Saturday, March 24, 2018
Songs that saved my life
"Music has charms to soothe a savage breast," spoken by
Almeria in Act I, Scene 1 of The Mourning Bride came to mind when Paul Fowler sent me this prompt for this week. I know music has an emotional affect on me and can take me back in time reminding me of 'The Way We Were'. I hope everyone can find that music in their souls and write about a song that had a profound affect on them at some time in their life.
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I finally posted one on last week's too.
ReplyDeleteCome gather 'round people
wherever you roam...
In the '60s
the world changed,
teens rose up, protested
the Vietnam war.
Week after week,
many years.
We marched, and marched, and marched,
and Bob Dylan sang,
There’s a battle
outside and
it’s ragin’. It’ll soon
shake your windows and
rattle your doors…
Now here we
are again. Retirement
settling in as I
watch students lead
the marches, try
to end current horror
the wheels still in spin
as they speak out
and demand
gun control. Jennifer
Hudson sings, Your sons
and your daughters
are beyond
your command, for the times
they are a-changin’!
awesome write! love the way you entwined the song into the poem.
Deleteall along the watchtower - mr jimi.
DeleteI remember when you tried to get me to listen to the words Bob Dylan was singing and I talked through the whole song. I did listen another time. Great poem!!!
DeleteGood one, and up to your standard for sure.
DeleteYou must leave now, take what you need, you think will last
ReplyDeleteBut whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast
Yonder stands your orphan with his gun
Crying like a fire in the sun
Look out the saints are comin' through
And it's all over now, baby blue...Bob Dylan
War rages on in foreign lands
no one loves everyone hates
the dead come back in coffins dark
while the children sing songs of peace.
Soldiers hold tight to their families
promise to return some day
bombs kill and maim body and soul
while the children sing songs of peace.
Young people now fight the wars
sacrifice so much so for us
do they know they will never be the same
while the children sing songs of peace?
Buildings bombed in our homeland
shake us to our inner core
bodies fall and innocence dies
while the children sing songs of peace.
Those left behind now stand alone
seek revenge for what they have lost
minds and souls are black with hate
while the children sing songs of peace.
The orphans tears in bullets rain
taking lives of those they fear
soon there will be nothing left
while the children sing songs of peace.
Funny we both picked Bob Dylan, or maybe not so funny. He really was a major influence on our generation. Powerful write.
Deleteno. i don't have a gun - nirvana.
DeleteI love this...you did a great job.
DeletePoignant and sad, heart rending in many respects. You do this well...
Deletehmmmm my promt, so i better do a good job.....here we go. just gotta say, i have more music than sense and the coolest harmonica ever ha ha.
ReplyDeleteMUSIC - MY SAVIOUR
yeah, she cheated. so i put on the smiths
and led zep's epic myths
the clash and crass always made more sense than holy books
i'd rather listen to the kooks
ella's voice and saucy looks
mr sinatra. mr lennon. mr mc cartney. mr strummer changed my life
along with the king of course, who saved me from strife
when everything in my life starts heading south
and stupid things start gushing out of my mouth
there is still the blues harmonica
and the eternal bar
yep! i can still hit the high notes
and remember rolling stones quotes
elvis has left the building.
" you have to be kidding me. they wouldn't do those unspeakable things! seems to me, that god and the devil, are just the same " - you have to be joking - the flaming lips.
thanks ladies and gentlemen. you've been a lovely audience - love - paul.
Nice take on the prompt, good music too. What do you use to edit your poems? This is the 2nd time you've had a bunch of extra blank lines. Next time, could you please check and delete any extra lines before you post.
Deletelove it! great lines! and yes i noticed all the extra lines too. at first thought there was no reply button.
DeleteGood job, yes, an enjoyable read.
Deleteeeerrrr baffled by your comment victoria. " extra blank lines "? i don't understand and i don't edit - love and peace - paul.
Deletewell that's two. probably something i did that created blank lines. technology hates me anyway.electronics go out of their way to bug me.......i think it's something personal ha ha - " fly me to the moon " - frank
Deletethanks tash. " a long and winding road " - love and peace - paul.
Deletethe extra lines happened to Tasha once also. I wonder what caused it. I really enjoyed this poem.
Deletethanks wolfie. i've got a million music poems,but i'm just posting ones written for the site recently. wont be on here for 4 days. everything closes over easter for some stupid bizarre reason, that nobody seems to understand - love and peace - paul.
