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The Raveonettes - Killer in the Streets

The Raveonettes - Killer in the Streets Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Pe'ahi
Released: 2014

Killer in the Streets Lyrics

You're raising hell on shore
With the widows of love
A new sound from the beaches
Be quiet hear them roar
I got no secrets I got no friends
But I got a hold of you
They say you're trouble I say you're fine
I always crossed that line
Your rose-colored socks
Your sun-bleached hair
You piss me off at times
I don't really care

You drop bombs on my head
You cut me with cheap knives
Make sure I never forget
There's a riot tonight
How a raging love
Can end and no one wins
I hate your delicate smile
Like a thief in the night
With the coming of spring
I jump-start my trip
A trip to behold
A trip I should skip

You'll go first and I'll grieve
It's too much to conceive
In dreams I picture this
The USS Intrepid in the rain
You and I holding hands
While evil runs through your veins
At night they come to make you feel small
Or maybe they don't come at all
I've seen you cry I've seen it all
I've seen your downfall
Was it true or did you make it all up
I'm through I have to stop
Then out of the blue
Like a B52
You drop a bomb cuckoo
And it's over thank you

Writer/s: SUNE WAGNER
Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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This Pe'ahi track is about being deceived by an alluring girl. "The song moves you along like something you want blasting on the radio as you drive through the streets of L.A. on your way to meet with destiny," Sharin Foo of The Raveonettes told Billboard magazine. "I love the idea of heartbreak being something you become contaminated with, sick from. As they say, 'Hurt people, hurt people'... and if they don't hurt others they usually break themselves. Love is indeed a dangerous game but it is also the ONE thing we can all universally relate to."

The band's Sune Rose Wagner told Q magazine this is The Ravonettes' take on Sly & The Family Stone. "A hypnotic groove which builds to a climax and then dissolves until there are only drums and vocals left," he said.

The song's music video tells a tale of some killers on the loose and their converted victims. Sharin Foo features as "the beautiful blonde" and Sune Rose Wagner as the "converted heartbreaker." Director Rie Rasmussen commented to Billboard: "They inspire storytelling from the first guitar riff, such a hypnotic piece of music!"

Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour

Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: In The Midnight Hour
Released: 1965

In The Midnight Hour Lyrics

I'm gonna wait 'till the midnight hour
That's when my love come tumbling down
I'm gonna wait 'till the midnight hour
When there' no one else around
I'm gonna take you, girl, and hold you
And do all things I told you, In The Midnight Hour

Yes I am, oh yes I am
One thing I just wanna say, right here

I'm gonna wait till the stars come out
And see that twinkle in your eyes
I'm gonna wait 'till the midnight hour
That's when my love begins to shine

You're the only girl I know
Can really love me so, in the midnight hour

Oh yeah, in the midnight hour
Yeah, all right, play it for me one time, now

I'm gonna wait 'till the midnight hour
That's when my love come tumbling down
I'm gonna wait, way in the midnight hour
That's when my love begin to shine, just you and I
Oh, baby, just you and I
Nobody around, baby, just you and I
Oh, right, you know what?
I'm gonna hold you in my arms, just you and I
Oh yeah, in the midnight hour
Oh, baby, in the midnight hour

Writer/s: PICKETT, WILSON JR./CROPPER, STEVE
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
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Pickett wrote this with Steve Cropper, who wrote and produced many of the soul classics for Stax Records. Cropper played guitar on the Stax session band, Booker T. and The MGs.

Cropper recalled to Uncut in 2015: "I say in my shows that playing the guitar is real simple, you just follow the dots - the dots on neck on every guitar are in the same place. That's how I came up with the intro for this. They go, It couldn't be that simple,' then all of them go home and get their guitars out and go, 'Wow, it is!'"

Cropper and Pickett wrote this at the Lorraine Motel, which was located near the Stax studios in Memphis. On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot there while standing on the balcony.

This was produced by Jerry Wexler with Booker T. & the MG's as the band. Booker T. and The MGs played on many Soul classics, and had a hit of their own with "Green Onions" in 1962.

