Elvis Presley - Fun In Acapulco

title : Fun In Acapulco

artist : Elvis Presley

year charted : 1963

chart : Did Not Chart

album : Fun In Acapulco Soundtrack














lyrics :
Acapulco, sleeping in the bay
Acapulco, wake up and greet the day
Time to tell the guitars and sleepy-eyed stars
To be on their way
It's such a beautiful morning, for a holiday

Hey now come on, you old sleepy head
See the sky turning red, and you're still in bed
It's fun in Acapulco

Acapulco, look here comes the sun
Acapulco, it's a day for fun
I can't wait till I meet your sweet senoritas
Kiss everyone
This is no time for siesta, this is time for fun

I can't wait till I meet your sweet senoritas
Kiss everyone
This is no time for siesta, this is time for fun
This is no time for siesta, this is time for fun

...this is no time for siesta...this is time for fun...

video :
Fun In Acapulco - Original Trailer

Drive-By Truckers - Danko/Manuel

title : Danko/Manuel
artist : Drive-By Truckers
year : 2004
chart : Did Not Chart
album : The Dirty South





















about the song:
Written by Jason Isbell, 2003 a a tribute song "for and about a couple members of The Band who are no longer with us." "

Jason Isbell: "When I started writing this one, I wanted to capture some of Levon Helm's feelings about the deaths (and lives) of Richard Manuel and Rick Danko. The longer I worked on the song, the more impossible that became. I felt like the best I could do was to explain my own attitude toward being a working and traveling musician."

Recorded in 2003 by the Drive-By Truckers for the 2004 album The Dirty South.


Danko/Manuel :



lyrics :
Let the night air cool you off.
Tilt your head back and try to cough.
Don't say nothin' about the things you never saw.
Let the night air cool you off.

I ain't livin' like I should.
A little rest might do me good.
Got to sinking in the place where I once stood.
I ain't livin' like I should.

Can you hear that singing? Sounds like gold.
Maybe I can only hear it in my head.
Fifteen years ago they owned that road.
Now it's rolling over us instead.

Richard Manuel is dead.

God forbid you call their bluff.
Like the nightmares ain't enough.
Remember when they used to say that we were tough?
God forbid you call their bluff.

First they make you out to be
the only pirate on the sea.
Then they say Danko would have sounded just like me.
"Is that the man you want to be?"

Can you hear that singing? Sounds like gold.
Maybe I could make it bigger overseas.
Fifteen years ago they owned that road.
Now it only gives us somewhere else to leave.

Something else you can't believe.

Can you hear that singing? Sounds like gold.
Maybe I can hear poor Richard from the grave.
Singing where to reap and when to sow
when you've found another home you have to leave.

Something else you can't believe.

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Almost Cut My Hair

title : Almost Cut My Hair
artist : Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
year : 1970
chart : Did Not Chart
album : Déjà Vu

about the song:
this song is an album track from CSNY's first album as a band, and the second by the trio configuration of Crosby, Stills, and Nash.
the album Déjà Vu was released in March '70.
"Almost Cut My Hair" features :
David Crosby - lead vocals & electric guitar
Stephen Stills - electric guitar
Graham Nash - organ
Neil Young - electric guitar

songfacts:
David Crosby recorded this track with the last remaining moments of studio time that the band had remaining, and while he was still reeling from the death of Christine Hinton days earlier in a car accident. She had been his girlfriend, and he was obviously still grieving. The pain in his normally smooth voice reflects a cracked and angry quality, belied by the light-hearted directive he makes at the start of the recording. If you listen to it, he starts, then stops, and comments as to the pace and gain of the recording, then the song starts again. According to the story as told by Crosby on the air with Bob Coburn of KLOS in the late 1990s, the recording is the only take that was done.

The opening comment on this song, ("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area") was actually edited onto this song and was actually spoken prior to cutting a song called "Horses in the Rainstorm". You can find the original track on the two-CD Anthology, "Carry On"

In this song David Crosby sings "I'll let my freak flag fly" which is a reference to Jimi Henrdix's "If 6 was 9" in which Hendrix sings the same lyrics

about the album:
In 2003, the album was ranked number 147 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
The same year, the TV network VH1 named Déjà Vu the 61st greatest album of all time.
The album ranked at #14 for the Top 100 Albums of 1970 and
#217 overall by Rate Your Music.


