Life's a Gas
Rikki Rockett feat. Bret Michaels Lyrics
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Like a planet
I could have chained your heart
To a star
But it really doesn't matter at all
But it really doesn't matter at all
Life's a gas. I hope it's gonna last.
I could have built a house
On the ocean
I could placed your love
In the sky
I could have turned you
into a priestess
I could have burned
Your fate in the sand.
In the lyrics to Rikki Rockett feat. Bret Michaels's song "Life's a Gas," the singer reflects on past loves and the possibilities that could have been. The first stanza introduces the idea that the singer could have loved the girl with the intensity and magnitude of a planet and chained her heart to a star. This suggests a love that is grand and encompassing, but ultimately unattainable or unrealistic. The second stanza continues this theme with the idea of building a house on the ocean or placing her love in the sky, indicating a desire for a love that is bold and imaginative. The final line of the stanza suggests that the singer could have elevated the girl to the status of a priestess or burned her fate in the sand, perhaps indicating either a desire for transcendence or destruction.
However, the final stanza cuts through these imagined scenarios with the realization that "it really doesn't matter at all." Despite the grandiose possibilities explored in the previous stanzas, the singer seems to recognize that life is fleeting and that these possibilities ultimately don't hold much weight. The repetition of this line emphasizes the singer's sense of resignation or acceptance, expressing the more modest desire that "life's a gas" and that they hope it will last.
Overall, the lyrics of "Life's a Gas" seem to explore the tension between the grand possibilities of love and the impermanence of life. The singer suggests that they could have loved the girl in grandiose and imaginative ways, but ultimately recognizes that the passing of time will render these possibilities insignificant.
Line by Line Meaning
I could have loved you girl
I had the potential to deeply love you, girl
Like a planet
In the same way a planet orbits around its sun, my love could have orbited around you
I could have chained your heart
I had the ability to capture your heart and keep it close to me
To a star
Just as a star keeps shining in the sky, I could have made your love shine bright
But it really doesn't matter at all
Despite my potential, it doesn't matter anymore
But it really doesn't matter at all
Regardless of what could have been, it has no effect now
Life's a gas.
Life is an exhilarating ride.
I hope it's gonna last.
I hope this feeling of enjoyment and living life to its fullest can continue.
I could have built a house
I had the potential to create a solid foundation for us
On the ocean
Just as the ocean is vast, I could have made our love feel limitless
I could have placed your love
I had the ability to showcase your love and affection
In the sky
Up high in the sky where it feels dreamy and weightless
I could have turned you
I had the capacity to inspire you
into a priestess
To help you reach your highest potential and become celebrated
I could have burned
I had the power to remove unwanted fate and negativity
Your fate in the sand.
To make sure nothing comes in the way of you and your future.
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: MARC BOLAN
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@stevesmulski1462
Justin - Allow me to share a tale with you of yesteryear. There was a period several moons ago where I was living just off of Hollywood Boulevard in a youth hostel, but I was unemployed and struggling at the time. I used to go see Richie play with his trio at a tiny club called The Baked Potato. They were literally some of the genuinely finest, most intimate gigs I’ve ever experienced. Richie touches upon the fact in this interview that he would have no specific plan or pre-conceived set list whilst performing these shows, so he would literally get to the end of a tune and then look around at his band mates saying “What should we play now?” I remember yelling out “SO COLD!” and he just looked me straight in the eye and busted straight into the riff. For me, that moment was like the closest thing hypothetically to being in the same room as Hendrix, and him playing you a request. Surreally euphoric.
But bare with me - Here’s the 2nd part of the story which relates more to something you said in this interview….
Richie’s daughter August had a band at the time called “The Suits”, and I got a facebook notification one day that they were doing this small last minute gig at a hotel which was just around the corner from where I was staying. I walk into this place and Richie is sitting at the bar, recognises me from having met him several times at previous gigs, and warmly greets me saying “Hey man! How’s it goin’?”
