Peninsula (Song Lyric Sunday + Blogtober #24)
There was really nothing in, what I thought was, my eclectic music taste to meet with today’s prompt. So last night I took a tour around YouTube, waking up this morning listening to Iron Maiden. 🤣 But before I dropped off I found two bands I had never heard of – both I am going to share with you here. The second track is fairly tenuous but the video is such fun and perfect for this time of year, so if you have time to watch the two – I think you’ll enjoy.
First off is Peninsula by Dinosaur Pile-Up
Dinosaur Pile-Up is an English alternative rock band formed in late 2007, hailing from Leeds, West Yorkshire. It offers a tribute to its influences from bands like Foo Fighters, Weezer, Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins and Pavement, rock acts from the 60s like The Beach Boys and The Beatles, and metal groups such as Slayer and Deftones.
Matt Bigland has said he thought of the name ‘Dinosaur Pile-Up’ after watching the 2005 film King Kong. “… there was this part in it where this stampede of dinosaurs, the front one is shot in the leg or something, and it trips up, and then all these huge dinosaurs trip up, roll down this hill, and it just ends up in this massive pile up, and everything in between them survives. I thought it was ridiculous, and as a joke I said, I have to start a band called Dinosaur Pile-Up.”
In 2013, the 2nd album ‘Nature Nurture’, was released in the UK. To coincide with the band’s debut U.S. tour they released a video for this song ‘Peninsula’.
Source: Wikipedia
Strange wind surrounds us
Here at the peninsula
Thank God you found us
We could become friends
Or whatever whatever whatever
Creatures in the dust
Bigger than a killer whale
Came here to teach us
We can learn their secrets together together together
Be what you want
Say what you feel
Do what you please
Take what you got
Do it whatever
Leave it behind
Do it for real
Keep it in mind
Make it a deal
Do it forever
Want you to know
I don’t care what you say
Want you to know
That I’ll get there someday
Strange times around us
Better yeah I wish you were
Dreams under the dust
We can still be friends
Yeah whatever whatever whatever
Machines above us
Living on a different plain
Came here to breed us
We should go and visit
Together together together
Be what you want
Say what you feel
Do what you please
Take what you got
Do it whatever
Leave it behind
Do it for real
Keep it in mind
Make it a deal
Do it forever
Want you to know
I don’t care what you say
Want you to know
That I’ll get there someday
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Matthew Bigland
Peninsula lyrics © Silva Screen Music (publishers) Ltd
Hallways by Islands
Islands is an indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. I did say the link is tenuous! But the tune is good and the video amusing. I can barely understand the meaning in the lyrics so if anyone has any ideas – would love to hear what you think this tune is about!?! (PS I recommend you skip the first 50 second which is a prequel to the song itself!)
Source: Wikipedia
Wait to get to your room
Hallways
Always waiting
Feels like I’ve been waiting for days
In these hallways
Wait, wait, wait
Wait, wait, wait
Wait, wait, wait
Walls cave
Turns refuse to waste
Hallways
Knock, knock knock
Broken lock
I’ll just wait in hallway
Decent smoke wait, oh (?)
This can be a pleasurable phase
Walls cave
Turns refuse to waste
Hallways
Walls cave
Turns refuse to waste
Hallways
In the hallways
Can she turns to you to say
Always
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Nicholas Shanahan Thorburn
Hallways lyrics © Peermusic Publishing, Domino Publishing Company
Post inspired by Jim’s Song Lyric Sunday – , This week’s prompts are: Atoll, Island, Key, Lagoon, Peninsula, Reef, Tropical suggested by Tales from the mind of Kristian. Click through for the rules if you too would like to join in …
PS – Tis day 24 #Blogtober so linking with Caroline, The Saxophone Player’s Wife’s troupe, for extra encouragement!
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Laura McHarrie @ The Hidden Edge 
Laura Dinosaur Pile-Up looks like they would be an exciting group to see in concert. Those skeletons really know how to shake their bones. Great choices today.
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Excellent choice 💜
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My thoughts exactly on both tunes!
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