Guns N' Roses - November Rain

Artist: Guns N' Roses

Song: November Rain

Album: Use Your Illusion 1

Year: 1991

"Nothing lasts forever and we both know hearts can change, and it's hard to hold a candle in the cold November rain..."

"Sometimes I need some time on my own, sometimes I need some time all alone, everybody needs some time on their own, don't you know you need some time all alone..."

*A QUICKIE: Awesome song, it is still November, it has rained, the sky did not fall, but it rained just enough to make, my recently washed car, filthy again! But what am I gonna do about it, you know what they say, 'nothing last forever even cold November rain'...

Oh yeah, by the way... Stephanie Seymour, damn gorgeous! :drool:

http://web.gunsnroses.com/index.jsp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns_N'_Roses

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The Kooks - Junk Of The Heart (Happy)

Artist: The Kooks

Song: Junk Of The Heart (Happy)

Album: Junk Of The Heart

Year: 2011

"A ship to be sunk, life is not a race, when I'm not happy I'm in disgrace, so I spend time with pissing on you oh, you're a lover of the wild and a joker of the heart, but are you mine?"

"I wanna make you happy, I wanna make you feel alive, let me make you happy, I wanna make you feel alive at night, I wanna make you happy, if you're a good girl tonight..."

*NO COMMENT TODAY... ENJOY!

http://www.thekooks.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kooks

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Doves - The Last Son

Artist: Doves

Song: The Last Son

Album: The Places Between: The Best of Doves

Year: 2010

"Born to a northern star with the fallow stretching far, I never knew there's another way, I never knew I'd leave this way..."

"Now I'm an older man, trying to accept the person I am, I was born to live this way, I was bound to live this way...

"But I want to see you again, but I guess that's how it goes, you always hurt the love you know..."

*A COMMENT: I guess this song has a trace of resignation, from the perspective of someone who is 'stuck' with the life that was 'assigned' to him, circumstances have been leading him to certain roads, roads he had no other choice but to follow them... I read or heard, don't quite remember, a phrase that goes like this: "It's not about what life gives you, because probably it's not what you expected, what really matters is what you do with what it's given." And in a way this phrase is right, but fuck! I can't help thinking that it also has traces of mediocrity and conformity, I guess it all depends on the eye of the beholder... HAVE A GOOD START TO THE WEEK!

P.S. This song is also included in the 'Kingdom of Rust' album but the 'iTunes' version and since I don't purchase songs there, I put 'The Place Between...' as 'album' since I have the physical version of it...

http://www.doves.net/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doves_(band)

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Tokyo Police Club - The Harrowing Adventures Of...

Artist: Tokyo Police Club

Song: The Harrowing Adventures Of...

Album: Elephant Shell

Year: 2008

"The harrowing adventures of you and I when we were captains of submarines made of steel, discovering the seven seas fending off the giants of the deep, pendants from hanging teeth..."

"Led me to your old home, set the tables for two alone, pass the salt, pour the wine 'cause I'm alright if you're alright..."

*A REMEMBRANCE: This song reminds me of me and who used to be my best friend when we were just kids. We spend a lot of time at each other's houses, playing literally with our imagination, pfff all the adventures we created, all the games we invented. Mostly inventing several characters with different powers and completing several missions, saving each other, pretty elaborated stuff, funny times. I remember one game we played when we were at my grandparent's house, we went out to the sidewalk and there was this big plant pot, big enough so both of us could hide, we pretended that the cars were some kind of evil entities, so we stood on the sidewalk and we waited for the car to be at a certain distance, and then we ran like hell try to dodge the car by hiding behind the plant pot or sometimes, when we saw we wouldn't reach the pot, a fence a try or even a passerby.

Simpler times, for sure...

http://tokyopoliceclub.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Police_Club

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Hard-Fi - Fire In The House

Artist: Hard-Fi

Song: Fire In The House

Album: Killer Sounds

Year: 2011

"Darling, there’s fire in the house tonight! It’s burning hot and ragin' wild, but I love you!"

Baby, I need you tonight, we ain’t got time to fuss and fight, if your love gets cold, I'm cold, when the love is gone! But do you remember, do you recall, when the good times filled your heart and soul and we danced, all night, we kissed in the morning light..."

*THIS CD SHOULD BE ARRIVING, MORE OR LESS, IN TWO WEEKS TIME, HOPEFULLY LESS... ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard-Fi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard-fi

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Kasabian - Re-Wired

Artist: Kasabian

Song: Days Are Forgotten

Album: Velociraptor!

