Posted on 05/03/2011 5:58:11 PM PDT by Zeneta
It’s been a “long time gone” since those “Babylon sisters” left me “Out on the weekend”, “Searching for a heart of gold”
Me and Bobby McGee ~ Janis Joplin
Father of Mine ~ Everclear
Mirror in the Bathroom- English Beat
I was a big BOC fan growing up.
Funny how you found that.
Well done.
Rough Rider
Agreed
“long time gone” Dixie Chicks
“Babylon sisters” Steely Dan
“Everyday I write the book” Elvis Costello
“let it be” Beatles
“Wild world” Cat Stevens
“Me and Bobby Mcgee” Janis Joplin
“Turn the page” Bob Seger
“Landslide” Fleetwood Mac
“One way or another” Blondie
“like a rolling stone” Dylan
“Learn to fly” Petty
“break on through” Doors
“Video killed the radio star” Buggles
“Take it to the limit” Eagles
“Tears in heaven” Clapton
“Second hand news” Fleetwood Mac
“American pie” McLean
“Discipline” King Crimson
Steely Dan is an awesome band.
So smooth, technical and very tight.
I shudder, and cringe, and flick the channel, when I hear her screech.
“Gabriel wrote this about his break with Genesis and anticipation of his new challenge as a solo artist. He was inspired after seeing a Bruce Springsteen concert.”
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=393
Now, it is just the web, but I can give you multiple sources backing up that the song is about his departure from Genesis to go solo.
Nice
One of my all time Favorites.
Peace of mind -- Boston
Back in black -- AC/DC
Its the end of the world as we know it -- REM
Bad company -- Bad company?
Livin' on a prayer -- Bon Jovi
I'm still a guy -- Some country singer (Not old, but who cares)
well done expect “long time gone” from Crosby Stills and Nash is what I had in mind.
“well done expect “long time gone” from Crosby Stills and Nash is what I had in mind.”
Yea, you’re right...I remember the Chicks’ version
To each there own.
Wild World - Cat Stevens,
I don’t like Monday’s - Boom Town Rats,
One Bourbon,one scotch,one beer - George Thorogood cover,
Some girls - Rolling Stones,
Changes - Bowie,
Wicked Game - Chris Isaac,
Saw them live, sort of, they played a recording for 18,000 plus fans and pretended to play instruments because they couldn't play their stuff live.
“The End” —The Doors
The End
“So limitless and free”
One of the remarkable things about that song “Solsbury Hill” is that it can be interpreted in so many ways. Even the name of the song is intriguing: I read somewhere that “Climbing up Solsbury Hill” was a code phrase used by British military intelligence in the early 1940s for their effort to get the U.S. involved in World War II on their side.
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