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Take on Me– A-Ha
And another Mom-song memory! We sang along to this one more times than I can count. It was best in the years when my brother James’s voice was changing and he could actually hit that crazy note!
We’re talking away
I don’t know what
I’m to say I’ll say it anyway
Today’s another day to find you
Shying away
I’ll be coming for your love, OK?
Take on me, take me on
I’ll be gone In a day or two [How many of you actually knew this was the line?! heh]
So needless to say
I’m odds and ends
But that’s me stumbling away
Slowly learning that life is OK.
Say after me
It’s no better to be safe than sorry
Take on me, take me on
I’ll be gone
In a day or two
Oh the things that you say
Is it life or
Just a play my worries away
You’re all the things I’ve got to
remember
You’re shying away
I’ll be coming for you anyway
Take on me, take me on
I’ll be gone
In a day or two
And it was pretty much the most amazing thing when Family Guy did their parody:
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Jane–Jefferson Starship
This is one of those songs that just reminds me of being in the car with my mom when I was younger. She’s always had great taste in music! I remember when she first got hooked on this song I liked it just because it was close to my name, but of course after hearing it on repeat every car ride, I just plain liked it.
Jane you say it’s all over for you and me, girl
There’s a time for love and a time for letting it be, baby
Jane you’re playin’ a game called…
Called hard to get by its real name
Makin’ believe that you just don’t feel the same
Oh Jane!
Jane you’re playin’ a game you never can win girl
You’re stayin’ away just so I’ll ask you where you’ve been baby
Like a cat and a mouse (cat and a mouse)
From door to door and house to house
Don’t you pretend you don’t know what I’m talkin’ about
Were all those nights we spent together (hey hey)
Only because you didn’t know better
I’ve got to know
Jane, you’re playin’ a game, you’re playin’ a game, playin’ a game
(Jane Jane Jane)
Oh Jane you’re playin’ a game of hide and go seek
Jane you’re playin’ for fun but I play for keeps; yes I do
(Jane Jane Jane)
That’s a game on me yeah
(Jane Jane Jane)
It’s so plain to see
(Jane Jane Jane)
Janie, Janie, Janie, Janie, Jane
(Jane Jane Jane)
Why you foolin’ with me, me, me
(Jane Jane Jane…)
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Welcome to the first installment of Remember Wednesday! For the full lowdown of what it’s all about, check out my introductory post.
For my first Remember Wednesday post, I’ve got two songs I’m completely in love with, but come from a really rough patch in my life. Back when Ben, my then boyfriend of 3 years, and I broke up, well, the world pretty much blew up for me. It was something like a 4-5 month process that was just absolutely ridiculous.
Up first is “Best of You,” from Foo Fighters. Wow—talk about a breakup song! Is someone getting the best of you—How many different ways can you interpret this line? I still think this song kicks some major ass and I absolutely can’t listen without rocking out by either spazzing in my chair or screaming along to the lyrics at the top of my lungs. Oh and screaming along with Dave Grohl live? Amazing. I’ve bolded some of the parts that struck me the most at that time.
Best of You
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 on to 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 break loose My head is giving me life or death
But I can’t choose
I swear I’ll never give in
No, 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?
Its real, the pain you feel
Your trust, you must
Confess
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Oh..
**vocalizing**
Has someone taken your faith?
Its real, the pain you feel
The life, the love You’d die to heal
The hope that starts
The broken hearts
Your 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
**And this is the part where spazzing begins…if it hasn’t already**
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?
Its real, the pain you feel
Your trust, you must
Confess
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
And then came Coldplay with “Fix You,” and those soothing words were just what I needed–what I longed for.
Fix You
When you try your best but you don’t succeed When you get what you want but not what you need
When you feel so tired but you can’t sleep
Stuck in reverse.
And the tears come streaming down your face When you lose something you can’t replace
When you love someone but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones And I will try to fix you
And high up above or down below
When you’re too in love to let it go
But if you never try you’ll never know
Just what you’re worth
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you
Tears stream, down your face When you lose something you cannot replace
Tears stream down your face and I…
Tears stream, down on your face
I promise you I will learn from my mistakes
Tears stream down your face and I…
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you.
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You know those songs that every time you hear, you draw up a particular memory, or thoughts of a specific time in your life? Well I wanna hear about it!
Next week I’ll begin “Remember Wednesday.” Every Wednesday I’ll post a song and along with it, the memory it brings up for me. I invite you all to do the same and leave me a link in the comments!
