Songs with a message

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRtBgB1nCaU"]2Pac Featuring Danny Boy - I Ain't Mad At Cha - Official Death Row Upload - YouTube

 

One of the most powerful songs of my generation was also perhaps one of its least heard.

It was by The Association, best known for catchy pop hits such as Along Comes Mary and Cherish. Fine songs in their own right.

But their Requiem For The Masses was a bold departure for a MOR-type band. With its military drum cadence and trumpets, combined with Catholic High Mass chants such as The Kyrie, it was never released as an "A" sided single. I forget which 45 rpm tune of theirs that Requiem was the flip of, but I suppose these days, I could find out soon enough.

Anyway, I'm gonna guess it was the B side of Windy or Never My Love. Doesn't matter. The song does. Check it out. Look up the lyrics if you have to.

Requiem For The Masses.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umhsU565rfs"]The Association "Requiem for the Masses" 1983 - YouTube

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRUOluSIVwo"]Hugo Montenegro: The Times They Are A Changin' - YouTube

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMUknpEJdl4&feature=kp"]Insane Clown Posse - In Yo Face (Juggalo Edition) - YouTube

 

Johnny Gets My Vote...:guitarist:



Cheers Glen.

 

Broke Me Into Many Pieces When It Was First Released,

Just As Powerful Today As It Was Back Then...



Cheers Glen.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaM2JTkDREI"]Fuck me in the ass cause i love Jesus - YouTube

 

Waahahah!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHN4da4YKk8"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHN4da4YKk8

 

Eve Of Destruction...

Not A Bad Video For1965.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdeYfV4TD1U"]www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdeYfV4TD1U



Cheers Glen.

 

Even the most heinous of songs can have a positive message.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcBnJw-H2wQ"]The Beatles - Let It Be Lyrics - YouTube

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx_aGto-F-8"]People Get Ready - Matt Andersen - YouTube

 

Something from this century...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLUX0y4EptA"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLUX0y4EptA

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcps2fJKuAI"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcps2fJKuAI

 

Message songs to me are different than statement songs. A good message song would be Cat Stevens' "Father & Son", Pete Seeger's "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?", Michael Jackson's "Man In The Mirror", or Harry Chapin's "Cat's In The Cradle". If I find myself quoting lines from the song, then it's a statement song, but if the song generates an understanding or feeling in me that is not just a translation of the lyrics, then I consider it a message song.

 

I like this message.....mutally, though, not one sided.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz-UvQYAmbg"]MARVIN GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL "Ain't no Mountain High Enough" - YouTube

 

http://youtu.be/-cBxYEXgYvE

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sj1KdtEPw4"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sj1KdtEPw4

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLETs9YBbYA"]Bob Seger - Against The Wind - YouTube