Songs of the Summer: 2012 Edition

Now I know summer's been done for a bit now. Sorry for this being a little late. But I think I've complied a great list of songs that I listened to the most and influenced me over this summer. From an unlikely pop song, to getting more into an artist I love, discovering a new group I adore and to the song that was playing when I finally met two of my best friends one Sunday night in August.

Story of the Year- "Just Close Your Eyes" from WWE The Music: A New Day, Vol. 10

You may not have heard me talk about this song much. But it's one of WWE's best right now, and for me all time to be honest. I love Christan. Also I love the style, pace and lyrics of this song. I managed to pop this on quite a bit over the summer. 

"Never thought I would be here, so high in the air.

This was my unanswered prayer.

Defined by another, so much wasted time, 

Out of the darkness, each breath that I take will be mine.

If you close your eyes, Your life, a naked truth revealed, 

Dreams you never lived and scars never healed

(Scars never healed)

In the darkness life will take you to the other side, 

And find me waiting there you'll see if you just close your eyes.

If you just close your eyes.

(If you just close your eyes)"

The Lonely Island feat Justin Timberlake- "Motherlover" from Turtleneck & Chain

Haha, I love The Lonely Island.  Justin Timberlake has always been okay to me as well. Put them together for "Dick in a Box", "3 Way (The Golden Rule)" and this and you've got my sides laughing out of my body into orbit.

"[Andy Samberg:] Break it down

[Andy Samberg:] It would be my honor to be your new step-father 

[Justin Timberlake:] It would be my honor to be your new step-father 

[Andy Samberg:] While your in my mother make me another brother.

And while I'm in your mother I'll never use a rubber 

[Justin Timberlake:] OH! 

Cause every Mothers Day needs a Mothers Night 

If doing it is wrong, I don't wanna be right 

I'm callin on you cause I can't do it myself 

To me you're like a brother, so be my mother lover 

They blessed us both with the gift of life 

She brought you in this world so Imma sex her right 

This is the second best idea that we've ever had 

The choice can be no other 

Be my mother lover"

Hollywood Undead- "Everywhere I Go" from Swan Songs

We move from comedy. To comedy rap of sorts. Hollywood Undead was always a group, which well...I liked Swan Songs and I keep going back to it. The rapping is good, crazy, funny and sometimes heartfelt. But when I have to pick one HU song, it'll always be this one

"When I start drinking

My dick does all my thinking

Hoes want to be scene with me

And I like their big thick titties

D-Cups with extra filling

Take it out let me lick it quickly

Calm down it's just a hickie

I'll blame it on this whisky sipping gets me tipsy

Drink fast and enjoy your buzz

Take back streets to avoid the fuzz

I wanna take you home but your friends won't let ya'

I got a 40 in my Ford Fiesta

Buy beer

Or pay the rent

My signing bonus was quickly spent

So I'll beat my meat like I'm a fuckin' butcher

And I'll punk the pussy like I'm Ashton Kutcher!"

KiD CuDi- "Soundtrack 2 My Life" from Man on the Moon: The End of Day

We're at the part of this list with songs I'll always go back to. I've loved this album since I first laid ears on it. And over the past year this song has emerged as THE best off the album for me. Also I'd gander to say this is one of my favorite tracks of all time.

"The moon will illuminate my room and soon I'm consumed by my doom

Once upon a time nobody gave a fuck

It's all said and done and my cock's been sucked

So now I'm in the cut, alcohol in the wound

My hearts an open sore that I hope heals soon

I live in a cocoon opposite of Cancun

Where it is never sunny, the dark side of the moon

So it's more than life, I try to shed some light on a man

Not many people of this planet understand

I've got some issues that nobody can see

And all of these emotions are pouring out of me

I bring them to the light for you

It's only right

This is the soundtrack to my life, the soundtrack to my life

It's close to go and trying some coke

And a happy ending is slitting my throat

Ignorance the coke man

Ignorance is bliss

Ignorance is love, and I need that shit

If I never did shows, then I'd probably be a myth

If I cared about the blogs, then I'd probably be a jackass

Don't give a shit what people talkin' bout fam

Haters shake my hand but I keep the sanitizer on deck

Hope I really get to see 30

Wanna settle down, stop being so flirty

Most of the clean faces be the most dirty

I just need a thoroughbred, cook when I'm hungry

Ass all chunky, brain is insanity

Only things that calm me down, pussy and some Cali trees

And I get both, never truly satisfied

I am happy, that's just the saddest lie"

Childish Gambino- "Heartbeat" from Camp

I've been listening to Camp for close to a year now. But I don't think more than I have this summer. I bought my physical copy release day and never looked back. I love Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino, in whatever he does. Whether it be comedy, acting or in this case rapping.

