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U.D.O.
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['german heavy metal', 'german metal', 'hard rock', 'metal', 'power metal']
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if god would be a liar he would be just like us we think he knows of madness who says he s got to be real we can t wait another day where do we go from here a sin is not the only way but that s how it seems to be we are timebombs cold killing machines we are timebombs cold killing machines the world is spitting fire on sun and moon and stars it can t be our desire writing the rules on the wall we can t wait another day where do we go from here a sin is not the only way but that s how it seems to be we are timebombs cold killing machines we are timebombs cold killing machines we are timebombs cold killing machines we are timebombs cold killing machines we can t wait another day where do we go from here a sin is not the only way but that s how it seems to be we are timebombs cold killing machines we are timebombs cold killing machines we are timebombs cold killing machines we are timebombs cold killing machines
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Courage
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['Unknown genre']
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looking for a reason why i can t be anyone yearning for the moment where my soul won t go insane guess you know what it feels like to melt away like summer rain waking for the moment but it s just another day i was wild at heart i feel so fearless the way i used to dream about the things i don t need i was so high my cheeks were tearless the way i used to ride ride ride ride ride ride curtains in my room but i won t see anymore the rumors still travel faster than a hurricane so not true on my own fading like a picture i was wild at heart i feel so fearless the way i used to dream about the things i need i was so high my cheeks were tearless the way i used to ride ride ride i ve wondered i ve waited breaking and praying breaking and falling apart i wonder i m waiting and i keep craving let me be wild at heart i ve wondered i ve waited breaking and praying breaking and falling apart i wonder i m waiting and i keep craving i was wild at heart i feel so fearless the way i used to dream about the things i don t need i was so high my cheeks were tearless the way i used to ride ride ride ride ride ride wild at heart i feel so fearless the way i used to dream about the things i don t need i was so high my cheeks were tearless i used to be wild wild wild
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Nothingface
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['alternative metal', 'groove metal', 'industrial metal', 'nu metal', 'rap rock']
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i tried to tell you there s something dead in me love lies in moments still i cannot grasp one fragment i can tell you nothing answers don t exist floors walls my own asylum shades my eyes from all of this and i kill the one that you loved soiled shaded but the knife will cut the same skin now i still grasp my heart i can t graze the sadness surface i m so tired i tried to feel it guilt wouldn t come to me blood soiled pillows sheets writhing in agony i tried to make you feel it you just wouldn t heal skin cold ends the nightmare sun seems brighter than before and i kill the one you loved soiled shaded but the knife will cut the same skin now i still grasp my heart i can t graze the sadness surface i m so tired talk shit it seems to go with you fine living up to it when i lie can t stand to stare with these dead eyes turning in the badge cause you can t sell the image living with another god he ll tell you he s mine so you know i don t like you still i think you re the best you can t find the day so when should i take the bare beatings when i m alone see if i can find it take it away all the pain cause i m sorry can t feel any worse but i m sure i will seems like no one cares but it s all right find another way your savior suits you
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Johnny Cash
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['arkansas country', 'outlaw country']
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i long for the trip don t need no grip i m taking one more ride way out there in the prairie air i guess it s in my hide oh the clickety clack of the railroad track is calling if a man could know where the santa fe goes when she gets under steam and the big loud bell that bongs farewell to hear her whistle scream she s bound to go where there ain t no snow a falling one more ride i miss the gloom of the prairie moon that seemed to know my name and the tumbleweed where the prairie dog feed i miss them just the same they re all a part of a song of heart i m saying i recall the tune that i sang to the moon and it seemed to make it smile and i rode away at the close of day and i stayed so long awhile but i long to be where the memory is ringing as the years go by i wonder why i longed to leave my home and to hit the trail of the iron rail away out there alone but my heart would sigh till i know that i am leaving if i don t come back on a one way track way down from mexico you could find me there or any old where that a tumbleweed will grow it s a goodbye now you ll never know how i m grieving
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Phish
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['jam band']
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oh to be prince caspian afloat upon the waves oh to be prince caspian afloat upon the waves oh to be prince caspian afloat upon the waves oh to be prince caspian with nothing to return to but the demons in their caves oh to be prince caspian afloat upon the waves oh to be prince caspian afloat upon the waves oh to be prince caspian afloat upon the waves oh to be prince caspian and the children in the fields all sowing seed and chaffing wheat oh to be prince caspian with stumps instead of feet oh to be prince caspian oh to be prince caspian oh to be prince caspian oh 1
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Phish
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['jam band']
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down with disease three weeks in my bed tryin to stop these demons that keep dancin in my head down with disease and i m up before the dawn a thousand barefoot children outside dancin on my lawn dancin on my lawn and i keep waiting for the time when i can finally say that this has all been wonderful but now im on my way but when i think its time to leave it all behind i try to find a way to but theres nothing i can say to make it stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop down with disease and the jungles in my mind theyre climbin up my waterfalls and swingin on my vines so i try to hear the music but im always losing time cause theyre stepping on my rhythm and theyre stealin all my lines stealin all my lines and i keep waiting for the time when i can finally say that this has all been wonderful but now im on my way hey but when i think its time to leave it all behind i try to find a way to but theres nothing i can say to make it stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop waiting for the time when i can finally say that this has all been wonderful but now i m on my way but when i think it s time to leave it all behind i try to find a way to but there s nothing i can say to make it stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop that this has all been wonderful but now i m on my way waiting for the time when i can finally say that this has all been wonderful but now i m on my way waiting for the time when i can finally say that this has all been wonderful but now i m on my way2
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Deodato
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['bossa nova jazz', 'brazilian jazz', 'jazz funk']
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rain was your birth gathered deep beneath the earth search and seep hollow stone issue and flow virgin stream meander free it s a long way to the sea caves and canyons stark prison walls swirl and hurl you
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Tub Ring
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['chicago punk', 'steampunk']
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when the sun sets in the evening and you ve still more mouths to feed you may find yourself with a basket of bread a tiny little piece is all you need when your journey s blocked by water and you pass without getting wet you may ask yourself what s the meaning of it all a tiny little shrug is all you get on your quest for information bring along the tools you need if you find yourself staring blankly at a screen a tiny little chip is what you need when your nation s steeped in sorrow and your pundits are having a fit you ll redeem yourself at the end of everything a tiny little atom s all you split
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The Cranberries
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['irish rock', 'pop rock']
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they had an accident but they never noticed anyway a lack of originality couldn t focus on the day so much for the radio everybody sounds the same everybody wears the same clothes now and everybody plays the game copycat copycat copycat copy copy copy copy yourself copycat copycat copycat copy copy copy everyone else i ve got a great idea i will change things on my own i see my vision very clear wouldn t wanna be another clone so much for the radio the radio is sad sad sad sad they had an accident but they never noticed anyway a lack of originality couldn t focus on the day so much for the radio everybody sounds the same everybody wears the same clothes now and everybody plays the game copy everyone else copy everyone else copy everyone else copy everyone else
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Pere Ubu
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['alternative rock', 'art punk', 'art rock', 'experimental', 'experimental rock', 'gbvfi', 'industrial', 'industrial rock', 'post-punk', 'protopunk', 'psychedelic rock', 'punk blues', 'zolo']
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i waited for you i waited for you i waited for you yeah oh yeah was small was small was small was fast was small was fast i waited years talk talk talk notice the house notice the landscape hot the day was hot the sun went down the air closed in i got sleepy i waited i waited i waited for you i waited for you1
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Toy Love
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['dunedin indie', 'dunedin sound', 'nz punk']
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rock is dead or so it s said and now its all a part of history lost the thread and lost its head well i dunno it seems ok to me jim morrison brian jones marc bolan jimi hendrix lying at the bottom of your swimming pool don t let creem crawdaddy rip it up new musical express call you a fool because i really care i really care i can t believe that you believe that everythings a part of yesterday i m mystified that suicide should kill the things i really need to say jim morrison brian jones marc bolan jimi hendrix lying at the bottom of your swimming pool don t let creem crawdaddy rip it up new musical express call you a fool because i really care i really care everybody knows that you got new clothes but aren t they the same old trash you used to wear look in my direction can t you see my reflection well baby don t you think that sometimes it ain t fair jim morrison brian jones marc bolan jimi hendrix lying at the bottom of your swimming pool don t let creem crawdaddy rip it up new musical express call you a fool because i really care i really care
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Kaci Brown
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['post-teen pop']
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the touch the rush oh you turn around and make me wanna make you think i m in to you an easy catch the perfect guy with perfect lines it s nothing new i guess i ll let you have a little taste cause i have nothing here to lose and if nothing s better than this then i guess that s better than nothing what cha think i ll do the more you play hard to get the more i think i could get in to you the way you dance and walk away i can t believe you re gettingme confused you make me feel so you make you make you make you make me feel so let s go you know take it slow uh uh you say don t worry baby i ve got it all under control and i m like yeah right casanova i m gonna waltz right over you you play your petty games and i have to admit it s sorta kinda cute but it won t be enough to make me fall in love with a shallow guy like you you re so naive if you believe i d fall under your spell just cause you snap what s wrong with me could ya tell me please how did you ever manage to do that the touch the rush oh dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum it s like dum dum dum dum dum
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The Submarines
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['indie pop', 'la indie']
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it s not so far to go but tonight i won t be coming home i ll come here on my own when our nights and days turned to months and years and i forgot how to be alone i forgot how to love oh but don t cry my baby theres blue skies but for you even when the clouds roll in i still want you near me when i found my place here is this new room everything went quite clear and i could feel again and i missed you the whole of me missed holding you but i i won t cry my baby theres blue skies but for me even when the clouds roll in i still want you near me oh i said i m not in love you made me count the ways but i couldn t hope to be both cause and bone for pain it breaks my heart to break your heart i know that means i m still in love oh so don t cry my baby theres blue skies but for you even when the clouds roll in i still want you near me i still want you near me i still want you near me even when then clouds roll in i still want you near me
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Side A
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['classic opm', 'opm', 'pop rock']
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it s not far down to paradise at least it s not for me and if the wind is right you can sail away and find tranquility the canvas can do miracles just you wait and see believe me it s not far to never never land no reason to pretend and if the wind is right you can find the joy of innocence again the canvas can do miracles just you wait and see believe me sailing takes me away to where i ve always heard it could be just a dream and the wind to carry me and soon i will be free fantasy it gets the best of me when i m sailing all caught up in the reverie every word is a symphony won t you believe me it s not far back to sanity at least it s not for me and when the wind is right you can sail away and find serenity the canvas can do miracles just you wait and see believe me
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Stampeders
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['bubblegum pop', 'classic canadian rock']
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i could have been a rambler don t want to be alone i might have been a gambler but i done stayed at home i had a good thing goin a playin my guitar i had no way of knowin that i would get this far i m playin in the band give the boy a hand i m playin in the band all across the land now i m a rock n roller i ran away from home i hope i don t get over this feelin i have known there s always in the meantime now boy that ain t the way there s always in between time that s where i want to stay i m playin in the band i m playin in the band give the boy a hand i m playin in the band all across the land i m playin in the band
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Zac Clark
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['Unknown genre']
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dear i should confess to you im sinking like a stone i could not care less for you but you cant sleep alone so we both get what we want when your eyes say you know me well enough to know youre never gonna know me at all cause i agree but baby it don t really faze me you dont have to save me you dont even have to wake me just let yourself out and become someone else so when we meet again its almost like were seeing ghosts we let hope rise up in the back of our throats cause we know i suppose but we choke when we get close and you blow the words like smoke when you whisper you know me well enough to know youre never going to know me at all i agree but baby it don t really faze me you dont have to save me you dont even have to wake me just let yourself out and become someone else if youre gonna give me what i want then who am i not to take it if youre gonna give me what i want then who am i well you know me
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Sammy Davis Jr.
