The Story Behind The Song (lyrics, country, dance, ballad)

NaNaNer · 12-14-2006, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by right-track

Definately not.

Although it could have gone into more detail...lyrics, pic of his son etc.

Good job.

Thanks..

I was trying to remember stuff off the top of my head..wasnt easy..my short term memory is a little stoned. Dumb memory.

**right-track** · 12-14-2006, 04:42 PM

The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset.

Originally called 'Liverpool Sunset', Ray Davies changed the title after the Beatles released Penny Lane, fearing accusations of a rip off.
The lyrics are about a man looking out of a window, watching 2 lovers meet at Waterloo station, London.

The line "Terry meets Julie, Waterloo Station every Friday night", is about the relationship between actor Terence Stamp and actress Julie Christie.

Ray was initially reluctant to show the band the lyrics to the song, thought to have a deep personal meaning.
Ray's brother Dave Davies described what the lyrics meant to Ray..."it was like an extract from a diary nobody was allowed to read".

Dirty old river, must you keep rolling
Flowing into the night
People so busy, makes me feel dizzy
Taxi light shines so bright
But I dont need no friends
As long as I gaze on waterloo sunset
I am in paradise

Every day I look at the world from my window
But chilly, chilly is the evening time
Waterloo sunsets fine

Terry meets julie, waterloo station
Every friday night
But I am so lazy, dont want to wander
I stay at home at night
But I dont feel afraid
As long as I gaze on waterloo sunset
I am in paradise

Every day I look at the world from my window
But chilly, chilly is the evening time
Waterloo sunsets fine

Millions of people swarming like flies round waterloo underground
But terry and julie cross over the river
Where they feel safe and sound
And the dont need no friends
As long as they gaze on waterloo sunset
They are in paradise

Waterloo sunsets fine

littleknowitall · 12-14-2006, 04:56 PM

a lapdance is so much better when the stripper is crying, you all know the words

Travey · 12-15-2006, 03:27 AM

I love when there are proper stories behind songs, it really adds to it. It's even better when you know the artist has written it themselves.

**JayJamJah** · 07-24-2008, 02:37 PM

bump

Any new ones?

mamanuthead · 07-25-2008, 02:12 PM

Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

The song is about the sinking of an American freighter, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior on November 10, 1975 where 29 men lost their lives. The story is an interesting read so instead of copying and pasting, the links are provided to anyone who would like to know more.

SS Edmund Fitzgerald - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The following video shows some footage from the sunken ship while the song is being played.
I thought it was a very tasteful tribute.

YouTube - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald edited by Joseph Fulton

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy.

With a load of iron ore - 26,000 tons more
Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty
That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed
When the gales of November came early

The ship was the pride of the American side
Coming back from some mill in Wisconson
As the big freighters go it was bigger than most
With a crew and the Captain well seasoned.

Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms
When they left fully loaded for Cleveland
And later that night when the ships bell rang
Could it be the North Wind they'd been feeling.

The wind in the wires made a tattletale sound
And a wave broke over the railing
And every man knew, as the Captain did, too,
T'was the witch of November come stealing.

The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait
When the gales of November came slashing
When afternoon came it was freezing rain
In the face of a hurricane West Wind

When supper time came the old cook came on deck
Saying fellows it's too rough to feed ya
At 7PM a main hatchway caved in
He said fellas it's been good to know ya.

The Captain wired in he had water coming in
And the good ship and crew was in peril
And later that night when his lights went out of sight
Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

Does anyone know where the love of God goes
When the words turn the minutes to hours
The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay
If they'd fifteen more miles behind her.

They might have split up or they might have capsized
They may have broke deep and took water
And all that remains is the faces and the names
Of the wives and the sons and the daughters.

Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings
In the ruins of her ice water mansion
Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams,
The islands and bays are for sportsmen.

And farther below Lake Ontario
Takes in what Lake Erie can send her
And the iron boats go as the mariners all know
With the gales of November remembered.

In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed
In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral
The church bell chimed, 'til it rang 29 times
For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald.

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
Superior, they say, never gives up her dead
When the gales of November come early.

