Comments on: Discussion: Songs About Time

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:49:01 +0000

Poor Bill is turning 30 on Saturday. He’s taking it well though.:)

By: Erik North

Erik North — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:47:28 +0000

Kenny Chesney–”A Lot Of Things Different”

Kenny Rogers–”Twenty Years Ago”

Barbra Streisand–”The Way We Were”

By: Kevin J. Coyne

Kevin J. Coyne — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:45:12 +0000

Miss Kitty,

Nothing made me feel as old as having a student last year who was born on the day I graduated high school! As Deana Carter once sang, “I still remember when thirty was old.”

By: Dan Milliken

Dan Milliken — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:55:10 +0000

Keith Urban’s “Days Go By.” There’s an urgency and conviction to that record that makes the theme sound very fresh to me, even though it’s not.

By: Miss Kitty

Miss Kitty — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:46:09 +0000

I’ll have to think for a while on my favorite country songs about time, but I’m commenting now to say that I feel your pain on the “kids” you see on campus, Kevin.

Right after public schools started back in early August, I saw a large group of young people–maybe 8th graders–walking around my university, with a college student guide showing them around. Hmm, a junior-high field trip, I thought. But then I overheard what the guide was saying: “All right, next we’ll go to the Student Center where you’ll meet your advisor and register for classes.”

And to think I almost walked up and asked the kids, “And what grade are you in this year?” Sheesh.

By: Eleven

Eleven — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:39:03 +0000

“Time Passes By” …. Kathy Mattea

By: Hard Times

Hard Times — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:31:06 +0000

Good point, Leeann. That whole album was laced with reflections on time and aging.

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:08:45 +0000

Hard Times, Great choices. I guess Vince likes to sing about time, because I’d add “In These Last Few Days” to the list, which is also on his Next Big Thing album. I mentioned it before, in the last thread regarding time, but I think it’s appropriate here too. “Young Man’s Town” is about the passing of time in the music business as well, also from the Next Big Thing album…

By: Hard Times

Hard Times — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:53:42 +0000

Vince Gill has two remarkable songs about aging, both on his “Next Big Thing” album.

The title track is a rollicking tune about the turnover rate in Nashville. It’s fun but still pointed. Sample lyric:

For a little while
you can do wrong
live it up, son
cause it don’t last long.

The other song, “Young Man’s Town” is again about Nashville, but it’s slower and more reflective. Sample lyric:

You wake up one morning and it’s passed you by
Don’t know when and you don’t know why

Although both are about the music business, their themes are universal. (And the latter has harmony by Emmylou Harris for extra yumminess.)

By: Lanibug

Lanibug — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:33:37 +0000

I have to agree with Jim Croce’s “Time In A Bottle” and the first song that came to mind was Deanna Carter’s “Strawberry Wine” and then “Angry All the Time” by Tim McGraw came on my iTunes –