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['adult standards', 'easy listening', 'lounge', 'vocal jazz']
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i m gonna live till i die i m gonna laugh stead of cry i m gonna take the town and turn it upside down i m gonna live live live till i die they re gonna say what a guy i m gonna play for the sky ain t gonna miss a thing i m gonna have my fling i m gonna live live live till i die the blues ll lay low i ll make em stay low they ll never trail over my head i ll be a devil till i m an angel but until then hallelujah gonna dance gonna fly i ll take a chance ridin high before my number s up i m gonna fill my cup i m gonna live live live live live until i die i m gonna live till i die i m gonna laugh stead of cry i m gonna take the town and turn it upside down i m gonna live live live till i die they re gonna say what a guy i m gonna play for the sky ain t gonna miss a thing i m gonna have my fling i m gonna live live live till i die the blues ll lay low i ll make em stay low they ll never trail over my head i ll be a devil till i m an angel but until then hallelujah gonna dance gonna fly i ll take a chance ridin high before my number s up i m gonna fill my cup i m gonna live live live live live until i die
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Me Like Bees
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['missouri indie']
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better wait till morning bet theyre all in bed and better off dreaming im betting forty winks you would trade a leg to not be alone because the dark enough is food for thought in the early morn when youre who you are cause youre all alone well i have been there too with my mind scattered like some untied balloon though i know im not the first to sit alone in the dark blinking little colon youre a metronome that separates digits and youre doing me no favors thanks a lot i can count on my own so on you toss and fidget like a kid in the kitchen who refuses to eat all his peas no matter the way you stir it its not going away well i have been there too with my mind scattered like some untied balloon as i entertained the thought that god himself relates for before there was time there were waters shaping eternal night and my god who thought amongst himself its not good to be alone i sat long in the night a thrall to my questions a clock for my light and a colon to play metronome rhythmical blight as my fiber unwound and tangled and tangled till my hands were all bound in myself i knotted and gnashed and i writhed and i cried to the father who whispered so quiet that until a seed gives up its shell and it dies that its only as good as the measure of its size well i have been there too with my mind scattered like some untied balloon though i have entertained the thought that god just might relate for before there was time there were waters shaping eternal night and god who thought amongst himself its not good to be alone until the seed gives up its shell and it dies its only as good as the measure of its size
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The Burning Hell
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['anti-folk', 'canadian americana', 'ontario indie']
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it was a wet and slishy slushy winter day when the strangers came to stay a man in black from head to toe with a lady by his side i knew she was a lady i had a lady spotting guide he said pardon if you please our train has run out of steam and left us in this lonesome village for the evening it would seem we looked for a hotel but we were told they d all closed down due to the economic crisis that we ve heard so much about i took pity on the strangers standing in the melting snow i said mi casa es su casa make yourself at home he said i speak a little spanish though my second language is franais et vous tes trs gentil merci pour votre hospitalit i said no need to merci me just come in out of the cold tell me a little of your travels on the icy iron road we sat down around the fire and as i hung up their overcoats he began to tell their story with this sentence and i quote the words we speak here are top secret meant for private ears but our lives are in grave danger from a band of privateers so we must take you in our confidence we are in mortal fear of dying i then figured them for bandits or confidence artistes when i saw the two tone collar i knew he was a ska fan or a priest he noticed me notice and said i observe your observation of the sartorial memorial of my spiritual vocation i wear this habit out of habit my service has been shoddy as you can maybe guess i can t resist the temptations of the body to my ex boss old jeezy this is all yesterday s news but yes this lady is my lover and i am her lover too it all started last shrove tuesday when as per my holy mandate i was munching on a luncheon at the international house of pancakes i ran out of maple syrup i approached the nearest patrons a gorilla of a man and a lady eating eggs and bacon she passed me her maple syrup our fingers briefly brushed i felt a feeling in my face i d never felt yes i blushed my heart began ballooning and my brow began to sweat looking deep into the eyeballs of this beautiful brunette moments later we were tangled in my cassock in the can she said i love a man in uniform i said i hope this is god s plan she said her name was ann i said call me father daniel or maybe just dan she grabbed my hand said dan i gotta blow this popsicle stand she meant the ihop we were running out the back door before i yelled out jesus and i stopped i felt something sticky on my palms i was afraid it was stigmata but it was just a little maple so we jumped in her miata we sped off for the mountains and extramarital shenanigans we stayed up til dawn going over and over and over the plan again we d run away to monaco to elope on her uncle s yacht we d start a new life in the principality with the money that she d got but her ex boyfriend the gorilla from the pancake house got wind by the threatiness of his death threats i could sense he felt chagrined he tracked me down at the riviera as i was about to say i do with a band of bandit buddies from his criminally misspent youth they opened fire on our wedding but we escaped into the sea when the coast was clear we caught the first train out but now you see i know they can t be far behind these goons are gonna gun me down we re like sitting duckish lovebirds in this extremely safe feeling town the worst part is the gorilla has been ordained as a deacon and he s got some spiritual spies supporting the havoc he s been wreaking a cruel clergy of crime out for blood and i m speaking of mine there was an awkward silence as the ex priest finished talking his fiancee excused herself to change into a drier pair of stockings i got up from my chair i walked over to the cabinet i was looking for a couple of holy relics i remembered that i had in it then i turned with a crucifix shaped pistol in my hand my zucchetto on my head his eyes widened as i crossed myself i raised the gun and said my son sometimes we search for safety and we find only greater danger so let this be a lesson to you never talk to strangers never talk to strangers never talk to strangers never talk to strangers
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Tunng
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['folktronica']
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wander through the wreckage of the dancing flaws faces turn in the light a stranger on the brink of love love confusion near delight a cup of something warm in the dead of night we re friends in need indeed lies that only flatter love love they whisper until we bleed burning blindly like the sun our hearts beat in rhythm all alone all our wishes are undone forget those days they ve gone piling in the back at the end of it all we re friends in need indeed lies that only flatter love love they whisper until we bleed drifting into days when all is said and done in blue yellow and grey stuck inside your head are all those names gone by you re desperate to get away burning blindly like the sun our hearts beat in rhythm all alone all our wishes are undone forget those days they ve gone and it s only a weekend away it s only a weekend away let it be beautiful when we sing the last song it s only a weekend away and it s only a weekend away it s only a weekend away let it be beautiful when we sing the last song it s only a weekend away and it s only a weekend away and it s only a weekend away let it be beautiful when we sing the last song it s only a weekend away and it s only a weekend away and it s only a weekend away let it be beautiful when we sing the last song it s only a weekend away and it s only a weekend away it s only a weekend away let it be beautiful when we sing the last song it s only a weekend away i carried you away and no one saw you leave i placed you in my pocket for safe keeping a miniaturized version of you and i will wear my halo in the sun so no one sees me cheating well i didn t mean to see to shipwreck you with me and now our poisoned pirate ship is broken and shards of wood and glass turn into ocean rocks on top of rocks are in my view they leave my mouth wide open salty water wash me salty water wash me like concrete turns you right steel turns me on metal doors will close and they will open don t step on factory floors you will fall down compartments allows you in my mind like boxes on a slip line and i will wear my halo in the sun so no one sees me cheating salty water wash me salty water wash me
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Ace of Base
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['bubblegum dance', 'dance pop', 'eurodance', 'europop', 'pop rock']
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on the road to nowhere every day was just the same so i took my belongings and hitchhiked no more to blame to california in the warm summer of love all my life i been searching all my life i been searching i came to a crossroad where a stranger gazed and spoke he was looking kinda peculiar in a purple coloured cloak he wore a token never seen before he said all my life i been searching all my life i been searching sunset in southern california and the morning seems so far so far away sunset in southern california in the distance there s the light of san diego i came to his temple at noon the second day it was a lot of mumbling in the shadows did they pray feeling kind of dizzy a gong struck and people chanted all my life i been searching all my life i been searching then a kind of leader appeared in fume and smoke all dressed in silver an authoritarian bloke he turned around and talked to me with a demagogic voice all my life i been searching all my life i been searching in the distance there s the light of san diego in the distance there s the light of san diego in the distance there s the light of san diego
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Vices
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['australian hardcore', 'florida hardcore']
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we always break i felt the floor drop out from under me at least i can rely on gravity how did this happen to me a hole where my chest used to be social norms have failed me can this work for society humanity seems fucked to me is anything forever why are we conditioned against our nature just set up for failure the commitments we make will always break we always despair is setting in as my compass continues to spin im lost and im drowning am i the only one we always break why are we conditioned against our nature just set up for failure the commitments we make will always break we always why are we conditioned against our nature just set up for failure the commitments we make will always break we always break
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Interstate 10
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['Unknown genre']
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everybody want nashville tennessee platinum records and big ol dreams so you play from your heart and you act the part until they tell you one day you re gonna be a star but the years go by and you dream of home where everybody knows and sings your songs and these washed out covers they re getting old and i just wanna go home where i m a hometown hero playing my songs for everybody i know i m a hometown hero playing for the faces that wrote my songs i m a hometown hometown hero the view of the crowd never seems to change cigarette clouds in a dark blue haze are the lights to bright do i sing too loud is the pressure from the critics getting me down i remember back home how they set up my stage the lights were just right i didnt need to get paid with a bucket of beer waiting for the band and the crowd in the palm of my hand cuz i m a hometown hero playing my songs for everybody i know i m a hometown hero playing for the faces that wrote my songs i m a hometown hometown hero its where i learned how to dance i got my first band my daddy taught me how to be a good man i learned how to kiss for the very first time drove late at night with no headlights when i play at the stage on broadway with a bought out band who i cant relate i dream of my home i dream of my friends i wanna go back to where it all began cuz i m a hometown hero playing my songs for everybody i know i m a hometown hero playing for the faces that wrote my songs i m a hometown hometown hero cuz im a hometown hero playing my songs for everybody i know i m a hometown hero playing for the faces that wrote my songs i m a hometown hometown hero
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Roy Buchanan
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['blues', 'blues rock', 'electric blues', 'modern blues']
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thank you lord saw your sun shine today bless you lord got to see my children pray may not be the right way to pray but i want to thank you anyway thank you lord
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Debbie Gibson
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['new wave pop', 'soft rock']
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everytime i m telling secrets i remember how it used to be and i realized how much i miss you and i realize how it feels to be free now i see i m up to no good and i wanna start again can t remember when i felt good no i can t remember when no only in my dreams as real as it may seem it was only in my dreams couldn t see how much i missed you couldn t see how much it meant now i see my world come tumbling down now i see the road is bent if i only once could hold you and remember how it used to be if only i could scold you and forget how it feels to be free no only in my dreams as real as it may seem it was only in my dreams no no no no only in my dreams as real as it may seem it was only in my dreams no only in my dreams as real as it may seem it was only in my dreams no no no no only in my dreams as real as it may seem it was only in my dreams no no no only in my dreams as real as it may seem it was only in my dreams
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Aaron Strumpel
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['roots worship']
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through dangers toils and snares i run to you my god oh brilliant son when all seems lost prone to dismay you hold me fast you still my sway though enemies surround me now they cannot stop they know not how the light the warmth of your embrace you spark my heart you fuel my race through dangers toils and snares i run to you my god oh brilliant son when all seems lost prone to dismay you hold me fast you still my sway though enemies surround me now they cannot stop they know not how the light the warmth of your embrace you spark my heart you fuel my race you spark my heart you fuel my race you spark my heart you fuel my race you spark my heart you fuel my race you spark my heart you fuel my race so treachery can try its best destruction darkness and the rest so strong i am because i stand on you my god the great i am nor height nor depth shall worry me nor fire winds or raging seas will sway me from my love for you my god my friend my savior true my god my friend my savior true my god my friend my savior true my god my friend my savior true my god my friend my savior true you are my first love none like you no one you have my whole heart you are my only one you are my first love none like you no one you have my whole heart you are my only one you are my first love none like you no one you have my whole heart you are my only one you are my first love none like you no one you have my whole heart you are my only one
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Lauren Alexandria Dueck
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['Unknown genre']
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teach me your ways send out your light and your truth lord show me your paths and i won t go back to the things of yesterday give me clean hands give me clean hands i want a pure heart want a pure heart so give me clean hands give me clean hands i wanna see you god i wanna see you god humbly i come and i lay my soul on the altar of your grace lord take it all what hasn t learned love come and wash it all away give me clean hands give me clean hands i want a pure heart want a pure heart so give me clean hands give me clean hands i wanna see you god i wanna see you god give me clean hands give me clean hands i want a pure heart want a pure heart so give me clean hands give me clean hands i wanna see you god i wanna see you god and as i see you make me like you your presence is the only thing that makes me clean as i see you make me like you your presence is the only thing that makes me clean as i see you make me like you your presence is the only thing that makes me clean as i see you make me like you your presence is the only thing that makes me clean give me clean hands give me clean hands i want a pure heart want a pure heart so give me clean hands give me clean hands i wanna see you god i wanna see you god give me clean hands give me clean hands i want a pure heart want a pure heart so give me clean hands give me clean hands i wanna see you god i wanna see you god
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Equipto
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['hyphy', 'west coast rap']
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rap cat like that top of the line freak i gotta get scratch don t waste time on a rat mickey mouse ho step back mickey mouse ho step back i m in high pursuit for a prostitute in my baby blue suit in my new leather boots the game gets sticky wanna know about mines i live my life through your car alpine don t talk back ho you thick in this club ho who you wit holla back don t be fake like fruit i spits my game if i think you cute i talk about the izm with sugar eq anybody else well i don t know you you love that freak cause you dress real fresh she said good night but she don t rest she might say daddy after twelve a m don t even play bitch go and paid that pimp roll around the bay bitch get that bread in call out call freak go head you can even walk down san pablo let a player tell you what your mind don t know i m fillmoe down everyday i might laugh bitch but i really don t play roll my whip spit my gift bitch holla back but don t talk back i could see the ho lust in yo eyes you got it past him but couldn t get past i i dress like cody jerrett when i gotta knock something the beats start bumping when the freaks start humping bring home something don t make no mistakes why you talking to the suckas buying you dranks they looking for a dream you looking for the cream holla at me freak yo khan nah mean you can realize bitch a big surprise i can see a picture frame in yo eyes i see van gogh i see picasso i also see a rap cat from fillmoe that s a nice style let me lace your boots this game is so official like a referee s whistle chicago fillmoe milwaukee o a k frisco bay hey area bay love mac dre
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The Puppini Sisters
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['adult standards', 'easy listening']
