Songs that were ahead of their time

…or those that resonate even more now :smiley:

1 Like

All of them on the album that was ahead of it’s time.

The Velvet Underground and Nico.

2 Likes

Crazy Horses by The Osmonds,was about pollution.
And Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchel was also about pollution.

2 Likes
2 Likes
2 Likes

The Eastern world, it is explodin’
Violence flarin’, bullets loadin’
You’re old enough to kill but not for votin’
You don’t believe in war, but what’s that gun you’re totin’?
And even the Jordan river has bodies floatin

1 Like

Although written far from our shores, it could apply just as easily anywhere.

L. A.'s fine the sun shines most the time

And the feelin’ is laid back

Palm trees grow and rents are low

But you know I keep thinkin’ 'bout

Making my way back

Well I’m New York City born and raised

But nowadays I’m lost between two shores

L. A.'s fine

But it ain’t home

New York’s home

But it ain’t mine no more

I am

I said

To no one there

And no one heard at all not

Even the chair

I am

I cried

I am said I

And I am lost and I can’t

Even say why

Leavin’ me lonely still

Did you ever read about a frog

Who dreamed of being a king

And then became one?

Well except for the names and a few other changes

If you talk about me

The story’s the same one

But I got an emptiness deep inside

And I’ve tried

But it won’t let me go

And I’m not a man who likes to swear

But I never cared for the sound of bein’ alone

2 Likes

Turn up the volume…

2 Likes

The Cranberries - Zombie

It’s the same old theme, since 1916
In your head, in your head they’re still fighting
With their tanks, and their bombs, and their bombs, and their guns…

3 Likes

Imagine ~ John Lennon

2 Likes

Ooo I love those two Alice!!! :049:

Great to see so many other tracks being posted too - some of them I’ve never heard before!

1 Like

The Sound of Silence ~ Simon & Garfunkel

2 Likes

Oasis - Wonderwall

1 Like

The Beatles - Hey Jude

1 Like

This cuts into my heart, it’s SO very apt for today’s growing children :cry:

Daddy, daddy, come and look, see what I have found
A little ways away from here, while digging in the ground
Come away Melinda, come in and close the door
It’s nothing, just a picture book, they had before the war

Daddy, daddy come and see, daddy, come and look
Where there’s four or five little Melinda girls
Inside my picture book
Come away Melinda, come in and close the door
There were lots of little girls like you
Before they had the war

Oh daddy, daddy come and see, daddy hurry do!
While there’s someone in a pretty dress
She’s all grown up like you, won’t you tell me why
Come away Melinda, come in and close the door
That someone is your mummy, you had before the war :cry:

Daddy, daddy tell me if you can
Why can’t things be the way they were, before the war began

Come away Melinda, come in and close the door
The answer lies in yesterday, before they had the war

2 Likes


Did you hear ‘em talkin’ 'bout it on the radio?
Did you try to read the writing on the wall?
Did that voice inside you say, “I’ve heard it all before”?
It’s like déjà vu all over again

Day by day I hear the voices rising
Started with a whisper like it did before
Day by day we count the dead and dying
Ship those bodies home while the networks all keep score

Did you hear ‘em talkin’ 'bout it on the radio?
Could your eyes believe the writing on the wall?
Did that voice inside you say, “I’ve heard it all before”?
It’s like déjà vu all over again

One by one I see the old ghosts rising
Stumblin’ 'cross Big Muddy
Where the light gets dim
Day after day another Mamma’s crying
She’s lost her precious child
To a war that has no end

Did you hear ‘em talkin’ 'bout it on the radio?
Did you stop to read the writing at the wall?
Did that voice inside you say
“I’ve seen this all before”?
It’s like déjà vu all over again
It’s like déjà vu all over again

1 Like

When will they ever learn?

1 Like

1 Like

Nice one LD…if you know what I mean, very sad!
I’m referring to Uriah Heep

2 Likes