Qu Est Le Swimming Pool – Dance The Way I Feel (album: The Golden Year 2009)

This song is by the British Synthpop band Qu Est Le Swimming Pool. I like this song very much. I think it’s a great song. I got very upset when I heard that their lead singer Charles Haddon has committed suicide a few hours after their concert in Belgium on August 2010.

Charles has taken his own life a few hours after an unplanned stage dive went wrong and he accidently fell on top of one of his fans, He was completely distress since he feared that he had injured her badly. He thought she will never make it through and he couldn’t live with that thought. A few hours later he jumped into his own death. The girl had serious injury to one of her legs but she is fully recovered now. Sadly it was too late for Charles. Unfortunately this was the end of a young band’s career that could have been really successful. Check out this wonderful song...



Lyrics: Dance The Way I Feel Qu Est Le Swimming Pool



Info about the band: Wikipedia - Ou Est Le Swimming_Pool

David Bowie – Ashes to Ashes (album: Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) 1980)

This next song is by David Bowie. This is one of my favourite Bowie songs, the music is brilliant and it’s basically a continuation of the Major Tom story from his early 1969 song “Space Oddity”, if you thought Major Tom is about an astronaut lost in space then it’s actually about a drug addict, Bowie meant a different kind of space travelling. This is just an amazing idea of Bowie to create a sequel to his old and good song. Isn’t he a genius?!?

Speaking of ashes, when I was a teenager my friends and I used to play a game with the cigarette ashes. We called it “a whore cigarette” we would all sit in a circle and pass a cigarette from one another and whoever dropped the ashes would have to complete a stupid funny task that we all made up. It was funny because we made up stupid tasks like running around naked in the park or licking each other ears and all kind of really stupid teenager ideas. This game was similar to truth or dare just without the truth and a lot of dare. If someone would get naked we would throw his clothes on top of a tree so he would have to climb naked to get it. It was really fun playing that game. I don’t remember doing anything degrading, usually it was the boys that dropped the ashes a lot and had to cope with really silly tasks. Check out his wonderful ashes song…

Link to the song: Ashes to Ashes David Bowie



Lyrics: Ashes to Ashes Lyrics



What’s this song about?
Melancholic and introspective, "Ashes to Ashes" featured Bowie's reinterpretation of "a guy that's been in such an early song", namely Major Tom from his first hit in 1969, "Space Oddity". Described as "containing more messages per second" than any single released in 1980,instead of a hippie astronaut who casually slips the bonds of a crass and material world to journey beyond the stars, the song describes Major Tom as a "junkie, strung out in heaven's high, hitting an all-time low". This lyric was interpreted as a play on the title of Bowie's 1977 album Low, which charted his withdrawal inwards following his drug excesses in America a short time before, another reversal of Major Tom's original withdrawal 'outwards' or towards space.
Bowie himself said in an interview with NME shortly after the single's release, "It really is an ode to childhood, if you like, a popular nursery rhyme. It's about space men becoming junkies (laughs)." (Wikipedia – Ashes to Ashes)

David Bowie Official Website: David Bowie

Info about David Bowie: Wikipedia - David Bowie

Bowling for Soup – 1985 (album: A Hangover You Don't Deserve 1985)

This song is by Bowling for Soup. They have such a cool band name! I love this song very much; I sympathize with it very much!

I personally can’t keep up with the rapid technology changes, my Hubby on the other end is a technology freak he usually buys all the latest gadgets even before the company releases it. Once he gets the new gadget he knows exactly how to operate it. He has quite a talent for all technical things. I ‘m the complete opposite, I don’t really understand anything about all these gadgets even when he tries to explain it to me. It’s funny because even though I don’t know anything and I couldn’t tell the difference between a notebook and an IPad or whatever is out there, my Hubby always buys me the latest technology, he got me a new laptop a week ago and my previous laptop was only two years old and it was purple with beautiful flowers on it which he bought me right after I’ve spilled water on my other laptop and ruined it. He also bought me a pink nano IPod and then he got me my IPhon and he added a purple cover to it (I’m really into pink and purple cause I’m a girl!) then he got me an IPad which I don’t really use – he said that I can use it to read books but I don’t really see the point of reading a book without flipping the pages! So I just use it for my Sudoku puzzles. My hubby spoils me a lot with new gadgets. I personally prefer old simple stuff that it’s easy to operate. It’s quite a nightmare for me to get use to new technology every time and by the time that I do learn how to use my new gadget; my hubby buys me a new one!!! It is quite a tough dilemma for me. I do appreciate all his gifts but I feel bad about throwing out all the old stuff that I got from him. I guess this magic circle will never end. Anyway, I dedicate this song to my purple flower Dell notebook which I love very much and had  to replace it with a new red Lenovo ThinkPad which I got a week ago for our 10^th anniversary… check out this  song that was definitely written about me…

Link to the song: 1985 Bowling for Soup

Lyrics: 1985 Lyrics

What’s this song about?
Here is a nice comment from Songfacts:
This song is about a woman who is still living in the past, reliving her glory years when she was a teenager in 1985. She had big dreams, but now spends her time immersing herself in '80s pop culture.


