Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: jasoncubarhodes
- 5/2/12 10:47:36 AM
America by Simon and Garfunkel tops the list for me.
Also: Holland, 1945 by Neutral Milk Hotel.
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Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: nick
- 5/2/12 11:05:03 AM
'Loving Her (Was Easier Than Anything I Will Ever Do Again)' by Kris Kristofferson.
Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: Shadow Monkey
- 5/2/12 11:12:43 AM
Sex Type Thing - Stone Temple Pilots
Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: JoePesci
- 5/2/12 11:31:11 AM
Around The World - Daft Punk
Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: inky
- 5/2/12 11:36:38 AM
Just about any song by Nanci Griffith but this one holds a special place.
Wish the quality was better.
Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: jasoncubarhodes
- 5/2/12 11:58:47 AM
Boulder to Birmingham by Emmylou Harris.
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Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: highlife
- 5/2/12 11:59:08 AM
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas."
I'd never have to work another day in my life.
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I ain't got nothing but love for you now.
Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: winter_trees
- 5/2/12 12:12:04 PM
Into my arms
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I kissed you once, kissed you again
My heart it tumbled like the stock exchange
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Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: inky
- 5/2/12 12:15:38 PM
Lover You Should've Come Over by Jeff Buckley is another.
Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: WillieCash
- 5/2/12 12:18:05 PM
Standards:
Silent Night
Amazing Grace
Classics:
"Here comes that rainbow again" Kris Kristofferson
"Angel Flying too Close to the Ground" Willie Nelson
Modern:
Anything from "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning" with the exception of the intro section.
"Hard to Say" Kern Richards
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Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: Pushy Tramp
- 5/2/12 12:23:56 PM
"Into my arms"
You're so predictable.
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Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: nick
- 5/2/12 12:43:15 PM
Willie, have you ever heard Bob Dylan's cover of 'Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground?'
Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: pagethesage1275
- 5/2/12 12:48:26 PM
"Anything from "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning" with the exception of the intro section."
C'mon, Willie, you've got it in you. Just grip it and lisp it!
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Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: WillieCash
- 5/2/12 1:05:04 PM
Nick: I have not, but it will go on my list.
Page: I'm afraid (or relieved?) I don't.
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Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: nick
- 5/2/12 1:19:21 PM
Here Willie, I just went ahead and uploaded it. It's from the Infidels sessions.
http://www.mediafire.com/?aox
Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: Shadow Monkey
- 5/2/12 1:24:10 PM
Everything from Blast Tyrant by Clutch
Fuck you in advance.
Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: WillieCash
- 5/2/12 1:28:35 PM
Thanks. I will grab it from my home PC later
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Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: winter_trees
- 5/2/12 1:36:39 PM
'you're so predictable'
Well it was either that or party til you puke.
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I kissed you once, kissed you again
My heart it tumbled like the stock exchange
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Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: pagethesage1275
- 5/2/12 1:38:18 PM
My answer is "Hummingbird" by Wilco. So many keys, yet such a concise, tightly written number.
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Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: jasoncubarhodes
- 5/2/12 2:28:48 PM
Good one, Page. Lyrically incredible, too.
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Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: Ely Plains
- 5/2/12 2:39:48 PM
Classic: Folsom Prison Blues
Modern: Blowin' It by J Mascis and the Fog, or some other early Dinosaur Jr. song. Those songs are in my bones, listened to them so many times.
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Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: GoldFalcon
- 5/2/12 3:38:33 PM
"Thin Blue Flame" - Josh Ritter
"I Dream a Highway" - Gillian Welch
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Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: maddiehope
- 5/2/12 3:42:06 PM
I'm no songwriter, but if I was, I'd be very envious of Bob Dylan for writing "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues."
As far as something more current, I'd say "The Blue" by Jason Isbell. Boy can turn a phrase like nobody's business.
Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: nick
- 5/2/12 3:47:24 PM
Good pick with 'I Dream a Highway', GF!
I'd also like to add Iron and Wine's 'The Trapeze Swinger' to the list. Such a beautifully written song.
Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: inky
- 5/2/12 4:36:45 PM
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down and The Weight are pretty okay too.
Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: nick
- 5/2/12 4:42:29 PM
Standard: 'You Are My Sunshine'
Mississippi John Hurt has my favorite rendition.
Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: WillieCash
- 5/2/12 4:47:47 PM
Lissie's cover of You Are My Sunshine is really nice too.
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Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: pagethesage1275
- 5/2/12 4:56:50 PM
Ooh, speaking of Iron and Wine, "Sodom South Georgia" is on that list for me. Just perfect composition and feel. "Trapeze Swinger" is up there too.
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Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: WillieCash
- 5/2/12 4:57:42 PM
"The Story of my Life" Social D
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Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: WillieCash
- 5/2/12 4:58:12 PM
"American Music" Violent Femmes
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Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: pagethesage1275
- 5/2/12 4:59:40 PM
"San Antone" by Whiskeytown
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Shatterdog!
Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: AdmiralOfTheFleet
- 5/2/12 6:08:33 PM
Easy...
'Hey that's no way to say goodbye'
Leonard Cohen.
Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: theRoses
- 5/2/12 8:24:20 PM
David Bowie "Life on Mars" or "Five Years"
Catherine Wheel "Phantom of the American Mother"
Newer? Ryan Adams "Ashes and Fire" I guess
Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: Conspicuous Narrator
- 5/2/12 8:29:16 PM
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Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: ElevatorLady
- 5/3/12 12:07:49 AM
<3 sm
Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: overactive
- 5/3/12 6:03:01 AM
The Beach Boys - "God Only Knows". Two and a half minutes of pure perfection.
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Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: nick
- 5/3/12 9:49:49 AM
Good pick, overactive
Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: joost
- 5/3/12 9:51:12 AM
Hey Joe. But it'd be slightly different, Hey Joost.
Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: Conspicuous Narrator
- 5/3/12 2:37:57 PM
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Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: highlife
- 5/3/12 2:42:30 PM
I agree with CN on God Only Knows. And not ironically. It's a perfect little song.
EDIT Wait. I guess I agree with overactive. I like God Only Knows, and Wouldn't it be Nice is fantastic in my book. I only skim CN's posts usually and thought he was saying he liked God Only Knows.
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I ain't got nothing but love for you now.
Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: WillieCash
- 5/3/12 3:51:10 PM
I'm in agreement with "God Only Knows".
Also "Sister Golden Hair". This always strikes me as a perfect
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Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: ElevatorLady
- 5/3/12 5:00:45 PM
return of the grievous angel
help me make it through the night
to live is to fly
i am no mermaid
he went to paris
Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: Shadow Monkey
- 5/3/12 5:03:45 PM
Time (the Revelator)
Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: ElevatorLady
- 5/3/12 5:11:13 PM
yesss good one. damn good one.
Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: MadameGeorge
- 6/10/12 11:11:38 PM
Ootischenia -The Be Good Tanyas
Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: WillieCash
- 6/11/12 6:38:13 PM
"Lately"
Stevie Wonder
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Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: kjoindahouse
- 6/12/12 4:39:20 AM
Jolene-Dolly
The earth is a brain.
Re: Songs You Wish You Had Written (Or Songs You Wish You Could Emulate)
- Author: Domo Kun
- 6/12/12 5:53:35 AM
Lay Down Your Weary Tune - Bob Dylan
