| Jackson Browne – The Load Out/Stay Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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This is off the Running on Empty album, which was written and recorded during a tour. Many of the tracks refer to the difficult life out on the road, but this to me really nails that mixture of long hours of loneliness and boredom interspersed with brief periods of excitement and elation. Probably my favourite album. |
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| Sting – The Hounds Of Winter Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I love this song. My first wife walked out on our marriage at the beginning of November, so the juxtaposition of loss and the cold winter has real resonance for me. Even now, over 2 decades later, and happily married again, I still sometimes feel down at that same point in the year. As ever, Sting has this amazing ability to capture in words what so many of us feel. |
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| Sting – I'll Be Watching You Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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| Joni Mitchell – Furry Sings The Blues Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I love this song; it so neatly parallels the rundown state of the old parts of Memphis with the fate of so many of its early performers. The pictures created by lines like; Pawn shops glitter like gold tooth caps In the grey decay are so true. I remember the same in my own city when I was a child. Joni has a gift for capturing images like this. |
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| Bonnie Raitt – Angel From Montgomery Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I have to agree with muzeecal. Every time I hear this song I see mind-pictures of some 'white-trash' woman in a scruffy shack looking back on the train-wreck of her life. The track just oozes melancholy and regret, which Bonnie captures perfectly in her performance. Wonderful. |
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| Sting – I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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This was the story of my life for a time back in 1984. Even now, years on, happily married to someone else, I get goosepimples when I hear the lyrics. The bit about the Sunday fathers (or Saturday in my case) is so so true. What a gift to be able to express tragic experience in as beautiful and concise a form as this! |
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| Bonnie Raitt – Love Has No Pride Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Can't believe no-one has commented on this. After my wife left me, this was my story for several months until I got my life back together again. Anyone who has been dumped badly must relate to this. |
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| Jackson Browne – Fountain Of Sorrow Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Just after I got married, a friend took some portrait photos of my wife at my request. The results were stunning, but there was a hint of a hard, tough streak in her face in some of the prints, which I had never noticed in real life. 12 years later, she walked out and soon married someone else. So the lines; There were one or two I know that you would have liked a little more, But they didn't show your spirit quite as true. certainly has a resonance for me. Jackson has a way of putting across life's experiences in such a brilliant way. |
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| Jackson Browne – Sky Blue and Black Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Like randy1111 I love the lines; You're the color of the sky Reflected in each store-front window pane You're the whispering and the sighing Of my tires in the rain You're the hidden cost and the thing that's lost In everything I do If you are lucky enough to enjoy or have enjoyed that kind of love with another, these words are just a magical interpretation of how that feels. Jackson does this kind of thing so well. |
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| Little Feat – Hangin' On To The Good Times Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I love this nostalgiafest of a song. To me it just summarises the experiences of a bunch of old mates getting together again and talking about old times. |
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| Jackson Browne – The Pretender Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Like Hosterton I love the line And we'll fill in the missing colors In each other's paint-by-number dreams I'm so lucky to have found a lovely lady and we have been able to do that. I also find the following passage so telling; Leaving nothing for the others But to choose off and fight And tear at the world with all their might While the ships bearing their dreams Sail out of sight How often have I seen just that in other relationships, but so beautifully expressed here. |
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| Jackson Browne – Love Needs a Heart Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Jackson Browne is just an amazing lyric writer; Love won't come near me, she don't even hear me She walks past my vacancy sign That is just wonderful. Most of us have been there at some point in our lives. What a gift to be able to encapsulate what i such a common experience with such clarity. |
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