lyrics Donna Donna Donna
mus...@puknet.puk.ac.za
Please someone print for me the full lyrics of this song sung by
Donovan in the 60's. Thanks in advance.
George
Eric Berge
Urgh. _Donovan_ sang this? Well, OK...
"Dona, Dona, Dona"
by Aaron Zeitlin
Yiddish English
Oyfn furl ligt a kelbl On a wagon, bound for market
Ligt gebundn mit a shtrik Lies a calf with a mournful eye.
Hoych in himl flit a shvelbl, High above him, there's a swallow,
Freyt zich, dreyt zich, hin un ts'rik. Flying freely through the sky.
Chorus: Lacht der vint in korn, How the winds are laughing;
Lacht un lacht un lacht. They laugh with all their might.
Lacht er op a tog a gantsn Lauqh and laugh the whole day through
Un a halbe nacht. And halfway through the night.
Dona, dona, dona, Dona etc.
Dona dona dona da -
Dona, dona, dona,
Dona dona dona da.
Shrayt dos kelbl, zogt der poyer, Stop complaining, said the farmer,
Verzhe heyst dir zayn a kelb? Who told you a calf to be?
Volst gekent doch zayn a foygl, Why don't you have wings to fly with,
Volst gekent doch zayn a shvalb. Like the swallow so proud and free.
(Chorus) (Chorus)
Bidne kelber tut men bindn Calves are easily bound and slaughtered
Un men shlept zey un men shecht, Never knowing the reason why;
Ver s'hot fligl, flit aroyftsu, But whoever treasures freedom,
Iz ba keynem nit kayn knecht. Like a swallow must learn to fly.
(Chorus) (Chorus)
Eric Berge
Christopher Peter Gronlund
Donovan?! Thankfully, I've only heard Joan Baez's version.
Mary
Dexter N. Muir
In article <53vlbt$1t...@pukrs7.puk.ac.za>, mus...@puknet.puk.ac.za says...
>
>Please someone print for me the full lyrics of this song sung by
>Donovan in the 60's. Thanks in advance.
>George
Transcribed by Dexter N. Muir <D.N....@massey.ac.nz>
DONNA DONNA
Am E Am E
On a wagon, bound for Market
Am Dm Am E7 Am
Sits a calf with a mournful eye,
E Am E
High above him is a swallow
Am Dm Am E Am
Winging swiftly through the sky.
CH:
G C
All the winds are laughing,
G C
They laugh with all their might,
G C E7 Am
Laugh and laugh the whole day through,
E7 Am
And half the Summer's night.
E E7 Am
Donna Donna Donna Donna
Dm Am
Donna Donna Donna Don
E E7 Am
Donna Donna Donna Donna
E Am
Donna Donna Donna Don
"Stop complaining", said the farmer,
"Who told you a calf to be?
Why don't you have wings to fly with
Like the swallow so proud and free?"
Ch.
Calves are easily bound and slaughtered,
Never knowing the reason why.
He amongst us who values freedom,
Like the swallow has learned to fly.
Ch.
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MIKE REGENSTREIF
In article <Pine.GSO.3.95.961015...@jove.acs.unt.edu>, Christopher Peter Gronlund <cpg...@jove.acs.unt.edu> writes:
>
>Donovan?! Thankfully, I've only heard Joan Baez's version.
>
>Mary
>
>
>
>On Tue, 15 Oct 1996 mus...@puknet.puk.ac.za wrote:
>
>> Donovan in the 60's. Thanks in advance.
>> George
"Donna, Donna" as performed in versions by Joan Baez and Donovan is a
translation of a Yiddish theatre song from the 1930s written by Aaron Zeitlin
and Shalom Secunda.
The Klezmer Conservatory Band does a version in the original Yiddish on
OY CHANUKAH (Rounder).
Mike Regenstreif
"Folk Roots/Folk Branches" on CKUT in Montreal
mre...@vax2.concordia.ca
Jim Dalin
[entire contents of original message and follow-ups deleted]
Dona Dona Dona reminds me that there's one thread that I've always
wanted to start. Does anyone else have a list of songs that they'd be
happy if they never hear again? If the thread gets going then there's
only one rule:
***** Since it's statistically guaranteed that sooner or later someone
is going to mention one of *your* favorite songs, we must all agree not
to take offense. *****
What reminded me, of course, is Dona Dona Dona, which is squarely on my
list. Whiney, boring, and depressing. Also, for starters:
o House of the Rising Sun
o Cotton Fields (Trini Lopez delivered the coup de grace on this one)
Again, I mean no offense to everyone who adores these songs. Feel free
to insult my favorite songs.