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soho nights were my favourite they were the nights so full of flavour fun was free and talk was cheap drinks were dirty like the streets soho nights were when you d find those who would seem so out of their minds make believing they were stars dragging at criss crossing bars soho so long we ve had our fun soho so you not me my love soho so there so now we re done you remember when we would play life with you was a beautiful game soho so long you remember when we would play life with you was a beautiful game soho so long soho nights were the times we reveled in each other s company we danced like fools and acted like queens among the type with some red jeans soho nights were thrilling rides the more fun we had the more makeup would slide the more the makeup would slide i d see soho really wasn t for me soho so long we ve had our fun soho so you not me my love soho so there so now we re done you remember when we would play life with you was a beautiful game soho so long you remember when we would play life with you was a beautiful game soho so long you remember when we would play life with you was a beautiful game soho so long soho nights were so black and white the color came throughout the night the more we took like everyone else the more alive the both of us felt soho nights opened my eyes i ve become a hag by your side i thought we d last but i was wrong soho boys don t keep ties for long soho so long we ve had our fun soho so you not me my love soho so there so now we re you remember when we would play life with you was a beautiful game soho so long you remember when we would play life with you was a beautiful game soho so long
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Squirrel Nut Zippers
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['comic', 'north carolina roots', 'swing']
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danny diamond she was a star she took the stage every quarter hour she was a hottest gig in town in fact she was the hottest girl around she had the strut she had the lines to make a man s heart go round about she put it all into her act until one night after the show danny gyrated wouldn t you know something had to go down she smack it was her back completely crack so fade to black so ends the act of danny diamond she was a star
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Squirrel Nut Zippers
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['north carolina roots', 'swing']
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hey there baby i have gotten some news for you you think you re something out of sight to take me out every night take me out show me everything but you won t do the right thing baby wants a diamond to have and hold a diamond ring with a band of gold string of pearls are so nice but it ain t worth a trip to paradise your weary romance is much too slow you gotta give up o that dough baby wants a diamond to have and hold a diamond ring with a band of gold
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Barry White
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['disco', 'funk', 'quiet storm', 'soul']
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your love your love that s what i m after your love your love all the joy and laughter your love your love girl i m coming faster your love your love yeah your love your love girl i m coming after your love your love that s really all that matters your love it s your love girl you mean that much to me the way you say your words you re not loud but you re heard and can t you see what you do to me yeah your love your love girl i m coming after your love your love that s really all that matters your love it s your love girl i m coming faster your love for your love i just want your love your love and it means that much to me oo wee i can feel the joy like a baby with his toy take this chance with me and i know you will agree if you will just let me have your love your love girl i m coming after your love your love that s really all that matters your love it s your love i swear i m coming faster your love for your love i just want your love your love cause you mean that much to me oo wee i just want your love your love girl i m coming after your love your love that s really all that matters your love it s your love and i swear i m coming faster your love for your love i just want your love your love girl i m coming after your love your love that s really all that matters your love it s your love and i swear i m coming faster your love for your love i yeah your love your love girl i m coming after your love your love that s really all that matters your love your love i m coming faster your love your love that s really all that matters your love your love your love your love your love your love your love your love your love your love it s what i m after your love your love girl i m coming after your love your love all that joy and laughter your love your love i m coming faster your love your love that s all that matters your love your love watch me go after your love your love ooh baby your love your love it s your love baby your love your love girl i m coming after your love your love that s all that matters your love your love it s your love all that joy and laughter your love your love
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Barry White
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['disco', 'quiet storm', 'soul']
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let s yeah let s love let s yeah let s love let me in and let s begin with love oh my he really did not love you she didn t love me too for whatever reason we can t let yesterday block our way from starting something new girl i sense you re lonely well i m lonely too i wanna be with you only just let me in and let s begin with love let me in and let s begin with love let me in and let s begin with love listen listen love is really magic what wonders it can do and girl we ve got the power oh yes we can i know we can we can make it all come true girl i ll make it easy we won t push and shove i really want you completely ohhh let me in and let s begin with love let me in and let s begin with love my my let me in and let s begin with love girl i can sense you re willing just for one more try follow your heart and feelings ohhh let me in and let s begin with love let me in girl let s begin with love let me in baby let s begin with love let s yeah let s love yeah yeah oh yeah yeah just let me in and let s begin with love let s yeah let s love let s yeah let s love let me in let s begin with love let s begin with love yeah let s yeah let s love my let s i mean let s let s make love
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Jason Mraz
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['acoustic pop', 'neo mellow', 'pop', 'pop rock']
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so you guys know my good friend back here mr toca rivera alright theres probably a lot of people here on a date but dont even realize youre on a date because youve been with that person for so long youre just out doesnt count anymore well how many people are here tonight youre with your other but secretly you know youre gonna break up with that person you just haven t told them yet yep see were getting a little mixed reactions here well to all you single people or soon to be single people toca rivera has all your online dating needs
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The Ceremonies
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['la indie']
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i m all alone sitting down in the corner of the room i m scared to think cause thoughts are company i can t keep so i assume kind hearts command carries into a no mans land where i recite all the words in the name of fright in the name of fright of fright cause there ain t no room for me in this world but there s no place i d rather be than to be here now i can lay me down to sleep albeit calm and unquiet so let me show you how to be in your heart in your heart your heart and while i sit it seems to me that i am weak and brittle boned but soon i know someone will find me and ask me why in the name of fright i think i might but i can t tell what s wrong from right and if i may follow me i ll find you a way i ll find a way a way
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Coastal Cities
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['shimmer pop', 'shiver pop']
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i love you but i really don t like you same strangers keep asking me to call you i ve really had too much time to think i ve really had too much time to think same strangers keep asking me to call you i like you but i really don t love you i ve really had too much time to think i ve really had too much time to think it s just a thinktank it s just a thinktank x4
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The Johnstones
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['ska punk']
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action back where you came your right n everything and everything s ok i need some action back where you came your right n everything s ok never gonna fail and you better believe i m on the top notch coming and won t back out on the lease i m doing all that i please and then i m going top speed i m cruising but still in control you know what i mean well you ll get yours and i ll get mine truth is we ll be singing till the end of time i m doing all that i choose and in the end i won t lose and maybe if i get a little lucky i ll get some action right without a doubt you gotta find everything come out come out your cruising but still in control you know what i mean 1 you gotta go and get it 2 you gotta show your with it 3 no sign of slowing ready jerry jerry jerry
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Uncle Kracker
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['pop rock']
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it must have been about a 100 years at least a hundred years i wish you would just come back just come back home the day we met feels like 100 years ago and i m still waiting with my hand right by the telephone yeah maybe where you are you cannot make that call or you can t find the pen i know it s not your fault chorus my friends think i m insane cause i ve turned old and gray and i m still waiting and i cannot be alone please come home i watch the clock hands tick my hours turn to days and i can t fall asleep cause i don t want to miss that ring i know that this year your car will park outside but i can t put my arms around the girl who took my life repeat chorus it s been so long it s been about 100 years and a million dreams since the last time i ve seen your pretty face i would do whatever it takes i would wait another 100 years and if that didn t work maybe i ll try and see what forever feels like but until then and i know you hear me and whatever your doing wherever you are please come home that day we met feels like 100 years ago and i m still waiting for you baby baby won t you please come home please come home won t you please come home please come home won t you please come home
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Deer Tick
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['alternative country', 'deep new americana', 'indie folk', 'indie rock', 'modern folk rock', 'new americana', 'rhode island indie', 'roots rock', 'stomp and holler']
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happy birthday black song to my cancerous blood will you please feed me my tube so many oceans to swim but i lost my will to swim hope is big but they re always gonna win i felt a cool breeze on my invalid knees it reminded me of our kiss in the summer vicarious like my grandmother s kiss at christ miss hope is big but they re always gonna win hope is big ho o ope it s so big hope is big ho o ope it s so big yeah they re always gonna win and all the ashes were red the fire trucks lost in it tombstone flickered on the fourth of july janitor keys jingle jangle the loneliest tune hope is big but we re always gonna lose now you re up and you re out of your impervious doubt and your love it won t bring us the truth and i hear rats in moonlight tangled up in our fight hope is big but they re always gonna win hope is big ho o ope it s so big hope is big ho o ope it s so big yeah they re always gonna win hope is big ho o ope it s so big hope is big ho o ope it s so big yeah they re always gonna win
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Cass McCombs
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['alternative country', 'alternative rock', 'art pop', 'baroque pop', 'chamber pop', 'chamber psych', 'indie folk', 'indie rock', 'neo-psychedelic', 'singer-songwriter', 'stomp and holler']
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the secretary said the prices vary to cast in one s image so i made the pilgrimage she told me a story about the model lady whose features were subtle she wanted her own model the story continued the secretary enthused how making the model s model gave her staff trouble you see she had no features her face was smooth and clear so it was very difficult to sculpt an accurate result but what is why we think some people have beauty said the secretary at least this is my theory because they are featureless anyway it caused us some stress and we charged her according to the time that was put in then i wandered the warehouse among hundreds of models and fiberglass aroma out there in pacoima
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Wyclef Jean
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['rap kreyol']
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thats the girls man they playing double dutch thats my man he rolling up the dutch and thats me man i am playing superhero yah now we running from the 5 0 718 boy they running from the 5 0 305 man they running from the 5 0 404 boy they running from the 5 0 hawaii 5 0 man we running from the 5 0 thank god for them bars over guitar nice with the hands you need a partner we can spar other younglings that i know boy they dont use hand guards they use the trigger like quickdraw mcgraw yeah me and my brother with the bubble boost im on the roof im screaming i got the juice 1 brick 2 brick 3 brick 4 now dea boy they bringing down the door man they searching for that cocahina now my boy is deported back to ponkakana yea though they try to set me up like hurricane i felt the horror man but i aint touch the cane yeah its still mucho trabajo though the road is rocky imma ko apollo where i come from north mon ah die sling shot hit birds from the sky so when i landed in the country with eagles eyes im in the kitchen cooking american pie thats the girls man they playing double dutch thats my man he rolling up the dutch and thats me man im playing superhero yeah now we running from the 5 0 310 they running from the 5 0 973 boy they running from the 5 0 212 now they running from the 5 0 hawaii 5 0 man we running from the 5 0 best friends turns to ex friends we were recruited like the x men they got my whole firm tap wikileaks i can hear them from the back they gon have me go beast mode and do two bars in morse code yea but i cant stand to see another cop take another life of a kid and i cant stand to see another nut thats the futious style on the air ypd lapd everybodys frighten cause when the storm comes you dont to get hit with lightning 509 man we running from the 5 0 876 boy we running from the 5 0 514 man we running from the 5 0 oh no man we running from the 5 0 everybody itchy with the twitter finger always wanna switch face negga everybody itchy with the twitter finger always wanna switch face negga
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AndreaLo
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['Unknown genre']
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i m not gonna sing the blues cause i don t wanna cry i only wanna be as free as the skies don t let anyone bring you down say what you wanna say but i ve got it right and i aim to feel this good the rest of my life can t let anyone bring me down hey look at me i want everyone to see how happy our lives could be how happy we could be that s what i m doin here singin my song i just wanna make you see what you knew all along don t let anyone bring you down hey look at me i want everyone to see how happy our lives could be how happy we could be i m not gonna sing the blues cause i don t wanna cry i only wanna be as free as the skies can t let anyone bring me down no i hope i made you feel good i hope i made you feel good i hope i made you feel real good i hope i made you feel good1
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Self Against City
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['neon pop punk', 'sacramento indie']
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i met you where nobody knew my name and our spark quickly turned into a flame winter nights are feeling hot like summer inside i can t get you off my mind i don t want to know why i can t let you go i remember the first words that you said and i can t get that night out of my head it s complicated but i m not frustrated cause i know you re out there patiently waiting i don t want to know why i can t let you go i don t want to know why i can t let you go you go when the sun burns up and the ocean dries out i ll be all you need all you need to breathe when the moon falls down from the black night sky i will light the way promise me that you ll stay i know that you feel it still you won t believe in me my heart pounds like thunder i don t need to wonder i don t want to know why i can t let you go i don t want to know why i can t let you go i don t want to know i don t want to know i don t want to know i don t want to know i don t want to know i don t want to know
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8Ball
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['crunk', 'dirty south rap', 'gangster rap', 'memphis hip hop', 'southern hip hop', 'trap']
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just like candy just like candy its the same feeling i m creepin low in a flip flop drop top stang leanin to the left gold dayton s on that thang i m the mjg pimp tight put it to the floor 5 0 swang a right and the peanut butta guts is a must drop it in the shop take em out wrap em up and the ten clear coats to make it shine make me circle through the neighborhood 55 times with my gas tank full drank a bull fall up in the park after dark try to pull me a young stout woman sumpin pretty nice round hips with them well shaped titties as the sun goes down i m gettin dirty fall up in pressure world get cleaned in a hurry in my 77 chevy ass tight pull off cuttin rubber disappearin in the night just like candy just like candy its the same feeling 10 o clock in the morning as 8 got up chiefin hay with some kool aid in my favorite cup comb my hair get my grill right so i can feel tight heavy starch in my jeans and a fresh pair of nikes as i strike out the door to my superb parked by the curb candy coated bird the sun got my candy lookin good enough to eat you can tell by the way the girls act across the street hit the horn but no stallin keep ballin 4 o clock sunday i gotta hit the mall and fall in full of them green trees hurry up so i can catch martin luther king fools all in the way with that econo spray need to take a few classes learn about molasses pressure got me beamed i m talkin on the phone tellin penny thats the way to do it baby represent ya home just like candy just like candy its the same feeling my candy coated paint will bring flavors to your mind and in the summertime we got the whole block blind some busta in a primed out pinto poppin game lying sayin he go and get the same thang if you ain t ridin wood and leather your ride ain t hittin a plain dashboard crushed velvet got you itchin 99 95 thirty day paint jobs got niggas ridin round lookin like a junk yard you need to put a check with a check with a check stack up on your grip get your shit sprayed wet see most of these new paint jobs they ll do but if it ain t candy then the job ain t true its reserved for them ballaz who make that cheese it ain t candy if it didn t cost a couple of g s on your jeep your truck your chevy or your lexus 5th wheel and the grill like them playaz do in texas my folks gettin sideways in vallejo ballaz in memphis slammin shut the cadillac doors full of ink so blinked i could fly to a world where you have to roll candy or you die descending my mind goes back into reality to some having candy paint is just a fantasy custom leather everywhere you look is woodgrain big ball tellin you its all about the candy mane x5 just like candy just like candy its the same feeling
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Redman
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['east coast hip hop', 'gangster rap', 'hardcore hip hop', 'hip hop', 'new jersey rap', 'rap', 'southern hip hop', 'wu fam']
