Song of the Day - Satellites - September

Even an angel can end up falling
Don't you cry, because you're crawling
Start again, it's a beautiful morning
For satellites

The chorus is what makes this song so irresistable. It's so catchy and melodic, and the words are inspiring. It's all about being afraid of the unknown, taking chances and believing in yourself and your dreams. It's about being confident! It truly is a great song and just one listen will make you a fan...I promise!





Here are the wonderful lyrics to 'Satellites':

Even an angel can end up falling
Don't you cry, because you're crawling
Start again, it's a beautiful morning
For satellites

Well, they said it was time for changing
Rise and shine
Everybody's making it, but you
And they told you to trust your dreaming
But it's hard to believe a feeling
That you just don't know

Even an angel can end up falling
Don't you cry, because you're crawling
Start again, it's a beautiful morning
For satellites
Even an angel can end up falling
Don't you cry, because you're crawling
Start again, it's a beautiful morning
For satellites

You've been trying to walk on water
In the end everybody
Walked all over you
Now, you don't like the sight of mirrors
Cause you're scared that the face
You'll see, will look just like before

Even an angel can end up falling
Don't you cry, because you're crawling
Start again, it's a beautiful morning
For satellites
Even an angel can end up falling
Don't you cry, because you're crawling
Start again, it's a beautiful morning
For satellites

All I want is you
Let me take you back
Where you once belonged
All I want is you
It will be alright if you come along
You were never gone

Even an angel can end up falling
Don't you cry, because you're crawling
Start again, it's a beautiful morning
For satellites
Even an angel can end up falling
Don't you cry, because you're crawling
Start again, it's a beautiful morning
For satellites

Even an angel can end up falling
Don't you cry, because you're crawling
Start again, it's a beautiful morning
For satellites
Satellites


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Song of the Day - Hey Ya! - Outkast

Today's song is one of the funnest songs I know. Back in 2003, OutKast was at the top of their game with their hit double album, 'Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.' This was the first of three top ten hits off of the album for Andre 3000 and Antwan 'Big Boi' Patton, followed by the classis 'I Like the Way You Move' and 'Roses.'

'Hey Ya' is as fun to watch as it is to dance to, with multiple Andre's giving a Motown-style revue in front of hundreds of screaming girls. Check it out and
"shake it like a Polaroid picture!"




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R is for Rock and Roll

By now most of you already know that I'm a club queen (not really a queen!). That is, club/dance music is by far my thing and it's what I listen to the most. But I wasn't always that way. Back when I was in my teens I used to love rock and roll and every now and again I still enjoy a good old fashioned rock song. Since we're on the letter "R," I figured I'd take this opportunity to share a few of my favorite rock tunes,, you know, the kind that make you wanna move with hard rocking guitars and shout it out lyrics. Check it out...

R is for Rock n' Roll



Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Jet

This one is one rockin', good time fun!


Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl by Warner-Music



Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz



This one's got a great hook. Pure rock n roll!


Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way by hushhush112



Life is a Highway - Tom Cochrane




This one hit wonder is always fun to listen to...


Tom Cochrane - Life Is A Highway by EMI_Music



The Stroke - Billy Squier



Billy was "da man" back in the 80's...cute, too! This one was definitely one of his rockin' best!


Billy Squier - The Stroke by jpdc11



I Love Rock and Roll - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts



I couldn't do a post on Rock and roll without this one. Joan Jett is one of the rockingest chicks to ever hit the stage and this one's a classic! I used to have a big crush on her guitarist with the pouty lips....

I saw him dancin there by the record machine...


Joan Jett - I Love Rock And Roll by Dan_of_the_Land


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Double Dose Song of the Day - Stand Up/There But For the Grace of God Go I

Throw your hands in the air

Throw your hands in the air

Throw your hands in the air

Throw your hands in the air

This is one funky, fast moving, hip shaking song! The tune is an most excellent, updated version of another awesome tune from the disco era, a little funky ditty called 'There But for the Grace of God Go I.' The newer track samples the original's music, only faster and funkier and the words to the new version are completely different, whereas the original tells a story, this one's all about shaking it up on the dance floor.

I'm talking bout' bodies movin'
Non stop groovin'
Asses shakin', floors are breakin'...

Stand up put your hands to the sky!

When I was a deejay, I used to mix the two together, beginning with the earlier version, by a group called Machine, and then speeding it up even more with this one. Both songs are so good that I'm including both, as they are both deserving of a listen on this fine day. Be sure to check em both out!

*There is no original video for either song, but the 'Stand Up' track is a fun, homemade one by a fellow on YouTube called tonydivine. Machine's version is simply an audio, but the quality is good.










Here's the story of 'There But For the Grace of God Go I':

Carlos and Carmen Vidal just had a child
A lovely girl with a crooked smile
Now they gotta split 'cause the Bronx ain't fit
For a kid to grow up in
Let's find a place they say, somewhere far away
With no blacks, no Jews and no gays

There but for the grace of God, there go I
There but for the grace of God, there go I, I, I, I, I, I, I

Poppy and the family left the dirty streets
To find a quiet place overseas
And year after year the kid has to hear
The do's and don'ts and the dears
And when she's ten years old she digs that rock'n'roll
But Poppy bans it from the home

There but for the grace of God, there go I
There but for the grace of God, oh go I (could be me, could be you)
There but for the grace of God, oh go I, I, I, I, I, I, I

Baby, she turns out to be a natural freak
Getting rest and losing sleep
And when she's sweet sixteen, she packs her things and leaves
With a man she met on the street
Carmen starts to bawl, bangs her head to the wall
Too much love is worse than none at all

There but for the grace of God, there go I
There but for the grace of God, there go I
There but for the grace of God, oh go I
There but for the grace of God, oh go I, I, I, I, I, I, I

(Solo)

Carlos and Carmen Vidal just had a child
A lovely girl with a crooked smile
Now they gotta split 'cause the Bronx ain't fit
For a kid to grow up in
Let's find a place they say, somewhere far away
With no blacks, no Jews and no gays

There but for the grace of God, there go I
There but for the grace of God, oh go I, I, I, I, I, I, I.
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