Poetry in song
POSTED BY: kaneman
UPDATED: Sunday, October 27, 2024 06:16
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Huh. Amazing how many of these are on my iPod already...
I'll play.
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The screen door slams
Mary' dress waves
Like a vision she dances across the porch
As the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again
I just can't face myself alone again
Don't run back inside
Darling you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking
That maybe we ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty but hey you're alright
Oh and that's alright with me
You can hide 'neath your covers
And study your pain
Make crosses from your lovers
Throw roses in the rain
Waste your summer praying in vain
For a saviour to rise from these streets
Well now I'm no hero
That's understood
All the redemption I can offer girl
Is beneath this dirty hood
With a chance to make it good somehow
Hey what else can we do now ?
Except roll down the window
And let the wind blow
Back your hair
Well the night's busting open
These two lanes will take us anywhere
We got one last chance to make it real
To trade in these wings on some wheels
Climb in back
Heaven's waiting on down the tracks
Oh-oh come take my hand
We're riding out tonight to case the promised land
Oh-oh Thunder Road oh Thunder Road
Lying out there like a killer in the sun
Hey I know it's late we can make it if we run
Oh Thunder Road sit tight take hold
Thunder Road
Well I got this guitar
And I learned how to make it talk
And my car's out back
If you're ready to take that long walk
From your front porch to my front seat
The door's open but the ride it ain't free
And I know you're lonely
For words that I ain't spoken
But tonight we'll be free
All the promises'll be broken
There were ghosts in the eyes
Of all the boys you sent away
They haunt this dusty beach road
In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
They scream your name at night in the street
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
And in the lonely cool before dawn
You hear their engines roaring on
But when you get to the porch they're gone
On the wind so Mary climb in
It's a town full of losers
And I'm pulling out of here to win
Not even a big Springsteen fan, but this song always brings me back to 1975...
And, just because it was the first song of theirs that ever grabbed my attention...
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A dreaded sunny day
So I meet you at the cemetery gates
Keats and Yeats are on your side
A dreaded sunny day
So I meet you at the cemetery gates
Keats and Yeats are on your side
While Wilde is on mine
So we go inside and we gravely read the stones
All those people all those lives
Where are they now?
With the loves and hates
And passions just like mine
They were born
And then they lived and then they died
Seems so unfair
And I want to cry
You say: "ere thrice the sun done salutation to the dawn"
And you claim these words as your own
But I've read well, and I've heard them said
A hundred times, maybe less, maybe more
If you must write prose and poems
The words you use should be your own
Don't plagiarise or take on loan
There's always someone, somewhere
With a big nose, who knows
And who trips you up and laughs
When you fall
Who'll trip you up and laugh
When you fall
You say: "ere long done do does did"
Words which could only be your own
And then you then produce the text
From whence was ripped some dizzy whore, 1804
A dreaded sunny day
So let's go where we're happy
And I meet you at the cemetery gates
Oh Keats and Yeats are on your side
A dreaded sunny day
So let's go where we're wanted
And I meet you at the cemetery gates
Keats and Yeats are on your side
But you lose because Wilde is on mine
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I'm not the biggest Springsteen fan either, Kwicko, but that is one that I like a lot.
It's difficult to chose between all the songs I love. I may end up posting several, but I settled on this one first.
In every heart there is a room
A sanctuary safe and strong
To heal the wounds from lovers past
Until a new one comes along
I spoke to you in cautious tones
You answered me with no pretense
And still I feel I said too much
My silence is my self defense
And every time I've held a rose
It seems I only felt the thorns
And so it goes, and so it goes
And so will you soon I suppose
But if my silence made you leave
Then that would be my worst mistake
So I will share this room with you
And you can have this heart to break
And this is why my eyes are closed
It's just as well for all I've seen
And so it goes, and so it goes
And you're the only one who knows
So I would choose to be with you
As if the choice were mine to make
But you can make decisions too
And you can have this heart to break
And so it goes, and so it goes
And you're the only one who knows
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That's a really beautiful song with great lyrics, PR!
