MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1)

On July 14th of 1998,

“Kiss Me” began

its radio life.

from Sixpence None the Richer.

(Music Cut #2)

“Kiss Me” didn’t just become a late-’90s teen-romance classic.

Years later, it became part of the origin story for a young songwriter who was just learning her way around a guitar.

(Music Cut #3)

Before the stadiums…

before the eras…

before the friendship bracelets…

she had Sixpence None the Richer.

Taylor Swift has said “Kiss Me” was the first song she learned to play on guitar.

(Music Cut #4)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“Lift your open hand, strike up the band
And make the fireflies dance, silver moon’s sparkling
So kiss me.” – Sixpence None the Richer

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MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1)

On July 13th of 1996…

this one reached its peak

on alternative radio.

The Smashing Pumpkins

with “Tonight, Tonight.”

(Music Cut #2)

The video for this song

was inspired by the 1902 silent film

A Trip to the Moon.

But, the man flying through space

had a very different future.

One day,

he would live

in a pineapple

under the sea.

(Music Cut #3)

Yes – that was Tom Kenny who became the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants

AND the woman beside him?

Jill Talley – who would later become the voice of Karen Plankton.

(Music Cut #4)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“We will never be the same
The more you change, the less you feel.” – The Smashing Pumpkins

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3,2,1 – New Music Monday / 07-13-26

(3,2,1 New Music Monday Intro)

Welcome to Music That Matters with 3, 2, 1 New Music Monday.

This week, we’ve got Jack White going full Jack White, Future showing us The Real Me, and The Rolling Stones somehow still rolling.

Plus, Beyoncé opens the B’Day vault, Alabama Shakes return with hope, and My Chemical Romance brings Danger Days back to vinyl.

(Countdown Video)

3 major album drops.

First up – Jack White’s seventh solo studio album has arrived – Frozen Charlotte

(“G.O.D. And The Broken Ribs” cut of “Microphone Check, One-Two, One-Two”)

And this is how excited I was about this album.

(flash vinyl copy)

I already got it on vinyl.

I truly believe that I’ve found one of my favorite albums of 2026.

It’s loud. It’s bluesy. It’s guitars ripping in all the right Jack White ways.

(“You’ll Never Fix Me” clip)

Next, we go from rock to rap with Future and his new album, The Real Me.

This album is a 22-track reminder that his fingerprints are still all over modern hip-hop.

(Future “Radio” clip)

And then, from rap to some original rock legends.

The Rolling Stones are back with Foreign Tongues.

(“In The Stars” clip)

Yes, in 2026, we are still talking about new music from Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ronnie Wood.

By the way, Foreign Tongues is their 25th studio album, and it keeps that late-career Stones run moving.

(“Jealous Lover” clip)

2 new singles.

First up — Beyoncé with “Morning Dew (Donk).”

(“Morning Dew (Donk)” clip)

This is a surprise release from the vault, arriving as part of the countdown to the 20th anniversary edition of B’Day.

Also new this week — Alabama Shakes with “I Feel Hope Coming.”

(“I Feel Hope Coming” clip)

This is the first taste of I Must Be Dreaming, their first album in 11 years, arriving August 28th. I’m circling that date.

(Record Scratch video)

And finally, 1 vinyl pick.

When I was in the record store Friday buying my Jack White vinyl, I watched this album leave the bins twice – I had to go over and see what it was.

My Chemical Romance who are back with a 15th anniversary deluxe edition of Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys

(“Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)” clip)

That’s your 3 albums, 2 singles, and 1 vinyl for the week.

This has been 3, 2, 1 New Music Monday

Until next time.

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MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1)

Released back in January of 1999…

by July 12th,

this one was still climbing

on rock radio.

Oleander

with “Why I’m Here.”

(Music Cut #2)

The band name

has a darker edge.

I mean — “Oleander”

might sound pretty…

but Google it,

it’s a poisonous plant

that lines highways

in Northern California.

(Music Cut #3)

By 1999,

that pretty-but-toxic

Sacramento band

was suddenly right in the middle

of late-’90s rock:

opening for Our Lady Peace

and Creed…

and playing Woodstock ’99.

