Goldfrapp - A&E Lyrics
It’s a blue, bright blue Saturday.
And the pain has started to slip away.
I’m in a backless dress on a pastel ward, the shining.
Think I want you still.
But it may be pills at work.
Do you really wanna know how I was dancing on the floor?
I was trying to fool you when I’m crawling up the door.
And theres a tune at things you say that you don’t do.
Why don’t you ring?
I was feeling lonely, feeling low.
Feeling like I needed you.
Like I’m waking up surrounded by me.
A&E.
It’s a blue, bright blue Saturday.
And the pain has started to slip away.
I’m in a backless dress on a pastel ward, the shining.
Think I want you still.
But it may be pills at work.
How did I get to accident, emergency?
All I wanted was you to take me out high.
I was feeling lonely, feeling low.
Feeling like I needed you.
Like I hoped you’d call and hoped you’d see me.
A&E.
Goldfrapp - You Never Know from Supernature, 2005
Live at Brixton Academy, 6/10/05
Télépathique - I’m Not the Man You Think I Am
Official Video, Unreleased Album, 2008
Télépathique - I’m Not the Man You Think I Am Lyrics
I’m not the man you think I am.
I’m not that kind of guy.
Beneath the sleek exterior,
there’s less than meets the eye.
I’m just what you’ve been looking for.
Your wildest dream come true. I’m not the man you think I am,
but I’m the man for you.
I’m unimportant business
I’m late for my premier.
I’m doing you a favor
just by being here.
Surely you can buy a drink
for someone so renowned.
I’m not the man you think I am,
but I’m the man you found.
I’m burning with indifference.
I’m sleeping with desire.
I’m selling the snow to Eskimos.
I’m preaching to the choir.
My best is catching up to me.
My chips are coming due (too?).
I’m not the man you think I am,
but I’m the man for you…
Bottle Up and Go – Wayward Son Lyrics
This is more than just the blues, its depression.
I don’t know what to do.
I don’t know what to do.
I got so thirsty,
I fell down the well.
Went to sleep in my bed,
I woke up in hell.
I reached for the bottle,
but nothing was left.
I reached for my baby,
my baby was dead.
This is more than just the blues, its depression.
I don’t know what to do.
I don’t know what to do.
Oh mama I’m home,
your wayward son,
but all my trials have just begun.
And I know I’ve done wrong
but I’ll make it right.
Just give me the strength
to last the night.
Keep a gun in my pillow.
I don’t understand,
why I always wake up
with a gun in my hand.
I love my baby
but her body is cold.
Seems like my liquor
is the only thing…
There’s a lot of confusion as to what defines a DJ these days. Well, I’m confused anyways. The official definition says “a disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays prerecorded music for an audience, evidently.” This would be a Samantha Ronson-style DJ, clicking a button on her Mac between tracks, Marlboro reds and Lindsay Lohan. Then on the other hand you have DJs like Girl Talk, who has been known to sport an “I’m Not a DJ” t-shirt. He plays prerecorded music, but it’s original music that he’s created by mixing together several pieces of other prerecorded music. On the other side of the spectrum you have DJs like RJD2, that are also musicians. He creates original tracks by using samples from other sources plus music that he’s created using various instruments. (Side Note: After seeing his sold out show back in April, it’s safe to say that the masses would prefer he spin, rather than sing). Where am I going with all of this? I’m not sure, but I’m angry and I have a bone to pick (and I’m not even a meat eater). If you’re using other music to create your own, then give credit where credit is due regardless of which type of DJ you are.
If someone uses a song to create their own track, it’s out of respect for the original creator that credit is given. All of the sources of Girl Talk’s tracks (see: Girl Talk Wiki) are cited, and some of these popular remixes include samples of over twenty songs. So why is it that when a single song is used, you rarely see any cred given to the original singer?
Case in point: I heard this song (below) a few months back and after watching the video my initial reaction was, “Who’s that white girl? Great voice, great lyrics, I want her albums!” (YouTube commenters seem to share the same opinion). If you haven’t seen this video in all of its MTV-style cheesiness (aka: a “funny” intro, a dramatic song pause and a “to be continued”), then take a gander and a listen to see if the same question enters your mind:
Sonny J : Handsfree (If You Hold My Hand)
from Disastro, 2008
After watching this, I did some digging (the word “some” being an understatement). I did a lyrics search only to find that the actual singer is not the hot white girl, it’s Donna Hightower. After checking the YouTube video page once more, along with Sonny J’s website and MySpace page, I couldn’t find a single reference to the original song that sounds almost the same, but even better (scroll to the very bottom to listen for yourself).
