Bloodletting (The Vampire Song) - "Oh, you were a vampire and I may never see the light". Concrete Blonde does (do?) a great job of setting a creepy mood in this song. It almost has to be based on "Interview With the Vampire" by Anne Rice - it's about a woman and a vampire and it's set in New Orleans. A quick search online reveals a surprising number of songs with "vampire" in their titles. I only have 2, this one and "Vampires" by Fastball (one of my all-time favorite songs), which isn't about vampires.
Boat On the River - "And all roads lead to tranquility base/Where the frown on my face disappears". This is certainly not your typical rock song. Styx uses a mandolin and accordion to create a European or even Hebrew sound. That brings me to a list:
My favorite rock songs that use a mandolin:
5. "The Battle of Evermore" by Led Zeppelin
4. "Maggie Mae" by Rod Stewart
3. "Monty Got a Raw Deal" by R.E.M.
2. "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M.
1. "Boat On the River" by Styx
Brave New World - Actually, this isn't one of my favorite Maiden songs, but the CD is really good. However, it's a good lead-in for another list (because people love lists):
Most literate rock bands:
5. U2
4. Rush
3. Metallica - "For Whom the Bell Tolls"; "One" is based on Dalton Trumbo's novel "Johnny Got His Gun".
2. The Police - "Just like the old man in that book by Nabokov", "Caught between the Scylla and Charybdis".
1. Iron Maiden - Based an entire CD, "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son", on an Orson Scott Card trilogy. Other songs include "Murders in the Rue Morgue", "Flight of Icarus", "To Tame a Land" (based on Frank Herbert's "Dune"), "Phantom of the Opera", and "Rime of the Ancient Mariner".
Bravest Face - I'm going to quote the lyrics, because I like them so much. It's a really good song. In a way both depressing and uplifting - the world ain't perfect, so go make the best of it you can.
"In the softest voice there's an acid tongue
In the oldest eyes there's a soul so young
In the shakiest will there's a cord of steel
On the smoothest ride there's a squeaky wheel
In the sweetest child there's a vicious streak
In the strongest man there's a child so weak
In the whole wide world there's no magic place
So you might as well rise, put on your bravest face"
Breakfast At Tiffany's - "I said 'What about Breakfast At Tiffany's?'/She said 'I think I remember the film/And as I recall I think we both kinda liked it'/And I said 'Well, that's the one thing we got" - Deep Blue Something was a Dallas-area band that looked like they were on the brink of national stardom. I'm not sure if this song was a hit outside of this area, but it was huge here - garnering more local airplay in its year of release than any other song, not any other local song, any song period. Unfortunately, legal hassles delayed and finally cancelled the band's second CD release, and after years of trying they finally gave up. That's too bad, because this is a truly great song, and they had a ton of potential.
- Black Again - Stone Temple Pilots
- Black Math - The White Stripes (I have no idea what he's talking about, but it rocks)
- Black Wave - The Shins
- Blackbird - Alter Bridge : "Let the wind carry you home/Blackbird fly away/May you never be broken again" - About a guy on their road crew who died after battling cancer.
- Bleed - Collective Soul
- Bleeding Me - Metallica
- Blew - Nirvana
- Blinded by the Stars - Pernice Brothers : "Give a name to this terrifying change"
- Blinding Light Show/Moonchild - Triumph : "And the blind shall lead the sighted/As we lose the candle glow/And no one knows tomorrow/In the blinding light show"
- Blood - Jibe
- Blood & Roses - The Smithereens : "I need your love but it comes out wrong/I tried to live but I don't belong/I close my eyes and I see blood and roses"
- Blood Brothers - Iron Maiden
- Blood On the Ground - Incubus : "I bite my tongue every time you come around/Cause blood in my mouth beats blood on the ground"
- Bloodletting (The Vampire Song) - Concrete Blonde
- Blue-Sky Research/What's Left - Taproot
- Blue Collar Man - Styx
- Blue Jean - Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers
- Blue Period - The Smithereens
- Blue Side - Rooney
- Blue Spanish Sky - Chris Isaak : "I only wish I could make you cry, like I do"
- Blues Before & After - The Smithereens
- Boat On a River - Styx
- Bodies - Drowning Pool : "Let the bodies hit the floor"
- Body - Bush
- The Body Electric - Rush : As a computer geek, I love these lyrics - "1001001 SOS/1001001 In distress"
- Body Language - Queen
- Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
- Bold As Love - John Mayer
- Bomb - Switchfoot
- Bombs Away - The Police
- Bones - Paloalto
- Boomerang - Fastball
- The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel
- A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
- Boy On a String - Jars of Clay
- Brain of J. - Pearl Jam : "The whole world will be different soon/The whole world will be relieved"
- A Brand New Me - Dusty Springfield
- Brand New Start - Alter Bridge
- Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) - Looking Glass
- Bravado - Rush : "We will pay the price/But we will not count the cost"
- Brave New World - Iron Maiden
- Bravest Face - Rush
- Breadmaker - Brother Cane : "Breadmaker, who sent you?/Can't take your presence anymore/Breadmaker, who made you?/Won't be your savior anymore"
- Break Me Down - Alter Bridge
- Breakdown - Jack Johnson
- Breakdown - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
- Breakfast At Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something
- Breaking My Fall - Jeremy Camp
- Breakout - Foo Fighters
- The Breakup Song - The Greg Kihn Band
Listened to 50 songs. Skipped 1 (Live version of "Bravado")
2 ampersands, 2 slashes, 1 period
4 Black, 7 Blue
2 Bleed, 5 Blood
7 Break
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