Now, at the time Richie was having problems with nodules on his vocal cords, and he’d decided at the time (probably through doctor’s orders) to quit drinking at the time. My drinking was getting a bit out of control myself at the time, and I told him he’d actually inspired me to lay off the drink for a while myself. I mentioned a particularly poignantly emotional song he’d written many years ago called “I Would” which is all about addiction struggles and has really always connected with me on a deep level. He looked really genuinely flattered, and next thing I know a couple of weeks later, he’s busting out this same random fairly obscure song from his back catalogue on a live FOX TV broadcast. 🥲 There’s a studio (original album) version, and also version from absolutely stellar stripped down “Acoustic Cuts” album, which just so happens to be my particular favourite…
You talk a bit in the interview about how one of your favourite musical devices is when a major changes to a minor chord of the same key -
Well - You might wanna check this tune out… 👊😎
@JustinHawkinsRidesAgain
The Darkness are going on a World Tour this year to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Permission to Land - get your tickets here: https://www.thedarknesslive.com/tour-dates/
@independenceltd.
a world tour with no TX dates? surely, you jest.
@stevesmulski1462
Justin - Allow me to share a tale with you of yesteryear. There was a period several moons ago where I was living just off of Hollywood Boulevard in a youth hostel, but I was unemployed and struggling at the time. I used to go see Richie play with his trio at a tiny club called The Baked Potato. They were literally some of the genuinely finest, most intimate gigs I’ve ever experienced. Richie touches upon the fact in this interview that he would have no specific plan or pre-conceived set list whilst performing these shows, so he would literally get to the end of a tune and then look around at his band mates saying “What should we play now?” I remember yelling out “SO COLD!” and he just looked me straight in the eye and busted straight into the riff. For me, that moment was like the closest thing hypothetically to being in the same room as Hendrix, and him playing you a request. Surreally euphoric.
But bare with me - Here’s the 2nd part of the story which relates more to something you said in this interview….
Richie’s daughter August had a band at the time called “The Suits”, and I got a facebook notification one day that they were doing this small last minute gig at a hotel which was just around the corner from where I was staying. I walk into this place and Richie is sitting at the bar, recognises me from having met him several times at previous gigs, and warmly greets me saying “Hey man! How’s it goin’?”
Now, at the time Richie was having problems with nodules on his vocal cords, and he’d decided at the time (probably through doctor’s orders) to quit drinking at the time. My drinking was getting a bit out of control myself at the time, and I told him he’d actually inspired me to lay off the drink for a while myself. I mentioned a particularly poignantly emotional song he’d written many years ago called “I Would” which is all about addiction struggles and has really always connected with me on a deep level. He looked really genuinely flattered, and next thing I know a couple of weeks later, he’s busting out this same random fairly obscure song from his back catalogue on a live FOX TV broadcast. 🥲 There’s a studio (original album) version, and also version from absolutely stellar stripped down “Acoustic Cuts” album, which just so happens to be my particular favourite…
You talk a bit in the interview about how one of your favourite musical devices is when a major changes to a minor chord of the same key -
Well - You might wanna check this tune out… 👊😎
@EduFirenze
South America?
@brettvincient
Canadian dates?
@clairotway6045
Come back to New Zealand. Would love if you played at Spark Arena, Auckland!Keep rockin Justin. Love ya❤ . Hopefully us Kiwis get to see you on our shores again soon.😎
@independenceltd.
Richie Kotzen is literally a musical genius. He has damn near 25 solo albums and for the vast majority of them he writes everything, plays everything and produces. And every album has hints of hard rock, pop, jazz fusion, blues, soul...the guy can do it all. Which often means that he's outside of my wheelhouse, but I can appreciate his limitless skill.
@HunterRouth
Facts
@ESP77769
If there ever was an artist deserving more recognition, it's Ritchie!! His guitar playing alone is legendary!!
@stargazerh112
@@ESP77769💯