About a month after my findings, I checked Sonny J’s MySpace page again to see if any credit had finally been given to the singer only to find the following post: Date: Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Subject: DONNA HIGHTOWER ROCKS MY WORLD
“big thanks to everyone who has supported sonnington through the power of myspace or wherever . you should be able to buy or steal ” handsfree” from most record shops from the 9th, just likes i dids with donna hightower’s tune. this is funk legit. so,git yo asses in gear n …. happy shoppin’ folks…”
So the subject line was okay, but I’m not digging his use of poor grammar and misspellings or the fact that he admits to stealing the song: “just likes i dids with donna hightower’s tune”. I also don’t dig the fact that not only does he use a lame-ass MySpace post as his only outlet for prop giving, but he also has a dancer lip-synch Donna’s song in that lame-ass video.
In closing, if you’re going to throw a few beats in something and then label it as your own, at least give credit to the original creator! …and learn how to f’ing write a sentence, yo.
So, here is some credit to you, Donna Hightower. Listen to her songs, watch her videos and then go buy Donna Hightower records.
The only bit of information on the singer I could find is the following from Ron Wynn at All Music Guide:
“Little” Donna Hightower had a dynamic, big voice and made some fine shouting records for Decca and RPM in the ’50s. Unfortunately, she never landed any hits, but that wasn’t due to any lack of skill. She not only had range and power, but was equally compelling doing sentimental, soft ballads. She was backed by the orchestras of Horace Henderson and Maxwell Davis on the Decca and RPM material, respectively.
Enjoy.
Donna Hightower – This World Today is a Mess
Donna Hightower-Kiss Me (Bésame)
Donna Hightower - Stormy Weather
Donna Hightower - If You Hold My Hand
Donna Hightower - If You Hold My Hand Lyrics
If you hold my hand, things won’t be the same.
If you hold my hand, things are about to change.
Summer’s gone, spring is gone, life goes on and on and I’m just bored to tears.
If I could find a little space to paint a smile upon my face and hide the years.
If winter comes and I’m around to see the snow upon the ground, what can I do?
When I don’t have the will to fight,
the coldness of the summer nights are the darkest blue.
Girl Talk - Let Me See You Tracklist
0:00 Donna Summer - “Bad Girls”
0:00 Cameo - “Word Up!”
0:02 Dem Franchize Boyz - “Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It”
0:15 Gwen Stefani - “The Sweet Escape”
0:30 Bizarre Inc. - “I’m Gonna Get You”
0:30 R. Kelly with T.I. and T-Pain - “I’m a Flirt”
1:13 Daft Punk - “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger”
1:15 Fleetwood Mac - “Gypsy”
1:15 Tone Loc - “Wild Thing”
1:30 Trina - “I Got a Thing for You”
2:15 Rick Ross - “Hustlin’”
2:18 Justin Timberlake - “LoveStoned / I Think She Knows Interlude”
2:22 David Bowie - “Rebel Rebel”
2:44 2 Live Crew - “I Wanna Rock”
2:44 Busy P - “Chop Suey”
2:50 DJ Funk - “Pump That Shit”
2:58 The Jets - “Crush on You”
2:58 M.I.A. - “Boyz”
3:13 The Cranberries - “Dreams”
3:42 Michael Jackson - “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)”
3:42 Bachman-Turner Overdrive - “Takin’ Care of Business”
3:52 Chicago - “Saturday in the Park
Immuzikation just released another awesome blend called “Highly Selassie (DangDiDiDangDad)“. The new track mixes My Morning Jacket’s “Highly Suspicious” with Common and Pharrell’s “Universal Mind Control”. For those that don’t know the genius behind Immuzikation (aka. Alfredo Lapuz Jr.), think Girl Talk with more Indie tracks and less nineties pop hits.
From Immuzikation’s Blog entry on the new track posted last night, “there’s a large mmj fanbase here in athens (who are they again?) and they like requesting highly suspicious. i saw a flyer for an evil urges listening party the other day (who are they again?). i know i already used highly suspicious before, but umc was a better fit. i made this right before my gig last nite and touched it up this morning. i honestly didn’t want to spend too much time on highly, i donated enough of my brainpower on the last one. this one’s better though. dang dad!”
Immuzikation - Highly Selassie (DangDiDiDangDad Blend)
from Probly Normal (unreleased), 2008
Other Immuzikation Favorites:
* Fish Tacos (ExtraTartarBlend)= Coldplay vs. Weezer vs. Cut Copy vs. The Blow vs. M.I.A. vs. Reading Rainbow (see Immuzikation MySpace)
* Sweet Young Angel= (Feist - When I Was A Young Girl) + (Burial - Archangel) + (Jens Lekman - A Sweet Summer’s Night on Hammer Hill)
Immuzikation - Sweet Young Angel
from Probly Normal (unreleased), 2008
Download other Immuzikation mp3s (including Sweet Young Angel) from BBQChickenRobot (while available).
