Posted on 04/22/2022 3:56:36 PM PDT by Beowulf9
I admit I saw this elsewhere but I thought it might be a good thing to put here because honestly I look and listen to songs people post. I am always entertained and it opens my mind to many different avenues of musical tastes I have not known before. I hope ones like this column.
The Gambler is a great pick.
There is a House in New Orleans is another good one.
Oh, I love that one!
Also, Honey by Bobby Goldsboro (tear-jerker) and Harper Valley PTA. I always loved the feisty mom!
“Has anyone said “Cat’s In The Cradle”, yet?”
Yep, but not
‘Cat Scratch Fever’
Well, the first time that I got it I was just ten years old
I got it from some kitty next door
An’ I went to see the doctor and he gave me the cure,
I think I got it some more
Living on Love by Alan Jackson
Such a well told, visual story.
Paratrooper gem.
Stargazer, by Rainbow. From the album Rainbow Rising. (The title inspired my FR handle!)
YES!
OMG! The Three Bells so belongs in French. Edith Piaf’s voice is so chilling. I only knew her voice from Milord.
Yes! Very haunting.
Old Red, someone mentioned, is a great one.
Andrew Gold - Lonely Boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq2TxnlWunw
The Kingston Trio
Billy has many story songs:
The Ballad of Billy the Kid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1ASIT5DqN0
Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxx8IWIvKg0
“The Highwayman” by Loreena McKennitt.
One of the aviators shot down and captured during Vietnam War had grown up with his parents asking him to say a long poem from memory at the family Thanksgiving Dinner. He had a wonderful memory. Poems like Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner and such. One of the poems was this one. It was written by Alfred Noyes. After he was a POW he shared the poems/songs by using the “tap code” from cell to cell to cell. Loreena sings the poem on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixi4jz0Gn4E
A very unexpected ending which delighted the POWs.
One of the best metal albums ever...
Indianola
Brian Burns
About one of the worst hurricanes in recorded history.
Another song I couldn’t find of his was “Crash at Crush” about a staged train wreck near Waco TX that didn’t go as planned and killed and injured a bunch of people.
That’s the first one that came to mind for me.
Either Jolleen or Harper Valley PTA.
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