image link I have to thank Jim and Ange for this week’s wide open prompt. “Grace” was an easy one to choose for several reasons. First for me is the concept of grace, as it can lift heavy burdens as if they were feathers. Secondly, the lyrics personify grace into “the name for a girl.” …
Category: Song Lyric Sunday
#SLS – “Hell is Near,” by St. Vincent
St. Vincent album cover photo for “All Born Screaming”image from Atwood Magazine, which also has a spotify playlist of the album linked to it The first two groups I thought about for today’s prompt were Lucius and St. Vincent. Because I just saw St. Vincent on Colbert again, I went with the latter. I wrote…
#SLS “Amazona” by Roxy Music (1973)
Stranded Album Art When I saw this week’s Song Lyric Sunday’s prompt, my first thought was a place in my home State of Michigan, and I can think of a few songs that mention it: “America,” by Simon & Garfunkel, “Brass in Pocket,” by The Pretenders, “Dancin’ in the Street,” by Martha and the Vandellas,”…
#SLS — Tecumseh Valley by Townes Van Zandt
Townes Van Zandt, Our Mother The Mountain album cover One day God touched me on the shoulderand said…‘SON, WRITE THESE SONGS.’So I did.—Townes Van Zandt Anyone who has heard a Townes Van Zandt song knows that he is singing from a God-ordained place. He chronicles the human condition like no other. He sings with an…
#SLS — Jump into the Fire by Harry Nilsson from Nilsson Schmilsson (1971)
I wanted to post Neil Young’s Sugar Mountain so bad for this week’s prompt but decided to look for something else, and I kept scanning until this one clicked. It is a song on a celebrated album of excellent tunes. Harry Nilsson had more talent in his pinky than most have in their entire bodies…
#SLS — “Watching the River Run” by Loggins & Messina (1973)
Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina Way back, once upon a time, I owned the, “Full Sail” album by Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina. I was at least 18 when I had it because I remember who my boyfriend was at the time and I was with him from 1976 – 1978. Maybe it was his…
#SLS — “Don Quixote” by Gordon Lightfoot
Although it does not include either of those titles, it definitely qualifies as a greatest hits, best of album. Gord’s Gold by Canadian Musical Icon, Gordon Lightfoot, has 21 most excellent tunes from various albums. It is in my top 5% of albums that I’ve listened to. It calms me instantly and puts me in…
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