so looking to the sky ¡ will sing and from my heart to YOU ¡ bring…
In the Arms of Cocaine 🎶 Footlights
Hey yall… it’s after 3am for me. I’ve had my headphones on for a while just letting the music run… letting life run…
I landed on these two tonight…
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🎶 In the Arms of Cocaine — from Strong Stuff 1983
🎶 Footlights — from Rowdy 1981
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I can relate to both of these…
Those arms are no place to be.
Slow burns… bad turns… live… learn…
and try not to kick out the footlights out again.
Thanks for listening.
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© 2026 Bryan Loia Hudson
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Featuring “Again” from Angels & Devils and “Quarter” from Natural Selection 🎵
Hey yall… this is the final fuel post… I hope you’ve enjoy them… next week something super special… probably my favorite band… but today I have these last two for you…
Again from Angels & Devils 2oO7 🎶
Quarter from Natural Selection 2oO3 🎶
Thank you for the support… 😎
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I Should Have Told You 🎶 Angels Take a Soul
So… it’s 3am… here at my spot on earth… and I’ve been listening to Fuel for the past hour… figuring out which songs I want to use…
I decided on the album “Angels & Devils” from 2oO7… it’s the first album featuring lead singer Toryn Green… instead of Brett Scallions… and honestly… it’s a great one… loaded with badass songs…
I chose two for you…
🎶 “I Should Have Told You”
🎶 “Angels Take a Soul”
Former Godsmack drummer Tommy Stewart was announced as the band’s new drummer… but was unable to perform on the album due to other commitments… so Josh Freese and Tommy Lee performed drums in his place.
Also it’s cool how Toryn joined the band… there’s a bonus video about it below… check it out…
Also I have a famous friend who’s friends with Tommy Lee… well… he used to be my friend… we don’t talk anymore… story for another time…
Hope yall enjoy… I’m going to bed…
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Happy 🎶 The Turnaround
What’s up yall… just want to say thank you… truly…
I appreciate your faithfulness and the support… always checkin’ my stuff out…
Matthew West is up again this week…
figured I’d dig a little deeper this time… pull out a couple real hidden gems…
I think he’s got a lot of ‘em… you just gotta go lookin’…
especially those early records… man, I really enjoy those…
Seems like most folks go straight to the radio hits…
and I get it… they’re hits for a reason… they’re great songs… I like ‘em too…
…but honestly…
it’s the lesser-known ones that hit me the hardest…
the ones tucked away a little…
those are the ones I keep comin’ back to…
Here’s two of ’em…
Happy 🎵
Happy 2oO3
The Turnaround 🎶
Happy 2oO3
Also… I got a super awesome bonus video of him…
with a couple ladies killin’ it on the background vocals in this song…
just found this one… 🔥
Hope you enjoy… yall be blessed…
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter…
but the glory of kings is to search it out.© 2026 bryanforchrist ✝️
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Weatherman 🎶 A Country Boy Can Survive
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So two great songs for yall today… one of them… you’ve probably been wondering when I was going to bring it… consider it brought…
One is a deep cut… the other one most everyone knows lol…
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🎶 Weatherman — The Pressure Is On (1981)
🎶 A Country Boy Can Survive — The Pressure Is On (1981)
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I love to go deep… while I like songs like… A Country Boy Can Survive… I’m more of a Weatherman… maybe because I’ve had too many storms and tornadoes… but I’m thankful for storms… that’s how you get a strong back and legs… from standing through them.
Thank you for listening…
hope your weekend forecast is bright.
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I also added a short video of Hank talking about his love for hunting… fishing… and the outdoors… it’s pretty cool… check it out.
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Bittersweet 🎶 Jesus… or a Gun
Sup yall… it’s that time again…
more from Fuel…
In my opinion… they’re just so good—
so many super songs…
As I’ve been running this series…
I’ve also been playing their stuff every day when I practice 🎸
I do that with most artists I post about…
I think it’s because the songs get stuck in my head…
and I find myself singing them all day—
so I might as well grab my guitar…
and give those melodies somewhere to land…
Today… I’ve got two cool ones for you…
🎶 Bittersweet (Sunburn 1998)
🎶 Jesus or a Gun (Sunburn 1998)
I also included an interview with Brett Scallions…
turns out… we’ve got something in common—
the band Cinderella…
I’ve been a huge fan of theirs for years…
they really shaped me back when I was a young teenager…
just learning my way…
hope yall enjoy—
and thanks for listening… always.
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Innocent 🎵 Daniel (Elton John cover)
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So today is Fuel again…
—but I’m not really here to talk about them.
We’ll let the music handle that.
I want to talk about Elton John.
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When I was a kid…
I wore Superman underwear—
’cause he was my hero… 🦸♂️
Then I got older—
and found out Superman wears Chuck Norris underwear 😄
But here’s one most people don’t know…
Many of your favorite artists—
across every genre—
they’re secretly wearing Elton John underwear.