Year: 2011

"I feel like the time has come, a fearless rescue from everyone... Who made you the master? The lady caster, I found you looking for a good time, I was out in exile perfecting my style, I knew you wanted a reaction..."

"Hit me! Harder! I’m getting re-wired, I flip the switch that make you feel electric..."

*A COMMENT: If you can put your hands on the 'Deluxe Edition' of this CD please do! What's different from the regular you may ask, well the 'Audio' CD is the same as the regular one (it is oh so good), but is has a bonus DVD, which is a full concert that took place at the O2 Dublin. I think the package is really nice, hmmm... It's kind of a chocolate box, if you will. Of course it has the booklet with the lyrics and it also comes with a poster, even the tacks are included, they come in a mini plastic bag...

http://www.kasabian.co.uk/gb/home/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasabian

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Snow Patrol - Engines

Artist: Snow Patrol

Song: Engines

Album: A Hundred Million Suns

Year: 2008

"Only the faintest, only the faintest glance buries you buries me, so fire your engine, see if I give a damn we'll be dust instantly, caught in a jet stream, caught in a gorgeous howl all the world lost in noise, use me forever use as rocket fuel I'll be air, I'll be fire..."

"You say you love me like the silence of the turning earth, you say you love me like the endless roar of modern of life, you say you love me like the laughter and the kissed back tears, you say you love me like the past the now the coming years..."

*I'VE BEEN UP FOR 17 HOURS NOW, SO NO COMMENT...

http://www.snowpatrol.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Patrol

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Mt. Desolation - State Of Our Affairs

Artist: Mt. Desolation

Song: State of Our Affairs

Album: Mt. Desolation

Year: 2010

"The morning wears a veil of rain above the city I live in, traffic's edging forward again, but no one knows where they're going..."

"Could it be the sign of our affairs I'm seeing? 'Cause we'll still be here when weather turns and blue skies reappear, when you're crestfallen, well you climb Mount Desolation yet again and you find we're all just ordinary men..."

*A REALLY QUICK ONE: This band consist of two Keane's members, Tim Rice-Oxley and Jesse Quinn... Good CD, quiet but good, with the collaboration of Ronnie Vanucci (The Killers) and Winston Marshall (Mumford and Sons).

http://www.myspace.com/mtdesolation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Desolation

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The Honorary Title - Stay Away

Artist: The Honorary Title

Song: Stay Away

Album: Scream & Light Up the Sky

Year: 2007

"Trust me when I say just a few more weeks, don’t move, resist temptation or do as you see fit, just choose..."

"No, I can't dance unless it's slow or sad, to a song that’s far less obvious, if you're using me, do it slowly, make it last until I have to go..."

"Stay away from, stay away from, stay away from me..."

*A QUICKIE: Looking back I realized that it just terribly sucks when, you know what, a word to the wise is enough...

http://www.thehonorarytitle.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Honorary_Title

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - AKA... What a Life!

Artist: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Bids

Song: AKA... What a Life!

Album: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Year: 2011

"Some day you might find your hero, some say you might lose your mind, I'm keeping my head down now for the summer, I'm out of my mind, man, pour me another..."

Keep on chasing down that rainbow, you never know what you might find over the sunset on the horizon, it may be a dream but it tastes like poison, I'm gonna take that tiger outside for a ride..."

*A COMMENT: So, finally after almost a month of its release, I got this CD, but I think, no, I know, it was worth the wait as I got the 'deluxe' version of it, which contains two bonus tracks and a DVD of the album's making... I'm not going to explore the meaning of this song, not right now, I'm busy listening to the CD, just going to say that I like it and somehow the piano part reminds me of some Moby's song, right now I don't quite remember which one but I'll get to it...

http://www.noelgallagher.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Gallagher's_High_Flying_Birds

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The National - Mr. November

Artist: The National

Song: The Geese of Beverly Road

Album: Alligator

Year: 2005

"The English are waiting and I don't know what to do, in my best clothes, this is when I need you..."

"I'm the new blue blood, I'm the great white hope, I'm the new blue blood... I won't fuck us over, I'm Mr. November, I'm Mr. November, I won't fuck us over..."

"I wish that I believed in fate,

I wish I didn't sleep so late,

I used to be carried in the arms of cheerleaders..."

*NO COMMENT TODAY, ENJOY THE SONG!

http://www.americanmary.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_National_(band)

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The Killlers - Romeo and Juliet

Artist: The Killers

Song: Romeo and Juliet

Album: Sawdust

Year: 2007

"Well, you can fall for chains of silver, you can fall for chains of gold, you can fall for pretty strangers and the promises they hold, you promised me everything, you promised me thick and thin, now you just say, "Oh, Romeo, yeah, you know I used to have a scene with him""

"I can't do the talk like the talk on the TV and I can't do a love song like the way it's meant to be, I can't do everything but I'd do anything for you, can't do anything except be in love with you..."

