Songs That Tell Stories

POM and letty. Those all are great.
EE Cummings tried to break the mold. Lovely lyrics.

It's hard to believe those are high school kids. Beautiful voices and great sound.

Thanks. I'm certain Ralph and Loreena thank you as well.

Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens


Open the Door Richard

Great stuff.
I recollect that guitarist Tiny Grimes backed up Charlie Parker on a few 78's.

More songs that tell stories.

James Fenimore Cooper



Daniel Day-Lewis as Hawkeye, and Eric Schweig as Uncas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygNuRpwZqRU

We did this on WA2K radio, but it's worth another go.

euroGeorge did the ending, which was very sad.

Thanks for posting, letty. I like the music. I have never watched that version of Last of, but I read the book many moons ago and watched at least one film of it. The Natty Bumpo series was very exciting when I was young, up to The Prairie, and I don't recall much of that one.

You get your love from dogs and cats
you've found in the neighborhood,
and animal love is good
You haven't got a girl
You're scared of the world
No, you don't want a lover, you want a mother
Yes, you read all the overground books
You have quite an intellectual look
but are you an artist?
Ae you a book or just a cover?

Lonely One, you make me feel
I'm the only one to know that you're not real
Lonely One, turned down thumbs on the world

So you say you're an artist with a tormented soul
Your heroes have left for the Hollywood Bowl
Sour grapes, come here
You say you never really cared
Don't you see, you're just like him and me
Ah, but you're a pillar of society
and you are good
Do all that Big Brother says you should
All of your friends, they need a boss
Someone to help them onto the cross
Now don'tcha like being somebody's punishment?
It makes you feel needed

Lonely One, you make me feel
I'm the only one to know that you're not real
Lonely One, turned down thumbs on the world

And though you're alone, you say it will pass
You stuff your head with all your grass
It wouldn't be so bad, if that weren't all you had
You've never seen the lady laugh
Lonely One, don't you wish you had
been a four-star general, just like Captain America
You go to bed each night, your arms wrapped 'round a pillow
Dreaming of becoming tomorrow's superhero
Rose-colored glasses - I wish you had them
At least you would see me

Lonely One, you make me feel
I'm the only one to know that you're not real
Lonely One, turned down thumbs on the world

Alison Krauss' beautiful voice retelling an oft told traditional tale with the Chieftains;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOpY0wQdJ5w&feature=autoplay&list=LLKbM8HTjdy1RSS4jPgn9C_Q&playnext=46

My favorite musical aggregation, oysterband, will be on the cover of fRoots magazine's June edition, available on newstands 24 MAy 2012.

edgar, love Janis Ian as you know. Great one.

POM, also Allison.

Anyone remember Jack London?



One of his greatest short stories was To Build a Fire.

"...the man had no imagination.."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2FRrvXH95Q&feature=endscreen&NR=1

I once read a large volume of Jack London's short stories. This one and the one about a fighter and a piece of meat still stand out in my memory. And the one in which the old one was left by the people to die on the ice.

You will have to indulge me. I listen to this song frequently, so I am putting it out there once again.

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/s720x720/576811_10151083493783858_564328857_13450737_850302269_n.jpg

I remember the O Jay's Ship Ahoy, edgar, but didn't know the others that you played.

What a surprise to find out that this song is based on a real event.

"Tom Dooley" is an old North Carolina folk song based on the 1866 murder of a woman named Laura Foster in Wilkes County, North Carolina. It is best known today because of a hit version recorded in 1958 by The Kingston Trio. This version was a multi-format hit, reaching #1 in Billboard, the Billboard R&B listing, and appearing in the Cashbox country music top 20. It fits within the wider genre of Appalachian 'sweetheart murder ballad' songs such as 'Down in the Willow Garden' and 'Rose Connelly', but 'Tom Dooley' is based on a real event.

Now, the song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZYjc57V55U

Not only a true story, but Little Joe Cartwright, of Bonanza fame, played Tom Dooley in a movie. I have a CD of almost all of the Kingston Trio's great songs - several CDs. What is missing is the song, Coplas, due to not wishing to offend Mexicans. Also missing are the performances of a new group calling itself The Kingston Trio, but not on my list of people I listen to.