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The Script - Paint the Town Green

The Script - Paint the Town Green Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: No Sound Without Silence
Released: 2014

Paint the Town Green Lyrics

Hey hoo
Hey hoo

(Hey) I know you’re missing home
It’s been so long since you’ve been
And that life you had in Dublin
Now ain’t nothing but a dream
To be right there in the moment
You’d give anything to be

It’s alright
‘Cause tonight
We’re gonna Paint the Town Green

Your friends are on the phone there
It's so close to Paddy’s Day
And it kills you not to be there
But life got in the way
If I have to break the bank
Spend every penny on your dreams

It’s alright
‘Cause tonight
We’re gonna paint the town green

Just like home
Let’s color the streets like our own
Let’s make this place feel like our own
If it’s just you and me

It’s alright
‘Cause tonight
We’re gonna paint the town green (Hoo)

Hey hoo
Hey hoo
Hey hoo

(Hey) And we travel on the subway
Like it was the Luas line
Chase the Hudson to the Liffey
Where we kissed for the first time
Turn the city into Dublin
Yeah, wherever we may be

It’s alright
‘Cause tonight
We’re gonna paint the town green

Just like home
Let’s color the streets like our own
Let’s make this place feel like our own
If it’s just you and me,

It’s alright
‘Cause tonight
We’re gonna paint the town green (Hoo)

Hey hoo
Hey hoo
Hey hoo

Hey ooh
Ooh
Ooh

Hey ooh
Ooh
Ooh

Just like home
Let’s color the streets like our own
Let’s make this place feel like our own
If it’s just you and me,

It’s alright
‘Cause tonight
We’re gonna paint the town green (Hoo)

(Hey hoo) Paint the town green
Hey hoo
(Hey hoo) Paint the town green
Hey hoo
Hey hoo
Hey hoo
Hey hoo
Hey hoo

Writer/s: Barry, James / O'Donoghue, Daniel John / Sheehan, Mark Anthony
Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., DOWNTOWN MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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This energetic track is hymn to the spirit of The Script's Irish homeland. "We're not crying on the page," said guitarist Mark Sheehan with a grin, "and it's not super-emotional as a song. It's just about missing home and talking about what every emigrant around the world feels."

The song title is a play on words regarding the phrase "paint the town red," meaning to party or celebrate in a rowdy, wild manner. (Green is Ireland's national color).

The incident that sparked it off the phrase was when Henry Beresford, 3rd Marquess of Waterford and his fox-hunting friends went on a drunken spree with pots of red paint In the early hours of April 6, 1837. The location of the event has been located in both the Irish town of Waterford and the English town of Melton Mowbray.

Spinal Tap - (Listen to the) Flower People

Spinal Tap - (Listen to the) Flower People Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: This Is Spinal Tap
Released: 1984

(Listen to the) Flower People Lyrics

Diamond rings and old barstools
One's for queens and one's for fools
One's the future and one's the past
One's forever and one won't last

It ain't like midnight and cigarette smoke
It ain't like watered down whiskey and coke
I guess some things just don't mix like you hoped
Like me and you
And diamond rings and old barstools

The wrongs and rights, the highs and lows
The "I love you's," the "I told you so's"
Past few miles to wherever is home
Another morning waking up alone

It ain't like midnight and cigarette smoke
It ain't like watered down whiskey and coke
I guess some things just don't mix like you hoped
Like me and you
And diamond rings and old barstools

We ain't like midnight and cigarette smoke
Nothing like watered down whiskey and coke
I guess some things just don't mix like you hoped
Like me and you
And diamond rings and old barstools

Writer/s: LAIRD, LUKE ROBERT / DEAN, BARRY GEORGE / SINGLETON, JONATHAN DAVID
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, CYPMP
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Tim McGraw trades vocals with his first cousin Catherine Dunn on this country ballad about love on the rocks. "I knew I wanted her to sing on it; her voice would fit perfectly," McGraw said of Dunn to Rolling Stone Country. "She went in and in 10 minutes, knocked it out."

