The Music Video Blog

Killers - Read My Mind

2007-03-19T11:20:00.000Z

I am starting to really like the Killers and this has to be the best song I have heard in years. Just fantastic.

Lyrics:

On the corner of main street
Just tryin' to keep it in line
You say you wanna move on and
You say I'm falling behind

Can you read my mind?
Can you read my mind?

I never really gave up on
Breakin' out of this two-star town
I got the green light
I got a little fight
I'm gonna turn this thing around

Can you read my mind?
Can you read my mind?

The good old days, the honest man;
The restless heart, the Promised Land
A subtle kiss that no one sees;
A broken wrist and a big trapeze

Oh well I don't mind, you don't mind
Cause I don't shine if you don't shine
Before you go, can you read my mind?

It’s funny how you just break down
Waitin' on some sign
I pull up to the front of your driveway
With magic soakin' my spine

Can you read my mind?
Can you read my mind?

The teenage queen, the loaded gun;
The drop dead dream, the Chosen One
A southern drawl, a world unseen;
A city wall and a trampoline

Oh well I don't mind, you don't mind
Cause I don't shine if you don't shine
Before you go
Tell me what you find when you read my mind

Slippin’ in my faith until I fall
You never returned that call
Woman, open the door, don't let it sting
I wanna breathe that fire again

She said
Oh well I don't mind, you don't mind
Cause I don't shine if you don't shine

Put your back on me
Put your back on me
Put your back on me

The stars are blazing like rebel diamonds cut out of the sun
When you read my mind

Carter USM - Sheriff Fatman Ahhh - this one takes ...

2007-01-20T22:15:00.000Z

Carter USM - Sheriff Fatman

Ahhh - this one takes me back. Carter USM was not for everyone, they had a unique post-punk style that was out of place in the world of 1990's UK pop crap. But I loved them. This - Sheriff Fatman - was the hit they were most famous for. The memories come flooding back, mosh pits, pint of snakebite, crowd surfing and long hair (crew-cut on the back and sides). I grew up as a teenager in an era that stylistically sat awkwardly between the 80's and 90's and, like a mad uncle, nobody talks about. Here is to Carter and their drum machine!

Lyrics:

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you...
Sherrif Fatman

Now Sherrif Fatman started out in business as a granny farmer
He was infamous for fifteen minutes
And he appeared on Panorama
Then he someone got himself on board the Starship Enterprise Allowance Scheme
With a Prince of Wales Award for pushing valium and amphetamines

Move it on up behind second base
Behind Nicholas van Whatshisface
At six foot six and a hundred tonnes
The undisputed king of the slums
With more aliases than Klaus Barbie
The master butcher of Leigh-on-Sea
Just about to take the stage
The one and only
Hold the front page
Fatman's got something to sell
To the capital's homeless
At the Crossroads Motel for the no fixed aboders
You can live life in style
If you sleep in the closet
If you flash him a smile take your two pounds deposit
There's bats in the belfry, the windows are jammed
The toilets aren't healthy, he don't give a damn
He just chuckles and smiles
And laughs like a madman
A born-again Rachman
Here comes Sherrif Fatman

With his valium, amphetamines, sick notes and his phoney prescriptions
And just when you thought it was safe to go back in the kitchen
Deadheads, crackheads, bunkbeds and breakfast
Wake up you sleepy headcases
Check this

Moving up behind second base
Behind Nicholas van Whatshisface
At six foot six and a hundred tonnes
The undisputed king of the slums
With more aliases than Klaus Barbie
The master butcher of Leigh-on-Sea
Just about to take the stage
The one and only
Hold the front page

Moving up behind second base
Behind Nicholas van Whatshisface
At six foot six and a hundred tonnes
The undisputed king of the slums
With more aliases than Klaus Barbie
The master butcher of Leigh-on-Sea
In a hatchback from Notre Dame
The one and only
Sherrif Fatman

In goes another expert
And now I'm losing my patience
So cold I'd rather work at the United Nations
He's buying up houses for the has-beens and helpless
From Lands End to Southend and Chelsea
There's bats in the belfry, the windows are jammed
The toilets ain't healthy, he don't give a damn
He just chuckles and smiles
And laughs like a madman
Ladies and gentlmen, I give you...
Sherrif Fatman

Mika - Grace Kelly Don't tell me this doesn't make...