"A lovestruck Romeo, he sings the streets of serenade, laying everybody low with a love song that he made, find a convenient streetlight, steps out of the shade, he says something like, "You and me, babe, how about it?""

*A QUICKIE: 'Cover Week' has come to an end and I hope everyone who entered the blog has enjoyed it. The last song is originally by 'Dire Straits' from their 'Making Movies' album. So I ask you, when you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong? But it seems it was always wrong, all along... HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

http://www.thekillersmusic.com/html5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Killers

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Placebo - Running Up That Hill/Where Is My Mind

Artist: Placebo

Song: Running Up That Hill

Album: Covers

Year: 2003

"It doesn't hurt me, you wanna feel how it feels? You wanna know, know that it doesn't hurt me? You wanna hear about the deal I'm making? You, be running up that hill, you and me be running up that hill..."

"You don't wanna hurt me, but see how deep the bullet lies, unaware that I'm tearing you asunder, there's a thunder in our hearts, baby... So much hate for the ones we love, tell me we both matter, don't we?"

Artist: Placebo

Song: Where Is My Mind

Album: Covers

Year: 2003

"With your feet in the air , and your head on the ground, try this trick and spin it! Yeah! Your head will collapse, but there's nothing in it and you'll ask yourself... Where is my mind? Where is my mind? Where is my mind? Way out, in the water see it swimming..."

*A COMMENT: 'Co, co cover week' is almost over, so why not try to end it the best way possible, with these two tremendous covers! OK, first of all I got lucky enough to find and purchase the edition of 'Sleeping With Ghosts' that had this 'Covers' album as a bonus CD, way back in 2003, then a digital version came up in 2005 and finally until 2010 a physical copy was released... The first song is originally sung by 'Kate Bush' contained in her 'Hounds of Love', but Placebo's version just kills it 5 times before it touches the ground! Seriously, to me this song is Placebo's and not Kate's, just awesome, I remember when I first put this CD in my dad's car stereo, I was blown away, and I think my dad was too, I thought to myself 'what and intro, what a song', needless to say it was played over and over again...

And just after 'Running Up That Hill' ends, it comes 'Where Is My Mind', originally by the always awesome 'Pixies', from their 'Surfer Rosa' album. What a rendition! If you could get a copy of this 'Covers' CD, please, do buy it, I can assure you won't regret it... It also has its own version of 'Daddy Cool' xD

http://www.placeboworld.co.uk/home.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo_(band)

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Rock Kills Kid - I Turn My Camera On

Artist: Rock Kills Kid

Song: I Turn My Camera On

Album: The OC Mix 6: Covering Our Tracks

Year: 2006

"When I turn my feelings on, I turn my feelings on inside, I saw them stars go off, I saw them stars go off at night..."

"I turn my feelings off and you, you weren't so polite..."

*A QUICKIE: Yay! It still is 'Cover Week'... The original song is performed by 'Spoon' on their 'Gimme Fiction' album. I first heard this amazing cover, which I like better than the original, while watching the O.C., which by the way, as cheesy as it could become sometimes, it had awesome music on it...

http://www.myspace.com/rockkillskid

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Kills_Kid

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Travis - All the Young Dudes

Artist: Travis

Song: All the Young Dudes

Album: Side Pt. 1

Year: 2001

"Billy rapped all night about his suicide, how he kick it in the head when he was twenty-five, speed jive don't want to stay alive when you're twenty-five..."

"Well I've drunk a lot of wine and I'm feeling fine, got to race some cat to bed, Is there concrete all around me or is it in my head? Yeah, I'm a dude dad... All the young dudes, carry the news, Boogaloo dudes, carry the news..."

*A BRIEF COMMENT: We're in the middle of the 'Cover Week'. Now it's time for this song, written by 'David Bowie' and sung by 'Mott the Hoople', he wrote it for them to sing it. This version is included in the 'Side' single and it is actually a live recording at Barrowlands, however this video is from their performance at 'Live at Jools Holland' and is not Francis Healy who sings it, but Dogie Payne, the bass player.

http://www.travisonline.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis_(band)

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Beck - Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime

Artist: Beck

Song: Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime

Album: Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind Soundtrack

Year: 2004

"Change your heart, look around you, change your hear, it will astound you... I need your lovin' like the sunshine..."

"Everybody's got to learn sometime..."