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you are now witnessing the effects of the buddha yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo redman kick through your door liquidated then i come through your pores think the track is bleedin get at the gauze mix fidgit fore i rip it in four s look at my face you can tell that i m slick the blunt excersize 10 in the clip y all niggas ready for the un conterfit d o dot bee bo tuck in your shit that bogus holder of the sticky dolja got me appearing on the wanted poster it s like when your body get caught on rotor s wnen i snap like strings through boat motors my kitchen fridge look like jeffery dahmer s boys screamin for mama from the drama my hunger for hip hop got my gun up yo eightball hit the marijuana yeah yeah eightball blazin the hay inhale a pound almost every day real playas run the game that they play that s why i m doin it the playa way i say dope lines potent and real showin skills all my homies can feel smile let you see the name on my grill cut the track up let me show you the deal i be twisted with that redman we get it all cookin dope makin bread man i got the eagle full of hollow tip lead man hear what i said man can all that weak noise i write busta go and get your little weak boys you know what bring a player joy playin with them glock toys see i avoid all suckas trippin full of liquor actin like a bunch of women lippin interested in what i be grippin dippin in the benz zippin pass all you haters fakin runnin round seein real players imitatin breakin concentration all up in my situation hay blazin get y all shit together coffee shoppe we with whatever eightball stay high forever yo doc keep it tucked under my leather we here to keep the party live smoke hay till we chinky eyed wanna brawl we can meet outside red and ball be down to ride yo yo look around you mothafuckers it s a hip hop holocaust yeah you just found the right superheroes to take care of that shit mothafucker head rush and green stinky feelin like a nigga dropped a mickey drink up the hen and watch me get tipsy who wanna ride with me 160 up and down 48 trackin ski mask kick in doors in straight beat jackin ball battin rhymes all in your skull crackin actin like i got a problem that s heavy to me smokin brothers like a dooby in a gangsta movie mc s turn stank like a old lady coochie ball and red be all up in your shit so deep that it be damn near permanent so authentic you can tell it from counterfeit who wanna hit of the purest coffee shop crop guaranteed to be bomb to the last drop ball and red keep it stone like bedrock we keep it hot yo i m raunchy the blackout mode i snatch cheese that your mousetrap hold yo who fucks ya baby hey kojak knows my flows kodak couldn t hold that pose wow goofy playin tough in the streets blue collar mc s suffer the heat until i reach the isosceles heat right angle better double your sleeve i m just a black nation wide singer cops lookin for red but can t arraign us you need more than lion trainers to tame us famous for cuffin mics with 5 fingers that s why i walk so distorted any form of hash aborted word so superb it ll turn to herb if you snort it 50 sack and a nick can vouch for it if you hardcore spit it out out out out doc who be arousin police my underground funk be plowin the streets so if you claimin you the best mc bring your arm over here and handcuff me we battle till the cattle learn to speak cross examine me i m straight up framed get y all shit together coffee shoppe we with whatever eightball stay high forever yo doc keep it tucked under my leather we here to keep the party live smoke hay till we chinky eyed wanna brawl we can meet outside red and ball be down to ride get y all shit together coffee shoppe we with whatever eightball stay high forever yo doc keep it tucked under my leather we here to keep the party live smoke hay till we chinky eyed wanna brawl we can meet outside red and ball be down to ride
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Dolly Parton
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['classic country pop', 'country', 'country dawn']
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of all the roads i ve traveled and all the sights i ve seen the most amazing thing is the power of our dreams and anything is possible for those who can believe just get your heart to rearrange its priorities for us to make love work we ve got to try a little harder and for love to work we gotta hold on a human heart is just too precious to spend it feeling hurt let s start to take the chance to make love work it takes faith in one another to see things eye to eye and it s hard to trust but you know it s worth the try there s a candle in my window and whenever you feel blue you can bet your bottom dollar i ll be there for you for us to make love work we ve got to try a little bit harder and for love to work we gotta hold on a human heart is just too precious to spend it feeling hurt let s start to take the chance to make love work oh i do believe in miracles but i know they don t come easy so why don t we give destiny a helping hand for us to make love work we ve got to try a little bit harder and for love to work we gotta hold on a human heart is just too precious to spend it feeling hurt let s start to take the chance to make love work life is just too beautiful to spend it feeling hurt let s start to take the chance to make love work
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Fox Wilde
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['Unknown genre']
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rich girl why so low you ve got so much to keep you high i guess i just don t know the things that keep you up at night tell me all your wildest dreams i care too much to let you be i know we haven t met but please here s a drink to your fantasies follow me to the lonely inn the lonely inn yeah yeah yeah yeah call for me at the lonely inn the lonely inn yeah yeah yeah yeah i ll be waiting in my room for you i ll show you how to live at the lonely inn i ve got enough room for two i know you ve never been to the lonely inn champagne at your door uhh ahh taste like trouble with a twist feeling so ignored uhh ahh here is where we coexist no we haven t met but please here s a drink to your fantasies follow me to the lonely inn the lonely inn yeah yeah yeah yeah call for me at the lonely inn the lonely inn yeah yeah yeah yeah i ll be waiting in my room for you i ll show you how to live at the lonely inn i ve got enough room for two i know you ve never been to the lonely inn it s not over you can stay quiet lover it s time to play place your order sweet sorbet drippin chocolate down your legs i ll be waiting in my room for you i ll show you how to live at the lonely inn i ve got enough room for two i know you ve never been to the lonely inn i ll show you how to live at the lonely inn i know you ve never been to the lonely inn1
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Lord Jamar
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['east coast hip hop']
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here comes the sun little darling here comes the sun and i say it s all right it s all right it s all right it s all right here comes the sun little darling here comes the sun and i say it s all right it s all right it s all right it s all right well here come the sun here come the one it s lord jamar a new day has begun just look at me shine as i rise in the east i welcome you with the universal greeting of peace don t look directly at me my light is too intense and it covers the spectrum that why brothers respect it i bring life to the planet i make sight in advantage i do damage but without me you could never manage now here comes the sun the moon and the stars you could feel my heat no matter where you are i sizzle the street the leather in your car hotter than the middle east candle hot and everything revolve around me look at the earth she revolve around me but she keep the boundaries cause one wrong turn and she might get sunburn here comes the sun little darling here comes the sun and i say it s all right it s all right it s all right it s all right here comes the sun little darling here comes the sun and i say it s all right it s all right it s all right it s all right here comes the sun little darling here comes the sun and i say it s all right it s all right it s all right it s all right here comes the sun little darling here comes the sun and i say it s all right it s all right it s all right it s all right i keep my earth ninety three million miles away but she still feel my warm when i m touching her face it s all right it s all right it s all right it s all right it s all right i keep my earth ninety three million miles away but she still feel my warm when i m touching her face it s all right it s all right it s all right it s all right it s all right here comes the sun little darling here comes the sun and i say it s all right it s all right it s all right it s all right here comes the sun little darling here comes the sun and i say it s all right it s all right it s all right it s all right
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Neko Case
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['alternative country', 'anti-folk', 'art pop', 'canadian indie', 'canadian singer-songwriter', 'chamber pop', 'folk', 'indie pop', 'indie rock', 'lilith', 'new americana', 'outlaw country', 'pop rock', 'roots rock', 'singer-songwriter', 'stomp and holler']
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how s hope feeling today tired and sick of this place red wine is fast at the lip of your glass saying i m going to ruin everything everything so its better my sweet that we hover like bees cause there s no sure footing no love i believe
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Steven Wright
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['clean comedy', 'comedy', 'comic']
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this text is annotated click on the highlights to read what others are saying if you d like to add your own insights comments or questions to specific parts of the lecture visit the lecture page on genius highlight the relevant text and click the button that pops up your annotation will appear both here and on genius sam alright good afternoon todays speaker is peter thiel peter was the founder of paypal palantir and founders fund and has invested in most of the tech companies in silicon valley he s going to talk about strategy and competition thank you for coming peter peter awesome thanks sam for inviting me thanks for having me i sort of have a single ide fixe that i m completely obsessed with on the business side which is that if you re starting a company if youre the founder entrepreneur starting a company you always want to aim for monopoly and you want to always avoid competition and so hence competition is for losers something well be talking about today i d like to start by saying something about the basic idea of when you start one of these companies how do you go about creating value what makes a business valuable and i want to suggest there s basically a very simple formula that if you have a valuable company two things are true number one that it creates x dollars of value for the world number two that you capture y percent of x and the critical thing that i think people always miss in this sort of analysis is that x and y are completely independent variables and so x can be very big and y can be very small x can be an intermediate size and if y is reasonably big you can still have a very big business so to create a valuable company you have to basically both create something of value and capture some fraction of the value of what you ve created and sort of just to illustrate this as a contrast if you compare the us airline industry with a company like google on search if you measure by the size of these industries you could say that airlines are still more important than search just measured by revenue theres 195 billion in domestic revenues in 2012 google had just north of 50 billion and certainly on some intuitive level if you were given a choice and said well would you want to get rid of all air travel or do you want to give up search engines the intuition would be that air travel is something that s more important than search and this is of course just the domestic numbers if you d look at this globally airlines are much much bigger than search than google is but the profit margins are quite a bit less they were marginally profitable in 2012 i think in the entire hundred year history of the airline industry the cumulative profits in the us have been approximately zero the companies make money they episodically go bankrupt they get recapitalized and you sort of cycle and repeat and this is reflected in the combined market capitalization of the airline industry which may be something like a quarter of google s so you have search much smaller than air travel but much more valuable i think this reflects these very different valuations on x and y if we look at perfect competition there s some pros and cons to the world of perfect competition on a high level this is something you always study in econ i it s always easy to model which is why i think econ professors like talking about perfect competition it somehow is efficient especially in a world where things are static because you have all the consumer surplus thats captured by everybody and politically its what were told is good in our society you want to have competition and its somehow a good thing of course there are a lot of negatives it s generally not that good if you re involved in anything thats hyper competitive because you often don t make money ill come back to this a little bit later so i think on one end of the spectrum you have industries that are perfectly competitive and at the other end of the spectrum you have things that i would say are monopolies and theyre much more stable longer term businesses you have more capital and if you get a creative monopoly for inventing something new i think it s symptomatic of having created something really valuable i do think the extreme binary view of the world i always articulate is that there are exactly two kinds of businesses in this world there are businesses that are perfectly competitive and there are businesses that are monopolies there is shockingly little that is in between and this dichotomy is not understood very well because people are constantly lying about the nature of the businesses they are in and in my mind this is not necessarily the most important thing in business but i think it s the most important business idea that people don t understand that there are just these two kinds of businesses so let me tell you a little bit about the lies people tell if you imagine that there was a spectrum of companies from perfect competition to monopoly the apparent differences are quite small because the people who have monopolies pretend not to they will basically say and its because you dont want to get regulated by the government you dont want the government to come after you so you will never say that you have a monopoly so anyone who has a monopoly will pretend that they are in incredible competition and on the other end of the spectrum if you are incredibly competitive and if youre in some sort of business where you will never make any money you ll be tempted to tell a lie that goes in the other direction where you will say that you re doing something unique that is somehow less competitive than it looks because you ll want to differentiate you will want to try and attract capital or something like that so if the monopolists pretend not to have monopolies the non monopolies pretend to have monopolies the apparent difference is very small whereas the real difference i would submit is actually quite big so theres this business distortion that happens because of the lies people tell about their businesses and the lies are sort of in these opposite directions let me drill a little bit down further on the way these lies work and so the basic lie you tell as a non monopoly is that we re in a very small market the basic lie you tell as a monopoly is the market youre in is much bigger than it looks so typically if you want to think of this in set theoretic terms you could say that a monopoly tells a lie where you describe your business as the union of these vastly different markets and the non monopolist describes it as the intersection so in effect if you re a non monopolist you will rhetorically describe your market as super small you re the only person in that market if you have a monopoly you ll describe it as super big and there s lots of competition in it some examples of how this works in practice i always use restaurants as the example of a terrible business this is always sort of the idea that capital and competition are antonyms if someone accumulates capital a world of perfect competition is a world where all the capital gets competed away so you re opening a restaurant business no one wants to invest because you just lose money so you have to tell some idiosyncratic narrative and you ll say something like well we re the only british food restaurant in palo alto so its british palo alto and of course that s too small a market because people may be able to drive all the way to mountain view or even menlo park and there probably are no people who eat nothing but british food at least no people who are still alive so that s sort of a fictitiously narrow market there is sort of a hollywood version of all of this the way movies always get pitched where its like a college football star you know joins an elite group of hackers to catch the shark that killed his friend now that s a movie that has not yet been made but the question is is that the right category or is the correct category it s just another movie in which case there are lots of those its super competitive its incredibly hard to make money no one ever makes money in hollywood making movies its really really hard so you always have this question about is the intersection real does it make sense does it have value and of course there are startup versions of this and in the really bad versions you just take a whole series of the buzzwords sharing mobile social apps you combine them and give some kind of narrative and whether or not that s a real business or not it is generally a bad sign it s almost this pattern recognition when you have this rhetoric of these sort of intersections it generally does not work the something of somewhere is really mostly just the nothing of nowhere it s like the stanford of north dakota one of a kind but it s not stanford let s look at the opposite the opposite lie is if you are let s say the search company thats down the street from here and has about a happy sixty six percent market share and is completely dominant in the search market google almost never describes itself as a search engine these days and instead it describes itself in all these different ways so it sometimes says its an advertising company so if it was search you would say well it s like it has this huge market share that s really crazy so it s like an incredible monopoly it s a much bigger and much more robust monopoly than microsoft ever had in the nineties maybe that s why its making so much money but if you say it s an advertising market you could say well search advertising is seventeen billion and that s part of online advertising which is much bigger and then you know all us advertising is bigger and then by the time you get to global advertising that s close to five hundred billion and so you re talking about three and a half percent so a tiny part of this much larger market or if you don t want to be an advertising company you could always say youre a technology company the technology market is something like a one trillion dollar market and the narrative that you tell about google and the technology market is well we re competing with all the car companies with our self driving cars were competing with apple on tvs and iphones were competing with facebook were competing with microsoft on office products were competing with amazon on cloud services and so we re in this giant technology market where there s competition in every direction you look and no were not the monopoly the government s looking for and we should not get regulated in any way whatsoever so i think one has to always be super aware that there are these very powerful incentives to distort the nature of these markets one way or the other the evidence of narrow markets in the tech industry is if you basically just if you look at sort of the big tech companies apple google microsoft amazon they have just been building up cash for year after year and you have these incredibly high profit margins and i would say that the that one of the reasons the tech industry in the us has been so successful financially is because it s prone to creating all these monopoly like businesses and it s reflected by the fact that these companies just accumulate so much cash they don t even know what to do with it beyond a certain point let me say a few things about how to build a monopoly and i think one of the sort of very counterintuitive ideas that comes out of this monopoly thread is that you want to go after small markets if youre a startup you want to get to monopoly youre starting a new company you want to get to monopoly monopolies have a large share of the market how do you get to a large share of the market you start with a really small market and you take over the whole market and then over time you find