Shamu Posted March 6, 2010 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.41 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Device: Windows Share Posted March 6, 2010 In game the other day the talk turned to music and one of my favorites by Don McLean, The Day the Music Died: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEWLZaaGF9M&feature=related and the meaning behind the song: http://www.fiftiesweb.com/amerpie-1.htm Gotta admit I am somewhat of a Don Mclean fan which also includes the song about Vincent van Gogh... Starry Starry Night I sort of like songs that have a real story behind them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Yoda Posted March 6, 2010 Member ID: 934 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 19 Topic Count: 131 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 832 Content Per Day: 0.16 Reputation: 137 Achievement Points: 5656 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/27/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 19, 2014 Birthday: 08/16/1960 Share Posted March 6, 2010 (Alice in Chains)They've come to kill the rooster is about the Jerry Cantrell's uncle or father being shot down in Nam and being hunted by the baddies. Layla was Clapton's (?) attempt to lure George Harrison's wife away from him. Robert Plant (Zeppelin) has three songs based on The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. Dream Police is an arrest where Neilson said you can't take my dreams or something like that. I need a god reliable source on this one............ Keep on Rockin' in the Free World was inspired by a picture in the newspaper of Iyatllah Komenie's body (with a burning U.S. flag in the background) Poncho Sampedro turned to Neil Young and said Let's just keep rockin' in the free world........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobCalli Posted March 6, 2010 Member ID: 21 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 41 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 235 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 10 Achievement Points: 1625 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 23, 2023 Birthday: 11/23/1979 Share Posted March 6, 2010 This is a song that is revered in my family, as my Grandfather went down with this ship. My Grandfather was Blaine H. Wilhelm and was an oiler on that ship. Gordon Lightfoot told this story based on a tiny article in Newsweek the week after it happend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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