Most popular themes of 50s/60s song lyrics?

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:52 am

I can't come up with a lot of '60's rock drinking songs, 'off the top of my head'...

Well, there's "Tequila", if you consider that rock...and I most definitely do...

royclough · Post by **royclough** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:01 am

What about death songs

Tell Laura I love Her, Deadman's curve, Terry, My Death

Horse songs

Champion the Wonder horse 50's I know, Rawhide,Chestnut Mare, The Horse

Mental health songs

They're coming to take me away ha ha
Going out of my head

In other words think of any topic and at some point there will have been a song about it

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:15 am

"The Horse": great tune...could be about a horse, I s'pose...never really thought about the ambiguity, but it might belong in the Purple Haze category...

Not to mention the category-defying "Grazin' In The Grass"...

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:29 am

More Death Songs (funny how they're a dime-a-dozen nowadays...):

"D.O.A." by...Bloodwyn Pig, I think? (Not sure if that's sixties or very early seventies)...

and, of course, "The Ballad Of The Green Beret", if you consider that rock...and I most definitely do...

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:29 am

Home renovations - "Right Said Fred".

"Itchycoo Park" probably belongs in the 'Drug' category.

Days of the Week songs - "Friday On My Mind", "Monday, Monday", "Wednesday's Child", "Saturday Night At The Movies"

Etc, etc.......

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:32 am

Howard...you forgot "Tuesday Afternoon"! Dude...did you bump your head???

winston · Post by **winston** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:37 am

And also Stormy Monday. Aitch that's the best Monday blues song ever recorded.

Oh I know you had that catch all etc. etc. in there.

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:41 am

And "Never On Sunday", if you consider that rock...and I most definitely do...

What about "Love Is Blue"...is that a Love song or a Mental Health song?

For sure, "Do I Hear A Waltz?" is about Mental Health...

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:45 am

And so, in my opinion, is "Don't Sleep In The Subway"...

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:53 am

Death songs... aww... what about "birth songs"? "Little girl" by the Troggs springs to mind...
And they got some for mental health category as well... "Butterflies and bees"... oh wait... it must be more about "Purple haze"... or "Animal songs" (if you don't mind Roy, i'll "extend" the horses to animals in general...)
Week days: "Ruby Tuesday", "Wednesday morning, 3 am"...
What about "weather" songs? Albeit it might belong to "everyday problems" as well - as well as death, mental health...

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:57 am

I bump my head every morning, Dane. It's the only way I can get into first gear.

Stormy Monday doesn't ring a bell, Brian. Is there a definitive version/artist?

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:02 am

Weather songs: "The Wind Cries Mary", "Hard Rain's Gonna Fall", (there are lots of rain songs...I think we've listed them all elsewhere)..."Everyone Knows It's Windy". "Stormy", "Riders On The Storm", "It's A Beautiful Morning"....

and of course, "Hot Fun In The Summertime"...

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:07 am

...and "When will the rain come"...
Season songs - "Hazy shade of winter", "Summertime" etc etc... hey let's make a 1000+ posts thread here, uh?
Oh, animal songs BTW - "At the zoo" by Simon & Garfunkel...

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:08 am

I had the serious "hots" for Petula Clark in my youth....

Animal songs - "Old Yeller" - erk!!

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:09 am

Every morning, eh? Sounds like an "everyday problem", Aitch...but don't feel bad: I am "Everyday People", too...maybe yer bell's just ringin' all the time...

The version of "Stormy Monday" you might be able to put your hands on right away would be that of Stevie Ray Vaughn...