POTD: Lyrics Imagined

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I'm totally fascinated with a new flickr group I joined of the same name. ; Would you like to try it? ; All you have to do is post a photograph with a ; link to a song or a lyric the photo visually represents for you. ; I'm working on a Tim McGraw song I posted awhile ago, called Good Girls, but for now, I'll start with this one. ; It's my very favorite photograph.

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John Denver.. Flying For Me
 
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Nice- I actually have a Flickr set of pictures I think fit with song lyrics. ; Here's one.

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Paranoia strikes deep-
Into your life it will creep-
It starts when you're always afraid-
You step out of line- the man come and take you away-

-Buffalo Springfield
'For What it's Worth'
 
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Photography has such an emotional connection, for those that take the time to understand. However, at times it even catches you square on in the soul. A few years ago, I was shooting our local Renaissance Faire when someone caught my eye quite unexpectedly. I about dropped my camera before I got the shot below. The young lady in the photo bears an uncanny and striking resemblance of someone that I thought I had lost their image over the past years. For me this photo is a remembrance of my late fiancée. It was a brief moment in which déjà vu completely takes over and all you can do is contemplate poignant memories over what seems like hours, but in actuality was a brief few seconds. That moment turned into an outstanding day in which new friends were found, life's journey's shared amongst old and new, and more importantly new found memories celebrated warmly.

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I hear Leesha
Singing in heaven tonight
And in between the sadness
I hear Leesha
Telling me that she's alright
Life goes on even after life
That's what I believe
Yea, that's what I believe
Leesha's gone, but she will still survive
In a memory that I'm keeping here with me
Silencing the voice of mortal tragedy
Listening to whispers of the soul
All is peaceful
 
I hear her too......Jay. ;

Photo's not mine, but the teardrop is.



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"Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief."

When you're down and troubled
And you need a helping hand
And nothing, whoa nothing is going right.
Close your eyes and think of me
And soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest nights...
 
it's not hard for me to find a song i like, it's just that with my favorite music it's kind of all murder ballads and other depressing subjects, see i'm a bluegrass boy to the bone, and i just don't know if i've got any that do justice to a stanley brothers song. but i'll try
 
Yay! ; How come there's no clapping with glee, smiley? :) ; I need one.

Justin, I really enjoyed that and Gary...go right ahead. ; Give us downright depressing and murderous. ; I promise to wallow in it! :D

See? ; It's meaningful and fun!
 
Blitzen Trapper has a song called 'Black River Killer' that Gary might like, on the murder theme. ; :)

I'm sure Gary's trying to come up with something for Ralph's "O Death" right now...or maybe "Pretty Polly"...how about it, Gary!?
 
those are good choices, my personal favorite stanley brothers song is sharecroppers son, probably the best ballad about hard times there ever was. how do i do an mp3 attached to a photo, i only have songs, no video
 
Not sure...maybe Tim can help on that...The You Tube ones work by just finding it on YouTube and throwing in the URL. ; Maybe the MP3 works that way too if you can find it out on the web somewhere.

Sharecroppers son is definitely a solid. ; Though I always had a soft spot for the old English tales/ballads that were adopted by the Appalachian musicians. ; Pretty Polly, and Down in the Willow Garden/Rose Conley are particular favorites.
 
I am getting excited for the weekend ; :D

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When I get high
I get high on speed
Top fuel funny car's
A drug for me
My heart, my heart
Kickstart my heart
Always got the cops
Coming after me
Custom built bike doing 103
My heart, my heart
Kickstart my heart
 
Mary Jane's Last Dance:

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Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Mary Jane's Last Dance

Yes...there's a story for that photo! ; My father was a painter in the '60s before going forth in film/video, and one painting he had done which I always found interesting/haunting/captivating was of a purple woman with her eyes open floating on a sea of oil with dead flowers in her hands - sort of a 60s afterlife allegory. ; When Tom Petty's song came along, about a dead girl and a mortician, it made the connection to that old painting. ; Some years ago, I worked around with layers and processing to create a similar 'afterlife' atmosphere, with my friend graciously standing in for the dead girl. ; It was an homage to my dad's original work, and a creative exercise as well...and a very interesting collage of photos that were layered and merged to come up with the freaky Nine Inch Nails type look[nb]it involved a waterproof camera in a jacuzzi at night, some wild animals, a field of dirt, and a model shot[/nb] ; It seemed to fit the song very well too!

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Feelin' it this way...

.a hammock, a book, never gonna look back, once my feet hit the sand..I've had it up to here with this rat race..



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Well, I can hear the whistle from a mile away,
It sounds so good
But I must stay away
That train is a beauty, makin' everybody stare
But its only destination is the middle of nowhere,

-Josh Turner
'Long Black Train'
 
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OH. ; MY. ; You do excel with those train shots, Michael. ; And they just keep getting better and better. ;

I LOVE this song. ; Perfect marriage of lyric and photo. ; Nice job!
 
Thanks Roni! ;

I'm still working on my photos from the charter that I took that one on. ; I'll post some more later this week when I have them finished.
 
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