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William Control - Noir album review

William Control - Noir is a dark synth pop album with provocative themes on all of the songs. The concept of this album revolves around mainly sexuality. That is why the album is dark themed.


All Due Restraint explained the joys William got when he is caught up in bondage and being restrained by a dominatrix. The theme of bondage is used in this song.
 
William is lost a pound of flesh in suicidal dreams and drugged up on a city street in London. He awoke without a name in hell. He found Scylla and Charybdis. An empty train awaits and now he is headed northwest to the beautiful Manchester sunset. And now he is going home. But where is home?

His chest is tied as he is bound by ropes while in the underground world of Chelsea. This is where he feels love, finds life, and kills time. This is where his pessimism comes to die. Here you can trade your flesh for currency. All due restraint. Take a picture. Come with him to the other side. Come dance with him in the dead of night. You say you wanna live in the darkness. It's a long road to hell and back.


My Lady Dominate explains how William dominates his lady. A bit of male domination on female. She woke the dead. Her passion was painted in red. She taught us how to scream with eyes sewn shut and salt in our cuts. Our bodies made to bleed. Her wrists are tied. And she's so very grateful. You gotta live in a world so strange. William wants to live in a world so very fucking strange.

Thee lyrics bring out the pain.

Bring out the pain, will she oblige?
That willing hand, lay your body down
Bring out the pain, will you survive?
That willing hand, lay your body down

5/5*****!!

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Tuscadero - The Pink Album album review

Tuscadero - The Pink Album is album filled with love songs, fun, songs about leather, and provocative songs about raunchy sex. The band has a non-discreet fixation for leather and latex with songs such as Latex Dominatrix and Leather Idol.


Latex Dominatrix is about a dominatrix in latex.

Queen of the damned in black leather.The men all claim to love her. They pay her, obey her, and try to lay her. And pray someday to rise above her. To her there's nothing to it. Just get on all fours and do it. No pain or chains. Only power remains. And self-respect won't help you through it.

She's a latex dominatrix. Her rubber bras are made by Playtex. The men all hand over their paychecks to ride her down the road to safe sex. She makes the latex as sweet as honey. If she thinks about it, it's almost funny. She's in control of her hole. Not a woman on the dole. She's in it for the money. Just because she's for hire doesn't mean there's nothing to admire. No man can truly buy her.


Hollywood Handsome is about handsome man from Hollywood who dresses in flash expensive extravagant clothing. Talk about Hollywood handsome!

This handsome man from Hollywood is not so smart or clever. Nobody wants him for his mind. Not much upstairs but what a body. As for talent, well whatever. He is god's gift to womenkind because he gets all of the girls. He is so Hollywood handsome. He is a real peach. It's too bad he just can't keep his pants on. Better fuck him before he gets out of reach.

He always carries a mirror because he is a perfectionist who is finicky about appearance. He keeps a mirror on hand for a self-inspection. The only thing that he holds dear is the sight of his own reflection. Horny, sick, and depraved is what he is. Now when you see a man in Technicolor, you know there'll never be another.


Leather Idol is about leather worship and vinyl worship. Those who worship vinyl idols worship false idols. Vinyl idols worship false idols with gleaming leather sheaths. But it's only for want of leather. No strings attached unless you count the laces. Leather fits in all the right places. So leather up and wash down. Pinky and Leather are coming to town.

4/5****!

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Bardic - The Roadsmell After the Rain album review

Bardic - The Roadsmell After the Rain is an underrated Irish pop album from Ireland that has been slept on by many. There is a sense of Celtic beauty in Irish pop that cannot be captured in any other form or subgenre of pop music.


The Yearning Remains/Candlewalk how the British had a policy which was to withhold food from the Irish during the Irish famine in Ireland from 1845 to 1849. Back when there was British rule in Ireland.

Ireland was/is the land of green of grass and corn. The towns were so old and the people were poor. They were afraid of what would come.

The hunger spread although corn was there. The British shipped out corn along with other food and did not care. The Irish had no rights they could claim despite the Poor Law Amendment Act. Corn Laws were tariffs and other trade restrictions on imported food and corn enforced in the United Kingdom. Despair was everywhere. A land of hope was so far away for the Irish. Irish people dreamt of freedom and better days. Surviving is the game.

The morning came when Irish people did leave and left behind their families. The new world gave them jobs and food but could not change they dismal mood. Of course they missed their people, Ireland's green, the rivers, and the valleys.


William Taylor was a song about Royal Navy officer who was once a sailor. William Taylor is cover of a folk song the same name from 1792.

