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| Topic Started: Feb 22 2010, 01:52 PM (150 Views) | |
| san | Feb 23 2010, 11:37 AM Post #11 |
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That's a good one, Tish. I heard that song on the radio recently and I thought, "Wow! There's a Taylor song!" Well, not really, but after he does it, I consider it his! He always has his own unique spin. |
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| mouser | Feb 23 2010, 03:06 PM Post #12 |
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MAMA SAID THEY'LL BE DAYS LIKE THIS Mama said there'll be days like this, There'll be days like this Mama said (Mama said, mama said) Mama said there'll be days like this, There'll be days like this my Mama said (Mama said, mama said) Like many of the songs of the 50's and early 60's , " Mamma said they'll be days like this" is pretty simplistic. Thinking and pondering the meaning of lyrics was not as prevelant as , I think, it is today. The mid-sixties and the "love generation" changed that . Light melodies, sweet lyrics, wholesome singers. Innocent and inoffensive songs. All of this can be said about the music of the Early Fifties. Yet, The Shirelles probably didn't originate this phrase, which is most likely southern. People used it , as far back as the late 19th century . Yet, all that white American complacency could not hold back the vitality of Black R&B music, so a whole new sound emerged - Rock and Roll. Most of the songs of the Early Fifties were "feel-good" tunes, which genuinely reflected the mood of post World War II America. Artists like Pat Boone, Rosemary Clooney and Perry Como dominated pop charts. This bored the newly independent life form known as teenagers. Mom and Dad's music wasn't, you know, "cool, Daddy-O." About this time, a Cleveland DJ named Alan Freed (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, 1986) began playing Black R&B tunes. Freed moved his show to New York in 1954 and began including live performances, especially of the artists with the vocal harmonies he favored. His called this sound Rock and Roll. The Shirelles were an example of this harmonizing sound. The bubblegum sweetness would eventually fade away, like the blush of America's post war optimism. Whereas Rock and Roll, with its irrepressible energy - well, Rock and Roll was here to stay. source: fiftiesweb.com STOP I always thought Taylor was tagging the Shirelles song, but I am inclined to change my mind. Van Morrison, Taylor's fav , had a song called "Days Like This" . The words are almost identical to the tag line Taylor uses at his concerts......... Van Morrison - "Days Like This" Lyrics: When its not always raining therell be days like this When theres no one complaining therell be days like this When everything falls into place like the flick of a switch Well my mama told me therell be days like this When you dont need to worry therell be days like this When no ones in a hurry therell be days like this When you dont get betrayed by that old judas kiss Oh my mama told me therell be days like this When you dont need an answer therell be days like this When you dont meet a chancer therell be days like this When all the parts of the puzzle start to look like they f it Then I must remember therell be days like this When everyone is up front and theyre not playing tricks When you dont have no freeloaders out to get their kicks When its nobodys business the way that you wanna live I just have to remember therell be days like this When no one steps on my dreams therell be days like this When people understand what I mean therell be days like this When you ring out the changes of how everything is Well my mama told me therell be days like this Oh my mama told me Therell be days like this Oh my mama told me Therell be days like this Oh my mama told me Therell be days like this Oh my mama told me Therell be days like this Source lyricsfreak.com WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK ?????? |
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| mouser | Feb 23 2010, 04:02 PM Post #13 |
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Ya Got me Tish  OLD WEAKNESS COMING ON STRONG keep fighting to let you go But your love is beyond my control It's an old weakness coming on strong I feel an old weakness, an old weakness I feel an old weakness coming on strong I am reminded of the old TV Show called "Stump the Stars". I am prepared to assume the role of the Star, having been called a flaming ball of gas on many occasions, . ( excuse my attempt at celestial humor ) Stump the Stars. There seems to be no explanation for the lyrics to this song. I guess we will just have to take them at "face value". If anyone comes up with more information, please post. ORBO and Delbert McClinton Tanya Tucker Taylor Hicks Rhythm Daddyz |
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| tishlp | Feb 24 2010, 10:34 AM Post #14 |
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I found out that this song wasn't written by Delbert McClinton. From the ASCAP web site: 1. OLD WEAKNESS (COMING ON STRONG) (Title Code: 450236727) Writers: DI PIERO, ROBERT J NICHOLSON, GARY TOLBERT Performers: DELBERT MCCLINTON LOVELESS, P MCCLINTON, D PATTY LOVELESS TANYA TUCKER TUCKER, T http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300 Gary Nicholson was the co-writer on some of Taylor's song on The Distance. Keeping It Real Nineteen The Distance Maybe You Should I thought he might also have writing credits on I Live On A Battlefield, but I don't have my CD with me right now and I can't find that song listed with a writing credit. I think you're correct mouser, this song has no hidden meanings. I do find it interesting how all the music/musicians/songwriters are all interconnected.  |
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| mouser | Feb 24 2010, 11:36 AM Post #15 |
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Gary Nicholson does not have credit for "I Live on a Battlefield." There is also a connection between Delbert McClinton and Gary Nicholson on "Keepin' It Real". Maybe the songwriting community is not as vast as some may suppose. The paths of the lyrist and the musical adaptor seem to cross often. I'll bet Taylor will be working with many of these gentlemen in the future as he seeks collaboration for his next CD. |
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| Oldiebutgoodie | Feb 24 2010, 12:35 PM Post #16 |
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Wouldn't suprise me a bit if he keeps the same team. What works once will work again-with some tweaks for any observed improvements of course-- As we say "down hyah"-- "If it ain't broke-don't fix it!" |
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