Posted on 09/14/2018 6:31:52 PM PDT by mdittmar
Autumn is approaching,What's your Favorite Autumn Song?
I love Autumn,the turning of the Leaves,the chill in the air.
What's your Favorite Autumn Song?
Heathaze - Genesis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6L4a_Rj190
One of my all time faves. Lorena McKennitt is pure genius.
A brilliant S&G song. Thanks.
Political angle: The song came from the show Knickerbocker Holiday (set in the early days of New York City) that was supposed to be critical of FDR.
A good counterpoint to all the “Autumn of my years” songs:
“Forever Young” originally written by Bob Dylan. Rod Stewart added verses and recorded the quintessential version. I love the opening lines and the weaving in of the Golden Rule. It’s such a great song from parents to their kids as you launch them on the pathway to a righteous life.
Dylan orginally wrote it as a lullaby for his eldest son Jesse, born in 1966, Dylan’s song relates a father’s hopes that his child will remain strong and happy. It opens with the lines, “May God bless and keep you always / May your wishes all come true”, echoing the Old Testament’s Book of Numbers, which has lines that begin: “May the Lord bless you and guard you / May the Lord make His face shed light upon you.
Rod Stewart version:
May the good Lord be with you
Down every road you roam
And may sunshine and happiness
Surround you when you’re far from home
And may you grow to be proud
Dignified and true
And do unto others
As you’d have done to you
Be courageous and be brave
And in my heart you’ll always stay
Forever Young, Forever Young
Forever Young, Forever Young
May good fortune be with you
May your guiding light be strong
Build a stairway to heaven
With a prince or a vagabond
And may you never love in vain
And in my heart you will remain
Forever Young, Forever Young
Forever Young, Forever Young
Forever Young, Forever Young
And when you finally fly away
I’ll be hoping that I served you well
For all the wisdom of a lifetime
No one can ever tell
But whatever road you choose
I’m right behind you, win or lose
Forever Young, Forever Young
Forever Young ,Forever Young
Forever Young, Forever Young
For, Forever Young, Forever Young
Wow...where was that performance? YouTube doesn’t say. One commenter wrote that she was only 22when she wrote that song.
#20. Re “A Summer Song” by Chad and Jeremy “(Summer’s gone...).
A beautifully written, scored and sung song.
They, and Peter and Gordon, had some of the most beautiful songs around.
Have to add in the “Cascades” with “Rhythm of the Rain” and “Last Leaf “ (an AUTUMN song).
“Moondance’’, Van Morrison.
Can I add in “Dancing in the Moonlight” by King Harvest (I think that’s his name as versus King Curtis).
Can’t find my Billboard Top 40’s book. I feel as though I’m unarmed. The memory isn’t as good as it used to be, I think.
Oh, it's a long, long while from May to December
But the days grow short when you reach September
When the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame
One hasn't got time for the waiting game
Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few
September, November
And these few precious days I'll spend with you
These precious days I'll spend with you
I hear you. My memory banks fade in and out a lot.
My favorite is The Call of Summer by Pat Boone. I know its about Fall, but when its Fall, I am already wishing its summer again. 👍
-PJ
California Dreaming ....
Btw mid 90s Nashville today
Damn hot for mid September
Autumn Leaves - The Richard Galliano Tangaria Quartet...Beautiful...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hjMisX997Y
“The falling leaves drift by the window...
The autumn leaves of red and gold...
I see your lips, the summer kisses...
The sunburned hands I used to hold...
Since you went away, the days grow long...
And soon I’ll hear Old Winter’s song...
But I miss you most of all, my darling...
When autumn leaves start to fall.”...
Yes, Caterina’s version is nice. I don’t know how to upload a youtube song and place it in this little box that I am typing into but Rosemary Clooney did a great version too.
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