Regards,
Jim Dalin
Gael McGear Sweeney
In article <009A9EF1...@vax2.concordia.ca>
mre...@vax2.concordia.ca (MIKE REGENSTREIF) writes:
> "Donna, Donna" as performed in versions by Joan Baez and Donovan is a
> translation of a Yiddish theatre song from the 1930s written by Aaron Zeitlin
> and Shalom Secunda.
I have a reference for "Donna, Donna" as by Secunda, Kevess, and
Schwartz? Seems to be the same words.
Gael
gswe...@syr.edu
http://users.aol.com/gaelmcgear/gaelpage.html
"If there is a light at the end of the tunnel, it's the light of an
oncoming train."
Robert Lowell
Stephanie Woolley
Does it have to be folk? If no, then ANYTHING by Mariah Carey. If it has to
be folk, then I'm sorry I broke the rules.
Emily
>***** Since it's statistically guaranteed that sooner or later someone
>is going to mention one of *your* favorite songs,
> o House of the Rising Sun
Well, you hit one of my favorites! Do you dislike the song, or some
particular version or rendition of it?
If it isn't limited to folk music, then my entry would be "Linda
Paloma" by Jackson Browne. Everything else on that album is great,
but I hate Linda Paloma so badly that it's become a generic term for a
song I hate.
Emily
Frank Hamilton
Stephanie Woolley <woo...@herald.infi.net> wrote:
>Does it have to be folk? If no, then ANYTHING by Mariah Carey. If it has to
>be folk, then I'm sorry I broke the rules.
IMHO, Mariah Carey is still a great singer although she veers toward
pyrotechnics. That style may not be to your liking but it is musically
advanced and hard to execute.
Frank
Frank Hamilton
>What reminded me, of course, is Dona Dona Dona, which is squarely on my
>list. Whiney, boring, and depressing. Also, for starters:
Don't agree. It's actually a very positive song. As to depressing,
that, like beauty is in the ear of the beholder. The Joan Baez
treatment may have something to do with your view. The song is about
faith of Jewish people during a trying time, (The Holocaust) which one
needs to be depressed about. I like to do the song up-tempo with a
frailech beat which gives it a different flavor without changing it's
meaning.
> o House of the Rising Sun
Which version? There are many. The Animals popularized it but by no
means gave the definitive version of it. Josh White to Roy Acuff has
recorded it. If you mean the Animals version, than I might agree.
> o Cotton Fields (Trini Lopez delivered the coup de grace on this one)
I happen to like Leadbelly's verson of this song. He was the
original. Odetta did this with Larry Sparks on the album they did at
the Tin Angel in San Francisco. I thought it a good performance.
>Again, I mean no offense to everyone who adores these songs. Feel free
>to insult my favorite songs.
No problem in insulting songs but I think that reasons are needed and
not just venting.
Frank
DZCrawford
Orange Blossum Special played by beginning bluegrass musicians
Over the Waterfall played by anyone in an folkfestival parking lot or
camping area
Any song on any Disney movie tape -- I have small children
Joseph C Fineman
Harriet Tubman
Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream
The Great Storm Is Over
A Sailor's Prayer
--
Joe Fineman j...@world.std.com
495 Pleasant St., #1 (617) 324-6899
Malden, MA 02148
Enid Yvonne Karr
"Hard Love" sund by anyone but Bob Franke.
Bob Norton
In article <54bhib$o...@camel0.mindspring.com>, ham...@atl.mindspring.com
says...
>
>treatment may have something to do with your view. The song is about
>faith of Jewish people during a trying time, (The Holocaust) which one
>needs to be depressed about.
It was written 10 years BEFORE the holocaust.
Stephen L Suffet
On 18 Oct 1996, Gael McGear Sweeney wrote:
> In article <009A9EF1...@vax2.concordia.ca>
> mre...@vax2.concordia.ca (MIKE REGENSTREIF) writes:
>
> > "Donna, Donna" as performed in versions by Joan Baez and Donovan is a
> > translation of a Yiddish theatre song from the 1930s written by Aaron Zeitlin
> > and Shalom Secunda.
>
> I have a reference for "Donna, Donna" as by Secunda, Kevess, and
> Schwartz? Seems to be the same words.
