this graphic tale finds Jamie T singing of a wild child reaching rock bottom. It was inspired in part by Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett's The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas disc. Speaking with NME, Jamie praised the Australian singer-songwriter for her songwriting skills, saying: "I was listening to her record a lot when I was writing 'The Prophet'. I went to see her live and it struck me how she keeps her songs simple, but when you dig a bit deeper there's a lot of ideas."

The Allman Brothers Band - Hot 'Lanta

The Allman Brothers Band - Hot 'Lanta Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: At Fillmore East
Released: 1971

Hot 'Lanta Lyrics

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This song is an instrumental that only appears on live albums. It evolved out of a jam session when Allman Brothers guitarist Dickey Betts got the idea for the melody line.

This was a feature song at concerts for bass player Berry Oakley until he died in a motorcycle accident in 1972.

The title is a nickname for the city of Atlanta. The Allman Brothers are from the nearby city of Macon.

Jungle - Time

Jungle - Time Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Jungle
Released: 2014

Time Lyrics

Say it, how I'm feelin'
Ain't easy

You know, you know
Time and time again
Ooh!
Time and time again!
Ooh!
Say it again
Just hold on tight
Don't let in, yeah
I'll run alright,
Don't let me
Oh just let it out
Time and, time and, time and, time and time again
Time and, time and, time and, time and time again

Breakin', now I'm feelin'
You see me
I know, you know
Time and time again
Ooh,
Time and time again
Ooh,
Say it again
Oh just hold on tight
Don't let in, yeah
I'll run alright
Don't let me
Oh just let it out
Time and, time and, time and, time and time again
Time and, time and, time and, time and time again

Ooh, ooh
Not even there
What he's speaking of, what is happenin'
My head is in space
You know, you know
Time and time again!
Just hold on tight
Don't let in, yeah
I'll run alright,
Don't let me
Oh just let it out
Time and, time and, time and, time and time again
Oh just hold on tight
Don't let in, yeah
I'll run alright,
Don't let me
Oh just let it out
Time and, time and, time and, time and time again

Writer/s: JOSHUA LLOYD-WATSON, THOMAS MCFARLAND
Publisher: DOWNTOWN MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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The video shows a couple of veteran dancers breakdancing in their living room. Jungle's Tom McFarland told NME: "We just loved the idea of people dancing to our music and we found some really cool people who could do that incredibly well, in a really rare way."

Seals & Crofts - Summer Breeze

Seals & Crofts - Summer Breeze Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Summer Breeze
Released: 1972

Summer Breeze Lyrics

Who draws the crowd and plays so loud
Baby it's the guitar man
Who's gonna steal the show
You know, baby, it's the guitar man

He can make you love
He can make you cry
He will bring you down
Then he'll get you high
Somethin' keeps him goin'
Miles and miles a day
To find another place to play

Night after night who treats you right
Baby, it's the guitar man
Who's on the radio
You go listen to the guitar man

Then he comes to town
And you see his face
And you think you might
Like to take his place
Somethin' keeps him driftin'
Miles and miles away
Searchin' for the songs to play

Then you listen to the music
And you sing along
You want to get the meaning
Out of each and every song
Then you find yourself a message
And some words to call your own
And take them home

He can make you love
He can get you high
He will bring you down
Then he'll make you cry
Somethin' keeps him movin'
But no one seems to know
What it is that makes him go

Then the lights begin to flicker
And the sound is getting dim
The voice begins to falter
And the crowds are getting thin
But he never seems to notice
He's just got to find
Another place to play

Either way
Got to play
Either way
Got to play

Writer/s: SCHMIDT, REGINE
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Jim Seals and Dash Crofts were from Texas. They belonged to the group The Champs in the late '50s and early '60s (The Champs had a hit "Tequila" in 1958). When the group dissolved in 1965, they worked with several other artists including Gene Vincent. In 1969 they released their first album as a duo. "Summer Breeze" was the first hit single, appearing on their fourth album in fall 1972.

