Mini-challenge #69 -- Lyrics

coscorrosa

This challenge is about lyrics.

I'll often hear lyrics that remind me of particular photos I've taken or have seen from others, or the state of mind I was in while taking a particular photo.

Your job is to find a photo that has some connection to a song (the connection between the song and lyrics may be literal or abstract, the only requirement is that they are connected in *your* mind in some way). Posting the relevant lyrics for context (or even including a link to a youtube video) is encouraged. If the lyrics are not in English, please provide a translation for your idiot judge (that's me). It's OK if only the song title is connected to the photo but the lyrics aren't.

Quality of lyrics and music will not be judged, only the photos. But if the photos are tied, lyrics and music may be used as a tie-breaker :lol3

Here are a few examples (these happen to all be landscapes but obviously that is NOT a requirement!).

"In a mud cloud, mica-spangled, like the sky'd been breathing on a mirror" - Emily (by Joanna Newsom). The first time I heard this song this particular phrase stuck in my head, later, I took the following photo and thought back right away to the song:



"Though I know that evening's empire has returned into the sand. Vanished from my hand, left me blindly here to stand, but still not sleeping" - Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan).

I heard this in my car one night after driving back from shooting a sunset at Ruby Beach, it both reflected the subject (evening's empire returning into sand) and myself shooting it (left me blindly here to stand, but still not sleeping).



"He says there’s something about a sunrise, waking up sleepy eyed. He says there’s something about a highway, telling him he can’t stay.
He says there’s something about a long drive, that gives him some peace of mind" -- Nothing but a Good Ride (by Lyle Lovett). Several times last summer I woke up at 2-3AM before work to drive 2+ hours to Mt. Rainier to shoot the dawn and sunrise, after which I drove 2+ hours back to work. I can't wait until summer so I can do it again! This song reminds me of those trips, on which I took this photo (and several others):



This challenge begins Sunday, January 18th, 2009 at 12:00:00 AM EST and ends Saturday, January 31st at 11:59:59 PM EST.

GENERAL RULES

1. Have fun sharing and seeing what others share!
2. The host supplies a topic and you post 1-3 images. The host judges the winners (1st, 2nd and 3rd) and is not eligible to enter.
The 1st place winner then chooses the next topic, judges the winner and passes on the baton to the new champion.
3. Any photo you’ve taken is eligible, regardless of when taken or camera used.
4. Any amount of post-processing is allowed. However, it is helpful if you list your camera and lens along with your photo.
You may comment on other contestant's images. If you want someone to leave you some critique or criticism, put an asterisk (*) next to the title of the image.
5. The winner has up to three days (72 hours) to begin a new mini-challenge, or the honor goes to the #2 finisher and so forth.


Guidelines:
1. Enter 1-3 photos and put them in a single post.
2. Either embed your image in the thread or, if you must, supply a link to it. Keep in mind, however, most people don't want to click to open photos hosted elsewhere (i.e. on your website).
3. Also try and resize your photos prior to posting so they're sized appropriately for viewing without having to scroll (~800 pixels on the longest side works best.)
4. Give each image you enter a title.
5. Enjoy discussion with members about their images, dont let this just be an entry thread!
6. Dont be hesitant, share'em and enter!

How to post your PHOTO

Karrie McD

Yay!
clap

This is going to be really fun!!!!

hschlessphoto

This is a very fun idea. It was also the perfect way for me to procrastinate from studying for my mid-term exams by going through all my music and photos simultaneously...wooo!

anyways, here you go.


"Night Becomes Day" - Citizen Cope (the younger people here have probs heard of them..idk about you older folk ....just kidding. Theyre a very good up-and-rising alternative band. Very easy going)

Lyrics - It's the same thing that makes the moonlight
Meet up with the sunlight
Can't fight it can't buy it
Love... I'm a say it again



Next is War by Bruce Springsteen a.k.a. my favorite person to ever walk the face of the earth.

Lyrics - War
It's nothing but a heartbreaker
War
Friend only to the undertaker
War is the enemy of all mankind


Next is Bright Lights by matchbox Twenty

Lyrics - Maybe, maybe, maybe
You'll find something that's enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don't receive you
You should turn yourself around and come on home




Thanks so much!

travelways

hschlessphoto wrote:

This is a very fun idea. It was also the perfect way for me to procrastinate from studying for my mid-term exams by going through all my music and photos simultaneously...wooo!

What an exciting theme!!!


hschlessphoto - I really like your second entry
- don't procrastinate from the exam though

Karrie McD

hschlessphoto wrote:

Lyrics - War
It's nothing but a heartbreaker
War
Friend only to the undertaker
War is the enemy of all mankind

WOW!!! Love it!!!

