| Widespread Panic – The Waker Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| Wonderful song by Mikey Houser, one of the founding members of Widespread Panic - who just recently died of pancreatic cancer. | |
| The Moody Blues – Emily's Song Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| John Lodge (bass player/singer) wrote this song after his daughter Emily was born. | |
| The Moody Blues – 22,000 Days Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| 22,000 days - the number of days in an average human lifespan. It's not a lot, but it's all we've got, so make the most of each one! | |
| The Moody Blues – 22,000 Days Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| 22,000 days - the number of days in an average human lifespan. It's not a lot, but it's all we've got, so make the most of each one! | |
| Radiohead – Fake Plastic Trees Lyrics | 22 years ago |
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So many great posts on this song....I just gotta share one of the moments when this song reached out and grabbed my soul and wouldn't let go. I was housesitting for two dear friends of mine(mid-20's); I had watched them grow up together (they began dating in eighth grade), go through high school and college, acquire good-paying corporate jobs, and settle into a pretty much upper-class suburban lifestyle. Through it all they remained the same great kids I knew when they were 12, and I still love them dearly. So now they're off on vacation, the house is fine, the pets are asleep, it's after midnight, and I crank up some of my mixed cd's. On comes FAKE PLASTIC TREES. The song ends. I have to push repeat (how could I not?), and by the end of the second playing I'm crying uncontrollably! As I play the song over and over I look around to see a house full of green plants of all sorts in any direction I look -- not a one of them real. Beautiful candles adorn every room -- not a one of which had ever been lit. Paintings of roosters perch on every wall, which match the dishes, which match the coffee cups, which match the napkins, which match the fake metal rooster on the kitchen bar.......for no other reason than she was told by a "Southern Living" magazine that this was a tasteful way to decorate a home in order to proclaim: "We've made it! We're successful. We're doing all the things 'successful society' suggested we do to proclaim our success." I cried for them; I cried for all the people who have bought into a fake plastic life of any sort in a quest for success; I cried for the world in general; I cried because the song demanded I cry. When I was finished crying I felt good - healed in some way. There's no way I could put into words all that the music spoke to my soul. This story is the best way I can share my understanding of this song with you. I will say that I heard from a reliable source that when the record company realized what a powerful song this is they presented a remixed version to the band that eliminated a lot of the technological and musical goodies from the album version so as to emphasize Thom's vocals. The band rejected that, and instead Thom went into the studio to record an accoustic version. By the end of the second take, Thom was crying so hard he could sing no more. So if you have heard the accoustic version, now you know a little more about what went into making it. So if this song makes you cry, I think that that's a good sign - your soul is still tuned to universal truths. And if this song doesn't touch your soul, perhaps you need to tear down some walls, because the Eyes of Truth are always watching you. bo |
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