Jul 05

#LOTD2014: January Playlist

#LOTD2014: January PlaylistNext up on the Lyric-of-the-Day project recaps from 2013-2014 is the January 2014 playlist. As a refresher, each day from Jan. 1, 2013 through Dec. 31, 2014, I posted a lyric on my Twitter feed. At the end of each month, I created a Spotify playlist of the songs featured, and throughout much of 2013-14 here on the blog.

Here’s January’s #LOTD2014 playlist (find the Spotify playlist I’ve created from these lyrics linked at the end of the post or on the clickable image at right), with some brief explanations (in italics) for a number of the lyrics.

  • “It’s time to spread our wings and fly/Don’t let another day go by my love” #JohnLennon “(Just Like) Starting Over” #LOTD2014 1/1
  • “But there’s something about us I’ve got to do/Some kind of secret I will share with you” #DaftPunk “Something About Us” #LOTD2014 1/2
  • “Got a 7-inch trigger finger/Don’t know how to stop it” #7Horse “Meth Lab Zoso Sticker” #LOTD2014 1/3 (Memorable tune from Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street,” which I saw on this Friday night.)
  • “Yeah, uh huh, you know what it is/Everything I do, I do it big” #WizKhalifa “Black And Yellow” #LOTD2014 1/4
  • “Cause we were raised/To see life as fun and take it if we can” #TheCranberries “Ode To My Family” #LOTD2014 1/5
  • “Roots that spread so deep/Bring life to frozen ground” #CrowdedHouse “Something So Strong” #LOTD2014 1/6
  • “We never once thought of the fears/For what we’d do when the battle cry was over” #Alarm “Sixty Eight Guns” #LOTD2014 1/7
  • “I’m not the only soul who’s accused of hit and run/Tire tracks all across your back” #JimiHendrix “Crosstown Traffic” #LOTD2014 1/8
  • “Forever never seems that long til you’re grown & notice the day-by-day rule can’t be too long” #Outkast “Ms. Jackson” #LOTD2014 #Coachella 1/9 (Coachella 2014 lineup announced, featuring the Outkast “reunion.”)
  • “These days, days, days run away like horses over the hill…” #U2 “Dirty Day” #LOTD2014 1/10 #Bukowski
  • “Before the teacher and the test/Before the journey and the rest” #BigCountry “Fields Of Fire” #LOTD2014 1/11
  • “And all this science I don’t understand/It’s just my job five days a week/A rocket man …” #EltonJohn “Rocket Man” #LOTD2014 1/12 (Visited the Space Shuttle at the California Science Center in Exposition Park with my Aunt Sue.)
  • “Tough guy, what you got to prove/Moving like an elephant, that’s your favorite move” #BeastieBoys “Tough Guy” #LOTD2014 1/13
  • “Winter’s winners and those summer sons/Aren’t good for everyone, aren’t good for everyone” #EchoAndTheBunnymen “The Game” #LOTD2014 1/14
  • “Yeah, we’re runnin’ a little bit hot tonight/I can barely see the road from the heat comin’ off it” #VanHalen “Panama” #LOTD2014 1/15
  • “This is what they call the life/I’m melting in the sun/Great expectations/Of all we seem to be” #INXS “Melting In The Sun” #LOTD2014 1/16
  • “Just 2 lost souls swimming in a fish bowl year after year/Running over the same old ground” #PinkFloyd “Wish You Were Here” #LOTD2013 1/17
  • “Greedy little people in a sea of distress/Keep your more to receive your less” #RedHotChiliPeppers “Give It Away” #LOTD2014 1/18
  • “Why you all in my ear?/Talkin’ a whole bunch of sh*t I ain’t tryin’ to hear” #Ludacris “Get Back” #LOTD2014 1/19 #Sherman to #Crabtree
  • “Sleep, sleep tonight/And may your dreams be realized” #U2  “MLK” #LOTD2014 1/20 #IHaveADream #MartinLutherKing
  • “Now I’m makin’ them wait/Except for you mama, I’m ready/I don’t wanna be late” #ChildishGambino “Make It Go Right” #LOTD2014 1/21
  • “I remember traffic jams/Motor boys and girls with tans/Nearly was and almost rans” #REM “I Remember California” #LOTD2014 1/22 (USC hoops upsets Cal for its first Pac-12 win of the season.)
  • “Nothing stayed the same/But there were always renegades” #AfrikaBambaataa #RageAgainstTheMachine “Renegades Of Funk” #LOTD2014 1/23
  • “Wrote a nasty letter & I sent it to the Lord/I said don’t you dare come & bother me no more” #TheDeadWeather “Rocking Horse” #LOTD2014 1/24
  • “If one guy’s colors and the other’s don’t mix/They’re gonna bash it up” #TheOffspring “Come Out And Play” #LOTD2014 1/25 #StadiumSeries #LA (L.A. Kings vs. Anaheim Ducks in front of more than 54,000 at Dodger Stadium in the NHL Stadium Series game.)
  • “Seasons change with the scenery/Weaving time in a tapestry” #SimonAndGarfunkel “Hazy Shade Of Winter” #LOTD2014 1/26
  • “I met you on the Palisades/The sun was spilling kerosene/And I was feeling wide awake” #MiikeSnow “Song For No One” #LOTD2014 1/27
  • “You could have a bumper car, bumping/This amusement never ends” #PeterGabriel “Sledgehammer” #LOTD2014 1/28
  • “Sometimes I say stupid things I think/Well, I mean/Sometimes I think the stupidest things” #FranzFerdinand “No You Girls” #LOTD2013 1/29
  • “Painted lies on broken lips/That promise heaven tastes like this” #PsychedelicFurs “All That Money Wants” #LOTD2014 1/30
  • “Flip on the tele/Wrestle with Jimmy/Something is bubbling/Behind my back” #Weezer “Say It Ain’t So” #LOTD2014 1/31 #PhoenixOpen #BirdsNest (After a full day on No. 16 at the Phoenix Open, a group of us stuck around to catch the Weezer concert at the famed “Birds’ Nest” location at TPC Scottsdale.)

