Do you have a pop, rock, or 'other' song that just SPEAKS to you...like your theme song or something that sums you up? It's hard to pick just one, but 'Teach Your Children' just came on the radio and I realized how much I love that song and how it has touched so many different parts of my life...teacher...parent...60's rock n roller....

What is your song?

jf

BORN TO BE WILD.......

of course....I could have picked your song Larry!

jf

I have so many depending on mood and weather, but a couple favorites are:

Nothing But Flowers by the Talking Heads

Everything in it's Right Place by Radiohead

YYZ by Rush

That is my favorite TH song...obscure and late in their career, but I love it. I can't tell you how long i spent on the guitar figuring out all the chords.

KB...no fair...ONE song...it's easy to pick a bunch 'depending on my mood'.....


jf

Then it's Nothing But Flowers ... that song means a lot to me... more than any other that I can think of right off the top of my head.

There is NOTHING like (for me anyway) listening to that song while driving through the mountains on a summer day.

For Emily, whenever I may find her

I'm a wild man, what can I say...... like both of my exwives said.... "It may be over, but *damn* what a ride!".........

Well, I'd always thought "Bridge Over Troubled Water" -- but the first time I listened to Sting sing "Fields of Gold" I burst into tears...so I don't know anymore. It's one of those two.

Suite Judy Blue Eyes -Crosby Stills and Nash

Great pick. You know an Emily?

jf

Wow...another great pick. I love that one...both the Dead and Lyle Lovett...

jf

Great! All these choices so far could have been mine.

jf

First time I heard 'Father and Daughter' by Paul Simon I had to wipe the tears away to stay on the road. That would have been my second choice.


jf

I Fall to Pieces

"And you can tell everybody this is your song..."

I'm Still Standing[/b] or Someone Saved My Life Tonight[/b]

Songs with a message:

"Had to say I Love You in a Song" - Jim Croce

"Painted Ladies" - Ian Thomas

Songs with a never get old infectious feel good hook.

"Listen to the Music" - the Doobies

"Down on the Corner" - CCR

Songs I can't help but sing along to when I hear them on the radio:

"Black Water" - The Doobies

"IS she Really Goin' out with Him?" - Joe Jackson

Jamie

Still looking..

I really liked "Sky Pilot" but can't remember who did it. Does anybody remember?

Plays, I just took a break from computer to eat my dinner of microwaved pasta (Kathy and Sophie are out) and "Fields of Gold" was the song on the radio. Coincidence?

Say, what would have been your song 35 years ago?

jf

Eric Burdon and/or The Animals

jf

For me it was the Dead version. Of course I could have said (or ought to have said) several of other tunes including Perfect Strangers[/b] or Strange Kind of Woman[/b].

How odd and cool at the same time!

Thirty-five years ago I think was when Bridge Over Troubled Water was released. Man, am I ever dating myself with that information!

"My" song is the song that I am told is "for" me. Hampton Beach. Don't worry, you may never find it...

35 years ago, I would have to say "Season of the Witch" ... the Bloomfield Kooper Stills version.

jf

You've got to pick up every stitch...

As far as songs that make you cry... there's an old John Stewart song called "Mother Country." It's very folk-inspired, sort of a combo of talking/singing. When he gets to the end, about E. A Stuart, I always lose it.

I am a huge fan of the old John Stewart songs... he writes such evocative, haunting, nostalgic lyrics.

As far as my song, I'll have to think about it. There have been sooo many. Maybe Blind Faith, "Can't Find My Way Home..." Hmmm. That would be high on the list, for sure.

I Did It My Way

You Don't Know Me, by Ray Charles
number9dream, by John Lennon

I have so many old favorites. Not one song. I especially like ballads.

But for some reason I'll never forget the words to John Denver's Rhymes & Reasons.

I have a few, for different reasons. One of mine with special meaning is "Daniel" by Elton John.

Supper's Ready

U2: "I still haven't found what I'm looking for"

Before the Deluge -- Jackson Browne -- wonderful piano!

Your Song -- Elton John

Thunder Road -- Bruce Springsteen -- great for driving way too fast on an open highway, or for driving the piano!

The Boxer, S&G

"The One" by Elton John. At the time, I was obscessed with someone who unfortunately(or actually fortunately as it would have turned out)didn't reciprocate my out of control sentiments!

