As you know, I occasionally do a “Lyrics In Print” segment here on mikeshinoda.com. And with the super-sad news that Nate Dogg has passed away, I was going to put “Regulate” up…but then I saw a post by a friend on Twitter…and caught the Wikipedia “Synopsis” of the song’s story, which goes a-little-sumthin’ like this:
You run, run…run away
It’s your heart…that you betray
Feeding on…your hungry eyes
I bet you’re not so civilized
Well, isn’t love..primitive
A wild gift…that you wanna give
Break out of captivity
And follow me, stereo jungle child
Love is the kill…..your heart’s still wild
Chorus:
Shootin’ at the walls of heartache, bang, bang, I am the warrior
Well I am the warrior, and heart to heart you’ll win..if you survive
the warrior….the warrior
You talk, talk, you talk to me
Your eyes touch me physically
Stay with me, we’ll take the night
As passion
takes another bite
Who’s the hunter…who’s the game?
I feel the beat…call your name
I hold you close…in victory
Idon’t wanna tame your animal style..
you won’t be caged…in the call of the wild….
My favorite part? Probably too many to name. “And follow me, stereo jungle child / Love is the kill…..your heart’s still wild”
I don’t know what a stereo jungle child is, but I bet it’s pretty kickass.
mike
Coming back to the ABC lyrics from yesterday, I decided to think more about the line: “If you judge a book by the cover / Then you’d judge the look by the lover.”
Fun!
Maybe some of our college graduates (who studied logic) can correct me if I’m off a bit, but here’s what I think is going on: I decided it’s actually not much of a logic problem. It’s actually illogical.
The line is: if you judge “object 1″ by “impression of object 1″ then you’ll judge the “impression of object 2″ by the “object 2″
Assuming “the look” refers to “your first impression of the lover,” or “the exterior of the lover that gives you an impression,” the logical version of the line would be: “If you judge a book by the cover, then you’d judge the lover by the look”.
Unfortunately, this line doesn’t sound nor sing very well, so ABC changed the wording. Artistic license, I guess.
Just like “Are we human, or are we dancer.”
Or even “Isn’t it ironic…like ray-yee-yain on your wedding day.”
It doesn’t have to make sense! I forgot to mention: even though this song is ridiculous and illogical, I still love it, HAHAHA!
mike
When your girl has left you out on the pavement (goodbye)
Then your dreams fall apart at the seams
Your reason for livings your reason for leaving
Dont ask me what it means
Thats the look, thats the look
The look of love
If you judge a book by the cover,
Then you’d judge the look by the lover
I hope youll soon recover,
Me I go from one extreme to another
And though my friends just might ask me
They say martin maybe one day youll find true love
I say maybe, there must be a solution
To the one thing, the one thing, we cant find
Thats the look, thats the look
The look of love
Thats the look, thats the look
The look of love
Thats the look, thats the look
Sisters and brothers
Should help each other
Oh, oh, oh
Heavens above
hip hip hooray-ay
yippee ai yippee ai yay
Thats the look, thats the look
Be lucky in love
Look of love
My favorite part? “If you judge a book by the cover, Then you’d judge the look by the lover”
What?
I think there’s a logic problem in there somewhere, but I’m too confused by the rest of the lyrics to actually break it down. If you haven’t heard this song, it’s possible that “Heavens above / hip hip hooray-ay / yippee ai yippee ai yay” is a little less funny when taken out of context…but not likely.
mike
RIO
By Duran Duran
Moving on the floor now babe you’re a bird of paradise
Cherry ice cream smile I suppose it’s very nice
With a step to your left and a flick to the right you catch that mirror way out west
You know you’re something special and you look like you’re the best
Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand
Just like that river twisting through a dusty land
And when she shines she really shows you all she can
Oh Rio, Rio dance across the Rio Grande
I’ve seen you on the beach and I’ve seen you on TV
Two of a billion stars
It means so much to me, Like a birthday or a pretty view
But then I’m sure that you know it’s just for you
(Chorus)
Hey now woo look at that did she nearly run you down
At the end of the drive the lawmen arrive
You make me feel alive, alive alive
I’ll take my chance cause luck is on my side or something
I know what you’re thinking I tell you something I know what you’re thinking
Her name is Rio she don’t need to understand
And I might find her if I’m looking like I can
Oh Rio, Rio hear them shout across the land
From mountains in the north down to the Rio Grande
M: “It means so much to me, Like a birthday or a pretty view / But then I’m sure that you know it’s just for you”
Seriously…What?
This song is full of lyrics that just rhyme for rhyming’s sake.
I like cake.
Wake and bake.
Jake The Snake.
Get DURAN DURAN’S “GREATEST” here. It’s an 80′s must-have…
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mike
excerpts from “McCain-Palin Tradition” by Hank Jr.
…Now this old Union’s got problems That is plain to see
The Democrats bankrupted Fannie Mae N Freddie Mac Just like 1, 2, 3
The bankers didn’t want to make all those bad loans, But Bill Clinton said you got to
Now they want a bail out, what I’m talking about Is a Democrat liberal who doo
John N Sarah tell ya Just what they think
And they’re not gonna blink They don’t have terrorist friends To whom their careers are linked
Yes, John is his own man And Sarah fixed Alaska’s broken condition
They’re gonna go just fine We’re headed for better times
It’s a McCain – Palin tradition
…They all want to know Sarah /Why do you hunt / John why do you fish
How could she be so smart and savvy / such a “hey good-lookin” dish
Yes John is his own man / And Sarah fixed Alaska’s bad condition
They’re going to get it right / We’re going to see the light
It’s a McCain – Palin tradition
excerpts from “Family Tradition” by Hank Jr.