ways to expand that market in concentric circles the thing that s always a big mistake is going after a giant market on day one because that s typically evidence that you somehow haven t defined categories correctly that normally means there is going to be too much competition in one way or another so i think almost all the successful companies in silicon valley had some model of starting with small markets and expanding if you take amazon you start with just a bookstore we have all the books in the world it s a better bookstore than anybody else has in the world when it starts in the 1990s it s online there s things you can do that you could not do before and then you gradually expand into all sorts of different forms of e commerce and other things beyond that ebay you start with pez dispensers you move on to beanie babies and eventually its all these different online auctions for all these sorts of different goods whats very counterintuitive about many of these companies is they often start with markets that are so small that people don t think they are valuable at all when you get started the paypal version of this was we started with power sellers on ebay which was about twenty thousand people when we first saw this happening in december of 1999 january 2000 right after we launched there was a sense that these were all it was such a small market it was terrible we thought these were terrible customers to have it s just people selling junk on the internet why in the world we want to be going after this market but there was a way to get a product that was much better for everybody in that market and we got to something like twenty five thirty percent market penetration in two or three months and you ve got some walk in to brand recognition and are able to build the business from there so i always think these very small markets are quite underrated the facebook version of this i always give is that if the initial market at facebook was ten thousand people at harvard it went from zero to sixty percent market share in ten days that was a very auspicious start the way this gets analyzed in business schools is always that s so ridiculous it s such a small market it can t have any value at all so i think the business school analysis of facebook early on or of paypal early on or of ebay early on is that the markets were perhaps so small as to have almost no value and that they would ve had little value had they they stayed small but it turned out there were ways to grow them concentrically and that s what made them so valuable now i think the opposite version of this is always where you have super big markets and there is so many different things that went wrong with all the clean tech companies in the last decade but the one theme than ran through almost all of them is that they all started with massive markets every clean tech powerpoint presentation that one saw in the years 2005 to 2008 which is the clean tech bubble in silicon valley started with where the energy market where the market was measured in hundreds and billions of trillions of dollars and then once you re sort of like a minnow in a vast ocean that is not a good place to be that means you have tons of competitors and you dont even know who all the competitors are you want to be a one of a kind company you want to be the only player in a small ecosystem you dont want to be the fourth online pet food company you dont want to be the tenth solar panel company you dont want to be the hundredth restaurant in palo alto your restaurant industry is a trillion dollar industry so if you do a market size analysis you conclude restaurants are fantastic business to go into and often large existing markets typically means that you have tons of competitions so it s very very hard to differentiate the first very counterintuitive idea is to go after small markets markets that are so small people often don t even think that they make sense that s where you get a foothold and then if those markets are able expand you can scale into a big monopoly business there are several different characteristics of these monopoly businesses that i d like to focus on there is no single formula in technology there is always a sense that in the history of technology every moment happens only once the next mark zuckerberg wont build a social network and the next larry page wont be building a search engine and the next bill gates wont be building an operating system if you are copying these people you are not learning from them there are always very unique businesses that are doing something that has not been done before and end up having the potential to be a monopoly the opening line in anna karenina that all happy families are alike and all unhappy families are unhappy in their own special way is not true in business where i think all happy companies are different because they re doing something very unique all unhappy companies are alike because they failed to escape the essential sameness in competition one characteristic of a monopoly technology company is some sort of proprietary technology my sort of crazy somewhat arbitrary rule of thumb is you want to have a technology that s an order of magnitude better than the next best thing so amazon had over ten times as many books it may not have been that high tech but you figure oh well it can sell ten times as many books and be more efficient along the way in the case of paypal bill turner was using checks to send money on ebay it took seven to ten days to clear and paypal could do it more than ten times as fast you want to have some sort of very powerful improvement some order of magnitude improvement on some key dimension of course if you just come with something totally new it s just like an infinite improvement i would say the iphone was the first smart phone that worked it may not be in fact but it s so definitely an order of magnitude of an improvement so i think the technology needs to be designed to give you a massive delta over the next the next best thing i think there often are network effects that can kick in and that really help the thing and these are linked to monopolies over time the thing that is very tricky about network effects is they re often very hard to get started and so you know everyone understands how valuable they are there s always this incredibly tricky question why is it valuable to the first person who s doing something economies of scale if you have something with very high fixed costs and very low marginal costs that s typically a monopoly like business and then there is this thing of branding which is sort of this idea that gets lodged into people s brains i never quite understand how branding works so i never invest in companies where its just about branding but it is i think a real phenomenon that creates real value i think one of the things i m going to come back to this in a little bit towards the end but one of the things thats very striking is that software businesses are often are for some reason very good at some of these things they are especially good at the economies of scale part because the marginal cost of software is zero so if you get something that works in software it s often significantly better than the existing solution and then you have these tremendous economies of scale and you can scale fairly quickly so even if the market starts small you can grow your business quickly enough to stay at the same size as the growing market and maintain the monopoly of power now the critical thing about these monopolies is it s not enough to have a monopoly for just a moment the critical thing is have one that lasts over time and so in silicon valley there is always this sort of idea that you want to be the first mover and i always think in some ways the better framing is you want to be the last mover you want to be one of the last companies in that category those are the ones that are really valid microsoft was the last operating system at least for many decades google was the last search engine facebook will be valuable if it turns out to be the last of social networking site and one way to think of this last mover value is this idea that most of the value in these companies exists far in the future if you do a discounted cash flow analysis of the business you ll look at all these profit streams you have a growth rate the growth rates much higher that the discount rate and so most of the value exists far in the future i did this exercise at pay pal in march of 2001 we d been in business for about twenty seven months and the growth rate was a hundred percent a year we were discounting future cash flows by thirty percent and it turned out that about three quarters of the value of the business as of 2001 came from cash flows in years 2011 and beyond and whenever you do the math on any of these tech companies you get to an answer that is something like that so if you are trying to analyze any of the tech companies in silicon valley airbnb twitter facebook any emerging internet companies all the ones in y combinator the math tells you that three quarters eighty five percent of the value is coming from cash flows in years 2024 and beyond it s very far in the future and so one of the things that we always over value in silicon valley is growth rates and we undervalue durability growth is something you can measure in the here and now you can always track that very precisely the question of whether a company will be around a decade from now thats actually what dominates the value equation and thats a much more qualitative sort of a thing and so if we went back to this idea of these characteristics of monopoly the proprietary technology network effects economies of scale you can think of these characteristics as ones that exist at a moment in time where you capture a market and take it over but you also want to think about are these things going to last over time so theres a time dimension to all these characteristics so networks in fact often have a great time element where as the network scales network effects actually get more robust and so if you have a network business it s often one that can become a bigger and stronger monopoly over time proprietary technology is always a little bit of a tricky one so you want something that is an order of magnitude better than the state of the art in the world today that s how you get people s attention that s how you initially break through but then you don t want to be superseded by somebody else so there are all these areas of innovation where there was tremendous innovation but no one made any money so disk drive manufacturing in the 1980 s you could build a better disk drive than anybody else you could take over the whole world and two years later someone else would come along and replace yours in the course of fifteen years you got vastly improved disk drives so had a great benefit to consumers but it didn t actually help the people who started these companies there s always this question about having a huge breakthrough in technology but then also being able to explain why yours will be the last breakthrough or at least the last breakthrough for a long time or if you make a breakthrough then you can keep improving on it at quick enough pace that no one can ever catch up so if you have a structure of the future where there s a lot of innovation and other people will come up with new things and the thing you re working on that s great for society it s actually not that good for your business typically and then economies of scale weve already about i think this last mover thing is very critical im always tempted i don t want to overdo chess analogies but the first mover in chess is someone who plays white white is about a one third of a pawn advantage so there is a small advantage to going first you want to be the last mover who wins the game so theres always world chess champion capablanca line you must begin by studying the end game i wouldn t say thats the only thing you should study i think perspective of asking these questions why will this still be the leading company in ten fifteen twenty years from now is a really critical one to try to think through i want to go in two slightly other directions with this the monopoly versus competition idea i think this is the central idea on my mind for business for starting a business for thinking about them there are some very interesting perspectives i think it gives on the whole history of innovation in technology and science we ve lived through 300 years of incredible technological progress in many many different domains steam engines to railways the telephone refrigeration household appliances the computer revolution aviation all different areas of technological innovation then there s sort of an analogous thing to say about science where we ve lived through centuries of enormous amounts of innovation in science as well the thing that i think people always miss when they think about these things is that because x and y are independent variables some of these things can be extremely valuable innovations but the people who invent them who come up with them do not get rewarded for this certainly if you go back to you need to create x dollars in value and you capture y percent of x i would suggest that the history of science has generally been one where y is zero percent across the board the scientists never make any money theyre always deluded into thinking that they live in a just universe that will reward them for their work and for their inventions this is probably the fundamental delusion that scientists tend to suffer from in our society even in technology there are sort of many different areas of technology where there were great innovations that created tremendous value for society but people did not actually capture much of the value so i think there is a whole history of science and technology that can be told from the perspective of how much value was actually captured certainly there are entire sectors where people didn t capture anything you re the smartest physicist of the twentieth century you come up with special relativity you come up with general relativity you don t get to be a billionaire you don t even get to be a millionaire it just somehow doesn t work that way the railroads were incredibly valuable they mostly just went bankrupt because there was too much competition wright brothers you fly the first plane you don t make any money so i think there is a structure to these industries thats very important i think the thing that s actually rare are the success cases so if you really think about the history in this and this two hundred fifty years sweep why is almost always zero percent it s always zero in science it s almost always in technology it s very rare where people made money you know in the late eighteenth early nineteenth century the first industrial revolution was the textile mills you got the steam engine you sort of automated things you had these relentless improvements that people improved efficiency of textile factories of manufacturing generally at a clip of five to seven percent every year year after year decade after decade you had sixty seventy years of tremendous improvement from 1780 to 1850 even in 1850 most of the wealth in britain was still held by the landed aristocracy and the workers didn t make that much the capitalists didn t make that much either it was all competed away there were hundreds of people running textile factories it was an industry where the structure of the competition prevented people from making any money there are in my mind probably only two broad categories in the entire history of the last two hundred and fifty years where people actually came up with new things and made money doing so one is these sort of vertically integrated complex monopolies which people did build in the second industrial revolution at the end of the nineteenth and start of the twentieth century this is like ford it was the vertically integrated oil companies like standard oil and what these vertically integrated monopolies typically required was a very complex coordination you ve got a lot of pieces to fit together in just the right way and when you assemble that you had a tremendous advantage this is actually done surprisingly little today and so i think this is sort of a business form that when people can pull it off is very valuable it s typically fairly capital intensive we live in a culture where it s very hard to get people to buy into anything that s super complicated and takes very long to build when i think of my colleague and friend elon from paypal success with tesla and spacex i think the key to these companies was the complex vertically integrated monopoly structure they had if you look at tesla or spacex and you ask was there sort of a single breakthrough i mean they certainly innovated on a law of dimensions but i don t think there was a single 10x breakthrough on battery storage they may be working on some things in rocketry but there was no sort of single massive breakthrough but what was really impressive was integrating all these pieces together and doing it in a way that was more vertically integrated than most other competitors so tesla also integrated the car distributors so they wouldn t steal all the money as has happened with the rest of the car industry in the us or spacex basically you pulled in all subcontractors where most of the large aerospace companies have single sourced subcontractors that are able to charge monopoly profits and make it very hard for the integrated aerospace companies to make money and so vertical integration i think is sort of a very under explored modality of technological progress that people would do well to look at more and then i think there is something about software itself that s very powerful software has these incredible economies of scale these low marginal costs and there is something about the world of bits as opposed to the world of atoms where you can often get very fast adoption and fast adoption is critical to capturing and taking over markets because even if you have a small market if adoption rate is too slow there will be enough time for other people to enter that market and compete with you whereas if you have a small to midsize market have the fast adoption rate you can now take over this market so i think this is one of the reasons silicon valley has done so well and why software has been this phenomenal industry what i would suggest that we will leave you with is there are these different rationalizations people give for why certain things work and why certain things don t work and i think these rationalizations always obscure this question on creating x dollars in value and capturing y percent of x so the science rationalization were always told is that the scientists arent interested in making money theyre doing it for charitable reasons and that you re not a good scientist if youre motivated by money i m not even saying people should always be motivated by money or something like this but i think we should wish to be a little bit more critical of this as a rationalization we should ask is this a rationalization to obscure the fact that y equals zero percent and the scientists are operating in this sort of world where all the innovation is effectively competed away and they cant capture any of it directly the software distortion that often happens is because people are making such vast fortunes in software we infer that this is the most valuable thing in the world being done full stop and so people at twitter make billions of dollars it must be that twitter is worth far more than anything einstein did what that realization tends to obscure is again that x and y are independent variables and that there are these businesses where you capture a lot of x and others where you don t so i do think the history of innovation has been this history where the microeconomics the structure of these industries has mattered a tremendous amount and there is sort of this story where some people made vast fortunes because they worked in industries with the right structure and other people made nothing at all because they were in these very competitive things we shouldn t just rationalize that way i think it s worth understanding this better then finally let me come back to this sort of overarching theme for this talk this competition is for losers idea which is always a provocative way to title things because we always think of the losers as the people who are not good at competing we think of losers as the people who are slow on the track team in high school or do a little less well on standardized tests and don t get into the right schools so we always think of losers as people who can t compete and i want us to really rethink and re value this and consider whether it s possible the competition itself is off it s not just the case we don t understand this monopoly competition dichotomy intellectually so weve been talking about why you wouldnt understand it intellectually because people lie about it its distorted the history of innovation rationalizes