William Taylor was a brisk young sailor who was full of heart and full of play. He is at church about to be married to a youthful lady when 24 British sailors met him on the King's Highway. Royal Navy took him through an act of an impressment.

While he was going to his wedding, the Royal Navy accompanied him, and forced him to enlist into the Navy. That is what the lyrics, “To a youthful lady gay/Four and twenty British sailors/Met him on the King's Highway/As he went for to be married/Pressed he was and sent away” explain.

His bride-to-be dresses in sailor's clothing and she went on board as a man when she was really a woman crossdressing as a man. Her pretty little fingers were long and slender. They were smeared with pitch and tar. On the ship there was a battle. She did fight amongst the rest. The wind blew off her silver buttons and her breasts were bared all snowy white.

When the captain did discover she was really a woman and not a man, he said, “Fair maid, what brought you here?” She tells the captain, “Sir, I’m seeking William Taylor Pressed he was by you last year.” Then the captain tells her, “If you rise up in the morning early at the break of day, there you'll find young William Taylor talking with his lady gay.” She rose early in the morning early at the break of day. There she spied young William Taylor walking with his lady gay. She procured a pair of pistols on the ground where she stood. There she shot bold William Taylor and the lady at his right hand.

5/5*****!

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John Hiatt - Two Bit Monsters album review

John Hiatt - Two Bit Monsters is one of the strangest unique albums of 1980. The album has strange and unique song titles such as I Spy (For The F.B.I.) and Cop Party for example. However the album was average sounding for an 80s album and not a commercial success as the album was only a moderate success.


John plays the role of a secretive stalking agent for the FBI on I Spy (For The F.B.I.) in a discreet manner which seems creepy. The song is a goofy song which sheds light on the subject and concept of stalking.

John is a spy for the FBI. He’s got an x-ray camera hidden in her house that sees what he can't see. And that man she were kissing last night was definitely not John. These lyrics explain how John is abusing his role as an agent for the FBI by stalking a woman who he wants. “I got an x-ray camera hidden in your house/That sees what I can't see/And that man you were kissin' last night/Definitely was not me, oh baby” That explains his stalkers behavior.

You thought he didn't leave a clue because he was wearin' shades. John’s got his name. He knows his game. He's double-0 you know who, baby. He’s got the facts in the file so he doesn't have to guess. He took that agent's fingerprints off of her new red dress. John knows when she is out. He knows when she is in. He knows where she is going because he knows where she has been.


Pink Bedroom is a song about a pretentious uppity woman who is all about her beauty and looks with no regards to anything else. She could care less about everything else.

This pretentious uppity woman is all about her looks and beauty. Her wardrobe consists of a tube top, french heels, tight jeans, short-shorts, She’s got her eyes peeled and wears lip gloss on her lips. Her fingernails are painted with forbidden tones. This woman thinks all her boyfriends are so dumb. She drinks coca-cola with her valium. Her records all imports. She’s got the Seventeen magazine. She’s got it all in her pink bedroom. She got her good looks.

They say they got her future down at the desk and now they're drawing blood for the grownup test. Something crawls beneath her lily skin. And her doll is so relieved she's lost her innocence. She wants nervous youth on the telephone. He doesn't call her. She sticks another pin in her doll and puts him next to her stuffed animals.


Back To The War was a song about The Korean War when the United States fought in North Korea and South Korea from 1950 to 1953. Back at a time when people highly feared Communism.

These lyrics indicate that this song took place during the Korean War from 1950-1953. “And it keeps you on your toes, all these innocent gophers/Taking orders in their penny loafers/I could change my position/But you just never listen”

These lyrics shed light on how the United States uses private military defense manufacturing contractors for their armies. “And I consciously object to your weapons detector/Hedging bets in the private sector”

Most of these lyrics highlight the casualties of war. “Back to the war/That's what we're here for/Back to the war/Those bullets in the park/Those after dark rendezvous/Somebody has to bleed/As someone draws a bead on you” and “Bombs away, as they say/I'm not about to pay membership dues/I've got this dynamite/I know you're sitting tight, waiting for news/Well I'm lighting the fuse”

Lyrics such as these ones expose and explain how people have become normalized to war that it has become normal and they do not question war. They are blind to the harmful effects of war. “While you were on vacation/I was stationed at the line/You think we've normalized/Well I'm surprised you're so blind” and “As you traffic in the bucks of the recent reconstruction/This ain't no drill team I'm conducting/You can make your decision/Or watch it on television/But let's get back to the war/That's what we're here for”

Back to the war. That's what we're here for. Those bullets in the park. Those after dark rendezvous. Somebody has to bleed as someone draws a bead on you. All these innocent gophers taking orders in their penny loafers.


