26 Oct 02 - 06:35 PM (#812038) Subject: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: GUEST,CD Maker Can anyone think of any good songs about music and its relevance/importance in our lives? Here are a few examples: Drift Away by Dobie Gray Magic Power by Triumph State of Mind by Clint Black Listen to the Music by the Doobie Brothers Know any more? Thanks! |
26 Oct 02 - 07:46 PM (#812074) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: Leadfingers Alan Bell's I'm a Minstrel a Singer of Songs |
26 Oct 02 - 07:57 PM (#812077) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: Mary in Kentucky The Sound of Music How Can I Keep From Singing? The Sweetest Sound (Richard Rogers song) Til There Was You (There were bells...) There's a Song in the Air (Christmas song) I Whistle a Happy Tune (from The King and I) Singin' in the Rain |
26 Oct 02 - 08:45 PM (#812110) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: Genie Sweet Is The Melody - Iris Dement Song Sung Blue - Neil Diamond Music, Music, Music (DK when originally published, but made popular by Teresa Brewer in 1950.) The Birth Of The Blues Sing! Sing! Sing! (Duke Ellington?) Sing ( popular song from the 1970s, IIRC) Play A Simple Melody (duet of Play A Simple Melody and I Want To Listen To Rag) - Irving Berlin That Old Time Rock And Roll Do-re-mi -- (from The Sound Of Music) Cielito Lindo ("Ay, ay, ay, canto y no llores, Porque cantando se alegran, Cielito Lindo, los corazones..." meaning "...sing and don't cry because, Beautiful Heaven, singing lifts the heart.") Ich Bin Ein Musikaner (German folk song) E, Cumpari (Italian folk song on the same theme -- i.e., musicians playing various instruments |
26 Oct 02 - 08:47 PM (#812112) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: Genie forgot to mention "The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home" (Greg Brown). The song talks about how, though times were hard, "...when we heard that man sing, we knew somehow we'd make it through." Genie |
26 Oct 02 - 08:57 PM (#812117) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: Genie CD maker, there are a couple of Jewish (Yiddish) songs that fit. If dancing counts, there is "Sha! Stil! [Der Rebbe Tanzt] -- the song says, "Hush, be quiet! The rabbi is going to dance ... and when the rabbi dances, the wind dances with him, so clap your hands, ... the table dances with him, so tap your feet, ... and when the rabbi sings the holy songs, the devil lies trembling on the floor." The other one, in English, is called "I Had A Little Overcoat." This song is in Rise Up Singing. The singer tells of having an overcoat that wore out, so he made it into a jacket, which wore out, so he made it into a vest, which wore out, so he made it into a hat, which wore out, so he made it into a pocket, which wore out, so he made it into a song (which, presumably, won't wear out.) I can't recall the Yiddish title. Speaking of foot-tapping, how about the CCR song "Down on the Corner?" Also, there's Chris Williamson's "Song Of The Soul." And another Neil Diamond one, "Play Me." And the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." |
26 Oct 02 - 09:06 PM (#812119) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: GUEST,Q De Boatmen Dance |
26 Oct 02 - 09:13 PM (#812122) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: masato sakurai Tennessee Waltz. But what tune was she waltzing with her darlin' to? ~Masato |
26 Oct 02 - 09:31 PM (#812128) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: Mary in Kentucky It's a well-known fact that she was walzing to the KENTUCKY WALTZ. ;-) |
26 Oct 02 - 09:35 PM (#812129) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: Mary in Kentucky His Eye is on the Sparrow (I sing because I'm happy...) What Wondrous Love is This? (And through eternity I'll sing on...) Is Sing, Sing, Sing the one with "it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing...) |
26 Oct 02 - 09:36 PM (#812131) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: Mary in Kentucky Put Another Nickel In (All I want is lovin' you and music, music, music) |
