Archive for the 'Coping' Category

Sometimes I give myself the creeps

Monday, November 6th, 2006

Sometimes I give myself the creeps”Green Day Dookie

Song (click for full lyrics): Basket Case

Artist: Green Day

Album: Dookie

Year: 1994

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I hope you know this will go down on your permanent record

Saturday, October 7th, 2006

“I hope you know this will go down on your permanent recordViolent Femmes

Song (click for full lyrics): Kiss Off

Artist: Violent Femmes

Album: Violent Femmes

Year: 1982

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Thoughts arrive like butterflies….

Friday, October 6th, 2006

“Thoughts arrive like butterflies. Oh, he don’t know, so he chases them away.Pearl Jam Ten

Song (click for full lyrics): Even Flow

Artist: Pearl Jam

Album: Ten

Year: 1991

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I don’t know which way I am going, I don’t know which way I’ve come

Monday, October 2nd, 2006

I don’t know which way I am going, I don’t know which way I’ve comeColdplay X&Y

Song (click for full lyrics): Kingdom Come

Artist: Coldplay

Album: X&Y

Year: 2005

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The Saints Are Coming

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

Leave it to U2 and Green Day to resurrect a 1978 punk anthem by the the scottish band the Skids. The two bands performed the song tonight pre-game on Monday Night Football to commemorate the reopening of the SuperDome in New Orleans. Proceeds will go to Music Rising, the hurricane charity initiative launched by U2’s The Edge and others. The Skid’s Stuart Adamson, who died in 2001, went on to become the leader of Big Country.

The Saints Are Coming”The Skids The Saints are Coming

Song: The Saints Are Coming

Artist: The Skids

Album: Scared to Dance

Year: 1978

Thanks to Carolj for the tip.

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I guess we’ll just have to adjust

Monday, September 25th, 2006

I guess we’ll just have to adjustArcade Fire Funeral 2004

Song: Wake Up

Artist: Arcade Fire

Album: Funeral

Year: 2004

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Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me, until then I walk alone

Monday, September 25th, 2006

Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me, until then I walk aloneGreen Day American Idiot 2004

Song: Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

Artist: Green Day

Album: American Idiot

Year: 2004

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…please tell me who I am

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

“Won’t you please, please tell me what we’ve learned, I know it sounds absurd but please tell me who I am.”

Song: The Logical SongSuperTramp Breakfast In America

Artist: SuperTramp

Album: Breakfast In America

Year:1979

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I’m A Million Different People From One Day To The Next…

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

“I’m A Million Different People From One Day To The Next…”The Verve Urban Hymns

Song: Bittersweet Symphony

Artist: The Verve

Album: Urban Hymns

Year:1997

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All I’ve got is a red guitar, three chords and the truth

Saturday, September 16th, 2006

This is one of the most meaningful lyrics to anyone that appreciates the power of music. Originally written by Bob Dylan, it was made famous by Jimi Hendrix and later covered by everyone from U2 to Elton John and the Grateful Dead.

“All I’ve got is a red guitar, three chords and the truth”Jimi Hendrix Electric Ladyland

Song: All Along the Watchtower

Artist: Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, U2

Album: John Wesley Harding (Dylan), Electric Lady land (Hendrix)

Year:1967, 1968

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