>
>
> Gael
>
Dear Gael---
Shalom Secunda wrote the music to "Donna Donna," while Aaron
Zeitlin wrote the original Yiddish lyrics. I assume that Kevess and
Schwartz are responsible for the English language translation.
Kindest regards,
Steve Suffet
New York City
Fiero G97J
If you don't restrict the music to folk, Doris Day's Que Sera, Sera is THE
No. 1 song on my hit list-and I like Donna, Donna:-)
TA
Yeah, when ya hang with bluegrass crowds, there's some tunes that get
really old. Orange Blossom is one definately...but, then along comes a
very hot young fiddler, and there you are, tapping yer toes!
I personally love Over the Waterfall, but can do without Earl's
Breakdown (all due respect), Rocky Top, Cripple Creek and Boil 'em
Cabbage Down!
In the folk ilk, I don't EVER want to hear Suzanne, Blowin in the Wind,
The Garden Song, Greensleeves, Tom Dooley, Riddle Song, or Michael
Row...
I had pulled an all-nighter at one festival, and as we sat by the fading
fire, the sun began to greet the day, and the birds began to sing. There
was enough light now to look upon the tired yet musically energized
faces. Someone began to play a guitar instrumental, a most gorgeous good
morning melody. Oh, what a feeling! Then...a few people began to sway,
and as soon as there was a break in the instrumental tune, (someone with
eyes firmly and mystically rolled back in their head,) began to sing
Michael Row...ect.... I knew then it was time for bed!
No offense to anyone, I hope.
-terri
Dexter N. Muir
In article <54brds$o...@sjx-ixn3.ix.netcom.com>, ek...@ix.netcom.co says...
>
>"Hard Love" sund by anyone but Bob Franke.
Banks of the Ohio (by ANYONE!!!)
MIKE REGENSTREIF
In article <54bhib$o...@camel0.mindspring.com>, ham...@atl.mindspring.com (Frank Hamilton) writes:
>
>
>>What reminded me, of course, is Dona Dona Dona, which is squarely on my
>>list. Whiney, boring, and depressing. Also, for starters:
>
>Don't agree. It's actually a very positive song. As to depressing,
>that, like beauty is in the ear of the beholder. The Joan Baez
>faith of Jewish people during a trying time, (The Holocaust) which one
>frailech beat which gives it a different flavor without changing it's
>meaning.
The song actually dates to 1938 which was just before the Holocaust.
It was, however, an era of extreme anti-Semitism in pre-WWII Nazi Germany which
was also a very trying time for the Jewish people. I first heard the song at
summer camp in the early-60s and even before I knew the context of where it
came from found a resonance in it that haunted me then and now. And it was
the Joan Baez recording that was the source for those summer camp singalongs of
more than 30 years ago.
"Gorgeous" Gary Ehrlich
Spotted this comment in the midst of a quote-fest: (didn't see a reference on it)
> >>What reminded me, of course, is Dona Dona Dona, which is squarely on my
> >>list. Whiney, boring, and depressing. Also, for starters:
Take a peek at the songlist on my web page. There's a parody of Dona Dona there I'm
becoming infamous for in some local (DC) folk circles.
-- Gary
--
"Gorgeous" Gary Ehrlich
The Guava Grove at Electro's Hideaway
http://www.access.digex.net/~electro/electro.html
MDresser
Frankly, I think Puff would have made great dragon-flavored Alpo.
And as for The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, I'm damn glad they did and
hope it always stays that way.
Mike Dresser
Stephanie Woolley
I'm wondering if we should start a thread, "Songs I'll never tire of hearing,"
since this thread has been so popular.
Enid Yvonne Karr
In <326BF3...@herald.infi.net> Stephanie Woolley
I'm game!
John Gorka 'I know"
'Love is our cross to bear'
Well, mostly anything Gorka...
Not Folk, but anything by the Beatles...
Christine LAvin "cold pizza for breakfast"
Sally Rogers "Planxty Fanny Powers"
Greg Brown 'Daughters'
Silly Wizard 'Broom of the Cowden Knowes'
David Mssengill "my Name Joe"
And many more...
Enid
R F Minchin
Cheiftains and Van Morrison: Have I Told You Lately That I Love You. It
is a poor song and poorly sung (although the Cheiftains' playing is, as
always, excellent).
Rob
Brett Weiss
In folk music...
