Readers know I obsess about songs from time to time. And, oh man am I obsessing over “Miles Away” by The Corin Tucker Band, from 1,000 Years. The whole album is stunning, but this song is transcendent. Miles Away New moon peeking through Now the sky is brand new Feel it on my skin, is [...] Read more »
Vedder Tuesday ⅩⅩⅧ
You thought I had stopped this feature, huh? Well, I have. I’ve just had these lyrics cycling in my mind for hours — about how myth can control us — and how we can reclaim the notion of faithfulness, as faith in our loved ones. Faithful Plaque on the wall says that no one’s slept [...] Read more »
Solas, “Song of Choice”
I love this song’s lyrics: Socially conscious; empowering; bitterly satirical at points. The music is fantastic, too. Enjoy. Song of Choice Early every year the seeds are growing Unseen, unheard, they lie beneath the ground Would you know before the leaves are showing That with weeds all your garden will abound? If you close your [...] Read more »
Here is the questioning. Here is the protest song.
You know what’s great? Activist music. Especially when it’s screaming heavy metal. Like this track from Los Angeles band System of a Down. Here are the lyrics: Prison Song They’re trying to build a prison They’re trying to build a prison Following the rights movements You clamped down with your iron fists. Drugs became conveniently [...] Read more »
Tim Minchin
Do you know comedian/musician/philosopher Tim Minchin? If you do, you will be chiding me for taking so long to discover him. If not, drop everything. Watch at least a couple of these. Maybe start here? Then maybe move on to an eco-awareness song (that takes the piss out of activist rock stars)? And a song [...] Read more »
Yellow Ledbetter
While in the car with my mom, Pearl Jam’s “Yellow Ledbetter” comes on my iPod: Mom: Boy, does this take me back! Driving you or your [younger] brother around in high school! Joshua: It’s old enough to have been me. It was released as a B-side in 1992. M: {amazed:} A B-side?! What the hell [...] Read more »
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