VA - Poems That Became Songs CD1 + CD2 + CD3

 

POETRY IN ROCK

VA - Poems That Became Songs (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1 + CD2 + CD3

Poetry is often defined as putting the fewest possible word together to obtain the greatest amount of meaning. This can also be true when constructing song lyrics, however there are a few differences. Firstly, you wouldn't want a song to be too short as in the poetry of the world shortest poem by American poet Strickland Gillilan titled "Flea". The poem reads in full:     Adam. Had em'. 

Historically, poems were sung to music but now we tend to write them down and read them on the page. We can read a poem at our own pace, taking all the time we need to understand and react to each beautiful line. Songs, on the other hand, forces us to move along in tune with the music’s pace. Listeners need to understand enough on the fly to be drawn into the lyric and stay involved.  Poetry is as subjective as is musical taste but if we look closer we will be delighted to find some wonderful poetry written as lyrics in a song. Sometimes if we look at or read a poetic lyric we can understand the meaning of the song more and intern appreciate it more. I dont suggest we read the lyric alone as if it were a poem, that would sell short the songwriters music and word collaboration. I believe we should understand the lyric with its music as poetry. If the music that accompanies the words is beautiful it will make the meaning even more accessible and joyous. So for me the words are just as important as the music. A songwriter must make great decisions when making music so as to elevate the words we hear, as if the words and music were born together. If a songwriter does this job well they will be immortalized, whatever the genre.

Here are some examples of fine poetry in rock music. While most song here are by the original artists not every song is by the original writer and have been chosen for their emotional impact and for their lyrical beauty. I have selected these songs because they have something to say and because they touch me deeply. As a bonus I have included a 3rd disc of music where the poems have been turned into songs. There are some wonderful moments there to be found. Enjoy

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VA - Poetry in Rock CD1 (A Butterboy Compilation)
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VA - Poetry in Rock CD2 (A Butterboy Compilation)
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 VA - Poems That Became Songs CD3 (A Butterboy Compilation)
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Tracklist 1

01    Cat Stevens - Morning Has Broken    :03:20    1971
02    Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence    :03:09    1966
03    Prince - When Doves Cry    :03:48    1984
04    Don McLean - Vincent    :04:00    1971
05    Sam Cooke - A Change is Gonna Come    :03:13    1964
06    Bob Dylan - Blowing in the Wind    :02:45    1963
07    Jethro Tull - Acres Wild    :03:23    1978
08    Leonard Cohen - Lady Midnight    :03:02    1969
09    Verve Pipe - The Freshmen    :04:30    1992
10    Doors - Riders on the Storm    :07:22    1971
11    Pink Floyd - Brain Damage    :03:51    1973
12    Passenger - Let Her Go    :04:12    2012
13    Billy Thorpe - Over the Rainbow    :03:54    2007
14    Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven    :08:02    1971
15    Bruce Springsteen - The River    :05:03    1979
16    Harry Chapin - Taxi    :06:45    1972
17    Rolling Stones - Wild Horses    :05:43    1971
18    Elton John - Candle in the Wind    :03:50    1973
19    Tom Jones - Tower of Song    :03:57    2012
20    Oasis - Live Forever    :04:37    1994
21    Billy Joel - Until the Night    :06:36    1978
22    Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale    :04:08    1967
23    Scorpions - Always Somewhere    :04:57    1979
24    Carly Simon - That's the Way I've Always Heard it Should Be    :04:18    1971
25    Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight    :03:09    1960


Tracklist 2

26    Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah    :04:39    1984
27    Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth    :02:32    1966
28    U2 - One    :04:35    1992
29    Laura Nyro - Stoney End    :02:48    1967
30    Johnny Cash - Hurt    :03:39    1994
31    Hank Williams - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry    :02:48    1949
32    Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin'    :03:13    1964
33    Neil Young - After the Goldrush    :03:47    1970
34    Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil    :06:18    1968
35    Joan Baez - Diamonds and Rust    :04:46    1975
36    Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited    :03:19    1965
37    Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line    :02:44    1956
38    Jefferson Airplane - The Other Side of This Life    :06:45    1969
39    Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes    :05:32    1994
40    Animals - House of the Rising Sun    :04:29    1964
41    Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning    :04:17    1987
42    Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run    :04:33    1975
43    Bee Gees - How Can You Mend a Broken Heart    :03:58    1972
44    John Lennon - Imagine    :03:04    1971
45    Beatles - Yesterday    :02:06    1965
46    Pulp - I'm a Man    :05:00    1998
47    Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere But Not Here    :11:26    2005
48    Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb    :06:20    1979
49    Cœur De Pirate - Tu Oublieras Mon Nom    :03:13    2015
50    Queen - The Show Must Go On    :04:36    1991

Tracklist 3

01    Leonard Cohen - Suzanne    :03:48    1967
02    Donovan - Jabberwocky    :02:37    1971
03    Doors - Not to Touch the Earth    :03:55    1968
04    Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit    :03:12    1939
05    Joni Mitchell - If    :05:33    2007
06    Loreena McKennitt - Snow    :05:35    1987
07    John Denver - The Box    :02:48    1971
08    Keane - A Bad Dream    :05:07    2006
09    Fleetwood Mac - Dragonfly    :02:48    1971
10    TLC - Unpretty    :04:40    2009
11    John Cale - Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night    :03:44    1989
12    Dead Can Dance - How Fortunate the Man With None    :09:10    1993
13    Chris Thompson - The Song of Wandering Aengus    :04:30    1973
14    Donovan - Walrus and the Carpenter    :08:35    1971
15    Jim Morrison - An American Prayer    :03:05    1978
16    Rufus-Wainwright - Sonnet 29    :03:01    2016
17    Loreena McKennitt - Lullaby    :04:26    1985
18    Phil Ochs - I Ain't Marching Anymore    :02:37    1965
19    Alan Parsons Project - A Dream Within a Dream    :04:14    1976
20    Martina McBride - When You Are Old    :03:07    1992

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