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Location: hatzic lake, bc, canada. | gotta agree with woody ,Ray Charles singing America,just gives me the shivers.Gates of Eden by Bob Dylan.Who was that guy singing the national anthem at the DNC last night??? I can't remember a time that i havent sat there cringeing listening to some "star" doing there "rendition",that guy just nailed it. |
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Location: Wooster, Ohio | Here Comes The Sun - - Optimistic and timeless
One of the few secular songs I still play.
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Location: Havertown, PA | Ohio / CSN&Y
For What It's Worth / Buffalo Springfield
I'd Love To Change The World / Alvin Lee
Abraham, Martin and John / Dion
16 Tons / Tennessee Ernie Ford
Imagine / John Lennon
But I'd have to say the one that stirred me most, even as a young lad was
The Ballad of the Green Beret / Barry Sandler - circa '66 |
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Location: Hicksville, NY | Mine's a couple of songs by Peart, Lee and Lifeson (also known as Rush) with the following lyrics (correct me if I made a mistake):
"an ill wind comes arising
across the cities of the plain
there's no swimming in the heavy water
no singing in the acid rain
red alert, read alert..."
-- from Distant Early Warning
"so the Maples formed a union
and demanded equal rights
the Oaks are just too greedy
we will make them give us light ...
... and The Trees are all kept equal
by hatchet, ax and saw ..."
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Location: NJ | "Remember when the music
Came from wooden boxes strung with silver wire
And as we sang the words, it would set our minds on fire,
For we believed in things, and so we'd sing.
Remember when the music
Brought us all together to stand inside the rain
And as we'd join our hands, we'd meet in the refrain,
For we had dreams to live, we had hopes to give.
Remember when the music
Was the best of what we dreamed of for our children's time
And as we sang we worked, for time was just a line,
It was a gift we saved, a gift the future gave.
Remember when the music
Was a rock that we could cling to so we'd not despair,
And as we sang we knew we'd hear an echo fill the air
We'd be smiling then, we would smile again.
Oh all the times I've listened, and all the times I've heard
All the melodies I'm missing, and all the magic words,
And all those potent voices, and the choices we had then,
How I'd love to find we had that kind of choice again.
Remember when the music
Was a glow on the horizon of every newborn day
And as we sang, the sun came up to chase the dark away,
And life was good, for we knew we could.
Remember when the music
Brought the night across the valley as the day went down
And as we'd hum the melody, we'd be safe inside the sound,
And so we'd sleep, we had dreams to keep.
And I feel that something's coming, and it's not just in the wind.
It's more than just tomorrow, it's more than where we've been,
It offers me a promise, it's telling me "Begin",
I know we're needing something worth believing in.
So I remember when the music
Came from wooden boxes strung with silver wire
And as we sang the words, it would set our minds on fire,
For we believed in things, and so we'd sing.
And so we'd sing . . . "
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Location: nyc | all of lauryn hill unplugged
pick a song by bob marley
stevie wonder - "big brother" and "you havent done nothing"
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Location: Midland, MI | Originally posted by jdemic:
pick a song by bob marley
Ok, I'll take 'Three Little Birds' for $100, Alex! :)
Or maybe Tosh's Bush Doctor?
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Location: NJ | Originally posted by jdemic:
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pick a song by bob marley
john
"No Woman, No Cry" |
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Location: Ontario, Canada | American Pie by Don Mclean especially after someone explained all the references in the song. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | "American Pie by Don Mclean especially after someone explained all the references in the song."
I would love an explainatin of the song!!!
I thought it was unstrung lyrical meandering! I've also heard it was over Buddy Holly's crash!
IMWTK :( |
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Location: Central Oregon | It was about the airplane crash that killed Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper & Richie Valens. The name of the airplane was 'American Pie'.
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Location: 6 String Ranch | well there you have it then. |
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Location: Charlotte NC | Wasn't American Pie also a slam towards Elvis? I was told once that he was the reference in the part that has the line "No angel born in hell, could break that Satan's spell.." No idea if that's true or not. |
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Location: NJ | The impetus of the song stemmed from when McLean was a kid and he was delivering newspapers the day after the crash.
A lot of the lyrical references had to do with popular music history:
The Jester was supposed to signify Bob Dylan.
The King and Queen were Elvis and (I THINK) Patsy Cline.
The Marching Band - Beatles (Sgt. Pepper).
Satan - Mick & the Stones.
Girl Who Sang The Blues - Joplin.
Those were the completely obvious ones that I could recall . . . . there's a BUNCH of 'em.
The song first came out when I was entering high school. Luckily, in my freshman year, I was able to get the one obligatory "cool" English teacher that let us bring the song in and spend an entire week "disecting" it.
I would imagine that there's probably a webpage somewhere that pretty much disseminates the whole thing down into minute details . . |
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Location: NJ | Found it:
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/music/american-pie/ |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I knew there was a good reason that you guys are 3 hours ahead of me!
Thanks! ;) |
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Location: Tennessee | Don't forget "Lennon read a book on Marx" ... supposedly a slam on John's song Imagine which many folks were saying at the time was a plea for world communism. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | The problem with communism is that nobody actually practices it. We are totally unable.
Do check out website Cliff posted! It even has the chords toward the end.
then we will discuss the meaning of "2001, a space odessy". :eek: |
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Location: Converse, Texas | Great find, Cliff! |
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Location: Ontario, Canada | Glad the American Pie thing stirred up some dialogue. Didn't know the name of the plane was American Pie...thanks.
Lots of reference to Mick and the Stones. Apparently Don M didn't like them. "Jack be nimble Jack be quick Jack Flash sat on a candle stick. Was that a reference to a stones concert where there was a fire. Hope someone can clarify that one.Also reference to the cold war...sock hops..lots of social political stuff from the 50's and 60's (I think) |
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Location: Indiana | Monster probably was the first to stir me up. Others were:
Ohio-CSN&Y
Indian Reservation-PR&R
Song for America-Kansas
For what it's worth, the most moving rendition of the Star Spangled Banner that I can remember hearing was by Robert Guillaume (yep, Benson).I don't remember when or where it was, but I will never forget the way it was done. |
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Location: Central Oregon | Originally posted by Guy C:
Glad the American Pie thing stirred up some dialogue. Didn't know the name of the plane was American Pie...thanks.
Lots of reference to Mick and the Stones. Apparently Don M didn't like them. "Jack be nimble Jack be quick Jack Flash sat on a candle stick. Was that a reference to a stones concert where there was a fire. Hope someone can clarify that one.Also reference to the cold war...sock hops..lots of social political stuff from the 50's and 60's (I think)
Fwiw, in David Crosby's autobiography he states that in London you could buy heroin from the pharmacy if you were a registered addict. The heroin came in tablets commonly called 'jacks' on the street which could be mixed with water & heated over a flame (candle?) to turn it into an injectable liquid. Or they could be crushed & lined out on tinfoil & heated from underneath while inhaling the smoke- 'Chasing the Dragon'. He used to go there with Cass Elliot & buy 'em.
Crosby states in the book that these 'jacks' were what the Stones 'Jumpin' Jack Flash' was written about.
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