Flyinggina

Great theme.

Ron, your examples are breathtaking.

Hank (I hope I have your name right) - all three are wonderful but the second is just stunning.

Can't wait to see what people come up with for this one.

Virginia

davev

#1 Pink Floyd, Another Brick In The Wall.

How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?





#2 Chicago, Beginnings (sappy I know, what can I say)

When I kiss you, I feel a thousand different feelings.
I'm covered with chills all over my body.
And while I feel them, I quickly try to decide which one
I should try to put into words, oh no,
Try to put into words.



#3 Will have to wait til I can come up with something.:D

psenior1

My Girl by The Temptations

"I don't need no money, fortune, or fame.
I've got all the riches baby one man can claim.
I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl (my girl, my girl)
Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl)."

My 8 month old little girl Lily Grace

grimace

"I want to fly like an eagle
To the sea
Fly like an eagle
Let my spirit carry me
I want to fly like an eagle
'til I'm free
Fly through the revolution"
- Fly Like an Eagle by The Steve Miller Band


"I want to get back to my city by the bay"
-Lights by Journey


"The long and winding road
That leads to your door
Will never disappear"
-The Long and Winding Road by The Beatles

KevXman

Casey Jones — The Grateful Dead

Driving that train, high on co_ _ _ _ _,
Casey jones is ready, watch your speed.
Trouble ahead, trouble behind,
And you know that notion just crossed my mind.

This old engine makes it on time,
Leaves central station bout a quarter to nine,
Hits river junction at seventeen to,
At a quarter to ten you know its travlin again.

Driving that train, high on co_ _ _ _ _,,
Casey jones is ready, watch your speed.
Trouble ahead, trouble behind,
And you know that notion just crossed my mind.

Trouble ahead, lady in red,
Take my advice youd be better off dead.
Switchmans sleeping, train hundred and two is
On the wrong track and headed for you.

Driving that train, high on co_ _ _ _ _,,
Casey jones is ready, watch your speed.
Trouble ahead, trouble behind,
And you know that notion just crossed my mind.

Trouble with you is the trouble with me,
Got two good eyes but you still dont see.
Come round the bend, you know its the end,
The fireman screams and the engine just gleams...



Excerpt from Waiting On a Friend — The Rolling Stones

A smile relieves a heart that grieves
Remember what I said
I'm not waiting on a lady
I'm just waiting on a friend



Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay — Otis Redding

Sittin' in the mornin' sun
I'll be sittin' when the evenin' come
Watching the ships roll in
And then I watch 'em roll away again, yeah

I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Ooo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time

I left my home in Georgia
Headed for the 'Frisco bay
'Cause I've had nothing to live for
And look like nothin's gonna come my way

So I'm just gonna sit on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Ooo, I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time

Look like nothing's gonna change
Everything still remains the same
I can't do what ten people tell me to do
So I guess I'll remain the same, yes

Sittin' here resting my bones
And this loneliness won't leave me alone
It's two thousand miles I roamed
Just to make this dock my home

Now, I'm just gonna sit at the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Oooo-wee, sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time



This is a fun theme. Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with.
— Kevin

P.S. Thought about it and decided to do some selective editing just in case little ones see this thread.

coscorrosa

Whoa people!
Slow it down! And would at least one person post some awful photos so it won't make the decision process so difficult?

Tango

coscorrosa wrote:

Slow it down! And would at least one person post some awful photos so it won't make the decision process so difficult?

this request should be no problem for me... i will get right on it:D , in a day or two that is...

seaain.gray

Cloudy
The sky is gray and white and cloudy,
Sometimes I think it's hanging down on me.
And it's a hitchhike a hundred miles.
I'm a rag-a-muffin child.
Pointed finger-painted smile.
I left my shadow waiting down the road for me a while.

Cloudy
My thoughts are scattered and they're cloudy,
They have no borders, no boundaries.
They echo and they swell
From Tolstoy to Tinker Bell.
Down from Berkeley to Carmel.
Got some pictures in my pocket and a lot of time to kill.

Hey sunshine
I haven't seen you in a long time.
Why don't you show your face and bend my mind?
These clouds stick to the sky
Like floating questions, why?
And they linger there to die.
They don't know where they are going, and, my friend, neither do I.

Cloudy,
Cloudy.

Benjer

Lyrics - love it!!!


