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Tribute Songs
Yeah, I know, another music thread! Lets talk about your favorite tribute songs. Could be a tribute to anything, people, a specific event, drinking, food, an animal etc. One of my favorites, and its not that well known, is from the Charlie Daniels Band's "Million Mile Reflections" album from the late 70's. The song's name is "Reflections" and is a tribute to Elvis, Janis Joplin and the members of Lynyrd Skynyrd that were killed in the plane crash, specifically, Ronnie Van Zant. If youre not familiar with it, its worth checking out to listen to. I only posted the lyrics because it's so well written (in my opinion) and the words are chilling.
I remember you back in nineteen-fifty-six
You had all the moves and you knew all the tricks
You left all the ladies in a hell of a fix,
When your voice took wing
Then you'd shake around and oh, how you'd sing
Just an old boy from Memphis with a big diamond ring
A country girl's prayer and a city girls dream
Hail the king
Chorus
But its all right now
Keep on singin' loud
Its all right now
Heaven should be proud.
The fifties left town on a crowded dance floor
The sixties came in with a bang and a roar.
The world heard a knock it was Janis at the door
They let her in.
And when it seemed this whole world was falling apart
The houselights would fall and the music would start
She'd be givin us all a little piece of her heart,
Once again.
repeat chorus
It was October in St. Louis town,
When we heard that the Free Bird had fell to the ground
And we all said a prayer before we went down,
To play
And Ronnie, my buddy, above all the rest,
I miss you the most and I loved you the best,
And now that your gone I thank God I was blessed
Just to know you
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| November 5, 2009, 13:03 |
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Being one who always loved the visual arts, and have always myself done allot of oils, pastels, watercolors, etc...I'm especially fond of impressionism and that whole art movement, I adore the work of Vincent Van Gogh and found him and his devoted brother Theodore to be an extremely intriguing persons of history...
Don McLean's tribute to Van Gogh is very moving
"Vincent" (Starry Starry Night)
Beautiful Melody, beautiful tune, but the lyrics are what I find to be just a splendid description of the man and his work.
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| November 5, 2009, 16:46 |
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Grandelf
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Go Rest High on that Mountain~ Vince Gill
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| November 5, 2009, 17:43 |
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Kansas - "He Knew"
A tribute to the Howard Hughes
(Ummmmm....Kansas also did one for Albert Einstien too I believe, but cannot remember the name of it or any of the lyrics? Can anyone help there?)
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| November 5, 2009, 17:48 |
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Don Mclean's American Pie (Buddy holy, the Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valenz tribute)
Candle in the Wind (Elton John's tribute to Marylin Monroe and Princess Dianna)
Walking in Memphis (Marc Cohen's tribute to Elvis)
Nightshift (the Commodore's tribute to Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson)
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| November 5, 2009, 20:47 |
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Grandelf
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"Old Friend"~ Waylon Jennings
Written for Buddy Holly
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| November 5, 2009, 22:30 |
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This is a different spin, rather than just a tribute to a specific person, this one was for a cause.
Rain on The Scarecrow - John Mellencamp - a tribute to the plight of the American Farmer in the 1980's
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| November 5, 2009, 23:10 |
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this one was for a cause too...We Are The World...U.S.A. for Africa.
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| November 6, 2009, 06:30 |
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Allentown - Billy Joel - about the closing of the steel industry in Pennsylvania
Downeaster Alexa - Billy Joel - about regulations that effected the ability for fishermen to make a living off the coast of Long Island
Empty Garden - Elton John - About the death of John Lennon
All Those Years Ago - George Harrison - Also about Lennon's death
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| November 6, 2009, 13:27 |
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Donna Summer - "She works hard for the money" A tribute to working women.
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| November 7, 2009, 01:31 |
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Iwant2kssuallovr
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"The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald." Gordon Lightfoot's hit song.
Launched on June 8, 1958. Until 1971 she was the largest ship on the Great Lakes. Reported having some difficulties during a gale on Lake Superior, the Fitzgerald sank suddenly on November 10, 1975
The incident is the most famous disaster in the history of Great Lakes shipping.
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| November 7, 2009, 02:29 |
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Elton John with "Candle in the wind" for the death of princes Diana in 1997.
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| November 7, 2009, 02:58 |
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Bendover, Florida, US
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Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
He wrote due to losing his 4 year old son.
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| November 7, 2009, 03:02 |
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U2 Pride
Death of Martin Luther King
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| November 7, 2009, 03:12 |
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Garth Brooks--tribute to Fallen cowboy/rodeo rider Lane Frost and JFK....
Life in A Northern Town--the Dream Academy/Sugarland--JFK & the Beatles...
David Allen Coe's the Ride, and Alan Jackson's Midnite in Montgomery---both honoring Hank Williams.
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| November 7, 2009, 05:08 |
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Grandelf
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Dion~Abraham, Martin & John
For Abe Lincoln, Martin Luther King, John F. Kennedy & Robert F. Kennedy
One of the first songs I ever learned..
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| November 7, 2009, 18:03 |
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Lowlands posted this song in a different thread, but it works here too...
David Bowie's Space Oddity (ground control to Major Tom), Peter Schilling's Major Tom (I'm Coming Home) & K.I.A.'s Mrs. Major Tom all pay tribute to the Major Tom, the fictional astronaut in the Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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| November 9, 2009, 03:22 |
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Grandelf
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U2 - "Pride (In the Name of Love)"~ For Martin Luther King Jr.
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| November 9, 2009, 06:38 |
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R.E.M.'s Man in the Moon--Andy Kaufman tribute.
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| November 9, 2009, 20:37 |
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Iwant2kssuallovr
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Bendover, Florida, US
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It is speculated that either Kris Kristofferson, Warren Beatty, Cat Stevens or Mick Jagger "inspired" the famous song "You're so Vain" by Carly Simon
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| November 15, 2009, 17:27 |
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