26 Oct 02 - 09:40 PM (#812133) Subject: Lyr Add: LISDOONVARNA (Christy Moore) From: Amergin LISDOONVARNA How's it goin' there everybody, From Cork, New York, Dundalk, Gortahork and Glenamaddy. Here we are in the County Clare It's a long, long way from here to there. There's the Burren and the Cliffs of Moher, And the Tulla and the Kilfenora, Miko Russell, Doctor Bill, Willy Clancy and Noel Hill. Flutes and fiddles everywhere. If it's music you want, You should go to Clare. CHORUS G C Oh, Lisdoonvarna G C Lisdoon, Lisdoon, Lisdoon, Lisdoonvarna! Everybody needs a break, Climb a mountain or jump in a lake. Some head off to exotic places, Others go to the Galway Races. Mattie goes to the South of France, Jim to the dogs, Peter to the dance. A cousin of mine goes potholing, A cousin of heres loves Joe Dolan. Summer comes around each year, We go there and they come here. Some jet off to ... Frijiliana, But I always go to Lisdoonvarna. CHORUS I always leave on a Thursday night, With me tent and me groundsheet rolled up tight. I like to hit Lisdoon, In around Friday afternoon. This gives me time to get me gear together, I don't need to worry about the weather. Ramble in for a pint of stout, And you'd never know who'd be hangin' about! There's a Dutchman playing a mandolin, And a German looking for Liam Óg O'Floinn. And there's Adam, Bono and Garrett Fitzgerald, Gettin' their photos taken for the Sunday World. Finbarr, Charlie and Jim Hand, And they drinkin' pints to bate the band. .. Ain't it grand? CHORUS The multitudes, they flocked and thronged, To hear the music and the songs. Motorbikes and Hi-ace vans, With bottles - barrels - flagons - cans. Mighty craic. Loads of frolics, Pioneers and alcoholics, PLAC, SPUC and the FCA, Free Nicky Kelly and the IRA. Hairy chests and milk-white thighs, And mickey dodgers in disguise. Mc Graths, O'Briens, Pippins, Coxs, Massage parlours in horse boxes. There's amhráns, bodhráns, amadáns, Arab sheiks, Hindu Sikhs, Jesus freaks, RTE are makin' tapes, takin' breaks and throwin' shapes. This is heaven, this is hell. Who cares? Who can tell? (Anyone for the last few Choc Ices, now?) CHORUS A 747 for Jackson Browne, They had to build a special runway just to get him down. Before the Chieftains could start to play, Seven creamy pints came out on a tray. Shergar was ridden by Lord Lucan, Seán Cannon did the backstage cookin'. Clannad were playin' "Harry's Game", Christy was singin' "Nancy Spain". Mary O'Hara and Brush Shields, Together singin' "The Four Green Fields". Van the Man and Emmy Lou, Moving Hearts and Planxty too! CHORUS Everybody needs a break, Climb a mountain or jump in a lake. Sean Doherty goes to the Rose of Tralee, Oliver J. Flanagan goes swimming in the Holy Sea. But I like the music and the open air, So every Summer I go to Clare. Coz Woodstock, Knock nor the Feast of Cana, Can hold a match to Lisdoonvarna. CHORUS I've Just Heard Willy Nelson / Encore C F C I just heard William Nelson - he was singin' of his hard life on the road F G And his lyrics set me thinkin' it's much the same no matter where you go, F G Be it Tulsk or Bord Na Móna Dm G Dm G I've received my education in the lounges of the nation; Dm G C After twenty years I'm still goin' fairly well. I've played every lounge in Ireland from Dingle right up to Donegal, I've done 'Nancy Spain' on stages where no other ballad singers go at all, From the Rising Sun in Brownstown to the Unyoke Inn just outside Wexford Town, Ballymurphy and the Bogside, Ballinamore and even once in Ballinasloe. CHORUS F C If I get an encore I go home feelin' like a king; d G d G C It's a two way situation - I get a lot of pleasure when I sing. When I first heard Tommy Makem and the Clancys my future it was sealed, I was bitten by the music bug and the wound it never healed. When I got my first guitar my fingers bled until I learnt a chord or two; I pulled on my Aran sweater, wrote me Ma a goodbye letter And started singin' in O'Donoghue's. CHORUS I was playin' in the Meeting Place when half the Special Branch came through the door. They were lookin' for McGlinchey but they never found who they were lookin' for. They started listenin' to my gig and hung around till after the show, So if I ever need a taxi-plate or a massage at the special rate The Special Branch they told me where to go. CHORUS Christy Moore |
