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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 04:23 PM Original message |
Did you ever hear a song whose first verse just grabbed you with its imagery? |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. Luther Vandross' "Dance with my Father" |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 04:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Long first verse! |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 04:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. The first time I heard it was waking up to a clockradio at 5:30am |
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Dr Morbius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 04:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Tom Waits, Invitation to the Blues |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 04:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Weird. My first thought was Tom Traubert's Blues |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. first time i heard it, i thought lady gaga's "alejandro" first verse was |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
7. The Band - King Harvest (Has Surely Come) |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 12:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
35. oh yeah.... |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
8. 2 by Springsteen-Promised Land, and Darkness on the Edge of Town |
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LeftyFingerPop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
9. Caledonia Mission |
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lazarus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
10. Capercaille - "The Miracle Of Being" |
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Dyedinthewoolliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
11. I always thought this was a great example; |
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jotsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 10:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. hope you don't mind |
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cloudbase (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
12. Shades of Gray |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
13. Neil Young - Pocahontas |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #13 |
26. +10 One of my all time favorites. The lyrics are a masterpiece of poetry |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
14. Lennon's 'Across the Universe' |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
15. Zappa's "briefcase boogie" |
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Bennyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
16. Springsteen...Jungleland |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 10:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. in '76, not long after that album was released, I lived 'neath a giant Exxon sign |
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Bennyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 10:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. And as you know.. |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 10:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Yep, you won front row tickets, right? |
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Bennyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Wow, someone remembers my stories! |
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Twillig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
17. Flying in a Blue Dream -- Joe Satriani |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
22. That one by Ke$ha about brushing her teeth with a bottle of jack. |
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jotsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
23. Annie Lennox |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
24. My life has not been the same since. |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 07:26 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. But you might think I'm a big bad wolf, so I won't |
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Phentex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
27. He was born in the summer of his 27th year... |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
29. The Year of the Cat |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 10:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. That entire song is so beautifully descriptive |
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mia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
30. Strange Angels - Laurie Anderson |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
31. Caroline says as she gets up off the floor... |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
33. Spingsteen "Incident on 57th Street" |
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blue_roses_lib (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
34. Two of them.. |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
36. Marvin Gaye- "What's Goin' On" |
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Lindsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:42 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. She's leaving Home - The Beatles.... |
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