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Freelovebabies - Down The Road 1970-01-01 00:59:59 "Nothing looks as good as my love walking back to me" I'm really no different than anyone else and I really want to hate bands that have cutesy names. I tried my best to hate these guys, but they caught me in their joyous blast of fresh air. Complete with tasty tambourine man beats. Hidden in the message is a bit of anger about the war taking the ones we love away for awhile. "Let them send you back a hero/medals on your box. . .I'd love to see my love just walking down the road". Shoutout to Sky Blue Feeling! Freelovebabieshttp://www.eartaste.com
Mumm-Ra - Out Of The Question 1970-01-01 00:59:59 A quick run, then WHAM!!! BIG CHORD intro to pop heaven with "Light out of the Darkness" I defy my lazy Monday desire to stay in bed and jump up hopping around the room in pure glee!!! "If you believe me, look in my eyes!" Definite sugar trance created even before I pour the instant maple oatmeal into the bowl. "I'll try to explain!" I may not even need coffee today. "This is the only thing I know" Mumm-Rahttp://www.eartaste.com Read more:Question
7K - Suburban Desperado 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Slow build to a power rock chord progression. "Sold the dream for safety/Couldn't quench the fire" The character apparently took a job and settled in suburbia instead of following his dreams. Cool guitar echoing "The Good The Bad And The Ugly" theme. "Five in the cylinder/one in the barrel/about to spatter all the knick knacks and apparel" Violent you say? About as violent as those jalapeño poppers with melted jack cheese mixed with Tecate in my stomach right now. My bet is the character, Jimmy, couldn't live his fantasies as a young man, so chances are pretty high he can't do it as a middle-aged guy either. He'll apologize to his wife for digging the gun out of the closet & be back at work tomorrow. Oh, I know once in awhile there's a guy like Jimmy goes through with it. But most of them don't, because - I believe the writer is implying that we're all Jimmy's at heart. Good beat! 7Khttp://www.eartaste.com Read more:Suburban
Boy Kill Boy - Suzie 1970-01-01 00:59:59 "This is not a movie/Things just ain't the same as your favorite video" Some people need to be told this truth as the guitars clash out a rhythm to keep the dance floor bouncing. Good jalapeño popper song - swallow it down with some good old fashioned Tecate. And in case you're wondering about the band name, they throw in this line: "There's an evil lurking round every door" Yes, and spin me around and around! Boy Kill Boyhttp://www.eartaste.com
Simon Webbe - That's The Way It Goes 1970-01-01 00:59:59 "Some days I don't know how I got here/It's been a journey through the dark" The ice around here is ½" thick and they have closed the schools east of here and all the roads west of here. The post office is open, but there's no mail because of the closed roads. At least here we have electricity and most of the day I've been able to access the web. "I've lived to fight another day" Tea. Warm tea, all day. I've been drinking an orange/tangerine peel blend. And this beautiful song feels like all of that put together, so it's perfect for today. "It's like a book without an ending/It's like a story never told/It's like a night when you're on fire/Why does the morning feel so cold?" A slow dance - just enough to keep warm. "Play on, play on. . " SimonWebbe
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Magic Numbers - This Is A Song 1970-01-01 00:59:59 "I don't want to tell her/I'm lost in the dark" The strawberry jello fell out of the bowl, bounced off the floor and landed right back in my dish! Luckily I hadn't put on my whipped cream yet, and the bridge started just in time for the half strawberry I'm putting on the dark on top. When I focus on the words this has got to be the saddest song of the year so far, but - hey the music bypasses all that. This is fun!!! "She knows why!" Loud shoutout for Take Me Or Leave Me - I've always been a sucker for a great singer taking on a Burt Bacharach casserole. "I've been such a fool" Okay, look, I think this is an original tune that simply sounds like a Bacharach tune, but it's still a great flavor that I will be here to remind you what it's all about cause this guy's in love with the singers voice. MagicNumbers