2007-01-20T02:06:00.000Z

Mika - Grace Kelly

Don't tell me this doesn't make you smile :)

Lyrics:

Do I attract you?
Do I repulse you with my queasy smile?
Am I too dirty?
Am I too flirty?
Do I like what you like?

I could be wholesome
I could be loathsome
I guess Im a little bit shy
Why dont you like me?
Why dont you like me without making me try?

I try to be like Grace Kelly
But all her looks were too sad
So I try a little Freddie
Ive gone identity mad!

I could be brown
I could be blue
I could be violet sky
I could be hurtful
I could be purple
I could be anything you like
Gotta be green
Gotta be mean
Gotta be everything more
Why dont you like me?
Why dont you like me?
Why dont you walk out the door!

How can I help it
How can I help it
How can I help what you think?
Hello my baby
Hello my baby
Putting my life on the brink
Why dont yo like me
[ these lyrics found on http://www.completealbumlyrics.com ]

Why dont you like me
Why dont you like yourself?
Should I bend over?
Should I look older just to be put on the shelf?

I try to be like Grace Kelly
But all her looks were too sad
So I try a little Freddie
Ive gone identity mad!

I could be brown
I could be blue
I could be violet sky
I could be hurtful
I could be purple
I could be anything you like
Gotta be green
Gotta be mean
Gotta be everything more
Why dont you like me?
Why dont you like me?
Why dont you walk out the door!

Say what you want to satisfy yourself
But you only want what everybody else says you should want

I could be brown
I could be blue
I could be violet sky
I could be hurtful
I could be purple
I could be anything you like
Gotta be green
Gotta be mean
Gotta be everything more
Why dont you like me?
Why dont you like me?
Why dont you walk out the door!

"Weird Al" Yankovic - White And Nerdy Oh crap.. it...

2006-12-11T15:17:00.000Z

"Weird Al" Yankovic - White And Nerdy

Oh crap.. it is me!

Lyrics:

You see me mowin' my front lawn
I know they're all thinkin' I'm so
White and nerdy

Think I'm just too white and nerdy
Think I'm just too white and nerdy
Can't you see I'm white and nerdy
Look at me I'm white and nerdy

I wanna roll with the gangstas
But so far they all think I'm too
White and nerdy

Think I'm just too white and nerdy
Think I'm just too white and nerdy
I'm just too white and nerdy
Really, really white and nerdy

First in my class here at MIT
Got skills, I'm a champion at D&D
M.C. Escher, that's my favorite M.C.
Keep you're 40, I'll just have an Earl Grey tea
My rims never spin, to the contrary
You'll find that they're quite stationary
All of my action figures are cherry
Stephen Hawking's in my library

My MySpace page is all totally pimped out
Got people beggin' for my top eight spaces
Yo, I know pi to a thousand places
Ain't got no grills but I still wear braces
I order all of my sandwiches with mayonnaise
I'm a wiz at Minesweeper, I could play for days
Once you've see my sweet moves, you're gonna stay amazed
My fingers movin' so fast I'll set the place ablaze

There's no killer app I haven't run (run)
At Pascal, well I'm number one (one)
Do vector calculus just for fun
I ain't got a gat, but I got a soldering gun (what?)
Happy Days is my favorite theme song
I could sure kick your butt in a game of ping pong
I'll ace any trivia quiz you bring on
I'm fluent in JavaScript as well as Klingon

Here's the part I sing on...

You see me roll on my Segway
I know in my heart they think I'm
White and nerdy

Think I'm just too white and nerdy
Think I'm just too white and nerdy
Can't you see I'm white and nerdy
Look at me I'm white and nerdy

I'd like to roll with the gangstas
Although it's apparent I'm too
White and nerdy

Think I'm just too white and nerdy
Think I'm just too white and nerdy
I'm just too white and nerdy
How'd I get so white and nerdy

I been browsin', inspectin' X-Men comics
You know I collect 'em
The pens in my pocket, I must protect them
My ergonomic keyboard never leaves me bored
Shoppin' online for deals on some writable media
I edit Wikipedia
I memorized Holy Grail really well
I can recite it right now and have you R-O-T-F-L-O-L

I got a business doing websites (websites)
When my friends need some code, who do they call?
I do HTML for 'em all
Even made a homepage for my dog, yo
I got myself a fanny pack
They were havin' a sale down at The Gap
Spend my nights with a role of bubble wrap
Pop, pop - hope no one sees me gettin' freaky

