Joel Schick
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When Friday Rolls Around When Friday Rolls Around
A couple ne'er do wells are sitting around the pub, imagining the high old times in store when Friday rolls around--and somebody else's payday.
2/20/2010 Traditional Irish
Arise, Arise, Ye Sons Of Fosse! Arise, Arise, Ye Sons Of Fosse!
This is one of those stirring recruitment songs--they usually urge Brits to enlist against Napolean or urge the Irish to enlist against the Brits. In this case, the recruiter is calling on recruits for musical theater.
2/20/2010 Traditional Celtic
Rose And Bramble Rose And Bramble
"Oh come my love, will you lie with me upon a bed of heather?" A haunting song of love and longing. The boy is about to go to sea, and wants just one night of love with the girl first. And he's sincere.
2/20/2010 Traditional Celtic
My Love Is Like The Red Red Rose My Love Is Like The Red Red Rose
No, this isn't the Robert Burns song of the same title. This lyric follows the metaphor out the window.
2/20/2010 Traditional Celtic
Love Love
A very simple tune delivering a deceptively simple message: "You can only have your love if you give your love away,"
2/20/2010 Traditional Celtic
Somewhere In The Night Somewhere In The Night
7/28/2009 Indie Pop
Subterranean Alamo Blues 12 and 35 Subterranean Alamo Blues 12 and 35
A tribute to Dylan's loud, rocking, reference-heavy songs of the Highway 61/ Blonde On Blonde era.
7/28/2009 Folk Rock
The Old Bluesman The Old Bluesman
A "Gambler" kind of song. The guy encounters a wise old bluesman on the midnight train. The old guy has the key to wisdom, and expresses it in a way that suits an old bluesman: Life is like a harmonica--sometimes it sucks; sometimes it blows.
7/28/2009 Blues General
Whole Lotta Heartaches Whole Lotta Heartaches
He's richer than Croesus, he's got bling up the ying yang, the best damn wife that money can buy, and a whole lotta heartaches when the sun goes down.
7/28/2009 Rock n Roll
Water Under The Bridge Water Under The Bridge
One day they see his ex getting on the El. He claims she's just water under the bridge. But, alas, water under the bridge cannot actually extinguish the torch he carries.
7/28/2009 Smooth R&B
Practically Yours Practically Yours
All HE wants is a woman he can count on. All SHE can promise is that she'll "practically always be practically yours."
7/28/2009 Country General
She Cries (Just Like A Real Girl) She Cries (Just Like A Real Girl)
She seems to care, she seems to feel, she cries just like a real girl. But look out, boy--there's nothing real there.
7/28/2009 Indie Pop
Skittles And Beer Skittles And Beer
A country-folk waltz about the old story: Small-town Mississippi girl meets big rock star, rides off on the back of his Sportster, and lives happily ever in Las Vegas. Why not?
7/28/2009 Acoustic Folk
Mary Quant Suit Mary Quant Suit
An homage to swinging, kicky, mod London and the beautiful British birds and their adorable fashions that made it all so captivating.
7/28/2009 Brit Pop
No Fool Like An Old Fool No Fool Like An Old Fool
Old-fashioned bluesy-jazz number about a guy who keeps making the same mistake over and over again. If the girl is young and pretty, he's sunk. Who ain't?
7/15/2009 Jazz Vocals
New Jersey Farewell New Jersey Farewell
A seafarer's lament for the homeland left behind...New Jersey.
7/14/2009 Acoustic Folk
Little Black Dress Little Black Dress
A tribute of sorts to "Long Black Veil," and other ballads of that ilk. This one's updated--now she walks the hills of San Francisco in her little black dress.
7/28/2009 Acoustic Folk
I Don't Know Nothin' 'Bout Love I Don't Know Nothin' 'Bout Love
Okay, he's really smart. But he's an idiot. The girl is flirting with him, but he doesn't get the message. Not in time, anyway. Wish I could say he's unique.
7/28/2009 Country General
Baby's Got The Blues Baby's Got The Blues
Poor baby...had her heart broken yet again. Now all she can do is sit cross-legged in bed, wrapped in her ratty old bathrobe, crying and blowing her nose, and eating junk food. She's got the blues.
7/28/2009 Indie Pop
Ashes To Ashes Ashes To Ashes
In the wee small hours in any city USA, the denizens of the night come out and live their own lives of quiet desperation in the bus stations, diners and dives. This one's for them.
7/28/2009 Indie Pop
