Booking Through Thursday - Sing! Sing! Sing!
Woohoo! Booking Through Thursday time again and it looks like we have a prompt of a different kind… that is nothing about books! But books certainly aren’t the only things with words, now are they?
If you’re anything like me, there are songs that you love because of their lyrics; writers you admire because their songs have depth, meaning, or just a sheer playfulness that has nothing to do with the tunes.
So, today’s question?
* What songs … either specific songs, or songs in general by a specific group or writer … have words that you love?
* Why?
* And … do the tunes that go with the fantastic lyrics live up to them?
You don’t have to restrict yourself to modern songsters, either … anyone who wants to pick Gilbert & Sullivan, for example, is just fine with me. Lerner & Loewe? Steven Sondheim? Barenaked Ladies? Fountains of Wayne? The Beatles? Anyone at all…
Ooo, this is a good prompt. I love music!
The first song and artist to pop into my head was ‘And So It Goes’ by Billy Joel. I have always loved Billy Joel’s music, but the song ‘And So It Goes’… Well, that song has always ’spoken’ to me on another level completely. The song lyrics are really like poetry.
When you play that song on a lone piano or lone guitar, then the music perfectly matches the solemnity of the lyrics. I don’t think I would want to listen to it any other way.
There are a few songs that have also stuck with me for various reasons in my life…
I Can’t Make You Love Me - Bonnie Rait
Red Stroke - Garth Brooks
Straightjacket Feeling - The All-American Rejects
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