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OT: Songs That Indicate, Hint, or Imply Direction or Distance...of Some Type

Danny O'Keefe's "The Road"- he wrote it and sang it so achingly beautiful. I used to hear it back in the 70's on KTCL in Ft Collins, Colo.

 
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How about this one?



"I was taking a trip out to LA, tooling along in my Chevrolet..."
 
Barrelin’ down the boulevard looking for the heart of Saturday night.

The double bass line by Jim Hughart is among my favorite accompaniments ever.

 
Here’s a gorgeous song from Caroline Lavelle, about emotional distance. That’s Thomas Dolby on the keys.

 
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The Boz man:

You came along I forgot about the past
Loves gonna grow I know it's gonna last
All the time, all the time...

 
Just been listening this in the shop, to which I recently returned after getting a new knee; still only an hour a day. These guys are technically metal, but really almost opera.

 
A Doors masterpiece - Ships With Sails:

I'll be returning some day, yeah
Until then, please don't ask me my direction
And my tracks be buried in the sea....

 
Tough to post YT here at work (blocked) but:

Love - "Alone Again (or)" is a fantastic take on relationship distance in the wake of the late 60s Summer of Love... 2 of the bandmates were more down for traditional relationships and this offers one of the most powerful, yet misunderstood lines in all of music (IMHO as a former music industry vet):

[Yeah, I heard a funny thing / someone said to me] "You know that I could be in love with almost everyone / I think that people are the greatest fun"
 
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The Animals with what was then a fairly recent blues song, originally called Gonna Send you back to Georgia.

 
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