DownGoesFrazier Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 I knew it was going to be "Riders on the Storm" before I even clicked on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EugeniaH Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 I want to hear it! I'll look on YouTube... Here it is: Edited by: EugeniaH on Aug 28, 2013 1:02 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 finance wrote (re: the Doors song posted): "...I knew it was going to be "Riders on the Storm" before I even clicked on it." Hmm, maybe it was that statement "one of the spookiest songs ever" that gave it away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Well, "The End" also rates pretty high on the spooky-meter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Yes, The End is pretty spooky too, especially after you've seen *Apocalypse Now* . Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement's March on Washington, where Martin Luther King made his famous speech. Here's a very poignant song that gets to the heart of what that movement was all about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOYuhLNwh3A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Which reminds me---No song captures the spirit, the mood, and the music style of the LATE '60s more than "Wooden Ships", and the fact that it was almost simultaneously released by two of the iconic groups of the period (CS & N and the Airplane) only reinforces my point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EugeniaH Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Oh, I LOVE this song! I came here only to read, but after that post I have to add the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv7FNyckr7w I love how the refrain soars; the spirit just goes with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 I like the Jefferson Airplane version better. The interplay between the male and female voices of Marty Balin and Grace Slick is sublime, and the two versions are not exactly the same. The Airplane version has an additional few lines in the middle, while the CS &N version has an ending line that the Airplane version does not have.......I recommend the CS & N youtube that has shots from Woodstock. THis is the perfect Woodstock song. It was an antiwar song, but not directly about Vietnam; rather, about a nuclear holocaust.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EugeniaH Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 For equal time's sake, here's the Airplane version: I'm listening to it now. It strikes me as more "raw" than the CSN version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Just saw *Elmer Gantry* for the first time the other day. This song seems to reflect what all that revivalism was about. No, I am not a "born again Christian", but some of that old time religion music was pretty good. Drink a cup of loneliness: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 deleted Edited by: finance on Aug 30, 2013 9:52 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EugeniaH Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 *deleted* Aw, too bad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EugeniaH Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 E.G. is one of my favorite Lancaster movies. And I agree, I love old time spiritual music. No time for me to post any, or even to click on your link, as I'm on my way to work now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 I listened to both versions again. I still think the Airplane version is slightly better, although the CS& N version is the best thing they ever did. The spacey instrumentation in both versions is incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EugeniaH Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 I slightly disagree. I think there are better songs from CSN than "Wooden Ships", though I love that song. Elaboration later. Late for work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancalover2 Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Gospel? I am there. Patti LaBelle with Edwin Hawkins: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EugeniaH Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 To elaborate on my thoughts about CSN, I feel that Suite: Judy Blue Eyes is more complex musically than Wooden Ships. I have other favorites of theirs, but I'd also like to cast a vote for two lesser known songs, Cathedral and Guinnevere - particularly Cathedral. But both songs are beautiful and haunting: Guinnevere: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez9bXTY35eY Cathedral: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 The mention of the word "gospel' brought this one to mind. From the brilliant lp 'Stranded', here's the magnificent: 'Psalm' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Maybe more complex, but not as meaningful or beautiful. "Wooden Ships" sends chills down my spine. ,,,,,and I intially mentioned the song as reflecting the late '60s anti-war, peace and love mentality. You can't do any better than "Wooden Ships" on that score. The Airplane never topped it either.......I'm really getting carried away. The next step is to get a WOODEN SHIPS vanity license plate. Oh wait, I just got rid of my car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancalover2 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Happy Labor Day weekend: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EugeniaH Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 *Maybe more complex, but not as meaningful or beautiful. "Wooden Ships" sends chills down my spine... I'm really getting carried away. The next step is to get a WOODEN SHIPS vanity license plate. Oh wait, I just got rid of my car.* Well, since you no longer have a car, you can get yourself a wooden ship, or at least a nice canoe. Your post got me thinking on another tangent, songs that have meaningful / beautiful / thought-provoking lyrics. The first one that comes to mind for me is "The Sounds of Silence", which I mentioned before is my all-time favorite song ever (the rock version, which blows away the acoustic version by a country mile in terms of giving the song depth and dimension). When I was a young girl I used to love to listen to "Blowin' in the Wind" (the Peter, Paul and Mary version). Actually, many Simon and Garfunkel songs are "deep". "7 O'Clock News / Silent Night" is incredibly haunting. The first time I heard this song I was standing far away from the radio, and I thought it was crossed signals of some kind when I heard the news announcer over the music. When I moved closer and listened, when I heard that it was one song and the way it fit together, it really jarred me. The Christmas carol itself is done in dark, somber, minor-chord tones. Totally brilliant, this idea, and so effective on the emotional level! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 In 1968, Dion recorded an eponymously titled lp dedicated to meaningful songs - songs that promoted the choice of peace. One of the songs he did on this project became my favorite track on that album. Orginally written and recorded by Fred Neill, here's Dion's version - a version that does the song arguably its greatest justice. The Dolphins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EugeniaH Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Beautiful song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 In rock, much of the stuff by the Doors. Surprisingly, Jim Morrison was quite a lyrical talent. "L.A. Woman", "Break on Through", "Love Street", "People are Strange", and on and on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EugeniaH Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 One of my favorite set of lyrics on a Doors song is "Waiting for the Sun" (the music is awesome, too). Morrison was writing poems when he was teenager, if I'm remembering right. Have you read the bio "No One Here Gets Out Alive"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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