Free Bird ~ Lynyrd Skynyrd
Southern Cross ~ Crosby, Stills & Nash
Southern Cross ~ Crosby, Stills & Nash
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Ah, Rush... a group that, as far as I know, didn't self-immolate with personality conflicts and drug abuse. I'd admire them for that alone.
I was listening to them last week, a lesser-known album, "Dressed to Kill." My favorite is "Rock Bottom." Beautiful guitar intro. My best friend and I thought we were such hard rockers because we listened to Kiss.
Shaun's Da Doo Ron Ron was hilarious, but as a 13-year-old, I loved him and thought he was the most talented singer ever. I actually went to one of his concerts!
I bet you're close to 50, no?
Kiss is one of my favorite bands ever.
Have you heard this one from Creatures of the Night? ...... good showcase of Paul's vocal ability
Yes - I'll be 49 in July. My best friend and college roommate was crazy for KISS. We also were crazy for Rick Springfield.
One of my favorite pictures of all time was in our local paper a few years ago, and I wish I'd saved it. Our local chapter of the Red Hat Society had high tea at the Ritz Carlton in New Orleans, and ran into Paul Stanley at the hotel. He posed for a picture with them. It was CLASSIC.
lone singer ?
Are we talking : Jim Croce ?? James Taylor ? Woody Guthrie ? Roy Orbison ?
Are we talking : Jim Croce ?? James Taylor ? Woody Guthrie ? Roy Orbison ?
Lonely performer.
When Jackson Browne sings:
We got time to think of the ones we love
While the miles roll away
But the only time that seems too short
Is the time that we get to play
When Bob Seger sings:
Here I am on the road again
Here I am, up on the stage
There i go, playing star again
There I go, turn the page
When Blackfoot sings:
Highway road
Is as lonely
As the road I'm on
When Dan Fogelberg sings:
Hard days I'm traveling alone for so long
Oooh, I'm missing you
I'm always somewhere that I never belong
Oooh, I'm missing you
When Journey sings:
They say that the road ain't no place to start a family
Right down the line, it's been you and me
And loving a music man ain't always that it's supposed to be
When Kiss sings:
Beth, I know you're lonely
And I hope you'll be all right
'Cause me and the boys will be playing
All night
When Bon Jovi sings:
It's all the same. Only the names will change.
Every day, it seems we're wasting away.
Another place where the faces seem so cold
I drive all night just to get back home
That's what I'm talkin' about.
It would seem from these tortured lyrics that Jackson Browne kinda stands out as the guy who actually enjoys what he's doing. Hmm. Now I'm wondering if the others might add a little appreciation for the people funding the nice houses that these star types live in.
Not really as much about the lonely performer as written from the first person, but more about the rise and fall of a musician/band by its fans written from the third person perspective (which is a related subject and an interesting subthread):
Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
Bennie and the Jets - Elton John
Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
Bennie and the Jets - Elton John
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I suppose this doesn't really qualify as a "lonely performer" track, but for me it certainly has a very wistful and soulful vibe to it. Hazel O'Connor's "Will You".
I'm seeing him in August with Motley Crue
Bob Seger, Gordon Lightfoot, Janis...all heartbreakers.
I'm sitting in the railway station.
Got a ticket to my destination.
On a tour of one-night stands my suitcase and guitar in hand.
And ev'ry stop is neatly planned for a poet and a one-man band.
Homeward bound,
I wish I was,
Homeward bound,
Home where my thought's escaping,
Home where my music's playing,
Home where my love lies waiting
Silently for me.
Ev'ry day's an endless stream
Of cigarettes and magazines.
And each town looks the same to me, the movies and the factories
And ev'ry stranger's face I see reminds me that I long to be,
Homeward bound,
I wish I was,
Homeward bound,
Home where my thought's escaping,
Home where my music's playing,
Home where my love lies waiting
Silently for me.
Tonight I'll sing my songs again,
I'll play the game and pretend.
But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity
Like emptiness in harmony I need someone to comfort me.
Homeward bound,
I wish I was,
Homeward bound,
Home where my thought's escaping,
Home where my music's playing,
Home where my love lies waiting
Silently for me.
Silently for me.
~ Simon and Garfunkel
Got a ticket to my destination.
On a tour of one-night stands my suitcase and guitar in hand.
And ev'ry stop is neatly planned for a poet and a one-man band.
Homeward bound,
I wish I was,
Homeward bound,
Home where my thought's escaping,
Home where my music's playing,
Home where my love lies waiting
Silently for me.
Ev'ry day's an endless stream
Of cigarettes and magazines.
And each town looks the same to me, the movies and the factories
And ev'ry stranger's face I see reminds me that I long to be,
Homeward bound,
I wish I was,
Homeward bound,
Home where my thought's escaping,
Home where my music's playing,
Home where my love lies waiting
Silently for me.
Tonight I'll sing my songs again,
I'll play the game and pretend.
But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity
Like emptiness in harmony I need someone to comfort me.
Homeward bound,
I wish I was,
Homeward bound,
Home where my thought's escaping,
Home where my music's playing,
Home where my love lies waiting
Silently for me.
Silently for me.
~ Simon and Garfunkel