The song was written by Barry Dean and Luke Laird who also co-penned together Little Big Town's hit tune "Pontoon." Tim McGraw commented to Billboard magazine: "It's a classic great country song. When you come across those kind of songs, and I've had a few of them throughout my career, like 'Better Than I Used to Be,' these songs kind of allow you to dig in, and they have a lIttle bit of country nostalgia, but also a modern edge. When I run across a song like that, I can't wait to get into the studio and record it."

This tale of star-crossed love started off with Barry Dean, Luke Laird and Jonathan Singleton grinding to a halt after spending the entire morning working on another, more commercial song. Frustrated, Laird started jamming out some different musical ideas to lighten the mood. "Luke just starts playing guitar, and he goes, 'Diamond rings and old barstools …,'" Dean recalled to Taste of Country . "It was not a title he had written down, it was something that was just floating in the air."

The trio started working on the new idea, which rapidly developed into a song. "We had the first verse and the chorus in about 10 minutes," said Dean. "By then, Jon was just locked in - he kinda had that second verse in his heart. It just happened. It was like it just wanted to happen, just that moment. It was like we had been wanting to write it forever. Within 40 minutes, we had written it and done the work tape."

Tim McGraw - Diamond Rings and Old Barstools

Tim McGraw - Diamond Rings and Old Barstools Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Sundown Heaven Town
Released: 2014

Diamond Rings and Old Barstools Lyrics

Diamond Rings and Old Barstools
One's for queens and one's for fools
One's the future and one's the past
One's forever and one won't last

It ain't like midnight and cigarette smoke
It ain't like watered down whiskey and coke
I guess some things just don't mix like you hoped
Like me and you
And diamond rings and old barstools

The wrongs and rights, the highs and lows
The "I love you's," the "I told you so's"
Past few miles to wherever is home
Another morning waking up alone

It ain't like midnight and cigarette smoke
It ain't like watered down whiskey and coke
I guess some things just don't mix like you hoped
Like me and you
And diamond rings and old barstools

We ain't like midnight and cigarette smoke
Nothing like watered down whiskey and coke
I guess some things just don't mix like you hoped
Like me and you
And diamond rings and old barstools

Writer/s: LAIRD, LUKE ROBERT / DEAN, BARRY GEORGE / SINGLETON, JONATHAN DAVID
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, CYPMP
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Tim McGraw trades vocals with his first cousin Catherine Dunn on this country ballad about love on the rocks. "I knew I wanted her to sing on it; her voice would fit perfectly," McGraw said of Dunn to Rolling Stone Country. "She went in and in 10 minutes, knocked it out."

The song was written by Barry Dean and Luke Laird who also co-penned together Little Big Town's hit tune "Pontoon." Tim McGraw commented to Billboard magazine: "It's a classic great country song. When you come across those kind of songs, and I've had a few of them throughout my career, like 'Better Than I Used to Be,' these songs kind of allow you to dig in, and they have a lIttle bit of country nostalgia, but also a modern edge. When I run across a song like that, I can't wait to get into the studio and record it."

This tale of star-crossed love started off with Barry Dean, Luke Laird and Jonathan Singleton grinding to a halt after spending the entire morning working on another, more commercial song. Frustrated, Laird started jamming out some different musical ideas to lighten the mood. "Luke just starts playing guitar, and he goes, 'Diamond rings and old barstools …,'" Dean recalled to Taste of Country . "It was not a title he had written down, it was something that was just floating in the air."

The trio started working on the new idea, which rapidly developed into a song. "We had the first verse and the chorus in about 10 minutes," said Dean. "By then, Jon was just locked in - he kinda had that second verse in his heart. It just happened. It was like it just wanted to happen, just that moment. It was like we had been wanting to write it forever. Within 40 minutes, we had written it and done the work tape."

Spinal Tap - Bitch School

Spinal Tap - Bitch School Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Break Like the Wind
Released: 1992

Bitch School Lyrics

You been bad
Don't do what I say.
You don't listen,
And you never obey.