**jackhammer** · 07-25-2008, 02:14 PM

JOHN MARTYN-SOLID AIR

I can find no extensive details on this track all I do know is that it was released in February 1973 and was written for friend and peer Nick Drake and concerned Drake's mental strife at the time. (Drake took his own life the following year, a great loss to John personally, and to music generally). I don't think there was deep friendship but Martyn wholly respected Drake.

Lyrics:

You've been taking your time,
And you've been living on solid air
You've been walking the line,
And you've been living on solid air
Don't know what's going 'round inside
And I can tell you that it's hard to hide
When you're living on solid air

You've been painting the blues
And you've been looking through solid air
You've been seeing it through
And you've been looking through solid air
Don't know what's going 'round in your mind
And I can tell you don't like what you find
When you're moving through solid air

I know you, I love you
And I can be your friend, I can follow you anywhere
Even through solid air

You've been stoning it cold,
You've been living on solid air
You've been finding it cold,
You've been living on solid air
I don't know what's going on inside
I can tell you that it's hard to hide
When you're living on solid air

You've been getting too deep,
You've been living on solid air
You've been missing your sleep
And you've been moving through solid air
I don't know what's going on in your mind
But I know you don't like what you find
When you're moving through solid air

You've been walking your line,
You've been walking on solid air
You've been taking your time
But you've been walking on solid air
Don't know what's going on inside
But I can tell you that it's hard to hide
When you're living on solid air

The track live 1987:

I think a few on these boards know of my loving of Martyn's music and this is why.

mamanuthead · 07-25-2008, 02:46 PM

The Knack - My Sharona

My Sharona is the 1979 debut single released by The Knack off their album Get the Knack.

YouTube - The Knack - My Sharona

The "My Sharona" riff was written by The Knack's guitarist, Berton Averre, before he joined the band. The lead singer Doug Fieger fell in love with a 17 year old girl named Sharona. Whenever he thought about her, he would think of Averre's riff. The two worked out the structure and melody from there.

My Sharona has been covered by bands like Nirvana and has also been the subject of many parodies such as Weird Al Yankovic's "My Bologna."

The girl who inspired the song is Sharona Alperin, now a real estate agent in Los Angeles, California.

Ooh, my little pretty one, my pretty one
When you gonna give me some time, Sharona
Ooh, you make my motor run, my motor run
Got it comin' off o' the line, Sharona

Never gonna stop, give it up, such a dirty mind
I always get it up for the touch of the younger kind
My, my, my, aye-aye, whoa!
M-m-m-my Sharona

Come a little closer, huh, a-will ya, huh?
Close enough to look in my eyes, Sharona
Keepin' it a mystery, it gets to me
Runnin' down the length of my thigh, Sharona

Never gonna stop, give it up, such a dirty mind
I always get it up for the touch of the younger kind
My, my, my, aye-aye, whoa!
M-m-m-my Sharona
M-m-m-my Sharona

When you gonna give to me, a gift to me
Is it just a matter of time, Sharona?
Is it d-d-destiny, d-destiny
Or is it just a game in my mind, Sharona?

Never gonna stop, give it up, such a dirty mind
I always get it up for the touch of the younger kind
My, my, my, aye-aye, whoa!
M-m-m-m-m-m-m-my, my, my, aye-aye, whoa!
M-m-m-my Sharona
M-m-m-my Sharona
M-m-m-my Sharona
M-m-m-my Sharona

Ooooooo-ohhh, my Sharona
Ooooooo-ohhh, my Sharona
Ooooooo-ohhh, my Sharona

**jackhammer** · 07-25-2008, 02:48 PM

My Sharona is a belting tune.

ashtray · 07-25-2008, 04:03 PM

I always like that song "The Ballad of Curtis Lowe" by Lynyrd Skynyrd.

The Ballad of Curtis Loew[sic] is a song written by Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant and performed by Lynyrd Skynyrd. The song was first released on the band's 1974 album, Second Helping[1] and again on their compilation, The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd and later on All Time Greatest Hits. It is on many of their compilation albums and before the Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash, was performed once live. Ed King says, "The original version of the band only played 'Curtis Loew' ONE time on stage. We were playing in a basement in some hotel and thought we'd try it. We never played it again until the Tribute Tour with Johnny Van Zant."

