OT: Songs that make you think

[Jackcatscal]

Just about every song written by Bob Dylan.

 

[Jackcatscal]

Lucinda Williams, “Pineola.”

When Daddy told me what happened
I couldn't believe what he just said
Sonny shot himself with a 44
And they found him lyin' on his bed…

 

[Jackcatscal]

Grateful Dead, “Touch of Grey.”

I know the rent is in arrears
The dog has not been fed in years
It's even worse than it appears
But it's alright
Cows are giving kerosene
The kid can't read at seventeen
The words he knows are all obscene
But it's alright…

 

[Jackcatscal]

 

[Slipperman]

i believe this about lonliness but not really sure..

 

[Jackcatscal]

Richard & Linda Thompson, “Down Where the Drunkards Roll.”

See the boys out walking
The boys, they look so fine
Dressed up in green velvet
Their silver buckles shine
Soon they'll be bleary eyed
Under a keg of wine
Down where the drunkards roll
Down where the drunkards roll…

 

[Scud49]

Rolling Stones - Time Waits For No One:

 

[Hoops66]

I found this song a number of years ago and I still can't stop thinking about it from time to time. It's beautiful, sad, and certainly worthy of thought. English translation included, and true story follows.

 

[Scud49]

Robbie Robertson and the Red Road Ensemble - "Ghost Dance":

 

[Bama fan]

Great choice! I was debating between posting this and posting Turn Turn Turn.

(Fun fact: Barry McGuire wanted to record California Dreaming and use the Mamas and the Papas as his back up group. The music producer said bring them in and let me listen to them, and then decided to use them without Barry Maguire.)

But they did him a solid in "Crique Alley". McGuin and McGuire , just a gettin' higher in L.A., you know where that's at.

 

[Bama fan]

Again and again:

 

[Bama fan]

 

[Bama fan]

 

[Scud49]

Fleetwood Mac- "Hypnotized":

They say there's a place down in Mexico
Where a man can fly over mountains and hills
And he don't need an airplane or some kind of engine
And he never will......

 

[Bama fan]

 

[Bama fan]

This day is seared into my brain forever:

 

[Bama fan]

 

[quavik]

I've been playing the circle game for a long time, and you??

 

[Bama fan]

Ooh, they're red ,white, and blue:

 

[cohenzone]

this song is about Down syndrome. My grandson decided to take a girl with Down to his senior prom

 

[Scud49]

Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Pardon My Heart:

 

[Bama fan]

 

[quavik]

Between Jackson Browne and Joni Mitchell it seems at times like they have written quite a bit of the soundtrack for my life:

 

[Scud49]

Daddy's gone, my brother's out huntin' in the mountains
Big John's been drinkin' since the river took Annie-Lou
So the powers that he left me here to do the thinkin'
And I just turned twenty-two
I was wonderin' what to do
The closer it got the more those feelings grew.....

 

[quavik]

This starts out bright and positive, then succumbs to something else: "...true love could have been a contender...say a prayer for the pretender, who started out so young and strong, only to surrender..." OUCH

 

[Scud49]

Beatles - "Things We Said Today":

Someday, when we're dreaming
Deep in love, not a lot to say
Then we will remember
Things we said today......

 

[quavik]

Almost forgot about Neil, but this one always makes me stop what i'm doing and sing along:

 

[Scud49]

Bob Dylan - "Just Like a Woman":

 

[Scud49]

Bob Dylan - "It Ain't Me Babe":

 

[Scud49]

The Beatles - "In My Life":

There are places I'll remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever, not for better
Some have gone and some remain....