Nicholas Bruner
Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Young Adult Author
Tag: music
Place Names in Rock Lyrics: Mess Around
For this feature we’ve previously done Sweet Little Sixteen, Dancing in the Streets, Night Train, Rock’n Me, Pop Muzik, Girls, Girls, Girls, Fire Down Below, Truckin’, and Everywhere That I’m Not. Today’s song is Mess Around by Cage the Elephant. I had this on the radio the other day and noticed it… Continue Reading “Place Names in Rock Lyrics: Mess Around”
Place Names in Rock Lyrics: Everywhere That I’m Not
For this feature we’ve previously done Sweet Little Sixteen, Dancing in the Streets, Night Train, Rock’n Me, Pop Muzik, Girls, Girls, Girls, Fire Down Below, and Truckin’. Tonight’s song is a fairly obscure New Wave song from 1982 by the San Francisco band Translator. According to Wikipedia, this song was a… Continue Reading “Place Names in Rock Lyrics: Everywhere That I’m Not”
Place Names in Rock Lyrics: Truckin’
For this feature we’ve previously done Sweet Little Sixteen, Dancing in the Streets, Night Train, Rock’n Me, Pop Muzik, Girls, Girls, Girls, and Fire Down Below. Tonight’s song is Truckin’ by the Grateful Dead. It was released in 1970 and only reached 64 on the US charts, though its a… Continue Reading “Place Names in Rock Lyrics: Truckin’”
Place Names in Rock Lyrics: Fire Down Below
For this feature we’ve previously done Sweet Little Sixteen, Dancing in the Streets, Night Train, Rock’n Me, Pop Muzik, and Girls, Girls, Girls. Tonight, let’s do Fire Down Below, a song by Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band. It was released as a single in 1977 but didn’t… Continue Reading “Place Names in Rock Lyrics: Fire Down Below”
Place Names in Rock Lyrics: Girls, Girls, Girls
We’ve previously done Sweet Little Sixteen, Dancing in the Streets, Night Train, Rock’n Me, and Pop Muzik, so tonight let’s get classy and do some Motley Crue! The song is Girls, Girls, Girls and was a biggish hit for the Crue in 1987. It’s basically a tour of… Continue Reading “Place Names in Rock Lyrics: Girls, Girls, Girls”
Place Names in Rock Lyrics: Pop Muzik
We’ve previously done Sweet Little Sixteen, Dancing in the Streets, Night Train, and Rock’n Me, so tonight let’s add M’s Pop Muzik. This was an international number one hit in late 1979 for English band M, basically consisting of singer Robin Scott and studio musicians. The song… Continue Reading “Place Names in Rock Lyrics: Pop Muzik”
Place Names in Rock Lyrics: Rock’n Me
In this feature, we’ve previously done Sweet Little Sixteen, Dancing in the Streets, and Night Train. Tonight, as promised, we’ll balance out the East Coast-centric Night Train with a song with lots of West Coast cities. The song is Rock’n Me, released in 1976 by the… Continue Reading “Place Names in Rock Lyrics: Rock’n Me”
Place Names in Rock Lyrics: Night Train
In this feature, we’ve previously done Sweet Little Sixteen and Dancing in the Streets. Now let’s add Night Train. It’s a very East Coast-centric song, basically consisting of James Brown shouting out the stops the Night Train is taking. (Next week, to make up for that,… Continue Reading “Place Names in Rock Lyrics: Night Train”