4/5****

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The Electro Swingers - Steampunk album review

The Electro Swingers - Steampunk is a swinging steampunk album where electro swing music meets the steampunk sound and the Roarin' 20's. Vintage sounds of the Victorian era and Edwardian era are used throughout the album. The album was inspired by 19th century music and industrial machinery as well as 20th century music. There are some original songs along with classic swing covers.


Tesla Is Knockin’ At My Door is an original song written and performed by The Electro Swingers which is not a cover. The song is about is a man knocking on a woman’s door. This woman is longing for salvation and company to keep her satisfied. No the song is not about Nikola Telsa despite the title.

This woman just had a sort of feeling this morning that something good was going to happen today. Now there comes a man without any warning. She just knows good luck is coming her way. Goodness gracious, can it be? Someone's coming back to her? Who's that knocking at her door?

It can't be the mailman, the pool man, or the ice man because they've all been here today. It can't be the grocer, the butcher, or the baker. They don't knock that way. If her sweetie's there, she’ll fly. Her arms and her door open wide. Who's that knocking at her door? She just knows good luck is coming her way without any warning.


Gaslight Romance takes places under a gaslight powered lamp that was manufactured sometime in the 19th century. Gaslight Romance is a 19th century steampunk song which meets the Roaring 20s swing jazz sound backed with electro swing.

These lyrics show how antiquated the song is. “You're the cream in my coffee/You're the salt in my stew/You will always be my necessity/I'll be lost without you”

5/5*****!!

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John Anderson - Tokyo, Oklahoma album review

John Anderson - Tokyo, Oklahoma is a unique country music album where Japanese music meets good old American country music. John Anderson keeps in touch with that traditionalist outlaw country sound on this album of his.


Tokyo, Oklahoma is a country music song where Japanese music meets good old American country music which is why you the Japanese accents. This song explains John’s person to person meeting with Miss Soo-Ling-Foo, who is a Japanese woman in Japan.

John Anderson calls the operator on the phone for an international collect call. He asks the operator for Miss Soo-Ling-Foo because he has an appointment for a person to person meeting with her. “Tokyo, Oklahoma is on the line. Is this Hiroshima seven-nine-eight-o-five? I have a person to person for Miss Soo-Ling-Foo. This is Tulsa, Oklahoma, ma'am, is that you?” The operator said, "I have your party waitin', sir. Tokyo's on the line in Tulsa, go ahead."

John started to smile when she said to him, "This is Soo-Ling-Foo, who's calling please?" John said to her, “This is Tok-San Ichiban, Soo-Ling-Foo. And your number one cowboy's missing you. Tokyo, Oklahoma is lonely tonight. Pretty geisha girl, you are on my mind. Dark clouds hangin' over Tulsa skies. Tokyo, Oklahoma is lonely tonight.” This pretty geisha is on John’s mind because dark clouds are hangin' over Tulsa skies and Tokyo, Oklahoma is lonely tonight. Her number one cowboy's misses her. They talked and talked on into the night.

He was on the early morning western red-eye flight with symptoms of fatigue due to turbulent weather. When he taxied into Tokyo International Airport’s terminal D-9, he stepped off of Pan-Am's flight 22. He kept on lookin' but he couldn't find Soo-Ling-Foo.

John was headed for the lounge the arrow pointed to when an oriental angel stepped out from the ladies room. That oriental angel was Soo-Ling-Foo. She wrapped her arms around him and she started to smile. When John said, "Pretty geisha girl, would you be my bride?" Soo-Ling-Foo said, "Tok-San Ichiban, Soo-Ling-Foo be honorable number one wife to you." Tokyo, Oklahoma is smiling tonight. Smell the cherry blossoms and hear the wedding bells chime. Soon they’ll be livin' on Tulsa time.


A Little Rock ‘n’ Roll (And Some Country Blues) uses a mixture of traditionalist country and Hill Country Blues with folk. John discusses how wild he was in his teenage years and how music was in his blood.

John went crazy at about age 15 with a hand full of talent and a head full of dreams. It all started with him pickin' on the front porch. Then girls started hanging around. But they didn't know that all he could do was perform a little rock 'n' roll and some country blues.

At around the age of 20, his father said, "Son, take some caution on the road that you're on. Get yourself a trade, boy. Something to fall back on." His father advices him to find a backup career/job as an alternative career/job in case his music career doesn’t take off as planned.

But music was in his blood running hot and true. It was a little rock 'n' roll and some country blues. He played the big time standing the morning in some small smokey bars full of heroes and lonely’s.He plead from the heart, Lord, and that all he would use was a little rock 'n' roll and some country blues. Sweet country blues, yeah.

