Songs with deep and relevant lyrics

Josue · 09-08-2014, 11:57 AM

I am looking for songs whose lyric make very much sense, you know.
Songs like "Tears in heaven" from Eric Clapton, "Llévame al cielo" from The Kumbia Kings, "What a wonderful world" from Louis Armstrong. Songs whose lyrics have their own story, how they arrived to the composer mind..

Pet_Sounds · 09-08-2014, 03:18 PM

How about Paul Simon/Simon and Garfunkel? Kathy's Song, America, and The Late Great Johnny Ace all spring to mind. The story behind Kathy's song is particularly interesting.

Welcome to MB, by the way.

Paul Smeenus · 09-19-2014, 08:47 AM

Plankton · 09-19-2014, 11:39 AM

**Exo** · 09-19-2014, 05:26 PM

I'm sorry but I just don't understand the question. You want songs that make sense? Unless they were stolen, ALL lyrics arrived to a composers mind. Do you mean you want songs with a more complex and philosophical/spiritual/human meaning?

dwill123 · 09-19-2014, 05:53 PM

Bumpa · 09-19-2014, 08:29 PM

Look no farther than The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll by Bob Dylan

bobdylan.com/us/songs/lonesome-death-hattie-carroll#ixzz3Doach6TB

This Dylan poetry as it's best. BTW the story is true.

Paul Smeenus · 09-19-2014, 08:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Exo_

I'm sorry but I just don't understand the question. You want songs that make sense? Unless they were stolen, ALL lyrics arrived to a composers mind. Do you mean you want songs with a more complex and philosophical/spiritual/human meaning?

Doesn't seem like a hard question to me, Exo, although maybe not worded very well. Name songs with great lyrics. That's why I would choose the great Veronica. Makes me wanna bawl.

If I got this wrong, well enjoy...

**Janszoon** · 09-19-2014, 09:21 PM

PiL—"The Order of Death"
Yes this song only contains two lines repeated over and again, but I've always loved these lyrics. It's the ultimate sardonic expression of the nature of life repeating itself until the end, just like it does in life.

This is what you want
And this is what you get

**Frownland** · 09-19-2014, 10:03 PM

The last track, Soft Places (27:45) is a very powerful track that highlights gentrification among other things. Billy Woods' lyricism is great all around but his play on Jack and the Beanstock really adds a lot to that track.

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Josue Groupie Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 1	Songs with deep and relevant lyrics I am looking for songs whose lyric make very much sense, you know. Songs like "Tears in heaven" from Eric Clapton, "Llévame al cielo" from The Kumbia Kings, "What a wonderful world" from Louis Armstrong. Songs whose lyrics have their own story, how they arrived to the composer mind..

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Pet_Sounds Remember the underscore Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: The other side Posts: 2,488	How about Paul Simon/Simon and Garfunkel? Kathy's Song, America, and The Late Great Johnny Ace all spring to mind. The story behind Kathy's song is particularly interesting. Welcome to MB, by the way. __________________ Everybody's dying just to get the disease

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Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	PiL—"The Order of Death" Yes this song only contains two lines repeated over and again, but I've always loved these lyrics. It's the ultimate sardonic expression of the nature of life repeating itself until the end, just like it does in life. This is what you want And this is what you get __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	The last track, Soft Places (27:45) is a very powerful track that highlights gentrification among other things. Billy Woods' lyricism is great all around but his play on Jack and the Beanstock really adds a lot to that track. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	I'm sorry but I just don't understand the question. You want songs that make sense? Unless they were stolen, ALL lyrics arrived to a composers mind. Do you mean you want songs with a more complex and philosophical/spiritual/human meaning?

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Bumpa Groupie Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 1	Look no farther than The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll by Bob Dylan bobdylan.com/us/songs/lonesome-death-hattie-carroll#ixzz3Doach6TB This Dylan poetry as it's best. BTW the story is true.