| Warren Zevon – Lawyers, Guns, And Money Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| @[chrisb1:3470] "It's on YouTube".... or you could just buy the Enjoy Every Sandwich" tribute album. | |
| John Mellencamp – Pink Houses Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| @[UnpopularPoet:3299] He expressed reluctance to object to Bush's use of "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A." at a campaign event, telling Rolling Stone that despite his opposition to Bush's political positions, "I don't see any sense in being silly about it. It's entertainment. It's a song. | |
| Tom Cochrane – Life is a highway Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| "I had a sketch of this song laying around for quite a few years, and after my first visit to Africa with World Vision, the world relief organization that I supported then and still support, I needed to write something that would pull me up, pull me out of that funk, make me feel good. I was exhausted mentally, physically and spiritually after that trip, and John Webster had been encouraging me to finish that sketch. I woke up one morning early, went out to my studio in the back shed and laid down the song and the lyric in about two hours. Again, the song was just born. I felt exhilarated, I felt good! And soon I guess it made a lot of other people feel pretty good too. The song had that effect. Songwriting is therapeutic, for the writer sometimes as much as for the listener ..." - Tom Cochrane | |
| Tom Cochrane – Big League Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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I take away a lot more than "a song about hockey" or "a song about a kid who played hockey, but died before he could make it to the NHL". To me, this is a song about mortality, and making the best of your time in this world. I lost two friends in one week earlier this year, and during that week, I was listening to this song on my way home from work. The last verse really resonated with me: "Never can tell what might come down Never can tell when you might check out Just don't know, no you never can tell So do right to others like you do to yourself" You really don't know when you might "check out". Fate could deal you a bad hand, and you could be gone in an instant. Do your best to live your life in a way that you'd like to be remembered. |
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| Tom Cochrane – Boy inside the man Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| "This is my own 'My Way', and has become the Tom Cochrane and Red Rider signature song. We've tried this song everywhere else in the live set and we've learned that it just has to end the show. Leaving it out of a live show is like walking on stage without one arm. The song dissects the rites of passage I think most men go through from 17 to our 30s. I was so paranoid at 25 about dying and leaving nothing behind - no kids, no legacy, no real work or music of value. I became almost desperately ambitious. 'Boy' reflects back on all that. Later, with family and kids and a bit of success, my priorities changed. This song was recorded in Wales, and it was the best recording experience of our careers to that point, pure magic! I mean, till then the recording process had been like spending months at a time in the dentist's chair. This was our declaration of independence from a very uncomfortable management deal and even though we were almost broke and destitute after parting company with Bruce Allen, we were happy and creatively alive again. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. And no man is an island. Without friends like Deane Cameron, who became President of EMI Music Canada, and Tim Trombley, who headed the A&R department at the time, we couldn't have made it to the next level." - Tom Cochrane | |
| Matt Dusk – Two Shots of Happy, One Shot of Sad Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Written in 1992 by Bono & The Edge of U2 for Frank Sinatra. Sinatra passed away before having a chance to record it. U2 would include their version of Two Shots of Happy, One Shot of Sad as a b-side to the single If God Would Send His Angels from their Pop album. | |
| Matt Dusk – Five Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Matt says this is a "first take" cut. The song was written about the end of his relationship with a previous girlfriend. Upon finishing the first recording, he asked the producer to let him record it again, thinking he could do a better job. The producer told him "You may be able to sing it better, but you'll never feel it better". The first take made the album. | |
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