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Rush - Broon's Bane

Rush - Broon's Bane Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Exit... Stage Left
Released: 1981

Broon's Bane Lyrics

Broon's Bane

This is an instrumental guitar solo by Alex Lifeson.

The song is named after their longtime producer Terry Brown (T.C. Broonsie), who produced this and Rush's first 11 albums. (thanks, Mike - Mountlake Terrace, Washington, for above 2)

Kongos - This Time I Won't Forget

Kongos - This Time I Won't Forget Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Lunatic
Released: 2012

This Time I Won't Forget Lyrics

Oh, I will try
But I tell you it ain't easy using only words
And so I'll begin
But I'll start at the end, the day I said so long my friend

I still remember well
His smile that would not die
And the tears begin to swell
Tears I dare not fight

'Cause now I'm alive
I'm taking my first breath
Oh I'm alive
And This Time I Won't Forget

Now I'm alive
I'm taking my first breath
Oh I'm alive
And this time I won't forget

Now as I look back
Wish I'd known that someday soon he'd long be gone
So, I will try
To remember the end, the day I said so long my friend

They go by many names
Mother, father, brother, son
And the tears begin to swell
Tears I dare not fight

'Cause now I'm alive
I'm taking my first breath
Oh I'm alive
And this time I won't forget

Now I'm alive
I'm taking my first breath
Oh I'm alive
And this time I won't forget

Oh I'm alive
And this time I won't forget

Writer/s: KONGOS, JOHN JOSEPH
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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This Time I Won't Forget

Kongos is a South African Rock quartet comprising brothers: keyboardist and accordion player Johnny, drummer Jesse, bassist Dylan and guitarist Daniel Kongos. This song was written by Johnny Kongos. Dylan told Artist Direct : "It's about losing someone and only appreciating that person to the fullest extent after they're gone. Hopefully, you try to never allow that to happen again."

Glenn Miller - In The Mood

Glenn Miller - In The Mood Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: In The Mood
Released: 1939

In The Mood Lyrics

Who's the loving daddy with the beautiful eyes
What a pair o' shoes, I'd like to try 'em for size
I'll just tell him, "Baby, won't you swing it with me"
Hope he tells me maybe, what a wing it will be
So, I said politely "Darling may I intrude"
He said "Don't keep me waiting when I'm In The Mood"

First I held him lightly and we started to dance
Then I held him tightly what a dreamy romance
And I said "Hey, baby, it's a quarter to three
There's a mess of moonlight, won't you share it with me"
"Well" he answered "Baby, don't you know that it's rude
To keep my two lips waiting when they're in the mood"

In the mood, that's what he told me
In the mood, and when he told me
In the mood, my heart was skipping
It didn't take me long to say "I'm in the mood now"

In the mood for all his kissing
In the mood his crazy loving
In the mood what I was missing
It didn't take me long to say "I'm in the mood now"

So, I said politely "Darling may I intrude"
He said "Don't keep me waiting when I'm in the mood"

"Well" he answered "Baby, don't you know that it's rude
To keep my two lips waiting when they're in the mood"

Who's the loving daddy with the beautiful eyes
What a pair o' shoes, I'd like to try 'em for size
I'll just tell him, "Baby, won't you swing it with me"
Hope he tells me maybe, what a wing it will be
So, I said politely "Darling may I intrude"
He said "Don't keep me waiting when I'm in the mood"

First I held him lightly and we started to dance
Then I held him tightly what a dreamy romance
And I said "Hey, baby, it's a quarter to three
It's a mess of moonlight, won't you share it with me"
"Well" he answered "Baby, don't you know that it's rude
To keep my two lips waiting when they're in the mood"

Writer/s: HUNTLEY, ALEXANDER PAUL KAPRANOS / MCCARTHY, NICHOLAS JOHN / HARDY, ROBERT / THOMPSON, PAUL ROBERT
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, SHAPIRO BERNSTEIN & CO. INC.
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In The Mood

This is one of the most recognizable and popular big band songs. Miller recorded it in 1939 and the song became wildly popular in early 1940, shortly before Billboard began publishing its "Music Popularity Chart." This makes it hard to gauge the song's appeal at the time, but it helped Miller become the top bandleader in the world - in that first Billboard chart he held down three of the Top 10 places.

"In The Mood" is an expression that indicates a desire to have sex. It's pretty innocent now, but was a little racy at the time.