Anyone singing "Joe Hill"
John McCutcheon's "Where Were You When" and "Happy Adoption Day"
Si Kahn's "Gone, Gonna Rise Again," "What You Do With What You've Got" and
"Crossing the Border"
Tom Paxton's "Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound" and "The Honor of Your
Company"
Sally Fingerett singing "Wake Up and Dream"
Ask me about show music, classical and jazz too. <g>
--
Brett
Dexter N. Muir
Here's a definite: I forget who, but the title "The Lone Ranger"...
It had an 'Indian war chant' in it: if you listen carefully, it has in it
the longest place name in the world:
TAUMATAWHAKATANGIHANGAKOAUAUATAMATEATURIPUKAKAPIKIMAUNGAHORONUKUPOKAIWHENUAKI
TANATAHU.
Translated (Maori): The resting-place on a hillside where Tamatea, the man
with big (weak) kness, played his nose-flute to his loved one.
Pronunciation: vowels individually are as per French, dually elided. WH is an
F without teeth...
It's a place about 50 miles (80km) East line-of-sight from where I live,
though NZ's geography being what it is it's100 miles'travel to get there :-)
I had the song removed from Radio NZ's playlists as a cultural mess, though
I still hear it once in a while on private stations, and it GRATES every
time...
Steve Carnes
"Sundown" and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", both by Gordon Lightfoot.
Anything by Jackson Browne, except for "Doctor My Eyes".
Nathan Tenny
In article <326D56...@postoffice.worldnet.att.net>,
Mary Creasey <cre...@postoffice.worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>Songs I really don't want to PLAY any more: "Puff, the Magic Dragon"...
>More later, as I think of them...
Sounds familiar. The next time somebody requests "anything by CSN", I'm gonna
pop 'em one. (Dylan requests are OK; I play "I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine".)
I can beg off "Puff" on the pretext that I don't remember where all those
words go.
I *really* never want to hear "Fire and Rain" again, personally---I have the
feeling I'm the only person in the world who feels that way, though.
NT
--
Nathan Tenny nte...@qualcomm.com
Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA http://www.qualcomm.com/~ntenny/
The rec.pets.herp FAQ lives at http://www.qualcomm.com/~ntenny/herps/FAQ.html
Paul J. Stamler
I got sick and tired of "Slip Jigs and Reels" halfway through the first
time I heard it.
Could also do without hearing any more versions of "Jesu Joy of Man's
Desiring" played on hammered dulcimers.
Peace.
Paul
Larry Blumenfeld
Nathan Tenny wrote:
> I *really* never want to hear "Fire and Rain" again, personally---I
> have the feeling I'm the only person in the world who feels that way,
> though.
No, you're not...the "Best of the '60s, '70s, '80s and Today" stations
all seem to have decided that this is the only song James Taylor ever
wrote. Just ONCE I'd like to hear anything else...like maybe "Knockin'
Around The Zoo." (Yeah, right.)
Happy trails,
Larry B.
Mary Creasey
Hmmm..."Honey", by I-forget-whom ("See the tree, how big it's grown...")
(Bobby Vinton?)
"Loving You", by again-I-forget-the-name; a lady with a 5-octave range...
(she died some years ago; a Black soul singer)
(Even '60s bubblegum-rock is easier to listen to!)
The theme song from "Barney"...
Songs I really don't want to PLAY any more: "Puff, the Magic Dragon"...
More later, as I think of them...
Mary the Filker
Mary the Filker
Dennis L. Pearson
July, You're a Woman by John Stewart
(Sometimes remembered as Chu Lai, You're a Woman)
Don Ruiz
Exactly. I also was going to nominate John Stewart's ``July You're A
Woman.'' I heard it for the first time in 1973. I've heard it literally
hundreds of times since. It remains my favorite song. -- Don
Jacob Mattison
Nathan Tenny wrote:
> >
> I *really* never want to hear "Fire and Rain" again, personally---I have the
> feeling I'm the only person in the world who feels that way, though.
Oh, no, you're not. Count me in.
On the subject of songs too often requested, a certain coffeehouse crowd
I used to play for requested "One Tin Soldier" so many times I can't
even listen to it anymore. I'm also pretty tired of "anything by Cat
Stevens".
--
Jacob Mattison matt...@dolphin.upenn.edu
Department of Fine Arts University of Pennsylvania
perhaps some chocolate chip cookies and milk
Dennis L. Pearson
"We Gotta Get Outa This Place" by any USO touring English
language-challenged group that happened to be playing that week.
