Garbage - Why Do You Love MeI’m no Barbie dollI’m not your baby girlI’ve done ugly thingsAnd I have made mistakesAnd I am not as pretty as those girls in magazinesI am rotten to my core if they’re to be believedSo what if I’m no baby bird hanging upon your every wordNot...
And so that was one way of dealing with it for me, was, you know, writing lyrics about, you feel like you're going crazy, but you ride it out, and you're not." Green Day, "Basket Case"As for that song title, Armstrong later revealed, "I think that 'Basket Case,' the title...
And so that was one way of dealing with it for me, was, you know, writing lyrics about, you feel like you're going crazy, but you ride it out, and you're not." Green Day, "Basket Case" As for that song title, Armstrong later revealed, "I think that 'Basket Case,' the title...
having secretly paid for new maps of its petroleum geology to be drawn as early as 1998. Cheney also knew, fretting publicly about global oil depletion at a speech in London the following year, where he noted that “the Middle East with two thirds of the world’s oil and lowest...
Originally, it was going to be an instrumental record. When I mentioned to Mike McDonald that I was doing a solo project, he said, “Well, you know, if you want me to do something on it, I’d love to.” I thought, “Yeah, why not?” The idea was, okay, you’ll write with...
Did you know that Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong initially wrote love song lyrics for what would eventually become "Basket Case"? Luckily for him and us he eventually decided to keep the music but go a different direction with the song. During a recent appearance on the Song Exploder podc...
Did you know thatGreen Day'sBillie Joe Armstronginitially wrote love song lyrics for what would eventually become "Basket Case"? Luckily for him and us he eventually decided to keep the music but go a different direction with the song. ...
you're not going to let him do that. And now they wonder why there's more home runs than ever. Let the pitcher do what he's doing, let the pitcher take his time. Now these guys are in the box all the time, the pitcher can't take as many time outs as he wants to, the batt...
Album opener "My Name is Jonas" speaks of a common crisis Cuomo was inspired to put to paper: Cuomo’s brother was dealing with insurance challenges after enduring a serious car crash. Knowing Cuomo’s MO, the song's lyrics resonate more deeply: "Tell me what to do/Now the tank is dr...
their BBC performances. And soon after they announced their breakup, they released a career-spanning compilation calledPart Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011. The nostalgia R.E.M. eschewed when they were together was given acceptable outlets once they were no longer a band...