tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post5218329892561166656..comments2023-12-28T18:17:11.191-05:00Comments on Gruntled Center: The Search for a Non-Country Song That Covers the Whole Life CycleGruntledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-34994212676507926192010-03-05T14:57:43.997-05:002010-03-05T14:57:43.997-05:00NSangoma at Booker Rising gave a great load of R &...NSangoma at Booker Rising gave a great load of R & B suggestions. The ones that meet what I am after best are The Winstons "Color Him Father," a fine loving-step-father song from 1969, and Luther Vandross' "Dance With My Father". Most of the rest were courtship songs, which all popular genres are rich in. The ones that looked ahead to marriage and long life together tended to be at least a generation old.Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-76853419377882166692010-03-05T14:23:03.118-05:002010-03-05T14:23:03.118-05:00Shay: I thank you for these suggestions, and look ...Shay: I thank you for these suggestions, and look forward to what your readers at one of my favorite blogs have to add.<br /><br />"51st Anniversary"is very anti-marriage. "Married with Children" is almost as negative.<br /><br />I will check Booker Rising for other suggestions and come back to that.Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-29071512257152277182010-03-05T14:10:22.892-05:002010-03-05T14:10:22.892-05:00Synchronia: "The Story of a Life" is a ...Synchronia: "The Story of a Life" is a good example of what I am after. "He Went to Paris" is, as you say, family affirming, but he does lose his family along the way.Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-50433364304104933232010-03-05T14:02:37.091-05:002010-03-05T14:02:37.091-05:00Ceemac:
Smart Marriage lists Springsteen's &qu...Ceemac:<br />Smart Marriage lists Springsteen's "If I Should Fall Behind" as one of three anthems of the pro-marriage movement. The Gruntleds are big Springsteen fans. Still, he doesn't go through the life-cycle there. I think his "These Are Better Days" is a wonderful mid-family-life song.Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-43937206905478596592010-03-04T20:20:12.349-05:002010-03-04T20:20:12.349-05:00A glimpse of the beginning, and a glimpse of "...A glimpse of the beginning, and a glimpse of "many years" later: Sting's "Fields of Gold".<br /><br />Dana AmesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-82474343017095080262010-03-04T18:58:05.946-05:002010-03-04T18:58:05.946-05:00Okay, you really have to read into this one, as yo...Okay, you really have to read into this one, as you do all of their songs, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say it... Miracle Drug by U2.<br /><br />Listen to it (again). It's a little cynical, but I think it's about trying to understand what she's thinking, still, after all these years. And there's a mention of the smell of a newborn's head, so clearly there have been children.<br /><br />I admit, it's a stretch.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18428184397377587960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-24167065729728516542010-03-04T11:30:08.281-05:002010-03-04T11:30:08.281-05:00I asked my blog readers. Here are some R&B son...I asked my blog readers. Here are some R&B songs that qualify:<br /><br />I was able to come up with Maxwell's "Bad Habits". The video clearly portrays Maxwell as a married man cheating on his wife with actress Kerry Washington. Hey, it ain't about marital bliss, but it is an R&B song about one aspect of married life. It was a hit song (#4 on the U.S. R&B chart) that came out last October.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6s41gpCfg8<br /><br />Avery, one of my readers, mentioned Marvin Gaye's "Here, My Dear" album (early 1970s), whose songs focused on his first marriage to Anna Gordy. It sounds like it discusses chronology of that relationship, from love to marriage to separation. However, it sounds like it's mainly a separation/divorce album, although he apparently also included a cut ("Falling In Love") about his new, second wife:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here,_My_Dear<br /><br />Since it precedes the MTV era, I'm not sure about videos for the album's songs. That reader also mentioned Marvin Gaye's "Just To Keep You Satisfied", a song about married life which is on another album.<br /><br />Avery also mentions that Kool & the Gang's "Too Hot" (early 1990s) is about married life. However, it is a breakup song:<br /><br />http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/kool_the_gang/too_hot.html<br /><br />My reader Oldschoolfool mentions "Our Anniversary" by the Five Satins, but says it's from the 1950s.<br /><br />http://www.bookerrising.net/2010/03/search-for-non-country-song-that-covers.htmlShay Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01303640395859646326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-36655996390736483042010-03-04T11:27:44.534-05:002010-03-04T11:27:44.534-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Shay Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01303640395859646326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-69014590575303085372010-03-04T09:29:21.652-05:002010-03-04T09:29:21.652-05:00My bad. You said non-Country.My bad. You said non-Country.Dave L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-82588566463873408172010-03-04T08:14:43.944-05:002010-03-04T08:14:43.944-05:00Ain't Goin' Down On Brokeback Mountain,(cu...Ain't Goin' Down On Brokeback Mountain,(cut 17) On Lost Highway album by Willy Nelson? A slice of life anyway.Dave L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-17062757406625327092010-03-03T23:24:25.569-05:002010-03-03T23:24:25.569-05:00well...'all4love' by boysIImen(i think?)ce...well...'all4love' by boysIImen(i think?)certainly sounds like a guy who WANTS TO, intends to, be in in for the long haul;<br /><br />'i would never leave u, this i guarantee, i look intto the future i see u and me.'randynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-39312810212668621232010-03-03T19:43:51.165-05:002010-03-03T19:43:51.165-05:00Jimi Hendrix's "51st Anniversary" is...Jimi Hendrix's "51st Anniversary" is definitely about married life, but I'm not sure if there's a video per se since it predates the MTV era.<br /><br />Oasis did a song called "Married With Kids".<br /><br />I can't think of any married-life-specific R&B cuts at the moment, but I've highlighted your post on my blog to see if any of my readers knows any. The ones that I come up with (Atlantic Starr's "Always", which you mentioned isn't specific; Tony Toni Tone's "It's Our Anniversary", which I also think wasn't marriage specific; and Robin Thicke's "Mrs. Sexy", where he wants the target to become his wife) don't really count....Shay Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01303640395859646326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-56998718428257651102010-03-03T17:49:07.303-05:002010-03-03T17:49:07.303-05:00Jimmy Buffett, "He Went to Paris," or Ha...Jimmy Buffett, "He Went to Paris," or Harry Chapin, "Story of a Life"? Both of these are a bit bittersweet but ultimately supportive of a full family life.Synchroniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721451790449158051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-14707173885503871312010-03-03T14:03:37.085-05:002010-03-03T14:03:37.085-05:00And while you're on music have you seen Rodney...And while you're on music have you seen Rodney Clapps recent book on Johnny Cash and American democracy. I have not finsihed it but even though he does not use the term he seems to be presenting Cash as the great American centrist.ceemacnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-11633366116123109392010-03-03T13:47:14.664-05:002010-03-03T13:47:14.664-05:00I can't suggest one song but I think if you ta...I can't suggest one song but I think if you take an artist like Springsteen who has been around a while you can come up with a handful of songs that together that cover the lifecycle in both a postive and negative way.<br /><br />I am operating from memeory but most of his songs seem to be a snapshot of a point in time.ceemacnoreply@blogger.com