I'm sure the VN vets who read this understand.
Dennis L. Pearson
Mary Creasey <cre...@postoffice.worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>Hmmm..."Honey", by I-forget-whom ("See the tree, how big it's grown...")
>(Bobby Vinton?)
Bobby Goldsboro
DJIRYL
>Hmmm..."Honey", by I-forget-whom ("See the tree, how big it's grown...")
>(Bobby Vinton?)
Bobby Goldsboro. I heard a hell of a parody on this song once, but I
can't remember what it was about or who did it.
>"Loving You", by again-I-forget-the-name; a lady with a 5-octave range...
>(she died some years ago; a Black soul singer)
Minnie Ripperton
<snip>
I hope that I've helped supply useful information which everyone
desperately needed.
;-) Jeri
Stephanie Woolley
I'm there with "Closer Fine" even though it's been around awhile.
I would also like to add Cheryl Wheeler's "Arrow" to that list, and Nanci's
version of "Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm bound" though I think that was
on someone's "Songs I never want to hear again" list by another singer.
Rob Hallyburton
Just a few I can think of quickly.
Nanci Griffith: More Than a Whisper, Love at the Five and Dime,
Tecumseh Valley
Patti Larkin: Tango, Justine
Indigo Girls: Closer to Fine
KAndr76741
how about "Wall of Death," as sung by Richard and Linda Thompson? i just
adore that song.
Robert Thurlow
In article <32692f11...@news1.mnsinc.com>, Emily <e...@mnsinc.com> wrote:
>If it isn't limited to folk music, then my entry would be "Linda
>Paloma" by Jackson Browne. Everything else on that album is great,
>but I hate Linda Paloma so badly that it's become a generic term for a
>song I hate.
Heh, I like everything on "The Pretender", including Linda Paloma,
but I know what you mean about how songs can almost ruin great
albums. The Byrds "Younger Than Yesterday" is mind-blowingly
wonderful, but as short as it is, I can't enjoy it if I listen
to "CTA 102" (c'mon guys, enough acid already) and "Mind Gardens"
(sort of interesting, but ultimately just annoying). Those
qualify for me.
Rob T
Hiroshi Ogura
In article <54mpu0$5...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>,
KAndr76741 <kandr...@aol.com> wrote:
>how about "Wall of Death," as sung by Richard and Linda Thompson? i just
>adore that song.
Whoa! I was listening to "Wall of Death" when I started reading your
article! I must agree: I love and never get tired of that song.
I can also listen over and over to Fairport's _Liege and Lief_, from
the beginning to the end. About a year ago, I learned to play "Crazy
Man Michael" on my 12-string, fingerstyle, with a decent imitation of
Swarb's fiddle and Thommo's guitar solos. (I've had much less luck
with imitating Sandy's soaring voice...) It has been my routine to
begin my day by playing that song. It feels so good!
Steve Earle... I never get tired of just about anything by him. He and
Thompson are the two best songwriters currently active, IMHO.
As for the songs I wish I'd never hear again...
--Anything by the Grateful Dead, after 1971. Very much like eating a
bucket of soggy, overcooked pasta of many colors...
--Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb". An overwrought and whiny song that
was overplayed and overpraised by too many of my friends during my
undergrad years.
--Hiroshi
--
H.Ogura Dpt.Chem. U.Az. | Paper wings, all torn and bent, but you made me
Tcs AZ 85721 hiroshi@u. | feel like they were heaven sent
arizona.edu http://www. | Paper wings, not real at all, but they took me
u.arizona.edu/~hiroshi | high enough to really fall -- Gillian Welch
kevin kelly
Dick Dowell wrote:
>
> "Honey" has to be near the top of the list. But if you're old enough
We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun, then I lost my lunch.
All time worst without a doubt the ultimate truism
unmusically
Kevin
Dick Dowell
"Honey" has to be near the top of the list. But if you're old enough
you can still manage a weak smile when someone plays it.
--
Dick Dowell r...@dtc.hp.com
SueL107122
I could easily never ever ever hear "Sunshine On My Shoulders" again, and
be quite content!
Sue Leventhal
Assistant to David Buskin } "ESPN, ESPN
Joe-Pye Records} You're the reason I'm single again.