This song was written by the Tin Pan Alley composers Joe Garland (music) and Andy Razaf (lyrics). Garland was the tenor sax player and arranger with Edgar Hayes and his Orchestra. The Hayes band recorded "In The Mood" for Decca Records in February 1938, 18 months before Miller recorded the tune. Later in 1938, Artie Shaw played the tune on the air in a 6-minute-plus, rather plodding arrangement. Glenn Miller reworked the arrangement, first played it in late July 1939 (a version is extant on CD), and recorded it for Bluebird on August 1, 1939 (Bluebird B-10416-A). The rest is history; he played it quite often on the air, featured it in his first film Sun Valley Serenade (1941), and continued to play it when he disbanded and joined the Army Air Corps (the 418th AAF Training Command Orchestra).

This was based on a song called "Tar Paper Stomp" which was recorded in 1930 by Joseph "Wingy" Manone, who was a bandleader from New Orleans. Manone later had his own remake called "Jumpy Nerves" on Bluebird (the label on which Miller's "In The Mood" was first issued).

In 1977, The Henhouse Five Plus Two (an alias of novelty singer Ray Stevens) had a top 40 hit in both the UK and US with his version of this song, which was basically Stevens imitating chickens clucking the tune.

Beatles producer George Martin had the orchestra play a little bit of this song at the end of "All You Need Is Love." (thanks, Chet - Greenfield Center, NY)

Matthew West - Do Something

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Album: Into The Light
Released: 2012

Do Something Lyrics

I woke up this morning
Saw a world full of trouble now
Thought, how’d we ever get so far down
How’s it ever gonna turn around
So I turned my eyes to Heaven
I thought, “God, why don’t You Do Something?†
Well, I just couldn’t bear the thought of
People living in poverty
Children sold into slavery
The thought disgusted me
So, I shook my fist at Heaven
Said, “God, why don’t You do something?†
He said, “I did, I created you†
If not us, then who
If not me and you
Right now, it’s time for us to do something
If not now, then when
Will we see an end
To all this pain
It’s not enough to do nothing
It’s time for us to do something
I’m so tired of talking
About how we are God’s hands and feet
But it’s easier to say than to be
Live like angels of apathy who tell ourselves
It’s alright, “somebody else will do something†
Well, I don’t know about you
But I’m sick and tired of life with no desire
I don’t want a flame, I want a fire
I wanna be the one who stands up and says,
“I’m gonna do something†
We are the salt of the earth
We are a city on a hill
But we’re never gonna change the world
By standing still
No we won’t stand still
No we won’t stand still
No we won’t stand still

Writer/s: WEST, MATTHEW
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Do Something

This song was inspired by the story of a girl named Andrea and her willingness to "Do Something." Matthew West explained: "I will never forget meeting Andrea. If I were judging a book by its cover, I'd say she looked like a college girl, maybe in a sorority or something, lots of friends, bound to be successful someday. And in a way, that would be a correct assessment. But that is not the whole story. Andrea, a former University of Colorado student had chosen to spend a semester abroad learning micro-financing in Uganda. While there, she happened upon an orphanage in critical condition. The children were being badly neglected and even abused. Her heart broke for these orphans who had no advocate. That's when this college student decided to do something. She called her parents and said, 'I'm not coming home.' She refused to leave these children until something was done to improve the conditions."

"By sheer determination and refusal to give up, Andrea and her sister convinced the Ugandan government to close down that orphanage, which left about forty children with no place to go. The government handed the children to her," West continued. "Andrea brought this need back to the States with a new vision and desire to create a safe place for these children to grow and learn. Today, Musana (which means 'sunshine') is a thriving orphanage in Iganga, Uganda, housing over one hundred children! Andrea prefers spending most of her time in Uganda, not the US. She's a long way from a sorority house or a college campus. She's reaching the world, and bringing hope to people, one helpless child at a time. When asked what it was that made her fight for these children she simply said, "I just kept thinking, 'if I don't do something, who will?'"

"Andrea's story floored me," West concluded. "Today, so many of us Christians talk so much about being the hands and feet of Christ, but never really displaying what that looks like. Andrea has gone to the extremes to show us all what wild abandon to the cause of Christ looks like. It's not about talking. It's about doing!!! It's time for us to do something!"