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Not a lone voice singing. . . 1970-01-01 00:59:59 For a long long time I've been moaning about the state of radio in America. Turns out there's a whole buncha people feeling the same way, and are also vocal about it. Stumbled across this tonight: http://www.futureofmusic.org/ - one of the newest reports is about the state of radio. Of course, there's many of us that feel that perhaps radio is just simply dead now and the internet is going to save people who love to hear new and different sounds - but it's hard to say. I'd sure love there to be good radio again. I can live without it, obviously, but can't we have our cake and eat it to? Guess not, according to the government. Some comments would be welcome!http://www.eartaste.com
Bob Burger - Catchin' On Fire 1970-01-01 00:59:59 This rocker has great fun music & a rock beat that will has my body moving along just great as I crunch down on the hottest salsa this side of San Antonio. The story is super-hilarious! Apparently, the narrator dies and Saint Peter mistakes him for his twin brother, Jesse, who was a trouble-maker. Somehow Jesse made it to heaven in disguise as his brother, and the narrator has to pay for it. Theologically, this is just plain silly, but for a rock song, this is fantabulous fun! I'm sure there's more going on here ("between the incompetence of heaven/and the honesty of hell") than plain fun, but I don't want to think that hard on a party night. Besides the harmonica swirling in the background has me on my feet now! Shout-out: Opposite Reaction Bob Burger
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Five Star Crush - California Blues 1970-01-01 00:59:59 "Shut the door and drive!" Rock on! We are on our way somewhere, and I can tell you it's up on your feet to dance all night. The recording sounds live enough - I can imagine this is a great live group. For now I'll just munch on the music - fine, thin tortilla chips with some of the best homemade salsa around. Hot! "I've got to make something beautiful out of tragedy" Shakespeare couldn't have said it any better. Shout-out: Silver-Yellow Girl Five Star Crushhttp://www.eartaste.com Read more:California
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Steve Vaclavik - Wet Dog (Someone To Care) 1970-01-01 00:59:59 A guy and his guitar with someone's neglected dog standing in the rain. What better to taste on a wet and windy Texas Saturday? "I come to the dog and I let him off his chain/it licks my hand and dances in the rain/it turns, it twirls, it jumps in the air/he doesn't mind the rain now that someone seems to care" Pancakes, sausage and scrambled eggs with cheese on top. Side of melon and warm buttered toast. That's how Steve
makes me feel, and what a pleasant experience it is. Shoutouts for Nothin' Like & The Moon Must Be Empty. Steve Vaclavikhttp://www.eartaste.com
Opeth - Atonement 1970-01-01 00:59:59 This is pure ear dance music. Round and round I weave. There are vocals, but they are not important - and the composer seems to realize that because the voice has been distorted to become another instrument in this fine composition. "Rising moon and my skin is peeling…" This long, flowing dance will keep my mind occupied for many long glimpses at the night sky. "Suddenly I can justify what I've become…" Opeth
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Julie Feeney - You Bring Me Down 1970-01-01 00:59:59 "I don't know who I want and I don't know what I need/I'm in a situation you know I can't read". The percussion is driving us to this point and is causing just the right amount of tension to make this wonderful Polenta Pasticciato flavored mostly by voice thoroughly danceable. "I know I'm listening but I'm nothing I hear. . .I'm engaging in your raging but I'm keeping my cool" Huge shoutout to Autopilot with it's many indescribable flavors to treat my palate. Julie
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Lee Hazlewood - Sacrifice 1970-01-01 00:59:59 "She rolls like a river/she bathes in the sand/she's ice for a woman/she's fire for a man" Could very well be talking about bagels laced with jalapenos and cream cheese. Cool rolling guitar to accent these fun lyrics. "She'll beat you at poker/she'll cheat you at dice/she's got an ace up her sleeve/and she'll make you believe/when she's in love she'll sacrifice" The rest of the lyrics continue on with the sly smirk keeping the melody bouncing with tasty rhythm, but I can't help by type these out also - "You'll think she's an altar/you'll get down on your knees" Been there, and will probably be there again - nice work! Big shoutout for the accordion player, and another cool song called "Nothing". Lee Hazlewoodhttp://www.eartaste.com
