underyourlove Posted November 2, 2004 Report Share Posted November 2, 2004 I'm doing a project in a class about music trends and I am having trouble finding songs about the following topics: *death *birth *commemoration *identity *homelessness If anyone could give me any suggestions I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you so much! <33 Kristen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunt_Acid Posted November 2, 2004 Report Share Posted November 2, 2004 Great Gig In The Sky for death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCyberdemon Posted November 2, 2004 Report Share Posted November 2, 2004 Once again, The Dead Kennedys have you covered. Here's a good almost homeless song (and it deals with death!) Dead Kennedys - Kill The Poor Efficiency and progress is ours once more Now that we have the Neutron bomb It's nice and quick and clean and gets things done Away with excess enemy But no less value to property No sense in war but perfect sense at home: The sun beams down on a brand new day No more welfare tax to pay Unsightly slums gone up in flashing light Jobless millions whisked away At last we have more room to play All systems go to kill the poor tonight Gonna Kill kill kill kill Kill the poor:Tonight Behold the sparkle of champagne The crime rate's gone Feel free again O' life's a dream with you, Miss Lily White Jane Fonda on the screen today Convinced the liberals it's okay So let's get dressed and dance away the night While they: Kill kill kill kill Kill the poor:Tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted November 2, 2004 Report Share Posted November 2, 2004 For identity how about Neil Diamond's "I Am I Said"? A little Rene Descartes. Existentialism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted November 2, 2004 Report Share Posted November 2, 2004 Homelessness: "There but for fortune", Gordon Lightfoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addictedtoclassic Posted November 2, 2004 Report Share Posted November 2, 2004 Lynyrd Skynyrd! Mad Hatter: death Simple Man: identity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted November 2, 2004 Report Share Posted November 2, 2004 Identity: "Who are you" (WHO) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSYCHOcatholic Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 We Didnt Start the Fire--Billy Joel...SECOND favorite Billy Joel song by the way! Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnny Ray South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, Television North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe Rosenbergs, H Bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom Brando, The King and I, and The Catcher In The Rye Eisenhower, Vaccine, England's got a new queen Maciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No we didn't light it But we tried to fight it Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Block Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dancron Dien Bien Phu Falls, Rock Around The Clock Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev Princess Grace, Peyton Place, Trouble in the Suez We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No we didn't light it But we tried to fight it Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, Bridge On The River Kwai Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball Starkweather, Homicide, Children of Thalidomide Buddy Holly, Ben Hur, Space Monkey, Mafia Hula Hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go U2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy Chubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the Congo We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No we didn't light it But we tried to fight it Hemingway, Eichman, Stranger in a Strange Land Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British Politician sex J.F.K blown away, what else do I have to say We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No we didn't light it But we tried to fight it Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixion back again Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, Punkrock Begin, Reagan, Palestine, Terror on the airline Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, Heavy Metal, Suicide Foreign debts, Homeless Vets, AIDS, Crack, Bernie Goetz Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law Rock and Roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No we didn't light it But we tried to fight it :happybanana: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 Death: you´ll find plenty in the thread "Songs about loss and death" (Seasons in the sun, by Terry Jacks; Paint it black, by the Rolling Stones, etc...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 Masses against the classes - The Manic Street Preachers (this is one of my favourite songs!) Hello it's us again We're still so in love with you And yes we mean it too Yes we're so in love with you Hello it's us again You thought you were our friends Success is an ugly word Especially in your tiny world The masses against the classes I'm tired of giving a reason When the future is what we believe in We love the winter, it brings us closer together So can you hurt us any more Can you feel like it was before Or are you lost for evermore Messed up and dead on alcohol Hello fond farewell my dear I hope you hear this nice and clear Our love is unconditional Our hate is yours to feed upon The masses against the classes I'm tired of giving a reason When we're the only thing left to believe in We love the winter, it brings us closer together The masses against the classes I'm tired of giving a reason When the future is what we believe in We love the winter, it brings us closer together A SLAVE BEGINS BY DEMANDING JUSTICE, AND ENDS BY WANTING TO WEAR A CROWN... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 Another day in paradise - Phil Collins She calls out to the man on the street Sir, can you help me? It is cold and I have nowhere to sleep Is there somewhere you can tell me? He walks on, doesn't look back He pretends he can't hear her Starts to whistle as he crosses the street Seems embarrased to be there Oh, think twice, It's another day for you and me in paradise Oh, think twice, It's just another day for you, you and me in paradise She calls out to the man on the street He can see she's been crying She's got blisters on the soles of her feet Can't walk but she is trying Oh, think twice, It's another day for you and me in paradise Oh, think twice, it's just another day for you, you and me in paradise Oh Lord, is there nothing more anybody can do Oh Lord, there must be something you can say You can tell from the lines on her face you can see that she's been there Probably been moved on from every place 'Cause she didn't fit in there Oh, think twice, It's another day for you and me in paradise Oh, think twice, it's just another day for you, you and me inparadise It's another day for you and me in paradise It's another day for you and me in paradise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Annabelle_ Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 Homelessness: "Like A Rolling Stone" ? Bob Dylan "Streets of London" ? Ralph McTell "Bag Lady" ? Todd Rundgren "Della Brown" ? Queensryche Identity "Who Am I (Tripitena's Song)" ? Lou Reed "All La Glory" by the Band is about the birth of Robbie Robertson?s daughter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 Beatles - The Streets Of London Lyrics Have you seen the old man in the closed down market, kicking up the paper with worn out shoes? In his eyes you see no pride, and held loosely at his side, Yesterday's paper telling yesterday's news. Refrain: So how can you tell me you're lonely, and say, for you that the sun don't shine? Let me take you by the hand and lead you though the streets of London, I'll show you something to make you change your mind. Have you seen the old girl who walks to the streets of London, dirt in her hair and her clothes just in rags? She's no time for talking, she just keeps right on walking, Carrying here home in two carrier bags Refrain: So how can you tell me you're lonely, and say, for you that the sun don't shine ? Let me take you by the hand and lead you though the streets of London, I'll show you something to make you change your mind. In the all-night cafe at a quarter past eleven, same old man sitting there on his own Looking at the world over the rim of him tea-cup, Each tea lasts an hour, then he wanders home alone. Refrain: So how can you tell me you're lonely, and say, for you that the sun don't shine? Let me take you by the hand and lead you though the streets of London, I'll show you something to make you change your mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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