Heading on down to the river/sea
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Topic: Heading on down to the river/sea
Posted By: jammun
Subject: Heading on down to the river/sea
Date Posted: February 25 2010 at 22:02
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So in responding to a Springsteen thread 'round these parts, I just mentioned in passing lyrics (including a reference to Hendrix) where singer and some other head on down to the river and/or sea -- I suppose we'll find some Levees in here if we go back far enough -- to make love, drown, escape, hang out, start a new life underwater, or have some other fate befall them.
I mean we've got Hendrix, Springsteen, and more recently Decemberists, and who knows how many others that I'm not thinking of at the moment, pretty much engaging in this activity. Oh Neil Young, didn't he shoot his baby down by the river? How many of these songs are there? Dire Straits, what was that down by the waterline? Arthur Brown's Water. Let the water flow.
So what is this archetype in rock lyrics? Where did this come from?
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: February 25 2010 at 23:11
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Close to the Edge talks about a river, I think. Yeah, they talk about being close by a river and round by a river and stuff. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: March 05 2010 at 21:32
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Water is the source of all life. Seven tenths of the Earth's surface is water. Seventy percent of you is water... That's why. ------------- 
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Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: March 05 2010 at 21:35
Also, The Washing Of The Water - Peter Gabriel Memory Of Water - Marillion ------------- 
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Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: March 06 2010 at 14:59
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Yes, we're all water. That's what we are besides I guess carbon. I'm no biologist. The sources are there. John The Baptist. The Nile. The Ganges. Tigris and Euphrates. I'm sure there's an equivalent in every culture. Water, and what happens there. Drive your Chevy to the levee. In the shadow of the cargo I take you one time. So down and down and down we go.What's the source, prog-rock-wise,or more specifically rock in general? Why do the rock bands of our time seemingly go back to this? I need to go back and listen to some delta blues.
For those who are still in school, this would make a great PhD thesis. I'm just fascinated by all of the references I constantly run across in pretty much any album. ------------- Can you tell me where we're headin'? Lincoln County Road or Armageddon. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: March 06 2010 at 17:38
hahaha.... it seems Colin Meloy has a facination with water... or drowning at least 
------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: March 06 2010 at 21:03
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Down by the Seaside, When the Levee Breaks, The Ocean, Rainsong, Fool in the Rain.. seems Zep were quite fond of the water |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: March 12 2010 at 04:37
'Spirit of the Water' by Camel 
One of my favourite 'water songs' is 'Down by the Sea' by Men at Work, from their album 'Business as Usual' ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 12 2010 at 05:46
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Sometimes water is your friend, sometimes it is your enemy, often the same particular body of water or river or creek. And, by the way, air can hurt you too, aiiiir can hurt you too (yes it can). It came from La Mer. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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