#42 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Saturday May 29)
Good morning and Happy Weekend!
STORY SONGS—PART 3
Another week of story songs.
LOVE STORIES (NOT ALL HAPPY!)
“Operator,” by Jim Croce, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RA4MykPm4s
“Scenes From an Italian Restaurant,” by Billy Joel (considered by him to be his finest tune): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxx8IWIvKg0
“Jack and Diane,” by John Couger Mellencamp
“You’re So Vain,” Carly Simon (not so much a love story as an anti-love story referencing her fleeting romance with Warren Beatty): https://www.google.com/search?q=you%27re+so+vain&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS738US738&oq=you%27re+so+vain&aqs=chrome..69i57j46i433j0l8.2446j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
“Lyin’ Eyes,” The Eagles
HISTORICAL EVENTS THAT ARE STORY SONGS
“The Way It Is,” Bruce Hornsby & The Range (the Civil Rights Era), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOeKidp-iWo
“Abraham, Martin & John” (actually about the deaths of civil rights leaders—not a single event—this song hit me hard as a kid), sung by Dion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtMvnqtNL3I
“Ohio, “Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (the Kent State killings—“four dead in Ohio”): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1PrUU2S_iw
OTHER NOTABLE SONGS
“Puff the Magic Dragon” (more a parable)
“Thriller,” by Michael Jackson (I don’t like horror films—but the song is a classic, as is the music video)
“A Boy Named Sue,” Johnny Cash
“Piano Man,” Billy Joel (I think this song can be considered “cousin” to Taxi, by Harry Chapin)
“The Ghetto,” Elvis Presley
“Desperado,” The Eagles
Have a great day,
GlennMusings Beyond the Bunker #42 (Saturday May 29)
Good morning and Happy Weekend!
STORY SONGS—PART 3
Another week of story songs.
LOVE STORIES (NOT ALL HAPPY!)
“Operator,” by Jim Croce, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RA4MykPm4s
“Scenes From an Italian Restaurant,” by Billy Joel (considered by him to be his finest tune): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxx8IWIvKg0
“Jack and Diane,” by John Couger Mellencamp
“You’re So Vain,” Carly Simon (not so much a love story as an anti-love story referencing her fleeting romance with Warren Beatty): https://www.google.com/search?q=you%27re+so+vain&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS738US738&oq=you%27re+so+vain&aqs=chrome..69i57j46i433j0l8.2446j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
“Lyin’ Eyes,” The Eagles
HISTORICAL EVENTS THAT ARE STORY SONGS
“The Way It Is,” Bruce Hornsby & The Range (the Civil Rights Era), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOeKidp-iWo
“Abraham, Martin & John” (actually about the deaths of civil rights leaders—not a single event—this song hit me hard as a kid), sung by Dion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtMvnqtNL3I
“Ohio, “Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (the Kent State killings—“four dead in Ohio”): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1PrUU2S_iw
OTHER NOTABLE SONGS
“Puff the Magic Dragon” (more a parable)
“Thriller,” by Michael Jackson (I don’t like horror films—but the song is a classic, as is the music video)
“A Boy Named Sue,” Johnny Cash
“Piano Man,” Billy Joel (I think this song can be considered “cousin” to Taxi, by Harry Chapin)
“The Ghetto,” Elvis Presley
“Desperado,” The Eagles
Have a great day,
Glenn