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The Friday Five: December 9, 2011

Getting lyrical with IckMusic’s Friday Five.

Work and life have been kicking my tail big-time lately with deadlines and things to do. I’m still not ready for the all Christmas songs all the time theme, and since I’ve been on a bit of a lyrics kick on my blog anyway, I thought I would do a short-and-sweet lyrics-based Friday Five this week.

King’s X - “The Train” (live bootleg)
Step up and step aboard, your seat is to the left

The Outfield - “Your Love” (Play Deep, 1985)
Just ‘cause you’re right, that don’t mean I’m wrong

Stone Temple Pilots - “Creep” (Core, 1992)
Feelin’ uninspired, think I’ll start a fire

Matthew Sweet - “The Ugly Truth” (Acoustic & Live NoiseTrade Sampler, 2011)
We want you to act like nothing’s wrong even though you heard a sound

Dream Theater - “Since I’ve Been Loving You” (live bootleg)
I’ve been working from seven, seven, seven to eleven every night, and it kinda makes my life a drag

Hickory Dickory What?!

Stone Temple Pilots album cover

Amazon.com is streaming (for now) the new track “Hickory Dichotomy” from the forthcoming self-titled Stone Temple Pilots album. The chorus is typical STP jangle-pop catchiness. The problem I have is that the rest of the song is, wittiness aside, … well … rubbish.

By the way, Amazon.com is also streaming the first single “Between the Lines,” which is just about as bad as this one. Assuming these are the best tracks from the album, I’m not holding out much hope that it will be worth the effort.

Which means STP should sell a gazillion copies, and the media will dub the band’s reformation a blazing success. Meh.

To listen, head on over to Amazon.com, or click the shiny play button below.

Stone Temple Pilots - Hickory Dichotomy