Try to teach you,
But you just won't be good.
You won't behave the way a big girl should.
It's time to give that whip a crack.
I'm gonna have to send you back to

Bitch School.
Bitch School.

You're a beauty.
You're the best of your breed.
You're a handful,
And I know what you need.

You need training.
Gonna bring you to heel.
I'm gonna break you with my will of steel.
'Cause discipline's my middle name
And no one comes back the same from

Bitch School.
Bitch School.

No more sniffing strangers,
Or running free at night.
You think my bark's bad, honey -
Wait till you feel my bite.

You got problems.
You whine and you beg.
When I'm busy,
You want to dance with my leg.

I'm gonna chain you.
Make you sleep out of doors.
You're so fetching when you're down on all fours.
And when you hear your master,
You will come a little faster, thanks to

Bitch School.
Bitch School.
Bitch School.
(Goin' have to send you back to)
Bitch School.

(Good Girl!)

Writer/s: MCKEAN, MICHAEL JOHN / SHEARER, HARRY / GUEST, CHRISTOPHER
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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This song is not as sexist as it's title would probably suggest. The subject of the song is canine obedience. (thanks, Jeff - Haltom City, TX)

This was part of Tap's big comeback, including the TV special, A Spinal Tap Reunion. This video received lots of airplay on MTV.

The album featured guest appearances from Jeff Beck, Cher, and Guns n' Roses guitarist Slash, among others.

Spinal Tap had built a legend and was more popular at this point than when the movie was released. The Break Like the Wind album charted twice as high (#61) as the first Spinal Tap album (#121).

Tim McGraw - Portland, Maine

Tim McGraw - Portland, Maine Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Sundown Heaven Town
Released: 2014

Portland, Maine Lyrics

I don't want to be talking on the phone every night
Six PM, which timezone, yours or mine?
Ain't gonna worry where you are, who you're with
Let's just agree, this is it

Portland, Maine, I don't know where that is
Leave your bags in the car, keep it running
I won't pretend, I don't want these things
But Portland, Maine, I don't know where that is
And I don't want to know, I don't want to know

See I'm just saving us some trouble somewhere down the line
This kind of town you just leave behind
And you don't know it yet, but you won't come back
And I ain't going nowhere and you know that

Portland, Maine, I don't know where that is
Leave your bags in the car, keep it running
I won't pretend, I don't want these things
But Portland, Maine, I don't know where that is

And you can go ahead and hate me, that's just fine
It doesn't matter either way, I'm right

Portland, Maine, I don't know where that is
Leave your bags in the car, keep it running
I won't pretend, I don't want these things
But Portland, Maine, I don't know where that is
Portland, Maine, I don't know where that is

I don't want to know
I don't want to know
I don't want to know

Portland, Maine
I don't know where that is

Writer/s: DONOVAN WOODS, ABE STOKLASA
Publisher: WORDS & MUSIC COPRYIGHT ADMIN
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This wistful ballad finds McGraw singing about a lost love who left him for Portland over an acoustic guitar. The Nashville star sings: "Portland, Maine, I don't know where that is," adding "I don't want to know." He recorded his vocal parts for the song in just ten minutes.

The song was written by:

Canadian folk singer-songwriter Donovan Woods, who is best known for his song "Brand New Gun," which was featured in the movie Numb starring Matthew Perry.

American musician Abe Stoklasa, who plays guitar and pedal steel for David Nail and Billy Currington. He also collaborated with Marc Beeson on Lady Antebellum's "Lie With Me," which is a track on their 747 album.

The song has nothing to do with the city of Portland, Maine, which was disheartening to many residents who saw the Sundown Heaven Town track list and anticipated an ode to their city. "There were a bunch of people on Twitter going, 'Oh my God! There's a song called 'Portland, Maine' on Tim McGraw's new record!,'" the song's co-writer Donovan Woods told us. "'It's going to be about how great the town is and how nice it is here! I hope he really treats it well! I know he likes it here!' I thought, 'Oh, God. These people are going to be really disappointed,' and then they certainly were."

