album cover for Walk Around the Moon Jim Adams is the host of Song Lyric Sunday. This week Jim wants us to look for a song that makes you think about life. One of the things that makes me love listening to music is how it makes me think about life. Songs are narratives as…
Category: Song Lyric Sunday
#SLS — Rhiannon Giddens (2/21/77)
Rhiannon Giddens When I saw this week’s prompt and learned that Rhiannon Giddens’ birthday is in February (b. 2/21/77,) she was my choice. I originally wrote a post on her for 2022’s Women Music March, then used the post again for Glyn’s Mixed Music Bag. Looking again for any updates I see Rhiannon is a…
#SLS “Forever’s No Time At All” written by Katie McInnerny and sung/acoustic by Billy Nicholls from Pete Townshend’s, Who Came First (partly repost)
As I lie amongst the heather bedHigh above the ocean’s roar Looking first through my own digital catalogue for songs with Time in them, I happened across this album and this song. I did a post on it back in March 2025. The next part is from the original post: Max from PowerPop posted…
#SLS — “Monterey,” by Eric Burdon & The Animals re: The Monterey International Pop Festival on June 16-18, 1967
Eric Burdon & The Animalsimage from Best Classic Bands website, which also has an article about Monterey I know that today’s song is supposed to be about a mode of transport. The airplane in it is not explicitly used as a mode of transport in it; however, I will argue that the song and the…
#SLS — “Grace” by U2
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.” …
#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,”…
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