John has had his share of pleasures and pain from the country back roads to fortune and fame as a musician. People ask him, "What keeps driving you on?" The answer is easy when you love what you do. It's a little rock 'n' roll and some country blues.


Willie’s Gone is a silly wiggly country song about a man named Scarface Dan who gets his revenge on Wille for sleeping with his woman Lily.

Long legged Lily and wild man Wille were gettin' it on. Lily said, "Willie, you better get up. I think the old man's comin' home." Willie heard a picking on the window and a knock on the door. He jumped in his pants before his feet hit the floor. Wille's gone out he door by this point before Scarface Dan arrives.

Scarface Dan is a number one he-man down at the Cadaboots if he ever catches Wille with his little honey bee. He'd turn Wille every which a-way expect a-loose. Wild man Wille has got to move on because he ain't got time to stay. He’s got to make some tracks.


I’ve Got Me A Woman is about the woman John has got. John expresses his gratitude of how grateful he is to have this woman by his side.

John has got himself a woman. She's a pretty good woman at that. They live with a monkey and a Chinese acrobat. She calls him Tex and makes him wear a cowboy hat. But he doesn't care because she's a pretty good woman at that.

John listens to her playing her slide trombone. She talks in tongues which turns John on. With a woman like that a man would need never roam.

Some folks get themselves to Heaven. Some folks stay in Tennessee. John doesn't care where he’s headed. Just as long as that woman stays with him. Nothing in the whole world makes him treat his woman mean. She trims his beard, keeps his tractor clean, cooks his food, and brings him green turnips. She's the best little woman John has seen.


It’s All Over Now is about the woman John loved that broke up with him and had went off to date another man.

John and her use to stay out all night long. She made him cry because she had done him wrong. That's no lie. The tables are turning, now it's her turn to cry because he used to love her. But it's all over now.

She used to run around with every man in town. She spent all his money. A-playin' a high-class game. She put John out. It was a pity how he cried. He used to wake up in the morning and get his breakfast in bed. When he had gotten worried, she would ease his aching head. But now she's here and there with every man in town. Still tryin' to take John for that same old clown he once was.

5/5*****!

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John Anderson - Countrified album review

John Anderson - Countrified is a “pure 100% country” country music album that any fan of country music should have in their collection. John Anderson keeps in touch with that traditionalist outlaw country sound on this album of his. This John Anderson album is a beautiful classic country album with wholesome love songs straight from the heart as well as songs about the hard times. You also have politically charged songs such as The Fightin’ Side Of Me and Yellow Creek.


John Anderson shows off his country roots with pride on Countrified. He describes and explains how deep down inside he is a countrified country boy who loves the rural countryside setting. But he still loves the urban city setting and lifestyle.

John like pretty lights and city nights. And pretty city women to hold him tight. But that won't change his viewpoints and opinions about the country side. He is proud to tell you that he is so countrified.

He’s into caviar and long shiny cars. Seeing the stars in the big city bars. But he take all these things in stride because deep down inside he is so countrified.

John loves his grits and greens. Country motels and those sweet Southern belles. John likes fried chicken like a country boy should. And every thing that's finger licking good. He likes to get loud and dance in a crowd. He likes to go out to places where jeans are allowed so he can feel his country side. He is proud to tell you that he is so countrified.


Yellow Creek described the dark chapter in American history that described the genocide of Native American Indians which was the Trail of Tears. The song touched on the subject of Indian removal in the United States also.

Those Yellow Creek waters bathed the sons and daughters of an Indian nation called the Cherokee in East Tennessee. Then came those pioneer settlers who drove the Cherokee Indians westward. Far from their home down on Yellow Creek.

Now it's many years later, John Anderson is living in the nature of this Indian paradise called Tennessee
Where he finds those broken arrows that flew like the sparrows. The sparrows that still fly down on Yellow Creek.

Those Yellow Creek waters certainly bathed the sons and daughters of an Indian nation called the Cherokee through the blood-stained years they walk the Trail of Tears. Crying for their home down on Yellow Creek when those pioneer settlers who drove the Cherokee Indians westward far from their home down on Yellow Creek.

Sometimes his wife and babies think he is going crazy whenever he talks about the things he sees and hears when they're asleep. Like those Indian children playing, singing, and saying, “This is their home down on Yellow Creek.”


The Fightin’ Side Of Me showcased how much of a patriotic American John Anderson is. This is one of the politically charged songs of the album. Whenever John hears people talking bad about his country called the United States, they're walking on the fighting side of John. That gets his fighting side riled up.