In our interview with Donovan Woods , he explained that he has never been to Portland. He chose the city after getting a new cell phone with a new phone number that apparently belonged to someone with lots of debt. Woods got lots of calls from creditors trying to collect, and most of them showed up as "Portland, Maine" on his phone.

Soundgarden - Jesus Christ Pose

Soundgarden - Jesus Christ Pose Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Badmotorfinger
Released: 1991

Jesus Christ Pose Lyrics

And you stare at me
In your Jesus Christ Pose
Arms held out
Like you've been carrying a load
And you swear to me
You don't want to be my slave

But you're staring at me
Like I need to be saved
In your Jesus Christ pose
Arms held out
In your Jesus Christ pose
Thorns and shroud
Like it's the coming of the Lord
And I swear to you
That I would never feed you pain

But your staring at me
Like I'm driving the nails
In your Jesus Christ pose
And you stare at me
In your Jesus Christ pose
Arms held out like it's
The coming of the Lord

And would it pay you more to walk on water
Then to wear a crown of thorns
It wouldn't pain me more to bury you rich
Then to bury you poor
In your Jesus Christ pose

Writer/s: KIM THAYIL, HUNTER SHEPHERD, MATTHEW CAMERON, CHRIS CORNELL
Publisher: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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This is not a religious song, but it expresses irritation at celebrities who abuse and exploit the image of Jesus Christ on the cross, known as the Jesus Christ Pose (outstretched arms, head back).

The pose can be seen in any number of Creed videos featuring a wind-swept Scott Stapp , but for Soundgarden lead singer Chris Cornell, it was Jane's Addiction lead singer Perry Farrell, whose antics and onstage demeanor he always found to be pretentious, who inspired this song.

It wasn't just Farrell, though. Flipping through magazines, Cornell would see models striking the pose, sometimes complete with a crown of thorns. These folks likening themselves and their troubles to those of Jesus was too much for Cornell, and he let them have it here.

Cornell attended Catholic school until seventh grade, when his free thinking, rebellious personality became too much of a problem and his mom pulled him out (along with his sister). His inquisitive nature served him well as a lyricist; songs like this one show his disdain for ignorance and a false sense of persecution.

This is one of the few Soundgarden songs with writing credits going to all four band members. Their guitarist Kim Thayil told us that whoever brings in the main riff typically gets a credit along with the lyricist (usually Cornell), but they have no set system for distributing the credits.

Directed by Eric Zimmerman, the band made a controversial video for this song where the band demonstrated the "Jesus Christ Pose," intercut with shots of a girl on a cross. MTV didn't play it during their regular programming, but they did air it on both their Metal show Headbanger's Ball and their Alternative music showcase 120 Minutes. This crossover showed that the band had wide appeal over the various rock formats that were burgeoning, and they soon caught on in the Grunge genre as well. The band set out to reach a wide audience, and this song proved that they were on their way to achieving that goal.

At the 4:46 point, you can hear a particularly potent scream from Chris Cornell. Reminiscent of Roger Daltrey's primal wail in "Won't Get Fooled Again," it's a great demonstration of the singer's vocal control, something he worked hard to achieve.

After serving as the opening act for Guns N' Roses and then Skid Row, Soundgarden became headliners in the spring of 1992 when they set out on a UK tour. This song, which was their first British hit, was typically the last song in their encore. On later tours, they would sometimes open with this song.

U2 - California (There Is No End To Love)

U2 - California (There Is No End To Love) Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Songs of Innocence
Released: 2014

California (There Is No End To Love) Lyrics

Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara
Barbara, Santa Barbara
Barbara, Santa Barbara
Barbara, Santa Barbara
Barbara, Santa Barbara
Barbara, Santa Barbara
Barbara, Santa Barbara
Barbara, Santa Barbara
Barbara, Santa Barbara
Barbara, Santa Barbara

California
Then we fell into the shiny sea
The weight that drags your heart down
Well, that’s what took me
Where I need to be
Which is here, out on Zuma
Watching you cry like a baby
California, at the dawn
You thought would never come
But it did like it always does

