APRIL FOOL'S DAY ---- JAM ON IT

"This is my world, and I am the World Leader Pretend
This is my life, and this is my time
I have been given the freedom to do as I see fit
It's high time I razed the walls that I've constructed"
REM - World Leader Pretend




It's FRIDAY. So lets just fuckin jam to some good old classics.


 Most of these are LIVE as that is the only way to go......ENJOY and TURN IT UP!!!!

and YES I have ADD so these are all over the map.....

First TWO videos are by the Police and to see the sheer awesomeness of Stewart Copeland drumming is a gift.  And both of these songs are from The Police's best album Zenyatta Mondatta.




The Police - Driven To Tears (Live 1980)


The Police - Man In A Suitcase (Live 1980)

Pixies - Cecilia Ann / Allison (Live 1990)

R.E.M. - Driver 8 / Carnival Of Sorts (Live 1984)
MY TWO FAVORITE R.E.M. songs back to back LIVE and both Buck and Mills rocking the Rickenbackers....YES!!!







Social Distortion - Bad Luck (Live in Orange County)


Drivin' N' Cryin' - Scarred But Smarter (Live)



Lemonheads - Great Big No (Live)



AND I will leave you with this.....having seen it LIVE and R.E.M. being one of my all time favorite bands.....THIS IS GENIUS.....

R.E.M. - World Leader Pretend (Live 1989)


TV Announcer: 
The following is a public service announcement. Excessive alcohol consumption can cause liver damage and cancer of the rectum.

Homer Simpson: Mmmmm... beer.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND

BONUS....I miss this band so much....

Living Colour - Glamour Boys (1988)

SMILE…The Other Side of Rock Part 1

This is a quick college rock version of the songs that make me grin….and again I know I am missing a bunch, I know I could post 20 R.E.M. songs and Pixies but these just jam and while many are familiar to you that is the point to make you enjoy some tunes while you prepare…….ENJOY

also I tossed in a couple of classics that to this day STILL move me….ex. Peter Murphy and the Sundays

Hoodoo Gurus

“I look in your eyes and it’s understood”



Pixies 
“keeps a smile around a while
he took no fright and jettisoned
we’ll go tonight to hear him tell
‘oh well’”

Psychedelic Furs 
“In the bedroom down the hall
your secrets sleep
it is always late at night
won’t you stay?
why don’t you stay?”

R.E.M…..STILL my favorite song by them…..
“Trust in your calling, make sure your calling’s true
Think of others, the others think of you
Silly rule golden words make, practice, practice makes perfect,
Perfect is a fault, and fault lines change”

The Charlatans UK 

“The only one I know, never cries, never open her eyes
The only one I know, wide awake and then she’s away
The only one I see, is mine when she walks down our street
The only one I see, has carved her way in to me”

BONUS: R.EM….arguably my 2nd favorite song and best version of this!!!

“I sit at my table and wage war on myself
It seems like it’s all, it’s all for nothing
I know the barricades, and
I know the mortar in the wall breaks
I recognize the weapons, I used them well”

Peter Murphy
“You know the way it twists and turns
Changing colour, Spinning yarns
You know the way it leaves you dry
It cuts you up and takes you high”


Lemonheads 
“Waiting for something to break
Left my heart out to bake
Nothing there in my glass
Wasn’t never made to last
Hope in my past”

BONUS:  Pixies 
“keeping low doesn’t make no sense
sometimes people can be oh so dense
they didn’t want it but he built it anyway”

Hope you enjoyed the quickie ….feel free to add comments….I wanted to add more but I am busy….
Stay safe NOLA

Hurricane Isaac…..You can recover from this one