26 Oct 02 - 09:54 PM (#812137) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: masato sakurai The Man Who Wrote Home Sweet Home Never Was A Married Man [with Realaudio] |
26 Oct 02 - 10:12 PM (#812146) Subject: Lyr Add: HAPPINESS (from "You're a Good Man Charli From: Mary in Kentucky How could I forget my favorite! "Happiness is singing together when day is through." (Sorry about the caps, cut & paste...) HAPPINESS (from "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown") HAPPINESS IS FINDING A PENCIL. PIZZA WITH SAUSAGE TELLING THE TIME. HAPPINESS IS LEARNING TO WHISTLE. TYING YOUR SHOE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. HAPPINESS IS PLAYING THE DRUM IN YOUR OWN SCHOOL BAND. AND HAPPINESS IS WALKING HAND IN HAND. HAPPINESS IS TWO KINDS OF ICE CREAM. KNOWING A SECRET. CLIMBING A TREE. HAPPINESS IS FIVE DIFFERENT CRAYONS. CATCHING A FIREFLY. SETTING HIM FREE. HAPPINESS IS BEING ALONE EVERY NOW AND THEN. AND HAPPINESS IS COMING HOME AGAIN. HAPPINESS IS MORNING AND EVENING, DAY TIME AND NIGHT TIME TOO. FOR HAPPINESS IS ANYONE AND ANYTHING AT ALL THAT'S LOVED BY YOU. HAPPINESS IS HAVING A SISTER. SHARING A SANDWICH. GETTING ALONG. HAPPINESS IS SINGING TOGETHER WHEN DAY IS THROUGH, AND HAPPINESS IS THOSE WHO SING WITH YOU. HAPPINESS IS MORNING AND EVENING, DAYTIME AND NIGHTTIME TOO. FOR HAPPINESS IS ANYONE AND ANYTHING AT ALL THAT'S LOVED BY YOU. |
26 Oct 02 - 10:14 PM (#812147) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: Genie Mary, "Is Sing, Sing, Sing the one with "it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing...) " -- No, but that's a good song about music, too. "Put Another Nickel In (All I want is lovin' you and music, music, music)" is the one titled "Music, Music, Music," which Teresa Brewer recorded in 1950. ----- Another song about music: "Please, Mister, Please (don't play B-17, it was his song, it was our song, but it's over. ... I don't ever want to hear that song again.") How about "Singin' In The Bathtub?" If you include songs about playing fiddles, dancing, etc., there are lots of Irish songs that fit (e.g., Finnegan's Wake; Phil, The Fluther's Ball, The Kerry Dance, etc.). Then there are country songs like "Bonaparte's Retreat," "If Ya Want To Play In Texas, You Gotta Have a Fiddle In The Band," "San Antonio Stroll," etc. others: "Rock Me To Sleep" "Chanson D'Amour" "The Hurdy Gurdy Man" "Nashville Cats" "Songs My Mother Taught Me" "Play That Funky Music, White Boy" "Your Mama Don't Dance And Your Daddy Don't Rock And Roll" "Missouri Waltz" "Killing Me Softly With His Songs" "It's Like A Symphony" "Melody Of Love" "My Melody of Love" (Bobby Vinton) "A Lovers' Concerto" "Broken Hearted Melody" "The Y'all Come Back Saloon" ("...She played tambourine with a silver jingle, and she must have known the words to about a million tunes...") "All God's Critters Got a Place In The Choir" "Daddy Sang Bass" Genie |
26 Oct 02 - 10:23 PM (#812153) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: masato sakurai Love's Old Sweet Song [First Line of Chorus: Just a song at twilight, when the lights are low] The Band Played On Ring De Banjo by Foster |
26 Oct 02 - 10:26 PM (#812155) Subject: Lyr Add: CATTLE CALL (Eddy Arnold) From: Mary in Kentucky Thanks Genie, I saw that after I posted. And Masato got Ring, Ring, de Banjo. How about "Cattle Call?" I know it by Eddy Arnold, but it appears that LeAnn Rimes sang a duet with him also. CATTLE CALL The cattle are prowlin' The coyotes are howlin' Way out where the doggies roam Where the spurs are a jinglin' And the cowboy is singin' His lonesome cattle call [Yodels] He rides in the sun 'Til his days work is done, And he rounds up the cattle each fall [Yodels] Singing his cattle call For hours he would ride On the range far and wide When the night winds blows up like smoke His heart is a feather In all kinds of weather He sings his cattle call [Yodels] He's browned as a fairy From riding the prairie And he sings with an old western drawl [Yodels] Singin' his cattle call |
