MY HERO ZERO

THE LEMONHEADS
SONGWRITER: BOB DOROUGH
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK! ROCKS
LABEL: ATLANTIC RECORDS
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1996
 
          Robert Lrod Dorough (December 12, 1923 – April 23, 2018) was an American bebop and cool jazz vocalist, pianist, composer, songwriter, arranger, and producer. Dorough became famous as the composer and performer of songs in the series Schoolhouse Rock! as well as for his work with Miles Davis, Blossom Dearie, and others.
       Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks is a tribute album based on the Emmy Award-winning animated TV series, Schoolhouse Rock!. It was released by Atlantic/Hollywood Records in 1996 and contains 15 tracks, the original "Schoolhouse Rocky" theme and covers of 14 songs from the series performed by popular music artists. There was also a promo-only 7" single distributed to promote this album featuring the Man or Astro-man? track and the Pavement track. This single was pressed on yellow vinyl. "Three Is a Magic Number" was one of the last recordings made by Blind Melon's Shannon Hoon, who died of a drug overdose in October 1995.
          A portion of the sales of the album went to the Children's Defense Fund.
[Intro: Girl & Narrator]
Zero?
Yeah, zero is a wonderful thing. In fact, Zero is my hero!
How can zero be a hero?
Well, there are all kinds of heroes, you know. A man can get to be a hero for a famous battle he fought or by studying very hard and becoming a weightless astronaut
Wow
And then there are heroes of other sorts, like the heroes we know from watching sports
Oh
But a hero doesn't have to be a grown up person, you know a hero can be a very big dog who comes to your rescue or a very little boy who’s smart enough to know what to do. But let me tell you about my favorite hero
 
[Verse 1]
My hero, Zero, such a funny little hero
But 'til you came along, we counted on our fingers and toes
 
Now, you're here to stay, and nobody really knows
How wonderful you are, why we could never reach a star
Without you, Zero, my hero, how wonderful you are
 
[Bridge 1: Girl & Narrator]
What’s so wonderful about a zero? It's nothing, isn't it?
Sure, it represents nothing alone
 
[Chorus 1]
But place a zero after one, and you've got yourself a ten
See how important that is?
When you run out of digits, you can start all over again
See how convenient that is?
That's why with only ten digits including zero
You can count as high as you could ever go
Forever, towards infinity
No one ever gets there, but you could try
 
[Verse 2]
Ten billion zeros, from the cavemen to the weirdos
Who invented you, they counted on their fingers and toes
Or maybe some sticks and stones (rocks and bones)
Their neighbors' toes?
 
Yeah yeah, and nobody really knows
How wonderful you are, why we could never reach the star
Without you, Zero, my hero, Zero, how wonderful you are
 
[Chorus 2]
Place one zero after any number
And you've multiplied that number by ten
See how easy that is?
Place two zeros after any number
And you've multiplied that number by one hundred
See how simple that is?
Place three zeros after any number
And you’ve multiplied that number by one thousand
 
[Outro]
Et cetera, et cetera, ad infinitum
Ad astra, forever and ever
With Zero, my hero, how wonderful you are.

 THE ONLY ONE

THE BLACK KEYS
SONGWRITERS: THE BLACK KEYS
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: BROTHERS
LABEL: NONESUCH
GENRE: BLUES ROCK
YEAR: 2010
 
