Hear AJ Rosales’ Stunning Track “Spinning Around” – Today’s Song of the Day
Photo credit: Anthony Barlich
Lyrics:
I never heed your advice
You never need to think twice
You’re laying in wait
Blithe and waylaid
Trapped in a fools paradise
Set your gearshift
On your guilt trip
Let your mind slip
And you’re ruthless
With your tooth chipped
Read Confucius
Try as I might to break it down
Muddled and cross, your truths dumbfound
You’ll spend all day
Keen to inveigh
Mired, uninspired, spun around
Play your mind games
Tweet your bird brain
Feel my eyes strain
So you knew it
And you proved it
Theory’s useless
As your life glitched
Squeezed your vice grip
It’s so priceless
But you’re ruthless
With your tooth chipped
Read Confucius
So you tax and rack your brain
It’s all the same – you’re spinning around
Your resistance worn away
It’s all the same – ’cause you’re spinning around
Lose your grasp and lapse from grace
It’s all the same – when you’re spinning around
Fade to black, your last hooray
It’s all the same
you’re spinning around
With your clickbait
Such a cheapskate
Make your fast break
In your pipe dream
Broken shoestring
Let your heart sing
You’ve been blackballed
Heard the cat calls
So you stonewall
But you’re ruthless
With your tooth chipped
Read Confucius
(Jam)
Play your mind games
Tweet your bird brain
Feel my eyes strain
With your clickbait
Such a cheapskate
Make your fast break
As your life glitched
Squeezed your vice grip
It’s so priceless
But you’re ruthless
With your tooth chipped
Read Confucius
© 2025 AJ Rosales
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Biography:
Based in Chicago, AJ Rosales’s style is not easy to classify; perhaps “progressive acoustic” is the best term. His influences reflect the rhythmic approach of Pete Townshend, the emotive delivery of Cat Stevens, the experimental explorations of Robert Fripp, the expressiveness of Bob Mould, and even the soulfulness of Nick Drake. Ultimately, he delivers his own unique hybrid sound, blending multiple genres into a cohesive and modern sensibility that sounds like “AJ.”
Rosales’s latest album Phasedrift, which features the standout cut “Spinning Around,” was engineered and mixed by Doug McBride at Gravity Studios in Chicago and mastered by Greg Calbi (his credits include Lou Reed’s Berlin and David Bowie’s Young Americans) and Steve Fallone (his credits include Evermore by Taylor Swift) at Sterling Sound in Edgewater, NJ. All songs, vocals and instruments by AJ Rosales.
Links:
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