26 Oct 02 - 10:33 PM (#812163) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: Mary in Kentucky Angels We Have Heard on High (sweetly singing o'er the plains) |
26 Oct 02 - 10:37 PM (#812168) Subject: Lyr Add: SING ALONG WITH ME (Phil Ochs) From: Mary in Kentucky SING ALONG WITH ME (Phil Ochs) When times are bad and you're feeling sad Got more troubles than you've ever had There's one sure way to make you feel glad the whole world will come to you here's all you gotta do: just walk right through that door. Sing a song when things go wrong Of a tune you'll be smiling soon Find yourself a melody, sing along with me. When troubles are out and you're feeling down You can chase those troubles away send your blues back to yesterday It doesn't matter if you're rich or poor Walk right through that door. *chorus* And when your own true love is giving you pain makes you ride that lonesome train feel like you're going in sane whistle that true love from your mind leave her far behind. *chorus* |
26 Oct 02 - 10:41 PM (#812172) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: masato sakurai "With a Song in My Heart" (by Lorenz Hart & Richard Rogers). Do you remember Susan Hayward appearing in Jane Froman's biopic with this title? |
26 Oct 02 - 10:43 PM (#812174) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: Mary in Kentucky ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT ALL CHRISTIANS SING (Sussex Carol) |
26 Oct 02 - 10:46 PM (#812176) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: Mary in Kentucky Deck the Hall (Sing we joyous all together) |
26 Oct 02 - 10:53 PM (#812184) Subject: Lyr Add: TOO-RA-LOO-RA-LOO-RAL (THAT'S AN IRISH LU From: Mary in Kentucky IRISH LULLABY (Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral) Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li, Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Hush, now don't you cry! Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li, Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, That's an Irish lullaby. Over in Killarney, Many years ago, Me mither sang a song to me In tones so sweet and low. Just a simple little ditty, In her good ould Irish way, And I'd give the world if she could sing That song to me this day. Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li, Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Hush, now don't you cry! Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li, Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, That's an Irish lullaby. ****************************************** SUMMERTIME (One of these mornin's you goin' to rise un singin') |
26 Oct 02 - 11:00 PM (#812186) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: khandu Guitar Man-Bread Listen to the Band- Michael Nesmith (I think) Sultans of Swing- Dire Straits k |
26 Oct 02 - 11:04 PM (#812189) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: masato sakurai ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN -- Chuck Berry |
26 Oct 02 - 11:12 PM (#812194) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: masato sakurai "Singing the Blues" originally by Marty Robbins ["Well, I never felt more like singing the blues"] |
26 Oct 02 - 11:27 PM (#812198) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: Mary in Kentucky MASATO!!!!!! I got back up out of bed to submit "Singing the Blues!" |
26 Oct 02 - 11:28 PM (#812199) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: masato sakurai "Danny Boy" ["Oh, Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling"] |
26 Oct 02 - 11:32 PM (#812200) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: Mary in Kentucky Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee (Ever singing march we onward...) GOODNIGHT! See y'all tomorrow. |
26 Oct 02 - 11:33 PM (#812201) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: masato sakurai Good night, Mary. ~Masato |