CNSY - Almost Cut My Hair (Live)


CSNY - Almost Cut My Hair (from Easy Rider)


Cactus Soul - Almost Cut My Hair (a damn good cover of the song)



lyrics:
Almost cut my hair
It happened just the other day
It's gettin kinda long
I coulda said it wasn't in my way
But I didn't and I wonder why
I feel like letting my freak flag fly
Cause I feel like I owe it to someone

Must be because I had the flu' for Christmas
And I'm not feeling up to par
It increases my paranoia
Like looking at my mirror and seeing a police car
But I'm not giving in an inch to fear
Cause I promised myself this year
I feel like I owe it to someone

When I finally get myself together
I'm going to get down in that sunny southern weather
And I find a place inside to laugh
Separate the wheat from the chaff
I feel like I owe it to someone

Déjà Vu album version :














Unreleased unedited original version (from the 1991 box set : CSN) :

Lou Reed - Intro/Sweet Jane

title : Intro/Sweet Jane

artist : Lou Reed

chart : Did Not Chart

album : Rock 'N' Roll Animal

year : 1973

about the song:

"Sweet Jane" is a song by the Velvet Underground, originally appearing on their 1970 album Loaded. The song was written by Velvet's leader Lou Reed, who continued to incorporate the song into his own live performances years later as a solo artist. The song is a fan favorite and frequently appears on classic rock radio stations.

When Loaded was originally released in 1970, the song's bridge was edited out, possibly to shorten the song for radio airplay. The box set Peel Slowly and See and reissue Loaded: Fully Loaded Edition restored the missing section.

also, Reed has performed "Sweet Jane" in two keys: the 1969 and 1970 versions were in D. On 1972's American Poet, 1973's Rock 'n' Roll Animal, and 1978's Take No Prisoners, the song is in E, while on 1984's Live in Italy the song is back in D.

accolades received:

In March 2005, Q magazine placed "Sweet Jane" at number 18 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks.

In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked it #335 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Guitar World ranks "Sweet Jane" at number 81 on its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Solos.

about the album:

Rock n Roll Animal is a live album by Lou Reed, released in 1974. In its original form, it features five songs from different periods of his creative career, including several songs by the Velvet Underground. The songs are all re-arranged into a powerful glam rock set. The album was recorded live on December 21, 1973 (1973-12-21), at Howard Stein's Academy of Music in New York.

A remastered version was released on CD in 2000. It featured greatly improved sound quality, including two tracks not included on the original LP or 1990 CD release.

Further excerpts from the same concert were released in 1975 as Lou Reed Live. This live album's stereo mix differs from its counterpart in that guitarist Dick Wagner is heard on the left channel, and Steve Hunter is on the right; this arrangement is reversed on Rock 'n' Roll Animal.

Sammy Hagar - Some Day

title : Some Day
artist : Sammy Hagar
chart : not released as a single
album : Livin' It Up (released July 2006)

about the album / song :
this was the mellowest non-hard-rocking album ever released by The Red Rocker
it's made up of original compositions and covers (including a country styled stripped down version of his own Halfway To Memphis, from a previous release)
the album was met with mixed reviews, as expected the folks who loved it were diehard fans of the ex-Van Halen frontman
personally, i loved the album ... and would recommend anyone in search of a lullaby for your kid the last track on the album : Some Day
my boy loved it ... and by golly he knows the lyrics by heart better than i do ...
and he's only 3 when i first played him the song night after night close to a year back lol

about the sample :
i couldnt find a stream of the song on its own BUT ...
instead found a streaming of the entire album on MySpace
disclaimer : that upload wasnt mine, nor have any other sample tracks found on my blog
click on image of cover to listen to the album














lyrics :
dim the lights when you’re not sleeping
lay the book down on the floor
spread the dream across your pillow
unlock the door
and make a wish love will find you
cuddled safely in your room
close your eyes go to sleep now
if you’re to rise – before noon

guardian angels come back to me
bring me visions like if never seen
inspiration in my dreams
can let your love light shine down on me

love wherever you are
come and find us no matter how far away
teach us the way to our soul
that hollow feelin ever no more

Drive-By Truckers - Let There Be Rock

title : Let There Be Rock
artist : Drive-By Truckers (DBT)
year : 2001
chart : did not chart
album : Southern Rock Opera (2001/re-released 2002)

about the song :
great song, great band ... give them a listen if you havent

an autobiographical piece about a teenager who was saved by arena rock acts like Molly Hatchet, Ozzy Osbourne, and AC/DC.

this song shares the same title as AC/DC's, which they duly credited it with with the last line of the song ...




lyrics :
Dropped acid, Blue Oyster Cult concert, fourteen years old,
And I thought them lasers were a spider chasing me.
On my way home, got pulled over in Rogersville Alabama, with a half-ounce of weed and a case of Sterling Big Mouth.
My buddy Gene was driving, he just barely turned sixteen.
And I'd like to say, "I'm sorry", but we lived to tell about it
And we lived to do a whole lot more crazy, stupid, shit.

