I see a line of cars and they’re all painted black, With flowers and my love, both never to come back
“Paint It, Black” is a song by The Rolling Stones, released as a single on May 7, 1966 and later included on their fourth studio album, “Aftermath.” The song is notable for its distinctive sitar riff played by Brian Jones, which gives it a unique and Eastern-inspired sound. “Paint It, Black” was released as a single in May 1966 and quickly climbed the charts. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US and the UK Singles Chart.
Brilliant, clever, or that I just enjoy hearing over and over.
As I’ve listened to songs, over the years, I always have found certain lines that just make the song for me. This is the first post that showcases some of those phrases that I thought were brilliant, clever, or that I just enjoy hearing over and over.
Knife Edge is a track from the debut Emerson, Lake & Palmer LP. The words added by Greg Lake deal with madness and desperation.
La Grange, by ZZ Top, was on their 1973 album Tres Hombres and reached number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was written by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard. Here it is covered by “that little ole band from Peanuts”, Charlie Brown (Guitar and Vocals), Snoopy (Bass) and Pig-Pen (Drums).
Don we now our day of peril
A mondegreen is simply the mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase in a way that gives it a new meaning. Sylvia Wright coined the term in 1954, writing that as a girl she had misheard the lyric “laid him on the green”
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The King is Half-Undressed was the first song I heard by this incredible band, Jellyfish. This was the video I saw and knew I was going to like. None of their music ever disappointed!
“Baby, Now That I Found You” was written by Tony Macaulay and John MacLeod and released, as their debut, by The Foundations in 1967. It hit #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 in the UK.
But don’t ask me what I think of you,
I might not give the answer that you want me to
“Oh Well” is the 1969 Peter Green-written song for Fleetwood Mac. In the UK the single reached #2 and in the US, while only making it to #55, it was Fleetwood Mac’s first song on the Hot 100.
The Word was written by Lennon and McCartney and was released on December the 3rd, 1965 on their Rubber Soul LP.
Summertime Blues was wriiten by Eddie Cochran and his manager Jerry Capehart. It was released in 1958 and peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.