DeleteThe Good Bye Song
ReplyDeleteI can’t be someone I’m not to make you happy.
You can’t change yourself to suit my state of mind.
So I guess that it is best that it is over,
And I promise not to think that you’re unkind.
Chorus:
‘Cause you’re you and I am me,
And we really don’t agree,
But we had a lotta good times for a while.
Someday soon the hurt will go
And I still won’t miss you so,
When I think of you I’ll do it with a smile.
Oh we had times that I’ll remember when I’m happy,
There are things you said to me that I will keep,
And perhaps my face will come into your memory
Now and then at night before you go to sleep.
Chorus: But you’re you and I am me, etc.
Oh the world is wide and yet we found each other
And though now it seems the time has come to part
Yet our paths could someday, one day cross each other,
And ‘til then you’ll have a corner in my heart.
Chorus: ‘Cause you’re you and I am me, etc.
nice song tash. it just needs a wailing harmonica and a harp in the background, with a backbeat - i usually become a chameleon in relationships....anything she wants to see. but that's just me - love and harps - paul.
DeleteI discovered that when I gave away myself I grew progressively more unhappy. It is important for best results to be in a relationship where there is balance and the participants can be their true selves without fear of rejection.
Deletethose relationships can be as rare as dodo's teeth around here tash, but good advice - love - paul.
DeleteNice song, and a play on the Beatles to boot. Have you put it to music?
DeleteThis song helped me recognize something important that definitely made a difference when I understood what I had said. It was written a long time ago and it is still very true.
ReplyDeleteI am somewhat miffed that Paul was the only person to comment on my song and I always comment on everyone's faithfully. Humph Oh well. I'll survive. Just thought I'd mention it.
DeleteI have been a bit busy, (painting my dojang and preparing for a visit from my instructor.) I find it strange that you're a bit miffed though, seeings how you didn't comment on my or Bonnie's poems.
DeleteHow crass of me. I don't know how I managed to do that. Usually tht's the first thing I do when I read a poem. (sigh) oh well, I'm far from perfect.
DeleteMy thought exactly. All of us are far from perfect. And all of us lead full and busy lives.
Deletethis is a true story. a sort of day in the life, musical journey. my first visit to the opera in twenty years.
ReplyDeleteA NIGHT AT THE OPERA
can't find a date for " gon giovanni "
good seats too
not behind a pillar, where you can't see
they have a bar and a loo
the lovely charlotte's day off
to take out happy holly, i'd have to have read a book by nabikov
thanks to faulty trains, lispy fae's pizza shop shift was over
my plans all going supernova
but i still have booze, smoke and mozart
who always touched my heart
yeah i was crying
and a lady asked me if i was all right
if i said i was, i'd be lying
endless hours of trying
and still can't get a date for opera night.
i keep telling you don't wait until the last minute to find someone! yep not a fan of opera but it can get emotional.
DeleteGood one, Paul, very good one. Honest and strong.
DeleteAre you truly an opera fan? Somehow you struck me as more of a Billy Bragg sort of music lover. Interesting poem. Love the line "but I still have booze, smoke and Mozart." LOL
Deletethanks bonita. if i can't get a date for the ballet then i give up. guess who isn't in the library today....sigh - love and peace - paul.
Deletethanks tash.poetry has to be honest, or what's the point - love - paul.
Deleteall music is just music to me victoria. i don't have a genre. everything from beethoven to the beatles and the damned to donna summer. always been a massive fan of iron maiden too.......i've got the hair for it ha ha - love and peace - paul.
Deleteyea, Bob Marley says-
ReplyDeleteStand up for your rights
do you see the light
and don't give up the fight
yea! I know I have my rights
and I've seen that light
whoa, I won't ever give up my fight
we have a constitution
I don't want no revolution
just some resolution
yea! don't you see the institution
the kids think they've got the solution
to the popular pollution
yea! well, I know my rights
and I do see that light
and I won't give up my fight!
I'll fight until the end
the second amendment will have no amend
don't you see the light, my friend?
I like it yes, well said.
DeleteWow, you've almost got a rap going there. This needs to be read aloud.
Delete" know your rights...all three of them.number one. you have the right not to be killed, unless it is done by a policeman, or an aristocrat " - know your rights - the clash
Deletevery passionate write.
ReplyDelete