Band’s Official Website: Bowling For Soup

Info about the song: Wikipedia - Bowling for Soup

Sting – If I Ever Lose My Faith in You (album: Ten Summoner's Tales 1993)

This song is by Sting. I love this song very much. The lyrics are so amazing! I remember watching the video clip back in 1993 and how amazed I was by this song. Such a great love song.
For me this song is just about the importance of love in your life and how everything starts and ends with love. You can lose your faith in everything else but if you lose your faith in love then you’ll be left with meaningless life.  Also the woman in the video clip looks exactly like my friend’s mum which I always thought it was  quite odd! Check out this wonderful love song...

Link to the song: If I Ever Lose My Faith in You Sting



Lyrics: If I Ever Lose My Faith In You Lyrics

Sting Official Web Site: Sting

Info about Sting: Wikipedia - Sting

Foo Fighters – The pretender (album: Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace 2007)

This song is by Foo Fighters. A band that was formed by Dave Grohl Nirvana’s Drummer. The guy plays the drums, Guitar and he sings. He is such a talented dude he could have formed a one man band if he wanted. This is such a masterpiece! The music in this song is just perfect!
My interpretation of the lyrics is that this song is about conniving politicians everywhere in the world and how we, simple citizens are kept in the dark with their lies and manipulative ways and we are constantly struggling while they are making money and gaining more power on our expense. I had to get it off my chest...feeling much better now! I hope you enjoy this song...

Link to the song: The Pretender Foo Fighters



Lyrics: The pretender Lyrics



What’s this song about?
In a 2007 interview with XFM, frontman Dave Grohl stopped short of explaining the meaning behind "The Pretender", but alluded its roots go to current political unrest. Grohl noted,
"That's the thing with lyrics, you never want to give away specifics, because it's nice for people to have their own idea or interpretation of the song. But, you know, everyone's been fucked over before and I think a lot of people feel fucked over right now and they're not getting what they were promised, and so something to do with that.”(Wikipedia – The Pretender)

Band’s Official Website: Foo Fighters

Info about the band: Wikipedia - Foo Fighters

The Beatles – While My Guitar Gently weeps (album: The Beatles 1968)

This next song is by The Beatles. I think everyone that loves rock had gone through their Beatles period, I sure did. This is definitely one of my favourite Beatles songs! The guitar sound in this song is quite amazing, it surely weeps! This song was written by George Harrison. When the Beatles first recorded this song in their studio , Harrison wasn’t happy with the guitar so he had decided to ask Eric Clapton to play the lead guitar in this song, that’s the reason behind the great solo in this song. It was nice to find out that Powderfinger covered this song in one of their live performances. I’ve added their version and Santana’s version as well. Absolutely amazing!

I think Harrison was trying to say that he expresses himself through his guitar. “I look at the world and I notice it’s turning while my guitar gently weeps”. My hubby is very passionate about his guitar; he plays it every night and I enjoy listening to him playing. The sounds that he creates are absolutely magnificent. He could have released thousands of albums by now. He composes beautiful songs on his guitar with no effort at all. He is also my private guitar teacher. He teaches me so many things. Sometimes we even jam together and it is probably the best feeling in the world, there is nothing more exciting than jamming with my hubby! Check out this old and wonderful song that talks about the greatest playing instrument...



Lyrics: My Guitar Gently Weeps Lyrics





What’s this song about?
Inspiration for the song came to Harrison when reading the I Ching, which, as he put it, "seemed to me to be based on the Eastern concept that everything is relative to everything else...opposed to the Western view that things are merely coincidental." Taking this idea of relativism to his parents’ home in northern England, Harrison committed to write a song based on the first words he saw upon opening a random book. Those words were “gently weeps”, and he immediately began the song (Wikipedia- While My Guitar Gently weeps)

Info about the band: Wikipedia - The Beatles

The Church – Under The Milky Way (album: Starfish 1988)

This song is by the Aussie alternative rock band The Church. I love

this song very much, calms me down every time I listen to it. What a great song! The bagpipes solo is just a brilliant idea and it makes this song even more special. Although this song talks about a music venue in Amsterdam there are some references to love and longing for someone “wish I knew what you were looking for, Might have known what you would find...”

Speaking of music venue, When my Hubby and I were dating he used to take me to a pub called “Animal Farm” that had live shows with a lot of famous people. It was such an amazing experience! We would have a few drinks and watch a good rock show. I’m not sure if this pub exists anymore it was many years ago. Anyway, check out this wonderful song...

Link to the song: Under The Milky Way The Church



Lyrics: Under The Milky Way Lyrics



What’s this song about?
Under the Milky Way" was written by the band's vocalist and bassist, Steve Kilbey, and his then-girlfriend Karin Jansson. According to a press release issued with Starfish, the song was written about an Amsterdam music and cultural venue called Melkweg (Dutch for "Milky Way"), which Kilbey used to visit frequent. (Wikipedia – Under The Milky Way).

