I was inspired by the responses to my music post yesterday and the fun responses. What is your favorite song lyrically? What songs do you listen to that speak to you or tell a story that resounds with you in some way? Why?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Probably my favorite lyrics of all time are to David Wilcox's, Eye Of The Hurricane. The lyrics use riding a motorcycle recklessly as a metaphor for the things we use in our lives to try to fill up the spaces where we feel empty....
Tank is full, switch is on
Night is warm, cops are gone
Rocket bike is all her own
It's called a hurricane.
She told me once it's quite a ride
It's shaped so there's this place inside
Where if you're moving you can hide
Safe within the rain
She wants to run away
But there's nowhere that she can go
Nowhere the pain won't come again
But she can hide
Hide in the pouring rain
She rides the eye of the hurricane
Tell the truth, explain to me
How you got this need for speed
She laughed and said "it might just be
The next best thing to love."
Hope is gone and she confessed
When you lay your dream to rest
You can get what's second best
But it's hard to get enough
She wants to run away
But there's nowhere that she can go
Nowhere the pain won't come again
But she can hide
Hide in the pouring rain
She rides the eye of the hurricane
We saw her ride so fast last night
Racing by a flash of light
Riding quick, the street was dark
A shining truck she thought was parked
It blocked her path, stopped her heart
But not the hurricane
She saw her chance to slip the trap
There was just the room to pass in back
But then it moved, closed the gap
She never felt the pain
She wants to run away
But there's nowhere that she can go
Nowhere the pain won't come again
But she can hide
Hide in the pouring rain
She rides the eye of the hurricane
She rides the eye of a hurricane.
webbew1
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June 23, 2018
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Gangsta’s Paradise comes to mind. Here’s a taste:
“They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me
If they can't understand it, how can they reach me?
I guess they can't, I guess they won't
I guess they front; that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool!“
Marz
Level 7
June 23, 2018
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Meg Myers "Monster" . I absolutely love this song, and the lyrics:
KCjoe108
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June 23, 2018
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@JustLynnie
Are you familiar with her?!?! That's awesome!
@JustLynnie
Which songs of hers are your favorites?
@JustLynnie
Agreed!!! It's such a sweet song. I also love Desire, Sorry and Cold.
"I'm gonna find myself a girl
Who can show me what laughter means
And we'll fill in the missing colors
In each other's paint-by-number dreams
And then we'll put our dark glasses on
And we'll make love until our strength is gone
And when the morning light comes streaming in
We'll get up and do it again
Get it up again"
jujuofthesea
Level 7
June 23, 2018
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"Regression" by the Legendary Pink Dots - because i like the theatrical element to it:
And perhaps "You, Me, and Rainbows" from the same band for similar reasons:
lllllllllllllll
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June 23, 2018
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Hi again... I posted a comment yesterday, thought of a love song by Anne Murray....
"Could I Have This Dance"... schmaltzie... but says it all in not a lot of words.
... look it up...
Okay, so... "Could I Have This Dance" is my song with a story... not long ago... met a lovely lady on line... I was smart enough (?) to talk about romance, think about the song... and, being a gentleman, said the nice things a lady may like to hear. After several emails, telephone talks... now, I in live AZ... she, NC... she mentions spending christmas back home in OH... long story short... few other events made me think I should share my religious history, and my current non existent religious status. Y'all likely know, NC is the eastern capitol of the bible belt, so the forthcoming visit I (we) planned... canceled... broken hearted (15/20 minutes).
I would have used her name, don't like referring to her as she or her, so impersonal, oh well.
I don't know if that qualifies for a song that tells a story, but that one comes to mind... recalling a few more... think I could write a book...
Tomas
Level 7
June 24, 2018
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Music moods vary for me daily, hourly, from Kris Krisstofferson's "Sunday Morning Coming Down"... hours of Jobim's Brazilian tempos, Johnny Hartman, Ella, Peggy Lee, Karrin Allyson, just to mention a few.
Music speaks to me, I listen to Pandora 10 to 11 hours every day, great variety.
I don't have a story to tell other than music has always been relatively important to me.
Tomas
Level 7
June 23, 2018
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Express Yourself by Madonna. Women are taught to be quiet.
Ellatynemouth
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June 23, 2018
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