Monday, June 24, 2013

KROQ Playlist

Staind, "It's Been a While" 2001.


Foo Fighter, "Best of You" 2005.

 

I've got another confession to make
I'm your fool
Everyone's got their chains to break
Holdin' you

Were you born to resist, or be abused?

Is someone getting the best
The best, the best, the best of you?
Is someone getting the best
The best, the best, the best of you?

Are you gone and onto someone new?

I needed somewhere to hang my head
Without your noose
You gave me something that I didn't have
But had no use
I was too weak to give in
Too strong to lose

My heart is under arrest again
But I'll break loose
My head is giving me life or death
But I can't choose
I swear I'll never give in
I refuse

Is someone getting the best
The best, the best, the best of you?
Is someone getting the best
The best, the best, the best of you?

Has someone taken your faith?
It's real, the pain you feel
You trust you must confess

Is someone getting the best
The best, the best, the best of you?

Has someone taken your faith?
It's real, the pain you feel
The life, the love
You'd die to heal
The hope that starts
The broken hearts
You trust you must confess

Is someone getting the best
The best, the best, the best of you?
Is someone getting the best
The best, the best, the best of you?

I've got another confession my friend
I'm no fool
I'm getting tired of starting again
Somewhere new

Were you born to resist, or be abused?
I swear I'll never give in, I refuse

Is someone getting the best
The best, the best, the best of you?
Is someone getting the best
The best, the best, the best of you?
Has someone taken your faith?
It's real, the pain you feel
You trust, you must confess

Is someone getting the best
The best, the best, the best of you?


MGMT, "Kids" 2007


"Kids"

You were a child,

crawlin' on your knees toward it

Makin' mama so proud,

but your voice was too loud.  

We like to watch you laughing.

You pick the insects off plants. 
.
No time to think of consequences.
Control yourself.
Take only what you need from it.
A family of trees wanted, To be haunted.

Control yourself.
Take only what you need from it.
A family of trees wanted, To be haunted.
The water is warm,
but it's sending me shivers.
A baby is born, crying out for attention.
Memories fade, like looking through a fogged mirror
Decision to decisions are made and not bought
But I thought this wouldn't hurt a lot.
I guess not.
Control yourself.
Take only what you need from it.
A family of trees wanted, To be haunted.
Control yourself.
Take only what you need from it.
A family of trees wanted, To be haunted.
Control yourself.
Take only what you need from it.
A family of trees wanted, To be haunted.
Control yourself.
Take only what you need from it.
A family of trees wanted, To be haunted.
Control yourself.
Take only what you need from it.
A family of trees wanted, To be haunted.
Control yourself.
Take only what you need from it.
A family of treeeeees . . . 



AWOLNATION, "Sail" (Blame It On My ADD . . . Blame It On My . . . ) 2011.


SAIL!  
This is how I show my love.
I made it in my mind because
I blame it on my ADD, baby.
This is how an angel dies
I blame it on my own sick pride
Blame it on my ADD, baby.
SAIL!
SAIL!
SAIL!
SAIL!
SAIL!
Maybe I should cry for help
Maybe I should kill myself (Chorus: myself, myself, myself)
Blame it on my ADD, baby
Maybe I'm a different breed
Maybe I'm not listening
So blame it on my ADD, baby
SAIL!
SAIL!
SAIL!
SAIL!
SAIL!
Lalalalala Lalalalalaoooo
Lalalalala Lalalalalaoooo
SAIL!
SAIL!
SAIL!
SAIL!
SAIL!
Sail with me into the dark...
Sail with me into the dark...
Sail with me into the dark...
Sail with me, sail with me...
Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh...

AWOLNATION
"It's Not Your Fault"


I like their song "Sail."  But then they have this other song, "Jump On My Shoulders" that commands their audience to "I say we rob from the rich / and blow down the door. / On to the next
to dance with the poor."  Horrible line.  He's advocating theft.  And somehow because the rich have money that theft is justified.  Awful lyric, gentlemen.

Of Monsters and Men, "Mountain Sound," 2011.


"Lonely Boy," The Black Keys, 2011 

"Lonely Boy," The Black Keys  

Well I'm so above you, and it's plain to see
But I came to love you anyway. . .
So you pulled my heart out, and I don't mind bleedin'
And the whole time you keep me waiting, waiting, waiting

Oh oh oh oh, I got a love that keeps me waiting
Oh oh oh oh, I got a love that keeps me waiting
I'm a lonely boy, I'm a lonely boy
Oh oh oh oh, I got a love that keeps me waiting

Well your mama kept you, but your daddy left you
And I shoulda' done you just the same
But I came to love you, am I going to bleed?
And the whole time you keep me waiting, waiting, waiting

Oh oh oh oh, I got a love that keeps me waiting
Oh oh oh oh, I got a love that keeps me waiting
I'm a lonely boy, I'm a lonely boy
Oh oh oh oh, I got a love that keeps me waiting

Oh oh oh oh, I got a love that keeps me waiting
Oh oh oh oh, I got a love that keeps me waiting
I'm a lonely boy, I'm a lonely boy
Oh oh oh oh, I got a love that keeps me waiting


Black Keys, "Howlin' For You" 2010.