Phantasm - Disasteroid 1970-01-01 00:59:59 The guitar sneaks in slowly swirling kinda making me wonder if the sauce will enhance the flavor of the noodles or overwhelm it. Good news! The enhancement wins on this Linguini Aglio. As the drums come in the guitar takes off into virgin olive oil heaven with the strums leading the singer to "Rise Up!" The rhythms do not stay in one place, which makes for a lot of ear flavors - some red peppers with the garlic. "Money talks, but you won't hear it talking to me" And as soon as we hear "let it talk" we enter a new palate thrill. Massive shoutout for Two Left Feet - "Come dance with me tonight!" & "Hey Star" - a fun, fun slice of life that doubles as danceable humor. Tasty! Phantasmhttp://www.eartaste.com
Keith Kehrer - Sweety Cakes 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Instrumental visit into other worlds eating foods and desserts from other planets which are called, aptly, sweety cakes. Midi percussion, with some cool keyboard flavors. Sweet dance with sweety kiss icing on top. No deep adventure here, simply a nice trip around some local orbs. Keith
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Lil Chris - Get Delirious 1970-01-01 00:59:59 "Turn it up, turn it up, turn it up!" Gladly. How else to celebrate humpday? Take a bunch of old songs and steal the musical themes from theme, mix "em up and you get a full fledged taste of several decades of memories coming together and sounding new enough to want to happily dance to with while Little Chris
shout out "Welcome to our generation!" Yes, welcome! And thanks for including and transforming the music of other generations in this welcome! Lil Chrishttp://www.eartaste.com
Cass Fox - Daddy Dear 1970-01-01 00:59:59 "I laid the table/I made the tea/for my brothers, my father and me" Well, anyone who prepares a meal in song has to be mentioned by eartaste. Not really, but this is some tasty music, with some really personal lyrics. A minute into the song father says, "You're a disgrace to yourself and your family" I'm not sticking up for the guy, but I was also a lousy father. I didn't use those exact words, but I was unkind to my children in many ways as they were attempting to outgrow the nest. "It's the devil who leads you/Guides and deceives you" Boy, does that type of abusive language hit home. There's just no real instruction book in child rearing, but hopefully the kind of honesty that Cass has will allow more fathers to look at themselves and bring more love to the table. I can't change my past of being unkind, but I can be honest with my children now, especially my son, and let them know and remember the harshness doesn't work short term, and hurts long term. N Read more:Daddy
Keith Urban - Your Company 1970-01-01 00:59:59 The bass introduces us to white soul supreme dairy queen delite. "If I could be anywhere with anyone, you know exactly where I'd be" No surprises lyrically, but the soul flavors make this a slice of fresh homemade pecan pie I want to hear over and over. "Under the covers waiting for the sun to rise/Your head on the pillow next to me" Hot players allowed to stretch make this warm pie go down smooth. Yum! KeithUrban
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Rodney Parker - Someplace Else 1970-01-01 00:59:59 "The music started late tonight and the songs about you again" Ah, wonderful chili rellenos for the ear. "No, I'm not feeling bad for you darling, that's why I wear this grin!" Poblanos con carne y queso y salsa picante! "You can cry someplace else tonight cause I don't want to hear your sad old songs!" A tequila sunrise shoutout for Just The Sounds. Just a slight twist of mango in that sunrise, please. RodneyParker
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Jim Noir - I Me You I'm Your 1970-01-01 00:59:59 "I'm confused/I've got words I'd like to use/but they've all been used before/so I'm going to use them all" Go ahead. You use your words while I swirl around my living room to your very cool tune and beach surf flavor of cotton candy at the boardwalk. I'm there with you, Jim. Thanks for the flavors! Jim Noirhttp://www.eartaste.com
Cord - Sea Of Trouble 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Acoustic guitar welcomes me into this deep dark sea. "We're in an awful mess with money, honey" The main problem here is "I can't buy all of the things you want from me" There's an easy answer to that problem (dump her), but who knows what pain lies deep in the heart of man? So, I'll deal with the next best thing and dance to this wonderful music while adding more honey to my white-leafed Darjeeling tea. "Everyday something else goes wrong, and things couldn't be more stressful" It's not great news, but honestly there are many people with this problem. At least the singer, while admitting the trouble, is asking to "see the storm through" Cordhttp://www.eartaste.com Read more:Trouble