215-33B Hillside Avenue} Life is for losers
Queens Village, NY 11427-1833}Sports is your friend
718-479-8299 fax: 718-479-DAVE 3283 }And who's
got more sports on
SueL1...@aol.com } Than ESPN."
Wayne Seymour
The Smothers Brothers did a great "honey" parody, with Tommy acting as a
tour guide showing guests through the "Honey House' and having them all
stop to look at pictures of the tree..and how big it's grown.
BTW - The Gambler I could do without. It really didn't begin to irritate
me until after the 8000 or so repetition.
Enid Yvonne Karr
>Dick Dowell wrote:
>>
>> "Honey" has to be near the top of the list.
Darn it, I hadn't thought about that damned song in years. Now you've
made me think of it. Ugh.
Nancy Hauser
I stopped reading the "songs that I never want to hear again" thread,
because there were a lot of my favorites on it. Besides, it's more fun
to gripe than to hear other people's gripes (unless you share them) ;-)
It was the comment on "Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound" that
clinched it, though... I like Tom Paxton, and he's written many good
songs.
Gary Worsham
In article <54mcn4$s...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, dji...@aol.com says...
>
>In article <326D56...@postoffice.worldnet.att.net>, Mary Creasey
><cre...@postoffice.worldnet.att.net> writes:
>
>>Hmmm..."Honey", by I-forget-whom ("See the tree, how big it's grown...")
>>(Bobby Vinton?)
>
>Bobby Goldsboro. I heard a hell of a parody on this song once, but I
>can't remember what it was about or who did it.
>
The Austin Lounge Lizards rip this song apart on one of their albums, but I
can't remember which one. Buy em all, there's only 6 or so.
8^)
Gary
Barry Peterson
Quite a few years ago, a new radio station in Colorado played
"Rocky Mountain High" ALL DAY LONG!!! It was interrupted only for
station ID and commercials. I listened for 10-15 minutes at the
start, then checked at odd times during the day. Next day was routine
programming of some kind. Talk about running a song into the ground!
GPOConnor
Hmmm..."Honey", by I-forget-whom ("See the tree, how big it's grown...")
(Bobby Vinton?)
Bobby Goldsboro
"Loving You", by again-I-forget-the-name; a lady with a 5-octave range...
(she died some years ago; a Black soul singer)
That was Minnie Ripperton.
Burd4
as long as we are gonig back in time.... hope I never hear Ode to Billy
Joe by Bobby Gentry again " it was a dirty, dusty blah blah blah bala
kind of daaaaaaay". Yuck!!
Paul J. Stamler
"John Barleycorn", by anyone whatsoever.
"The Bedmaking" as sung by Martin Carthy. (several others too, but too
tired to think tonight)
"The Little Heathy Hill", as played by Phil Cooper & Diane Ippel, or Nic
Jones, or anyone else out there who plays it.
"We Shall Overcome"
Just off the top o' my head.
Peace.
Paul
Ron Taylor
I *really* never want to hear "Fire and Rain" again, personally---I
have the feeling I'm the only person in the world who feels that way,
though.
No, there's two of us. Hate it hate it hate it!!!!!!!!!
Also, Yesterday.
Regards,
Ron Taylor
Brisbane, Ca
fat...@ix.netcom.com
Stephanie Woolley
I heard the same thing done in Miami with "Light My Fire" by the Doors, and
then EVERY cover ever done of it. Considering those are the only lyrics
(practically) anyway, it made for a really tedious car ride.
Sibyl
In <54h2f0$p...@dfw-ixnews12.ix.netcom.com> ek...@ix.netcom.com(Enid
Yvonne Karr) writes:
>
>In <326BF3...@herald.infi.net> Stephanie Woolley
><woo...@herald.infi.net> writes:
>>
>>I'm wondering if we should start a thread, "Songs I'll never tire of
>hearing,"
>>since this thread has been so popular.
>
>I'm game!
>
>John Gorka 'I know"
> 'Love is our cross to bear'
> Well, mostly anything Gorka...
>
>Not Folk, but anything by the Beatles...
>
>Christine LAvin "cold pizza for breakfast"
>
>Sally Rogers "Planxty Fanny Powers"
>
>Greg Brown 'Daughters'
>
>Silly Wizard 'Broom of the Cowden Knowes'
>
>David Mssengill "my Name Joe"
>
>And many more...
