Just dropping in this week after seeing Glyn post Cream’s Spoonful. A song that instantly came to mind under this theme is Pink Floyd’s, “Comfortably Numb.” I’ve read varying accounts on the back story but the one that sticks with me is that Pink Floyd was on a concert tour and Roger Waters got ill. …
Category: Song Lyric Sunday
#SLS — “The Battle of Waterloo,” by Old Blind Dogs
Old Blind Dogs blacksheep 2016 Dying words from a Scots soldier fighting against Napolean. — from liner notes on the live album From wikipedia: Old Blind Dogs is a Scottish musical group which plays traditional Scottish folk music and Celtic music, with influences from rock, reggae, jazz, blues, and Middle Eastern music rhythms. From the…
#SLS — Song not a single but should have been — “Change Your Mind” by The Killers from Hot Fuss
The Killers The Killers are an American rock band formed in Las Vegas in 2001 by Brandon Flowers (lead vocals, keyboards, bass) and Dave Keuning (lead guitar, backing vocals). After going through a number of short-term bass players and drummers in their early days, both Mark Stoermer (bass, rhythm guitar, backing vocals) and Ronnie Vannucci…
#SLS — “One Fine Day,” sung by The Chiffons and written by Carole King/Gerry Goffin
Gerry Goffin and Carole King “One Fine Day” is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. It first became a popular hit in the summer of 1963 for American girl group the Chiffons, who reached the top five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The Chiffons were originally a trio of schoolmates –…
#SLS — Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, “Carnegie Hall Concert” (1966)
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos played an historic Carnegie Hall show in 1966, immortalized on a live album. GAB Archive/Redferns (l. – r. Willie Cantu, Tom Brumley, Buck Owens, Don Rich, and Doyle Holly) The sound systems were so lousy back then that the crowd couldn’t hear the music so the clothes had to be…
#SLS — “Vogue,” by Madonna
Dick Tracy (Beatty) and Breathless Mahoney (Madonna) I knew I wanted to choose this song, and I thought it started with Madonna, but wikipedia says otherwise. Vogue, or voguing, is a highly stylized, modern house dance originating in the late 1980s that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene of the 1960s. Voguing gained mainstream…
#SLS — “Death of a Clown” by (Dave Davies of) The Kinks
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”…
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