I again took all of your suggestions and now we have a post that we made together. Thank you for all of the suggestions. I usually don’t repeat artists on one post but we had 3 Neil Young requests…I used two and the other one will be on the next.
Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose, And nothin’ ain’t worth nothin’ but it’s free… Janis Joplin/Kris Kristofferson
Met myself a coming county welfare line, I was feeling strung out, Hung out on the line…Creedence Clearwater Revival
He’d end up blowing all his wages for the week / All for a cuddle and a peck on the cheek…Kinks
Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see…The Beatles
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes. And say, Do you want to make a deal?…Bob Dylan
Set my compass north, I got winter in my blood… The Band
And the sign said, The words of the prophets, are written on the subway walls, and tenement halls… Simon and Garfunkel
They say that Cain caught Abel rolling loaded dice,
ace of spades behind his ear and him not thinking twice…Grateful Dead
It’s a town full of losers, I’m pulling out of here to win…Bruce Springsteen
The motor cooled down, the heat went down, and that’s when I heard that highway sound…Chuck Berry
We were the first band to vomit at the bar, and find the distance to the stage too far…The Who
Shule, shule, shule-a-roo, Shule-a-rak-shak, shule-a-ba-ba-cooWhen I saw my Sally Babby Beal, Come bibble in the boo shy Lorey… Peter, Paul, and Mary
But then one night at the lobby of the Commodore Hotel, I chanced to meet a bartender who said he knew her well, And as he handed me a drink he began to hum a song, And all the boys there, at the bar, began to sing along…Little Feat
But me I’m not stopping there got my own row left to hoe; just another line in the field of time… Neil Young
You are like a hurricane there’s calm in your eye and I’m getting’ blown away…Neil Young
When I was young the radio played just for me, it saved me… Roddy Frame
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Lots of good ones. The skill of lyrics is to rest the meanings between the lines.
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You should make this into a contest and have your readers guess the artist or group, as I think that would be fun.
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That is a good idea…. after I post the last one I might do that.
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Make everyone guess the group and the title of the song and then you follow up with the answers later.
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Yea I will probably do that.
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Have to admit there’s more than one there I wouldn’t get!
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Yes, it would be difficult without consulting Google.
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Another good list! Kudos on the Roddy Frame, that’s going a little ways out of the mainstream. The Beatles one you mention is great like so many of theirs, only yesterday I really looked at the lyrics to ‘In My Life’ carefully for the first time & realized how great they are . And ‘Come Dancing’… yes! To me one of the most perfect pop songs of the early-’80s starting with the lyrics.
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Mr Davies never lets you down with lyrics. I’ve mentioned his hair raisingly droll ‘Full Moon’ before, but almost any Kinks song has lyrics that are able to be taken in different subtle ways.
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You are right about Come Dancing…. A great pop song that got a lot of new fans on board. I love these lyrics… it’s fun to see how diverse you can get with these.
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My favorite of these here would be Me and Bobby McGee I guess. And the Peter Paul and Mary is closer to my style. I don’t really like lyrics that are too literal or too preachy. I like the kind that don’t make too much sense if you just read them or listen too closely, but you got to get the meaning from the music rather than from what they’re saying. Know what I mean? That’s the kind I like.
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I do get it…. When you listen to the feel of the song more than the actual lyrics.
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Yeah the lyrics just have to SOUND good, they don’t have to actually BE good. Ha.
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I recognize two songs.
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You know many more than that.
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Ok. Three. I did get Janis. The rest, not so much. The Kinks and Simon & Garfunkel were easy.
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6…Strawberry Fields Forever… Like A Rolling Stone, Heroes by Bowie…
When I do them though…I look for a cool lyric.
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Recognize them, now…but, not by lyrics.
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7….Thunder Road
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Speaking of, have you seen the interview with Springsteen & Howard Stern?
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No but another blogger toldme something about it
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Been seeing the adverts. Springsteen at a piano…Stern, slobbering…
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LOL
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Great stuff, Max. And thanks for including what I believe was “my” proposition by Neil Young: “You are like a hurricane there’s calm in your eye and I’m getting’ blown away”.
Speaking of Neil, did you see he’s now out with a Harvest 50th anniversary edition and a documentary titled “Harvest Time”? It’s nearly impossible to keep up with the man. The documentary is only available in select movie theaters Dec 1 & 4. I just got a ticket for tomorrow afternoon at a theater in my area – admittedly, a total impulse purchase!
With all that said, my favorite lyrics in your post are the first from “Me And Bobby McGee”.
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Oh wow I would like to see that documentary. He is releasing everything that is for sure. I guess this will continue because he has the rest of the 70s to go and then a few decades more.
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Enjoy the Neil pic! Let us know what you think.
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I second that Christian…let us know.
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Love Grumpy Pete’s line about puking at the bar! How fitting! lol
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Isn’t that a great line! Love Live Rock
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Great line indeed!
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I’m glad you picked Thrasher – that’s an amazing lyric the whole way through. I don’t always think of Young as a great lyricist, but he’s amazing there.
Old Man has some great lines too:
Love lost, such a cost
Give me things that don’t get lost
Like a coin that won’t get tossed
Rolling home to you
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A great collection Max!
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“There’s a hole in daddy’s arm where all the money goes…” John Prine. You could do a whole post just from his lines. “You may see me tonight with an illegal smile. It don’t cost very much and it lasts a long while.” “Your flag decal won’t get you into heaven anymore. It’s already overcrowded from your dirty little war.” I’ll stop there.
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Thank you…I’ll use some of those.
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