>
>Enid
Some of this does not qualify as folk, but maybe it's close (caveat:
some of the following songs are listed by the performer I like best
rather than the person who actually wrote/composed the song):
Tom Russell--Blue Wing
Nanci Griffiths--Love at the Five & Dime, Listen to the Radio
John Gorka--Italian Girls
Ian Tyson--Fifty Years Ago, Alberta's Child
The Weavers--Suliram
Gillian Welch--Orphan Girl
Townes Van Zandt--Upon My Soul
Doc Watson--Leaving London
Norman & Nancy Blake--Last Train from Poor Valley, D-18 Song
Terry Allen--Amarillo Highway
Don Edwards--Texas Plains
Pierce Pettis--Legacy
Steve Earle--I'm Nothin' Without You
Earl Scruggs & John McEuen--Soldier's Joy
and probably many more but I'll stop for now.
--Sibyl
Deborah Kapell
Hi-
I used to feel that way about "MacArthur Park", as both the music and the
lyrics are really ridiculous, and it was played constantly. Someone on NPR had
an informal contest to name the worst pop song ever and "Macarthur Park" won
(the works of Leslie Gore won as a lifetime achievement of sorts).
Now I feel that is a real milestone in bad pop- something in exponentially
worse than 'yummy,yummy,yummy, I got love in my tummy...". Soemthing so bad,
in short, that I kind of respect "MacArthur Park".
Deborah
Christopher Peter Gronlund
Speaking of "yummy, yummy, yummy i've got love in my tummy...." *please*
don't ever make me listen to "havin' my baby" again. not ever. never. no,
nay never, no nay never nomore.
Mary
On Sun, 27 Oct 1996, Deborah Kapell wrote:
(snip)
Paul J. Stamler
Oh yeah, I'd love to never hear "Drift Away" again...not to mention the
C&W version that changed "wanna get lost in your rock and roll" to "wanna
get lost in your country song" which is even sappier and doesn't rhyme.
Peace.
Paul
Enid Yvonne Karr
In <551ph2$f...@crl3.crl.com> psta...@crl.com (Paul J. Stamler) writes:
>
>Sibyl (si...@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
>: >
>: >Sally Rogers "Planxty Fanny Powers"
>
Sorry, but you messed up the atrtribution here... I'm the one who put
that as a song I'd never tire of hearing.... we had that played at our
wedding as our first dance together... I have such fond memories
("David, you're stepping on my dress.... Get off my hem!!! It's gonna
rip, really")
Enid
Paul J. Stamler
YES! I remember when I first heard Sally play this at a concert we
sponsored at the Kirkwood Community Center in St. Louis. The rest of the
show was wonderful, but "Fanny Power" was absolutely riveting. A spare,
unadorned performance that was perfect in the way a Casals cello solo was
perfect. When it came out on record a year later it was lovely, but the
live performance was one of the musical experiences of a lifetime.
: Tom Russell--Blue Wing
or "Navaho Rug"...
: Norman & Nancy Blake--Last Train from Poor Valley
YES again; Norman did this one solo here in St. Louis in 1972, when he'd
just written it (and before he revised the lyrics). Another of the songs
that should live on forever if there is any justice.
Pardon me for the me-too postings, but you've brought up songs that will
be in my heart as long as I live.
Peace.
Paul
Percyril
My absolute number one must be "No Man's Land" by Eric Bogle, closely
followed by his "Waltzing Matilda". Also "Unicorns" - Bill Caddick. And
of course many more.
Pat Thomas
Nancy Grey
SW>I heard the same thing done in Miami with "Light My Fire" by the Doors, and
>then EVERY cover ever done of it. Considering those are the only lyrics
>(practically) anyway, it made for a really tedious car ride.
I love the Doors but could go a lifetime without hearing "LMF" again
too. I could easily avoid Dylan's "All the Tired Horses." Another
one-line song...'Course now I can't get it out of my brain. ;)
LPattis
Just about anything by TR Ritchie, a fellow who ought to be discussed on
this group more often. "Back in the Days" and "Whitebark" from his first
CD, "Changing of the Guard". His latest CD, "Homeground" is simply a
treasure.
Larry Pattis
Keith Dunnigan
Paul J. Stamler <psta...@crl.com> wrote:
: YES! I remember when I first heard Sally play this at a concert we
: sponsored at the Kirkwood Community Center in St. Louis. The rest of the
The NEXT time that you have Sally Rodgers come to St Louis, PLEASE let the
list know.
