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  1. Need help for a project

    in Music Discussion

    Posted

    Bob Dylan is a great social/protest songwriter:

    - "Blowin' in the Wind"

    - "The Times They Are A Changin'"

    - "Masters of War"

    - "With God on Our Side"

    Also:

    - "Rockin? in the Free World" ? Neil Young

    - "Get Up, Stand Up" - Bob Marley

    - "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" ? Kingston Trio

    - "I Ain?t Marching Anymore" ? Phil Ochs

    - "Born in the USA" ? Bruce Springsteen

    R.E.M., I think, did quite a few protests songs as well.

    One good song interpretation site is allmusic.com.

  7. Wasn't that a party - the Irish Rovers

    in Questions and Answers

    Posted

    Hi Cathy, it could be "Wasn't That A Party" by the Irish Rovers.

    Lyrics:

    Could have been the whiskey,

    Might have been the gin.

    Could have been three or four six-packs,

    I don't know,

    But look at the mess I'm in,

    My head is like a football,

    I think I'm gonna die,

    Tell me, me oh me oh my,

    Wasn't that a party?

    Someone took a grapefruit

    And wore it like a hat,

    I saw someone under

    My kitchen table,

    Talking to my old tom cat,

    They were talking about hockey

    And the cat was talkin' back,

    Along about then

    Everything went black,

    But wasn't that a party?

    I'm sure it's just my memory

    Playin' tricks on me,

    But I think I saw my buddy

    Cuttin' down my neighbour's tree,

    Could have been the whiskey,

    Might have been the gin.

    Could have been three or four six-packs,

    I don't know,

    But look at the mess I'm in,

    My head is like a football,

    I think I'm gonna die,

    Tell me, me oh me oh my,

    Wasn't that a party?

    Old Billy Joe and Tommy,

    Well they went a little far,

    They were sitting in my backyard

    Blowing on the siren

    In somebody's police car.

    So you see, your honour,

    It was all in fun,

    That little bitty track meet

    Down on main street,

    Was just to see

    If the cops could run,

    Well, they run us in to see you,

    In an alcoholic haze,

    I can sure use those thirty days

    To recover from the party.

    Could have been the whiskey,

    Might have been the gin.

    Could have been three or four six-packs,

    I don't know,

    But look at the mess I'm in,

    My head is like a football,

    I think I'm gonna die,

    Tell me, me oh me oh my,

    Wasn't that a party?

  9. The birth of the Cinema - Part: 1

    in Movies and TV

    Posted

    Thanks for sharing that. :coolio:

    I find film history quite interesting and try to catch any documentaries and read any materials on the subject whenever I can. I also enjoy learning about the past and present techniques in cinematography, production, directing, acting and basically anything related to film or its evolution.

  12. Introduce and Frapper Map yourself here

    in Random Thoughts

    Posted

    Welcome to Songfacts, chimp!

    Hope you enjoy it here, there are plenty of cool, friendly people and diverse musical tastes. I personally enjoy artists like the Beatles, The Who, AC/DC, Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin to name a few. But I'm open to many different genres and their artists whether it be rock, folk, blues, big band, classical etc. Anyways nice to meet you. :)

  15. Forming your own opinions

    in Music Discussion

    Posted

    Up until a couple years ago or so, I didn't know much about the older bands either except from what my parents would play but I wasn't really that interested.

    Eventually though I began to hear more of it on classic rock radio and a continuous music network we get on satellite called Galaxie and the more I listened to, the more I liked and wanted to learn about, which is how I found this site. I think for me it initially began with the Beatles, I had known a couple of their songs and it just went from there.

    Anyway to your questions, no I won't like something just because someone else likes it, though if I respect that person's opinion I may check it out. If I heard an artist I didn't like, I'd say, hearing a song I do like by them might make me check them out again. I am trying not to be too overly biased favorably or unfavorably to any band.

    I wasn't much into R.E.M. a while back but now I enjoy their stuff. Have never really been into the Rolling Stones either though I am listening to more of their music than before.

  16. Fun and Games -Collaboration Relay

    in Music Discussion

    Posted

    More Jeff Lynne: He collaborated with Tom Petty on Petty's 1989 album Full Moon Fever producing and co-writing many of the songs.

    Also he collaborated with George Harrison on the album Cloud 9 in '88 and helped to produce two Beatles Anthology albums, a single or two of theirs in the 90's and Paul McCartney's Flaming Pie album ('97) but I don't think he ever worked with 'The Beatles' as a whole, though I hear he was quite the Beatle fanatic.

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