26 Oct 02 - 11:39 PM (#812203) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: GUEST,Dale No doubt there are better known versions of some of these. These are just the versions I am familiar with. Music And Friends - Simani I Give You Music - The McCarters When I Hear The Music - Susan McCann I Like To Sing The Old Songs - The Phipps Family Hillbilly Pickin' Ramblin' Girl - Catherine Britt Songs My Mother Taught Me - Charlotte Church Singing The Blues - Marty Robbins This Is My Song - Judith Durham Whistle As You Go - Sara Storer Old Songs - Hot Mud Family Two Singers And One Song - Slim Dusty & Anne Kirkpatrick I'm Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing - Hank Williams Well, there's a few. I THINK I removed most of the ones I had on my list that have already been mentioned. |
27 Oct 02 - 12:17 AM (#812208) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: Genie I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing "...and the doctor said, 'Give him JUG BAND MUSIC. It seems to make him feel just fine." (Lovin' Spoonful) Jim Kweskin's "Jug Band Music," too. "It's one of those songs that you hear now and then, ... one of those crazy old songs..." OK, here's a really obscure one. There was a musical in the 1950s called "Adam and Athena" (Debbie Reynolds, Jane Powell, Vic Damone, etc.) that actually had a pretty good score. One song that Jane Powell sang was called "Vocalize" - in which she incorporated some vocal exercises. I think the composer may have been Harry Warren. (It was one of the well-established popular music and movie songwriters of the '30s, '40s, '50s.) Then there was a '60s/'70s song called "Look What They've Done To My Song." And Janis Ian wrote one called "Would You Like To Sing My Sing," and there was one that both Maria Muldaur and Olivia Newton-John sang called "I Never Did Sing You A Love song." Of course Mark Graham's "Zen Gospel Singing" is a treasure! |
27 Oct 02 - 12:19 AM (#812211) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: Genie There's also a neat Gospel-type song in the current U-U Hymnal (Singing The Living Tradition) called "Now, Let Us Sing!" |
27 Oct 02 - 12:21 AM (#812212) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: Genie 76 Trombones |
27 Oct 02 - 12:43 AM (#812223) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: GUEST Genie's comments reminded me of ~~ That Song Is Driving Me Crazy - Tom T. Hall |
27 Oct 02 - 01:14 AM (#812238) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: Genie Guest, DK why, but your comment reminded me of that old song that goes: "...The music goes round and round, oh, oh, oh, oh, and it comes out here." Still free-associating, I'm reminded of Berlin's "A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody." He also had some amusing observations on a bugler playing "Reveille" in "Oh, How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning." And of course, there's his "Alexander's Ragtime Band." Other songs from WWI or WWII include "Boogie-Woogie Bugle Boy Of Company B" "Eight To The Bar" "Beer Barrel Polka" ("...Sing "boom- tar-ra-rel, sing out a song of good cheer..." and "There's music and there's dancing ..." and "They want to throw their cares away, they all go 'la-de-da-de-ay.") Can't recall all the words, but doesn't the Aerosmith song "Dream On" have a lot of lines about singing? Then there's Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody." For Christmas there's "The Little Drummer Boy" and "Do You Hear What I Hear" ("...a song, a song high above the trees with a voice as big as the sea..."). |
27 Oct 02 - 01:17 AM (#812240) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: GUEST,open mike rag time cow boy joe-- he used to sing raggy music to the cattle as he swings back and forth in the saddle on a horse (pretty good horse) that is sycopated gaited listen to the rhythm of the roar of his repeater. ....deedle , deedle, deedle (i forgot)... the western folks all know he's a high falutin' rootin, tootin son-of-a-gun from arizona rag time cowboy (talk about your cowboy) rag timie cowboy jo-oe-oe |
