Showing posts with label 80s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 80s. Show all posts

Friday, November 12, 2010

164 | John Lennon

When I was younger
Full of ideas and broken dream (my friend)
When I was younger ah hah
Everything simple but not so clear

Artist: John Lennon
Song: Borrowed Time
Album: Milk And Honey
Year: 1984

Sunday, August 8, 2010

157 | Black Francis

The creature in the sky
Got sucked in a hole now
There's a hole in the sky
And the ground's not cold
And if the ground's not cold
Everything is going to burn
We'll all take turns
I'll get mine too

Artist: Pixies
Song: Monkey Gone To Heaven
Album: Doolittle
Year: 1989

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

152 | Johnny Marr / Morrissey

Love, peace and harmony
Love, peace and harmony
Oh, very nice, very nice, very nice, very nice
But, maybe in the next world

Artist: The Smiths
Song: Death Of A Disco Dancer
Album: Strangeways, Here We Come
Year: 1987

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

132 - Bono

True colors fly in blue and black
Bruised silken sky and burning flag
Colors crash, collide in bloodshot eyes

Artist: U2
Song: Bad
Album: The Unforgettable Fire
Year: 1984

Monday, April 5, 2010

129 - Prince

Hurricane Annie ripped the ceiling of a church
And killed everyone inside
You turn on the telly and every other story
Is telling you somebody died
Sister killed her baby cuz she couldn't afford to feed it
And we're sending people to the moon

Artist: Prince
Song: Sign o' The Times
Album: Sign o' The Times
Year: 1987

Monday, March 22, 2010

125 - Ian Curtis

Why is the bedroom so cold?
You've turned away on your side
Is my timing so flawed,
Our respect run so dry?

Artist: Joy Division
Song: Love Will Tear Us Apart
Album: (single)
Year: 1980

Friday, December 4, 2009

111 - Johnny Marr / Morrissey

It was dark as I drove the point home
And on dark leather seats
Well, it suddenly struck me
I just might die with a smile on my face after all

Artist: The Smiths
Song: That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
Album: Meat Is Murder
Year: 1985

Saturday, October 17, 2009

099 - Johnny Marr / Morrissey

Take me out tonight
Because I want to see people and I want to see life
Driving in your car
Oh, please don't take me home
Because it's not my home, it's theirs
And I'm welcome no more

Artist: The Smiths
Song: There Is A Night That Never Goes Out
Album: The Queen Is Dead
Year: 1985

Saturday, September 19, 2009

081 - Johnny Marr / Morrissey

I am the son
And the heir
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
Of nothing in particular

Artist: The Smiths
Song: How Soon Is Now?
Album: Meat Is Murder
Year: 1985

Thursday, September 10, 2009

069 - Axl Rose

Sit here on the stairs
'Cause I'd rather be alone
If I can't have you right now, I'll wait dear

Artist: Guns N' Roses
Song: Patience
Album: G N' R Lies
Year: 1989

Friday, September 4, 2009

052 - James Hetfield

Emptiness is filling me
To the point of agony.
Growing darkness taking dawn
I was me, but now he's gone

Artist: Metallica
Song: Fade To Black
Album: Ride The Lightning
Year: 1984

Thursday, September 3, 2009

050 - Bono

My hands are tied
My body bruised, she's got me with
Nothing to win, and
Nothing left to lose

Artist: U2
Song: With Or Without You
Album: The Joshua Tree
Year: 1987

Sunday, August 30, 2009

047 - Michael Jackson

As I, turn up the collar on
My favorite winter coat
This wind is blowin' my mind
I see the kids in the street
With not enough to eat
Who am I, to be blind?
Pretending not to see their needs

Artist: Michael Jackson
Song: Man In The Mirror
Album: Bad
Year: 1988

046 - Sting

There's a king on a throne with his eyes torn out
There's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt
There's a rich man sleeping on a golden bed
There's a skeleton choking on a crust of bread

Artist: The Police
Song: King Of Pain
Album: Synchronicity
Year: 1984

Friday, July 10, 2009

013 - David Bowie

I've never done good things
I've never done bad things
I never did anything out of the blue

Artist: David Bowie
Song: Ashes To Ashes
Album: Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
Year: 1980