Don’t ask me why I obsessively look to rock ’n’ roll bands for some kind of model for a better society. I guess it’s just that I glimpsed something beautiful in a flashbulb moment once, and perhaps mistaking it for prophecy have been seeking its fulfillment ever since.
- Lester Bangs
So...on Monday of this week I risked life and limb and hopped on the city bus to trek downtown for the Swell Season show(which was again, absolutely incredible). Anyone knows that such a trip can not be made without a weapon of mass distraction - an mp3 player. I mean one must supply one's own soundtrack to the festival of sights that ONLY a long city bus voyage can bring to light - streetwalkers, drug addicts, shady characters in all shapes and sizes - and that's just ON the bus, we don't have the time to get into what was happening on the actual streets.
Anway, here are a handful of songs that popped up via the shuffle mode during my ride that I hadn't heard forever and felt obligated to post...enjoy:
Hello I am looking for a lady who was in the parking lot of the Whistle stop in Ansiona around 4:45pm on 6-7-08. She is a very pretty lady and was pretty drunk asking me for help but at that time I was not able to help. I would really like to find her so we can talk. If you know her please ask her to reply to me.
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Something tells me if she was that drunk at 4 in the afternoon...she probably doesn't remember you friend.
"We could be daytime drunks if we wanted We'd never get anything done that way baby And we'd still be ruled by our dueling perspectives And I'm not my perspective Or the lies I'll tell you every time"
I think this guy's missed connections post pretty much speaks for itself. Stay classy.
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Private Dancer friday night - m4w - 30
You were dancing at Private Dancer on Trabue on Friday night. You had short black hair, incredible body, a tattoo on your back and wore a black one peice. I talked to you briefly and you gave me a lapdance before you had to go on stage. I had a button up and baseball cap on. Your awesome!
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I had to go with two songs on this one...one part rap, one part rock...it was just SO easy!
It was a great night of music in Santa Monica. The venue was interesting. The place seemed more suited for a Shriner's convention than a rock show...the building had this weird vibe that had us feeling like we were at an old high school dance. I sat through some of the longest beer lines in my life, but the sound was great the entire night through.
Grand Ole Party opened the show...very cool band. They are from LA and said that their debut record would be out in January and was produced by Blake from Rilo. Imagine the Yeah Yeah Yeah's if Karen O sang while playing the drums...a powerful three piece with noise to burn.
The Bird And The Bee played a fun, energetic set. Much better live that I anticapted... a much more rocking sound also, to go along with the lovely vocals. Here is a video off of their latest record...'Again And Again' was the highlight of their set I thought
Rilo Kiley came out and Jenny acknowledged the crowd with 'Hello hometown'. Very cool. I just got to LA but I am guessing that this might have been the largest venue they have played here as a headliner, and they band played like they were thrilled to be there. Just an amazing show. The set list leaned heavily off of stuff from the new record, 'Under The Blacklight' but played all of the 'hits'...even burying Portions For Foxes in the middle of the set, such a cool move. And 'I Love LA' was a great choice for an encore!
Here are a couple of videos someone was kind enough to put up on youtube from last night's gig.
If I could, I would have this coming week saved and ready for multiple viewings.
Starting with Rilo Kiley on Monday night(Monday nights don't get much better)...Matt Pond PA will be my mid week fix...and then I will close the week in grand fashion, with my old friends Lucero on Saturday night...and Bobby Bare Jr is opening up that show...and for me, that is a big deal. My liver may not be prepped for the grand finale...that's a drinkin' show if ever there was one!
...or my email is anyway! Hey, it's me Blair...the Certain Songs staff of one. I just do this for the love of the music and am in no way trying to rip anybody off, so if you are an artist or a record label and you are not happy that I am promoting your music, or you want me to take a song down, just shoot me an email and I will most definitely oblige.
And please support the artists I post here in whatever way you can if you do download a song...go to a show, buy some merch, buy an album...these songs are the soundtrack to my life and I just love to share them. But I can only do that if the insanely talented artist responsible for said songs are able to eat.
I also love hearing new stuff...so any submissions can also be sent to my email, I will try my bestest to listen to everything and get back to you all...peace,love,rock n' roll.
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I guess you're old enough to know. Kids out on the east coast. Roughly twenty years old. Got coaxed out by a certain perfect ratio. Of warm beer to the summer smoke. And the meat loaf to the billy joel. Certain songs they get so scratched into our souls.
She goes low on the seats when she gets high in her car. She looks shallow but shes neck deep in the steamy dreams of the guys along the harbor bars. She's pulling out her shirttails and jacking up her socks. Stern and stoned and confident, coming up towards the jukebox. Born into the only songs that everybody finally sings along. B-1 is for the good girls. It's only the good die young. C-9 is for the making eyes. It's paradise by the dashboard light. D4 is for the lovers. B12 is for the speeders. And the hard drugs are for the bartenders and the kitchen workers and the bartender's friends. And they're playing it again. Ellen Foley gives us hope. Certain songs they get scratched into our souls.
I guess you're old enough to know. Kids out on the west coast are taking off their clothes. Screwing in the surf and going out to shows. They get high and ride around in gtos. I guess you're old enough to know. CERTAIN SONGS THEY GET SCRATCHED INTO OUR SOULS. - The Hold Steady