Harlem, "New Politics" 2013 

Lumineers, "Hey Ho," 2012.


Fostered the People, "Pumped Up Kicks," 2010.


Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Otherside," 1999.



Red Hot Chili Peppers, "The Adventures of Raindance Maggie," 2011. 


Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Dani California," 2006.


Slightly Stoopid, "2AM" 2007.


Thirty Seconds to Mars, "Up in The Air," 2013.


The Temper Trap
"Sweet Disposition," 2008. 


Rise Against, "Savior," 2009.


Smashing Pumpkins, "1979," 1996.


Jimmy Eat World, "The Middle," 2001.


The Naked and Famous, "Young Blood," 2010.


Incubus, "Love Hurts," 2007.


M83, "Midnight City," 2011.


Bush, "Glycerine," 1995. 


JET, "Are You Gonna Be My Girl," 2003.


Fun, "Some Nights," 2012.
Some nights, I stay up cashing in my bad luck
Some nights, I call it a draw

Some nights, I wish that my lips could build a castle
Some nights, I wish they'd just fall off

But I still wake up, I still see your ghost
Oh Lord, I'm still not sure, what I stand for oh oh oh
What do I stand for? Oh what do I stand for?
Most nights, I don't know anymore
Oh whoa, oh whoa, oh whoa oh oh
Oh whoa, oh whoa, oh whoa oh oh

This is it, boys, this is war, what are we waiting for?
Why don't we break the rules already?
I was never one to believe the hype,
Save that for the black and white I try twice as hard and I'm half as liked,
But here they come again to jack my style

That's alright, I found a martyr in my bed tonight
Stops my bones from wondering just who I, who I, who I am, oh who am I, mm, mm

Well some nights, I wish that this all would end
'Cause I could use some friends for a change
And some nights, I'm scared you'll forget me again
Some nights, I always win, I always win

But I still wake up, I still see your ghost
Oh Lord, I'm still not sure what I stand for, oh
What do I stand for? Oh what do I stand for? Most nights, I don't know (come on)

So this is it? I sold my soul for this?
Washed my hands of that for this?
I miss my mom and dad for this?
No. When I see stars, when I see stars, that's all they are
When I hear songs, they sound like a swan, so come on
Oh, come on, oh, come on, oh come on!

Well that is it, guys, that is all, five minutes in and I'm bored again
Ten years of this, I'm not sure if anybody understands
This is not one for the folks at home, I'm sorry to leave, mom, I had to go
Who the fuck wants to die alone all dried up in the desert sun?
My heart is breaking for my sister and the con that she called "love"
But when I look into my nephew's eyes,
Man you wouldn't believe, the most amazing things, that can come from,
Some terrible nights, ah (oh whoa, oh whoa, oh whoa, oh oh)

Oh whoa, oh whoa, oh whoa, oh oh
Oh whoa, oh whoa, oh whoa, oh oh

The other night, you wouldn't believe the dream I just had about you and me
I called you up, but we'd both agree
It's for the best you didn't listen
It's for the best we get our distance, oh
It's for the best you didn't listen
It's for the best we get our distance, oh

Gotye w/ Kimbra, "Somebody That I Used To Know," 2011.
   
All I am is a man
I want the world in my hands
I hate the beach
But I stand in California with my toes in the sand

Use the sleeves of my sweater
Let's have an adventure
Head in the clouds but my gravity's centered
Touch my neck and I'll touch yours
You in those little high-waisted shorts, oh

She knows what I think about
And what I think about
One love, two mouths
One love, one house
No shirt, no blouse
Just us, you find out
Nothing that wouldn't wanna tell you about no

'Cause it's too cold
For you here and now
So let me hold
Both your hands in the holes of my sweater

And if I may just take your breath away
I don't mind if there's not much to say
Sometimes the silence guides our minds
So move to a place so far away

The goosebumps start to raise
The minute that my left-hand meets your waist
And then I watch your face
Put my finger on your tongue
'Cause you love the taste yeah

These hearts adore,
Everyone the other beat hardest for
Inside this place is warm
Outside it starts to pour

Coming down
One love, two mouths
One love, one house
No shirt, no blouse
Just us, you find out
Nothing that I wouldn't wanna tell you about, no no

'Cause it's too cold
For you here
And now
So let me hold
Both your hands in the holes of my sweater

'Cause it's too cold
For you here and now
So let me hold
Both your hands in the holes of my sweater

. . .

'Cause it's too cold
For you here and now
So let me hold
Both your hands in the holes of my sweater

It's too cold
For you here and now
So let me hold
Both your hands in the holes of my sweater

It's too cold,
It's too cold
The holes of my sweater...

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