Music Appreciation
Related: About this forumThree songs that predicted something that happened later
Have you ever heard a song, and thought, That resonates with something thats happening right now, but it was recorded years ago? Its happened to me three times. I thought some of you might find it interesting.
1. The death of John Lennon
When John died, I listened to nothing but his music for days. Then I thought, I need to stop punishing myself. I need a straight rock album to clear my mind. Im going to just grab the first album I see...okay, Queen, A Day At The Races. Perfect. It was very cathartic...until I got to the last song. Then I cried my eyes out.
The song is about a man, telling his love what will happen when hes gone. The chorus is sung twice in English, and twice in Japanese. It really sounds like a private message between John and Yoko. I still cant hear it without crying.
For the Hot Space album, each member of Queen wrote a song about John Lennon, but they had actually recorded the ultimate tribute to Lennon...in 1976.
Here it is. I hope you like it.
2. 9/11
Paul Simon wrote this song shortly after Nixon was elected, but it took on a special significance after 9/11. Simon sings about a sense of helplessness and sorrow, and then he segues into singing about dying...and flying...and the Statue of Liberty. Seriously, in late 2001, this song was just eerie.
3. The Trump era
Shortly after joining DU, there was a post about the songs we associated most with Trump. I posted this with the comment change ABC to Fox, and it works perfectly. The song talks about someone who thinks hes the king of America, mentions corrupt media and sexual affairs, and suggests that everyone involved is a brilliant mistake. I obviously voted against Trump, but I sometimes feel like a brilliant mistake just because my country elected this idiot.
What do you think? Please post any songs that resonated with you in the same way. Thanks.
LunaSea
(2,895 posts)"Urban Guerrilla" is a 1973 song by the UK rock group Hawkwind. It was originally released as a single in the UK (UP 35566) on 27 July 1973 with "Brainbox Pollution" as the B side, reaching #39 on the UK singles chart before being withdrawn after 3 weeks.
At the time of the single's release, the IRA had instigated a bombing campaign in London and the BBC refused to play the single. After deliberation and the brief notion of promoting the b-side instead ("Brainbox Pollution", which dealt with the effects of drug misuse), the band's management opted to withdraw the single stating that "Although the record was selling very well, we didn't want to feel that any sales might be gained by association with recent events - even though the song was written by Bob Calvert two years ago as a satirical comment, and was recorded three months ago."
Mudhoney, one of Seattle's pioneers of Grunge have often voiced their appreciation of Hawkwind and recorded a version of the song for a John Peel session in 2002.
Cobra Verde covered the song for their covers album.
Primal Scream covered the song released as a single in 2008, adding the line "I'm a suicide bomber".
I'm an urban guerrilla
I make bombs in my cellar
I'm a derelict dweller
I'm a potential killer
I'm a street fighting dancer
I'm a revolution romancer
My rising sign is cancer
I'm a two-tone panther
So let's not talk of love and flowers
And things that don't explode
You know we used up all of our magic powers
Trying to do it in the road
Gotta stay cool....
I'm a political bandit
And you don't understand it
You took my dream and canned it
It is not the way I planned it
I'm society's destructor
I'm a petrol bomb constructor
I'm a cosmic light conductor
I'm the people's debt collector
So watch out Mr. Business Man
Your empire's about to blow
You know I think you had better listen, man
In case you did not know
Drifter
(4,751 posts)Zappa lampooned televangelists on his 80's album "You Are What You Is"
Heavenly Bank Account
The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
Sometime in the mid-80's we see the downfall of Jimmy Swaggert and Jim Baker
Cheers
Drifter