Mötley Crüe - Home Sweet Home '91 (Official Video)

Call me an old school sentimental fool, but I love listening to Glam Rock on Fridays – a branch/variation of Heavy Metal that was popular throughout the 80s and early 90s. It’s a defining musical genre of my generation. Motley Crue was one of my favorites. I loved the way Tommy Lee’s drums sounded: “acoustically” solid! And I remember how my childhood friends and I used to laugh at how Mick Mars looked like Joey De Leon. HAHAHAHA!!!! His guitar riffs and solos had character of their own. Sonically packed a punch! Awesome. Those were the days…

It’s Friday again and I’m dying to go home. But it’s been a very long time since I felt truly “safely at home”. I mean really. I miss you, AAV. I still love you. Maybe it’s too late for me now and that it’s a longshot, but I still wish someday I’d get to see you again and be with you. Make new memories. Be really home again. Permanently. (sigh) L

Slowmos in black-and-white never go out of style. Classy and nostalgic.

“HOME SWEET HOME” by Motley Crue

You know I'm a dreamer

But my heart's of gold

I had to run away high

So I wouldn't come home low

Just when things went right

Doesn't mean they're always wrong

Just take this song and you'll never feel

Left all alone

Take me to your heart

Feel me in your bones

Just one more night

And I'm comin' off this

Long and winding road

I'm on my way, I'm on my way

Home sweet home... tonight, tonight

I'm on my way, I'm on my way

Home sweet home...

You know that I've seen

Too many romantic dreams

Up in lights fallin' off

The silver screen

My heart's like an open book

For the whole world to read

Sometimes nothing keeps me together

At the seams

I'm on my way, I'm on my way

Home sweet home... tonight, tonight

I'm on my way, just set me free

Home sweet home...

Home sweet home

Home sweet home

Home sweet home

Ooh... I'm on my way, I'm on my way

Home sweet home, yeah

I'm on my way, just set me free

Home sweet home...

Mmmmmmm....

Dream Theater - Wither [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

From STILL one of the best bands around! However short, John Petrucci manages to deliver an awesome guitar solo. | Even the title of the album where it’s from, Black Clouds & Silver Linings, presents a positive side to a sad “place”. We’ve all been there – it’s what you do with the experience that counts. I love this song, whatever version… haunting but beautiful.

“WITHER” by Dream Theater

Let it out, let it out

Fill the empty space

So insecure

Find the words

And let it out

Staring down, staring down

Nothing comes to mind

Find the place

Turn the water into wine

But I feel I'm getting nowhere

And I'll never see the end

So I wither

And render myself helpless

I give in

And everything is clear

I break down

And let the story guide me

Turn it on, turn it on

Let the feelings flow

Close your eyes

See the ones you used to know

Open up, open up

Don't struggle to relate

Lure it out

Help the memory escape

Still this barrenness consumes me

And I feel like giving up

So I wither

And render myself helpless

I give in

And everything is clear

I break down

And let the story guide me

I wither

And give myself away

Like reflections on the page

The world's what you create

I drown in hesitation

My words come crashing down

And all my best creations

Burn into the ground

The thought of starting over

Leaves me paralyzed

Tear it out again

Another one that got away

I wither

And render myself helpless

I give in

And everything is clear

I wither

And render myself helpless

I give in

And everything is clear

I break down

And let the story guide me

I wither

And give myself away

Like reflections on the page

The world's what you create

The world's what you create

Let it out, let it out…