Show Notes
This week we're back to the interesting stuff: awesome guests talking about their favorite songs. And, to start us back, a song (and a band) that I did not even know existed. But that's exactly what special guest, Chris Hornbostel, brings to the table with "Last Day That We're Young" by Game Theory.
So, get ahead of the cool kid curve by purchasing "Last Day That We're Young" on iTunes, Amazon Music, or Google Play.
No video, but it looks like the music man was good enough to provide a legit version on YouTube:
And for those of your lyrics-readers (and you REALLY need to read these lyrics):
"Last Day That We're Young"
Adds up a shame to leave it so unresolved Shakes all the sheathing loose from the wire Time's going to be a luxury now in the responsibility empire So give me some false hope I can take seriously Set me some road blocks I can't break through And watch what I'll risk to get what I want I think too much I always do
No changing your side No thinking it's time to start things over No favors denied No, not on the last day that we're young
Hang up the faces, Lon Chaney, your day's gone 'Cause each one is one less chance you can win No one can get behind what they all say And so you lose before you begin
What was it we were always wanting? Didn't we know we had it all? Show me some tear-eyed beauty that disappears Every time I might happen along Opalesque, eye-lined, owning the day When it comes I'll have been proven wrong
No changing your side No thinking it's time to start things over No favors denied No, not on the last day that we're young
No changing your side No thinking it's time to start things over No favors denied No, not on the last day that we're young
What was it we were always wanting? Didn't we know we had it all?
So listen, watch, read, and come back on Wednesday to join in the discussion.
More from They're Playing Our Song
Special guest, Diana Parry-Cruwys, finally gets another chance to pick a song of her very own with this week's "To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High) by alt-country, prolific rocker, Ryan Adams. Not the guy who sang "Summer of '69". We discuss how unlike My Bloody Valentine this song is, how hard it is to pick just one song when you write an album a year, how drugs are bad. Stay in school kids.
Even though she's been our special guest more than anyone else, poor Diana Parry-Cruwys has only gotten to pick one song all on her own. Well, we're making up for it by talking about Ryan Adams' "To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High)" this week. Diana then fell asleep before we could record and I forgot to post the preview blurb...so we're going to be a little late this week. Please don't think this reflect poorly on how much I appreciate my wife's taste in music.
A return visit from Jack Every to the TPOS studio gets us bringing the funk. Noise may be brought as well. Regardless, we spend a pleasant time talking about the amazing Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings' "I Learned the Hard Way". What makes this modern take on the Motown sound so cool? And does anybody know how to make a hang-up click on a cell phone? We're plumbing unknown genres this week, folks! Also, a rare TV recommendation unrelated to music but correlated with deliciousness.
Returning guest and math teacher extrordinaire, Jack Every, returns to ensure the unrepresented genre of Motown gets its due by talking with us about Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings "I Learned the Hard Way", a song I had never heard of before last week. Which is reason enough to listen in.
After comparing our local classic rock stations (RIP, radio), super-guest and music encyclopedia, Chris Hornbostel, and I get into the deep talk about The Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter". Buy why is it an amazing song? Not just because it captures the turmoil of the 60's, not just because it's a secretly scary song, not just because of Keith Richards blusey, jazzy guitar, not just because of Mick Jagger's excellent lyrics, not just because of Merry Clayton's virtuouso performance, not just because of Charlie Watts' perfect snare beats, but...well, listen to the episode to find out. Let's celebrate the end of the peace and love era together, shall we?