Franz Ferdinand - Michael

Franz Ferdinand - Michael Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Franz Ferdinand
Released: 2004

Michael Lyrics

This is where I'll be
So heavenly
So come and dance with me Michael

So sexy, I'm sexy
Come and dance with me Michael

I'm all that you see, you want to see
Come and dance with me Michael

So close now so close now
Come and dance with me
Come and dance with me
So come and dance with me

Michael you're the boy with all the leather hips
Sticky hair, sticky hips, stubble on my sticky lips
Michael you're the only one I'd ever want
Beautiful boys on a beautiful dance-floor
Michael you're dancing like a beautiful dance-whore
Michael waiting on a silver platter now
And nothing matters now

This is what I am, I am a man
Come and dance with me Michael

So strong now, it's strong now
Come and dance with me Michael

I'm all that you'll be, you'll ever see
So come and dance with me, Michael

So close now.
You're close now.
Come and dance with me.
Come and dance with me. [Repeat: x2]

Michael you're the boy with all the leather hips
Sticky hair, sticky hips, stubble on my sticky lips
Michael you're the only one I'd ever want
Beautiful boys on a beautiful dance-floor
Michael you're dancing like a beautiful dance-whore
Michael waiting on a silver platter now
And nothing matters now

Writer/s: FISHER, DAVID (ARR.)
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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Michael

This is about one of the band's friends who was drunk and ended up dancing with a man.

The lyrics, "Come and dance with me, come and dance with me, so come and dance with me" are repeated throughout this song, mostly leading into the chorus. However, at a live performance recorded at the Amsterdam Paradiso in 2003, Kapronis sings instead, "come and dance with me, come and dance with me, so come all over me." If you look at the lyrics printed in the official Franz Ferdinand album booklet, the line, "So come all over me" is crossed out, and is not sung on the official album recording. (thanks, Amy - Melbourne, Australia)

Phantogram - Bill Murray

Phantogram - Bill Murray Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Voices
Released: 2014

Bill Murray Lyrics

Am I lonely?
Oh it feels like when the day breaks
Am I wanted inside?
Say goodbye, do you feel liked?
Wave goodbye, and your heart's not in line

We'll be tall
We'll be tall

Am I lonely?
'Cause it feels right
If I look up, can you keep me alive?
Wave goodbye to your family and friends
Those lost ants
And your eyes bleed when you see
'Cause nothing works inside

We'll be tall
We'll be tall

Writer/s: DAVIS, CARL H. / RECORD, EUGENE / CARTER, JOSHUA MICHAEL / BARTHEL, SARAH DEMAREST
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Roba Music, RESERVOIR MEDIA MANAGEMENT INC
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Bill Murray

The New York duo Phantogram are best known for their track "When I'm Small," which was used both in the trailer of the 2012 film Syrup and an advert for Canon's 650D camera. The pair, which comprises vocalist Sarah Barthel and guitarist Josh Carter, also contributed to three tracks on Big Boi's Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors album.

Carter explained to The Atlantic why this ballad about loneliness was titled after the comic actor. "We named it 'Bill Murray' because we always pictured a sad Bill Murray for the visuals of that song," he said. "We want him to be in the music video."

The ballad samples the Chi-Lites' tune "Coldest Day of My Life."

Tower of Power - Stranger In My Own House

Tower of Power - Stranger In My Own House Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Oakland Zone
Released: 2003

Stranger In My Own House Lyrics

Stranger In My Own House

Emilio Castillo is one of the founding members of Tower of Power. He produced the album and wrote many of the tracks, including this one. Says Castillo:
"I wrote that song with a friend of mine, his name is Leo Sacks. He lives in New York City and he's a journalist. He wrote the NBC Weekend News for Garrick Utley, but he's especially into song music and he left that profession and started doing reissues for Legacy. He's in charge of all the reissues for Earth, Wind & Fire, The O'Jays, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, and The Isley Brothers. He pulls out stuff from the vaults and remixes it and he does all the liner notes. He's really into music that way. He asked me, 'You know, I've produced a lot of things now on these reissues. Could I produce a track for you guys?' And I said no. He goes, 'Oh, you answered me pretty quickly there.' I said, 'Leo, I'll be honest with you, man. I'm looking to work with producers on the caliber of Quincy Jones, somebody I can relate to musically. You don't know music at all. You've done these great productions for these reissues but Tower of Power is a whole different animal and I'm not looking for that type of thing for Tower of Power. But I will write songs with you.' And he goes, 'What? I don't know how to write songs.' I said, 'Well I'll teach you.' And what I told him was, 'You've got to come to me, I'm not flying to New York to teach you to write songs. But if you can come to my house, you can stay there for a few days and I'll show you how to write.' He says, 'How do you know I can write?' I said, 'You're a journalist, you're into Soul music big time. We're going to sit around and talk and we're going to write songs.' He came to my house, we wrote three songs the first time he came and then he came back when I was demoing the three songs and we wrote another one. Out of those four songs, three of them got used. Two of them made the record: Happy About That and Stranger In My Own House. Nothing Like It was a bonus cut in Europe."