The song tells of a young boy who wakes up in the morning "Before the rooster crows" and searches for soda bottles to cash in for money to give to a man named Curtis Loew. Curtis is described as a "black man with white curly hair". The boy gives Curtis money from recycling soda bottles for a fifth of wine, and Curtis plays him songs on his Dobro guitar. According to the song "Curtis Loew was the finest picker to ever play the blues". Curtis eventually dies and the boy is perplexed at the fact that nobody came to pray at his funeral.[2]

The band's website says that the song is based on a composite of people who actually lived in the Van Zants' original neighborhood in Jacksonville, FL. Specifically, the corner store "is based on Claude's Midway Grocery on the corner of Plymouth and Lakeshore in Jacksonville."[3] The business has since been renamed Sunrise Food Store, but still occupies the same location. The Loew character is sometimes thought by Skynyrd fans to be inspired by Shorty Medlock, the grandfather of Rickey Medlocke, Lynyrd Skynyrd's drummer during their 1970 tour.

LYRICS :

well I used to wake the mornin
befor the rooster crowed
searchin for soda bottles to get my self some dough
brought em down to the corner
down to the country store
cash em in and give my money to a man named Curtis Lowe
old Curt was a black man with white curly hair
when he had a fifth of wine he didnot have a care
he used to own and old dobro used to play across his knee
I'd give old Curt my money he play all day for me

(chours)
play me a song Curtis Lowe Curtis Lowe
well I got your drinkin money tune up your dobro
people said he was useless them people all were fools
cuz Curtis Lowe was the finest picker to ever play the blues

he looked to be 60 maybe I was 10
momma used to whoop me
but I'd go see him again
I'd clap my hands, stomp my feet tryin to keep in time
well he'd play me a song or 2 then take another drink of wine

(chours)

on the day old Curtis died nobody came to pray
old preacher said some words
they chucked him in the clay
well he lived a lifetime playin the black mans blues
and on the day he lost his life thats all he had to lose

(chours)

Most of this was copied and pasted from wiki.
I'm surprised no one has done John Sinclair.[edit]

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12-14-2006, 04:42 PM
right-track Avin' It! Join Date: May 2005 Location: THE PEOPLES ЯEPUBLIK ФF MAИCUИIA Posts: 5,733	The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset. Originally called 'Liverpool Sunset', Ray Davies changed the title after the Beatles released Penny Lane, fearing accusations of a rip off. The lyrics are about a man looking out of a window, watching 2 lovers meet at Waterloo station, London. The line "Terry meets Julie, Waterloo Station every Friday night", is about the relationship between actor Terence Stamp and actress Julie Christie. Ray was initially reluctant to show the band the lyrics to the song, thought to have a deep personal meaning. Ray's brother Dave Davies described what the lyrics meant to Ray..."it was like an extract from a diary nobody was allowed to read". Dirty old river, must you keep rolling Flowing into the night People so busy, makes me feel dizzy Taxi light shines so bright But I dont need no friends As long as I gaze on waterloo sunset I am in paradise Every day I look at the world from my window But chilly, chilly is the evening time Waterloo sunsets fine Terry meets julie, waterloo station Every friday night But I am so lazy, dont want to wander I stay at home at night But I dont feel afraid As long as I gaze on waterloo sunset I am in paradise Every day I look at the world from my window But chilly, chilly is the evening time Waterloo sunsets fine Millions of people swarming like flies round waterloo underground But terry and julie cross over the river Where they feel safe and sound And the dont need no friends As long as they gaze on waterloo sunset They are in paradise Waterloo sunsets fine __________________ UNITED > KIDS > WIFE

12-14-2006, 04:56 PM
littleknowitall Pow! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Swansea, Wales, UK. Posts: 1,502	a lapdance is so much better when the stripper is crying, you all know the words __________________ My Myspace. My Bands Myspace - Please Show Some Love Here. My Youtube. My Ultimate Guitar.

12-15-2006, 03:27 AM
Travey Groupie Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1	I love when there are proper stories behind songs, it really adds to it. It's even better when you know the artist has written it themselves.

