I Can't Explain

Wow, I just absolutely love this song! The sheer number of covers speaks for itself, being six or seven complete ones, and a few samplings here and there. Well this song was written by Who lead and rhythm guitarist, and played a 12-string on this song, Pete Townshed. It was released as a single in December of 1964 for the US, and January of 1965 in the UK, which I though weird because they're a British band, you'd think that it'd come out first in the originating country, apparently not. Pete stated that the thoughts process behind the song came from the Kink's, All Day and All of The Night, and he wrote it when he was eighteen, very cool. The lyrical work is pure genius! Very simple, yet very catchy and meaningful, this song's about the feeling that you get when you see the perfect girl and your heart jumps a little, when you get goosebumps from hearing her speak, the lustful first kiss that pulls out your stomach and tosses it on the ground a little. This song's about new romance and how it encompasses your life. See Mr.Elkin? Not a Scorpions song, oh, wait...

Waterloo Sunset

Waterloo Sunset, take a listen, it's so simple, velvety, and easy on the ears. As a young child, I always thought it was "Waterless Sunset", later on I realized that it was of course, Waterloo Sunset, named after Waterloo, England. Waterloo Sunset was released as a single in 1967, and has been very popular all around Europe, Australia and New Zealand. In composition, the song is pretty standard for a rock band from the sixties, guitar, bass, drums, vocals, maybe some keyboard/piano, but this song has a complex arrangement, which clearly means nothing to them because they completed the recording of this song in less than ten hours. They create a scene, and describe it with their music so perfectly that it seems as if you're actually there, a sunset in Waterloo. To the contrary of many, this song is not about Terence Stamp and Julie Christie, actors from Far From The Madding Crowd(1976), it's about observing Ray Davie's(vocalist/guitarist) sister and her boyfriend going off into another place, feeling lonely, and enjoying the simple things, a Waterloo Sunset...