Shirley Horn "Here's to life"
The Rolling Stones "You can't always get what you want"
R.E.M. "Everybody Hurts"
Kansas "Dust in the wind"
Journey "Don't stop believin"
Bobby McFerrin "Don't worry, be happy"
Stephen Stills "Love the one you're with"
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Surprised that this one has not been mentioned... In 1999 filmmaker Baz Luhrmann released the song “Everybody’s Free To Wear Sunscreen,” a 7-minute-long graduation speech set to downtempo electronic music. It was a highly unlikely hit that made its way across continents... On a another note, chours from a GDead song 'Dupree's Diamond Blues' 'When I was just a little young boy, |
Some of these songs are confessionals, some are melancholia, some are more of a warning not to follow in the singer's footsteps. Apologies if it was already mentioned, but since we are taking the theme of advice so liberally I definitely have to go with Otis Redding's Sitting on the Dock of the Bay.
https://genius.com/Otis-redding-sittin-on-the-dock-of-the-bay-lyrics |
Looking through my playlist, here are some obvious ones:
A Message to You Rudy - Dandy Livingstone Don't Give Up On Us - David Soul Don't Marry Her - Beautiful South Don't Worry Baby - Keith Moon Dream Baby Dream - Bruce Springsteen Gotta Have Me Go With You - Judy Garland I Know There's an Answer - Beach Boys Hang on to Your Ego - Beach Boys Love Changes Everything - Marti Webb Make Your Own Kind of Music - Mama Cass You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two - Oliver! Remember - John Lennon Sew a Silver Button on the Moon - Reg Dixon Stay Clean - Motorhead Stop Your Sobbing - Pretenders Tell All the People - Doors There is Power in a Union - Billy Bragg Think for Yourself - Beatles True to Myself - Ziggy Marley Up to Me - Bob Dylan You Can Get it if You Really Want It - Jimmy Cliff You Just Haven't Earned it Yet Baby - Smiths What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong |
Wholy Holy - Aretha Franklin Don't Ask My Neighbor - The Emotions Ease on Down the Road - From the motion picture "The Wiz" Don't Worry, Be Happy - Pentatonix Lean On Me - Bill Withers Walk On By - Isaac Hayes Count On Me - Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans motion picture "Waiting to Exhale" Everyday People - Sly and the Family Stone |
Anyone know why the YouTube URL’s aren’t automatically imbedded anymore?
I was wondering the same thing. It's a pretty handy feature for a audio forum. Anyway, the title of this thread brought back to my mind this remarkable outing by someone once labelled as "the most dangerous man in America".
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Well, then your song is going to be Money for Nothing by Dire Straits.
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I hate 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' because it's a hypocritical, didactic lecture from a group who are collectively worth over $200,000,000.00 and who have always gotten everything they've ever wanted and more. Don't be fooled into thinking that Mick Jagger can offer sage advice to anyone.
Well, I guess you could argue that Mick didn't attend the London School of Economics for nothing. I recall reading that even in the early days he continued with his studies and it was only once the Stones became huge that he became a full time member. On the other hand he did get screwed over by Allen Klein and unfortunately so did the Beatles after Lennon took need of Jagger's advice. Years of litigation were to follow. At least one third of the music industry is permanently devoted to litigation. So perhaps we should be a little careful of taking anything they might have to say too seriously. Lennon's 'Imagine' is possibly the finest example of that hypocrisy of which you speak. |
It's an easier question to ask; Which songs don't give advise? People try to find meaning in songs where there is NONE. I remember an interview with Paul Simon where he was asked the meaning of "You can call me Al". He shrugged his shoulders after thinking about it and said he didn't have an answer. So many songs were written under the influence of God knows what drug. There's a book I have that a guy wrote explaining the meaning of "American Pie". I asked Don's manager what he thought of it. "Interesting" was his only answer. I can't think of the exact phrase but someone did say "When you completely decipher a song it loses some of its luster" Just a couple of thoughts. Joe |
ad·vice /ədˈvīs/ noun guidance or recommendations offered with regard to prudent future action. “Just because you've become a young man now |
I read this thread, had the perfect song but couldn't remember the title so I left. Now I remember and am back. Here's the song Tom MacDonald - "Brainwashed"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCBNwGHPZ2M&ab_channel=TomMacDonald |
@cd318 Stop Your Sobbing is by the Kinks and covered by the Pretenders. But speaking of the Kinks, they have a few songs with good advice: Have A Cuppa Tea Skin and Bones Come Dancing Better Things Jukebox Music Animal Farm Alcohol Are the ones I can think of now. |
Only People by John Lennon (Mind Games 1973) And we can't be denied with woman and man side by side |