Cass Fox - Save Me 1970-01-01 00:59:59 "As I sat all alone Saturday night/how I loved when I said I was out/I was sitting at home doing nothing/I don't know why" This is one of those take the Vanilla Bean Dryers out of the freezer and eat the whole box songs. With such a beautiful melody, it allows my body to sway as I eat spoonful after spoonful. "So I thought to myself what can I do?/Have a smoke, take a walk, think of you?/Read a book, watch an old movie or two?/But it's no fun without you" Amazing flavors. Cass Foxhttp://www.eartaste.com
Dionne Warwick & Celia Cruz - Do You Know The Way To San Jose / El Camino A San Jose 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Antojitas empañadas muy picante! Okay, this flavorful entry is an old tune, however it is included on the brand new album called My Friends & Me, so I feel great aural pleasures in revisiting this tune. This one can play over and over and keep my feet moving on the dance floor. Imagine some good guacamole with just a slight taste of habeñero. Yummy flavors. If you're working on an eartaste budget, I'd suggest skipping the new album & picking up the CD by Celia
Cruz. Heck, pick up a dozen cds by Celia if you like to dance! Dionne Warwick
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Matt Willis - Luxury 1970-01-01 00:59:59 "All I need is some luxury/yes, she looks a lot like you" Good old fashioned pop-rock with na-na-na's all over the place. Good feeling melody, with teen-angst bitter chocolate to add flavor. "I'm angry/They tell me" Obviously the narrator isn't convinced, heck he's having a great time, but he's aware that others feel he's "gotta social disease" Great fun, lotsa noise & energy. Shoutout goes to "From Myself Baby", which is the exact opposite flavor - guitar, tambourine type percussion & voice with a touch of violin synth softness - light creamy caramel wrapped with a thin layer of semi-sweet chocolate. Matt Willis
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Red Hot Chili Peppers - Snow (Hey Oh) 1970-01-01 00:59:59 "People need the cover of another perfect wonder where it's all white as snow" This pretty tune sounds a bit warm for a cold wintry snow, but all the better to keep me warm. Sitting here wrapped up with some mexican mint tea this warm tune makes a perfect evening. I've listened to the lyrics many times, and I finally decided I don't need to know what the heck the story is about - "Come to decide that the things that I tried were in my life just to get high on/When I sit alone, come get a little known" The voice is an instrument here that plays a melody worth savoring. Red HotChiliPeppers
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Plain White Ts - Figure It Out 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Keep the party at a high level today with this one. Philosophy all the way! "She says, I don't take her seriously/And I don't, so I guess I'd have to agree" Well, honesty is fun. "I didn't mean that/I really mean that". Typical male commitment. Time for a big juicy Texan Bacon Burger. The dancing is great, and this line is a perfect pop poetry line speaking of figuring out women: "I'll figure it out soon as I figure it out" Maybe a few beers later. Maybe not. This line is from shoutout cut, Friends Don't Let Friends Dial Drunk : "But I think you're impossible/I hope you prove me wrong" Love is grand on hump-day! "You only call me after you've had a few/You only want to hang out when you've got nothing to do" PlainWhite
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Arrested Development - Down & Dirty 1970-01-01 00:59:59 "I said clap your hands and stomp your feet/Get down and dirty to this AD beat" Perfect start for my hump day party! I can't help but get up and move to this tasty number. Plus, I like this little modern flavored tease: "If you want it now download the file" This table is laid out with every sort of appetizer imaginable - I especially like the little cheese puffy things. "Come on and just skip to the beat/Everybody just move your feet/Get on down to the funky beat" The very good news is the shoutout for another cut, How Far Is Heaven, which keeps the dance groove by AD going just a little longer with deeper sensations lyrically. "I'm a M.C. battling with melody envy/Cuz melodies the only thing that seems to sooth me" These two will always be played together on my radio. Arrested Development
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