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Do you have a favorite song?
A song that you never get tired of hearing & always touches your soul?
Mom’s favorite is Wichita Lineman by Glenn Campbell.
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Jimmy Webb wrote "Wichita Lineman" in response to Campbell's urgent phone request for a "place"-based or "geographical" song to follow up "By the Time I Get to
Phoenix".
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His lyrical inspiration came while driving through the high plains of the Oklahoma panhandle past a long line of telephone poles, on one of which perched a lineman speaking into his handset. Webb "put himself atop that pole" with the phone in his hand as he imagined the lineman talking to his girlfriend. Despite its real-life roots lying elsewhere, Webb set his song in Wichita, Kansas.
Campbell, who was born in Oklahoma, said, "When I heard it I cried because I was homesick."
In 2021, Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" ranked "Wichita Lineman" at number 206. Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan considered it "the greatest song ever written".
Best lyrics ever: “And I need you more than want you, and I want you for all time.”
Please tell us your favorite song, and we’ll try to feature it on a future post!
Enjoy!
❤️ Rocky
Dearest Rocky OMCS OMCs...there are so many vocal and instrumental songs I adore. Any time I hear any of them I stop what I'm doing.
Vocals:
George Straight: Amarillo By Morning
Glenn Campbell: Rhinestone Cowboy and Wichita Lineman
Brooks and Dunn: Neon Lights, Maria, A man this lonely and many more
Glenn Frey (Eagles): No more Cloudy Days
Paul Anaka: Steel Guitar and a glass of wine
Righteous Brothers: Unchained Melody
Elvis Presley: Blue Hawaii in fact any of Elvis' songs
Beach Boys: Darlin'
Englebert Humperdink: All
All music from Grease, Dirty Dancing and Sound of Music
Instrumental:
Acker Bilk: Strangers on the Shore actually all of his
Theme from a Summer Place any version
Kenny G
Herb Alpert
So many many more. I love any song with guitars, drums and Saxaphones
Loving
Auntie HiC
Rocky is a beautiful cat 🐈 My favourite song 🎵 by Glen Campbell is Try Little Kindness.
ReplyDeletethat is a wonderful song... thanks dear rocky...
ReplyDeleteHmmm, not being a fan of this type of music, I really don't have any opinion! But if you love them then they must be wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI am into classical music, mostly from about 1600-1850 with some exceptions.And within this genre I DO have lots that move me, and some make me want to call my family, because they seem to be telling me there is something I need to know about. Weird but true.
By the way, the afghan/lap robe you made si beautiful! I love the way you stitched it together.