The rules are simple:
Post a song–you can go as basic as posting a link to the lyrics, or go all out with a snippet, a download, a video–whatever you want! You can even post more than one if you’ve got more tied to the same memory.
Tell us what it always reminds you of–is it the lyrics, or was this song just part of your life during that time?
Link back to the weekly post (found here) so your readers can find other Remember Wednesday posts
Leave a comment here, with a link to your post, so we can all come read!
I’m not really sure how well this will catch on, but I’m going to continue it regardless of the amount of participation I get. It’s something I wanted to do on my own in the first place and just decided it’d be fun to turn it into a weekly thing with other bloggers. I hope you’ll join me!
I think I got this song in a free sampler through iTunes at some point. I haven’t really been able to find much about the band or any other music of theirs, but I really love this song. It’s such a great, “God you really suck” song. I just love the completely mellow tone, combined with angry lyrics. I like it when the lyrics and music of a song feel opposite.
Excuse the formatting of the lyrics, I copy/pasted.
When I find an artist I like, I tend to pick up everything I can from them. This is why my iPod currently carries over 4,000 songs. I keep my iPod on shuffle, and over time, I pick through all the stuff I’ve never really listened to and find things that stick out. The Tide by The Spill Canvas is one of those songs that sticks out for me. I love the presentation and most of the lyrics. I say most because towards the end, it just sort of breaks down for me. Have a listen and read through the lyrics (complete with my thoughts).
“The Tide”
And there’s three, count ‘em three
Children playing on the beach (already I’m loving his voice in this one)
They were eager to learn,
To be taught and to teach
There’s Veronica
She’s biting her lip
As she watches the waves turn white at the tip
And there’s Vada
Radiating with joy
And luckily she still can’t stand the sight of a boy
And lastly there’s Dade
His hair dances in the wind
And he’s wondering what love is
And why it has to end
And he can’t understand
How everyone goes on breathing when true love ends (I love this sentiment. Catches me every time.)
His mother whispers quietly… (And now where I really love the delivery:)
Heaven’s not a place that you go when you die
It’s that moment in life when you actually feel alive
So live for the moment (Rock on!)
And take this advice, live by every word
Love is just a hoax so forget anything that you have heard
And live for the moment now
And there’s three, count ‘em three
Children growing on the beach
They were eager to learn,
To be taught and to teach
There’s Veronica
She’s licking her lips
As she waits for her real, first passionate kiss
And there’s Vada
Can’t admit her jealousy
Of her sister Veronica, and how she’s so pretty (and how she’s so pretty)
Lastly there’s Dade
Still sitting on the dock
Ponders his life, and he skips his rocks
And he wonders when his father will return
But he’s not coming back (hmm…we’re slipping into the storytelling I don’t really like…)
And he can’t understand
How everyone goes on breathing when true love ends
His mother whispers quietly…
Heaven’s not a place that you go when you die
It’s that moment in life when you actually feel alive
So live for the moment
And take this advice, live by every word
Love is just a hoax so forget everything that you have heard (forget everything)
And there’s three, count ‘em three
Children missing from the beach
They were eager to learn,
To be taught and to teach
(And this is where it breaks down for me…It just reads too much like an Oprah story)
But the sad thing
Is that they never lived passed the age of fifteen
Due to neglect from their mother
Who was bed ridden by her ex-lover, their father
She didn’t even notice, or pay much attention
As the tide came in and swept her three into the ocean
Now all her advice, it seems useless
(Let’s just forget that previous verse and skip on to this, shall we?)
No, heaven’s not a place that you go when you die
It’s that moment in life when you touch her and you feel alive
So live for the moment
And take this advice, live by every word
Love’s completely real, so forget anything that you’ve heard
And live for the moment now
That one verse irks me, but I like the rest of it enough to overlook it. I usually just kinda zone out during that part.
Last night marked the close for submissions to my Cover Contest and after listening to all the songs, I picked my favorites and distributed points. I assigned all entrants a number, and wrote down that number once for every entry. I cut ‘em all out [tons of tiny pieces of paper…] and threw ‘em in a hat to draw out my winner.
Number 4– Kat from My Single Mom Life and Twisted Psycho is the winner! Kat, you’ll be receiving an email from me shortly to work out how you want your prize.
I’d like to thank every one who participated! I’ve gotten a lot of great songs out of this. A special thanks to Christine and Allan who sent me a few of my favorites from this batch.
