Nightswimming, R.E.M. - I remember thinking this song was about swimming back in the day, but now I'm going with a swim in life now. Not like when we were young. No worries, not sneaking, just a carefree swim. Damn, it's too cold to swim when I get home.
Roadhouse Blues, The Doors - I have a print of Jim Morrison at home, rolled in its new wrapper. It matches one of Mark Sandman. Really have to get them framed. Sometimes I wonder what they would be writing and singing now. Well I woke up this morning and got myself a beer. The future's uncertain, the end is always near.
Home, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - I found this before going to Nashville and thought it might pass for either Country or Western. It's probably more Folk. Saw a video of this tune. These two are either crazy, crazy in love, or some damn good actors. And the lyrics get you thinking too. Bummed I as away the weekend they played in Newport. But now they're immortalized in an NFL commercial.
L.A. Woman, The Doors - These guys really made the most of a keyboard. There's one part I can only describe as Saloon Music. Where do I find tunes from the guy that used to play piano in old westerns? Who was that guy? Funny how trends in music change and evolve. Can't say the harp is really as big as it once was.
What is that down there? Where am I? Was that announcement really important?
Cheerleader, Grizzly Bear - I really don't know what they're singing about here. Kind of haunting background vocals. Maybe they borrowed the kids from You Can't Always Get What You Want. I remember my brother telling me a story about that choir when I was a kid. Hope it wasn't true, but needless to say, I wasn't joining one after that.
I'm Amazed, My Morning Jacket - A lot going on in this song. Suppose you can either be amazed by an awful lot, or reach the point where nothing surprises you anymore. I wonder what the name of this band represents.
Pets, Porno for Pyros - isn't it interesting the associations we can make with a song. I remember exactly when this was released and what I was doing in life at the time. I've heard youth is wasted on the young. I don't know if I would agree with that, because from the perspective of the young, they might be doing exactly what they want at the time. I wouldn't change 1993.
I Knew, Lightning Dust - I've listened to this tune over and over when I was working on my house. The beat drives you, but at a safe enough rate to still use power tools. And it's over too soon.
Wagon Wheel, old Crow Medicine Show - this was the song that actually was played everywhere I went in Nashville. Not sure if it's Country or Western. But it is catchy and you can learn the lyrics on your first try.
Who is eating Buffalo chicken?
Delia's Gone, Johnny Cash - it was a lucky guy who was his cellmate. Except for the part about being in jail.
Just a Friend, Biz Markie - another tune I remember from way back in the day, and I would think everyone that heard it then would recall it now. Biz sounds like he really got a bum deal here. First use of the term Oh Snap. I made that up.
Shadow People, Dr. Dog - where do all the shadow people go, and how do I get all of this music? Some of it, I really don't know. You could be twisted, or you could be insane; pushing the envelope against the grain. That's the song in a nutshell.
Is There a Ghost, Band of Horses - I remember seeing a few movies when I was a kid that contributed to a few sleepless years. Donald Sutherland will still scare the crap out of me if he crawled out of a pod in my basement. And Poltergeist made me want to cut down all the trees on the block.
I Want You, Bob Dylan - he and I have something in common, but I'd like his music in any case. He has a chambermaid? Was that time in history any more or less interesting and exciting than now? What will be written in 40 years on today?
Just Breathe, Pearl Jam - this group has been playing since they appeared at my college and played to a crowd of a few hundred. Funny name for a band. Wonder if they still find it amusing. Hold you til I die, meet you on the other side.
There are giant, snow-capped mountains below.
Percussion Gun, White Rabbits - love the drum riff in this. I should really play drums again. In my spare time.
Looks like RI would fit in that little chunk of NV south of Las Vegas.
The Weight, The Band - don't know of any other tunes by them. Used to love hearing this performed by the Swinging Johnsons back in Davis Square. Are they passing around the weight of their worlds? Did Luke get a good deal? And why did Crazy Chester want to get rid of his dog?
Ocean, Against Me! - heaven hidden in the ocean, breathed in by sharks and dolphins, working its way into lakes and rivers. At night, we would sleep with the windows of our house left open, letting the cold ocean air soothe the sunburned shoulders of our children.
Riders on the Storm, The Doors - when I spent a few winters working with snowplow and sanding crews, not a night went by without hearing this played over the the two way. I remember Val Kilmer offering his approval to the rain effects in the studio.
Blues Music, G. Love and Special Sauce - if I could sit on my front step in the heat of the summer, sipping a Coke, one from Mexico made with real sugar from a pop top bottle, just relaxing and watching the day fade and life pass along the street, this is the song I would play.
Wouldn't it be nice, Beach Boys - Were they really underage? And do they still feel the same way this many years later?
Friend of the Devil, Grateful Dead - spent the night in Utah in a cave up in the hills.
And down goes my little battery meter. Almost there.
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