it in all these very strange ways i think it s more than just an intellectual blind spot but also a psychological blind spot where we find ourselves very attracted to competition and in one form or another we find it reassuring if other people do things the word ape already in the time of shakespeare meant both primate and imitate and that is something about human nature it s deeply imitative ape like sheep like and this is very problematic thing that we need to always think through and try to overcome there is always this question about competition as a form of validation where we go for things that lots of other people are going for it s not that there is wisdom of crowds it s not that lots of people trying to do something is the best proof of that being valuable i think it s when lots of people are trying to do something that is often proof of insanity there are twenty thousand people a year who move to los angeles to become movie stars about twenty of them make it i think the olympics are a little bit better because you have you can sort of figure out pretty quickly whether youre good or not so there s little less of a deadweight loss to society you know the sort of educational experience that at a place the pre stanford educational experience there is always sort of a non competitive characterization i think most of the people in this room had machine guns and they were competing with people with bows and arrows so it wasnt exactly a parallel competition when you were in junior high school in high school there is always the question does the tournament make sense as you keep going there is always this question if people going on to grad school or post doctoral educations does the intensity of the competition really make sense there is the classic henry kissinger line describing his fellow faculty at harvard the battles were so ferocious because the stakes were so small describing academia and you sort of think on one level this is a description of insanity why would people fight like crazy when the stakes are so small but it s also i think simply a function of the logic of a situation when it s been really hard to differentiate yourself from other people when the differences are when the objectives differences really are small you have to compete ferociously to maintain a difference of one sort or another that s often more imaginary than real there is always sort of a personal version of this i tell where i was sort of hypertracked in my eighth grade junior high school yearbook one my friends wrote i know youre going to get into stanford four years later i went to stanford law school ended up at a big law firm in new york where from the outside everybody wanted to get in and on the inside everybody wanted to leave and it was this very strange dynamic where i realized this was maybe not the best idea and i left after seven months and three days other people down the hall told me it s really reassuring to see you leave peter i had no idea that it was possible to escape from alcatraz which of course all you had do was go out the front door and not come back but so much of people s identities got wrapped up in winning these competitions that they somehow lost sight of what was important what was valuable competition does make you better at whatever it is that you re competing at because when you re competing you re comparing yourself with the people around you im figuring out how to beat the people next to me how do i do somewhat better than whatever it is they re doing and you will get better at that i m not questioning that i m not denying that but there often comes this tremendous price that you stop asking some bigger questions about what s truly important and truly valuable don t always go through the tiny little door that everyone s trying to rush through maybe go around the corner and go through the vast gate that nobody is taking q do you have any ways to determine the difference when looking at an idea or thinking about your own idea a i would say the question i always focus on is what is the actual market so not what s the narrative of the market because you can always tell a fictional story about a market it s much bigger much or smaller but what is the real objective market so you always try to figure it out and you realize people have incentives to powerfully distort these things q so which of the aspects of all these you mentioned you would you say is applicable to google a well they have they have network effects with the ad network they had proprietary technology that gave them the initial lead because they had the page rank algorithm which was an order of magnitude better than any other search engine they had economies of scale up because of the need to store all these different sites and at this point you have brand so google has all four maybe the proprietary technology is somewhat weaker at this point but definitely it had all four and maybe three and a half out of four now q how does this apply to palantir and square a that s sort of a set of companies that are doing different copycat payment systems on mobile phones there s square there s paypal they have different shapes that s how they differentiate themselves one is a triangle one is a square maybe at one point the apes run out of shapes or something like that but at palantir we started with a focus on the intelligence community which is a small submarket we had a proprietary technology that used a very different approach where it was focused on the human computer synthesis rather than the substitution which i think is the dominant paradigm so there is a whole set of things i would say on the market approach and on the proprietary technology q what do you think about lean startups a so the question is what do i think about lean startups and iterative thinking where you get feedback from people versus complexity that may not work i m personally quite skeptical of all the lean startup methodology i think the really great companies did something that was somewhat more of a quantum improvement that really differentiated them from everybody else they typically did not do massive customer surveys the people who ran these companies sometimes not always suffered from mild forms of aspergers so they were not actually that influenced not that easily deterred by what other people told them to do i do think we re way too focused on iteration as a modality and not enough on trying to have a virtual esp link with the public and figuring it out ourselves i would say the risk question is always a very tricky one because it s often the case that you don t have enough time to really mitigate risk if you re going to take enough time to figure out what people want you often will have missed the boat by then and then of course there is always the risk of doing something that s not that significant or meaningful you could say that a track in law school is a low risk track from one perspective but it may still be a very high risk track in the sense that maybe you have a high risk of not doing something meaningful with your life we have to think about risk in these very complicated ways i think risk is this complicated concept q doesn t the last mover advantage already imply that there s competition to begin with a yes there s always a terminology thing i would say that there are categories in which people sort of are bundled together the monopoly business i think they really were a big first mover in some sense you can say google was not the first search engine there were search engines before but on one dimension they were dramatically better than everybody else they were the first one with page rank with an automated approach facebook was not the first of social networking site my friend reid hoffman started one in 1997 they called it social net so they already had the name social networking in the name of their company seven years before facebook their idea was that it going to be this virtual cyberspace were i d be a dog and you d be a cat and we d have all these different rules about how we interact with each other in this virtual alternate reality facebook was the first one to get real identity so i hope facebook will be the last social networking site it was the first one in a very important dimension people often would not think of it as the first because they sort of lump all these things together q if someone worked at goldman sachs out of college and left after six months and is now studying cs at stanford how would you recommend rethinking their competitive advantage a i am not great at the psychotherapy stuff so i don t quite know how to solve this there are these very odd studies they have done on people who go to business school this one was done at the harvard business school where it s sort of the anti asbergers personality where people are super extroverted generally have low convictions few ideas and you have sort of a hothouse environment you put all these people and for two years and at the end of it they systematically end up the largest cohort systematically ends up doing the wrong thing they try to catch the last wave in 1999 everyone tried to work with mike milken this was a few years before he went to jail for all the junk bond stuff they were never interested in silicon valley or tech except for 1999 2000 when they timed the dotcom bubble peaking perfectly 2005 to 2007 was housing private equity stuff like this this tendency for us to see competition as validation is very deep i don t think there s some easy psychological formula to avoid this i don t quite know how what sort of therapy to recommend my first starting point which is only going to be maybe ten percent of the way is to never underestimate how big a problem it is we always think that this is something that afflicts other people we always point to people in business school people at harvard or people on wall street but it actually does afflict all of us to a very profound degree we always think of advertising as this thing that works on other people for all the stupid people who follow ads on tv but they obviously work to some extent and they work to the disturbing extent on all of us and it s something we must work to overcome thank you very much 32
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['britpop', 'candy pop', 'welsh indie', 'welsh rock']
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i put horses heads in people s beds cos i am the mob when duty calls gonna bust some balls cos i am the mob don t try and tell me it s not one for the money two for the money three for the money am i your easter bunny come on i try my level best my best to please but i m gonna put a bullet between your knees baby come on oh just tell them stop blowing the don put his kecks back on cos i am the mob stop muckin around with the brand new sound cos i am the mob don t try and tell me it s not one for the money two for the money three for the money am i your easter bunny come on oh baby come on i try my level best my best to please but i m gonna put a bullet between your knees baby come on just please tell them that luca brasi ah he sleeps with the fishes luca brasi ah he sleeps with the fishes luca brasi ah he sleeps with the fishes missus oh tell them just tell them luca brasi ah he sleeps with the fishes luca brasi ah he sleeps with the fishes luca brasi ah he sleeps with the fishes missus oh luca brasi ah he sleeps with the fishes luca brasi ah he sleeps with the fishes luca brasi ah he sleeps with the fishes i am the mob
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The Good Life
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['omaha indie']
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keely aimee sat next to me my hair stood up on end and keely aimee maybe one night we could be better friends i know this town s been hard on you i ve seen the neighbors close their shades but keely they ve got their secrets too so you fell in some mud you haven t fallen from grace keely aimee i m sure you dreamed you d do far greater things but keely i wish you wouldn t dwell on what could and couldn t be i know how dreams can let you down i ve had some rude awakenings but keely i still go back to sleep in the dead of night you spring to life for me keely aimee keely aimee keely aimee i know this world is such a heavy weight and keely aimee those crows feet perched at such an early age well i d help you shoo those birds away if the burden s just too much see keely i love your suffering like gravity loves a stumbling drunk so keely aimee lay next to me rest your head against mine in all of the world i ve never known a sadder valentine and when will i sleep and dream of the city towering into the clouds we ll run through the streets anonymously a whole new life if only we knew how keely aimee if only we knew how keely aimee oh no no if we knew how
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of Montreal
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['alternative dance', 'alternative rock', 'anti-folk', 'art pop', 'baroque pop', 'elephant 6', 'indie pop', 'indie rock', 'lo-fi', 'new rave']
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you hit me so hard like a wong kar wai beginning i m exploding in smiles my equilibrium spinning rapture rapes the muses but you don t notice that it s kissing you rapture rapes the muses and the void that s left confuses it s confusing rapture rapes the muses but you don t notice that it s kissing you rapture rapes the muses and the void that s left confuses it s confusing you keep me lit like antediluvian troy but one always reveres what one s bound to destroy gloomy erebus is an anathema to me all of them dancing like flames and the sad enmity i wonder if i understand am i too young to understand rapture rapes the muses but you don t notice that it s kissing you rapture rapes the muses and the void that s left confuses it s confusing rapture rapes the muses but you don t notice that it s kissing you rapture rapes the muses and the void that s left confuses it s confusing rapture rapes the muses but you don t notice that it s kissing you rapture rapes the muses and the void that s left confuses it s confusing rapture rapes the muses but you don t notice that it s kissing you rapture rapes the muses and the void that s left confuses it s confusing1
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Martina McBride
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['contemporary country', 'country', 'country dawn', 'country road']
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i m still waiting tell me you love me and make me feel it convince me that your heart is true don t say you need me if you really don t mean it because boy i ain t nobody s fool yeah baby i m trying to find a place inside your heart oh but it s hard to start a fire without a spark if you want to be the man that rocks me to my knees baby just make me believe because i m still waiting every night i bring you all my broken pieces but you just put them on your shelf tell me why you put this wall between us and keep your reasons to yourself ah you say you feel the same but my heart s full of doubt you say you ll find the time so we can work it out but i m still waiting baby just make me believe baby just make me believe
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Asian Doll
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['dfw rap', 'trap queen', 'viral rap']
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bitches pushing the peddle nigga callin my line i do not answer get money on time smokin some dope head s in the cloud word to my latest i m making them proud i am a doll you know i m better when i get cold yeah that s gucci my sweater pushin the peddle pussy game wetter slippin n sliddin i shoot on the metal nigga callin my line i do not answer get money on time smokin some dope head s in the cloud word to my latest i m making them proud i am a doll you know i m better when i get cold yeah that s gucci my sweater pushin the peddle pussy game wetter slippin n sliddin i shoot on the metal asian doll in my bag i am that bitch with all of the swag and i walk i am a check these bitches trippin they thinking they next got me a choker it stay on my neck keep me some diamonds they right on my face now i eat sushi i don t say my grace with some white bitches they snortin the race hop out the bed and i swag i get that money i m flexin i m making them mad i be securing my bag bitches opinions don t matter it go in the trash these niggas really be trash won t let him fuck he still gon get me bag poppin and shoppin them tags when i was young used to dream now i m living the life you in the dark and i shine like a light knife in my heart i be ready to fight industry s nervous they making a pie i wanna rap like a pie i got niggas but they lie bitches fraud in disguise i can t help that he want it own it push up on me cause i m asian i own it nigga callin my line i do not answer get money on time smokin some dope head s in the cloud word to my latest i m making them proud i am a doll you know i m better when i get cold yeah that s gucci my sweater pushin the peddle pussy game wetter slippin n sliddin i shoot on the metal nigga callin my line i do not answer get money on time smokin some dope head s in the cloud word to my latest i m making them proud i am a doll you know i m better when i get cold yeah that s gucci my sweater pushin the peddle pussy game wetter slippin n sliddin i shoot on the metal eeny miny moe sneak diss get smoked my niggas reckless they pull up with poles don t get offended i pull up on hoes riding around with my old nigga 18 with a tesla we was getting money we was juggin still ain t let him fuck woulda bought me diamonds but i had better shit to do can t compete with the next bitch i m fucking bout my loot like a hula hoop money go around don t be jealous boo flyest in my school outta space is my fucking mood nigga callin my line i do not answer get money on time smokin some dope head s in the cloud word to my latest i m making them proud i am a doll you know i m better when i get cold yeah that s gucci my sweater pushin the peddle pussy game wetter slippin n sliddin i shoot one the metal nigga callin my line i do not answer get money on time smokin some dope head s in the cloud word to my latest i m making them proud i am a doll you know i m better when i get cold yeah that s gucci my sweater pushin the peddle pussy game wetter slippin n sliddin i shoot on the metal
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Stretch Arm Strong
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['christian hardcore', 'christian punk', 'melodic hardcore', 'straight edge']
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it s ok for me to say i love you and it s ok for you to cry the sorrow that you are feeling you should not deny so why is it so trying to express the way i feel just one moment you steal i still care and i still feel time and again it s all too real separate and detach myself running from all the pain i felt somewhere in the foothills of my mind i know my ways aren t right they re not right so i ll shrug it off and wear a grin i ll carry on and just pretend i still care and i still feel time and again it s all too real
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The O.C. Supertones
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['christian alternative rock', 'christian music', 'christian punk']
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so what becomes of those small unwanted souls who spend their lives breaking their backs those who dig the gold for the rich and powerful who place their feet upon their necks the shepherd is the lamb do you understand that god became a man the shepherd is the lamb where can the junkies go when high has laid them low are they truly on their own it seems we ve lost our way like sheep we have gone astray can anybody lead us home the shepherd is the lamb do you understand that god became a man the shepherd is the lamb the shepherd is the lamb do you understand that god became a man the shepherd is the lamb who is the champion the friend of the suffering of those who were never born the king with the crown of thorns and i ll consecrate a verse to the kingdom in reverse where the least are most and the last will be the first the shepherd is the lamb do you understand that god became a man the shepherd is the lamb the shepherd is the lamb do you understand that god became a man the shepherd is the lamb
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J. Tillman
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['Unknown genre']
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the day i ventured a walk of the flooded trail i gave no thought coming down i was seven miles up the mountain by the time the sun went down oh black branches too high to be wielded though the ground is moving moving under my feet i lay down and speak deep deep to the heart of the wood where life has but one thought come alive you vainly doomed break the arms you re clinging to the serpent didn t need them but he s less terrified of truth drink the tea your lady made conjured sisters to elate i see them bathing in the river as vipers menacingly wade