(Music Cut #4)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“I don’t wanna
Be full of hate
For anybody
But it’s too late.” – Oleander

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MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1)

Released back in February of 1996…

by July 11th,

this industrial rock song

was still thumping

rock radio.

Gravity Kills

with “Guilty.”

(Music Cut #2)

This song sounds like

it crawled out

of a dark industrial nightclub.

But in reality,

it started

as a track

for a St. Louis radio compilation.

(Music Cut #3)

“Guilty” became

one of the station’s

most-requested songs

before Gravity Kills

had really played live.

And soon,

this local radio song

ended up next to

Brad Pitt

and Morgan Freeman

in the movie Se7en

(Music Cut #4)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“I’ll tell you something, something new
You’re hearing nothing, nothing true.” – Gravity Kills

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MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1)

Released back in January of 1999…

by July 10th,

good luck avoiding this one

on the radio.

Citizen King

with “Better Days.”

(Music Cut #2)

This song is a potpourri of

late-’90s sunshine –

part rock song,

part hip-hop groove,

and just beachy enough

to make you think of Sublime.

(Music Cut #3 – Sublime cut)

But it wasn’t Sublime.

And it didn’t come from Long Beach.

It came from Milwaukee.

Lead singer Mount Sims said

it came from

a much less sunny place:

working at a dollar store,

being broke,

and deciding music

had to be all-or-nothing.

(Music Cut #4)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“One foot in the hole, one foot getting deeper
Crank it to eleven, blow another speaker.” – Citizen King

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MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1)

On July 9th of 1996,

Soul Coughing released

“Super Bon Bon.”

(Music Cut #2)

Now before you even get

to the song title,

you have to deal

with the band name.

Soul Coughing.

(Music Cut #3)

And yes –

the story is just as odd

as the name.

It reportedly came

from a Mike Doughty poem – he’s the lead guy.

This poem was about Neil Young

vomiting.

(Music Cut #4)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“Move aside
And let the man go through
Let the man go through.” – Soul Coughing

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MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1)

By July of 1996…

this song sounded like denial

set to alternative radio.

K’s Choice

with “Not an Addict.”

(Music Cut #2)

K’s Choice were still trying

to break through in America

when someone watched their set

from the side of the stage

at a festival in Germany.

(Music Cut #3)

That someone

was Alanis Morissette.

She was so impressed,

she invited the Belgian band

to join her North American tour –

Jagged Little Pill

which of course helped introduce K’s Choice

to a much larger audience.

(Music Cut #4)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“it’s not a habit, it’s cool, I feel alive
if you don’t have it you’re on the other side.” – K’s Choice

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MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1)

On July 7th of 1991…

Pearl Jam released

their debut single:

“Alive.”

(Music Cut #2)

But the music behind “Alive”

actually began before Pearl Jam existed.

Stone Gossard first developed it

during the Mother Love Bone era,

and Andrew Wood

even sang an early version.

(Music Cut #3)

Unfortunately that version was never recorded,

back then, it was called “Dollar Short.”

After Wood’s death,

Gossard placed the instrumental

on a demo tape

that was sent to Eddie Vedder.

Vedder added the lyrics —

so, “Alive” helped turn the end

of one Seattle band

into the beginning

of another.

(Music Cut #4)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“Oh, do I deserve to be?
Is that the question?
And if so, if so
Who answers? Who answers?“ – Pearl Jam

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MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1)

By July 6th of 1990…

Billy Idol was back in the Top 10

with one of the biggest rock songs

of the summer:

“Cradle of Love.”

(Music Cut #2)

But – there was a problem – Billy Idol could barely move

in his own music video.

Because just months earlier,

a motorcycle crash

had badly injured his leg.

(Music Cut #3)

So before David Fincher

was directing Brad Pitt in Fight Club,

he was figuring out

how to hide Billy Idol’s broken leg…

inside a picture frame.

(Music Cut #4)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“My love starts a rolling train, you can’t stop it
It ain’t in vain, I ain’t nobody’s fool.” – Billy Idol

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