I'm nerdy in the extreme
Whiter than sour cream
I was in AV club and glee club
And even the chess team
Only question I ever thought was hard
Was "Do I like Kirk or do I like Picard?"
Spend every weekend at the Renaissance Faire
Got my name on my underwear

They see me strollin', they're laughin'
And rollin' their eyes cause I'm so
White and nerdy

Just because I'm white and nerdy
Just because I'm white and nerdy
All because I'm white and nerdy
Holy cow, I'm white and nerdy

I wanna bowl with the gangstas
But oh well, it's obvious I'm
White and nerdy

Think I'm just too white and nerdy
Think I'm just too white and nerdy
I'm just too white and nerdy
Look at me I'm white and nerdy

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Don't Download This Song Jus...

2006-12-11T15:15:00.000Z

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Don't Download This Song

Just fantastic...

Lyrics:

Once in a while maybe you will feel the urge
To break international copyright law
By downloading MP3s from file-sharing sites
Like Morpheus or Grokster or Limewire or KaZaA

But deep in your heart you know the guilt would drive you mad
And the shame would leave a permanent scar
'Cause you start out stealing songs and then you're robbing liquor stores
And sellin' crack and runnin' over school kids with your car

So don't download this song
The record store's where you belong
Go and buy the CD like you know that you should
Oh, don't download this song

Oh, you don't wanna mess with the R-I-double-A
They'll sue you if you burn that CD-R
It doesn't matter if you're a grandma or a seven year old girl
They'll treat you like the evil hard-bitten criminal scum you are

So don't download this song
Don't go pirating music all day long
Go and buy the CD like you know that you should
Oh, don't download this song

Don't take away money from artists just like me
How else can I afford another solid gold Hum-Vee
And diamond-studded swimming pools
These things don't grow on trees
So all I ask is, "Everybody, please..."

Don't donwload this song (Don't do it, no, no)
Even Lars Ulrich knows it's wrong (You can just ask him)
Go and buy the CD like you know that you should (You really should)
Oh, don't download this song

Don't donwload this song (Oh please, don't you do it)
Or you might wind up in jail like Tommy Chong (Remember Tommy)
Go and buy the CD (Right now) like you know that you should (Go out and buy it)
Oh, don't download this song

Don't download this song (No, no, no, no, no, no)
You'll burn in hell before too long (and you'll deserve it)
Go and buy the CD (Just buy it) like you know that you should (You cheap bastard)
Oh, don't download this song

Blur - Parklife You have to love Blur - this is pr...

2006-12-06T15:54:00.000Z

Blur - Parklife

You have to love Blur - this is proper old skool Blur with everyone's favourite cockney geezer (Eastenders BBC1) Phil Daniels... this is why I always annoy my wife by saying "parklife" after each of his lines in the programme.

Lyrics:

Confidence is a preference for the habitual voyeur of what is known as... (parklife!)
And morning soup can be avoided if you take a route straight chrough what is known as... (parklife!)
Johns got brewers droop, he gets intimidated by the dirty pigeons - they love a bit of it. (parklife!)
Whos that gut lord marching? you should cut down on your porklife, mate, get some exercise! (parklife!)

Chorus:
All the people
So many people
And they all go hand in hand
Hand in hand through their parklife

Know what I mean?

I get up when I want, except on wednesdays, when I get rudely wakened by the dustmen. (parklife!)
I put my trousers on, have a cup of tea, and I think about leaving the house. (parklife!)
I feed the pigeons, I sometimes feed the sparrows too.
It gives me a sense of enormous well-being. (parklife!)
And then Im happy for the rest of the day,
Safe in the knowledge there will always be a bit of my heart devoted to it.

Chorus

Parklife - parklife!
Parklife - parklife!
Its got nothing to do with your vorsprung durch technic, you now.
Parklife - parklife!
And its not about you joggers who go round and round and round...
Parklife - parklife!

Repeat chorus twice

Frank - I'm Not Shy (tittybangbang) This is an obs...

2006-12-06T15:41:00.000Z

Frank - I'm Not Shy (tittybangbang)

This is an obscure British reference - but there is a TV show on BBC Three called TittyBangBang and it has a comedy sketch which starts with three chav girls miming to a song - for some reason this song stuck in my head. Anyway - I tracked it down - pop crap, but quite fun so best of luck to these young ladies.