All I know
And all I need to know
Is there is no
Yeah there is no end to love

I didn't call you
Words can scare a thought away
Everyone’s a star in our town
It’s just your light gets dimmer
If you have to stay
In your bedroom, in a mirror
Watching yourself cry like a baby
California, blood orange sunset
Brings you to your knees
I've seen for myself
There’s no end to grief
That’s how I know

That’s how I know
And why I need to know
That there is no
Yeah, there is no end to love
All I know and all I need to know
Is there is no
Yeah, there is no end to love

Barbara, Barbara
There is no end to love

Oh oh-oh all I know and all I need to know
Is there is no
Yeah, there is no end to love, whoa oh oh oh
We come and go
But stolen days you don’t give back
Stolen days are just enough

Writer/s: CLAYTON, ADAM / EVANS, DAVE / HEWSON, PAUL DAVID / MULLEN, LARRY
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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This bright anthem is about U2's transformative first trip to California in the early 1980s. It is one of a number of personal tracks on Songs of Innocence. Bono told Rolling Stone: "The whole album is first journeys - first journeys geographically, spiritually, sexually. And that's hard. But we went there."

Other US-location-named U2 songs include the Pop track "Miami" and the All That You Can't Leave Behind cut "New York."

Soundgarden - Loud Love

Soundgarden - Loud Love Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Louder Than Love
Released: 1989

Loud Love Lyrics

There's no time to keep it low
I've been deaf now I want noise
You stay down
But I won't be quiet
I'll hammer on until you fight

Loud Love
Loud Love
Loud Love
Loud Love

If you've got some time to kill
Slow resistance wins the war
Well I know
But that's no way to go
You can't resist the louder pull

Well that's right
I want something to explode
I've been deaf
Now I want noise

Writer/s: CHRIS J. CORNELL
Publisher: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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The intro is a feedback melody. Guitarist Kim Thayil got his guitar to produce feedback and then slid his finger up and down the string to make it sound melodic.

The album was originally titled "Louder Than F--k."

This was the last album Soundgarden recorded with Hiro Yamamoto as the bassist. After this album, he went back to school.

The 5th Dimension - Go Where You Wanna Go

The 5th Dimension - Go Where You Wanna Go Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Up-Up and Away
Released: 1966

Go Where You Wanna Go Lyrics

[Chorus:]
You gotta go where you want to go
Do what you want to do
With whoever you want to do it with

[Chorus]

You don't understand
That a girl like me can love just one man
Three thousand miles, that's how far you'll go
And you said to me "please don't follow"

'Cause you gotta go where you want to go
Do what you want to do
With whoever you want to do it with

[Chorus]

You don't understand
That a girl like me can love just one man
You've been gone a week, and I tried so hard
Not to be the cryin' kind
Not to be the girl you left behind

[Chorus x3]

Writer/s: PHILLIPS, JOHN EDMUND ANDREW
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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This upbeat song was written by John Phillips and issued as the first single for his group The Mamas & the Papas, appearing on their 1965 debut album If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears. Their version went nowhere, but the group's next single, "California Dreamin'" was a huge hit.

"Go Where You Wanna Go" found new life when it was recorded by another group with both male and female vocalists, The 5th Dimension. The group was signed to Johnny Rivers' Soul City Records, where they released an earlier single called "I'll Be Loving You Forever" as the Versatiles. Rivers suggested the group cover the song, which was a good call: The song rose up the Hot 100 to #16 and set the stage for their breakthrough in 1967.

After the single proved a success, the group put a whole album together which included another traveling tune: "Up-Up and Away," which was written by a young songwriter named Jimmy Webb . The group ended up recording several Webb compositions, as his career took off along with the group's.

John Phillips wrote this song about Michelle Phillips' affair with Russ Titelman, a songwriter and record producer who did production work for Randy Newman, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, and Chaka Khan.

John and Michelle got married in 1962, but the following year their marriage was on the rocks. Michelle took up with Titelman and moved with him from Los Angeles to New York. This prompted John to write the song, with the very specific lines:

Three thousand miles, that's how far you'll go
And you said to me "Please don't follow"

Michelle and Russ split up not long after, but it was clear that Michelle viewed their marriage as more flexible than John did.