John hears people talking bad about the way they have to live here in this country called the United States. Harping on the wars in other countries the United States fights and griping about the way things ought to be. He doesn't mind people switching sides and standing up for things that they believe in. But when they're running down his country, they're walking on the fighting side of John. Fighting men have fought and died to keep the United States running. If you don't love it, leave it.

John had read about some squirrelly guy who claims that he just doesn't believe in fighting. And he wonders just how long the rest of us can count on being free. They love our milk and honey but they preach about some other way of living.

5/5*****!!

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John Anderson - Wild & Blue album review

John Anderson - Wild & Blue is a loud outlaw country album with wild songs and themes. These are songs on the album that use a bit of country swing such as Swingin’. Songs such as Honky Tonk used a bit of honky tonk.


There's a little girl in John’s neighborhood whose name is Charlotte Johnson who was lookin' really good. John had to go and see her. So he called her on the phone and walked on over to her house. He quickly falls in love with her. That is the plot line of Swingin’. Swingin’ is a country song that uses a bit of country swing.

There's a little girl in John’s neighborhood. Her name is Charlotte Johnson and she's really lookin' good. John had to go and see her. So he called her on the phone. He walked over to her house and this is what was happening at her house. Her brother was on the sofa eating chocolate pie. Her mama was in the kitchen cutting chicken up to fry. Her daddy was in the backyard rollin' up a garden hose. John was on the porch with Charlotte feelin' love down to his toes. And they were swingin'. John can't believe he’s out here on her front porch in this swing just swingin'.

 As for Little Charlotte, she's as pretty as the angels when they sing. She's the darlin' and the apple of his eye. And when he is on the swing with her, it makes him almost high. Charlotte is his lover and has been since the spring. He just can't believe their love started on her front porch in this swing.


Goin’ Down Hill explains how the girl John is dating has gotten him to be a nervous wreck and lose all ability to function properly. He spent all his money on her.

It all started at a corner table sipping on a Jack and Coke when the sun found them the next morning. They were acting like married folks. The weekend had weakened John and drained him of his will. The girl he is dating has got him going down hill. And he still can't get his fill of her. He spent all his money. He lost his respect for himself. She’s got him walkin' in circles. John is a nervous wreck.

He stays just one step ahead of a welfare dollar bill. John was voted most likely back in 1979 because he was headed right to the top. All he needed was time. But she put some lovin' on him. It was so unreal. He thinks about this girl from daylight to dawn. Just like a junkie hooked on dope. He is hooked on her thrill. Going down hill.


Disappearing Farmer told the story about the disappearing farmer which was really about the death of his grandfather. His dreams rode with that wind. The song explained how his grandfather didn’t sell out his land property to big corporations.

John remembers Grandpa standing over by the gate. His eyes turned up to heaven wondering why the rain was late. And it seems so sad to look back now and see him lying there in a $500 casket with the dirt still in his hand.

It's a sad truth when the wind can blow a man's whole away. Like it strips the topsoil from the ground where the corn grew yesterday. Makes him a disappearing farmer because his dreams rode with that wind. And all he knows is dominoes and some close old wrinkled friends.

Grandpa saw it coming. There ain't no doubt with the bankers on his doorstep and a cotton killing drought destroying his crops. But he was a kind gentle man until the bitter end. He was smiling on his deathbed, glad he hadn't sold out to them. Glad that he didn’t sell out his interest to big corporations. Now a modern two lane blacktop runs across the old home place.

The man that ran the graveyard didn't recognize John’s face. The ground beneath seems drier now. Pretty flowers are around his grandpa's grave. When will it rain?


A Honky Tonk Saturday Night explained his dancing encounter with a waitress at a bar.

It's a honky tonk Saturday night at a bar. John went to the jukebox and played some Merle Haggard. John and the waitress think Merle Haggard is out of sight. Then some folks got thirsty while John and the waitress were dancing on a honky tonk Saturday night. Halos and horns lock up on the dance floor. And that's not so wrong if you get it done right. Angels and devils shared the same tables that night.

It's not who is who, it's who will or who might. With luck she'll turn on before they turn out the lights on a honky tonk Saturday night. With luck he’ll take her home before they turn out the lights.

4/5****!!

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Matraca Berg - Lying to the Moon album review

Matraca Berg - Lying to the Moon has some of the greatest songs written by the best songwriter in country music of all time known as Matraca Berg. Words alone cannot explain how in-depth her lyrics in her songwriting really are. Every fan of country music should have this album.


