Songs about humanity

[FairView]

This was a suggestion after I searched Billy Joel Second Wind.
I think it qualifies. And with the historical clips, it's damn interesting to watch.

 

[Bama fan]

A happier note or two:

 

[JordyG]

From a NYC duo.

 

[JordyG]

To a man born in Barnwell, South Carolina, who is arguably the most influential performer in all of modern of pop music.

 

[meyers7]

Another Steely Dan

Reeling In the Years

 

[JordyG]

To the most important folk singer of this or any generation.

 

[Bama fan]

From a NYC duo.

Great song , smart lyrics, perfectly fit the times.

 

[JordyG]

And of course, All Men Are Brothers.

 

[JordyG]

Great song , smart lyrics, perfectly fit the times.

Thanks. So did the Dust Bowl, depression genius of Woody Guthrie though. Like a glove.

 

[Bama fan]

One of my favorites:

 

[Scud49]

Still one of the prettiest instrumentals I've ever heard, I used to hear it on our school
bus in the early morning - our bus driver (RIP Roy) always had it tuned into WBZ and Carl DeSuze's show.

 

[nwhoopfan]

I'm glad to see this thread has caught on. Interesting that songs can go completely different directions: grand in scale trying to encompass all of humanity, or focusing on the minutiae of everyday life. Several more have popped into my head as I've scrolled thru the thread.

 

[nwhoopfan]

 

[nwhoopfan]

I think most of Simon & Garfunkel's songs fit here. Several already, here's another.

 

[nwhoopfan]

 

[nwhoopfan]

 

[Ozimoto]

A semi-autobiographical song by Harry Nilsson about boys abandoned by their fathers and how this happens from generation to generation.

 

[nwhoopfan]

 

[nwhoopfan]

 

[FairView]

I could do this all day.
Wait, I am doing this all day.

 

[nwhoopfan]

This song is a tribute to a young woman who was savagely attacked and beaten to death in England, but also a song for anyone who has ever felt different or ostracized...which is probably most of us at some point.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Don't remember seeing this one pop up yet.

 

[Bama fan]

 

[Scud49]

"Here in the morning light I stand, a suitcase and a guitar in my hands......sitting in the airport bar, trying to look like a superstar...Denver, Oklahoma, San Antoine...another gig a long, long, way from home"......

 

[bantamlaker]

You’ve Got a Friend - Too hard for me to choose between James Taylor and Carole King so I chose a version with both of them

 

[Scud49]

Sure makes me think of my High School years:

 

['nuff sed]

Somebody had to post it

 

[Hope]

Somebody had to say it

 

[Woof 101]

YIKES...How is this not here already? ... ...
What is better than "Oh great googamooga can you hear me talk'n to ya?" ...

 

[Scud49]

Mary McCaslin - on top of her game doing this cover: