Sing! Sing a Song…

By --Deb on

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But, enough about books … Other things have words, too, right? Like … songs!

If you’re anything like me, there are songs that you love because of their lyrics; writers you admire because their songs have depth, meaning, or just a sheer playfulness that has nothing to do with the tunes.

So, today’s question?

  • What songs … either specific songs, or songs in general by a specific group or writer … have words that you love?
  • Why?
  • And … do the tunes that go with the fantastic lyrics live up to them?

You don’t have to restrict yourself to modern songsters, either … anyone who wants to pick Gilbert & Sullivan, for example, is just fine with me. Lerner & Loewe? Steven Sondheim? Barenaked Ladies? Fountains of Wayne? The Beatles? Anyone at all…

Don’t forget to leave a link to your actual response (so people don’t have to go searching for it) in the comments—or if you prefer, leave your answers in the comments themselves!

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108 responses

  1. Den

    My first BTT this year is right here.

    Happy BTT!

  2. claire

    I love music.. this is the BTT I most enjoyed answering!
    Mine’s here.

  3. romelettedj

    Happy thursday! Mine’shere

  4. Kat

    Here is mine! 🙂

  5. Tina

    Hi! This is my first BTT ever:
    http://www.refineme.org/2009/01/15/btt-songs-and-lyrics/

  6. Nicole

    I am SO up here. Enjoy!

  7. terri

    I’m booked!

  8. Madeleine

    Mine is up

  9. msmazzola

    I loved this one!
    http://stateofdenmark2.wordpress.com

  10. Marianne

    Mine’s up here: http://reading-writing.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-it-through-music.html

  11. Beth F

    Mine’s up here.

    Thanks for hosting!

  12. Mo

    I played along, too, this week…

    Enjoy your weekend!

  13. gloriana

    I picked a few of my favorites. You can see them heree.

  14. bluestockingbb

    Here is mine!!

    Sing! Sing a Song

  15. hopeistheword

    Mine’s up!

    Booking Through Thursday

  16. Kathy

    This was fun. Here is my answer.
    http://kbr44.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday_15.html

  17. fuzzyface

    My favorite song is one that my wife wrote me for our wedding, I write about it here:

    Booking through Thursday: La-la-LA!!!!

  18. CB James

    Here’s mine.

    http://readywhenyouarecb.blogspot.com/2009/01/now-for-brief-musical-interlude-booking.html

    I’ve included a video….

  19. SFP

    Mine’s up:

    http://pagesturned.blogspot.com/2009/01/sing-sing-song.html

  20. Mrs. B.

    Great question today!
    Here we go:
    http://insatiablereader.blogspot.com/2009/01/btt-sing-song.html

  21. gautami tripathy

    Here is mine:

    http://readingandmorereading.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-sing-sing-song.html

  22. Jessica Slone

    Oh, I had a good time with this one.

    Here’s mine!

  23. Chris

    Love this question. I have a small rant and an answer here

  24. mervih

    Clearly, I’m different:

    Sing! Sing a Song…

  25. drey

    Here‘s mine… =)

  26. S. Krishna

    Love this one!

    http://www.skrishnasbooks.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday_15.html

  27. The Social Frog

    Mine Is Up 🙂
    http://thesocialfrog.com/?p=1002

  28. belleofthebooks

    Here’s mine! This was fun!

    Booking Through Thursday

  29. Rebecca @ The Book Lady's Blog

    Fun topic! I’m up at The Book Lady’s Blog.

  30. mizb17

    This was fun! Here’s my answer, complete with a video!

    http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/btt-sing-sing-a-song-jan14/

    MizB

  31. Carrie

    This is a little different – but fun! Here’s mine:

    http://www.readingtoknow.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday_15.html

  32. elizabethwillse

    http://elizabethwillse.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/booking-through-thursday-reading-song-lyrics/

    Mine is a bunch of lists. I’m going to have such fun looking through other comments and finding new music!

  33. thatsthebook

    Here’s mine:

    http://thatsthebook.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/booking-through-thrusday-20booking-through-thrusday-20/

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  35. Megan

    I love blogging about my favorite artists! I have a core group I’m always chatting about.

    My post is up!

    Happy Thursday!

