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On Being a Singer
Feb. 13th, 2006 10:36 am"Lodi", as I've mentioned, is one of my favorite CCR songs. It's a woeful tale of a singer who arrived in that town1 for a one-night singing gig, but who has met with misfortune:
Thinking about this song led me to the general topic of songs about being a singer, or more generally a performer. There've been quite a few; I suppose songwriters often face the temptation to write them - "Write what you know", as the adage goes. Doing so strikes me as a bit self-indulgent, but enough enjoyable songs of that ilk have been written that I really shouldn't complain.
Being of an ordinological bent, I find myself categorizing and organizing such songs. I will, in mercy, put the results under a cut.
( Singing about singing )
1 I'm not sure which town it might be; there are at least five of them in the USA. Somewhere I got the impression that it's the one in Wisconsin, but I really don't know.
Rode in on the Greyhound, I'll be walkin' out if I go.
I was just passin' through, must be seven months or more.
Ran out of time and money, looks like they took my friends.
Oh Lord, I'm stuck in Lodi again.
Thinking about this song led me to the general topic of songs about being a singer, or more generally a performer. There've been quite a few; I suppose songwriters often face the temptation to write them - "Write what you know", as the adage goes. Doing so strikes me as a bit self-indulgent, but enough enjoyable songs of that ilk have been written that I really shouldn't complain.
Being of an ordinological bent, I find myself categorizing and organizing such songs. I will, in mercy, put the results under a cut.
( Singing about singing )
1 I'm not sure which town it might be; there are at least five of them in the USA. Somewhere I got the impression that it's the one in Wisconsin, but I really don't know.