Calico Plains was a coming of age song where Abilena would fly away in the month of September when she turned 17 after getting married. Abilena was friends with Matraca. The song explored the strength of their friendship. Maturity at a young age is what this song also dealt with.

Sweet Abilena looked out at the Midwestern sky. Sweet seventeen (age 17) with a far away look in her eyes. She said, "I feel like a bird in a cage. But come September I'm flying away." Matraca said "I'll miss you," then she made Abilena promise to write to her.

Since they were tall as the corn in the spring, they shared every secret and every dream. So anxious to grow in the new summer rain and bloom like a rose on the calico plains. How could she hear as they both laughed on that long summer night? The tiny heart of the baby she carried inside. Matraca stood beside Abilena when September came. Matraca watched her get married and then caught the bouquet while wearing those hand-me-down dresses she gave her.

Matraca stared at the patchwork over the fields from a seat by the window on wings made of steel on an airplane where young tears that once flowed like warm summer rain were turning to snow on the calico plains.

Sweet Abilena looks out at the Midwestern sky closer to 30 but farther away in her eyes. She holds her babies like she holds her dreams. Each night she kisses and rocks them to sleep while she reads the letters she makes Matraca promise to write.


Alice In The Looking Glass was the mid-20th century take on Alice Through The Looking Glass but without the crazy unique Alice In Wonderland themes. The song is about a woman named Alice who works at a hair salon.

At 9 o'clock each morning down on Charlotte Avenue, the bus driver stops and lets Alice off before the first shampoo. Alice started working there when she was just a girl. And now she mans the second chair at Thelma's Cut and Curl.

A trim is just $10 dollars and the conversation's free. She recreates the latest hair styles of 1963 with a lipstick-circled cigarette constantly aflame. She greets all her clientele by first and middle names. And even though that mirror paints a picture much too clear. She'll mix you up some magic and she'll dye away the years. They come and go so fast.

One time she was married, but now she lives alone. But there's a little ancient poodle waiting there for her at home. She'll tell you all about him like he was her only child and rubs her swollen ankles while she waits for you to dry. There's a picture on the mirror there of her at 17. The day that Thelma did her hair when she was football queen.


The Things You Left Undone discusses the things Matraca’s ex-boyfriend left behind and the void he left when he was there.

Matraca drove into town Saturday in the co-op where her the friends of her ex-boyfriend hang out She heard one of his friends saying, "What's she doing here?" Matraca held her head up high and swallowed her bitter tears.

Yesterday at the hardware store they said "I'm sorry, you don't have no credit anymore." Matraca walked out of there trying so hard to think of another way that she could fix the kitchen sink

She got into the truck and it wouldn't start. Is it any wonder that she is falling apart? Matraca is just another one of the things he left undone. She got home and went out to get the mail. Then she walked back down the driveway with another pile of bills. She needs a job. One more than she has. Last night she fell asleep looking through the wanted ads.

Matraca woke up this morning on the pillow he left She laughed a little crazy as she made up the bed. It's just another one of the things he left undone. She is still mending on this broken heart. It's just another one of the things he left undone.

5/5*****!!

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Matraca Berg - Lying to the Moon & Other Stories album review

Matraca Berg - Lying to the Moon & Other Stories has some of the greatest songs written by the best songwriter in country music of all time known as Matraca Berg. Words alone cannot explain how in-depth her lyrics in her songwriting really are. Every fan of country music should have this album.


Calico Plains was a coming of age song where Abilena would fly away in the month of September when she turned 17 after getting married. Abilena was friends with Matraca. The song explored the strength of their friendship. Maturity at a young age is what this song also dealt with.

Sweet Abilena looked out at the Midwestern sky. Sweet seventeen (age 17) with a far away look in her eyes. She said, "I feel like a bird in a cage. But come September I'm flying away." Matraca said "I'll miss you," then she made Abilena promise to write to her.

Since they were tall as the corn in the spring, they shared every secret and every dream. So anxious to grow in the new summer rain and bloom like a rose on the calico plains. How could she hear as they both laughed on that long summer night? The tiny heart of the baby she carried inside. Matraca stood beside Abilena when September came. Matraca watched her get married and then caught the bouquet while wearing those hand-me-down dresses she gave her.

Matraca stared at the patchwork over the fields from a seat by the window on wings made of steel on an airplane where young tears that once flowed like warm summer rain were turning to snow on the calico plains.

Sweet Abilena looks out at the Midwestern sky closer to 30 but farther away in her eyes. She holds her babies like she holds her dreams. Each night she kisses and rocks them to sleep while she reads the letters she makes Matraca promise to write.


