Favorite Name Songs-Tell us your Favorite's.Freeper Canteen 11~14~14

[fatima]

~Favorite Name Song's~





The Rolling Stones - Susie Q - 1965

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Abraham * Martin and John *** Dion

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[fatima]

Hi HiJinx ((((Hugs)))))

Reuben James
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktd1vB2kvp0

[Fiji Hill]

In the spring of 1941, Hitler and Stalin were allies, and American Communists were working to prevent the US from joining in the war against Hitler of even aiding Britain, which was virtually on its own fighting the Axis. As part of this effort, the Almanac Singers, a Communist singing group, recorded an anti-war album entitled "Songs for John Doe." The title was inspired by the hit movie Meet John Doe.

But when Hitler attacked the Soviet Union a few weeks later, the album was yanked off the market, and the Almanacs became born-again hawks and super-patriots. The following songs illustrate their change of heart.

The Strange Death of John Doe (1941)

Reuben James (1942)

[murron]

Wow! You’re good! Thanks!

[AU72]

“Ain’t No Mountain” - Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell

[fatima]

Thanks Fiji Hill that’s interesting.
For some American sailors, World War II began before December 7, 1941. During the latter part of 1941, U.S. Navy ships provided escorts for convoys bound for Great Britain carrying war materials from our “Arsenal of Democracy.” Because German U-boats (submarines) considered all ships in the convoys fair game, it was only a matter of time before we became involved in a “shooting war.”

Disaster struck in the early morning hours of October 31, 1941. While escorting convoy HX-156, the American destroyer U.S.S. Reuben James was torpedoed and sunk with the loss of 115 of 160 crewmen, including all officers. Although not the first U.S. Navy ship torpedoed before the war, the Reuben James was the first one lost. After the news of the sinking reached America, many concerned people wrote letters to the Navy to find out the fate of friends or loved ones. Sadly, most of the country ignored the sinking. One who did not was folk singer Woody Guthrie, who wrote his now famous song immediately after the incident:

Tell me, what were their names?
Tell me, what were their names?
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James?
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/a_people_at_war/prelude_to_war/uss_reuben_james.html

[fatima]

Hi
AU72 (((((Hugs)))))

Ain’t No Mountain” - Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz-UvQYAmbg

[SandRat]

[Soaring Feather]

Kathy,

My daughter told me this evening the temp this morning when she left for work was 17 - a cold one.

It warmed up to 40, but did not feel like 40 - wind was blowing like mad.

[Publius]

Similar conditions up here by the Canadian border. Low of 22, and it was 36 when I went out to do my Christmas shopping. It peaked at 42. That’s unusual for Western Washington this time of year.

[Soaring Feather]

I am in Up State NY around the Finger Lakes, we have winds blowing strong which only makes the cold temps colder.

So you’re West Coast - it is warmer there.

Thanks for the response.

[Publius]

Going down to 16 tonight. Br-r-r-r-r-r-r.

[Soaring Feather]

Well, that ain’t warm. Bundle up. :-)

[DemforBush]

I’m going with Tom Waits’ song “Martha”. One of the best songs of unrequited love ever written, IMHO.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9Mse62NFl4

Operator, number, please:
It’s been so many years
Will she remember my old voice
While I fight the tears?
Hello, hello there, is this Martha?
This is old Tom Frost,
And I am calling long distance,
Don’t worry ‘bout the cost.
‘Cause it’s been forty years or more,
Now Martha please recall,
Meet me out for coffee,
Where we’ll talk about it all.

CHORUS
And those were the days of roses,
Poetry and prose and Martha
All I had was you and all you had was me.
There was no tomorrows,
We’d packed away our sorrows
And we saved them for a rainy day.

And I feel so much older now,
And you’re much older too,
How’s your husband?
And how’s the kids?
You know that I got married too?
Lucky that you found someone
To make you feel secure,
‘Cause we were all so young and foolish,
Now we are mature.

CHORUS

And I was always so impulsive,
I guess that I still am,
And all that really mattered then
Was that I was a man.
I guess that our being together
Was never meant to be.
And Martha, Martha,
I love you can’t you see?

CHORUS

And I remember quiet evenings
Trembling close to you...

[Paul R.]

Sorry to be slow to reply. Have been horribly busy with a sort of extended emergency named “Dad”.

Yes, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is truly a great song. And it’s that time of year, of course. Typically, if I haven’t heard it for a while, then when I do, lines from it will be echoing around in my heads for days. That happened when I listened to it again after my post above. It only “left” after another song replaced it: My wife & I listened together to “Babe” by Styx (appropriate for our circumstance). There were tears in our eyes after that one...

[Paul R.]

Is “Babe” a “name song”? I’m gonna post the lyrics anyway!

Babe, I’m leaving, I must be on my way
The time is drawing near
My train is going, I see it in your eyes
The love, the need, your tears

But I’ll be lonely without you
And I’ll need your love to see me through
Please believe me, my heart is in your hands
‘Cause I’ll be missing you

‘Cause you know it’s you babe
Whenever I get weary and I’ve had enough
I feel like giving up
You know it’s you babe
Giving me the courage and the strength I need
Please believe that it’s true, babe, I love you

You know it’s you babe
Whenever I get weary and I’ve had enough
I feel like giving up
You know it’s you babe
Giving me the courage and the strength I need
Please believe that it’s true, babe, I love you

Babe, I’m leaving, I’ll say it once again
Somehow try to smile
‘Cause I know the feelings we’re trying to forget
If only for a while

‘Cause I’ll be lonely without you
And I’ll need your love to see me through
Please believe me, my heart is in your hands
‘Cause I’ll be missing you

Babe, I love you
Babe, I love you
Ooh, babe

(Dennis DeYoung - Styx)

Not many rockers have been able to keep / maintain a good marriage through the years - DeYoung and his wife have, and the song shows it. :-)

[Fiji Hill]

If "Babe" is a name song, then so is this one:

Baby--Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians (from Blackbirds of 1928)

[fatima]

:) And so is this.
Babe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83LNTbeatHE

[Publius]

That melody comes from the finale of Camille Saint-Saens’ Symphony #3 in C minor, known as the Organ Symphony because he uses an organ (and two pianos) in the orchestration.

[fatima]

Really,I should go back over this thread -ran out of time the other day.As we know Favorite threads never end .This scene represented the silent joy he had inside.That was my take.((((Hugs))))

[Publius]

Saint-Saens: Symphony #3 in C minor, finale

It's a gorgeous theme, but Saint-Saens doesn't quite know what to do with it.