"So we're done? This the real shit?

We used to hold hands like field trips

I'm a jerk, but your dude is a real dick

I read his posts on your wall and I feel sick

He ain't cool, he ball and all that

But he just a fake nigga who blog in all caps

You couldn't wait to date

I'm going straight for your thighs like the cake you ate

I give a fuck about the niggas that you say you hate

You know that I’m the best when I’m a-ffection-ate

I'm the best that you had, face it

J and Keyshia are related, racist

I give you money, then you burn it, like you made off

She ain't a killer, but she'd fucking blow your head off

I know he wondering, "What the fuck you hiding?"

That we dated like raps about Bin Laden

Ayo, fuck this

Are we dating? Are we fucking?

Are we best friends? Are we something in between that?

I wish we never fucked, and I mean that"

Downstait- "I'm Here To Show The World"

The best WWE theme right now in my opinion and Ziggler is the third best wrestler and entertainer in the company. I got to see Ziggler live and hear this song when I went to Raw in August. Truly one of the best moments of the summer and a memory I'll always have.

"I hold your life here in my hands

Though you try hard to understand

Your little mind won't turn

Those little wheels will burn

You'll recognise just who I am

Bring it on

Do what I say "Better watch what I do"

Better heed the warning I'm here to give you

If you ever doubted me, you don't have a clue

I'm here to show the world

I'm here to show the world"

Childish Gambino- "Backpackers" from Camp

This is the other Gambino song I've grown to love. Much different than the emotional "Heartbeat", "Backpackers" shows off Gambino's rap and lyrical prowess. Plus it's beat is awesome. This album is amazing.

"Alright it's Childish baby

Mr. Talk-about-his-dick-again

Nerdy ass black kid

Yeah whatever man I'm sick of him

That well spoken token

Who ain't been heard

The only white rapper who's allowed to say the n-word

I buy a bunch of 'em and put it on my black card

Now I got some street cred

Use it 'til it's maxed out

I got a girl on my arm dude, show respect

Something crazy, an Asian, Virginia Tech

She too fine

I do dimes

If not that, I'm walking out with 2 fives

Change my ID for the cops, it's not enough yet

Black male in short shorts, I'm double suspect

Ballin' since '83

Half of 'em say gay

Maybe that's the reason I like Lady What-baby's-say

I'm a problem

I'm lame as fuck homie

But I rap like these niggas ain't got shit on me

Fuck the cool kids

Not Chuck Inglish, but people who think

That hatin on me makes them distinguished

Like, "What is this nigga doin rap is for real blacks

I hate that fucking faggot man he think that we feel that"

Or

"I wrote on rape culture my junior year at Brown

So I'm allowed

To say what all his raps are about"

You better shut your mouth

Before I fuck it

You really hate my lyrics?

Or Kid Cudi's? Nigga"

Carly Rae Jepsen- "Call Me Maybe" from Curiosity and Kiss

Carly is cute and this song is catchy as hell. Just ask...well anyone. For a solid month you could hear this song, or a joke about this song, or one of us singing the song in ANY Skype call I was a part of. At least, once you've grown to hate it's catchy-ness, you can realize it's a decent enough song.

"Your stare was holdin',

Ripped jeans, skin was showin'

Hot night, wind was blowin'

Where you think you're going, baby?

Hey, I just met you,

And this is crazy,

But here's my number,

So call me, maybe?

It's hard to look right,

At you baby,

But here's my number,

So call me, maybe?

Hey, I just met you,

And this is crazy,

But here's my number,

So call me, maybe?

