It’s been quite a varied year for the SSL. We didn’t post a lyric every week, but we seek to have done a good job of covering the waterfront this year. An index for all 2007’s entries follow.
Dec. 23 – The Pogues, Fairytale of New York
Dec. 16 – N.W.A., F**k the Police
Dec. 2 – Portishead, Sour Times
Nov. 11 – Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here
Oct. 28
– Fall Out Boy, I’m Like A Lawyer With The Way I’m Always Trying To Get You Off
Oct. 7 – John Mellencamp, Jena
Sept. 30 – Nickelback, Rockstar
Sept. 23 – Herman Hupfeld, As Time Goes By
Sept. 16 – Kate Bush, This Woman’s Work
Sept. 9 – Holt Marvell, These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
Sept. 2 – Nine Inch Nails, Hurt
Aug. 26 – Duke Ellington, Solitude
Aug. 19 – Alarm, Eye of the Hurricane
Aug. 12 – Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht, Solomon Song
Aug. 5 – Marcy Playground, The Vampires of New York
July 29 – Richard Adler & Jerry Ross, Rags to Riches
July 22 – Mary Chapin Carpenter, The Long Way Home
July 15 – The Cure, Jumping Someone Else’s Train
July 8 – Arctic Monkeys, Teddy Picker
June 24 – White Stripes, Icky Thump
June 17 – Ricky Skaggs, Father Knows Best
June 10 – Linkin Park, What I’ve Done
June 3 – Genesis, Illegal Alien
May 27 – [Memorial Day Lyrics]
May 20 – Sam Cooke, A Change Is Gonna Come
May 13 – Five for Fighting (John Ondrasik), Freedom Never Cries
May 6 – Elvis Costello, Radio, Radio
April 29 – Sublime, April 29, 1992 (Miami)
April 15 – Buddy De Sylva/Lew Brown, Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries
April 8 – Arcade Fire, Keep the Car Running
March 25 – Bloc Party, Uniform
March 18 – Dropkick Murphys, The Dirty Glass
March 11 – Joss Whedon, Once More With Feeling
March 4 – Melissa Etheridge, I Need to Wake Up
February 25 – Randy Newman, Our Town
February 11 – Elton John/Bernie Taupin, Philadelphia Freedom
February 4 – The Clash (Paul Simonon), The Guns of Brixton
January 28 – Leonard Cohen, Hallelujah
January 21 – Jay-Z, 30 Something/Minority Report/Kingdom Come
January 7 – Evanescence, Lithium
As always, I appreciate recommendations for future posts, and I appreciate all of the feedback I’ve received on the SSL to date.