Lyrics:

Open Wide, Close Your Eyes,
Do You Feel Fine,
Do You Dare, Take Me There,
Wanna share mine..

Cause Today Is the Day, Wanna Feel Mine, Out Of sight, Come and slide, Cause it feels like

[Chorus]

Im not shy on Monday (Awoo ah woo ah), Tuesday always works for me, (Awoo ah woo), You can try on Wednesday,(Awoo ah woo ah), Friday night is always free(Awoo ah woo)

[Bridge]
If ups a one way drop then dont look down, if loves a second stop i wont turn around
If ups a one way drop then dont look down, if loves a second stop dont turn around

Cause it fits like a glove, yes it does, im in love
Cause if looks so fine, it dont mind so divine

You wanna wake up with a smile everyday, if life was perfect it would be that way, instead you wake up to the sound of the beat, and wonder why you don't just stay asleep

Cause when its raining its pouring, so we don't live in an ideal world, your either working or snoring, so we don't live in an ideal world

[Chorus]

[Bridge]

Cause it fits like a glove, yes it does, im in love
Cause if looks so fine, it dont mind so divine

[Bridge]

(Awoawo ah)

(Yeahhh)

Fade to End..

Play - It's A Hard Knock Life (2004) Obscure and s...

2006-11-28T15:10:00.000Z

Play - It's A Hard Knock Life (2004)

Obscure and some may say disturbingly addictive pop shite version of Annie's Hard Knock Life. This was performed by Play - yes - Play that famous group that went on to... erm... serve in McDonalds probably. Anyway - listen to it, tap your feet, don't tell anyone. Do you want fries with that?

Lyrics:

It's a hard knock life...
It's a hard knock life..

It's a hard-knock life for us
It's a hard-knock life for us

Stead of treated,
We get tricked
Stead of kisses,
We get kicked
It's a hard-knock life!

Got no folks to speak of, so
It's the hard knock row we hoe
Cotton blankets ..steada wool

Empty bellies ..stead of full!
It's a hard-knock life

Don't it feel like the wind is always howlin?
Don't it seem like there's never any light??
Once a day, don't you wanna throw the towel in?
It's easier than puttin' up a fight

No one's there when your dreams at night get creepy
No one cares if you grow...or if you shrink
No one cares when your eyes get wet and weepy
From all the cryin' you would think this place would sink
Ohhh.. ohhh

Empty belly life! ((empty belly life))
Rotten smelly life! ((No no no no))
Full of sorrow life! ((full of sorrow life...))
No tomorrow life!

Santa Claus we never see...
Santa Claus what's that? Whos he?

No one cares for you a smidge
When you're in an orphanage

It's a hard-knock life for us
It's a hard-knock life for us
No one cares for you a smidge
When your in an orphanage
It's a hard-knock life
It's a hard-knock life
It's a hard-knock life!

GeekStuff - reactable: multi-user electronic music...

2006-11-28T11:39:00.000Z

GeekStuff - reactable: multi-user electronic music instrument

The reactable, is a multi-user electronic music instrument with a tabletop tangible user interface. Several simultaneous performers share complete control over the instrument by moving physical objects on a luminous table surface. By moving and relating these objects, representing components of a classic modular synthesizer, users can create complex and dynamic sonic topologies, with generators, filters and modulators, in a kind of tangible modular synthesizer or graspable flow-controlled programming language.

This instrument is being developed by a team of digital luthiers (Sergi Jordà, Martin Kaltenbrunner, Günter Geiger and Marcos Alonso), at the Music Technology Group within the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain.

Seu Jorge - Life on Mars from Life Aquatic One of ...

2006-11-09T10:37:00.000Z

Seu Jorge - Life on Mars from Life Aquatic

One of my favourite songs - Life on Mars by David Bowie being played in one of my favourite films - Life Aquatic.

Elmo and the Goo Goo Dolls Sell outs :)

2006-11-07T18:27:00.000Z

Elmo and the Goo Goo Dolls

Sell outs :)

New Borat Album - Out Now! Excellent - must buy it...

2006-11-07T10:30:00.000Z

New Borat Album - Out Now!

Excellent - must buy it.

Bette Davis Eyes: Kim Carnes My wife's favourite m...