…Country music singers have always been a real close family
but lately some of my kin folks have disowned a few others and me
i guess its because i kinda changed my direction
i guess i went and broke the family tradition
they get on me wanna know Hank, why do you drink?
(Hank) why do you roll smoke?
Why must you live out the songs that you wrote?
over and over everybody made my prediction
so if i get stoned I’m just carryin’ on an old family tradition
…Lordy, I have loved some ladies and I have loved Jim Beam
and they both tried to kill me in 1973
when that doctor asked me Son how did you get in this condition
I said hey sawbones I’m just carryin on an old family tradition!
mike
“Feel Good Inc.” by Gorillaz
City’s breaking down on a camel’s back.
They just have to go ’cause they don’t know wack
So all you fill the streets it’s appealing to see
You wont get out the county, ‘cos you’re bad and free
You’ve got a new horizon It’s ephemeral style.
A melancholy town where we never smile.
And all I wanna hear is the message beep.
My dreams, they’ve got to kiss, because I don’t get sleep, no..
Windmill, Windmill for the land.
Turn forever hand in hand
Take it all in on your stride
It is sinking, falling down
Love forever love is free
Let’s turn forever you and me
Windmill, windmill for the land
Is everybody in?
Laughing gas these hazmats, fast cats,
Lining them up-a like ass cracks,
Lay these ponies at the track
Its my chocolate attack.
Shit, I’m stepping in the heart of this here
Care bear bumping in the heart of this here
Watch me as I gravitate
Hahahahahahaa.
Yo, we gonna go ghost town,
This motown,
With yo sound
You’re in the place
You gonna bite the dust
Can’t fight with us
With yo sound
You kill the INC.
So don’t stop, get it, get it
Until you’re Jet Ahead.
Yo, watch the way I navigate
Hahahahahhaa
Don’t stop, get it, get it
We are your captains in it
Steady,
Watch me navigate,
Ahahahahahhaa.
Don’t stop, get it, get it
We are your captains in it
Steady, watch me navigate
Ahahahahahhaa.
You can buy the song here:
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mike
“Escapism” by Keith Murray
High as a motherf**ker / Zonin’ on cloud nineteen as the Def Squad takes you / On another eerie place of a dark side
I escape from the world
To show niggaz that my style is superb
For what it’s worth, I’m gettin’ off planet Earth
But I gotta redefine gravity first
So I figure, I get my guns and that would bust the biggest cap
From the demand of the trigger
I’m equipped to dip with a knapsack
And a survival kit with blunts and shit
I’m in all black with a face muzzle
Wanna double to NASA, to hijack a space shuttle
More anxious than curiosity
I enter the back door with animosity, yeah, here’s Murray
Searchin’ for the astronauts, checkin’ my watch
Determined the time I had to be out
I saw my prey without a second delay
Suited up, strapped down, straight and on my way
For five seconds to liftoff I was in the Helm
when I escaped from the world…
I went through a Milky Way and stars
And landed on my destination, which was Mars,
(whoa, shit)
This planet was foreign and new
As I’m puffin’ on a blunt, observin’ the view
To my surprise, a spaceship arrived
Out came a Martian with six fingers and three eyes
He spoke a bleeky type of dialect
(Bleek, bleek, bleek, bleek, bleek, bleek)
But understood my form of intellect
I said, “I’m Keith Murray from the planet Earth
Where I’m psychosomatic and homicidal with a verse”
My hypercritical form of words busts his brains
And then the whole atmosphere changed
(what the f**k?)
I was surrounded by some Martians in the hut about to front
I used my last resort and pulled out the blunt
Lit it, got the whole Martian crew blitted
So now’s my chance to try to get acquitted
I said, “I escaped from the planet Earth
To let my mind untwirl because I’m mad at the world
And the murder wasn’t premeditated
My language was just misinterpretated.”
One acknowledged I’m right, and pulled out the peace pipe (Aight?)
About to set the vibes right
He lit it with his finger, I smelled the Martian Buddha linger
I felt good ’cause I released some anger
No sooner than the cease of the herb ignite
I was headed back to Earth at the speed of light
Upon my return niggaz thought I was in jail
Nah kids, I escaped from the world…
I don’t know which is my favorite part, “I’m equipped to dip with a knapsack / And a survival kit with blunts and shit,” or “I went through a Milky Way and stars / And landed on my destination, which was Mars”
The song and album can be found here:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000052E/mikeshinoda-20
mike
mike
“SEVENTEEN”
by Winger
I saw sparks fly, from the corner of my eye
And when I turned, it was love at first sight
I said please excuse me, I didn’t catch your name
Oh it’d be a shame not to see you again
And just when I thought she was comin’ to my door
She whispered sweet and brought me to the floor, she said
I’m only seventeen, but I’ll show you love like you’ve never seen
She’s only seventeen, daddy says she’s too young, but she’s old enough for me
Come to my place, we can talk it over, oh everything going down in your head
She said take it easy, I need some time, time to work it out, to make you mine
And just when I thought she was comin’ to my door
She whispered sweet and brought me to the floor, she said
I’m only seventeen, you ain’t seen love, ain’t seen nothing like me
She’s only seventeen, seventeen
(Solo)
Such a bad girl, loves to work me overtime
Feels good (ha), dancin’ close to the borderline
She’s a magic mountain, she’s a leather glove
Oh she’s my soul, it must be love
She’s only seventeen, still she gives me love, like I’ve never seen
She’s only seventeen, daddy says she’s too young, but she’s old enough for me
She’s everything I need, daddy says she’s too young
But she’s old enough, old enough for me
you can get it here:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005Q3AN/mikeshinoda-20
PS: can you f***ing believe they released a song like this? HAHAHAHA
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