Castillo: "As far as the story about Stranger In My Own House, there was no story. It is absolutely made up. I came up with a chord progression - that sort of minor sound - and to me it sounded like something ominous, and I came up with that hook, 'I feel like a stranger in my own house,' and then we wrote a story based on that. But there's no truth to it, there's no real life bearing in it at all." (Check out our interview with Emilio Castillo. You can learn much more at his website, towerofpower.com .)

Temples - Sun Structures

Temples - Sun Structures Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Sun Structures
Released: 2014

Sun Structures Lyrics

The weather shaking fast
All in till summer last
All the rocky cold
If they put to rest a long lost fortune

Carry on to the distance of
Rarely squaring in the eyes of the one
Even brace while in the gun
Legacy waiting for a long lost fortune

Take a path of you, inside the odyssey
Ritualistic signs on the desert sea
Lead the river to the water
Take the fire from the trees

(Ah, ah)

All in all in the time of the last
Ceremonial prayer to the grass
Sink the ground where the image falls
If they put trust to a long lost fortune

Carry on to the far side
Cross the side to the eyes of the one
Rest in grace where the echo young
Legacy waits for the long lost fortune

Take a path of you, inside the odyssey
Ritualistic signs on the desert sea
Lead the river to the water
Take the fire from the trees

Writer/s: THOMAS EDWARD WALMSLEY, JAMES EDWARD BAGSHAW
Publisher: IMAGEM U.S. LLC
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Sun Structures

Temples was initially formed in mid 2012 as a home studio project by vocalist James Bagshaw and bassist Tom Warmsley, who had previously worked together in The Moons. Following the excited online response to their first-ever recording, 2012's "Shelter Song," the duo recruited drummer Sam Toms and keyboardist Adam Smith to form a full-fledged band so that they might take up the many gig requests they were receiving throughout the UK. By July 2013, they were opening for the Rolling Stones at Hyde Park.

This is the title track of their debut album, which is filled with the kind of cosmic lyric writing that compares to such psychedelic 1970s acts as Hawkwind and George Clinton. "There's a lot of references to spirituality and mythology," Warmsley told NME, "but it's more about the general atmosphere and the feelings evoked in the music – that's the most important thing. We just wanted to be bold and venture into all the areas we want to venture into."

Tower of Power - What Is Hip?

Tower of Power - What Is Hip? Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Tower of Power
Released: 1973

What Is Hip? Lyrics

So you want to jump out your trick bag
And ease on into a hip bag
But you ain't just exactly sure what's hip
So you start to let your hair grow
Spend big bucks to cop you a wardrobe
But somehow you know there's much more to the trip

[Chorus]
What Is Hip?
Tell me, tell me if you think you know
What is hip?
If you was really hip
The passing years would show
You into a hip trip
Maybe hipper than hip
But what is hip?

So you became part of the new breed
Been smokin' only the best weed
Been hangin' out on the so-called hippest set
Being seen at all the right places
Being seen with just the right faces
You should be satisfied
Still it ain't quite right

[Chorus]

Hipness, what it is!
Hipness, what it is!
Hipness, what it is!
And sometimes hipness is
What it ain't!

You done even went and found you a guru
In your effort to find you a new you
And maybe even managed
To raise your conscious level
As you striving to find the right road
There's one thing you should know
What's hip today
Might become passe

Writer/s: S. KUPKA, E. CASTILLO, D. GARIBALDI
Publisher: BOB-A-LEW SONGS
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What Is Hip?

Tower of Power sax players Emilio Castillo and Stephen "Doc" Kupka wrote this song. In our interview with Castillo , he said: "I would give most of the credit for that concept lyrically to Doc. He said he wanted write a song about being hip and I said, 'About being hip?' He said, 'Well, what I mean is being hip is so short lived. You can be hip by wearing your hair a certain way today and then in three months that style's gone and you're as unhip as you could possibly be. I want to write a song about that.' It's saying what's hip today might become passé."

The group's drummer, David Garibaldi, helped out with the rhythms. Castillo told us, "It was his idea to get Rocco to play those sixteenth notes on the bass. There was a song out at the time called 'Going Down' by Freddie King and it had that bass line. Girabladi's idea was to hit those sixteenth notes and then rather than hitting a big one, you know one, two, three, four, one... He says, 'We're going to push it one sixteenth in front of the one every time.' So it'd be, one, two, three, four, boom, two, three, four, boom... and that sort of prevailing thing throughout the tune is what made that song drive. And then on top of that we had the classic horn arrangement and Lenny Williams singing it."

