Songs that teach as well

[kendoddsdadsdogsdead]

Whatever that song about LS Lowry by Brian and Michael was called. On the same theme, Vincent by Don McLean and I suppose American Pie was something you could learn from if you knew what the lyrics meant.

No more Heroes?

We hit them with bricks and sticks and bottles and baseball bats
We kick them in the bollocks and we nick their scarves and hats
We're always drunk away, and we like to cause affray
Cos we're the Cardiff city boot boys, we travel in a van/coach/train...

[kendoddsdadsdogsdead]

We hit them with bricks and sticks and bottles and baseball bats
We kick them in the bollocks and we nick their scarves and hats
We're always drunk away, and we like to cause affray
Cos we're the Cardiff city boot boys, we travel in a van/coach/train...

...to the tune of Brian and Michael's song...for the young uns on here

[William Treseder]

Did you not know that JFK was assassinated?

I always thought he’d been knocked down by a bus outside the Lamb and Flag in Canton.

[Mr Soul '68]

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
Solstice - Cheyenne
Waterboys - Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
Thin Lizzy - Emerald
Hawklords - 25 years
Robert Calvert – Captain Lockheed And The Starfighters album (especially the track Ejection)
Robert Calvert – Lucky Leif And The Longships album
The Pogues - The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
Saxon-Dallas 1 PM
U2 - Pride

[the other bob wilson]

[NYCBlue]

I always thought he’d been knocked down by a bus outside the Lamb and Flag in Canton.

So what did you learn from "Seconds"? The lyrics are a bit vague. There's no who, where, or when. All you can gather is that someone took seconds to take someone else's life after waiting a while. It's not even factually accurate. There were 3 shots heard around the world.

[William Treseder]

So what did you learn from "Seconds"? The lyrics are a bit vague. There's no who, where, or when. All you can gather is that someone took seconds to take someone else's life after waiting a while. It's not even factually accurate. There were 3 shots heard around the world.

How pedantic are we gonna get here ? 😁

[cantonboy]

U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday

[xsnaggle]

Black Velvet
The night they burned ol' dixie down
18

[splott parker]

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down…The Band

[NYCBlue]

How pedantic are we gonna get here ? ��

Is it not important to be pedantic when it comes to learning?

[Garth Blue]

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[JamesWales]

Someone mentioned "the band played waltzing Matilda" earlier which is one of my very favourite songs, and a great shout

Another absolute favourite is "The town I loved so well" which is about growing up in Derry and refers to the troubles.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hybUj9...ZlZCBzbyB3ZWxs

In a similar vein, a great ode to Dublin that tells the story of a changing city that many Cardiffians may also identify with:

"In the rare old times" by the Dubliners

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTYkby...Ugb2xkIHRpbWVz

Another is "Sam Hall", about an old Highway thief.

Brilliant song, this version also by the Dubliners

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QUMEOp...U2FtIGhhbGw%3D

Finally, "where were you when the world stopped turning" by Alan Jackson who is a country singer I love. I don't actually like this song that much but it's all about 9/11

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj6rMc...BlZCB0dXJuaW5n

[lostinnewforest]

The Green Fields of France - The Fureys

[JamesWales]

The Green Fields of France - The Fureys

I was going to post that too! Didn't want to overdo it on the Irish folk!

[Lost Johnny]

Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80_3...BpdCdzIHdvcnRo

[jon1959]

‘Joe Hill’ - the Paul Robeson version is the best in my opinion but Seeger, Baez, Springsteen and Bragg all did it justice.