Slow down,
we've got time left to be lazy
All the kids have bloomed from babies into flowers in our eyes.
We've got 50 good years left to spend out in the garden
I don't care to beg your pardon,
We should live until we die.
We were barely 18 when we'd crossed collective hearts.
It was cold, but it got warm when you'd barely crossed my eye.
and then you turned, put out your hand,
and you asked me to dance.
I knew nothing of romance, but it was love at second sight.
I swear when I grow up, I won't just buy you a rose.
I will buy the flower shop, and you will never be lonely.
Even if the sun stops waking up over the fields
I will not leave, I will not leave 'till it's our time.
So just take my hand, you know that I will never leave your side.
It was the winter of '86, and all the fields had frozen over.
So we moved to Arizona to save our only son
and now he's turning to a man, although he thinks just like his mother,
he believes we're all just lovers he sees hope in everyone.
And even though she moved away,
we always get calls from our daughter.
She has eyes just like her father's
they are blue when skies are grey
And just like him, she never stops,
Never takes the day for granted,
works for everything that's handed to her,
Never once complains.
You think that I nearly lost you
When the doctors tried to take you away.
But like the night you took my hand beside the fire
30 years ago to this day
You swore you'd be here 'til we decide that it's our time
Well it's not time, you've never quit in all your life.
So just take my hand, you know that I'll never leave your side.
You're the love of my life, you know that I'll never leave your side.
You come home from work and you kiss me on the eye
You curse the dogs and say that I should never feed them what is ours
and so we move out to the garden, and look at everything we have grown
and the kids are coming home
I'll set the table
You can make the fire.
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I like the lyrics far more than I like the vocal execution of them.
Some of them were dreamers
And some of them were fools
Who were making plans and thinking of the future
With the energy of the innocent
They were gathering the tools
They would need to make their journey back to nature
While the sand slipped through the opening
And their hands reached for the golden ring
With their hearts they turned to each other's heart for refuge
In the troubled years that came
Before the deluge
Some of them knew pleasure
And some of them knew pain
And for some of them it was only the moment that mattered
And on the brave and crazy wings of youth
They went flying around in the rain
And their feathers, once so fine, grew torn and tattered
And in the end they traded their tired wings
For the resignation that living brings
And exchanged love's bright and fragile glow
For the glitter and the rouge
And in the moment they were swept
Before the deluge
Now let the music keep our spirits high
And let the buildings keep our children dry
Let creation reveal its secrets by and by
When the light that's lost within us reaches the sky
Some of them were angry
At the way the earth was abused
By the men who learned how to forge her beauty into power
And they struggled to protect her from them
Only to be confused
By the magnitude of her fury in the final hour
And when the sand was gone and the time arrived
In the naked dawn only a few survived
And in attempts to understand a thing so simple and so huge
Believed that they were meant to live
After the deluge
Let the music keep our spirits high
And let the buildings keep our children dry
Let creation reveal its secrets by and by
When the light that's lost within us reaches the sky
Both singers in the above video are poets, but this particular song was written by Jackson Browne. I just love the way the two of them sing it.
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I grew up with Jackson Browne, my mom was a big fan. I always find his songs to be a kind of comforting presence.
Trusting the light, afraid by the night
Led by their creed they're freed from dark sins
Lost in the light the prophet ruled their faith
Threatening their fate if they venture in darkness
Life for days or life for nights
Worship the sun, don't lose your mind
With the dawn the hope arises
With the twilight comes fears and cries
In the heart of men there are light and darkness
By choosing a side we are killing ourselves
Together we stay in the name of the oath
Forever we will be defending human worth
Prophecies of light and darkness keep the seal of the life's secrets
Together we hold that quest and forever we'll keep the faith
A new arrival in the land of the sun
A blind man predicting an era of changes
The day’ll turn to night, the sun'll turn to black
The truth of the world will enlighten your eyes
Life for days or life for nights
Worship the moon, don't lose your mind
The hope comes with the twilight
Since the dawn there’s only cries
In the heart of men there are light and darkness
By choosing a side we are killing ourselves
Together we stay in the name of the oath
Forever we will be defending human worth
Prophecies of light and darkness keep the seal of the life's secrets
Together we hold that quest and forever we'll keep the faith
Buried into night for the first time as the moon ruled their sky
Both fear and wonders dancing deep in their eyes
The eclipse opened the gates of their bright prison forever
Life for days and life for nights
Worship them both, don't lose your mind
Without dawn no life in eyes
Without twilight no peace inside
In the heart of men there are light and darkness
By choosing a side we are killing ourselves
Together we stay in the name of the oath
Forever we will be defending human worth
Prophecies of light and darkness keep the seal of the life's secrets
Together we hold that quest and forever we'll keep the faith
European metal, ftw.