Alice In The Looking Glass was the mid-20th century take on Alice Through The Looking Glass but without the crazy unique Alice In Wonderland themes. The song is about a woman named Alice who works at a hair salon.

At 9 o'clock each morning down on Charlotte Avenue, the bus driver stops and lets Alice off before the first shampoo. Alice started working there when she was just a girl. And now she mans the second chair at Thelma's Cut and Curl.

A trim is just $10 dollars and the conversation's free. She recreates the latest hair styles of 1963 with a lipstick-circled cigarette constantly aflame. She greets all her clientele by first and middle names. And even though that mirror paints a picture much too clear. She'll mix you up some magic and she'll dye away the years. They come and go so fast.

One time she was married, but now she lives alone. But there's a little ancient poodle waiting there for her at home. She'll tell you all about him like he was her only child and rubs her swollen ankles while she waits for you to dry. There's a picture on the mirror there of her at 17. The day that Thelma did her hair when she was football queen.


The Things You Left Undone discusses the things Matraca’s ex-boyfriend left behind and the void he left when he was there.

Matraca drove into town Saturday in the co-op where her the friends of her ex-boyfriend hang out She heard one of his friends saying, "What's she doing here?" Matraca held her head up high and swallowed her bitter tears.

Yesterday at the hardware store they said "I'm sorry, you don't have no credit anymore." Matraca walked out of there trying so hard to think of another way that she could fix the kitchen sink

She got into the truck and it wouldn't start. Is it any wonder that she is falling apart? Matraca is just another one of the things he left undone. She got home and went out to get the mail. Then she walked back down the driveway with another pile of bills. She needs a job. One more than she has. Last night she fell asleep looking through the wanted ads.

Matraca woke up this morning on the pillow he left She laughed a little crazy as she made up the bed. It's just another one of the things he left undone. She is still mending on this broken heart. It's just another one of the things he left undone.


Eat at Joe’s explained Matraca’s job as a waitress at a restaurant called Joe’s.

Matraca goes to work from 10:30 PM until 6 AM raking up those dimes and quarters. Slinging eggs and ham. Scrambled, poached, or over easy. Coffee black and strong. Where a jukebox of scratchy records plays all night long. Joe’s is never closed. That is what the lyrics “Eternal blue neon” indicate. Even when the world is asleep. Darling, come take a seat. You can always eat at Joe’s.

Here comes old Frank Taylor smelling like old gin His wife couldn't get him sober. It's up to Matraca again. She serves Frank Taylor a hot top on his coffee. Truck drivers and musicians with no place to go go to Joe’s.

5/5*****!!

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Lil Suzy - Love Can’t Wait album review

Lil Suzy - Love Can’t Wait was the album that catapulted Lil Suzy into the Latin freestyle limelight back in the early 90s. This album just screams 90s due to the production and design of course. This album uses elements of dance, pop, and Latin. 90% percent of the album is filled with innocent romantic love songs sung from a child’s perspective of what love is.


Children of the World searched for a solution to make the world a better place for children. Lil Suzy proved that children can change this world for the better with this song she sung. The song was a call for striving for unity.

Lil Suzy was born to this world not too long ago with millions of other children as you may know. Children all the same deep inside. Living in this world filled with pain. Don't you think it's time for a change? For the children of the world? Don't you think it's time for a change for the children of the world?

You might think children are too young to understand. Give children a chance and they will prove they can change this world for the better. Let's give it a try. The world must stick together if we are to survive.

We are the children of the world. The next generation. God's unique brand new creation. But why do children have to live this way when all they want do is go out and play? The children of the world are singing in harmony and striving for unity. Love will always shine. Let's get together now instead of hold it inside.


Sweet September Love was a song about a dream Lil Suzy had about a lover she had met in the autumn month of September.

Yesterday she had a dream a lover she had met in the autumn month of September. And now today Lil Suzy is longing to hold him. He was looking into her eyes. They were dancing so close. She could feel him. Now Lil Suzy wonders where he is because he suddenly and abruptly vanished in the night. Lil Suzy doesn't know if she is dreaming now. Lil Suzy wants and needs sweet September love.

They spent the summer in each other's arms. They had a love that no one could compare to. The season changed and he said goodbye. All she could do is just sit here alone and cry. She wants him closer to her heart. Lil Suzy is the one to blame. She should've never let him walk out the door.

5/5*****!

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Thin Lizzy - Randolph’s Tango single review

Thin Lizzy - Randolph’s Tango is one of the lesser known singles from Thin Lizzy which hardly ever got any recognition outside of Ireland. The Irish hard rock group never fails to impress or amaze.