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Stevie Wonder
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['adult standards', 'motown', 'quiet storm', 'soul']
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it brings a tear into my eyes when i begin to realize i ve cried so much since you ve been gone i guess i m drowning in my own tears i sit and cry just like a child my pouring tears are running wild if you don t think you ll be home soon i guess i ll drown in my own tears i know it s true into each life some rain rain must pour i m so blue here without you it keeps raining more and more why don t you come on home oh yes so i won t be all alone if you don t think you ll be home soon i guess i ll ooh don t let me when i m in trouble baby oh yeah baby don t let me i guess i ll drown in my own tears oh mmh
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The Ocean Party
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['australian garage punk', 'australian indie']
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they shot another man today pulled the trigger as he walked away i bet it felt just like a video game i heard they call themselves the usa i want to exist outside it all i want to watch everything fall your guess is as good as mine where i m standing how much time we keep on walking down the line cause no one s giving us a sign i want to exist outside it all i want to watch everything fall i want to exist outside it all i want to watch everything fall i want to exist outside it all i want to watch everything fall i want to exist outside it all i want to watch everything fall i want to exist outside it all i want to watch everything fall i want to exist outside it all i want to watch everything fall i want to exist outside it all
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Chris Connor
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['torch song', 'vocal jazz']
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you make me feel so young you make me feel as though spring has sprung and every time i see you grin i m such a happy in div dual the moment that you speak i wanna go play hide and seek i wanna go and bounce the moon just like a toy ballon you and i are just like a couple of tots runnin across the meadow pickin up lots of forget me nots you make me feel so young you make me feel there are songs to be sung bells to be rung and a wonderful spring to be sprung and even when i m old and grey i m gonna feel the way i do today cos you make me feel so young
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Bessie Smith
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['blues', 'harlem renaissance', 'jazz blues', 'traditional blues']
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judge you wanna hear my plea before you open up your court but i don t want no sympathy cause i done cut my good man s throat i caught him with a trifling jane i warned him bout before i had my knife and went insane and the rest you ought to know judge judge please mr judge send me to the lectric chair judge judge good mr judge let me go away from here i wanna take a journey to the devil down below i done killed my man i wanna reap just what i ve sowed oh judge judge lordy lordy judge send me to the lectric chair judge judge hear me judge send me to the lectric chair judge judge send me there judge i love him so dear i cut him with my barlow i kicked him in the side i stood there laughing over him while he wallowed round and died oh judge judge lordy judge send me to the lectric chair judge judge please mr judge send me to the lectric chair judge judge good kind judge burn me cause i don t care i don t want no bondsman there to go my bail i don t want to spend no nine and ninety years in jail so judge judge good kind judge send me to the lectric chair
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TOTO
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['album rock', 'classic rock', 'mellow gold', 'rock', 'soft rock', 'yacht rock']
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all i wanna do when i wake up in the morning is see your eyes rosanna rosanna i never thought that a girl like you could ever care for me rosanna all i wanna do in the middle of the evening is hold you tight rosanna rosanna i didn t know you were looking for more than i could ever be not quite a year since you went away rosanna yeah now she s gone and i have to say meet you all the way meet you all the way rosanna yeah meet you all the way meet you all the way rosanna yeah i can see your face still shining through the window on the other side rosanna rosanna i didn t know that a girl like you could make me feel so sad rosanna all i wanna tell you is now you ll never ever have to compromise rosanna rosanna i never thought that losing you could ever hurt so bad not quite a year since you went away rosanna yeah now she s gone and i have to say meet you all the way meet you all the way rosanna yeah meet you all the way meet you all the way rosanna yeah not quite a year since you went away rosanna yeah now she s gone and i have to say meet you all the way yeah yeah girl meet you all the way rosanna yeah meet you all the way ooh ooh ooh yeah meet you all the way rosanna yeah meet you all the way meet you all the way rosanna yeah meet you all the way meet you all the way rosanna yeah
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Kathy Troccoli
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['christian music']
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come just as you are hear the spirit call come just as you are come and see come receive come and live forever come just as you are hear the spirit call come just as you are come and see come receive come and live forever life everlasting and strength for today taste the living water and never thirst again come just as you are hear the spirit call come just as you are come and see come receive come and live forevermore
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Huey Mack
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['indie pop rap', 'pop rap']
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since birth i was set up to lose always had a chip on my shoulder or something to prove did whatever we could do to try to get through life my momma worked three jobs just to keep on the lights and look that s why i don t wanna let her down cause she did too much to give me everything i have now what would have happened if my father never left on second thought i guess it s probably for the best you can t imagine all the things that i ve seen but what s court side if you ve never sat in the nosebleeds what good is my dream if it only remains my dream tryna turn a black and white tv into a flat screen yeah i guess i m being optimistic but i couldn t do it without dreaming i already did it and i m the only one who says if i can i won t stop until the whole world knows who i am they say what you can t do hate you until they all love you they set you up to lose but i m tryna make my dreams come true from west virginia to worldwide from west virginia to worldwide when d it all become an inspiration i made a song as a fuckin joke in my mother s basement now i spend my days on a bus and my nights on stages lookin back i guess it s kind of amazin i got people with my tatted on em and i won t lie that it always makes me cry to see how far that i ve gotten because i ve left a mark on someone s life forever so believe me when i tell you everything will get better from just an average kid always told me i wouldn t be shit dropped out of college what the fuck can that degree get a desk job a stupid tie a feeling i m expendable i d rather be myself and feel like every day s incredible yeah so forget your achievements if i don t win on this planet i m never planning on leaving and look i won t stop until everyone knows i m taking this from them country roads to the whole damn globe they say what you can t do hate you until they all love you they set you up to lose but i m tryna make my dreams come true from west virginia to worldwide from west virginia to worldwide who says what you can t do can t nobody be the judge but you who says you re not a star it don t matter where you re from it don t matter who you are who says what you can t do can t nobody be the judge but you who says you re not a star it don t matter where you re from it don t matter who you are they say what you can t do hate you until they all love you they set you up to lose but i m tryna make my dreams come true from west virginia to worldwide from west virginia to worldwide 2
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Japanther
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['brooklyn indie', 'garage pop', 'indie garage rock', 'indie punk', 'noise rock']
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you re always moving around uproot your family move them to another town and not for not i m always restless and not for not i m always restless moving moving around around moving moving around around but you can t give up you can get out of it is this your life venice you re leaving is this the life you re really leading is this your life venice you re leaving is this the life you re really leading and not for not i m always restless and not for not i m always restless moving moving around around moving moving around around but you can t give up you can get out of it moving moving around around moving moving around around but you can t give up you can get out but you can t give up you can get out of it moving moving around around moving moving around around moving moving around around moving moving around around but you can t give up you can get out of it and then you stare up at the ceiling is this your life venice you re leaving is this the life you re really leading is this your life venice you re leaving is this the life you re really leading and then you stare back at the ceiling but you can t give up you can get out of it moving moving around around moving moving around around all for love but she don t need it
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Jay Reatard
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['action rock', 'garage pop', 'garage psych', 'garage punk', 'garage rock', 'indie garage rock', 'indie punk', 'memphis indie', 'noise pop', 'punk blues']
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you are screaming at me don t get me started saying you re gonna leave that s just retarded leaving me all alone to throw the party to celebrate your fate you are departed it seems as though your mouth is closed it s painted shut with guilt no more screaming at me don t get me started no more saying you ll leave that s just retarded no more leaving alone to throw the party i ll just celebrate fate you are departed it seems as though your mouth is closed it s painted shut with guilt oh oh oh oh oh oh it seems as though your mouth is closed it s painted shut with guilt it seems as though your mouth is closed it s painted shut with guilt
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Wanda Jackson
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['nashville sound', 'oklahoma country', 'rock-and-roll', 'rockabilly']
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i know what you re doing and i ll save you the trouble i saw you wink for the waiter to slip me a double if you want some barroom swinger i m not the one cause i don t think a girl s gotta drink to have fun mama said when i went out in the world drinking ain t the thing for a sweet young girl i didn t listen then but now i m here to shout that my dear old mama knew what she was talkin about so if you want another round just order one cause i don t think a girl s gotta drink to have fun don t bother bringing a bottle when you call cause i like my kisses straight or not at all i wanna be sure i remember every one and i don t think a girl s gotta drink to have fun mama said when i went out in the world drinking ain t the thing for a sweet young girl i didn t listen then but now i m here to shout that my dear old mama knew what she was talkin about so if you want another round just order one cause i don t think a girl s gotta drink to have fun no i don t think a girl s gotta drink to have fun
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The Coasters
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['adult standards', 'bubblegum pop', 'doo-wop', 'rhythm and blues', 'rock-and-roll', 'rockabilly', 'soul']
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i flopped down in my easy chair and turned on channel 2 a bad gunslinger called salty sam was a chasin poor sweet sue he trapped her in the old sawmill and said with an evil laugh if you don t give me the deed to your ranch i ll saw you all in half and then he grabbed her he tied her up he turned on the buzz saw ack ack and then along came jones tall thin jones slow walkin jones slow talkin jones along came lonely lanky jones commercial came on so i got up to get myself a snack you should ve seen what was going on by the time that i got back down in the old abandoned mine sweet sue was a havin fits that villain said give me the deed to your ranch or i ll blow you all to bits and then he grabbed her he tied her up he lit the fuse to the dynamite ack ack and then along came jones tall thin jones slow walkin jones slow talkin jones along came lonely lanky jones i got so bugged i turned it off and turned on another show but there was the same old shoot em up and the same old rodeo salty sam was a tryin to stuff sweet sue in a burlap sack he said if you don t give me the deed to your ranch i m gonna throw you on the railroad track and then he grabbed her he tied her up he threw her on the railroad track a train started coming ack ack and then along came jones tall thin jones slow walkin jones slow talkin jones along came lonely lanky jones along came lonely lanky jones
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Louis Armstrong
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['adult standards', 'dixieland', 'harlem renaissance', 'jazz trumpet', 'new orleans jazz', 'swing', 'vocal jazz']
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i found my thrill on blueberry hill on blueberry hill when i found you the moon stood still on blueberry hill and lingered until my dreams came true the wind in the willow played love s sweet melody but all of those vows we made were never to be though we re apart you re part of me still for you were my thrill on blueberry hill come climb the hill with me baby we ll see what we shall see i ll bring my horn with me i ll be with you where berries are blue each afternoon we ll go higher than the moon we ll go then to a weddin in june we ll go the wind in the willow played love s sweet melody but all of those vows we made were never to be though we re apart you re part of me still for you were my thrill on blueberry hill
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Till West
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['Unknown genre']
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hey girl we got a party to go to tonight ha ha alright i ve been saving up all day just for this i am ready and i am out the door you and me you hang on through sisters through the air we gonna get it tonight we gonna get it tonight we gonna get it tonight we gonna get it tonight you re always hungry when i am for the same man you re always hungry when i am for the right man hey girl we got a party to go to tonight ha ha alright i ve been saving up all day just for this i am ready and i am out the door you re always hungry when i am for the same man you re always hungry when i am for the right man you re always hungry when i am for the same man you re always hungry when i am for the right man we gonna get it tonight you re always hungry when i am for the same man you re always hungry when i am for the right man i am ready and i am out the door
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Gaelle
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['downtempo']
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give it back you hijacked my mind and soul i m falling in circles can t catch my fall so i need you to be close cause where you go i ll follow so give it back in my bed sleeping not i cannot explain what s in my head longing for an empty thought but i seem to think of you instead you blew my mind away and i can t let you go took it and ran away just had to let you know just dropped a line to say that i lost all control you blew my mind away in my head and in my heart i cannot complain no one competes longing for this pace to stop never been the same since you loved me you blew my mind away now that i m torn apart took it and ran away is when you come for my heart there s nothing left to say and i don t know where to start give back my thoughts to me kiss me
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James
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['britpop', 'madchester', 'new wave', 'new wave pop', 'permanent wave', 'pop rock', 'rock']
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three you were one one of the three one in three must find some peace you were one one of the three i need proof before belief oh well you just knew they d come for you so it was suicide suicide oh well now you got just what you want i hope you re satisfied one of the three one of the three one of the three one of the three you were one one of the three one in three must find some peace you were one one of the three i need proof before belief oh well i guess you re not to blame for what they ve done in your name in your name oh well it s a shame you got so famous for a sacrifice one of the three one of the three one of the three one of the three one of the three one of the three one of the three one of the three you were one one of the three one in three must find some peace you were one one of the three i need proof before belief you sent forth your lamb to the slaughter you sent forth your lamb to the slaughter you sent forth your lamb to the slaughter you sent forth your lamb to the slaughter
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Michael Martin Murphey
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['country rock', 'cowboy western', 'mellow gold', 'new mexico music', 'outlaw country', 'soft rock']
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happy trails to you until we meet again happy trails to you keep smilin until then who cares about the clouds when we re together just sing a song and bring the sunny weather happy trails to you till we meet again some trails are happy ones others are blue it s the way you ride the trail that counts here s a happy one for you happy trails to you until we meet again happy trails to you keep smilin until then who cares about the clouds when we re together just sing a song and bring the sunny weather happy trails to you till we meet again
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The Black Crowes
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['album rock', 'blues rock', 'classic rock', 'hard rock', 'jam band', 'pop rock', 'rock', 'southern rock']
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hey there buddy slow down for me i m friendly and i m clean i will not rob you or cause you misery your wheels sound good to me i ain t green with travel as you can see i only got one bag if i am trouble drop me off in abilene i ll pay my gasoline let me share the ride let me share the ride it s hard living on travel time please let me share your ride i never was a young man never felt old this life is a mystery my coffee s hot not cold i ll turn your dashboard gold slow down take a look at me i m not not running from anything i ve no past to hide i ve got no secrets haunting me i just easy ride
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Mr Jukes
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['british soul', 'indie jazz', 'indie soul']
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oh how you floated through the halls of heed and wade the world was mad but you made all the curves look straight let them sing in ecstasy let them drink their wine let me sip the words between your ruby lips and mine they can sing in ecstasy they can drink their wine but i won t let them pass between your ruby lips oh so close to mine mine mine oh how i waited for your fickle feet to stray to leave the jagged sounds and hear them fade away so take me up and i can see the clouds below oh how i long for change and you can make it so let them sing in ecstasy let them drink their wine let me sip the words between your ruby lips and mine they can sing in ecstasy they can drink their wine but i won t let them pass between your ruby lips oh so close to mine mine mine1
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G.Q.