Keith Dunnigan (in the St. Louis area also)
kevin kelly
Yeah but I heard he plays an ovation. :-)
Kevin
Larry Blumenfeld
kevin kelly wrote:
>
> > Just about anything by TR Ritchie, a fellow who ought to be discussed
> > on this group more often. "Back in the Days" and "Whitebark"
> > from his first CD, "Changing of the Guard". His latest CD,
> > "Homeground" is simply a treasure.
> >
...and this would be a *bad* thing because.....?
Larry B., looking at Ovations with a newly critical eye
kevin kelly
LPattis wrote:
> guitar nonetheless. Since Kevin & I disagree about the *quality* of
> plastic guitars, he has taken this opportunity to try and abuse me
Larry Pattis can dish it out but he can't take it
Kevin
LPattis
kevin kelly <kke...@inforamp.net> writes:
>>>>>LPattis wrote:
>
> Just about anything by TR Ritchie, a fellow who ought to be discussed on
> this group more often. "Back in the Days" and "Whitebark" from his
first
> CD, "Changing of the Guard". His latest CD, "Homeground" is simply a
> treasure.
>
> Larry Pattis
Yeah but I heard he plays an ovation. :-)
Kevin>>>>>
First of all, TR plays a Taylor. Not my favorite builder, but a good
guitar nonetheless. Since Kevin & I disagree about the *quality* of
plastic guitars, he has taken this opportunity to try and abuse me
publicly. Fine, but don't mislead people, Mr. Kelly. If you want to
tangle with me, let's do it privately, not on a usenet group where your
commentary is misleading at best.
Larry Pattis
Jessie
How about these:
1952 Vincent Black Lightning by Richard Thompson
The Christians and the Pagans by Dar Williams
If I Had Known by Greg Brown
I'm sure there's more, but they pop into my head.
Jessie
Nick Smith
Stephanie Woolley (woo...@herald.infi.net) wrote:
: I heard the same thing done in Miami with "Light My Fire" by the Doors, and
: (practically) anyway, it made for a really tedious car ride.
Could have been worse...could have been an all-day "In A Gadda Da Vida"
festival (sorry, but I had to put it in perspective...and I actually
liked Iron Butterfly's NON-hits).
Seriously, I think that ANY song can be driven into the ground if you
hear it too much. For instance, I LIKE "Fire and Rain", but I think I
would grow to hate it if I heard it every day. I like SOME John Denver
(NOT "Rocky Mountain High", but that's must my own tastes). On the other
hand, radio stations used to play some folk-pop songs into
the ground for weeks at a time. I found myself waking up better to those
stations, because I wanted to be able to turn off the radio quicker...
Charles George
I play a Yamaha guitar, since it was all I could afford. I think it is more
important the player than the instrument.
Though I wouldn't mind having another guitar.
Though this Wednesday I bought me a 5-string Banjo for $80 at a pawnshop.
My favorite songs that I never get tired of are: Both Sides Now, Tom Dooley,
Goin' Down The Road, Gypsy Davy, Midnight Special.
Ooh, wish I had and could play a 12-string guitar.
I am greedy I know it. I own a Yamaha standard, a Yamaha Classical, a Fender
Squire electric solidbody; a Peavy 5-string electric bass guitar, a Silvertone
Baritone Ukeulele, a couple of harmonicas for favorite songs, a practice
soprano recorder, and a small Yamaha Portasound Keyboard.
skip elliott bowman
: Amazing Grace. In 30 years I have yet to hear a version I don't like.
: Skip-2-m'lou 8^)#
Charles George
skip elliott bowman <skip...@teleport.com> writes:
>: Amazing Grace. In 30 years I have yet to hear a version I don't like.
song was, "Amazing Grace". This was on the wire service from someone in 1976
when
I use to do a radio program.
My favorite is on the Colors album by Judy Collins.
Quincy Jones also has a version that I like, but I don't know whether Quincy
Jones could be considered Folk Music.
Dave Douglass
"Four Strong Winds", "Jet Plane Song", "Darcy Farrow" and "Early Morning
Rain" come to mind.
Dave
Larry Blumenfeld
Dave Douglass wrote:
>
> "Four Strong Winds", "Jet Plane Song", "Darcy Farrow" and "Early
> Morning Rain" come to mind.
stuff falls in the category of "Songs I'll Never Tire Of"...with the
singular exception of "Cutty Wren."
Happy trails,
Larry B.