And all the other boys,

Try to chase me,

But here's my number,

So call me, maybe?"

fun.- "Some Nights" from Some Nights

There's some songs and bands out there that just strike a chord with you. On every level. This is that song (and band) for me. The music, the singing, the lyrics and the message. Just all resound in me and makes me wanna listen to it like five times after I've listened to it once.

"But I still wake up, I still see your ghost

Oh Lord, I'm still not sure what I stand for, oh

What do I stand for? What do I stand for?

Most nights, I don't know... (come on)

No. When I see stars, when I see, when I see stars, that's all they are

When I hear songs, they sound like this one, so come on

Oh, come on. Oh, come on, OH COME ON!

Well, that is it guys, that is all - five minutes in and I'm bored again

Ten years of this, I'm not sure if anybody understands

This one is not for the folks at home; Sorry to leave, mom, I had to go

Who the fuck wants to die alone all dried up in the desert sun?

The other night, you wouldn't believe the dream I just had about you and me

I called you up, but we'd both agree

It's for the best you didn't listen

It's for the best we get our distance... oh...

It's for the best you didn't listen

It's for the best we get our distance... oh..."

Jay-Z & Kanye West- "Niggas In Paris" from Watch the Throne

I flew up to Chicago over the summer. For a few days. First time on a plane as well. I got to meet, hang out, and bond with two of the greatest people to enter my life over the past two years. This song was played for me and cookies were slung at me as I got into the car when I first met them as got to a brand new city. The epitome of memories happens when I hear this now.

"She said Ye can we get married at the mall?

I said look you need to crawl ‘fore you ball

Come and meet me in the bathroom stall

And show me why you deserve to have it all

Ball so hard

That shit cray (that shit cray), ain’t it Jay?

Ball so hard

What she order (what she order), fish filet

Ball so hard

Your whip so cold, this old thing

Ball so hard

Act like you’ll never be around muhfuckas like this again

Bougie girl, grab her hand

Fuck that bitch she don’t wanna dance

Excuse my French but I’m in France (I’m just sayin’)

Prince William’s ain’t do it right if you ask me

Cause I was him I would have married Kate & Ashley

What's Gucci my nigga?

What's Louie my killa?

What's drugs my deala?

What's that jacket, Margiela?

Doctors say I’m the illest

Cause I’m suffering from realness

Got my niggas in Paris

And they going gorillas, huh!"

Song(s) of the Day #186

Can you say Chi-City?

Jay-Z & Kanye West- "Niggas In Paris" from Watch the Throne

KiD CuDi feat. MGMT and Ratatat- "Pursuit of Happiness" from Man on the Moon: The End of Day

Hollywood Undead- "Bottle and a Gun" from Swan Songs

Top 10 Guilty Pleasure Songs

Now there are songs out there that could be the greatest or worst songs in the world. But these may or may not be. These are songs that I can pop on whenever, for whatever reason, enjoy. Some are critically just awful, while some are actually really good tracks. Well enough of me droning on and on here's the songs.

10. Hollywood Undead- "Everywhere I Go" from Swan Songs

"And I like their big thick titties

D-Cups with extra filling

Take it out let me lick it quickly

Calm down it's just a hickie

I'll blame it on this whiskey, sipping, gets me tipsy"

"So I'll beat my meat like I'm a fuckin' butcher

And I'll punk the pussy like I'm Ashton Kutcher!"

"Everywhere I Go, Bitches always know

That Charlie Scene has got a weenie that he loves to show (bitch)

Everywhere I Go, Bitches always know

That Charlie Scene has got a weenie that he loves to show"

9. Green Day- "Longview" from Dookie

"Sit around and watch the tube, but nothing's on

I change the channels for an hour or two

Twiddle my thumbs just for a bit

I'm sick of all the same old shit

In a house with unlocked doors

And I'm fucking lazy"

"Bite my lip and close my eyes

Take me away to paradise

I'm so damn bored I'm going blind

And I smell like shit"

"Peel me off this Velcro seat and get me moving

I sure as hell can't do it by myself

I'm feeling like a dog in heat

Barred indoors from the summer street

I locked the door to my own cell

And I lost the key"

"Sit around and watch the phone, but no one's calling

Call me pathetic, call me what you will

My mother says to get a job

But she don't like the one she's got

When masturbation's lost its fun

You're fucking lonely"

"Bite my lip and close my eyes

Take me away to paradise

I'm so damn bored

I'm going blind

And loneliness has to suffice

Bite my lip and close my eyes

I was slipping away to paradise

Some say, "Quit or I'll go blind."