27 Oct 02 - 07:17 AM (#812331) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: Mary in Kentucky Good morning. ;-) I've Got Rhythm It's a Grand Night for Singing American Pie (the day the music died) Show Me (from My Fair Lady...Speak and the world is full of singing...Sing me no songs...) |
27 Oct 02 - 11:11 AM (#812469) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: Leadfingers They Dont Write 'em Like That Anymore |
27 Oct 02 - 11:19 AM (#812473) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: Little Hawk "Thank You For The Music" - ABBA "Country Pie" - Bob Dylan - LH |
27 Oct 02 - 11:25 AM (#812476) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: belfast There's another thread lamenting the decline of the Incredible String Band. But at the beginning they were so good. A lot of their stuff was about making music and they had some great lines. From memory …. "They say it's only butterflies Don't let your dreams get in your eyes But Orpheus made the sun rise 'Cos he knew how to play." And a great song, When The Music Starts To Play. "When the music starts to play let me around." Think I'll go find the CD and have a listen. |
27 Oct 02 - 11:31 AM (#812479) Subject: Lyr Add: WHO WILL SING FOR ME? From: Bat Goddess Sound, Sound Your Instruments of Joy (recorded by The Watersons) Who Will Sing For Me? (DT) Who Will Sing for Me Carter Stanley third verse John McCutcheon? 1. Oft I sing for my friends, When this cold form I see When I reach my journey's end Tell me who will sing for me Chorus: I wonder who (I wonder who) Will sing for me (will sing for me) When I come to the cross by the silent sea, Tell me who will sing for me 2. When friends have gathered 'round And look down on me Will they turn and walk away Or will they sing one song for me 3. So I'll sing until the end And helpful try to be Ever knowing there'll be some Who will sing one song for me |
27 Oct 02 - 01:11 PM (#812537) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: Susanne (skw) When music came from wooden boxes (Harry Chapin) All the tunes in the world (Ewan McVicar) Mistress music (Allan Taylor) |
27 Oct 02 - 03:34 PM (#812638) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: fat B****rd The Lovin' Spoonful..Do You Believe In Magic ? Chuck Berry...Rock and Roll Music |
27 Oct 02 - 03:58 PM (#812658) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: Genie Fascinatin' Rhythm Crazy Rhythm Without A Song With A Song In My Heart Let The Music Play I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends ("What would you do if I sang out of tune...?") Love, This Is My Song Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song Of Thee I Sing, Baby The Last Night Of The World (from Miss Saigon -- "A song played on a solo saxophone is telling me to hold you tight and dance like it's the last night of the world...") The Man With The Banjo Piccolo Pete Hoop-de-Doo ("...I hear a polka and my troubles are through..." and other lines about the trombone, fiddle, concertina, etc.) Let's All Sing Like The Birdies Sing I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song (Jim Croce) Bring Over Some Old Motown Records (DK title) -- Rod Stewart) I Got The Music In Me I Love A Piano Le Vieux Piano (The Old Piano) sung by Edith Piaf ("A piano is dead. This is the lament ...") |
27 Oct 02 - 07:14 PM (#812779) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: GUEST,CD Maker WOW!! I never dreamed I'd get this many responses. Thank you all SO MUCH! LOL at Mary for getting out of bed to post another one! ;) Thanks again! |
27 Oct 02 - 07:28 PM (#812784) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: mmb Just having come off the Fox Hollow Memories thread, how about: Richard Wilkies' Fox Hollow Song and Bill Steele's (or is it Bill Staines'?) A Thousand Songs |
27 Oct 02 - 10:42 PM (#812867) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: pattyClink good folk songs about singing: Sing me the Old Songs Teach Your Children to Sing |
28 Oct 02 - 06:49 AM (#813003) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: masato sakurai See this long thread too: Metasongs, songs within songs ~Masato |
