P_Floyd 0 Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 What do you beleive to be the most symbolic song of all time. Also what songs have the best themes of all time Link to post Share on other sites
_Laurie_ 11 Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 Hmmm that's a tough question P Floyd....symbolic of all time? .... I guess it would have to be more narrowed down for me.... Link to post Share on other sites
Wyld Card 5 Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 What do you beleive to be the most symbolic song of all time. Stairway to Heaven... no other choice fits my catergory of music taste or defines meaning any better for me. Link to post Share on other sites
_Laurie_ 11 Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 Along with Stairway To Heaven.....I would say Free Bird ~ Lynyrd Skynyrd Link to post Share on other sites
Zippo 0 Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 Sometimes the more symbolic, the harder it is to know what the writer really meant by it.There are songs that I think are very symbolic, but I'm not always sure I have the correct interpretation. One song that I wonder about is "Wildflower" by Skylark. I have always associated it with this girl I knew back when it was popular. I could sing it word for word but never thought much about the meaning. Now, if it means what I think it does, it would be VERY ironic. Link to post Share on other sites
_Laurie_ 11 Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 Then there are all the anti-war/peace songs which are all mentioned in another thread... Link to post Share on other sites
TheLizard 1 Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 I'm not even sure what the OP meant by "symbolic"... Link to post Share on other sites
edna 6 Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 Like "Imagine" or"Another brick in the wall"? Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin 3 Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 What do you beleive to be the most symbolic song of all time. Also what songs have the best themes of all time Symbolic ... of what ?! Link to post Share on other sites
blind-fitter 0 Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 My thought exactly, comrade. Link to post Share on other sites
c_s_1987 0 Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 If you are talking about excessive use of symbolism, then probably American Pie. I think almost every line is symbolic of something, yet nobody (except Don McLean) knows what they actually mean. Link to post Share on other sites
bluesboy 5 Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 When I think of symbolism, the first song that came to mind was - The Battle Hymn of the Republic Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord; He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword; His truth is marching on. Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! His truth is marching on. I have seen Him in the watch fires of a hundred circling camps They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps; I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps; His day is marching on. Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! His day is marching on. I have read a fiery Gospel writ in burnished rows of steel; “As ye deal with My contemners, so with you My grace shall dealâ€; Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with His heel, Since God is marching on. Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Since God is marching on. He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat; Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet; Our God is marching on. Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Our God is marching on. In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me: As He died to make men holy, let us live to make men free; [originally …let us die to make men free] While God is marching on. Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! While God is marching on. He is coming like the glory of the morning on the wave, He is wisdom to the mighty, He is honor to the brave; So the world shall be His footstool, and the soul of wrong His slave, Our God is marching on. Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Our God is marching on. Link to post Share on other sites
Foolonthehill 0 Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 American Pie Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin 3 Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 "American Pie " sucks in so many ways I'm not even capable of unleashing all my venom ... It's dull , dirgefull , pointless , racks on one's patience , and is one of the most over-rated songs since Stairway : it isn't rock , it isn't pop - it's PURE funeral ! Blues , are you a Civil War re-enactor , by chance ? Link to post Share on other sites
MuzikTyme 0 Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 My vote goes to Bohemian Rhapsody. Also, A Horse With No Name, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds and Tamborine Man should be added as just a few of the many songs arranged symbolically around drugs. Link to post Share on other sites
Shawna 1 Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 what might be a symbol to one person is something entirely different to another. And it varies with countries, just like language... Link to post Share on other sites
Otokichi 9 Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 Most national anthems are seen by their citizens as a symbol of the motherland in one way or another. Some rally the populace to exalt the olde sod, others to imperial/state glory. Most strive to get young men to march off to do battle under the orders of "men too old for hand-to-hand." Is that what was meant by Symbolic? Are these themes what you had in mind? Link to post Share on other sites
Steel2Velvet 0 Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 "I'm Henry The Eighth" is symbolic of every bad song ever written or performed. Link to post Share on other sites
rushfan2112 0 Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 To answer the second question, I think that one of the songs with the best them is "Losing It" by Rush off of their album Signals. Link to post Share on other sites
Otokichi 9 Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 Some answers, some questions, some "that's HEAVY, man!" Link to post Share on other sites
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