I’m a sucker for strings and lyrics, and broken hearted love songs. This band gets props for all three. AFOM left to go back to her city today, leaving behind her old (but favorite) one. The best thing someone can leave you with is a song.
The band’s self-titled, debut full-length album is scheduled to be released on August 5, 2008 on Majordomo Records (same label as Earlimart).
The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight
from The Airborne Toxic Event (self-titled), 2008
(Fan made video)
The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight Lyrics
And it starts, sometime around midnight.
Or at least that’s when you lose yourself
for a minute or two.
As you stand, under the bar lights.
And the band plays some song
about forgetting yourself for a while. And the piano’s this melancholy soundtrack to her smile.
And that white dress she’s wearing
you haven’t seen her for a while.
But you know, that she’s watching.
She’s laughing, she’s turning.
She’s holding her tonic like a cross.
The room’s suddenly spinning.
She walks up and asks how you are.
So you can smell her perfume.
You can see her lying naked in your arms.
And so there’s a change, in your emotions.
And all these memories come rushing
like feral waves to your mind.
Of the curl of your bodies,
like two perfect circles entwined.
And you feel hopeless and homeless
and lost in the haze of the wine.
Then she leaves, with someone you don’t know.
But she makes sure you saw her.
She looks right at you and bolts.
As she walks out the door,
your blood boiling
your stomach in ropes.
Oh and when your friends say,
“What is it? You look like you’ve seen a ghost.”
Then you walk, under the streetlights.
And you’re too drunk to notice,
that everyone is staring at you.
You just don’t care what you look like,
the world is falling around you.
You just have to see her.
You just have to see her.
You just have to see her.
You just have to see her.
You just have to see her.
You know that she’ll break you in two.
Santi vomits gold glitter! And people are either waiting in line to scoop it up, or too busy polishing the “I believe in Santogold” bandwagon to notice. Before joining the masses or skipping the train, one must first get some answers…
Five Questions for Santogold
1. If you had to classify your music under a “Sounds Like” category, where exactly would you put it?
That one popular song L.E.S. (Lower East Side) Aristes* sounds a lot like Tegan and Sara, but then most of your songs like Creator sound a lot like M.I.A.. I’m going to guess M.I.A., since you had the same producer and that’s what most of your stuff sounds like. Wikipedia says you may opt for an eighties icon instead.
“White’s style has been compared often to that of M.I.A.. Santogold said of the comparison: ‘We’ve worked with some of the same people and have similar influences. But the way we go around implementing those influences are very different, and I am in no way influenced by what the press are saying.’ Additionally, some of Santogold’s material has been compared to that of the Pixies, which Santogold agrees with.”
2. How do you, and eight other people, write a Lily Allen song?
(See Lily Allen-LDN)
This is what I’m imagining…[Setting: Conference room, bright fluorescent lights]
“Ok, from the top people”…When you look with your eyes *dry erase marker squeaks* everything seems nice, but if you look twice…*Santi raises hand*..”You can see it’s all lies?” That’s it people! We’ve got ourselves a pop radio hit! Starbucks anyone?…
3. How much does Joe Simpson, owner of “Papa Joe Records”, pay a songwriter these days?
(See Ashlee Simpson-Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya))
I’m asking because in this PopJustice article you talked about Ashlee Simpson eating cookies from a silver platter while you wrote for her, and how you can’t turn down things like that because it’s business. Quote: “Come on. It’s just money“. But then there’s this WorshipWorthy article from 2007 where you said, “I’m too broke to shop.” Please explain. Are clothes in Brooklyn just that damn expensive?
4. Are you an Indie artist, or a Major Label artist?
Your Santogold MySpace page says Indie, and every Indie blogger and their paid advertisers are calling you “the next big Indie thang”. Yet in this article by The Phoenix the author writes “an artist emerges out of nowhere with a major-label debut that is exceedingly polished, yet with a foot in a burgeoning underground scene”. Then in this PopJustice article when asked, “Are you enjoying the privileges of being signed to a major label?” your retort was, “It’s a machine. You get in and they are ready to go. It was easier for me because I didn’t have to make the record, it was pretty much done and they already loved it.” You did go on to say that if you had to change anything you’d say “f**k it”, so that part was okay. Anyways, so what is it, Indie or Major?
5. Did you get free Bud Light Lime for doing that commercial? And if so, what did you use it for?
I won’t get too into the indie artists commercial thing, what with many others doing the same (see: Mates of State- AT&T, Hum-Cadillac, Of Montreal-Outback, etc. etc.). But Bud Light…with a splash of 100 percent lime flavor? Ewwww.
*Disclaimer- This song, and its video and lyrics are pretty tight.
Santogold - L.E.S. Aristes
from Santogold, 2008