Here's three from my smugmug galleries (subject to change!):

"Parthenon Drive" - Echo and the Bunnymen

"There I am / Must have been just five
Five parts alive / On Parthenon Drive"


"There's a Moon in the Sky (Called the Moon)" - B52's

"There's a moon in the sky / It's called the moon
And everybody is there...roll-roll-roll-roll-rollin' in Andromeda"


"Evening Song" - Stevie Holland

"So many months of silence / So many days of pride
One little call just ended it all and narrowed the great divide"

Tango

#1 Metallica "Mama Said"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGN_ZBMnljo




#2 Metallica "the day that never comes"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yErdJpg1ECg



#3 Metallica "Welcome Home"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WElvEZj0Ltw

sara505

"Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm sixty-four?" - The Beatles

JAG

1. Praise You In This Storm ~ Casting Crowns

I was sure by now
That You would have reached down
And wiped our tears away
Stepped in and saved the day
But once again, I say "Amen", and it's still raining
As the thunder rolls
I barely hear You whisper through the rain
"I'm with you"
And as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise the God who gives
And takes away
Chorus:
I'll praise You in this storm
And I will lift my hands
For You are who You are
No matter where I am
Every tear I've cried
You hold in Your hand
You never left my side
And though my heart is torn
I will praise You in this storm
I remember when
I stumbled in the wind
You heard my cry
You raised me up again
My strength is almost gone
How can I carry on
If I can't find You
I lift my eyes unto the hills
Where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord
The maker of heaven and earth


2. Kokomo ~Beach Boys
Aruba, Jamaica ooo I wanna take ya
To Bermuda, Bahama come on pretty mama
Key Largo, Montego baby why don't we go
Jamaica
off the Florida Keys
There's a place called Kokomo
That's where you wanna go to get away from it all

Bodies in the sand
Tropical drink melting in your hand
We'll be falling in love
To the rhythm of a steel drum band
Down in Kokomo

Aruba, Jamaica ooo I wanna take ya
To Bermuda, Bahama come on pretty mama
Key Largo, Montego baby why don't we go

Ooo I wanna take you down to Kokomo
We'll get there fast
And then we'll take it slow
That's where we wanna go
Way down to Kokomo

To Martinique, that Monserrat mystique

We'll put out to sea
And we'll perfect our chemistry
By and by we'll defy a little bit of gravity

Afternoon delight
cocktails and moonlit nights
That dreamy look in your eye
Give me a tropical contact high
Way down in Kokomo

Aruba, Jamaica ooo I wanna take ya
To Bermuda, Bahama come on pretty mama
Key Largo, Montego baby why don't we go

Ooo I wanna take you down to Kokomo
We'll get there fast
And then we'll take it slow
That's where we wanna go
Way down to Kokomo

Port Au Prince I wanna catch a glimpse

Everybody knows
A little place like Kokomo
Now if you wanna go
And get away from it all
Go down to Kokomo

Aruba, Jamaica ooo I wanna take ya
To Bermuda, Bahama come on pretty mama
Key Largo, Montego baby why don't we go

Ooo i want to take you down to Kokomo
We'll get there fast
And then we'll take it slow
That's where we wanna go
Way down to Kokomo

Aruba, Jamaica ooo I wanna take ya
To Bermuda, Bahama come on pretty mama
Key Largo, Montego baby why don't we go

ooo I want to take you down to Kokomo

jbakerphoto

1.)
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Steven Churtis Chapman\ Fingerprints Of God
[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]...........[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I can see the fingerprints of God
When I look at you
I can see the fingerprints of God
And I know it's true
You're a masterpiece
That all creation quietly applauds
And you're covered with the fingerprints of God[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Never has there been and never again
Will there be another you
Fashioned by God's hand
And perfectly planned
To be just who you are
And what He's been creating
Since the first beat of your heart
Is a living breathing priceless work of art and... [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Just look at you
You're a wonder in the making
Oh, and God's not through, no
In fact, He's just getting started and…[/FONT]

Dawson at 1 week old!!! Born 9-17-07



2.) Montgomery Gentry, My Town


Where I was born, where I was raised.
Where I keep all my yesterdays.
Where I ran off 'cos I got mad,
An' it came to blows with my old man.
Where I came back to settle down,
It's where they'll put me in the ground:
This is my town.
(Na, na, na, na, na.)
Yeah, this is my town.
(Na, na, na, na, na.)
My town.

Trevlan

REM - Loosing My Religion

"That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no I've said too much
I haven't said enough"

pyry

What a topic!

Trevlan made me pull REM's record out and play it.

Here's mine:

Here comes the sun,
here comes the sun,
and I say - it's allright.
Little darling, it's been a long, cold, lonely winter.
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here.
Here comes the sun,
here comes the sun,
and I say - it's allright.