07-25-2008, 02:12 PM
mamanuthead Music Addict Join Date: May 2008 Location: Vegas Baby! Posts: 95	Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald The song is about the sinking of an American freighter, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior on November 10, 1975 where 29 men lost their lives. The story is an interesting read so instead of copying and pasting, the links are provided to anyone who would like to know more. SS Edmund Fitzgerald - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The following video shows some footage from the sunken ship while the song is being played. I thought it was a very tasteful tribute. YouTube - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald edited by Joseph Fulton The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead When the skies of November turn gloomy. With a load of iron ore - 26,000 tons more Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed When the gales of November came early The ship was the pride of the American side Coming back from some mill in Wisconson As the big freighters go it was bigger than most With a crew and the Captain well seasoned. Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms When they left fully loaded for Cleveland And later that night when the ships bell rang Could it be the North Wind they'd been feeling. The wind in the wires made a tattletale sound And a wave broke over the railing And every man knew, as the Captain did, too, T'was the witch of November come stealing. The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait When the gales of November came slashing When afternoon came it was freezing rain In the face of a hurricane West Wind When supper time came the old cook came on deck Saying fellows it's too rough to feed ya At 7PM a main hatchway caved in He said fellas it's been good to know ya. The Captain wired in he had water coming in And the good ship and crew was in peril And later that night when his lights went out of sight Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Does anyone know where the love of God goes When the words turn the minutes to hours The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay If they'd fifteen more miles behind her. They might have split up or they might have capsized They may have broke deep and took water And all that remains is the faces and the names Of the wives and the sons and the daughters. Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings In the ruins of her ice water mansion Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams, The islands and bays are for sportsmen. And farther below Lake Ontario Takes in what Lake Erie can send her And the iron boats go as the mariners all know With the gales of November remembered. In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral The church bell chimed, 'til it rang 29 times For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald. The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee Superior, they say, never gives up her dead When the gales of November come early. __________________ A true rockstar knows how to please a crowd with just one stroke of his instrument.

07-25-2008, 02:14 PM
jackhammer Bald and proud. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 7,231	JOHN MARTYN-SOLID AIR I can find no extensive details on this track all I do know is that it was released in February 1973 and was written for friend and peer Nick Drake and concerned Drake's mental strife at the time. (Drake took his own life the following year, a great loss to John personally, and to music generally). I don't think there was deep friendship but Martyn wholly respected Drake. Lyrics: You've been taking your time, And you've been living on solid air You've been walking the line, And you've been living on solid air Don't know what's going 'round inside And I can tell you that it's hard to hide When you're living on solid air You've been painting the blues And you've been looking through solid air You've been seeing it through And you've been looking through solid air Don't know what's going 'round in your mind And I can tell you don't like what you find When you're moving through solid air I know you, I love you And I can be your friend, I can follow you anywhere Even through solid air You've been stoning it cold, You've been living on solid air You've been finding it cold, You've been living on solid air I don't know what's going on inside I can tell you that it's hard to hide When you're living on solid air You've been getting too deep, You've been living on solid air You've been missing your sleep And you've been moving through solid air I don't know what's going on in your mind But I know you don't like what you find When you're moving through solid air You've been walking your line, You've been walking on solid air You've been taking your time But you've been walking on solid air Don't know what's going on inside But I can tell you that it's hard to hide When you're living on solid air The track live 1987: I think a few on these boards know of my loving of Martyn's music and this is why. __________________ My music collection.cough cough enjoy. Ha Ha charade you are. My dvd collection.

