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| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue) Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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This was actually a song by Neil Young, from his 1979 album "Rust Never Sleeps". Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young never did this song as far as I know. It's possible they did it live, however. They did more than a few Young songs live.
This is the first track of the album, while the last track is entitled "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)". The latter is a heavier song with more distortion and whatnot.
Lindsay Planer of All Music Guide:
"On this track, rock and roll chameleon Neil Young single-handedly pays tribute to punk and foreshadows the grunge movement of the 1990s... The lyrics deal fairly directly with the brevity of life as well as the concept that underneath everyone’s veneer lays a decidedly more complex reality." |
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| Cat Stevens – If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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"Bite Me", are you white? If so, I am angry at you for blowing up the Federal Building in Oklahoma City, and for killing children in Ireland. Just because someone is Muslim does not mean they are a terrorist. Muslim beliefs do not lend themselves to terrorist activity any more than Chrisitan, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, or any other set of beliefs. Cat (or Yusuf Islam, as he is now known) has publicly said "they have hijacked my religion." You should think about what you are saying before you make descriminating comments towards a huge percentage of the world's population. Willfully ignorant people are the reason that everyone who looks like they came from the Middle East gets called a terrorist, and the reason that such groups have seen a huge upswell in hate crime. Someone from your race has killed people too. Just think about that... you terrorist. |
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| Cat Stevens – Wild World Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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Yusuf Islam is a Muslim, not a member of the Taliban. Not all Muslims are terrorists any more than all white Americans are Timothy McVeigh (architect of the Oklahoma City bombing). And why would it "suck" that he found religion? Do you feel that he owes you something more than the 10+ years of music he's already given you? |
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| James Taylor – The Water Is Wide Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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I just lost the girl I hope to marry, too. This song is wonderful, and I hope you get to hear it at your wedding someday madonnalms. |
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| Creedence Clearwater Revival – Someday Never Comes Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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I never interpreted this song to be specific to war; just simply that his dad had to leave. Sometimes people just have to do things, even if they don't partiularly like it. The event then repeats in the third verse with him and his son. The reason I don't think it is about war is because he descibes the birth of his son, saying that he wasn't there. I think the overall theme of the song is simply growing up without a father, or without enough love from a father. The whole bit about "someday you'll understand... someday never comes" is simply meant to say that sometimes people have to do things and you (or they) may not understand why. |
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| Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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Purely as a response to the last post, I have an interesting thought for you to consider. I recently saw a lecture by Chalmers Johnson, author of "Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic". He suggests that the problem is not the draft but rather the imperialistic way in which America conducts its foreign policy. Johnson refers to World War II, in which many people were drafted. The difference was that it was clearly a just war. People were willing to be sent to the front lines, to truly die for freedom. In the modern day, however, people would be sent to die for principles they may not agree with. He proposes that a volunteer standing army only creates problems, and has led to the creation of the military-industrial complex that plauges our nation's foreign policy and the world. A conscripted army acts as a check against the system; the caveat is that it should never be deployed to an unjust war. Anyway, for the most part I agree with you; Johnson does raise an interesting point, though. |
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| Creedence Clearwater Revival – Have You Ever Seen the Rain? Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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Mark Deming of AllMusic.com suggests that this song is about the shifting focus on idealism that started around 1970. In the wake of events like Altamont and Kent State, the idealistic energy of the youth turned into the "self-centered decadence of the '70s." Fogerty suggests that the issues worth fighting for in the '60s are still present in the '70s, "but that we had lost the courage and the vision to face up to them." It's an interesting point he raises. (Quotes belong to Deming, not Fogerty) |
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| Cat Stevens – Longer Boats Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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I have heard that this song makes reference to Greek mythology, which seems quite plausible in the lyrics. The boats represent the boaths used to carry the souls over the river Styx in the afterlife. Also interesting is that the pilots of these boats are called Tillermen. The flower represents innocence, possibly as do Mary and the parson; although they may also be "committing the original sin."
For more on this, check out this site:
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.lasso?id=2763 |
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| Simon and Garfunkel – America Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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I would have to agree; that lyric is my favorite in the song as well ("...and the moon rose over an open field."). I also loved the use of this song in the movie Almost Famous (dir. Cameron Crowe). The daughter is moving out because she feels her mother has too many rules - the mother has contempt for rock and roll music. To explain why she is leaving home the daughter simply plays this record. It is perfectly symbolic of the daughter's desire to find the American Dream. She too ends up in despair; after becoming an airline stewardess she stops seeing her boyfriend and eventually runs accross her brother in an airport in the middle of the night and returns home with him. Clearly she never found her dream. |
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