But it's one of the few songs I made a point of getting the lyrics down pat so I could sing it while playing it on the piano.

the Cars - Drive

Joni Mitchell - "Blue", "All I Want", "A Case of You" and "The Last Time I Saw Richard"

"if you don't know me by now... you'll never never know me..." -- whose song is it?

and 'careless whisper' - "..i'm never gonna dance again.."?

If I had to pick just one:

It's My Life (by Talk Talk, not the No Doubt remake -- it was perfect as is!!!!)

Others:
Make Yourself, Incubus
Crazy, Patsy Cline
Wicked Game, Cris Isaak
Under the Milky Way, the Church


penny

plays,

I relate very well to your choice of Bridge Over Troubled Water. Not sure if that would be the single best choice for me, but that would be a top candidate. I was a very big fan of their's and that song came out at a resonant time for me.

I have two that come to mind instantly, countless others that flood in after...

1) "James" by Billy Joel

2) "Any Major Dude Will Tell You" by Steely Dan

in memory of elizabeth reed

performed live at the filmore

duane allman

point set match

"If you don't know by now" - Simply Red
"Careless Whisper" - George Michael

Is everybody's post consistent with jf's "rules"? Or are some just listing song's that move them emotionally one way or another?

thanks, Angeleno, i am terrible remembering those band/singer names.

Me: "Walk of Life" (Dire Straits)

Me and my wife: "Fields of Gold" (Sting)

Me and my daughters: "Forever Young" (Rod Stewart)

Good inspiration and reminder Kentcouncil:

Me and my wife: "You Are the Wind Beneath My Wings"

Me and my kids: "Angels Bless You Little One"

Penny.... Talk Talk is so underrated it isn't even funny. Truly one of the best

While I like "Fields of Gold" cause I'm a Sting fan, I like Bruce Hornsby and the Ranges' "Fields of Grey" even more. I think it's the quintessential country kind of tune that Hornsby was so good at writing. Whenever I hear it, I can imagine myself driving through the roads of rural Virginia where he's from.

FWIW, he was a former tuning customer of mine(excuse the rampant self-congratulatory gesture there:-).

My mom likes that song because it reminds her of her brother. His name was James, not Daniel. But he died when he was a few years old due to spinal meningitis. I think this was in the late 50's or early 60's.

John Stewart is a favorite of mine as well!

Do you happen to like Jerry Riopelle as well? I cannot find his sheet music anywhere!

My rock books include:
Jackson Browne
Bruce Sprinsteen
Beatles
Elton John
Billy Joel
U2
Van Morrison
Cat Stevens
Neil Diamond
Paul Simon
Carol King...

Redball Texas Flyer!!

Were you of "a certain age" in Phoenix in the mid to late 70s, by any chance? How did YOU spend your New Year's Eve? Did it include a visit to Celebrity Theater?

Arcadia High School '74-'77, you bet! I never made it the Celebrity Theater, but saw Jerry Riopelle several times in Phoenix and Sedona. I've always loved "Walking on Water" and "Candi Barr"

My first concerts were Bread (!) at the Coliseum and Three Dog Night at Legend City! As a 15 year old young buck I was at Springsteen's Born to Run Concert at Grady Gammage. I still haven't recovered!

Also we went up to Arcosanti for a few of the Jackson Browne concerts in high school.

Where do you go to HS?

Jessica - Allman Brothers.

This is always such a shot in the arm to hear. A rock band naming a tune after a girl generally means relationship tune, but in this case, as I understand it, Jessica was one of their daughters. When she was just learning to crawl, the joy experienced by both infant and parent in unison inspired him to express that in music (dunno if it was duane, dickie, greg, or who). An instrumental, it is pure joy. The keyboard part drives it. I've jammed it casually at home with friends, but I always wanted to mount that piano solo in performance. That would be such a high.

ivory--

Started at Saguaro in 72, graduated from Chaparral in 75. Did you go to the Phx Live concert Stewart did at Symphony Hall? It was such a big-time event for Phoenix at the time. I have to dig out my records and get ol' Jerry on the turntable. Of course, I'd also have to dig out my turntable, which means I'd have to find my turntable. Oh, never mind.

Legend City... I haven't thought of that in years. I had my first date there! Ditto Toad Hall, Bill Compton and KDKB...

"a day in the life of a fool..."

"send in the clowns..."

"even though we ain't got money, I'm so in love with ya honey..."

Billy Joel - Summer Highland Falls

Onward Christian Soldiers...nah! Just kidding.

Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey.

It is NEVER on the radio. Darn.