P.F. Sloan, who was most famous for writing the song "Eve Of Destruction," played guitar on the Mamas & the Papas original version. Sloan was friends with John Phillips, who played on P.F.'s solo track "City Women." In our interview with Sloan , he described "Go Where You Wanna Go" as "An absolutely stupendous record," adding, "It's magical. I thought it had everything. And it was a complete stiff. It just goes to show you that everything is timing. You'd think that if the song is great and the vocals are great and the band is great, you've got a hit, but God shows us that timing is everything."

Sloan also played on "California Dreamin'" and wrote what would be the second single for The 5th Dimension: "Another Day, Another Heartache," which made #45 in the US.

The jaunty melody belies the song's lyric, which is about a guy who leaves his girl behind, traveling to the other side of the country. The song is written from the girl's perspective - she is brokenhearted over his leaving, and almost sarcastically telling him to go wherever he wants and be with whoever he desires. She tries to impress on him that fidelity is an option: "A girl like me can love just one man."

This song featured in a 2011 commercial for Elderplan supplemental Medicare coverage. The spot showed various senior citizens singing along to this song, embracing the mantra of the title, if not the true meaning of the song.

Soundgarden - 665

Soundgarden - 665 Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Ultramega OK
Released: 1988

665 Lyrics

It's creeping
In so slow
Trapping it, nobody's home

(more mumbling)

It's creeping in
So slow
Trapping it, nobody's home

[Played backwards, the Santa/Satan parody:
Santa, I love you baby
My Christmas king
Santa, you're my king
I love you, Santa baby
Got what I need
etc.]

Music: Yamamoto
Lyrics: Cornell

Writer/s: HIRO YAMAMOTO, CHRIS J. CORNELL
Publisher: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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Written by Soundgarden bass player Hiro Yamamoto, 665 is one away from 666, the sign of the devil. The song parodies all those Heavy Metal songs that supposedly include hidden (or not-so-hidden) satanic messages. Soundgarden has said that the association between black magic and rock is ridiculous.

When played in reverse, lead singer Chris Cornell can be heard singing, "I need you Santa baby." This is a play on the supposed backward masking found in songs like "Stairway To Heaven."

Soundgarden was often pegged as an angsty band, but this song shows their vivid sense of humor. The album title is also a bit of a joke - they liked the songs but weren't thrilled with the way it was produced, so they reflected their conflicted feelings in the title Ultramega OK.

The Monkees - (Theme From) The Monkees

The Monkees - (Theme From) The Monkees Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: The Monkees
Released: 1966

(Theme From) The Monkees Lyrics

Here we come, walkin'
Down the street.
We get the funniest looks from
Everyone we meet.

Hey, hey, we're the Monkees
And people say we monkey around.
But we're too busy singing
To put anybody down.

We go wherever we want to,
Do what we like to do
We don't have time to get restless,
There's always something new.

Hey, hey, we're the Monkees
And people say we monkey around.
But we're too busy singing
To put anybody down.

We're just tryin' to be friendly,
Come and watch us sing and play,
We're the young generation,
And we've got something to say.
Any time, Or anywhere,
Just look over your shoulder
Guess who'll be standing there

Hey, hey, we're the Monkees
And people say we monkey around.
But we're too busy singing
To put anybody down.

Hey, hey, we're the Monkees
And people say we monkey around.
But we're too busy singing
To put anybody down.
We're just tryin' to be friendly,
Come and watch us sing and play,
We're the young generation,
And we've got something to say.
Hey, hey, we're the Monkees
Hey, hey, we're the Monkees

Hey, hey, we're the Monkees,
You never know where we'll be found.
So you'd better get ready,
We may be comin' to your town.

Writer/s: HART, BOBBY/BOYCE, TOMMY
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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This was the first song written and recorded for The Monkees TV series, which ran on NBC 1966-1968. Written to introduce the irreverent act, a portion of it was used as the theme song for the show.

