May 31, 2024

May 31, 2024

Song #113

Skyfall by Adele

It was released on October 5, 2012

Fun Fact: “Skyfall” is the theme song for the twenty-third James Bond film of the same name. In 2013, “Skyfall” won “Best Original Song” at the 70th Golden Globes and then Best Original Song at the 85th Academy Awards. A year later, it won “Best Song Written for Visual Media” at the 56th Grammy Awards.

June 6, 2024

Song #119

Karma by AJR

It was released on April 26, 2019

Fun Fact: I had a really tough year last year (2018), I think it was with all the success of The Click. I was a little bit blind-sided by it because we went so long without success and The Click went, and the touring was in the thousands, it’s like: “Oh my god, this is a lot of work, I’m really not used to this. I’m in France? When did I get here?” It kind of just hit me and I started having a bad year from there. My entire mindset was “I’m doing everything right, why am I not feeling better? I’ve been so good, I gave this homeless guy a dollar, please reward me for that.” I wrote “I’ve been so good / I’ve been helpful and friendly…” Then I was like okay, that’s a song for sure. -Jack Met(AJR’s vocalist), on the Zach Sang Show

June 11, 2024

Song #124

Turbo Lover by Judas Priest

It was released in their album Turbo in 1986

Fun fact: Singer Rob Halford said, "I just liked the analogy of the motorcycle as a euphemism for love. And 'I'm your turbo lover, Tell me there's no other.' It's got kind of a sexual undertone to it – which is fine. It's been done many times in rock n' roll: to use a machine, car, or motorcycle. It's just a fun bit of escapism more than anything else."

May 28, 2024

Song #110

Anarchy In The UK by the Sex Pistol

It was released in 1977 in their album Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols

Fun fact: this song was the only Sex Pistols recording released by EMI, and it reached number 38 on the UK Singles Chart before EMI dropped the group on 6 January 1977, a month after members of the band used profanity during a live television broadcast. 

May 24, 2024

Song #106

Flick Of The Wrist by Queen

It was released in 1974 in their album Sheer Heart Attack

Fun fact: Freddie Mercury explained that the unpleasant character in the song was not based on anyone in particular: "I wrote it as a sort of tongue-in-cheek story about the con-men and rip-off artists we're always running into. Our manager would like to think it's about him, but it's not."

June 7, 2024

Song #120

I’m Still Standing by Elton John

It was released in 1983 in his album Too Low For Zero

Fun Fact: Although "I'm Still Standing" is often seen as a statement of John's resilience, Taupin wrote the lyrics with a specific person in mind.

“It's perhaps one more example of the original idea being interpreted by everyone into something quite different. I think people see it as an anthem based on Elton's strong sense of survival in the face of adversity. Which, believe me, is perfectly fine by me. In fact, it's probably infinitely more interesting, perhaps, than what it was initially written about. Which, if my memory serves me correctly, it was a sort of kiss off to an old girlfriend. You know the sort of thing, 'Don't you worry about me, I'll be perfectly fine.' Unlike George Jones' 'She Thinks I Still Care,' where, in fact, he really did, I really didn't."