*A COMMENT: This song was originally from the British band 'The Korgis' contained in their second album 'Dumb Waiter', released in 1980 and has been covered several times by several artist, in this case Beck, for the 'Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind' soundtrack... I actually first got to know this version of the song (and the song itself) by watching a 9/11 documentary with the same name as the song, it actually begins with the song. Oh yeah, by the way, it's 'Cover Week'...

http://www.beck.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beck

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Muse - Feeling Good/Can't Take My Eyes Off You

Artist: Muse

Song: Feeling Good

Album: Origin of Symmetry

Year: 2001

"Birds flying high you know how I feel, sun in the sky you know how I feel, breeze driftin' on by you know how I feel..."

"It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life for me and I'm feeling good..."

Artist: Muse

Song: Can't Take My Eyes Off You

Album: Dead Star/In Your World EP

Year: 2002

"You're just too good to be true, can't take my eyes off you, you feel like heaven to touch, I wanna hold you so much, I wanna hold you so much, at long last love has arrived and I thank God I'm alive..."

"Pardon the way that I stare, there's nothing else to compare, the sight of you makes me weak, there are no words left to speak, but if you feel like I feel, please let me know that it's real, you're just too good to be true, can't take my eyes off you..."

*A QUICK COMMENT: So, let's continue with the 'Cover Week'... The first song was originally sung by Cy Grant and was written for a musical called 'The Roar of the Greasepaint, The Smell of the Crowd'. The second song was originally by 'Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons'... HAVE A NICE MONDAY!

http://muse.mu/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muse_(band)

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The Cinematics - Sunday Sun

Artist: The Cinematics

Song: Race to the City

Album: A Strange Education

Year: 2007

"Haven't got a lot to learn and my eyes stray again, looking for a satellite in the rays of heaven again..."

"Jealous minds walk in a line and their faces jade the strain, stranded in infinity rooms and we're safe from any harm..."

"There's no other ending, Sunday sun, yesterdays are mending, Sunday sun..."

*A QUICK COMMENT: Haven't got a lot to say and my mouth is dry again... So I've decided to make this week the 'Cover Week', from today until next Saturday I'll be posting just covers... Today's cover is Sunday Sun, originally from 'Beck' contained in his 'Sea Change' album...

http://www.myspace.com/thecinematics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cinematics

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Coldplay - Major Minus

Artist: Coldplay

Song: Major Minus

Album: Mylo Xyloto

Year: 2011

"They got one eye watching you, one eye on what you do,

so be careful who it is you’re talking to... They got one eye watching you, one eye on what you do, so be careful what it is you’re trying to do and be careful when you’re walking into view, just be careful when you’re walking into view..."

*NO COMMENT TODAY, JUST ENJOY THIS SONG WITH A VERY NICE GUITAR WORK...

http://www.coldplay.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coldplay

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Young Love - Find A New Way

Artist: Young Love

Song: Find a New Way

Album: Too Young To Fight It

Year: 2007

"If it takes away the pain it’s alright, we're living so hard you might not make it through tonight... Follow the bright lights, they might change you, if you get lost along the way it’s alright..."

"Be what you believe,stand up, break free, be what you believe, bright lights can’t see..."

*A COMMENT: So, 11.11.11, it seems like a numerology date or something like that, I don't quite know how or why, but they say it is a day of change, a day of reformation, a day of peace, and truly I would like to believe that. I don't know, call it what you want, but somehow I identify with this equal numbers thingy as I always (and here I mean ALWAYS) tend to look at the clock when the numbers are the same, i.e. 11:11, 12:12, 19:19, 14:14 and you name it, and the funny thing is I always make a wish, little dumb, I know, but hey, I don't lose a thing by wishing, I've have wondered so many times why that happens and I've also read that that has to do with energetic fields, something that opens our minds, a sign that you are among the chosen ones (for what? I don't have a clue) and stuff like that... Whether is bullcrap or not, it sure is nice to think that that's true and not just a weird coincidence... HAVE A NICE FRIDAY!

http://www.myspace.com/younglove

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Love_(band)

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Band of Horses - Our Swords

Artist: Band of Horses

Song: Our Sword

Album: Everything All the Time

Year: 2006

"Out on the wall sounds of banging is constant coming from your head, and desperate the calls came and ringing from those wanna wring your neck, wring your neck..."

"Count on us all stepping on our own toes tonight, count on us all stepping on our own toes, count on us all falling on our own swords tonight..."

*IF I HAD SOMETHING TO SAY, WHICH I OBVIOUSLY DON'T, WOULD BE ENJOY THE SONG, ESPECIALLY THE BASS LINE...

http://www.bandofhorses.com/us/home

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_of_Horses

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