It was written by the songwriter/producers Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, who were hired to write three songs for the show's pilot, including the theme. When they wrote it, the cast had not been chosen and they had very little direction - the show was pitched as "An American version of The Beatles" and loosely based on the Beatles movie A Hard Day's Night. Boyce and Hart wrote the song in the style of The Beatles, composing good-natured lyrics positioning the band as a fun group of guys who are "too busy singing to put anybody down."

The finger snaps and "here we come" line were influenced by the Dave Clark Five song "Catch Us If You Can," where they sing, "Here we come again, catch us if you can."

The Monkees didn't play on their early albums, so very often the only band member to appear on a song would be its lead vocalist, which in this case was Micky Dolenz. This song was produced by the song's writers, Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, who had members of their band, the Candy Store Prophets, play the instruments. The backing credits are as follows:

Micky Dolenz: vocal
Tommy Boyce: backing vocals
Wayne Erwin, Gerry Mcgee & Louie Shelton: guitar
Larry Taylor: bass
Billy Lewis: drums
Gene Estes: percussion

Turns out this song works very well in a documentary about actual monkeys: It was used to open the 2015 Disney film Monkey Kingdom.

Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Superunknown
Released: 1994

Black Hole Sun Lyrics

In my eyes, indisposed
In disguises no one knows
Hides the face, lies the snake
The sun in my disgrace
Boiling heat, summer stench
'Neath the black the sky looks dead
Call my name through the cream
And I'll hear you scream again

Black Hole Sun
Won't you come
And wash away the rain
Black hole sun
Won't you come
Won't you come (Won't you come)

Stuttering, cold and damp
Steal the warm wind tired friend
Times are gone for honest men
And sometimes far too long for snakes
In my shoes, a walking sleep
And my youth I pray to keep
Heaven sent hell away
No one sings like you anymore

Black hole sun
Won't you come
And wash away the rain
Black hole sun
Won't you come
Won't you come

Black hole sun
Won't you come
And wash away the rain
Black hole sun
Won't you come
Won't you come (Black hole sun, Black hole sun)

Won't you come (Black hole sun, Black hole sun)
Won't you come (Black hole sun, Black hole sun)
Won't you come (Black hole sun, Black hole sun)

Hang my head, drown my fear
Till you all just disappear

Black hole sun
Won't you come
And wash away the rain
Black hole sun
Won't you come
Won't you come

Black hole sun
Won't you come
And wash away the rain
Black hole sun
Won't you come
Won't you come (Black hole sun, Black hole sun)
Won't you come (Black hole sun, Black hole sun)
Won't you come (Black hole sun, Black hole sun)
Won't you come (Black hole sun, Black hole sun)
Won't you come (Black hole sun, Black hole sun)
Won't you come (Black hole sun, Black hole sun)
Won't you come
Won't you come

Writer/s: CHRIS CORNELL
Publisher: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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Black Hole Sun Song Chart

The band is named after a sculpture in Seattle called "Soundgarden," and longtime speculation was that this song got its name from another Seattle sculpture called "Black Sun," by the artist Isamu Noguchi. (The piece is located in Volunteer Park on Capitol Hill. It looks kind of like a huge, black doughnut and is aimed so you can see the Space Needle through the middle of it.)

Chris Cornell stated in a 2014 interview with Entertainment Weekly that the title came from something he heard on the news - he thought the anchor said "black hole sun," but he really was saying something else. Cornell started thinking about the phrase and decided to write a song around it, as he felt it was a thought-provoking title. He wrote the lyrics first, then composed the music based on the images he came up with.

This song was written entirely by Chris Cornell. "If I write lyrics that are bleak or dark, it usually makes me feel better," the Soundgarden frontman said.

This song is certainly bleak, with references to snakes, a dead sky, and the summer stench. It's one of the more morose songs to get consistent airplay, and it helped associate the Grunge sound with depression and angst. Cornell, however, was simply expressing some dark thoughts in song - he was not suffering or crying for help in the manner of Kurt Cobain.