2006-11-03T21:56:00.000Z

Bette Davis Eyes: Kim Carnes

My wife's favourite music video.

Lyrics:

Her hair is Harlowe gold
Her lips sweet surprise
Her hands are never cold
She's got Bette Davis eyes
She'll turn her music on you
You won't have to think twice
She's pure as New York snow
She got Bette Davis eyes

And she'll tease you
She'll unease you
All the better just to please you
She's precocious and she knows just
What it takes to make a pro blush
She got Greta Garbo stand off sighs
She's got Bette Davis eyes

She'll let you take her home
It whets her appetite
She'll lay you on her throne
She got Bette Davis eyes
She'll take a tumble on you
Roll you like you were dice
Until you come out blue
She's got Bette Davis eyes

She'll expose you, when she snows you
Off your feet with the crumbs she throws you
She's ferocious and she knows just
What it takes to make a pro blush
All the boys think she's a spy
She's got Bette Davis eyes

And she'll tease you
She'll unease you
All the better just to please ya
She's precocious, and she knows just
What it takes to make a pro blush
All the boys think she's a spy
She's got Bette Davis eyes

She'll tease you
She'll unease you
Just to please ya
She's got Bette Davis eyes
She'll expose you, when she snows you
She knows ya
She's got Bette Davis eyes

Fatboy Slim - Praise You So geeky it rocks

2006-10-24T09:56:00.000Z

Fatboy Slim - Praise You

So geeky it rocks

The Eels - Last Stop This Town Yet more Eels crazy...

2006-10-11T15:58:00.000Z

The Eels - Last Stop This Town

Yet more Eels crazyness. Gotta love these guys.

Comment please on the meaning of this video.

Lyrics:

You're dead but the world keeps spinning
Take a spin through the world you left
It's getting dark a little too early
Are you missing the dearly bereft?

Taking flight and you could be
Here tomorrow
Taking flight, well, you could get
Here tonight

I'm gonna fly on down for the
Last stop to this town
What?
I'm gonna fly on down then fly away
Well, alright

Get down

Taking a spin through the neighborhood
The neighbors scream
Whatchya talkin' bout?
'cause they don't know how to
Let you in
And i can't let you out

What if i was not your only friend
In this world
Can you take me where you're going
If you're never coming back

I'm gonna fly on down for the
Last stop to this town
I'm gonna fly on down
Then fly away on my way

Get down

Why don't we take a ride
Away up high
Through the neighborhood
Up over the billboards and the factories
And smoke

I'm gonna fly on down for the
Last stop to this town
Yeah
I'm gonna fly on down
Then fly away on my way
Fly away

Get down

Eels - Hey Man Now You're Really Living I love th...

2006-10-11T15:51:00.000Z

Eels - Hey Man Now You're Really Living

I love this song and so does my little boy.

Lyrics:

Do you know what it's like to fall on the floor
And cry your guts out 'til you got no more
Hey man now you're really living

Have you ever made love to a beautiful girl
Made you feel like it's not such a bad world
Hey man now you're really living

Now you're really giving everything
And you're really getting all you gave
Now you're really living what
This life is all about

Well i just saw the sun rise over the hill
Never used to give me much of a thrill
But hey man now you're really living

Do you know what it's like to care too much
'bout someone that you're never gonna get to touch
Hey man now you're really living

Have you ever sat down in the fresh cut grass
And thought about the moment and when it will pass
Hey man now you're really living

Now you're really giving everything
And you're really getting all you gave
Now you're really living what
This life is all about

Now what would you say if i told you that
Everyone thinks you're a crazy old cat
Hey man now you're really living

Do you know what it's like to fall on the floor
And cry your guts out 'til you got no more
Hey man now you're really living

Have you ever made love to a beautiful girl
Made you feel like it's not such a bad world
Hey man now you're really living

People sing
Do you know what it's like to fall on the floor
And cry your guts out 'til you got no more
Hey man now you're really living

Just saw the sun rise over the hill
Never used to give me much of a thrill
But hey man now i'm really living

The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star I maybe ...

2006-10-05T06:48:00.000Z

The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star

I maybe should have made this the first video - as MTV did back in the 80's. This song is by the buggles a UK group and was written in 1979. UK ROCKS.

Lyrics:

I heard you on the wireless back in Fifty Two
Lying awake intent at tuning in on you.
If I was young it didn't stop you coming through.