Keep an eye out guys, I’ve decided this won’t be my last music contest. Soon I’ll be holding one to expand my collection of acoustic songs
I never really listened to Snow Patrol’s You Could Be Happy until we started playing it in Lowe’s. [Apparently we’ve now switched to a pretty awesome playlist. I love it!] I recognized it enough to know it was a song I had on my iPod, so I took a listen when I got into the car after hearing it in the store for the first time. Within two days I’m somewhere around 30 listens. I’ve had it on a playlist with just 3 other songs that I’ve kept on repeat.
You could be happy and I won’t know
But you weren’t happy the day I watched you go.
And all the things that I wish I had not said,
Are played in loops till it’s madness in my head.
Is it too late to remind you how we were?
But not our last days of silent screaming blur.
Most of what I remember makes me sure
I should’ve stopped you from walking out the door.
You could be happy I hope you are
You made me happier than I’d been by far
Somehow everything I own, smells of you
and for the tiniest moment it’s all not true.
Do the things that you always wanted to
Without me there to hold you back, don’t think just do
More than anything I want to see you girl
Take a glorious bite out of the whole world
My heart breaks for the narrator here. I think we’ve all been there at some point. You let it all come crashing down, and when the debris settles, you’re left realizing what you just let go–what you pushed away and gave up without a fight. It’s too late to get it back, and you’ve made peace with that, and now you can only hope they’ve found what they need to make peace as well. They can’t be happy with you, time has run out on that possibility, so you just hope they’ve been able to find the happiness they deserve elsewhere.
Last week Kristi brought it to my attention that I was missing a few Death Cab songs–how, I’m really not sure. She sent me Tiny Vessels and man…I was really missing out by not having this one. Really, it’s just so tragically beautiful. [I can’t seem to configure the way this template handles the ‘more’ tag, so I won’t be using it.]
This is the moment that you know
That you told her the you loved her but you don’t.
You touch her skin and then you think
That she is beautiful but she don’t mean a thing to me.
Yeah, she is beautiful but she don’t mean a thing to me.
I spent two weeks in Silver Lake
The California sun cascading down my face
There was a girl with light brown streaks
And she was beautiful but she didn’t mean a thing to me.
Yeah she was beautiful but she didn’t mean a thing to me.
I wanted to believe in all the words that I was speaking
As we moved together in the dark
And all the friends that I was telling
And all the playful misspellings
And every bite I gave you left a mark
Tiny vessels oozed into your neck
And formed the bruises
That you said you didn’t want to fade
But they did and so did I that day
All I see are dark grey clouds
In the distance moving closer with every hour
So when you ask “Is something wrong?”
That I think “You’re damn right there is but we can’t talk about it now.
No, we can’t talk about it now.”
So one last touch and then you’ll go
And we’ll pretend that it meant something so much more
But it was vile, and it was cheap
And you are beautiful but you don’t mean a thing to me
Yeah you are beautiful but you don’t mean a thing to me [x2]
I had a surge in adding music this week and now I’m craving more. I found a few covers of Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Game” that I really like, and We the Living do a really great cover of “Ain’t No Sunshine.”
I’m a sucker for a good cover song! Punk covers are a guilty pleasure as well. So that’s where you come in. I’m looking to expand my cover song collection so I’m holding a contest for $10 sent directly to your PayPal account [or a gift card to the store of your choice, if you so prefer].
It’s pretty simple, leave a comment with some of your favorite cover songs–preferably ones I probably haven’t heard. Each song will count as one entry [10 max but feel free to send more!]
Furthermore, if you actually email the song to me at faded(dot)jadeline(@)gmail(dot)com, I’ll give you two entries each. [Max 10 songs on this as well]
If you blog about it and link to my tiny little contest, I’ll add another two entries. Leave a comment with a link to your blog entry.
Finally, for the three songs I enjoy the most [obviously to be decided by me] I’ll add 5 entries each.
All entries can be left in a single comment, or individual–your choice, just be sure they don’t run all together and confuse me
Contest runs until November 2nd. Winner will be announced and notified by the 4th!
So that’s
1 entry per song [10 max]
2 entries per file you send [10 songs max for 20 entries]
2 entries for a quick blog with a link
5 entries for the three songs I deem best
These are the [mostly] unbiased opinions of a 20-something, Southern Georiga, college gal--on movies, television, sites, products, etc. You name it, I'll talk about it.