       The Black Keys are an American rock band formed in Akron, Ohio, in 2001. The group consists of Dan Auerbach(guitar, vocals) and Patrick Carney(drums). The duo began as na independent act, recording music in basements and self-producing their records, before they eventually emerged as one of the most popular garage rock artists during a second wave of the genre's revival in the 2000s. The band's raw blues rock sound draws heavily from Auerbach's blues influences, including Junior Kimbrough, R.L. Burnside, Howlin' Wolf, and Robert Johnson.
        Friends since childhood, Auerbach and Carney founded the group after dropping out of college. After signing with indie label Alive, they released their debut album, The Big Come Up(2002), which earned them a new deal with Fat Possum Records. Over the next decade, the Black Keys built an underground fanbase through extensive touring of small clubs, frequent album releases and music festival appearances, and broad licensing of their songs. Their third album, Rubber Factory(2004), received critical acclaim and boosted the band's profile, eventually leading to a record deal with major label Nonesuch Records in 2006. After self-producing and recording their first four records in makeshift studios, the duo completed Attack & Release(2008) in a professional studio and hired producer Danger Mouse, who subsequently became a frequent collaborator with the band.
         The group's commercial breakthrough came in 2010 with Brothers, which along with its popular single "Tighten Up", won three Grammy Awards. Their 2011 follow-up El Camino received strong reviews and peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 chart, leading to the first arena concert tour of the band's career, the El Camino Tour. The album and its hit single "Lonely Boy" won three Grammy Awards. In 2014, they released their eighth album, Turn Blue, their first number-one record in the US, Canada, and Australia. After completing the Turn Blue Tour in 2015, the duo took a hiatus for several years to work on side projects and produce other artists. They returned in 2019 with their ninth album, Let's Rock; their tenth studio album Delta Kream was released in 2021 and consists of hill country blues covers.
       Brothers (printed as This is an album by The Black Keys. The name of this album is Brothers. on the front cover) is the sixth studio album by American rock duo The Black Keys. Co-produced by the group, Mark Neill, and Danger Mouse, it was released on May 18, 2010 on Nonesuch Records. Brothers was the band's commercial breakthrough, as it sold over 73,000 copies in the United States in its first week and peaked at number three on the Billboard 200, their best performance on the chart to that point.
         The album's lead single, "Tighten Up", the only track from the album produced by Danger Mouse, became their most successful single to that point, spending 10 weeks at number one on the Alternative Songs chart and becoming the group's first single on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 87 and was later certified gold. The second single, "Howlin' for You", went gold as well. In April 2012, the album was certified platinum in the US by the RIAA for shipping over one million copies. It also went double-platinum in Canada and gold in the UK. In 2011, it won three Grammy Awards, including honors for Best Alternative Music Album. 
Can't explain
Nor can I contain
Control
You have on my soul
It's all I do
Is, baby, dream of you
I'm falling down
When you're around
 
You're the only one
You're the only one
I'm so wrapped up in a daze
Hoping this is just a phase
But when all is said and done
I know you are still the one
You're the only one
You're the only one
Cupid's bow it stung
Now you're the only one
 
Mystery
Is what this is to me
I'm given up
I'm having no luck
Like a ghost
The one that I love most
Disappears when I get near
 
You're the only one
You're the only one
I'm so wrapped up in a daze
Hoping this is just a phase
But when all is said and done
I know you are still the one
You're the only one
You're the only one
Cupid's bow it stung
 
Now you're the only one
Uh, uh, only one.

IF EVER YOUR IN MY ARMS AGAIN

PEABO BRYSON
SONGWRITERS: CYNTHIA WEIL; MICHAEL MASSER & TOM SNOW
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART
RECORD: ELEKTRA RECORDS
GENRE: R&B
YEAR: 1984
 
          Robert Peapo "Peabo" Bryson(born April 13, 1951) is an American singer and songwriter. He is well known for singing soul ballads(often as a duet with female singers) including the 1983 hit "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" with Roberta Flack, and he has contributed to two Disney animated feature soundtracks. Bryson is a winner of two Grammy Awards.
       "If Ever You're in My Arms Again" is a 1984 song recorded by American R&B singer Peabo Bryson. Released as a single from his álbum Straight from the Heart, the single peaked at #6 on the R&B chart and was Bryson's first Top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it peaked at #10 during the summer of 1984. It also spent four weeks at #1 on the adult contemporary chart. The song was used as a love theme for the Kelly Capwell and Joe Perkins characters on the daytime serial Santa Barbara.
It all came so easy
All the loving you gave me
The feelings we shared
And I still can remember
How your touch was so tender
It told me you cared
We had a once in a lifetime
But I just couldn't see
Until it was gone
A second once in a lifetime
May be too much to ask
But I swear from now on
 
If ever you're in my arms again
This time I'll love you much better
If ever you're in my arms again
This time I'll hold you forever
This time we'll never end
 
Now I'm seen clearly
How I still need you near me
I still love you so
There's something between us
That won't ever leave us
There's no letting go
We had a once in a lifetime
But I just didn't know it
Till my life fell apart
A second once in a lifetime
Isn't too much to ask
'Cause I swear from the heart
Never end
 
The best of romances
Deserve second chances
I'll get to you somehow
'Cause I promise now.