In our interview with Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil , he said of this song: "We'd had singles before. But that was easily our biggest hit. That was more singer/songwriterish. Chris went that direction of singer/songwriter guy, and the band was more accepting because of the success of singer/songwriting stuff as opposed to more guitar oriented rock. It was more vocal accompaniment rock, some guitar. So we started utilizing a little bit more of that."

This song got a lot of radio play because the Alternative format and "Grunge" sound were popular at the time and Top 40 radio stations were playing a lot of songs by artists like Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, and Stone Temple Pilots. It didn't make the Hot 100 because it wasn't released as a single and therefore ineligible for the chart (it did make #24 on Billboard's Airplay chart). Holding back singles was a common ploy around this time, as it encouraged fans to buy the albums. Accordingly, Superunknown went to #1 in America, far better than the #39 peak of their previous album, Badmotorfinger.

This won a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance. They also won Best Metal Performance that year for "Spoonman."

The song was covered by Peter Frampton on his 2006 instrumental album Fingerprints. The lyrics were replaced by Frampton on guitar, playing through his trademark "talk box," through which he simulated the pitch of the vocals, but not the words. The only distinguishable words (played through the talk box) in the rendition are "Black hole sun, won't you come," which can be heard in the verses after the bridge/guitar solo. Fingerprints won the 2007 Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Album. (thanks, Colin - North Dartmouth, MA)

The surreal Howard Greenhalgh-directed video finds the band performing the song in an open field as a suburban neighborhood are swallowed up by a black hole. Speaking with Artist Direct in a 2012 interview, Cornell said that at the time he had made a number of videos with directors who didn't understand where the band was coming from and he was disillusioned with the whole process. "We just read treatments for it, and Howard Greenhalgh's treatment just read weird as the video turned out," he recalled.
"I suggested we just pick one that we want, try to find a great one, and let the guy do whatever he wants," continued Cornell. "We should just be there and not emote, not pretend to be excited to play the song, deadpan, stand there, and do absolutely nothing. We chose his treatment because it seemed interesting. I told him on the phone, 'We're not going to do anything. You're not going to get anything out of us. We're just going to stand there because we don't want to do this anymore.'. Somehow, for whatever reason, he loved that.
I love the video because it worked. It just happened to be a guy with a great idea who happened to believe in our notion that we're reluctant video stars who are going to give you nothing. The contrast of us giving you nothing and your vision is actually going to be better than if we're jumping around acting like crazy rock people and you're doing these flash jump-cut edits and crazy lighting. We're weird enough as it is, and we're tired of trying to not be. It worked. It was a big lesson. If you get out of somebody's way, or collaborate in the right way, a good thing can come out of it."

Chris Cornell got the idea for this song while driving home from Bear Creek Studio, near Seattle, where Soundgarden were recording a version of "New Damage" for a charity album. He recalled to Uncut magazine August 2014: "I wrote it in my head driving home from Bear Creek Studio in Woodinville, a 35-40 minute drive from Seattle. It sparked from something a news anchor said on TV and I heard wrong. I heard 'blah blah blah black hole sun blah blah blah'. I thought that would make an amazing song title, but what would it sound like? It all came together, pretty much the whole arrangement including the guitar solo that's played beneath the riff."

"I spent a lot of time spinning those melodies in my head so I wouldn't forget them," he continued. "I got home and whistled it into a Dictaphone. The next day I brought it into the real world, assigning a couple of key changes in the verse to make the melodies more interesting. Then I wrote the lyrics and that was similar,a stream of consciousness based on the feeling I got from the chorus and title."

Cornell reflected on the song's lyrical content to Uncut: "What's interesting to me is the combination of a black hole and a sun," he said. "A black hole is a billion times larger than a sun, it's a void, a giant circle of nothing, and then you have the sun, the giver of all life. It was this combination of bright and dark, this sense of hope and underlying moodiness."

"I even liked the way the words looked written down," Cornell added. "I liken it to Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd, where there's a happy veneer over something dark. It's not something I can do on purpose but occasionally it will happen by accident."