24 Jul 01 - 07:26 PM (#513853) Subject: bleeker street From: GUEST,schneid I would like to know some folk songs with Bleeker Street in the lyrics. I know a version of "Freight Train" and one with the chorus "Oh you New York girls sure can dance the polka" |
24 Jul 01 - 07:30 PM (#513858) Subject: RE: bleeker street From: mousethief There is Bleecker Street by Paul Simon: (this has space-spaced chords and I don't have time to do "clean-up" on it; that's why I'm not posting it here) Alex |
24 Jul 01 - 07:48 PM (#513867) Subject: RE: bleeker street From: Joe Offer Hi, Schneid - search for both bleecker and bleeker with our Digitrad and Forum search, and you'll find at least a couple of Tom Paxton songs that mention the street (with various spellings). -Joe Offer- |
24 Jul 01 - 07:50 PM (#513869) Subject: RE: bleeker street From: Benjamin The tab to Paul Simon's Bleeker Street as well as lots of other great Simon and Garfunkel tabs can be found on the Simon and Garfunkel Home Page!! |
24 Jul 01 - 08:49 PM (#513916) Subject: Lyr Add: RAINING DOWN ON BLEECKER STREET From: Stewie The late Fred Neil had one titled 'Bleecker and MacDougal' about wanting to go home to Coconut Grove. Not folk either, but there is a beaut song by rock group Devonsquare. I picked up the CD in a record store cheapie bin years ago and enjoyed it thoroughly, particularly 'Raining Down on Bleecker Street':
RAINING DOWN ON BLEECKER STREET
Birds of a feather --Stewie.
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24 Jul 01 - 09:44 PM (#513950) Subject: Lyr Add: TIN ANGEL (Joni Mitchell) From: Mark Cohen From Joni Mitchell's first album, "Clouds", the song "Tin Angel": Varnished weeds in window jars Tarnished beads on tapestries Kept in satin boxes are Reflections of love's memories Letters from across the seas Roses dipped in sealing wax Valentines and maple leaves Tucked into a paperback Guess I'll throw them all away I found someone to love today Dark with darker moods is he Not a golden prince who's come Through columbines and wizardry To talk of castles in the sun Still I'll take a chance and say I found someone to love today There's a sorrow in his eyes Like the angel made of tin What would happen if I tried To place another heart in him? In a Bleecker Street cafe I found someone to love today Hey, I haven't thought of that in a while...it's nice to recall her early work, and bring back those memories. Thanks, scheid! It's not surprising, by the way, that an area that was important to so many musicians (Greenwich Village) would find its way into a number of songs. Aloha, Mark |
24 Jul 01 - 09:47 PM (#513951) Subject: RE: bleeker street From: Mark Cohen Oops, I think it may be "What will happen if I try" -- and it is schneid, not scheid. Too slow the proofread, to quick the submit. |
24 Jul 01 - 09:59 PM (#513961) Subject: RE: bleeker street From: Tedham Porterhouse from Tom Paxton's "Cindy's Cryin": "Cindy's cryin and it ain't no use/Got a habit and she can't loose/Stoppin' each and every man she meet/Gonna be a hooker on Bleecker Street."
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25 Jul 01 - 09:50 AM (#514192) Subject: RE: bleeker street From: GUEST,erica okay, just one joniophile moment -- that first album was "song to a seagull," remember? (alternately just "joni mitchell;" the scholars are still duking that one out.) that song has "cactus tree" on it, which i love. my current favorite bleecker street song was written by an East Village scenester, Joie Dead Blonde Girlfriend. He prefaces the song by saying it "tells a story about a scene and a street that was once cool. Now the street is just a tourist trap . . . " I tend to agree, although the Bitter End still has its good moments. And Cafe Reggio is still on Macdougal! Listen to Joie's song; you'll like it, or at least find it interesting. he sounds just like a revved up, punk Woody Guthrie:
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27 Jul 01 - 11:00 PM (#516456) Subject: RE: bleeker street From: catspaw49 |
27 Jul 01 - 11:02 PM (#516460) Subject: RE: bleeker street From: khandu Nice input, Swap! khanduh |
28 Jul 01 - 12:21 AM (#516482) Subject: RE: bleeker street From: Mark Cohen It's funny, erica, I'd assumed for years that "Song to a Seagull" (scholars be damned, we know what it's called!) was her first album, then recently someone told me, no, "Clouds" was first. All my albums are packed away in boxes, so I can't check, but I hope you're right, because that means I was! A few months ago on a drive to the other side of the island I sang the whole "Clouds" album from memory. Of course, considering the state of my memory these days, I'd have to say I think I did! Aloha, Mark |
28 Jul 01 - 01:28 AM (#516507) Subject: RE: bleeker street From: Peg I am pretty sure Clouds was after Seagull... peg
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29 Sep 18 - 02:08 PM (#3953640) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: songs about Bleecker Street From: GUEST Does anyone else think Bleecker Street by Simon and Garfunkel sounds like this? Especially the part where they say "Fills the alleys where men sleep" and "I saw a shadow touch a shadow's hand" i.e. the third line of every verse. A version of Freight Train has "Bleecker Street" instead of "Chestnut Street", so they may be alluding to it. |
29 Sep 18 - 04:47 PM (#3953667) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: songs about Bleecker Street From: GUEST,Phil d'Conch Burl Ives. 1968 – Song to a Seagull, Reprise Records, LP, RS6293 (stereo,) R6293 (mono.) 1969 – Clouds, Reprise Reords, LP, RS 6341, R6341 And: Kitty's Back, Bruce Springsteen, The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle, 1973 What Do You Know About Love?, Lloyd Cole, 1990 |
29 Sep 18 - 06:51 PM (#3953695) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: songs about Bleecker Street From: GUEST,Jerry There is a vague similarity between Freight Train and Bleecker Street in that third line, now you mention it, although depending on whether he composed the melody around the chord progression or the chords around the melody, there is not much variation in tune you can have when moving from E7 to F. The first line of The Boxer is also very similar to Whiskey in the Jar, but I doubt if we need another thread about the big names in music who have at some stage pinched bits off others - so did Debussy, Vaughn Williams and Prokokiev, etc. |
30 Sep 18 - 02:22 PM (#3953871) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: songs about Bleecker Street From: GUEST See Eric Andersen's song "The Street Was Always There". The CD of the same name ain't bad either. |