"Blowing through the jasmine in my mind"? Long before it was a Disney princess, jasmine was a kind of flower that blooms in the summer. Also good for tea, Seals & Crofts use it to bring about feelings of contentment and harmony in this song, which is a feel-good classic about enjoying some simple pleasures in life with the ones you love. Jim Seals explained in 1972: "We operate on a different level, we try to create images, impressions and trains of thought in the minds of our listeners."

Seals & Crofts were devoted to the Baha'i faith, and believed that by writing about life itself, many meanings would emerge for the listener. In 1975, Seals told Melody Maker that "Summer Breeze" was "A very simple song about a man coming home from work and hearing the dog barking and things like that, and to a lot of people the song's about looking for security. Our meaning goes further than that, for a prison can be the prison of self and a person can become insecure and paranoid if he doesn't have a direction in his personal life."

Jim Seals is the brother of Dan Seals, who was "England Dan" in the duo England Dan and John Ford Coley. They had several hit songs in the '70s. (thanks, Charles - Charlotte, NC)

In 1974 a cover by the Isley Brothers, featuring much more prominent electric guitar courtesy of Ernie Isley, peaked at #16 in the UK. Some of the other artists to cover it include The Main Ingredient and Jason Mraz.

This song was covered by Type O Negative for the soundtrack to the 1997 movie I Know What You Did Last Summer. (thanks, Charlie - Las Vegas, NV)

K. Michelle - God I Get It

K. Michelle - God I Get It Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?
Released: 2014

God I Get It Lyrics

Always loving what don't love me
Put my trust in things I don't need
My poor heart should be mad at me
I just leave my wounds to bleed

Haven't I learned anything
You showed me signs to help me see
But I love so blindly
I'm taking full responsibility

God I get it
I'm a mess and I admit it, whoa
I keep learning the same lessons
While I'm missing out on blessings
God I get it, whoa whoa

God I get it
I'm a mess and I admit it, whoaaa
I keep learning the same lessons
While I'm missing out on blessings
God I get it

Probably should of just had one glass
But instead I started a bath
Don't feel better, I still feel bad
Not the first time, won't be the last

Haven't I learned anything
Showed me signs to help me see
But I love so blindly
I'm taking full responsibility

God I get it
I'm a mess and I admit it, whoa
I keep learning the same lessons
While I'm missing out on blessings
God I get it, whoa

God I get it
I'm a mess and I admit it, whoa
I keep learning the same lessons
While I'm missing out on blessings
God I get it

I know the truth but still do wrong
No it can't be worked
I'd rather be left alone
They don't know my heart
They tear me apart
Tryna get it together

God! I get it!
I'm a mess and I admit it, yeah whoa
I keep learning the same lessons
While I'm missing out on blessings
God I get it, whoa

God I get it
I'm a mess and I admit it, whoa
I keep learning the same lessons
While I'm missing out on blessings
God I get it

Writer/s: ATTERBERRY, BIANCA / ALTINO, ARDEN / JACKSON, RONNIE / PATE, KIMBERLY / DUPLESSIS, JERRY / CORNISH, PHILIP
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
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K. Michelle mixes up the genres of music on her Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? album. This song is a country tune. "I want people to know that I don't f--k around with music," she told The Idolator . "You don't have to like me, but you're going to respect me as an artist."

Michelle went back to one of her first inspirations for this song. "My first voice teacher told my mom, 'People will expect her to sing a certain kind of music, but I want her to try other things'. So, he got me to sing country and yodeling," she recalled. "It's a big part of who I am. The first tape I ever got was The Judds' 'Love Can Build a Bridge.' I learned storytelling from that style, and my vocal runs definitely owe something to it."

Michelle explained the song's meaning: "It's just saying, 'God, I get it. I know I do wrong. I know you're trying to help me and send me signs. I have to do better.'"

Derek & the Dominos - I Am Yours

Derek & the Dominos - I Am Yours Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Released: 1970

I Am Yours Lyrics

I am yours.
However distant you may be,
There blows no wind but wafts your scent to me,
There sings no bird but calls your name to me.
Each memory that has left its trace with me
Lingers forever as a part of me.
First Verse
First Verse
I am yours.