07-25-2008, 02:46 PM
mamanuthead Music Addict Join Date: May 2008 Location: Vegas Baby! Posts: 95	The Knack - My Sharona My Sharona is the 1979 debut single released by The Knack off their album Get the Knack. YouTube - The Knack - My Sharona The "My Sharona" riff was written by The Knack's guitarist, Berton Averre, before he joined the band. The lead singer Doug Fieger fell in love with a 17 year old girl named Sharona. Whenever he thought about her, he would think of Averre's riff. The two worked out the structure and melody from there. My Sharona has been covered by bands like Nirvana and has also been the subject of many parodies such as Weird Al Yankovic's "My Bologna." The girl who inspired the song is Sharona Alperin, now a real estate agent in Los Angeles, California. Ooh, my little pretty one, my pretty one When you gonna give me some time, Sharona Ooh, you make my motor run, my motor run Got it comin' off o' the line, Sharona Never gonna stop, give it up, such a dirty mind I always get it up for the touch of the younger kind My, my, my, aye-aye, whoa! M-m-m-my Sharona Come a little closer, huh, a-will ya, huh? Close enough to look in my eyes, Sharona Keepin' it a mystery, it gets to me Runnin' down the length of my thigh, Sharona Never gonna stop, give it up, such a dirty mind I always get it up for the touch of the younger kind My, my, my, aye-aye, whoa! M-m-m-my Sharona M-m-m-my Sharona When you gonna give to me, a gift to me Is it just a matter of time, Sharona? Is it d-d-destiny, d-destiny Or is it just a game in my mind, Sharona? Never gonna stop, give it up, such a dirty mind I always get it up for the touch of the younger kind My, my, my, aye-aye, whoa! M-m-m-m-m-m-m-my, my, my, aye-aye, whoa! M-m-m-my Sharona M-m-m-my Sharona M-m-m-my Sharona M-m-m-my Sharona Ooooooo-ohhh, my Sharona Ooooooo-ohhh, my Sharona Ooooooo-ohhh, my Sharona __________________ A true rockstar knows how to please a crowd with just one stroke of his instrument.

07-25-2008, 02:48 PM
jackhammer Bald and proud. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 7,231	My Sharona is a belting tune. __________________ My music collection.cough cough enjoy. Ha Ha charade you are. My dvd collection.

07-25-2008, 04:03 PM
ashtray Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Canerrrrduuuh Posts: 125	I always like that song "The Ballad of Curtis Lowe" by Lynyrd Skynyrd. The Ballad of Curtis Loew[sic] is a song written by Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant and performed by Lynyrd Skynyrd. The song was first released on the band's 1974 album, Second Helping[1] and again on their compilation, The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd and later on All Time Greatest Hits. It is on many of their compilation albums and before the Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash, was performed once live. Ed King says, "The original version of the band only played 'Curtis Loew' ONE time on stage. We were playing in a basement in some hotel and thought we'd try it. We never played it again until the Tribute Tour with Johnny Van Zant." The song tells of a young boy who wakes up in the morning "Before the rooster crows" and searches for soda bottles to cash in for money to give to a man named Curtis Loew. Curtis is described as a "black man with white curly hair". The boy gives Curtis money from recycling soda bottles for a fifth of wine, and Curtis plays him songs on his Dobro guitar. According to the song "Curtis Loew was the finest picker to ever play the blues". Curtis eventually dies and the boy is perplexed at the fact that nobody came to pray at his funeral.[2] The band's website says that the song is based on a composite of people who actually lived in the Van Zants' original neighborhood in Jacksonville, FL. Specifically, the corner store "is based on Claude's Midway Grocery on the corner of Plymouth and Lakeshore in Jacksonville."[3] The business has since been renamed Sunrise Food Store, but still occupies the same location. The Loew character is sometimes thought by Skynyrd fans to be inspired by Shorty Medlock, the grandfather of Rickey Medlocke, Lynyrd Skynyrd's drummer during their 1970 tour. LYRICS : well I used to wake the mornin befor the rooster crowed searchin for soda bottles to get my self some dough brought em down to the corner down to the country store cash em in and give my money to a man named Curtis Lowe old Curt was a black man with white curly hair when he had a fifth of wine he didnot have a care he used to own and old dobro used to play across his knee I'd give old Curt my money he play all day for me (chours) play me a song Curtis Lowe Curtis Lowe well I got your drinkin money tune up your dobro people said he was useless them people all were fools cuz Curtis Lowe was the finest picker to ever play the blues he looked to be 60 maybe I was 10 momma used to whoop me but I'd go see him again I'd clap my hands, stomp my feet tryin to keep in time well he'd play me a song or 2 then take another drink of wine (chours) on the day old Curtis died nobody came to pray old preacher said some words they chucked him in the clay well he lived a lifetime playin the black mans blues and on the day he lost his life thats all he had to lose (chours) Most of this was copied and pasted from wiki. I'm surprised no one has done John Sinclair.[edit] Last edited by ashtray : 07-25-2008 at 04:14 PM.