  36. Julie

    Here’s mine!

    http://shinyshiny.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/abstract-theory-and-music/

    Green Day, Shiny Toy Guns and Muse… quite a collection. 😀

  37. Alexa

    Mine is up, I could have gone on and on and on but restricted myself to three 🙂

    http://notenoughbookshelves.blogspot.com/2009/01/btt-sing-sing-song.html

  38. Sherrie

    Hi!
    My Booking Through Thursday is posted. Brian Adams, check it out! Have a great day!!

    Sherrie

  39. Devourer of Books

    That was an interesting question, here’s my answer.

  40. orchidus

    Here is mine: http://orchidus.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/btt-sing-sing-a-song/

  41. orchidus

    Here is my post: http://orchidus.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/btt-sing-sing-a-song/

  42. Laza

    Here’s mine. Had to break out the iPod after making the list. 🙂

  43. Jan

    Here’s mine:

    http://readingetc.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/btt-sing-sing-a-song/

  44. brideofthebookgod

    And here is mine : http://brideofthebookgod.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/btt-songs/

  45. Book Psmith

    What a fun question! Here is my answer…

    http://bookpsmith.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-11509.html

  46. JonJon

    Mine is up at http://jonjon-journeys.blogspot.com.
    Feel free to come! Happy BTT everyone!

  47. Jenn

    http://seejennread.livejournal.com/19362.html

  48. JLS Hall

    Mine is here:

    http://jlshall.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-sing-sing-song.html

  49. Breezey375

    Yeah. I like this one…

  50. Lynda

    Mine’s up here:
    http://lyndasbookblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-15109.html

  51. Suey

    Fun fun question. Interesting for me to see what I thought of first. My answer here.

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  53. carolsnotebook

    Fun questions. My response is up.

    Booking Through Thursday

  54. Alyce

    Here’s my post:

    http://athomewithbooks.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-january-15.html

  55. confuzzledbooks

    http://confuzzledbooks.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday_15.html

  56. Sarah

    http://bookwormsarah.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-songs.html

  57. bookworm

    fun topic! what are your favorites?
    http://thebookworm07.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-115.html

  58. Smash

    Oh my gosh I loved loved loved this question! My answer (with videos) is here:

    http://greatbooksandfreshcoffee.blogspot.com/2009/01/loving-lyrics-aka-smashs-favorite-songs.html

  59. Barbara H.

    Mine’s up, a little late. I had to think about this one a lot — I love music!

    http://barbarah.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/booking-through-thursday-sing-sing-a-song/

  60. sherry

    For someone who named their blog after a favorite song, this was F U N!

    http://niteswimming.blogspot.com/2009/01/this-week-its-all-about-those-songs.html

    ~ nite swimming ~

  61. Bonnie

    My first BTT attempt:

    http://dwell-in-possibility.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday.html

  62. Shelly Burns

    Enjoyed this question today. Mine is here.

  63. mari

    Here is mine.
    Great question.

    http://marireads.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-11509.html

  64. Mog

    Mine is here, http://zetor-mogsblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday_15.html

  65. Emily

    I just started my book blog so here’s my first BTT!
    http://worldinsidemyheadbookblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday.html

  66. J.C.

    This one was easy for me!

    Here’s my post.

  67. Susan Helene Gottfried

    I had meant to get to this earlier, but am sick again.

    http://blog.westofmars.com/2009/01/15/booking-through-thursday-sing/

  68. D Dubs

    I really enjoyed this one! I wrote more than I ever have for a BTT! You can check it out at

    http://www.ddubsreads.com/DDubsReads/Blog/Entries/2009/1/15_Booking_Through_Thursday%3A_Sing!_Sing_a_song….html

    and thank you for the great question!

  69. FeeBeeKay

    I love this site. You rock.

    Here’s my very mushy post!

    http://feebeekay-ok.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday_15.html

  70. Prairie Progressive

    Seems like reading and music go hand in hand with so many of us. Anyway, here’s mine.

  71. harmonybookreviews

    My first BTT: http://harmonybookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/booking-through-thursday-1/

  72. Frances

    What a fun one! Off to check out all the responses.

    http://nonsuchbook.typepad.com/nonsuch_book/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-sing-sing-a-song.html

  73. Matthew

    Here’s mine. I learned how to embed videos!

