Looking so long at these pictures of you
I've been communicating with a very dear person over the last three weeks or so. Time has slipped by quickly as we correspond. Because it has been so long since we've seen each other, and really talked, it's only natural to exchange photos. Surely it has been over 20 years. Recent photos are mostly shared because of the ease of digital cameras. Though there are a deeper lines on our faces, change in hair style (or color) and additional weight (me), one thing is remains the same. The smile and expressions that we developed early on in our lives remain evident despite the trials and tribulations we've encountered along the way. I do have to say he's even more handsome now than he was back then. I think maturity and life experiences add character to a person. Some of us don't wear our age well at all. My friend does.
Though I do seem to be doing more of the sharing, I hold out hope to some day have a mailbox filled with photos of him with the kids, pets, friends, etc...
What all this picture sending has done is make me curious about the number of songs written about photographs. In addition to the inspiration the photos I've exchanged with my dear friend has brought, my friend Rupe posted this video today on Facebook.
It's a really sweet rendition. If you're more interested in the Cure original, here's the link with lyrics.
I need help compiling a playlist featuring songs about pictures, snapshots, photos ... you get the idea. Here's my starter list:
Pictures of You -- The Cure
If -- Bread
Photograph -- Def Leppard
Turning Japanese -- The Vapors
Let Me Take Your Photo -- The Speedies
Photograph -- Ringo Starr
Pictures of You -- The Last Goodnight
Girls on Film -- Duran Duran
Snapshot -- Sylvia
Photographs and Memories -- Jim Croce
I know somebody will have a few more songs to throw on the playlist (Nickelback need not apply -- gack!) Help a sister out! Thanks a bunch.
Kodachrome -- Paul Simon
ReplyDeleteWhile not appropriate for your situation, the Paul Thorn song "Every Little Bit Hurts" features my favorite photo-centric lyrics:
ReplyDelete"I soaked all your pictures/in gasoline/I prayed for a miracle/but the phone never rang"
It's stalker-ific!
I turned your picture to the wall - Norah Jones
ReplyDeleteSherrie, "Girls on Film" isn't exactly subject matter appropriate (he's not getting *those* kinds of pics) but it's the picture theme :) I dig it. I'll give it a listen.
ReplyDeleteMost excellent, Yoonie! Thanks for contributing. I do love Norah.
Arc -- groovy, for sure.
Jackson browne - Doctor My Eyes
ReplyDeleteJ. Geils Band - Freeze Frame
Van Halen - dreams
Jack Johnson - F stop Blues
A Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)
The Tubes - Talk To You Later
Sarah MacLachlan - Black & White
Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
Filter - Take A Picture
Michael Stipe & Natalie Merchant - Photograph
Rush - The Camera Eye
I just thought of a really great photo song, I know it's a late entry but it's such a good'un I had to send it. I thought you would appreciate the full lyric.
ReplyDeletePICTURE OF YOU
(Beveridge / Oakman)
Joe Brown & The Bruvvers - 1962
In the night there are sights to be seen
Stars like jewels on the crown of a queen
But the only sight I’m gonna view
Is that wonderful picture of you
On a streetcar or in the café
All of the evening and most of the day
My mind is in a maze, what can I do
I still see that picture of you
It was last summer, I fell in love
My heart told me what to do
I saw you then on the crest of a hill
And I took a little picture of you
Then you were gone like a dream in the night With you in my heart, my love and my light
I didn’t know your name, what could I do?
I’ve only a picture of you
Then you were gone like a dream in the night With you in my heart, my love and my light
I didn’t know your name, what could I do?
I’ve only a picture of you, oh yeah
That wonderful picture of you
I’m left with a picture of you, oh yeah
That wonderful picture of you
Jeff! That's so wonderful. Thanks for providing the lyrics. It's never to late to add. Playlists have no determined limit.
ReplyDeleteBucks Fizz - My Camera Never Lies
ReplyDeleteBoyzone - Picture Of You
REM - Camera
Death cab For Cutie - photobooth
Weezer - Photograph
Ringo Starr - Photograph
Tommy Steele - Flash Bang Wallop
Elliott Smith - Pictures Of Me
Kinks - Picture Book
Spoon - I Turn My Camera On
Kinks - People Take Pictures Of Each Other
Wilco - Kamera
The Who - Pictures Of Lily
The Sea And Cake - All The Photos
Amanda Lear - I Am A Photograph
Pavement - Camera
Winterpills - Portrait
Margo Guryan - Take A Picture
Pat Metheny - Pictures
Peter Gabriel - Family Snapshot
Jane's Addiction - Ted, Just Admit It
Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
Son Volt - Out Of The Picture
Hank Thompson - Faded Photograph
Orla - Camera
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Camera
Electric Doormat - Stock Photo Man
Quarterflash - Take Another Picture
Graham Dean - Photo In A Frame
Jamie Cullum - Photograph
Michael Franks - Popsicle Toes ("how come you always load your Pentax when I'm in the nude?")
Willie Nelson - Picture In A Frame
Ben Harper - Picture Sitting In A Frame
Yes - Into The Lens
Jim Croce - Photographs And Memories
Lady Gaga - Paparazzi
John Mayer - 3x5
The Fixx - Cameras In Paris
Paul McCartney - Darkroom
Comsat Angels - Eye Of The Lens
George Jones - Developing My Pictures
Buggles - I Am A Camera
Boomtown Rats - Having My Picture Taken
Morrissey - The Harsh Truth Of The Camera Eye
Basement Jaxx - La Photo
Randy Travis - Old 8x10
Verve pipe - Photograph
Depeche Mode - Photographic AND A Photograph Of You
Echo & The Bunnymen - Pictures On My Wall
Shawn Colvin - Polaroids
Blinker The Star - Pretty Pictures
Art Of Noise - Snapshot
RuPaul - Snapshot
Peter Gabriel - This Is The Picture
Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now ("I have a picture, pinned to my wall...")
Bishop Allen - Click, Click, Click, Click
Astrud Gilberto - Photograph
Neil Young - Distant Camera
Robbie Williams - life Through A Lens
Outkast - Hey Ya!("Shake it like a Polaroid picture...")
K.T. Oslin - Old Pictures
Patsy Cline - She's Got You
("I’ve got your picture that you gave to me
And it’s signed with love just like it used to be
The only thing different, the only thing new
I’ve got your picture, she’s got you")
Well, I think that's finally it. Phew!
Dude!!! This is fantastical! You f'ing rockstar, you!
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