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kenny mann
08 Sep 14 23:11
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Paul McCartney - Little lamb dragonfly (1973), for me.

A beautiful song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vlH3F0NJdk

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kenny mann
When: 08 Sep 14 23:14
Music professor Robert Rodriguez described the tune of "Little Lamb Dragonfly" as "quietly haunting" with "the power to move people without their quite understanding why."The song is structured in three sections. The first section is the "Little Lamb" segment, and is in the keys of D major and C major. The middle section contains three verses of the "Dragonfly" part of the song, and is in E major. In between the second and third "Dragonfly" verses, there is a repetition of some of the music from the "Little Lamb" segment, which helps the song maintain unity. Finally, the third section is a short reprise of the "Little Lamb" segment.

There have been several interpretations of what the song is about. One theory is that the song was inspired by the actual death of a sheep on McCartney's farm. McCartney confirmed that this is at least partially correct in an interview in the late 1980s. Another interpretation is that it tells a story of how McCartney became a vegetarian. This interpretation is inspired by lines such as:

    My heart is aching for you little lamb
    I can help you out but I cannot help you in.

Another interpretation is that the song contains a friendly message to John Lennon, particularly the lines:

    Since you've gone I never know
    I go on but I miss you so.

However, Rodriguez believes the latter interpretation is unlikely, since other songs McCartney recorded during the Ram sessions seemed to be intended to provoke Lennon's anger. Rather, Rodriguez believes that the lyrics are merely a number of phrases that McCartney strung together because they sounded good together, without intending any particular meaning. Author Vincent Benitez described the lyrics as "childlike" and not as sophisticated as the music, noting that this is excusable given that the song was originally intended to be used in a children's film.
By:
brassneck
When: 08 Sep 14 23:16
Eye of the tiger.
By:
brassneck
When: 08 Sep 14 23:29
i also like "a horse with no name "by America
By:
anubis7
When: 08 Sep 14 23:29
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis
By:
brassneck
When: 08 Sep 14 23:32
year of  the cat.
By:
brassneck
When: 08 Sep 14 23:33
the rat trapCoolCoolCool
By:
Capt__F
When: 08 Sep 14 23:36
There's only one Tommy Smith
By:
cdog
When: 08 Sep 14 23:37
Butterflies and Hurricanes (Muse)
By:
kenny mann
When: 08 Sep 14 23:38
Butterfly isn't an animal! Shocked
By:
cdog
When: 08 Sep 14 23:39
it must be a vegetable then, cos it aint a mineral Confused
By:
kenny mann
When: 08 Sep 14 23:43
I remember the programme animal vegetable or mineral. I think Freddie Grisewood who nobody will remember presented it.
By:
Make my hay
When: 09 Sep 14 15:31
The white horses tv theme by Jacky
By:
LucianoBettio
When: 09 Sep 14 15:34
French dog blues
By:
nortons
When: 09 Sep 14 15:38
Strangers in The Night exchanging glances,Scooby Dooby Do...
By:
LucianoBettio
When: 09 Sep 14 15:39
Actually the lyrics are ok and the video is worth a watch even on mute. Songs nowt special but does have a dog in it
By:
rogerthebutler
When: 09 Sep 14 15:42
Theme From Black Beauty
Animal - Def Leppard
Killer Wolf - Danzig
Fox On The Run - Sweet
The Boxer - Simon and Garfunkel
I Am The Fly - Wire
Smack My B1tch Up - Prodigy
By:
Make my hay
When: 09 Sep 14 15:47
Can Your Pu$$y Do The Dog? - The Cramps
By:
HH Sultan Vinegar
When: 09 Sep 14 16:20
Eagles - Lion Eyes
By:
themightymac
When: 09 Sep 14 16:36
Run Rabbit Run Rabbit
Flanegan and Allen Grin
By:
saxon farm
When: 09 Sep 14 17:15
Who Let The Dogs Out!
By:
Poppydog.
When: 09 Sep 14 17:16
'Vacuum cleaner sucks up budgie'
By:
kenny mann
When: 09 Sep 14 19:08
The Boxer lol
By:
Ron-Russian
When: 09 Sep 14 19:31
Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit
By:
erse2
When: 09 Sep 14 19:37
more than a feeling

i can't get enough

i'll need to put more thought into it.
By:
pumphol.
When: 09 Sep 14 19:47
Show Me The Whale - Peter Frampton
A Day In The Lion- The Beatles
All Along The Warthog - Jimmy Hendrix
Born To Rhea - Bruce Springsteen
Space Ocelot - David Bowie
By:
MisterBadger
When: 09 Sep 14 20:15
let it bee

king of the toad

norwegian woodlice
By:
the bairn
When: 09 Sep 14 20:35
2 for 1 here, I love my dog-Cat Stephens. cheers.
By:
MisterBadger
When: 09 Sep 14 20:45
pearl's a singer gazelle - elk e brookes
By:
MisterBadger
When: 09 Sep 14 20:48
http://tiny.cc/hmqxlx
By:
brassneck
When: 09 Sep 14 20:52
NIGHT OWL /A GIRAFFE RTY SONG.Wink
By:
dunlaying
When: 09 Sep 14 21:04
Hare I Go Again - The Collies
By:
pumphol.
When: 09 Sep 14 21:11
Tern between two Ligor's - Mara Macaw-egor
By:
crags
When: 09 Sep 14 22:55
Hounds of Love - KB
By:
dunlaying
When: 09 Sep 14 23:19
Weasel Overcome - Joan Baez
By:
bodil
When: 09 Sep 14 23:19
For some "reason" I recently made a list of all the songs that meant something to me for whatever "reason".

These are the animal ones.

Year Of The Cat
Little Bird
I Am The Walrus
Mocking Bird
Teddy Bears' Picnic (?)
Shoals Of Herring
Superfly
Run Rabbit Run
Ride A White Horse
The Hedgehog's Song (The great Incredible String Band)
Cousin Caterpillar (more genius!)
The White Horses Theme (good choice below)
White Rabbit
The Hounds Of Love
Black Dog
Free Bird
Singing The Dolphin Through (by association)
Bat Out Of Hell
El Condor Pasa
Cool For Cats
The Fox (Steeleye Span version)
Fly Like An Eagle.
Wild Wild Life (general).
By:
bodil
When: 09 Sep 14 23:23
Crap - forgot "I know an old woman who swallowed a fly" (Burl Ives version naturally).  More animals in that than you could do something or other with something or other to.
By:
FlowerMyth
When: 09 Sep 14 23:36
Non, je ne Egrette rien - Edith Piaf
By:
kenny mann
When: 09 Sep 14 23:40
Egret's not an animal. Is It?
By:
crags
When: 10 Sep 14 00:25
Surprised kenny hasn't mentioned Little White Bull - Tommy Steele
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