Writer/s: CLAPTON, ERIC PATRICK/NIZAMI, ?
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Most of the lyrics are from Persian poet Nizami's The Story of Layla and Majnun, which also inspired the song "Layla."

The composer credit on this reads "Clapton/Nizami." Clapton used so much of Nizami's text that he gave the poet a songwriting credit.

Duane Allman played guitar on this. Clapton asked him to join these sessions after seeing him perform with The Allman Brothers.

The Madden Brothers - Jealousy (All Your Friends in Silverlake)

The Madden Brothers - Jealousy (All Your Friends in Silverlake) Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Greetings From California
Released: 2014

Jealousy (All Your Friends in Silverlake) Lyrics

We met A Band of Horses
You recognized my voice and
You said, “hello, have we ever met before?†
I know the drill, you had to chill
You played it cool cause all your friends were there

You live in Silverlake,
You said you hate LA, said it’s fucking lame,
You got more friends in New York anyway
I know the drill, you’ve gotta chill
Gotta play it cool cause you don’t know what your friends would say

All I want is a little bit of your time
All I need is a chance for me to talk to you
I know that I could make you mine

Your friends don’t know about anything
Yeah, but it’s all shit, hating on you cause of me
That’s okay, it’s jealousy

And your best friend’s a guy, he didn’t look me in the eye
He said some shit, you just laughed and said he was shy
That night I took you out, the things we talked about
You played it cool cause you didn’t know what to think about

What they would say about you and me
If your friends found out
They’d be hating on you cause of me, all it is is jealousy

All I want is a little bit of your time
All I need is a chance for me to talk to you
I know that I could make you mine

Your friends don’t know about anything
Yeah, but it’s all shit, hating on you cause of me
That’s okay, it’s jealousy

Have a little drink
Don’t worry about a thing
Forget what they’d say
Yeah, those jealous motherfuckers
Yeah, but they don’t matter anyway

All I want is a little bit of your time
All I need is a chance for me to talk to you
I know that I could make you mine

Your friends don’t know about anything
Yeah, but it’s all shit, hating on you cause of me
That’s okay, it’s jealousy

Writer/s: MADDEN, JOEL / MADDEN, BENJI / VALENTINE, ERIC / POYTHRESS, JARED
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group
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The Madden Brothers penned this song because they wanted something fun for their Greetings From California album. Joel Madden explained to Artist Direct : "It's a nod to our past because we've always been sarcastic and tongue-in-cheek about some things. It's a way of laughing at the reality that sometimes we judge each other before we know each other. One-on-one people always tend to have a good experience. When groups of people get involved, the experience can change."

Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop

Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Ramones
Released: 1976

Blitzkrieg Bop Lyrics

Hey ho, let's go! Hey ho, let's go!
Hey ho, let's go! Hey ho, let's go!

They're forming in straight line
They're going through a tight wind
The kids are losing their minds
The Blitzkrieg Bop

They're piling in the back seat
They're generating steam heat
Pulsating to the back beat
The Blitzkrieg Bop

Hey ho, let's go
Shoot'em in the back now
What they want, I don't know
They're all revved up and ready to go

They're forming in straight line
They're going through a tight wind
The kids are losing their minds
The Blitzkrieg Bop

They're piling in the back seat
They're generating steam heat
Pulsating to the back beat
The Blitzkrieg Bop

Hey ho, let's go
Shoot'em in the back now
What they want, I don't know
They're all revved up and ready to go

They're forming in straight line
They're going through a tight wind
The kids are losing their minds
The Blitzkrieg Bop

They're piling in the back seat
They're generating steam heat
Pulsating to the back beat
The Blitzkrieg Bop

Hey ho, let's go! Hey ho, let's go!
Hey ho, let's go! Hey ho, let's go!

Writer/s: ERDELYI, THOMAS/CUMMINGS, JOHN (RAMONE)/COLVIN, DOUGLAS/HYMAN, JEFFREY
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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The Ramones wrote this as a salute to their fans - it's about having a good time at a show.

Some fans interpret the song differently, however, as "Blitzkrieg" is a German term meaning "Lighting War." The Blitzkrieg was Hitler's army and in this interpretation, the Bop in the song is the march that the soldiers do. Here's a look at this interpretation:

"Hey ho, let's go" - The soldiers marching.

