P_Floyd 0 Report post 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Laurie_ 9 Report post 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.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wyld Card 5 Report post 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Laurie_ 9 Report post Posted March 10, 2007 Along with Stairway To Heaven.....I would say Free Bird ~ Lynyrd Skynyrd Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zippo 0 Report post 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Laurie_ 9 Report post Posted March 11, 2007 Then there are all the anti-war/peace songs which are all mentioned in another thread... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheLizard 1 Report post Posted March 11, 2007 I'm not even sure what the OP meant by "symbolic"... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edna 6 Report post Posted March 11, 2007 Like "Imagine" or"Another brick in the wall"? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin 3 Report post 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 ?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blind-fitter 0 Report post Posted March 11, 2007 My thought exactly, comrade. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
c_s_1987 0 Report post 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluesboy 5 Report post 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Foolonthehill 0 Report post Posted March 15, 2007 American Pie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin 3 Report post 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 ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MuzikTyme 0 Report post 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shawna 1 Report post 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... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Otokichi 9 Report post 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? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steel2Velvet 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2007 "I'm Henry The Eighth" is symbolic of every bad song ever written or performed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rushfan2112 0 Report post 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Otokichi 9 Report post Posted December 1, 2015 Some answers, some questions, some "that's HEAVY, man!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
