Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Influences: SUPERGRASS

The vid's not that recent but if you haven't seen it, it's worth a click (and a great intro to Supergrass if you're not familiar).



I first heard them when Edmund's Crown was on the way home from a gig in Memphis. David, our drummer, was like "you would really like these guys," and popped in the CD In It For the Money. I liked it from the first listen but it didn't sink in until a few days later when I had a song in my head that I couldn't place (and knew I hadn't written-it was way too good). The song was It's Not Me (there isn't a bad track on that record, which is their sophomore).



Anyway, I quickly acquired entire SG catalog and would soon be gleefully referring to myself as a fan and the band as an influence.

Here's a clip from last years Diamond Hoo Ha:



Also of note:

Supergrass has more than a few websites out there. One that's maintained by the band themselves includes a tour diary , featuring random pics of shows, dressing rooms, and what they ate at the airport.

They were mentioned in the Foofighter's artist rider as being one of the few bands they would share a dressing room with (the others being Oasis and Led Zeppelin).

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

PETE-Lyrics: Fall Into Your Arms

Well I tried but I just can't go on
I've been counting the days you're gone
And I long for the night
When you come home and I
Fall into your arms
I fall into your arms

I've been trying to go it alone
But I'm sinking just like a stone
And I long for the night
When you come home and I
Fall into your arms
I fall into your arms


music & lyrics by Greg Pope ©2009

PETE-Lyrics: Help Yourself

I know you think without me you don't have a prayer
It's really not that I gave up on being there
I'll do anything you ask me to
But there are some things only you can do

Hear the bells?
(you're going to have to help yourself)
They're tolling for no one else
(you're going to have to help yourself)

The story that you're selling has another side
But no one ever could convince you otherwise
Tell it how it is and make it true
That's the one thing only you can do

Hear the bells?
(you're going to have to help yourself)
They're tolling for no one else
(you're going to have to help yourself)


music & lyrics by Greg Pope ©2009

PETE-Lyrics: How Do You Do It

How Do You Do It?
Everybody wants to know
However you do it
It really makes them love you so much

Your smile is everywhere I look
Your life is just like a story book
I thought they'd be tired of you by now
But you keep it burning bright somehow

How Do You Do It?
Everybody wants to know
However you do it
It really makes them love you so much

You're sweet but you're not exactly nice
I guess that's why everyone looks twice
They'll never know what's behind those eyes
And wondering keeps them mesmerized

How Do You Do It?
Everybody wants to know
However you do it
It really makes them love you so much


music & lyrics by Greg Pope ©2009

PETE-Lyrics: Roll With It

You've got to roll with it
You've got to roll with it
You've got to fake a smile
and just get on with it

You've got to roll with it
You've got to roll with it
Sometimes you have to play
the game a little bit

Baby we both know it
Yesterday is gone
You've gotta face the music
If you wanna move on
Things that you can't change
Are better left alone

You've got to roll with it
You've got to roll with it
You've got to fake a smile
and just get on with it

You've got to roll with it
You've got to roll with it
Sometimes you have to play
the game a little bit


music & lyrics by Greg Pope ©2009

PETE-Lyrics: Let It Roll Off

Well you're talking like you know
But you don't know up from down
You want us all to think
That you're someone who's been around
And you're so eat up with guilt
You've got to put somebody down

And I can't let it roll off
I can't let it roll off
I can't let it roll off no more

Well you're trying to make me laugh
but I haven't smiled yet
and if I open up my mouth
I might say something I'll regret
Yeah I guess it's hard to know
When things are better left unsaid

But I can't let it roll off
I can't let it roll off
I can't let it roll off no more


music & lyrics by Greg Pope ©2009

PETE-lyrics: Sleeping Dogs

I don't want to think
about you all the time
I want nothing more than
to get on with my life

Sleeping dogs
I know I should
let sleeping dogs lie
Let sleeping dogs lie

I lie awake
deciphering the past
It all comes to nothing
I fall asleep at last

Sleeping dogs
I know I should
let sleeping dogs lie
Let sleeping dogs lie




music & lyrics by Greg Pope ©2009