And I never saw Lynyrd Skynyrd but I sure saw Molly Hatchet
With 38 Special and the Johnny Van Zant Band.

One night when I was seventeen, I drank a fifth of vodka, on an empty stomach, then drove over to a friend's house. And I backed my car between his parent's Cadillac's without a scratch.
Then crawled to the back door and slithered threw the key hole, and sneaked up the stares
And puked in the toilet.
I passed out and nearly drowned but his sister, DD, pulled me out.

And I never saw Lynyrd Skynyrd but I sure saw Molly Hatchet
And the band that I was in played "The Boy's are Back in Town".

Skynyrd was set to play Huntsville, Alabama, in the spring of 77, I had a ticket but it got cancelled.
So, the show, it was rescheduled for the "Street Survivors Tour".
And the rest, as they say, is history.

So I never saw Lynyrd Skynyrd but I sure saw Ozzy Osbourne with Randy Rhoads in 82
Right before that plane crash.
And I never saw Lynyrd Skynyrd but I sure saw AC/DC
With Bon Scott singing, "Let There Be Rock Tour".

With Bon Scott singing, LET THERE BE ROCK!

Allman Brothers Band - Blue Sky

title : Blue Sky
year : 1972
chart : did not chart
album : Eat A Peach

about the song :
Allman's guitarist Dickey Betts wrote this about his Native American girlfriend, Sandy "Bluesky" Wabegijig. They married in 1973 and divorced 2 years later.

This was the first time Betts sang lead on an Allman Brothers song. He also sang lead on their biggest hit, "Ramblin' Man."

For a while, Betts refused to perform this after his 1975 divorce with Sandy, whom he wrote this for.

This was released after Duane Allman's death on Eat A Peach. The album is dedicated to him.

Betts and Sandy Bluesky had a daughter, Jessica, on May 14, 1972. Betts wrote "Jessica" about her a year later.

Duane Allman and Dickey Betts played on the bridge solo - one playing "lead" lead, the other playing "rhythm" lead. They switch up half way through - listen very carefully and you will hear them synch up on a riff for two measures or so right around 2:30 into the track.


lyrics :
Walk along the river, sweet lullaby, it just keeps on flowing,
It don't worry 'bout where it's going, no, no.
Don't fly, mister blue bird, I'm just walking down the road,
Early morning sunshine tell me all I need to know

Chorus
You're my blue sky, you're my sunny day.
Lord, you know it makes me high when you turn your love my way,
Turn your love my way, yeah.

Good old Sunday morning, bells are ringing everywhere.
Goin to Carolina, it won't be long and I'll be there

Chorus

Tracy Chapman - Unsung Psalm

title : Unsung Psalm
artist : Tracy Chapman
year : 2000
chart : did not chart, never released as a single
album : Telling Stories
a truly beautiful and haunting tune, one of Chapman's finest



















"There would be psalms sung by a choir
I would have a white robe a halo newly acquired
Id be at peace and Id have no desire
If Id lived right

There would be cherubs with tiny harps arrows and bows
Id have a halo and a flowing white robe
Id be enfolded by a celestial light
If Id lived right

But Im feeling hot and bothered under the collar
I feel the sweat breaking out on my brow
I feel the heat and I know its the passion
The love I cant disavow

If this is a dream wake me up now
If this is a movie lets edit these scenes out
It would be a pg instead of an x rated life
If Id lived right

Some would call me a cheat call me a liar
Say that Ive been defeated by the basest desired
Yes I have strayed and succumbed to my vices
But I tried to live right

But I have no regrets no guilt in my heart
I only feel sadness for any pain that Ive caused
I guess I wouldnt bother to worry at all
If Id lived right

Do you live by the book do you play by the rules
Do you care what is thought by others about you
If this day is all that is promised to you
Do you life for the future the present the past

If there is one thing I know I know I will die
If anyone cares some stranger my critique my life
I may be revered or defamed and decried
But I tried to live right

There would be psalms sung by a choir
I would have a white robe a halo newly acquired
Id be at peace and Id have no desire
If Id lived right"