Switchfoot - Meant To Live (2003)
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This is the first song on Switchfoot's album The Beautiful Letdown. This song is about life and the choices that we make that may lead to regret.

[Verse 1]
Fumbling his confidence
And wondering why the world has passed him by
Hoping that he's bent for more than arguments
And failed attempts to fly, fly

[Chorus]
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside
Somewhere we live inside
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside
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Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) (1984)
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I once saw this song being performed at a burial ceremony...

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Written by Keith Forsey and Steve Schiff, Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)" was released as a single February 20, 1985 and was featured as the main theme of the classic 1985 teen film The Breakfast Club.

Originally offered to The Fixx, Bryan Ferry and Billy Idol but all declined (Idol did however record his own version years later). Forsey then asked Simple Minds, who initially refused but eventually agreed per suggestion of their label, A&M.

It's said that the band rearranged and recorded the song in three hours and "promptly forgot about it," considering it just another song they recorded for somebody.

The song would go on to top the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it Simple Minds' biggest hit (in the U.S.) to date.

[Verse 1]
Won't you come see about me?
I'll be alone, dancing, you know it, baby
Tell me your troubles and doubts
Giving me everything inside and out, and
Love's strange, so real in the dark
Think of the tender things that we were working on
Slow change may pull us apart
When the light gets into your heart, baby

[Chorus]
Don't you forget about me
Don't, don't, don't, don't
Don't you forget about me

[Bridge]
Will you stand above me?
Look my way, never love me
Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling
Down, down, down

Will you recognize me?
Call my name or walk on by
Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling
Down, down, down, down
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Ooh, woah
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Jayhawks - Lights (Sweet Relief A Benefit For Victoria Williams) (1993)
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Victoria Williams
Sweet Relief Musicians Fund
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... Sweet Relief Musicians Fund is a nonprofit charity that maintains a financial fund from which professional musicians can draw when in need of medical care or financial needs.

Initially intended as a one-time CD launch benefit for Victoria Williams, Sweet Relief has evolved into a charity organization that relies on donations from artists and the public as a general fund to all professional musicians in need.

The fund provides financial assistance to all types of career musicians who are struggling with their finances while facing illness, disability, or age-related problems. ...

Sweet Relief: A Benefit for Victoria Williams
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Reception

Music critic Roch Parisien of Allmusic praised the album, writing it "offers a unique opportunity to introduce yourself to an enduring songwriter while savoring some of the day's most intriguing musicians."[1]

Track listing

Soul Asylum " "Summer of Drugs"
Lucinda Williams " "Main Road"
Pearl Jam " "Crazy Mary"
Buffalo Tom " "Merry Go Round"
Michael Penn " "Weeds"
Shudder To Think " "Animal Wild"
Lou Reed " "Tarbelly and Featherfoot"
Maria McKee " "Opelousas (Sweet Relief)"
Matthew Sweet " "This Moment"
Evan Dando " "Frying Pan"
The Jayhawks " "Lights"
The Waterboys " "Why Look at the Moon"
Giant Sand " "Big Fish"
Michelle Shocked " "Holy Spirit"
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Firesign Theater - Attack by UFO Eggs (1970's)
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Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning (1988)
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The subject of the song, the injustice suffered by Australian Aboriginal people and the need to repay the debt that generations of settlers owe them, is one of the reasons for its success.

[Pre-Chorus]
The time has come
To say fair's fair
To pay the rent
To pay our share
The time has come
A fact's a fact
It belongs to them
Let's give it back

[Chorus]
How can we dance when our earth is turnin'?
How do we sleep while our beds are burnin'?
How can we dance when our earth is turnin'?
How do we sleep while our beds are burnin'?
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Men At Work - It's a Mistake (1983)
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[Verse 1]
Jump down the shelters to get away
The boys are cockin' up their guns
Tell us general, is it party time?
If it is, can we all come?

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Don't think that we don't know
Don't think that we're not trying
Don't think we move too slow
It's no use after crying

[Chorus]
Saying it's a mistake
It's a mistake
It's a mistake
It's a mistake

[Verse 2]
After the laughter has died away
And all the boys have had their fun
No surface noise now, not much to say
They got the bad guys on the run

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Don't try to say you're sorry
Don't say he drew his gun
They've gone and grabbed old Ronnie
He's not the only one
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[Chorus]
Saying it's a mistake
It's a mistake
It's a mistake
It's a mistake

[Verse 3]
Tell us, commander, what do you think?
'Cos we know that you love all that power
Is it on then, are we on the brink?
We wish you'd all throw in the towel

[Pre-Chorus 3]
We'll not fade out too soon
Not in this finest hour
Whistle your favourite tune
We'll send a card and flower

[Chorus]
Saying it's a mistake
It's a mistake
It's a mistake
It's a mistake, oh

[Outro]
It's a mistake (It's a mistake)
It's a mistake (It's a mistake)
It's a mistake (It's a mistake)
It's a mistake (It's a mistake)
It's a mistake (It's a mistake)
It's a mistake (It's a mistake)
It's a mistake, it's a mistake
(It's a mistake)
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Climax Blues Band - Using the Power (1975)
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Brewer & Shipley - Song From Platte River (1970)
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I was freezing on the banks of Platte River
And I was thinking of General Custer and his last stand
And I bowed my head, what has he done
He's got my freedom on the run

I was thinking how they shot Mister Lincoln
And I remember all the mountains that he made
And I bowed my head, what have they done
They've got my freedom on the run

The River is wide and it's wicked
But it ends where there's peace for one and all

I was thinking of the measure of my weakness
Like so many I condemn and do not know
And I bowed my head, what have we done
We've got our freedom on the run

The River is wide and it's wicked
But it ends where there's peace for one and all
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They've been quite the phenomenon in the NYC area. I first heard their song Chaise Longue back in the day when it was first released, and not yet known, on the radio station I enjoy ( www.1071thepeak.com ). The "alternative" new music it presents is one of the reasons I like listening to that station.

The station went crazy over the song.

I scratched my head and wondered why.

{shrug}

Carly Simon - It Was So Easy (1972)
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I remember a time, rompin' through the woods
Sun against our skin instead of clothes
When we felt hungry we would eat
When we felt glad we'd dance
And whenever we felt drowsy we would doze

It was so easy then never takin' any stands
It was so easy then, holdin' hands

I remember a time when our fears could be named
And courage meant not refusing dares
I remember when we took such cares to step never on the cracks,
no only on the squares
Or else we'd be abducted by the bears

It was so easy then never makin' any plans
It was so easy then, holdin' hands

It was so easy then never makin' any plans
It was so easy then, holdin' hands

And now we are grown, with debts and regrets
And broken hearts and sentimental schemes
Now every tender failure seems to overthrow old dreams
Love can drive a normal woman to extremes

It was so easy once, holdin' hands without a plan
It was so easy once holdin' hands
Just holdin' hands
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Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air (1969)
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A late (1969) Flower Power 60's rebellion genre English hit. Produced by Pete Townshend of The Who, who also played bass guitar on the recording.

[Verse 1]
Call out the instigators
Because there's something in the air
We got to get together sooner or later
Because the revolution's here

And you know it's right
And you know that it's right
We have got to get it together
We have got to get it together now
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