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what would you say?
by islandtime

Walt Whitman said, "I hear America singing ..."

Put Walt in a time travel machine and transport him to the present-day United States. What song does he hear?

(I'm really just looking for popular or classic song titles that might fit the current state of affairs, but if anybody feels like writing an original song, go for it!)

Re: what would you say?
by falcon

No. 37 on the Brit charts, but sure to hit Stateside - Everything Is Borrowed...

Re: what would you say?
by HAP

This is a Classic:

The Adam and Eve Song (and this is the link: I'm not makin' this up)

(sing to the tune of the Farmer in the Dell)

(Dedicated to Palin)

God made the universe
God made the universe
He saw that it was good, Amen
God made the universe

Then God created man
Then God created man
He made Adam in His likeness
Yes God created man

God made the woman Eve
God made the woman Eve
He took a rib from Adam’s side
God made the woman Eve

God placed them in Eden
God placed them in Eden
He said all this is yours for good
God placed them in Eden

But please don’t touch the tree
But please don’t touch the tree
Just please don’t eat that fruit you see
Oh, please don’t touch that tree

A serpent slithered in
A serpent slithered in
He talked to Eve about the fruit
A serpent slithered in

Eve ate forbidden fruit
Eve ate forbidden fruit
She shared the fruit with her husband
They ate forbidden fruit

God was very sad
God was very sad
He told them they would have to leave
Oh, God was very sad.

And that’s how things went wrong
And that’s how things went wrong
Oh that is why life became so hard
Yes, that’s how things went wrong.

Re: what would you say?
by HAP

And if anyone can actually sing this song...

along to the tune of the Farmer in the Dell...

"You're a better man than me

A better man than me"...

or woman...

..."as the case may be"

Re: what would you say?
by waltz and capsize

I hear America singing the rain, the park and other things.

<link>

why? because we're all just so damned happy.

Re: what would you say?
by waltz and capsize

wait. wait. i hear America singing smells like happiness.

<link>

why? because we're all just so damned happy.

Re: what would you say?
by waltz and capsize

i changed my mind. i hear America singing white winter hymnal.

<link>

why? because it's the Fleet Foxes.

I hear America singing...
by Soccerfreak

"When Black Friday comes/Gonna wear no socks or shoes/With nothing to do but feed all the kangaroos"

(Steely Dan reference)

Take care.

Re: what would you say?
by HAP

Here's what we need: Bridge Over Troubled Water

Here is what we have: this is an e-mail from my bookeeper Tammy I just received this morning. In the subject line she typed "Sick Bookeeper".

Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 6:30 AM

Good Morning,

I had a pretty bad night.

This cold is pretty bad.

I only got 3 hours of sleep.

I am here to get done the important things.

I don't expect to make it all day.

I took drugs and now I have medicine head.

Please give me all you important items this morning

so I can go home and die.

Thanks

Tammy

(and I am not making this up, that was funny!)

Re: what would you say?
by pelirrojo viejo

Hmm...spirit of the times. Here's one Whitman probably wouldn't hear, followed by one he probably couldn't avoid hearing.

So all of the businessers in their unlimited

hell where they buy and they sell and they sell all their

trash to each other but they're sick of it all

and they're bankrupt on selling

--Modest Mouse, Bankrupt on Selling

If you got money and you know it

Take it out your pocket and show it

Then throw it like

This a way (uh huh)

That a way (uh huh)

This a way (uh huh)

That a way (yeah)

Lil' Wayne, Got Money

Re: what would you say?
by MaryAnn
"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime," lyrics by Yip Harburg, music by Jay Gorney (1931)

They used to tell me I was building a dream, and so I followed the mob, When there was earth to plow, or guns to bear, I was always there right on the job. They used to tell me I was building a dream, with peace and glory ahead, Why should I be standing in line, just waiting for bread?

Once I built a railroad, I made it run, made it race against time. Once I built a railroad; now it's done. Brother, can you spare a dime? Once I built a tower, up to the sun, brick, and rivet, and lime; Once I built a tower, now it's done. Brother, can you spare a dime? Once in khaki suits, gee we looked swell, Full of that Yankee Doodly Dum, Half a million boots went slogging through Hell, And I was the kid with the drum!

Say, don't you remember, they called me Al; it was Al all the time. Why don't you remember, I'm your pal? Buddy, can you spare a dime? Once in khaki suits, gee we looked swell, Full of that Yankee Doodly Dum, Half a million boots went slogging through Hell, And I was the kid with the drum!

Say, don't you remember, they called me Al; it was Al all the time. Say, don't you remember, I'm your pal? Buddy, can you spare a dime?
Re: what would you say?
by MaryAnn
Money, Money from the musical: Cabaret

Money makes the world go around,
the world go around, the world go around,
Money makes the world go around,
it makes the world go round.

A mark, a yen, a buck or a pound,
a buck or a pound, a buck or a pound,
Is all that makes the world go around,
that clinking clanking sound,
Can make the world go round.

If you happen to be rich, and you feel like a night's entertainment,
You can pay for a gay escapade.
If you happen to be rich, and alone and you need a companion,
You can ring ting-a-ling for the maid.
If you happen to be rich and you find you are left by your lover,
Tho you moan and you groan quite a lot,
You can take it on the chin,
call a cab and begin to recover on your fourteen carat yacht.

Money makes the world go around,
the world go around, the world go around,
Money makes the world go around,
of that we both are sure.
(Raspberry) On being poor.

When you haven't any coal in the stove and you freeze in the winter
And you curse to the wind at your fate.
When you haven't any shoes on your feet and your coat's thin as paper
And you look thirty pounds underweight,
When you go to get a word of advice from the fat little pastor,
he will tell you to love evermore.
But when hunger comes to rap, rat-a-tat, rat-a-tat, at the window
See how love flies out the door.

For money makes the world go around, the world go around,
the world go around.
Money makes the world go around,
the clinking, clanking sound
of Money, money, money, money,
Money, money, money, money,
Get a little, get a little,
Money, money, money, money,
Mark, a yen, a buck or a pound,
That clinking, clanking clunking sound
is all that makes the world go round,
It makes the world go round.

Re: what would you say?
by Vergilius

Monday, Monday, can't trust that day
Monday, Monday, sometimes it just turns out that way
Oh Monday mornin' you gave me no warnin' of what was to be
Oh Monday, Monday, how could you leave and not take me

Time flies so swiftly...
by Vergilius

that I sometimes forget how old I am. Many here may not remember this song.

Monday, Monday" is a 1966 song (see 1966 in music) written by John Phillips and recorded by The Mamas and the Papas. It was the group's only number one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and the first song by a sexually integrated group to reach the top of the charts. On March 2, 1967 The Mamas and the Papas won Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal grammy for this song.

Re: Time flies so swiftly...
by waltz and capsize

you mean like this, Verg? <link>

i cut my teeth on this stuff. me mum had all their record albums and played them on the phonograph she kept on the shelf in the kitchen linen closet.

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