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I’ve been a fan of Elton since I first picked up a guitar as a teenager…
and over time—I started noticing something…
the greats…
they all love him too.
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I saw an interview with Axl Rose once—
they asked what he listens to…
no pause— he says “Elton John.”
Then one night… I was watching one of the late night shows…
I believe it was Letterman…
Dave Grohl walks out solo with an acoustic guitar…
starts playing “Tiny Dancer”…
He gets the audience to sing along…
one of those moments you don’t forget.
And later… I found out Dave Grohl loves him some Elton.
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So I started paying attention…
and it’s everywhere. Across all genres… many have Elton in common.
His music is loved… admired… and listened to by his peers…
Fuel’s no different.
Brett and Carl… they feel the same.
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Elton… bruh… you’re the man! 🙌…
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So today—
I’ve got two for you.
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🎵 Innocent
Something Like Human — 2oO0
🎵 Daniel (Elton John cover)
Something Like Human — 2oO0
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I love this cover of Daniel… it’s great…
and it holds a deep place for me… I sang it on my guitar earlier tonight
But back in 2o12… I was hanging out with my friend Nathan…
We were roommates… he was younger than me… like my little brother…
so anyway… this song started playing…
Nathan told me how much it meant to him…
said it reminded him of his older brother, Daniel…
who had passed a few years earlier from a drug overdose…
Well… in 2o14… I lost Nathan…
also to drugs…
I knew his brother too…
So now… when I hear this song…
I don’t just hear it—
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I remember them both…
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Also “Innocent” is one of my all-time favorite songs…
I’m not sure what it is about it… but it just gets better and better every time for me…
and I love when the drums kick in around the 1-minute mark…
Also I’ve included a bonus interview with Carl & Brett…
it’s really cool… I think…
Thanks for the love—
hope you enjoy 🎸`
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There For You 🎶 Cage On The Ground…
Before Lacey Sturm ever stepped on stage with Flyleaf, she had already lived through the kind of darkness most people only write about. As a teenager she battled deep depression and survived a suicide attempt… and what came after reshaped everything. Her faith didn’t become an image or a lane — it became the core of who she was. That’s why her voice hits different. It’s not just tone or technique… it’s survival, it’s prayer, it’s something real breaking through. A lot of those Flyleaf songs weren’t crafted for radio… they came straight from her journals, her struggles, her conversations with God. That’s why you feel them more than you just hear them.
What makes her story even more wild… she walked away from it all in 2012, right when things were peaking after New Horizons. No drama… no crash… just a decision to step back for her family and her calling. Most artists hold on tighter at that point — she let go. And when she came back, it wasn’t to pick up where she left off… it was to start fresh with her own solo career. Same intensity, same raw honesty… just even more personal and stripped down. That contrast you hear in her — the softness and the scream, the broken and the bold — that’s not a style she learned… that’s a life she lived.
There For You 🎶
Year: 2005
Album: Flyleaf
Cage On The Ground 🎶
Year: 2012
Album: New Horizons
✝️ 1 John 3:18
“Let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.”© 2026 bryanforchrist | All rights reserved
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BarlowGirl 🎶 Song for the Broken 🎶 Sing Me a Love Song…
This week I’m digging into two deeper cuts from BarlowGirl — “Song for the Broken” from How Can We Be Silent (2007) and “Sing Me a Love Song” from Love & War (2009), their fifth and final studio album.. also nominated for a Dove Award for album of the year…
These ladies have so many deep cuts.. as a musician.. I really enjoy and appreciate them.. I listen much.. it’s good stuff..
I also added a bonus interview vid… I hope you enjoy and have a blessed Sunday…
Bonus interview 👇
🔥 Acts 4:12 (KJV)
“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”
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Matthew Sweet 🎶 Evangeline 🎶 Not When I Need It…
🎸 Matthew Sweet — Hidden Gems
Two deep cuts worth the spotlight.. “Evangeline” and “Not When I Need It.”
“Evangeline” comes from Girlfriend (1991), Sweet’s breakout power-pop classic. It wasn’t a single, but it became a fan favorite for its hooks and guitar fire—and it was inspired by the comic-book character Evangeline, blending sci-fi imagery with aching pop romance.
A few years later, 100% Fun (1995) kept the melodic magic rolling. “Not When I Need It” is one of those perfect deep cuts—bright, punchy, and emotionally honest. Together, these tracks show Sweet’s sweet spot: killer hooks with real heart.
Discovering Matthew Sweet in the early ’90s was a blast for me—cranking his CDs, guitar in hand, playing along in my room. Hope you enjoy this little trip back 🎸
Also, I love the guitar riffs in “Evangeline”… many of his songs have it like that.
👇 bonus Paste Studio tracks
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