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I'm not one for lyric content, maybe I prefer reading an actual Poem or Book
Punk and Rap have a lot of lyrics but musically it becomes 'noise' or shouting
but there are good ones Bob Dylan, Tina Turner, Buddy Holly, Prince, Björk, Roy Orbison, Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Simon and Garfunkel, Dolly Parton, James Taylor, Van Morrison, Billie Joe Armstrong, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, the Beatles, Kris Kristofferson, Woody Guthrie, Aretha Franklin, Hank Williams, Billy Joel...a lot of Classical guys might be under-rated by people who only know pop, do they know Mozart for example
oldies the Lenopard Bernstein soundtrack compositions or charleston new sound swing era George and Ira Gershwin
I do respect some of the modern-ish singers the Lyrics of Green Day or Billy Corgan or vocalist 'Eddie Vedder' for example.
you know all the pop tunes
Some guys I can't stand, Queen can do it great voices, great groove and layered music if they sound too much like drunks or stoners dumb reggae I don't like repetitive stupid Marley but maybe some songs are ok. Even if some can play well I can get annoyed or bored of them but I can not tolerate Elton John and Bernie Taupin, just way too stupid and theatrical, although 'Prince' was also a freak then went politically religion but I always respected his ability to play
Leonard Cohen is a good lyricist and writes interesting chords but I just find the music kind of boring and miserable. Chuck Berry I think is a fool and a degenerate and the songs are silly not enough in them IMO they sound just stupid...the Beach Boys' always sounded dumb or pop for drunk stoned kids, missing ability or talent by my ears ...some modern British bands went the same way for a while 'sloppy' I would call it. Although changes in tempo or a human touch or mistakes on a live performance are expected 'Joni Mitchell' I think is a great musician really pushes it with strange chords and tuning.
Sometimes rivals help bring out more in song Lennon McCarthy for example or Fleetwood Mac the band that hated each other but Mick Fleetwood not an angry drummer from the Muppets chilled out and grooving on the drum.
I'm not religious but I like the harmony of Classic music “Gloria” tribute to God, an ode to the divine, a celebration of God’s glory and the peace that can be found the presence of 'God'. Vivaldi’s work is long, it begins with the Latin phrase “Gloria in excelsis Deo”, “Glory to God in the highest”. Sets the tone for the entire composition, highlighting the overwhelming praise and adoration lyrics continue to express a longing for a peaceful humanity a want for peace on earth, goodwill and desire of harmony or unity among all people. Lines “Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis” a wish for harmony and unity among humanity.
but how many followers of pop know the lyrics of classical composers Johann Sebastian Bach or Ludwig van Beethoven, many did sing different praise for 'God' or their 'Nation' but they could also be wild, Mozart was a freak a child who never had a real life like others raised in the arts and very rude in his lyrics
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singing these days....bad poetry auto tuned with a catchy melody
or maybe something more
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or shout out of tune like a punk rocker or mumble something with curse vulgar words to a rap beat
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It is absurd to contend that lyrics inherently have less literary merit than poetry, or are easier to create
Matthew Zapruder
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Religosity Pirate Lyric
Maquis of Sadism, tell me, What are you looking for? Good through Evil the Virtue through Vice.
Sade, tell me, why the gospel of Evil? What is your religion? Where are your followers?
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