Songs that are relative to us

***Shred this is booring***.....I'll kill it if no one wants to play, got to keep the forum flow

Jim Croce wrote some great songs, he passed on much to early..."Time in a bottle"...."Operator"....bring back some good memories as well....I can relate to so much of his music...as far as a relationship with our Fathers, that was life changing for me...I can vividly remember looking out the window as a 9 year old boy waiting for my father to drive up....he had promised me he would....he lived In South Carolina, us in California....it never happened..... this young boy would look out that window everyday for weeks....as I got older, the truth of the man was told to me by my older siblings, it was a good thing he wasnt around, quite a violent person....back to the topic, I need to find more songs that stir some good memories

Shred

Hey Shred,

My husband often refers to Cats in the Cradle, (as a concept of time) it is a powerful & sad song.  He had a great relationship with his dad who recently passed away at 90 years old. Life has some simple cruelties that are time related, since I also have had a good relationship with my parents this song always make me think things like...when parents are really working hard just to make ends meet and there simply aren't enough hours in the day, then when they retire, their kids are in the work mode with young kids and they don't always have enough time to spend with their parents. Its a vicious cycle in some ways. 

Jim Croce was from my area. A friend of mine lived in his former dorm room sophomore year at college, Jim had carved his name in the wood and the school had a little tribute to him in one of the dining halls. Jim's songs have great lyrics, my hubby plays his songs on his acoustic guitar, I like listening to them. Back to the control of time...Time In a Bottle, is another powerful song. I often say I think time is the most precious commodity, sometimes I think there should be 8 days a week like that Beatle song. On the 8th day nothing is allowed to get added to your TO DO list, its like a catch up day, nothing bad ever happens on the 8th day of the week and you control every minute.  

Anyway, unfortunately not every person makes a good parent and some people don't deserve to be a parent.

As I've mentioned elsewhere on the forum, "Mountain Time" gets to me not only because it is beautifully played, but also because the lyrics put me in mind of a bittersweet memory...

Others that will have the same effect (not gonna tell the stories, though...your couch isn't comfortable enough!  ):

• Bonnie Raitt's live version of "Dimming of the Day" on Road Tested

• Vince Gill's "Trying to Get Over You" on I Still Believe in You

• Third Eye Blind's "Jumper" on Third Eye Blind

• Kol Simcha's "Lullaby for Piano, Clarinet, and Strings" on Klezmer Soul

• Mazzy Star's "Into Dust" on So Tonight That I Might See

• Joan Osbourne's live version of "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?" on Standing in the Shadows of Motown

• Alan Jackson's "Here in the Real World" on Here in the Real World

• R.E.M.'s "The Flowers of Guatemala" on Lifes Rich Pageant

• Ry Cooder's "Feelin' Bad Blues" on the Crossroads movie soundtrack

There's a topic I started a while back about songs that took you back to a specific place and time...similar, but not the same. You're talking about songs that relate directly to something going on in your life.
Gregg Allman's song "Queen of Hearts" from his Laid Back album was the first one I thought of...seemed to really strike home after a major conflict with a close friend of mine...the words "and most all your would be friends...turn out so phony" rang out in my head for weeks.

The song AMY by Pure Prairie League.I had a girlfriend of the same name when that song was popular.Everytime I hear the song again I think of those times.

Wow Gary, I know it was a childhood memory, but you win the forum grand prize for bringing up the Cowsills. AWESOME DUDE!!!