"They're forming in a straight line" - The soldiers are standing in a line.

"They're going through a tight wind" - Cars going down the autobahn.

"The kids are losing their minds" - Boys being turned into soldiers by Hitler.

"The Blitzkrieg Bop" - The soldiers march.

"They're piling in the back seat" - People piling into vehicles to get on the autobahn and soldiers piling into vehicles.

"They're generating steam heat" - The engines were so hot they started to steam.

"Pulsating to the back beat" - Germans getting pumped for war.

"Shoot'em in the back now" - Hitler being shot.

"What they want, I don't know" - Why Hitler was in the war.

"They're all revved up and ready to go" - The soldiers getting ready to fight. (thanks, Josh - Hibbing, MN)

The Ramones' famous chant, "Hey, Ho, Let's Go!" is a big part of this song. They wanted their own chant after hearing "Saturday Night" by the Bay City Rollers, which had the chant "S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y, Night."

Joey Ramone explained: "I hate to blow the mystique, but at the time we really liked bubblegum music, and we really liked the Bay City Rollers. Their song 'Saturday Night' had a great chant in it, so we wanted a song with a chant in it: 'Hey! Ho! Let's Go!'. 'Blitzkrieg Bop' was our 'Saturday Night'."

The songwriting credits on this one go to drummer Tommy Ramone and bass player Dee Dee Ramone. Tommy explained: "I wrote 'Blitzkrieg Bop,' but Dee Dee contributed the title and he changed one line. There was a line that went, 'They're shouting in the back now.' He changed it to 'Shoot 'em in the back now,' which is a non sequitur. But to him it made sense." (thanks, Katie - Gasoline Alley, Australia, for above 2)

This was the Ramones' first single, and also the first song on their first album. It was never a hit, but it became a punk anthem and a defining song of the genre, which was just about to enter its late '70s heyday.

Johnny Ramone's guitar, which was highly distorted, is on the left channel, while the rest of the band is on the right.

The Ramones had a very sparse budget at the time: The entire album cost just $6,400 to make.

This song has been used in a number of movies and TV series, including The Simpsons (the 2007 "Treehouse of Horror" episode), and the 2006 Entourage episode "I Wanna Be Sedated," revolving around a Ramones documentary.

In the 2001 movie Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, it was used in a scene where Jimmy and his friends go on a rampage of fun. Some other uses:

Fear No Evil (1981)
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
Sugar & Spice (2001)
Shattered Glass (2003)
The King of Queens (2004)
Date Night (2010)
The Crazy Ones (2013)
Parenthood (2014)

The New York Yankees baseball team often plays this when one of their big hitters is coming to the plate. Johnny Ramone is a huge fan of the Yankees.

Green Day performed this at the 2002 ceremonies when The Ramones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

In 1991, this song piqued the interest of Budweiser which used it in a commercial for their beer (without the "Shoot 'em in the back" line). There was no debate in the Ramones camp over whether to authorize it: they were all happy to get the money and exposure. In 2003, the song found its way into another commercial, this time for AT&T Wireless.

Rob Zombie covered this song on the album A Tribute To Ramones (We're A Happy Family). (thanks, Brian - Halton, Canada)

Fellow first-wave punk band The Clash covered this song live on tour in 1978, often as a medley with their own song "Police and Thieves."

Marianne Faithfull - Give My Love to London

Marianne Faithfull - Give My Love to London Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Give My Love to London
Released: 2014

Give My Love to London Lyrics

Give My Love to London Song Chart

Marianne Faithfull wrote this song with Steve Earle as a sarcastic put-down of the English capital city and the British press. "I'm not that fond of London - when I go there I have to do 'promo,' which I detest, four or five days of it in a long bunch, and I come back just so pissed off and insulted," she told Billboard magazine. "I must admit that is getting much better - people are not so insulting anymore. But I came back to Paris after a particularly hard promo session, where I'd been asked really awful, insulting questions, and I wrote that song as a horrible, sarcastic put down of London."