Saturday, October 26, 2019

(Finished October 27th, 2019) The Music of History, Part 1 Songs 1-16

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These are songs about the music of history, songs about historical figures, history or things that are history related. Some of these songs may or may not be about fictional people, although I really wished that Liberty Valance was a real person. If you want to find out more go to this website:   https://genius.com/Genius-lists-songs-based-on-historical-events-annotated

What happens when you don't learn from history? 1) Propellerheads featuring Shirley Bassey "History Repeating":


2) The Cast of "Alexander Hamilton" "Alexander Hamilton":


3) Nitty Gritty Dirt Band "Mr. Bojangles":


4) Chuck Berry "Roll Over Beethoven":


5) Don McLean "American Pie":


6) Madonna and others "Rainbow Tour":


7) Ozzy Osbourne "Mr. Crowley":



8) Billy Joel "The Ballad of Billy The Kid":



9) U2 "Sunday Bloody Sunday":



10) Billy Joel "We Didn't Start The Fire":



11) Gordon Lightfoot "The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald":



12) Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young "Ohio":



13) Johnny Horton "The Battle of New Orleans":



14) Crosby, Stills & Nash "Woodstock":



15) U2 "MLK":



Who knew a song about the Mason-Dixon line would be so good? 16) Mark Knopfler "Sailing To Philadelphia":



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