Atlantic Records gave Pickett the nickname "The Wicked Pickett" after this was released. They used it to promote him, claiming he got it because of his prowess with the ladies. Pickett lived up to the nickname - he spent some time in jail and struggled with drug use before his death in 2006 at age 64.

This was Pickett's first hit. He went on to become a soul music legend and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.

Pickett also recorded "99 1/2" and "634-5789" at the Stax Studios, with backing by Booker T. and the MG's and the horns by the Bar-Kays.

When Pickett and Booker T and the MG's first tried to record the song, nobody liked the result - then Wexler had the idea to change the rhythm so that the teenagers could dance the jerk. According to Booker, the sight of Wexler demonstrating the dance to the band was most memorable and amusing. (thanks, Brad Wind - Miami, FL, for above 2)

In 1991, this was used in the movie The Commitments, which was about an Irish band who played the songs of American Soul singers. The movie helped introduce Pickett's music to a new audience.

Steve Cropper: "Wilson says he wrote the song but, you know, I listened to some old church stuff he sang on and he was singing 'See my Jesus in the midnight hour, see my Jesus in the midnight hour," over and over, and I said, 'I'm gonna see my girl in the midnight hour,' what about that?'"

The Script - The Energy Never Dies

The Script - The Energy Never Dies Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: No Sound Without Silence
Released: 2014

The Energy Never Dies Lyrics

I cross my heart and I hope to die
May God strike me down if I tell you lies
I'd stay here forever looking in your eyes
24/7, baby, 3-6-5

I'll take your hand and I'll hold real tight
I'll tell you life's just a blink so don't think twice
Let's catch the moment in a flash of light, woah
24/7, baby, 3-6-5

If we gonna feel alive, then let's feel it now

We could all be blown to pieces
Because time's a ticking bomb
We could all be dead tomorrow
But our love will carry on
'Cause when you know, your days are numbered
And you're looking in my eyes
It's not the end, 'cause The Energy Never Dies

Oh, oh oh, oh, oh

I fell for you and I never got up
I stay here forever 'til I turn to dust
Just take every minute make it last for life, woah
24/7, baby, 3-6-5-5-5

We could all be blown to pieces
Because time's a ticking bomb
We could all be dead tomorrow
But our love will carry on
'Cause when you know, your days are numbered
And you're looking in my eyes
It's not the end, 'cause the energy never dies

Oh, oh oh, oh, oh
'Cause the energy never dies
Oh, oh oh, oh, oh

There's no where, there's no when
There's no start, there's no end
'Cause this love, it transcends
I found you before and I'll find you again

There's no where, there's no when
There's no start, there's no end
So if we're gonna feel alive
Then let's feel it now, woah

We could all be blown to pieces
Because time's a ticking bomb
We could all be dead tomorrow
But our love will carry on
'Cause when you know, your days are numbered
And you're looking in my eyes
It's not the end, 'cause the energy never dies

Oh, oh oh, oh, oh ('Cause the energy never dies)
'Cause the energy never dies
Oh, oh oh, oh, oh ('Cause the energy never dies)
Oh, oh oh, oh, oh

I'll take your hand and I'll hold real tight
I'll tell you life's just a blink so don't think twice

Writer/s: KIPNER, STEVE / O'DONOGHUE, DANIEL JOHN / SHEEHAN, MARK ANTHONY / BARRY, JAMES / FRAMPTON, ANDREW MARCUS
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., DOWNTOWN MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC INC
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This song finds Danny O'Donoghue singing about the time when you know your days are numbered and you're looking in your loved one's eyes telling them it's not the end, as the energy never dies. He explained it's, "about the moment you realize you may not have long left on this Earth."

"It's saying to the one you love," O'Donoghue added, "we will meet again in the afterlife."

O'Donoghue described this to The Sun as a song about hope. He explained: "There are a lot of worries on people's minds at the moment. Terrorism and the threat that carries – like someone might go to work one day and not return. So with that song we wanted to give a sense of hope."

Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire

Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Great Balls Of Fire
Released: 1957

Great Balls of Fire 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.

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.