Here’s the Spotify playlist if you’d like to listen along: #LOTD2014: January

Sep 01

#LOTD2013: November Playlist

LOTD Nov 13The latest playlist to (finally) get a work-up in my Lyric-of-the-Day project is from November 2013. Here’s that month’s #LOTD2013 playlist (find the Spotify playlist I’ve created from these lyrics linked at the end of the post or on the clickable image at right), with some brief explanations (in italics) for a number of the lyrics.

Remember, if you want to see the lyrics as they pop up daily, just give me a follow on Twitter!

  • “In your head they’re still fighting/With their tanks and their bombs/And their bombs and their guns” #Cranberries “Zombie” #LOTD2013 11/1
  • “That part of me left yesterday/The heart of me is strong today/No regrets I’m blessed to say” #TI #JT “Dead And Gone” #LOTD2013 11/2
  • “She’s got wonderful eyes/And a risque mouth/And when i ask her before/She said she’s holding out” #TheCars “Let’s Go” #LOTD2013 11/3
  • “Want my opinion? I’d give you 10-to-1/Give me a million, a franchise on fun” #ABC “How To Be A Millionaire” #LOTD2013 11/4
  • “Wanted something better/Wished for something new/Wanted something beautiful/Wished for something true” #FooFighters “Wheels” #LOTD2013 11/5
  • “I’ll be fine/I’ll be waiting patiently/Till you see the signs/And come running to my open arms” #DepecheMode “It’s No Good” #LOTD2013 11/6
  • “Law don’t mean shit if you got the right friends/That’s how the country’s run” #DeadKennedys “I Fought the Law (And I Won)” #LOTD2013 11/7 (The first in a string of Bay Area-tinged lyrics to celebrate the annual USC Bay Area weekender for Saturday’s game at Berkeley.)
  • “Walking down to Market St./Feeling my heart skip a beat/To see someone who looks like you” #ChrisIsaak “San Francisco Days” #LOTD2013 11/8
  • “Living and dying and the stories that are true/Secret to a good life is knowing when you’re through” #Rancid “Time Bomb” #LOTD2013 11/9
  • “Watching the ships roll in/Then I watch them roll away again, yeah” #OtisRedding “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay” #LOTD2013 11/10 (Spent some nice time sitting watching boats on the bay near the Embarcadero in San Francisco.)
  • “Put a gun in my hand & you hide from my eyes/You turn and run farther when the fast bullets fly” #BobDylan “Masters Of War” #LOTD2013 11/11 (Happy Veterans’ Day, not necessarily to those who’ve often sent those soldiers rather cynically into questionable battles.)
  • “Changing clothes/Now he’s got ventilated slacks/Bouncing off the walls/Mr. Jones is back” #TalkingHeads “Mr. Jones” #LOTD2013 11/12
  • “Mike D come on and get it on y’all/Talking sh*t about a mile a minute” #BeastieBoys “B-Boys Makin With The Freak Freak” #LOTD2013 11/13
  • “Well you’re dirty and sweet/Clad in black/Don’t look back/And I love you” #TRex “Bang A Gong” #LOTD2013 11/14
