OT: most POETIC non-Dylan rock 'n roll songs?

[RockyMTblue2]

Clever, touching, beautiful and smart. A masterclass in how to write a love song.



"Over hearts I have painfully turned every stone
Just to find what I've searched to discover
I've come much to far for me now to find
The love that I sought can never be mine(d?)

Incredible.

I just called to say

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Anyone else here sit in the rain for over an hour past show time for Ray Charles to come out of his trailer and perform at Brookdale? Called a digression. Anyone biting?

 

[Scud49]

One of my fav's by CS&N, love the Airplane's version too:

 

[BigBird]

Moody Blues, "The Story in Your Eyes."

 

[JordyG]

No question in my mind about the Moody Blues and Jethro Tull, both were highly creative bands with terrific music. For that matter, Little Feat was a superbly innovative group when Lowell George was alive and the driving force behind them. Can't agree more on Bob Welch - that's a shame. I believe there was animosity between Welch and Mick Fleetwood....that's the reason why he wasn't included.

I saw all three back in the 70's and Tull was by far the most interesting in person. I saw them 3x, but they did this only once.

 

[Scud49]

 

[Scud49]

Just read that Walter Becker, guitarist and song co-writer for Steely Dan, has died at age 67. Damn....

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Contribution from Gordon Lightfoot, beautifully done by Ian & Sylvia:

Have not been able to get the song out of my head since you posted it. "Big 767 set to go..."

 

[Scud49]

HaHa...but not a bad tune to have spinnin' around up there eh??

Have not been able to get the song out of my head since you posted it. "Big 767 set to go..."

 

[Intpseeker]

I am not sure how an artist is able to turn, to me, the ultimate tragedy into a beautiful song, but then I'm not an artist.

 

[Intpseeker]

In the early days of FM radio I used to use the break starting at 6:17 from this song between every song on my 4 hour show. Never spoke a word. I loved it, but it drove some folks crazy.

 

[Intpseeker]

This always gets to me, and this version is from Hartford 5/28/77, which some consider an amazing string of concerts from the Grateful Dead. Some may even say that Jerry's playing is poetic.

 

[Scud49]

For many of us who are getting a tad bit up there in years, this song is especially poignant:

 

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[Scud49]

About the most melodic Country Joe song I know of- and vinyl too

 

[Bigboote]

I listened to this three times during my run today. I've loved this song for some time -- the lyrics are really poignant. But today it really struck me how poetic they are.



Lyrics here:

the lamia lyrics - Google Search

 

[msf22b]

How about:

"I can't get no--satisfaction....
But I try and I try and...'

sophisticated, polished, artistic to the extreme.

 

[wire chief]

This line has long stayed with me:
"Like a merchant in a market of thieves, I came displaying my wares to you.
But you saw through all the fear in my eyes and made me be what I am.

 

[chj001]

I could list a dozen or more songs each from Joni Mitchell and Jackson Brown. I have no idea how to insert a picture or a U-Tube shot into this reply.

 

[chj001]

Jackson Brown, with an assist from Glenn Frey---

I'm a-standin' on a corner in Winslow Arizona
Such a fine sight to see
It's a girl, my Lord,
In a flatbed Ford
Slowin' down to take a look at me

 

[dogged1]

I don't know if you could call it Rock and Roll but it is poetry...."There was a boy"
A little more modern, the Jeff Buckley version of "Hallelujah".
And for the younger ones amongst us "The Librarian", by My Morning Jacket.

Can someone give me a quick How To on copying a you tube to a post?
Thanks,

 

[chj001]

Anyone else here sit in the rain for over an hour past show time for Ray Charles to come out of his trailer and perform at Brookdale? Called a digression. Anyone biting?

Anyone else here sit for over an hour and a half past show time for Jimmy Cliff to come out and perform at Carnegie Hall? . . . and when he finally came out, he only performed for 45 minutes ending with a song called "Mr. Ripoff Man."

 

[RockyMTblue2]

I don't know if you could call it Rock and Roll but it is poetry...."There was a boy"
A little more modern, the Jeff Buckley version of "Hallelujah".
And for the younger ones amongst us "The Librarian", by My Morning Jacket.

Can someone give me a quick How To on copying a you tube to a post?
Thanks,

Copy the URLaddress in the page header of the video in question and and paste it into the text of your post and voile the video will appear when you post your message.