Monday, July 19, 2010

cover #12: firestarter

song: firestarter
cover band: gene simmons
original: prodigy

comments: i'm pretty sure in any situation where gene simmons /= irony, he = hilarity. (there, THAT'S my function)



first song is cover, second is original.

where can you get it?
prodigy - firestarter
gene simmons - firestarter

lyrics: i'm the trouble starter
punking instigator
i'm the fear addicted
danger illustrated

i'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter
you're the firestarter, twisted firestarter
i'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter

i'm the bitch you hated
filth infatuated
i'm the pain you tasted
well intoxicated

i'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter
you're the firestarter, twisted firestarter

i'm the self inflicted
mind detonator
i'm the one infected
twisted animator

i'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter
you're the firestarter, twisted firestarter
i'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

cover #11: bullet with butterfly wings

song: bullet with butterfly wings
cover band: frida snell
original: smashing pumpkins

comment: there are songs out there that i call 'songs for the rain'. they don't necessarily have to have tinkly pianos, but there is just some underlying... iunno. it's hard to explain, ryan adams' "everybody knows" and massive attack's "teardrop" are songs for the rain. so's this one.



first song is cover, second is original.

where can you get it?
smashing pumpkins - bullet with butterfly wings
unfortunately, amazon doesn't have frida snell's lovely version of bullet with butterfly wings. your only hope is to search the internet.

lyrics: the world is a vampire
sent to drain
secret destroyers
hold you up to the flames
and what do i get
for my pain?
betrayed desires
and a piece of the game

even though i know
i suppose i'll show
all my cool and cold
like old job

despite all my rage
i am still just a rat in a cage
despite all my rage
i am still just a rat in a cage
then someone will say
what is lost can never be saved
despite all my rage
i am still just a rat in a cage

now i'm naked
nothing but an animal
but can you fake it
for just one more show?
and what do you want?
i want to change
and what have you got
when you feel the same?

even though i know
i suppose i'll show
all my cool and cold
like old job

despite all my rage
i am still just a rat in a cage
despite all my rage
i am still just a rat in a cage
then someone will say
what is lost can never be saved
despite all my rage
i am still just a rat in a cage

tell me i'm the only one
tell me there's no other one
jesus was the only son, yeah
tell me i'm the chosen one
jesus was the only son for you


despite all my rage
i am still just a rat in a
despite all my rage
i am still just a rat in a
despite all my rage
i am still just a rat in a
despite all my rage
i am still just a rat in a cage
despite all my rage
i am still just a rat in a cage

Thursday, July 8, 2010

cover #10: get ur freak on

song: get ur freak on
cover band: the eels
original: missy elliot

comment: dude, WTF is up with the lyrics for hip hop and rap songs? i just... this shit is hard to put out, ok? i applaud those on the internet who have done it for me, because this is strictly a cut-and-paste situation.



first song is cover, second is original.

where can you get it?
the eels - get ur freak on
missy elliott - get ur freak on

lyrics: hit me, hit me
gimme some new shit
gimme some new shit
gimme some new shit
gimme some new shit

missy be puttin' it down
i'm the hottest round
i'll told y'all mutha (skurt)
y'all can stop me now
listen to me now
i'm lastin' twenty rounds
and if you want me (people)
then come and get me now (bounce)
is you with me now (bounce)
the biggie biggie bounce (bounce)
i know you dig the way i sw-sw-switched ma style (holla)
people sing around
now people gather round
now people jump around

getcho freak on (go)
getcho freak on (go)
getcho freak on (go)
getcho freak on (go)
getcho freak on (go)
getcho freak on (go)
getcha getcha getcha getcha getcha freak on

getcho freak on (go)
getcho freak on (go)
getcho freak on (go)
getcho freak on (go)
getcho freak on (go)
getcho freak on (go)
getcha getcha getcha getcha getcha freak on

(is that yo chick)
people you know
me and timbaland been hot since twenty years ago
what da dilly yo
now what da drilly yo
if you wanna battle me then (people)
lemme know (holla)
got the feeling son
lemme throw you some
people here i come
now sweat me when i'm done
we got the radio shook like we got a gun

getcho freak on (go)
getcho freak on (go)
getcho freak on (go)
getcho freak on (go)
getcho freak on (go)
getcho freak on (go)
getcha getcha getcha getcha getcha freak on

getcho freak on (go)
getcho freak on (go)
getcho freak on (go)
getcho freak on (go)
getcho freak on (go)
getcho freak on (go)
getcha getcha getcha getcha getcha freak on

quiet
shh, hush yo mouth
silence when i
spit it out
in yo face
open yo mouth
give you a taste (holla)
ain't no stoppin' me
copywritten so don't copy me
y'all do it sloppily
and y'all cant come close to me (yes)
i know you feel me now (yes)
i know you hear me loud (yes)
i scream it loud and proud (yes)
missy gon' blow it down (yes)
people gon' play me now (yes)
in and outta town (yes)
cuz i'm the best around (yes)
with the crazy style (go)

getcho freak on (go)
getcho freak on (go)
getcho freak on (go)
getcho freak on (go)
getcho freak on (go)
getcho freak on (go)
getcha getcha getcha getcha getcha freak on

getcho freak on (go)
getcho freak on (go)
getcho freak on (go)
getcho freak on (go)
getcho freak on (go)
getcho freak on (go)
getcha getcha getcha getcha getcha freak on