  • “There’s a king on a throne with his eyes torn out/There’s a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt” #Police “King Of Pain” #LOTD2013 11/15
  • “I said, ‘Hey, what’s your name?/Maybe we can see things the same?'” #Free “All Right Now” #LOTD2013 11/16 #USC#BeatTheFarm (USC 20, Stanford 17. Best moment of the season for the Trojans. Why not celebrate with a rousing rendition of the Cardinal’s “fight song,” which also stands in as the USC band’s song when the Trojans force a turnover.)
  • “When we bend a new corner/I feel like a sweepstake winner” #BobMarley “Satisfy My Soul” #LOTD2013 11/17
  • “Why don’t you tell it like it is/Why don’t you tell it like it really is/Before you go on home” #Stereophonics “Mr. Writer” #LOTD2013 11/18
  • “Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner/But he knew it wouldn’t last” #TheBeatles “Get Back” #LOTD2013 11/19
  • “I could talk all night/My mind goes sleepwalking/While I’m putting the world to right” #ElvisCostello “Oliver’s Army” #LOTD2013 11/20
  • “So never mind the darkness/We still can find a way/’Cause nothin’ lasts forever/Even cold …” “NovemberRain” #GunsNRoses #LOTD2013 11/21 (Cliche, but I had to wait 2/3 of the month for some rain in order to use it!)
  • “Still I have the warmth of the sun/Within me tonight” #BeachBoys “The Warmth Of The Sun” #LOTD2013 11/22 #JFK #JFK50 (Brian Wilson and Mike Love began writing the song early on the morning of 11/22/63 and finished it that afternoon following the news of JFK’s assassination.)
  • “Had to back up off it & sit my cup down/Tanqueray & chronic yeah I’m f*cked up now” #SnoopDogg “Gin & Juice” #LOTD2013 11/23 #Doggystyle20
  • “You’re still alive she said/Do I deserve to be/Is that the question/And if so/Who answers, who answers” #PearlJam “Alive” #LOTD2013 11/24 (One of my favorite lyrics ever. Special to see it live at the L.A. Sports Arena on this night.)
  • “You don’t have to answer me/You don’t have to call me back” #X “Your Phone’s Off The Hook But You’re Not” #LOTD2013 11/25
  • “Can’t get it outta my head/Miss her, kiss her, love her/Wrong move, you’re dead” #BellBivDevoe “Poison” #LOTD2013 11/26 (Impressive cover by Justin Timberlake at his Staples Center show on this fine evening.)
  • “Your fingers weave quick minarets/Speak in secret alphabets/I light another cigarette/Learn to forget” #Doors “Soul Kitchen” #LOTD2013 11/27
  • “Today my world it smiles/Your hand in mine we walk the miles/Thanks to you it will be done” #LedZeppelin “Thank You” #LOTD2013 11/28 (Happy Thanksgiving!)
  • “All the people/So many people/They all go hand in hand/Hand in hand through their parklife” #Blur “Parklife” #LOTD2013 11/29
  • “Palm trees are candles in the murder wind/So many lives are on the breeze” #BadReligion “Los Angeles Is Burning” #LOTD2013 11/30 (A salute to the annual USC-UCLA football game. And, unfortunately in 2013, its outcome.)

Here’s the Spotify playlist if you’d like to listen along: #LOTD2013: November