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what song would be your self portrait

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  • 11-11-2013 10:55pm
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    poppyvally
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    I have this quirky little diary which asks a different ? each day. To the above I answered " Both sides now" sung by Judy Collins. I'm sure most people can identify with the words. Love to hear other self portraits in song


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    Jellybaby1
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    I like Joni Mitchell's version of 'Both Sides Now' and she wrote it too. I've been puzzling over your question Poppy and there are so many songs rolling through my brain. I'd say every day I could nominate a different song. At this moment, my chosen song is....'Help!' by the Beatles. But tomorrow it might be different.


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    uch
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    Blue Moon by the Marcels

    21/25



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    Teagwee
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    Joan Baez - Forever Young

    http://youtu.be/-4UoJ47SzjA


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    Pulsating Star
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    In my angst ridden teenage years I used to envy the character I imagined Paul Simon wrote about in "I am a rock" as I wasn't quite as isolated mentally.
    Now I detest him.


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    CUCINA
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    As a kid (and still today) I had a fascination with the music scores of "cowboys and Indians" films. So when I hear any music associated with that genre, for some reason it raises my spirits, gives me a kind of "giddy up"!

    I remember being captivated by Doris Day's singing in Calamity Jane when I first saw that film many moons ago in the old "Oriel" cinema in Chapelizod (or maybe it was in the "Gala" in Ballyfermot!).

    But if I had to confine my answer to naming just one song, it would have to be
    "Three Wheels on my Wagon", by The New Christy Minstrels". For me, this fun record illustrates how we as kids must have had a literally black and white view of the world, thanks to Hollywood, that cowboys were good and "dem injuns" were bad...the innocence of it all...

    Actually, my wife and I went to see the lead singer of this group, Barry Maguire, at the Sugar Club a couple of years ago. I was really looking forward to his rendition of the song but big disappointment when he only sang half of it, half-heartedly, because he was more interested in telling stories of his later career....anyway, serious digression here, time to go!!!


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    Layinghen
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    My self portrait song is "I Did It My Way".:D


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