Band’s Official Website: The Church

Info about the band: Wikipedia - The Church

Eskimo Joe – From the Sea (album: A Song Is a City 2004)

This song is by the Aussie rock band Eskimo Joe. They are pretty awesome. We’ve seen them perform in the first Live Earth concert in Sydney back in 2007. They were awesome! My hubby got us this album and I’ve enjoyed listening to it very much. This is one of their classics.

Speaking of the sea - I love it very much. I’m lucky enough to stare at the ocean everyday from my balcony, once in the morning when I wake up and again when I come home after work, If I'm lucky I get to watch a beautiful rainbow and when I wake up  early enough I watch  the sunrise. This weekend a friend came over to visit us from Sydney. We all went to the beach. When we got to the beach, we saw a crowd of people gathering around a guy that caught a brown snake. We decided to get away from the snake area and sit closer to the sea. While walking on the sand, we stepped on thousands of the bloody black beetles that covered all of Qld in the last couple of days. Even after all this terrifying encounter with all my biggest enemies (snakes and bugs – hate them with passion!) I’ve managed to enjoy a relaxing hour with my hubby and our friend by lying down next to the wonderful sea. Check out this beautiful sea song...

Link to the song: From The Sea Eskimo Joe


Lyrics: From The Sea Lyrics



What’s this song about?
Here is a quote from songmeaning website:
To quote the fantastic talented Kav (the singer/songwriter), It’s when you wake up... [and] you’ve just got the weight of the world on your shoulders. No matter what you do you’re looking at everything through a big foggy cloud."

Band’s Official Website:  Eskimo Joe 

Info about the band:  Wikipedia Eskimo Joe

Wolfmother – Dimension (album: Wolfmother 2006)

This song is by the Aussie band Wolfmother. The 2000 band that brings back the good old 1970’s Rock! I personally didn’t think today’s bands could create the same old sounds, that’s unbelievable! The band has been a little bit unstable since the bass guitar player and the drummer have left the band in 2008 however Andrew Stockdale the lead singer recruited new members to the band and released a new album in 2009. He has quite a unique voice so you can recognize him from miles. I assume that when they wrote this song they were referring to the time travelling experience through the sounds that they create...
When my friends and I discovered the good old 70’s music, we fell in love with the era. We started wearing bell bottom pants, cool 70’s necklaces, 70’s vests, flat brown leather shoes. There were markets and festivals that used to sell all kind of hippie style clothes and jewellery and since we were daredevil’s teenagers we used to shoplift from time to time. The adrenaline rush that comes from stealing was quite amazing. Of course we didn’t do it all the time, sometimes we spent money on things. I guess we did it because we really just wanted to have fun and we weren’t scared of anything or anyone. I miss the way we were 20 years ago...I have no idea what happened to that crazy child that was once part of me. Check out this wonderful song...

Link to the song: Dimension Wolfmother



Lyrics: Dimension Lyrics



What’s this song about?
Here are nice comments from Songfacts:
“In this song, Andrew Stockdale sings about being transported to “Another Dimension” meaning travel through time.”
“This song contains a few references to Jimi Hendrix. The Lyrics “Purple Haze was in the sky. See the angel’s wicked eye. All these things we must try. Until we see the reasons why,” are all taken from lyrical quotes of different Hendrix work.

Band’s Official Website: Wolfmother

Info about the band: Wikipedia - Wolfmother

Hilltop Hoods – Chase That Feeling (album: State of The Art 2009)

This song is by the Aussie Hip Hop group Hilltop Hoods. Usually I’m not into Hip Hop at all, why? Don’t know, I find it very boring. But I quite enjoy some of Hilltop songs.I think they are quite awesome and very talented, it sounds a bit different to the American Hip Hop and I like it! I have to say that the Aussie accent goes pretty well with the Hip Hop singing. This song is quite a combination of a good soul song and Hip Hop. It’s hard not to like it actually.

The only other Hip Hop song that I really liked was Pump up the Jam by Technotronic that was released in 1989, I was very young back then. It was such a stupid song with a cool rhythm. This song was played everywhere and they even came out with a stupid dance for it. Everybody knew the stupid dance moves ‘which involved a lot of leg quick leg movements. It was really spastic but everybody was doing it so I had to learn it as well. Thanks to my over practicing, I still remember the dance.  God, we were so pathetic back in the late 80’s and we actually thought that we were cool! Check out this cool song...

Link to the song: Chase That Feeling Hilltop Hoods



Lyrics: Chase That Feeling Lyrics



What’s this song about?
I couldn’t find an official quote from the band but here is a comment that cracked me up from song meaning website:
 “The song's message is one of their profound passion for music, specifically their music. Also they seem to touch on themes of how it is that music has positively effected them and their values compared to individuals who don't have music in their lives.

Or it might all just be an extended metaphor about hunting kangaroos. It's hard to tell.”

Band’s Official Website: Hilltop Hoods

Info about the band: Wikipedia - Hilltop Hoods