Oh-a oh

They took the credit for your second symphony.
Rewritten by machine and new technology,
and now I understand the problems you can see.

Oh-a oh

I met your children
Oh-a oh

What did you tell them?
Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.

Pictures came and broke your heart.
Oh-a-a-a oh

And now we meet in an abandoned studio.
We hear the playback and it seems so long ago.
And you remember the jingles used to go.

Oh-a oh

You were the first one.
Oh-a oh

You were the last one.

Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.
In my mind and in my car, we can't rewind we've gone to far
Oh-a-aho oh,
Oh-a-aho oh

Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.

In my mind and in my car, we can't rewind we've gone to far.
Pictures came and broke your heart, put the blame on VTR.

You are a radio star.
You are a radio star.
Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.

Video killed the radio star. (You are a radio star.)

Paris Hilton music video Just awful computer tuned...

2006-09-17T23:21:00.000Z

Paris Hilton music video

Just awful computer tuned, semi pornographic nonsense - but hey - the kids love it. So here it is.

My Cubicle by RadioSideKick.com Parody of "Your Be...

2006-09-15T15:42:00.000Z

My Cubicle by RadioSideKick.com

Parody of "Your Beautiful" by James Blunt (Cockney Rhyming Slang UK Pop star) with a nice edit of the excellent film "Office Space". Quite funny in a weird al yankovic kind of way :D Enjoy!

Gorillaz 19-2000 (Soulchild Remix) Lovely video - ...

2006-08-23T15:53:00.000Z

Gorillaz 19-2000 (Soulchild Remix)

Lovely video - great song.

Lyrics:

The world is spinning too fast
Iâ€™m buying lead nike shoes
To keep myself tethered
To the days I try to lose

My mama said to slow down
You should make your shoes
Stop dancing to the music
Of gorillaz in a happy mood

Keep a mild groove on

Ba ba ba
Day dee bop

There you go!
Get the cool!
Get the cool shoeshine!
Get the cool!
Get the cool shoeshine!
Get the cool!
Get the cool shoeshine!
Get the cool!
Get the cool shoeshine!

There's a monkey in the jungle
Watching a vapour trail
Caught up in the conflict
Between his brain and his tail

And if times elimination
Then we got nothing to lose
Please repeat the message
It's the music that we choose

Keep a mild groove on

Ba ba ba
Day dee bop

Ok bring it down yeah we gonna break out
Get the cool!
Get the cool shoeshine!
Get the cool!
Get the cool shoeshine!
Get the cool!
Get the cool shoeshine!
Get the cool!
Get the cool shoeshine!

Ah ah ah ah

Day doo de bop

Feeder - Buck Rogers Really good rocky song from F...

2006-08-19T22:51:00.000Z

Feeder - Buck Rogers

Really good rocky song from Feeder - over-played by now - but still good.

Lyrics:

He's got a brand new car
Looks like a jaguar
It's got leather seats
It's got a cd player

But I don't wanna talk about it anymore
I think we're gonna make it
I think we're gonna save it yeah
So don't you try and fake it anymore
Buck Rogers - Buck Rogers

We'll start over again
Grow ourselves new skin
Get a house in Devon
Drink cider from a lemon...

But I don't wanna talk about it anymore
I think we're gonna make it yeah
I think we're gonna save it yeah
So don't you try and fake it anymore
But I don't wanna talk about it anymore
I think we're gonna save it yet
So don't you try and fake it anymore

He's got a brand new car
He's got a brand new car
A brand new car
A brand new car
A brand new car
Buck Rogers

I think we're gonna make it
I think we're gonna save it yeah
So don't you try and fake it anymore
I think we're gonna make it
I think we're gonna save it yeah

U2 - One Love... Actually OK - soppy as hell, but ...

2006-08-18T22:44:00.000Z

U2 - One Love... Actually

OK - soppy as hell, but this is quite a nice video to go with this excellent U2 song. Sing along...