But it's just a myth"

8. Afroman- "Because I Got High" from The Good Times

"I was gonna clean my room until I got high

I was gonna get up and find the broom but then I got high

my room is still messed up and I know why (why man?) yea heyy,

- cause I got high [repeat 3X]

(La da da da da da da da da)

I was gonna go to class before I got high

I coulda cheated and I coulda passed but I got high

(La da da da da da da da da)

I am taking it next semester and I know why, (why man?) yea heyy, 

- cause I got high [repeat 3X]

(La da da da da da da da da)

I was gonna go to work but then I got high

I just got a new promotion but I got high

now I'm selling dope and I know why (why man?) yea heayy,

- cause I got high [repeat 3X]"

7. Eminem- "3 AM" from Relapse

"Sitting nude in my living room, it's almost noon

I wonder what's on the tube, maybe they'll show some boobs

Surfin' every channel until I find Hannah Montana

Then I reach for the Aloe and lanolin

Bust all over the wall panel and dismantlin' every candle

On top of the fireplace mantle and

Grab my flannel and my bandana then

Kiss the naked mannequin man again

You can see him standin' in my front window if you look in

I'm just a hooligan who's used to usin' hallucinogens

Causin' illusions again

Brain contusions again

Cutting and bruisin' the skin

Razors, scissors and pins

Jesus, when does it end?

Phases, that I go through

Dazed, and I'm so confused

Cheesed, that I don't know who

Gave, these molecules to

me, what am I gon' do?

Heed, the prodigal son

The diabolical one

Very methodical when I slaughter them"

"It's 3 A.M. in the mornin'

Put my key in the door and

Bodies layin' all over the floor and

I dont remember how they got there

but I guess I musta killed em (killed em)

I said...

It's 3 A.M. in the mornin'

Put my key in the door and

Bodies layin' all over the floor and

I dont remember how they got there

but I guess I musta killed em (killed em)"

"She puts the lotion in the bucket, it puts the lotion on the skin, or else it gets the hose again

She puts the lotion in the bucket, it puts the lotion on the skin, or else it gets the hose again"

6. Justin Timberlake feat. Timblaland- SexyBack from FuterSex/LoveSounds

"YEAH"

"Take 'em to the bridge"

"Dirty babe

You see these shackles

Baby I’m your slave

I’ll let you whip me if I misbehave

It’s just that no one makes me feel this way"

"Take 'em to the chorus"

"Come here girl

Go ahead, be gone with it

Come to the back

Go ahead, be gone with it

VIP

Go ahead, be gone with it

Drinks on me

Go ahead, be gone with it

Let me see what you’re torquing with

Go ahead, be gone with it

Look at those hips

Go ahead, be gone with it

You make me smile

Go ahead, be gone with it

Go ahead child

Go ahead, be gone with it

And get your sexy on

Go ahead, be gone with it"

"Get your sexy on

Go ahead, be gone with it"

"Get your sexy on"

5. Hot Chelle Rae- "Tonight Tonight" from Whatever

"I woke up with a strange tattoo

Not sure how I got it, not a dollar in my pocket

And it kinda looks just like you

Mixed with Zach Galifianakis"

"La la la, whatever, la la la, it doesn't matter, la la la, oh well, la la"

"We're going at it tonight tonight

There's a party on the rooftop top of the world

Tonight tonight and we're dancing on the edge of the Hollywood sign

I don't know if I'll make it but watch how good I'll fake it

It's all right, all right, tonight, tonight"

"You got me singing like

Woah, come on, ohh, it doesn't matter, woah, everybody now, ohh"

"Just don't stop let's keep the beat pumpin'

Keep the beat up, let's drop the beat down

It's my party dance if I want to

We can get crazy let it all out"

"Just don't stop let's keep the beat pumpin'

Keep the beat up, let's drop the beat down

It's my party dance if I want to

We can get crazy let it all out"

"Just singing like

Woah, come on, ohh, all you party people

Woah, all you singletons, ohh (even the white kids)"

4. Katy Perry- "Firework" from Teenage Dream

"Do you ever feel like a plastic bag,

Drifting through the wind

Wanting to start again?

Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin

Like a house of cards,

One blow from caving in?"

"Do you ever feel already buried deep?

6 feet under screams but no one seems to hear a thing

Do you know that there's still a chance for you

'Cause there's a spark in you"

"You just gotta ignite the light, and let it shine

Just own the night like the 4th of July"

"'Cause baby you're a firework

Come on, show 'em what you're worth

Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh"

As you shoot across the sky-y-y"

"Baby, you're a firework

Come on, let your colours burst

Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh"

You're gonna leave 'em all in "awe, awe, awe""

"You don't have to feel like a wasted space

You're original, cannot be replaced

If you only knew what the future holds

After a hurricane comes a rainbow"

"Maybe your reason why all the doors are closed

So you could open one that leads you to the perfect road

Like a lightning bolt, your heart will glow

And when it's time, you'll know"

3. Kreayshawn- "Gucci Gucci" from Somethin' About Kreay

"(One big room full of bad bitches)

And we stunting like

Gucci Gucci, Louis Louis, Fendi Fendi, Prada

Basic bitches wear that shit so I don't even bother"

"Bitch you ain't no Barbie I see you work at Arby's

Number 2, super-sized Hurry up I'm starving"

"Now Google that groupies follow me like Twitter

I'm rolling up my catnip and shitting in your litter"

"Which means nobody getting over me

I got the swag and it's pumping out my ovaries"

2. Cascada- "Everytime We Touch" from Everytime We Touch

"I still hear your voice, when you sleep next to me.

I still feel your touch in my dreams.

Forgive me my weakness, but I don't know why

Without you it's hard to survive."

SICK CLUB BEAT

"'Cause everytime we touch, I get this feeling.

And everytime we kiss I swear I could fly.

Can't you feel my heart beat fast, I want this to last.

Need you by my side.

'Cause everytime we touch, I feel the static.

And everytime we kiss, I reach for the sky.

Can't you hear my heart beat so...

I can't let you go.

Want you in my life."

"Your arms are my castle, your heart is my sky.

They wipe away tears that I cry.

The good and the bad times, we've been through them all.

You make me rise when I fall."

SICK CLUB BEAT AGAIN

"'Cause everytime we touch, I get this feeling.

And everytime we kiss I swear I could fly.

Can't you feel my heart beat fast, I want this to last.

Need you by my side.

'Cause everytime we touch, I feel the static.

And everytime we kiss, I reach for the sky.

Can't you hear my heart beat so...

I can't let you go.

Want you in my life."

1. The Lovin' Spoonful- "Do You Believe In Magic" from Do You Believe In Magic

"Do you believe in magic?

In a young girls heart

How the music can free her

whenever it starts"

"And it's magic

if the music is groovy

It makes you feel happy like an old time movie"

"I'll tell ya about the magic

It'll free your soul

but it's like trying to tell a stranger 'bout rock n roll"

"If you believe in magic, don't bother to choose

If it's jug band music or rhythm and blues

Just go and listen

It'll start with a smile

It won't wipe off your face no matter how hard you try

Your feet start tapping

And you can't seem to find

How you got there

So just blow your mind"

"If you believe in magic

Come along with me

We'll dance until morning, just you and me

and maybe, if the music is right

I'll meet ya tomorrow

so late at night"

"We'll go a dancin' baby then you'll see

all the magic's in the music and the music's in me, yeah"

"Do you belive in magic? Yeah.

Believe in the magic in a young girl's soul

believe in the magic of rock n roll

Believe in the magic that can set you free

Ohhhh, talkin' bout magic"

Do you believe like I believe?

Do you believe in magic?

Do you believe like I believe?

Do you believe in magic?"

Song of the Day #70

"EVERYWHERE I GO, BITCHES ALWAYS KNOW, THAT CHARLIE SCENE HAS GOT A WEENIE THAT HE LOVES TO SHOW"

Hollywood Undead- "Everywhere I Go" from Swan Songs