    The Sing-Along Post–If You Can

  74. Olga

    A bit late in the day, but here is mine:

    http://punnery.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursdays_15.html

  75. softdrink

    Happy Thursday!

    http://fizzybeverage.blogspot.com/2009/01/sing-sing-song.html

  76. Lisa

    Mine is here

  77. marineko

    http://marineko.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-favourite.html

  78. Matthew

    My answer is up finally!

    This is the longest and most time-consuming answer I’ve ever done for BTT. Have a great Thursday everyone! 🙂

  79. blbooks

    my answer is up now

    Becky

  80. Erotic Horizon

    http://jhayboy.blogspot.com/2009/01/book-through-thursday.html

  81. becky

    my answer–it’s a bit long–but this topic was just so much fun!

  82. Carol

    My post is up. Happy BTT every one!

  83. Karen Montgomery

    Here is my post for the week. I hope it is what you wanted. http://mybeetlebugs.blogspot.com/

  84. Debbie

    Fun question today!
    here is my link
    http://ffbookblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-thru-thursday-songs.html

  85. Staci

    Here is my RESPONSE

  86. Andrea

    Here’s my first ever BTT!

    http://purplg8r-somanybooks.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday.html

  87. J.S. Peyton

    Here’s my contribution!

  88. J.S. Peyton

    Ok now, here it is:

    Hometown Glory

  89. Morbid Romantic

    I have mine here: http://morbid-romantic.net/2009/01/15/booking-through-thursday-songs

  90. Megan

    Mine!

  91. phantom inkheart

    Here’s mine: http://lottes50.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday_15.html
    🙂

  92. Lu

    http://regularrumination.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/booking-through-thursday/

    Woo!

  93. Mish

    Coincidentally, I was already composing a music post at my Stage and Canvas

  94. yooperchick

    This was a fun and easy one for me!

    http://ilovemybooks.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday_15.html

  95. Lynn P

    This was fun to think about songs thie week… Love it!

    http://ladybug-chronicles.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursdaysongs.html

  96. Literate Housewife

    This was so much fun! Here is my post.

  97. jocelyn

    Fun! My answer: http://teenbookreview.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/booking-through-thursday-sing-sing-a-song/.

  98. Michelle

    Yay! I enjoyed this one. 🙂

    http://www.inthelouvre.org/btt/january-15-2009/

  99. girljordyn

    Mine’s over here http://tencentnotes.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/btt-songs-lyrics/

  100. Michelle Argyle

    I usually like music because of the beat, the sound of the singer’s voice, and sometimes the lyrics. I think some of my favorite lyrics belong to Jack Johnson. One of the sweetest is “Angel” :

    I’ve got an angel
    She doesn’t wear any wings
    She wears a heart that can melt my own
    She wears a smile that can make me wanna sing
    She gives me presents
    With her presence alone
    She gives me everything I could wish for
    She gives me kisses on the lips just for coming home

    She could make angels
    I’ve seen it with my own eyes
    You gotta be careful when you’ve got good love
    Cause the angels will just keep on multiplying

    But you’re so busy changing the world
    Just one smile and you can change all of mine
    We share the same soul
    Oh oh oh ohhh
    We Share the same soul
    Oh oh oh ohhh
    We Share the same soul
    Oh oh oh ohhh
    Oh oh oh ohhh
    Umm umm umm uhhhhhhmm

  101. Michelle Argyle

    Oh sorry, my actual response is at: http://notenoughbookshelves.blogspot.com/2009/01/btt-sing-sing-song.html

  102. Chelsea

    This was a wonderful BTT to answer!

    BTT (A Little Late) and More to Come

  103. Literary Feline

    Here’s the link to my post. have a good day!

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  105. Jessi

    My response is here, about halfway down. 🙂

  106. Christine

    http://xinef.livejournal.com/323239.html

  107. Florinda

    I needed more time with this one, but I really enjoyed it – now I’m Booking Through Thursday on Monday :-).

  108. mcfitz

    My REALLY late answer.
    http://mcfitzsatx.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-sing-sing-song.html