Dave Davies of The Kinks “Death of a Clown” is a song by Dave Davies, member of British rock group the Kinks, released as his debut solo single in 1967. Side B was, “Love Me Till The Sun Shines.” The song was co-written with his brother, Ray Davies, who contributed the 5-bar “La la la”…
Category: Song Lyric Sunday
#SLS — “Crawling,” by Linkin Park
Linkin Park From wikipedia: Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. The band’s lineup consists of vocalist/rhythm guitarist/keyboardist Mike Shinoda, lead guitarist Brad Delson, bassist Dave Farrell, DJ/turntablist Joe Hahn and drummer Rob Bourdon, with vocalist Chester Bennington. Vocalist Mark Wakefield was an early member prior to Bennington’s recruitment. Categorized as…
#SLS — “Vänner och Fränder” (translated to Friends and Relatives) by Garmarna
Garmarna I went out to Spotify and found a playlist someone made of 100 of the best Scandinavian songs, but after sampling many of them I wasn’t too keen on the musical tastes of the person who put the list together. Then I put a search on Scandinavian musical artists and started scrolling until I…
#SLS — “Thrift Shop,” by Macklemore
I can’t remember when I first saw and heard this but do remember how tickled I was by it. As a person who loves to go yard-saling and thrift-shopping, it felt like validation and feels like an anthem for all people who do. “Thrift Shop” is a song written and performed by American hip hop…
#SLS — Musician Passed in 2023 — Tom Verlaine of Television
If you want to get a sense of the passing of time through the deaths of musicians, go to wikipedia and look at how long that list is. Although not all by any means, but the ones who stand out for me for 2023 are:Tom Verlaine died 1/28/23Wayne Shorter died 3/2/23Gordon Lightfoot died 5/1/23Sinead O’Connor…
#SLS — Christmas Song — “Here is Christmas,” by Heart (with The Lovemongers)
Jim Adams is the host of Song Lyric Sunday. I changed the format, with Jim’s link at the top, because of the bonus song and Christmas wishes at the end. Next week it will be back to the usual format. Jim has granted Clive’s ask for Christmas music. I was scanning Christmas songs at lyrics.com…
#SLS — Top 40 Charter — “Would I Lie to You,” by Eurythmics
Eurythmics 1985 When we started putting it down the song had a lot of energy and inspired Annie to come up with the great lyric, ‘Would I Lie To You” and a melody with very odd answering harmonies, ‘Now, would I say something that wasn’t true.’ These harmonies are very unusual and Annie is a…
