OT: Songs About Friends

[nwhoopfan]

I don't know if friend is even in the lyrics, but it fits.

 

[nwhoopfan]

This just popped up on one of my Pandora stations. Heard it plenty of times before, but didn't think of it.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Important question: do you prefer the Jack Johnson or Jack White/White Stripes version? I can never quite decide.

 

[nwhoopfan]

 

[nwhoopfan]

 

[nwhoopfan]

a different kind of friend

 

[bantamlaker]

“We sat and talked about things on our mind
And now this man, he is a friend of mine”

 

[bantamlaker]

If you need a friend
I'm sailing right behind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind

 

[Scud49]

My Best Friend - Jefferson Airplane:

 

[Bigboote]

This one's kind-of album filler, but it fills one of the best albums of the 60's. The Zombies' group vocals are horribly underrated.

 

[Bigboote]

Here's one from Emmylou about the loss of her friend and collaborator Gram Parsons:

 

[RockyMTblue2]

I hope you will accept this in the spirit of friendship:

 

[64Zcode]

MM....mmmmm

I always thought that T Bone Burnett was the original, I heard it first from him and it was quite a while before I heard the MM version.

 

[64Zcode]

Guy Clark - Old Friends
Something about the honesty and simplicity of his songs....

 

[LwrcasefaN]

 

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[Scud49]

Great stuff from War, circa 1975:

 

[64Zcode]

Not really sure if it's about 'friends', but "Friends" is in the title.
Unusual song, to say the least.....12 minutes worth....
Jon & Vangelis - The Friends Of Mr Cairo

 

[Scud49]

Pure wonderfulness from Mark Knopfler and company:

Walking in the wild west end
Walking in the wild west end
Walking with your wild best friend....

 

[Scud49]

Justin Hayward's incredible voice....

Watching and waiting
For a friend to play with
Why have I been alone so long...

 

[Scud49]

From Joni Mitchell's wonderful Court and Spark album - Car on a Hill:

He makes friends easy
He's not like me
I watch for judgement anxiously
Now, where in the city can that boy be?

 

[AidanFan20]

I'm a big traditional-jazz fan, and am going to the Bix Festival at Bix Beiderbecke's birthplace, Davenport, IA this week.

(for those who don't know, Bix was one of the early greats of jazz)

Here's a tune he recorded, but this version was done in the 50's or early 60's by Eddie Condon.

 

[Scud49]

Greg Brown- the Poet Game:

I had a friend who drank too much
And played too much guitar -
And we sure got along...

 

[quavik]

Carole KIng in a live version:

 

[RoadMaster]

One of my favorite songwriters... Townes Van Zandt