28 Oct 02 - 03:25 PM (#813142) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: MAG Has anybody mentioned "Those were the Days?" On a lesser-known Gracie Slick & Friends album entitled *Manhole* is the song "It's Only Music." One I throw on and play over and over and over when I need it. In fact, I think I'll go throw it on now. |
28 Oct 02 - 03:28 PM (#813147) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: Amos Our Jeri has a really beautiful song called "Why We Sing" based on the threads of that name. If you're nice she might sing it to ya!! (Or you can wait just a tad longer to get it on the Mudcat Sampler CD Series!!) (Coming soon to a folk community near you!!!!) A |
29 Oct 02 - 09:41 AM (#813549) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: gwonya "The Ballad of Carl Martin" by Steve Goodman. (A must hear!) |
29 Oct 02 - 09:54 AM (#813557) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: Willie-O 511 Highway my song about the Stewart Park Music Festival in Perth Ontario. W-O |
29 Oct 02 - 09:56 AM (#813559) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: masato sakurai Tom he was a piper's son He learnt to play when he was young But all the tune that he could play Was "Over the hills and far away" |
29 Oct 02 - 10:35 AM (#813582) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: belfast There's a fine song by mudcat member McGrath of Harlow "Keeping The Old Music Alive" I found it at his own website…click here |
29 Oct 02 - 03:12 PM (#813816) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: Genie The Band Played "Waltzing Matilda" Folk Singer's Blues - Shel Silverstein The Folksingers' Ball The Folksong Army (Tom Lehrer) Music, Sweet Music (in the DT) Rock And Roll Heaven Gaily The Troubadour Dve Guitari (Russian folk song) While My Guitar Softly Weeps He Sang Real Good For Free |
29 Oct 02 - 10:55 PM (#814132) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: GUEST,Chicken Charlie "Banjo and the 'possum" is much like "Ring, Ring de Banjo," mentioned earlier. Even "Marching thru Georgia" starts, "Bring the good old bugle, boys, we'll sing another song ...." And "Tenting Tonight" -- "We are tenting tonight on the old camp ground; give us a song to cheer ...." The British music hall piece, "He Played His Ukulele as the Ship Went Down." "Wayfaring Stranger"--"I'm goin' there to see my Jesus, to sing His praise forever more ...." "The Trading Song," sort of. "Johnny took his fiddle and he went on home." A lot of Brit ballads have an optional switch verse for the beginning, so a singer of one gender can sing a song obviously specific to the other--involving pregnancy for example. "Katy Cruel" sung by a man could start, "When I was a-riding down to London City, a maid from her window sang this song so pretty ...." And that idea can transfer to "Jordie," "False William," etc., etc. and even etc. What's the name of the James Taylor one ("It's All Right"?) "I don't known no love songs, I can't play the blues anymore, but I can sing this song ...." There are undoubtedly many more, but I have to quit now. The mail man just came and I need to check my mailbox for millions from Nigeria. CC |
29 Oct 02 - 11:16 PM (#814136) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: Robo "It's the Singer, Not the Song" -- early Stones. Rob-o |
30 Oct 02 - 10:09 AM (#814374) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: MAG Another of my favorites: a small gem of an animated film entitled "The Devil and Daniel Mouse" -- yes, a takeoff on "The Devil and Daniel Webster" -- the hero saves himself and foolish girlfriend with the power of music and a little song called "Look where the music can take you." Look where the music can tkae you, if you let it go, ... composer: John Sebastian |
30 Oct 02 - 10:31 AM (#814392) Subject: RE: I'm looking for songs about music ! From: wlisk One of my favorites is Trumpet Vine, by Kate Wolf. ...If it weren't for kitchen songs, evenings (mornings) spent with friends, we all might lose those things we love the best....Bill |