Sheila E. intended to cover this tune on her 1991 set, Sex Cymbal, but TOP's horn section was unavailable. She opted to redo Labelle's "Lady Marmalade" instead. (thanks, Faundell - Brooklyn, NJ)

Warpaint - Go In

Warpaint - Go In Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Warpaint
Released: 2014

Go In Lyrics

Go In

This smoky, piano-laced tune was written and recorded by Warpaint in a hired house in the Joshua Tree National Park. Drummer Stella Mozgawa told Spin magazine: "It was an experimental period for us, basically. It was really beneficial for us, because we had been on tour with each other for so long playing the same songs. We were so eager to make something new and figure out what kind of band we were in this environment; not just the physical landscape, but I feel like we explored parts of ourselves individually and collectively that we couldn't have done."

The Brothers Johnson - Right On Time

The Brothers Johnson - Right On Time Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Right On Time
Released: 1977

Right On Time Lyrics

Right On Time

Quincy Jones produced the album. He brought in the Tower of Power horn section, who have played on many hit records by artists like Huey Lewis, Bonnie Raitt, Santana, Elton John and Aaron Neville. Emilio Castillo told us about working with Jones:
"There was a real kinship there musically. He knew us from before because we had traveled with him on the road. It was a Quincy Jones and Tower of Power tour. He also was the one who gave me my first gold record. He was talking to us after the session with The Brothers Johnson and he said, 'You guys must have tons of gold records,' and we told him, 'No we don't even have one.' He was amazed. He said, 'You guys don't have a gold record? I can't believe that. This record is going to go gold and when it does you're getting one.' He was true to his word, he sent me one." (Check out our interview with Emilio Castillo. You can learn much more at his website, towerofpower.com .)

Dexys Midnight Runners - The Celtic Soul Brothers

Dexys Midnight Runners - The Celtic Soul Brothers Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Too-Rye-Ay
Released: 1982

The Celtic Soul Brothers Lyrics

More please and thank you
Introducing The Celtic Soul Brothers and featuring the strong devoted,
Ladies and gentlemen, would you now please take your leave.
Because we've sat back looking and nearly been took,
Even been scared but now I don't care and I'm telling anyone who'll listen.
I've seen what's on show and now there's no more to know
'cause I've been there,
I've been seen there,
I've seemed it, dreamed it,
Beened it, schemed it.
Excuse me please, you're standing in my space,
So step aside, now your time's up.
Come on my friends, I would now like to propose a toast
To the strength I see that's surrounding me and those who've cared,
Oh yes, I've been scared and I'm telling anyone who'll listen
I've seen what's on show and now there's no more to know,
Oh I've been there,
I've seen there,
I've seemed it, dreamed it,
Schemed it.
You see I know this to be true,
Now would I lie to you?
And I'm not waiting for approval from you
We're coming through.
More please and thank you.
Writer/s: Paterson, James / Rowland, Kevin / Billingham, Michael
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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The Celtic Soul Brothers

This song was written by Dexys lead singer Kevin Rowland along with their trombone player Jim Paterson and keyboard man Micky Billingham. The song is about the band, who had Celtic roots (Ireland and Scotland), and a love for Soul music, which they made clear in songs like "Jackie Wilson Said" and "Geno" (about the American singer Geno Washington).

The music phrase that dominates this song was inspired by the song "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me," which was written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. That song became a hit for the British singer Sandie Shaw, but it was originally recorded by an American Soul singer named Lou Johnson, putting it squarely in Dexys' range of influences.

In our interview with Kevin Rowland , he said: "We wanted a good rhythm, so we got that. That's a great song. We often do that. We put a song on and we say, 'We want to write something as good as this.' We might use one phrase, but it's not really nicked because the chords are different, so the harmony's different. The harmony of the melody over the chord."

Too-Rye-Ay was the band's second album, but their first one released in America. In the UK, Dexys had seven Top 40 hits by the time this charted, but in the US, it was just their second single, following their massive hit "Come On Eileen," which rose up the ranks thanks to a video that made hot rotation on MTV.

"The Celtic Soul Brothers" had a video, but it lacked the storyline of "Eileen" and was ignored by MTV. It got little radio support and topped out at #86 on the Hot 100, leaving the band on one-hit-wonder turf in America.

In the UK, this was released ahead of "Come On Eileen," but made it to just #45 on the charts. This prompted a change in marketing strategy for the band, who had declined all interviews when Too-Rye-Ay was released, choosing instead to promote the album with full-page ads explaining their reticence to do press and making their case for the album.

When it came time to release "Eileen," the band once again accommodated journalists, resulting in some very contentious interviews with lead singer Kevin Rowland, who turned standoffish and insulting when questioned about his stage antics or raggedy attire. The interviews served their purpose, and "Eileen" became the biggest-selling single of 1982 in the UK. In its wake, "The Celtic Soul Brothers" was re-released, this time making #20.