Lyrics:

Is it getting better?
Or do you feel the same?
Will it make it easier on you now?
You got someone to blame
You say
One love
One life
When it's one need
In the night
One love
We get to share it
Leaves you baby if you
Don't care for it

Did I disappoint you?
Or leave a bad taste in your mouth?
You act like you never had love
And you want me to go without
Well it's

Too late
Tonight
To drag the past out into the light
We're one, but we're not the same
We get to
carry each other
carry each other
One

Have you come here for forgiveness?
Have you come to raise the dead?
Have you come here to play Jesus?
To the lepers in your head

Did I ask too much?
More than a lot.
You gave me nothing,
Now it's all I've got
We're one
But we're not the same
Well we
Hurt each other
Then we do it again
You say
Love is a temple
Love is the higher law
Love is a temple
Love is the higher law
You ask me to enter
But then You make me crawl
And I can't be holding on
To what You got
When all You've got is hurt

One love
One blood
One life
You got to do what you should
One life
With each other
Sisters
Brothers
One life
But we're not the same
We get to
Carry each other
Carry each other

One...
One...

extended version

Can You hear us coming Lord
Can You hear us call
Feel us knocking
We're knocking at Your door

Athlete - Halflight What is playing in my car CD p...

2006-08-14T22:31:00.000Z

Athlete - Halflight

What is playing in my car CD player I hear you cry... no... well, this is what is playing :D

Lyrics:

The sun got stuck, as it's making it's way back down,
We find ourselves, in a familiar part of town

And all that I've seen means nothing to me without you

So when I see you next we'll make the most of it,
Tell the sun to start moving again,
The taste of your kiss I still got on my lips,
And ill take you there with me

My head crashed down, air conditioned myself to sleep,
The great night out, that will continue to the end of the week

And all that I've seen means nothing to me without you

So when I see you next we'll make the most of it,
Tell the sun to start moving again,
The taste of your kiss I still got on my lips,
And ill take you there with me

It's you and me connected to a satellite
It's you and me love through a machine
It's you and me connected to a satellite
It's you and me love through a machine

So when I see you next we'll make the most of it,
Tell the sun to start moving again,
The taste of your kiss I still got on my lips,
And I'll take you there with me.

Robbie Williams - Tripping OK - this blog can't be...

2006-08-14T21:10:00.000Z

Robbie Williams - Tripping

OK - this blog can't be totally about band and singers that I like - that is one way not to get a following. So here is Britain's main export - Robbie Williams. The words are even better than the song and seem to bare no resemblance to the video (IMHO).

Lyrics:

First they ignore you
Then laugh at you and hate you
Then they fight you
Then you win

When the truth dies very bad things happen
They're being heartless again
I know its coming there's gonna be violence
I've taken as much as I'm willing to take
Why do you think we should suffer in silence?
When a heart is broken there's nothing to break

You've been mixing with some very heavy faces
The boys have done a bit of bird
They don't kill their own when they all love their mothers
But you're out of your depth son have a word

I know its coming there's gonna be violence
I've taken as much as I'm willing to take
Why do you think we should suffer in silence?
The heart is broken there's nothing to break

All is wonderful in this life
Dreaming of the sun she warms,
You should see me in the afterlife
Picking up the sons of dust

When you think we're lost we're exploring
What you think is work 'cuz I'm adoring
You don't want the truth truth is boring
I got this fever need ta
Leave the house
Leave the car
Leave the bad men where they are
I leave a few shells in my gun
And stop me staring at the sun....

I know its coming there's gonna be violence
I've taken as much as I'm willing to take
Why do you see we should suffer in silence?
My heart is broken there's nothing to break

I know its coming there's gonna be violence
I've taken as much as I'm willing to take
Why do you think we should suffer in silence?
The heart is broken there's nothing to break

Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism Death Cab f...

2006-08-13T20:55:00.000Z

Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism

Death Cab for Cutie is not the most well known group in the UK. I have no idea why. They are really fantastic. This is a song called Transatlanticism and it has to be my favourite track. The music video was produced by a youtube user and for some reason features lots of "War of the World" clips. But in lieu of a real music video - this one is quite good really. Enjoy and don't forget to sing along:

Lyrics:

the atlantic was born today and i'll tell you how:
the clouds above opened up and let it out.

I was standing on the surface of a perforated sphere
when the water filled every hole.
and thousands upon thousands made an ocean,
making islands where no island should go.
oh no.

those people were overjoyed; they took to their boats.
I thought it less like a lake and more like a moat.
the rhythm of my footsteps crossing flood lands to your door have been silenced forever more.
the distance is quite simply much too far for me to row
it seems farther than ever before
oh no.

I need you so much closer (x8)

-instrumental break -

I need you so much closer (x4)
so come on, come on (x4)