ASSEDIC

LES ESCROCS
COMPOSITEURES: LES ESCROCS
PAYS: FRANCE
ALBUM: FAITES-VOUS DES AMIS
RECORD: BIG THUMB PRODUCTIONS
GENRE: MUSIQUE D’HUMOUR
ANNÉE: 1994
 
        Les Escrocs est un groupe de chanson française, teintée d’humour et empruntant à de nombreux styles musicaux, composé de trois musiciens, Eric Toulis, Hervé Coury et Didier Morel. Le trio, né en 1993, s’est révélé l’année suivante avec l’album «Faites-vous des amis» et la chanson «Assedic». Les Escrocs ont sorti trois albums, avant de mettre leur formation en sommeil en 2004. Ils se sont reformés en 2015.
       En juin 1994 sort le premier single des Escrocs, «Assedic», une bossa-nova indolente et immorale sur le chômage, très politiquement incorrecte. L’accueil des médias est positif et le titre est diffusé sur les radios. Le groupe tourne un clip d’Assedic, diffusé sur M6, qui contribue à sa notoriété croissante.
          L’album «Faites-vous des amis» sort en septembre 1994, composé de chansons («Mobylette», «Loukoum et camembert»…) qui radiographient avec swing et humour les petits travers de la société française. Les paroles sont signées Eric Toulis. Dans la foulée, les Escrocs sont invités dans plusieurs émissions TV de variétés grand public. Ils sont engagés pour assurer la première partie de la tournée d’Alain Souchon, qui passe par des Zénith, et se produisent devant des salles de plusieurs milliers de personnes. Le titre Assedic séduit les studios américains et la chanson figure en 1995 dans la bande-originale de French Kiss, avec Meg Ryan. Elle sera également au générique en 2003 de «Something’s gotta give», avec Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton et Keanu Reeves
J'en avais marre de travailler
Et de perdre mon temps
A faire des boulots mal payés
Avec des gens très emmerdants,
Je cherchais la combine,et c'est pas facile,
de se tirer de l'usinepour partir dans les îles.
Je me creusais le ciboulot.
J'étais comme tous les gens,
Allergique au boulot,
Mais pas allergique à l'argent.
Je ne connais qu'une façon
De se tirer sous les tropiques
quand on est petit, laid et qu'on a pas de fric.
Assedic...
Je t'écrirai de temps en temps,
Toi tu m'enverras mon virement directement,
Tout là-bas, dans mon île
Assedic...
Avec ton amie rmi
Vous serez mes deux meilleurs amies
Ce sera dément.
L'agence nationale pour l'emploi m'écrit de France.
Ils veulent à peine au bout d'un mois
Me gâcher mes jolies vacances,
En m'envoyant chez "Prisunic" décharger des camions.
Avec ma copine
Assedic,
Evidemment on a dit non
Je veux que ça dure toute la vie,
Que chaque jour soit férié.
Un jour, je recevrai l'avis
De fin de droit dans mon courrier
Mais faudra me payer cher
Pour retourner au carnaval
Du r.e.ret du leclerc de bougival
Assedic...
Je t'écrirai de temps en temps,
Toi tu m'enverras mon virement directement,
Tout là-bas, dans mon île
Assedic
Enfin ma place au soleil,a moi les ciels vermeils
Et les beaux voyages...
M'en priver ce serait dommage.
Assedic
Tu seras ma petite maman,
La maman de tous les gens
Qui n'ont pas d'argent.(pas beaucoup... pas beaucoup...)