(George Harrison)



(An 18-day long solargraph exposure - taken after a very long stretch of constant cloud cover)


Another one, if you've ever tried to catch a very slim new moon's crescent, you'll know it's often a case of...

"You shoot the Moon, and miss completely.."
(Norah Jones)

manfred

"$%^&**!! -- too much, too soon, too good !! where am i going to find something to compete with these ??

Trevlan

pyry wrote:

What a topic!

Trevlan made me pull REM's record out and play it.

Here's mine:

Here comes the sun,
here comes the sun,
and I say - it's allright.
Little darling, it's been a long, cold, lonely winter.
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here.
Here comes the sun,
here comes the sun,
and I say - it's allright.

(George Harrison)



(An 18-day long solargraph exposure - taken after a very long stretch of constant cloud cover)


Another one, if you've ever tried to catch a very slim new moon's crescent, you'll know it's often a case of...

"You shoot the Moon, and miss completely.."
(Norah Jones)

An 18 day exposure?!? Holy smokes. I feel 30 seconds is too long. I'm totally blown away. Wow.

richtersl

Trevlan wrote:

An 18 day exposure?!? Holy smokes. I feel 30 seconds is too long. I'm totally blown away. Wow.

How about a 6-month exposure?

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090115.html

More here: http://www.solargraphy.com/

pyry

richtersl wrote:

How about a 6-month exposure?

Yeah, 18 days was a nice little first test. 6 months is a practical maximum, because the sun starts re-tracing the same lines.

richtersl

pyry wrote:

Yeah, 18 days was a nice little first test. 6 months is a practical maximum, because the sun starts re-tracing the same lines.

Did you check out the solargraphy link? There are a number of photos posted there by your fellow countrymen.

I would love to try something like that! The camera looks simple enough -- it's the development work I'm leary of.

jrogers

Entry #1:

"Crash into me...."

- Dave Matthews Band, Crash Into Me



Entry: #2:

"But there's this one particular harbor
So far but yet so near
Where I see the days as they fade away
Finally disappear "

- Jimmy Buffett, One Particular Harbor

pyry

richtersl wrote:

Did you check out the solargraphy link? There are a number of photos posted there by your fellow countrymen.

I would love to try something like that! The camera looks simple enough -- it's the development work I'm leary of.

What development work? You take the paper out of the can, scan it (or take a picture of it) as it is, and then it's simple post stuff.

I have that picture posted here, we can discuss it there without taking over this thread completely.

Tentacion

Hi Everyone


At last my love has come along
My lonely days are over
And life is like a song

Ohh yeah yeah
At last
the skies above are blue
My heart was wrapped up in clover
The night I looked at you

I found a dream, that I could speak to
A dream that I can call my own
I found a thrill to press my cheek to
A thrill that I have never known

Ohh yeah yeah…
You smile, you smile
oh And then the spell was cast
And here we are in heaven
for you are mine....
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"Sympathy For The Devil"

Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and faith

And I was 'round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game

I stuck around St. Petersberg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the Czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain

I rode a tank
Held a general's rank
When the Blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
What's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah

I watched with glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the Gods they made

I shouted out
"Who killed the Kennedys?"
When after all
It was you and me

Let me please introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for troubadors
Who get killed before they reached Bombay

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what's confusing you
Is just the nature of my game

Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Just call me Lucifer
'Cause I'm in need of some restraint

So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, and some taste
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I'll lay your soul to waste, um yeah

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, um yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, um baby, get down

Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah
Oh yeah!

Tell me baby, what's my name
Tell me honey, baby guess my name
Tell me baby, what's my name
I tell you one time, you're to blame

Ooo, who
Ooo, who
Ooo, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Oh, yeah

What's my name
Tell me, baby, what's my name
Tell me, sweetie, what's my name

barryw

I struggled for lyrics for this -


Thanks for looking,
Barry

Viffer06

Imagine by John Lennon

"You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one "



Ben by Michael Jackson

Ben, the two of us need look no more
We both found what we were looking for
With a friend to call my own
I'll never be alone
And you, my friend, will see
You've got a friend in me




Falling Leaves - Sixpence None the richer

Standing in the middle of a forest
Basking in the glorious autumn
Watching the leaves as they change
From green, from green to orange, yellow and brown
I'm falling down
I'm falling down

sherstone

AaronNelson wrote:

#1 Metallica "Mama Said"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGN_ZBMnljo

I really like this one Aaron, the water on the road makes it!