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['classic soul', 'disco', 'funk', 'post-disco', 'quiet storm']
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aw aw aw aw aw aw yeah ah ah ahhh ahhh oh oooh oh oooh oh oooh oh ah ah ah i ve got a feeling i m feeling good tonight you re sending a message straight across the floor just let me hear you scream it to me more enjoy yourself you get what you re looking for woo woo oooh you re so good the best you deserve a standing ovation you re so good the best you deserve a standing ovation all your potential showing tonight there s no one that i know can top ya with all your skills your stardom and your poise you re looking great at number one woo oooh oooooooh you re so good the best you deserve a standing ovation woo woo woo woo you re so good the best you deserve a standing ovation you re so good yeah you deserve a standing ovation ooh you re so good the best you deserve a standing ovation ahhhh gee you re so great i can kiss you if i get a chance i ll do it every night you re the one i love to hug and kiss you squeeze love hug and hold you tight oooh you you you re so good the best you deserve a standing ovation ooooooh oooh you re so good the best you deserve a standing ovation you re so good yeah you deserve a standing ovation ooooooooooooooooh you re so good the best you deserve a standing ovation uh clap your hands you re so good the best you deserve a standing ovation i clap my hands for you it s so good baby sweet sweet and good you deserve it baby you deserve a standing ovation you re so good you re so good you re so good the best the best baby you re so good yeah you deserve a standing ovation standing ovation yeah awwwww aw aw i clap my hands for you cause you re so good you re so good the best you deserve a standing ovation you re so good the best it s a standing ovation you re so good the best you deserve a standing ovation
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Ookla The Mok
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['geek folk', 'geek rock']
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i want to go where no man s ever gone before and i want to wield my evil father s laser sword one little step for me gets bigger when there s no gravity and i m gonna fly high in the sky faster than the speed of thought i am gonna be an astronaut i want to be the fastest draw in the wild wild west in boot and spurs and a ten gallon hat i ll be well dressed i ll catch the bandits and throw them in jail i ll win a shoot out at the ok corral oh bury me not on the lone prairie don t fence me in roy i want to be a cowboy people always ask me when you gonna grow up and when you do what will you be that s when i always tell that if i m gonna grow up i ll do it on my own sweet time and what i become is still up to me in the sandbox and on the jungle gym barbie dolls and tonka trucks were made for her and him i don t know i don t know but you just ask my mom and she says i can be whatever i want to be and you just ask your dad if you can come over and play with me i want to say land ho argghh avast and batten down the hatches and i want to have a peg leg a hook for an arm and two eyepatches i ll run you through then make you walk the plank or i ll tie you to a two ton anchor i ll be a pirate i ll show no fear i want to be a buccaneer i wanna be a photo journalist college kid and i wanna get bitten by a radioactive arachnid one lesson that ll be learned by me is that with great power comes great responsibility and i ll have an uncanny spider sense and web shooters on my hands i wanna be spider man
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Schaffer The Darklord
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['nerdcore']
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oh oh oh oh oh no no no here we go so everybody hands up high and just wave them from side to side fuck that punch them up into fists and pump them up and down like this yes when nothing ever goes your way when oh no is not enough you say goddamnit when you wanna crawl up and die when you re clawing at the walls you cry goddamnit when your hands wanna ball up in fists when you re getting unbelievably pissed goddamnit when the color red is all that you see when all you wanna do it break free and scream g to the o to the d to the d to the a to the m to the n to the i to the t from the n to the y to the c is the s to the t to the d that s me now let s see what do we got ah suffering running around a cage enraged and another thing everything is amplified by the overstated understatement of sayin that you re just frustrated but you re worse off first off stricken by a feeling inside and you re pressurized tensions building and building up building hitting critical mass you re gonna crack man better start kicking some ass now momma did say there would be days of this kind the weight of the world weighs heavy on your mind and you find that you re kinda like a water balloon just one more prick will mean doom you gotta let it go and just let it out you re a little teapot this is your spout and you re about to start spewing steam outta your top you gotta drop a g bomb like it s hot or you ll pop and nooooo okay hey lemme hear you heretics say goddamnit when nothing ever goes your way when oh no is not enough to say goddamnit when you wanna crawl up and die when you re clawing at the walls you cry goddamnit when your hands wanna ball up in fists when you re getting unbelievably pissed goddamnit when the color red is all that you see when all you wanna do it break free and scream a to the b to the c to the d to the e to the f to the g to the h to the i to the j to the k to the l ah hell that s the alphabet oh well now don t you feel a little bit better than just before you came unraveled like a sweater believe me this is temporary relief one crisis down another one is lurking beneath so just breathe and take a break from being negative lots of opportunities to use my favorite expletive re coming up tumblin in rumblin herds lock and load and invoke the cousin of the curse word are you gonna pout about it are you gonna sit and sulk fuck that let your tongue turn into the hulk and cuss this son of a bitch out backwards and sideways coming up with obscenities unleash a tirade you get cut off in traffic you re phone drops a call you get sued or if you re a dude kicked in the balls if you get a paper cut or covet your neighbor s stuff i ve got a couple syllables that i cannot say enough but before you make a scene break it down think about what the word means god is an imaginary supreme being damn is a verb to condemn is its meaning it in this case is a direct object so you re commanding god to condemn things got it more than just an outburst of malicious intent it is a compound word and a complete sentence divine intervention is what you re ordering when you command god to condemn the things that are annoying you who do you think you are mr big stuff you think god give a shit about your business think he she or it is yours to compel do you think your stubbed toe is deserving of hell do you believe a tiny slight deserves a fiery path you really feel an inconvenience warrants god s wrath in truth you probably don t but believe me i do so goddamnit all to hell and goddamn you too and goooo to hell well one more time let me hear you yell goddamnit when nothing ever goes your way when oh no is not enough to say goddamnit when you wanna crawl up and die when you re clawing at the walls you cry goddamnit when your hands wanna ball up in fists when you re getting unbelievably pissed goddamnit when the color red is all that you see when all you wanna do it break free goddamnit when you wanna keep it safe to the fam then you shout like yosemite sam dagnabit when you re lost like alice man who you chasing down to wonderland a white rabbit what ya got when you re smoking and chewing your finger nails off of your hand a bad habit embrace it like a new best friend when your favorite tune comes to and end g to the o to the d to the d to the a to the m to the n to the i to the t to the h to the e to the double hockey sticks shit this is the e n to the d goddamnit
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Ookla The Mok
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['geek folk', 'geek rock']
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nothing you have to say could possibly change my mind i m calling your bluff i m drawing the line but if you ask me nice you know i ll probably stay and listen to you tell me why i should sit here while you say blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah for half an hour i ve heard this all before so i won t listen anymore i m getting tired of all these games you care much less for me than you care about this gallery at least you don t forget their names damn it all marc chagall we must rely on protocol i don t know what i was thinking of oh man paul gaugin i try by i can t understand what made me fall in guggenheim love you can t go to the guggenheim without me by your side you re looking at art i m along for the ride you point at every wall and whisper in my ear god that guy is so overrated but all i ever hear is blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah for half an hour stop talking about composition or i swear you re gonna need a physician you and i are never gonna last i want to smash your face every time you mention negative space talk about contrast hey hey claude monet i just don t know quite what to say heaven knows what i was thinking of good grief georgia o keefe i come to you beyond belief what made me fall in guggenheim love you hailed a cab and left and i took the subway home i got some peace and quiet now i m finally alone but it s like some strange disease that takes away my choice i gotta call you on the telephone so i can hear your voice while you say blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah for half an hour damn it all marc chagall we must rely on protocol oh man paul gaugin i try but i can t understand hey hey claude monet i just don t know what to say good grief georgia o keefe i come to you beyond belief oh no vincent van gogh where did all those q tips go good golly salvador dali ding went the bell and clang went the trolley
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The Darkest of The Hillside Thickets
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['horror punk', 'vancouver punk']
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doctor captain t o vess r v steadfast bearing west hes got a bathyscaphe hes a marine biologist slid with the squid underneath the waves architeuthis lean and fast show us your sublime buccal mass hes got a bathyscaphe hes a marine biologist slid with the squid underneath the waves come along to the mesopelagic we can frolic where the corals abound if the cads with the benthic trawlers haven t passed by the time we get down collect the specimens and illustrate em oh well as best as you can bring em up lay em out look em up write em down and you can publish your findings in a peer reviewed journal hes got a bathyscaphe a keen marine biologist slid with the squid underneath the waves hes got a bathyscaphe a mean marine biologist slid with the squid underneath the waves
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MC Frontalot
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['comic', 'nerdcore']
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congregation settle in your seats the reverend front aloud is on the mic and about to speak im about to freak you out make you shiver in the pew while im delivering to you my sermon and divinity ensues brought by the one true god its a fact anybody else who ever had a god their gods wack we aint got to worry about em we picked the right horse youre in the right house of worship and forces are gathering out in the world to diminish our faith in ways radical and thorough to discourage us from loving anything thats immaterial to tempt our children with ever fruitier cereal and worst of all to call us idiots while they do it my congregation listen im about to walk you through it were going to take the nation back from the heathens thats within it were gonna get the most egregious of the atheists imprisoned cause a schism while were at it but emerge on top and once weve purified our ranks we wont stop well purify your minds of whats illegitimately thought its not to be a battle indiscriminately fought but an orchestrated effort and im gonna need you to commit might take a couple generations for this deviltry to quit start with the kids in fact they get distracted from the lord so id like you to write a couple letters to your school board do you do you really believe that we were nothing but them monkeys swinging up in the trees dont it seem a little likelier that adam and eve did a lot of humping and that was the origin of the species and what has this so called science ever done for us but trumpeted that when ashes go to ashes dust to dust despite the fuss of living energy gets conserved denying the weight of the soul of a man this is ill deserved this is still the curse of copernicus that we suffer secular thought ought not to overflow its buffer and run roughshod through the minds of you the population heretics such as dawkins and sagan overstep their station to say that what we see and what we believe should be confluent look to your reverend to end apostasy thats what im doing look to your holy book to light the way that is its purpose open it up and youll find eden fore you even scratch the surface and sure this should be mirrored in the textbooks verbatim but im not in a position yet to issue ultimatum so i lay down my scheme well make it seem as though creation isnt anything wed like to interject to education well wrangle up the language science data theorem the irreducible complexity of the ears we use to hear em gnashing teeth and wailing from kansas to pa yes my flock i talk of futures not imminent but underway already established an institute for discovery discovered that darwin is dead with outlook grim for recovery schoolmarms will soon say that he burns in a fiery sea think how much like paradise thats gonna be do you do you really believe that we were nothing but them monkeys swinging up in the trees don t it seem a little likelier that adam and eve did a lot of humping and that was the origin of the species
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Ookla The Mok
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['geek folk', 'geek rock']
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i got bitten by a radioactive bug i tried an experimental drug i went out for a stroll on a gamma testing range i found an enchanted uru cane i made a serum that made me small i modified the serum so it would make me tall i got radioactive isotope in my eye a dying alien helped me accessorize i gained the proportionate strength of a spider now i m invincible now i can fly i lost my sight and my other senses were heightened i m gonna put on my pajamas and go fight crime now i m a super hero i m a super hero now now i m a super hero i got my super powers my best friend and my girlfriend went into space who d of thought we d get bombarded by cosmic rays it turns out i m the last of a powerful alien race my mother formed me from a lump of magic clay i m given super powers by a yellow sun i studied under the ancient one i got an adamantium skeleton some grizzled old wizard taught me a magic acronym now i got the wisdom of solomon and the strength of hercules i haven t memorized what a z a m was but i still fight evil in my red pajamas i gotta get me a helicopter and you can get a jet plane we ll take out their surveillance tower we can make up code names and when you get home at the end of your day i ll pack your parachute and put away your utility belt and gas grenades you were never meant to see i showed you my secret identity i suppose i could always hypnotize you if i wanted to but i propose another thing you can wear my decoder ring we ll have matching hovercraft we ll go undercover after all we might just fall like stars from the sky you know too but i know you you won t be happy til you try superhero team up cowboy secret space detective true love super villain two in one the bad guys have taken over washington don t be scared cause i m prepared there s an emergency but i m ready cause fortunately i m a super hero too i got super powers just like you now i m a super hero now i m a super hero now i m a super hero i got my
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Bag of Toys
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['reggae rock']
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wake up in the morning a suicidal warning pull the shades back up to expose the sun walk outside or get a ride just get your ass there on time cuz we ll leave without everyone we never did everyone knows where to meet just behind pier 23 don t forget your 12 pack of beer the weathers great i have to say it s gonna be a perfect day and we haven t lost a single life yet we never did never did never did never did oh drink it on up tilt it on back and pass the rest on oh don t let these days pass you by cuz they won t last that long rich is making drinks down stairs pass him down the empty beers could someone pass another one up kinda sacked the boat is packed christeen s puking off the back if the coast guard see s us man we re fucked but they never did brady s got the music wired the bob marley s still required to get this vessel all in the mood get to sam s is all we ve plannned docking we could sure use a hand before the waitress brings us our food she never did never did never did never did oh drink it on up tilt it on back and pass the rest on oh don t let these days pass you by cuz they won t last that long i d like to see be it feel it need it don t repeat the shit your seeing dealing with the feeling that your needing long ride high tide brain s fried i think it s done i think it s leaking out the other side go low so lo ain t got no posse cuz their getting loaded on the boat i d like to see be it feel it need it oh drink it on up tilt it on back and pass the rest on oh don t let these days pass you by cuz they won t last that long
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David Correy
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['pop r&b', 'talent show']
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if i had it my way we d be living all night if i had it my way we d be holding our jobs if i had it my way wouldn t worry bout the little things only keep this money love you honey here s a wedding ring never seems what it is til they prove you wrong and i turn around there you were open arms made it through hell and back the past is gone and the meaning was a cover baby it was safe to get lost late night drives we was tearin up the pistons once liquor hit us and some shit was out the window focus in the name before when we couldn t pin it we caught every vibe from the floor up to the ceilin if i had it my way we d be living all night if i had it my way we d be holding our jobs if i had it my way wouldn t worry bout the little things only keep this money love you honey here s a wedding ring if i had it my way we d be living all night if i had it my way we d be holding our jobs if i had it my way wouldn t worry bout the little things only keep this money love you honey here s a wedding ring if i had it my way house up on the hill no pics no chill kids playin out got burgers on the grill i want it all yeah i need it all yeah and despite all the odds we crushed their dreams crushed their fears and everythin we got it all we want it all late night drives we was tearin up the pistons once liquor hit us and some shit was out the window focus in the name before when we couldn t pin it we caught every vibe from the floor up to the ceilin if i had it my way we d be living all night if i had it my way we d be holding our jobs if i had it my way wouldn t worry bout the little things only keep this money love you honey here s a wedding ring if i had it my way we d be living all night if i had it my way we d be holding our jobs if i had it my way wouldn t worry bout the little things only keep this money love you honey here s a wedding ring if i had it my way
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