Randolph’s Tango is about Randolph getting a chance to dance with a senorita. This senorita is pulling out all the stops get Randolph back again. She wants Randolph back. Randolph gets his romance back again.

The senorita took off her bobby socks. She said she's gonna wear a skirt that shocks. She's pulling out all the stops get her Randolph back again.

Meanwhile Randolph's back at the ranch. He's getting ready for tonight's song and dance. He's doesn't know he doesn't stand a chance. His last affair will be his last romance. The senorita will be there waiting. This senorita wants Randolph to slow tango with her underneath the Latin moonlight. They danced and seen a falling star in flight of the strum of guitars she held him tight. She wants her Randolph back again.

Meanwhile it's worthwhile for Randolph to wait until he gets the nerve. Then he won't hesitate. He doesn't know it but he's just bit the bait. He just asked if he could make a date. The senorita will be there waiting.

The senorita's heart is in love. She wearing white tonight and looks as pure as a dove. She's thanking God and all the heavenly stars above. Randolph's romance is back again.

Meanwhile Randolph smiles and says he'll give her ten. She doesn't come so he just counts again. And he's been there since he does not know when. He's thinks she's stood him up but in the end the senorita won't keep him waiting.


Broken Dreams is a pitiful hard rock song that deals with disappointment and heartbreak.

Have you ever had your dreams broken? It really messes up your heart. You want to stop right there and go right back to the start. You got to leave the town you're living in. It's a bad, bad feeling when all the things that you've worked for just don't seem to turn out right. Your dreams have been broken. You don't think you will ever be the same.

4/5****!!

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Master P - Goodbye to My Homies single review

Master P - Goodbye to My Homies single uses a balance of mourning and heavy lyricism. The single is a mixture of R&B and gangsta rap. Aspiring No Limit artist and basketball player Master P released another solid effort of a single. Lyricism is what contemporary rap is missing in. The single also contained an exclusive bonus track which was Homie Ride which was shown and advertised on the back cover. Homie Ride was an exclusive bonus track that could only be found on this single.


Goodbye to My Homies was a tribute to all his deceased friends, family members, and rappers. Master P sent out a message stop the violence with this song of his. Goodbye to My Homies was his humanitarian effort to stop black on black crime. This song was dedicated to Master P’s late brother Kevin Miller. This is for everybody that lost a relative in the street game.

Y'all need to smile for his ghetto heroes. So many homies gone by trying to ball until they fall. Now Master P is left with nothing but old cards and a bunch of pictures on the wall. How does he say goodbye to what he had? The good times that made them that outweighed the bad. It's so hard to say goodbye to his homies.

These lyrics were about Master P’s late brother Kevin Miller.

But I still can't believe that your dead fool, and how you got killed
And on your birthday me and my boys visit your grave
And I remember when you first got high
And the first time you got laid
And I'm going through a thing, Kevin nigga, what should I do
I never imagined living life without a nigga like you

Time is crazy. We shed so many ghetto tears. Every Sunday grandma goes to church. She said she gotta pray for her baby. Momma going through a thang but she gonna pull through. We got all the money but that don't mean shit. It's real out here. Death and funerals bring our families together. Life ain't promised us so tell somebody you love them. You'll never know when they'll be here tomorrow.


Homie Ride was an exclusive bonus track that could only be found on this single. Homie Ride was one of those songs were released as b-sides on singles in the 1990s. That happened frequently back then. No Limit was famous for putting exclusive bonus tracks that could only be found on only on certain versions of a single. Some No Limit fans might remember this song as the bonus track. This is one of those mournful rap songs with heavy lyricism. Homie Ride is about homies that will ride and die for you. And even mourn your death.

Master P made money from selling that cocaine. But times have changed because Master P changed his life but is still trapped in the game. He was a young thug nigga hustlin' full of Hennessy. The game wont change him but these streets made him. A No Limit Soldier who is still chased by the one time.

Imagine the pain. Would you accept C-Murder’s debt? Or would you hesitate on retaliation on his last breath? He won't rest until he sees a nigga dead in the concrete. C-Murder will be a TRU Soulja until he is buried. He leaves 'em worried. Gettin' high for his homies in the cemetery. The lyrics  “Gettin' high for his homies in the cemetery” make the song spooky and eerie. No Limit niggas be the realest. He went from ghettos to condos to shows with hoes. Tah bustin' at fools with nickle plated fo' fo's.


The Gambino Family wonders if their thug niggas will ride for them? Will they kill or die with them? Protect your own and live long. These streets is a trip. And if they die, they got some TRU niggas comin' with them. Their only wish is to see this niggas pain for this shit.

5/5*****!