Has anyone every written a song about the death JFK. If not why not?
2006-09-06 06:20:58 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
He's included in "Abraham, Martin & John"
2006-09-06 06:22:50 · answer #1 · answered by carpathianne 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Spirit of JFK - Devo
Let the word go forth
Let the word go forth
From this time and place
Good evening my fellow citizens
I'm speaking tonight in a spirit of hope
In the human spirit, the human spirit
Lee Harvey Oswald
Oh, No
Jack Ruby
Oswald and Ruby
Oh, No
To Friend and Foe alike
Oswald and Ruby
My God, have you heard
The president is dead
Oswald and Ruby
They do not imprison spirits
Oswald and Ruby
They do not imprison spirits
The president is dead
Well, I know where that 3rd shot came from
The grassy knoll
Behind the picket fence
The energy, the faith, the function
which we bring to this endeavor
We'll fight our country and all who serve it
And the glow from that fire
Can truly light the world
History will record the facts
I didn't shoot anybody
Lee Harvey Oswald
Why should anybody serve?
Why should anybody serve?
Jack Harvey Oswald
We have learned in times past
The spirit of one moment or place
Can be gone in the next
2006-09-06 13:26:13 · answer #2 · answered by Duke of Funk 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well... not actually about his death per se. But there is a song called "Has Anybody Here Seen My Old Friend..." The singer actually names, Martin, Robert and John.. Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert Kennedy and John Kennedy.
The song Abraham, Martin and John was written in 1968, RICHARD HOLLER.
2006-09-06 13:35:21 · answer #3 · answered by Kat 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The one I can think of off the top of my head is The Byrds song called "He Was A Friend of Mine." It was a folk song that they updated the lyrics to in honor of JFK:
He was a friend of mine, he was a friend of mine
His killing had no purpose, no reason or rhyme
He was a friend of mine
He was in Dallas town, he was in Dallas town
From a sixth floor window a gunner shot him down
He was in Dallas town
He never knew my name, he never knew my name
Though I never met him I knew him just the same
Oh he was a friend of mine
Leader of a nation for such a precious time
He was a friend of mine
BUT, there's this web page that has a list of tons of songs that are supposed to be about it: http://www.turnmeondeadman.net/JFK/Songs.html
2006-09-06 14:33:01 · answer #4 · answered by Kim 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yellowcard have a song called JFK or Martin Sheen:
Here it is one more glass for these broken hands
Goes down for you.
I've fallen in I sink then swallow
I never meant to see this through.
I'm taking them all, taking them all back for good
To a place where I know that I'm safe.
Then I can fall, then I could fall where I should
In this bottle with all my mistakes.
All the days since I've landed
I lost the way to find my truth
You float away and leave me stranded
What's left to say I'll hurt for you.
I'm taking them all, taking them all back for good
To a place where I know that I'm safe.
Then I can fall, then I could fall where I should
In this bottle with all my mistakes.
I could sleep but when I wake here
You'd still be gone
And you're my air.
I could breathe if you would stay for
another song so I could stare.
I could sleep but when I wake here
You'd still be gone
And you're my air.
I could breathe if you would stay for
another song so I could stare.
I'm taking them all, taking them all back for good.
To a place where I know that I'm safe.
Then I can fall, then I could fall where I should
In this bottle with all my mistakes.
I'm taking them all, taking them all back for good.
To a place where I know that I'm safe.
Then I can fall, then I could fall where I should
In this bottle with all my mistakes.
2006-09-06 13:30:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hmmm... 'Kennedy' by the Wedding Present does contain the line 'If Lee's name does come up, I really want to know...'
And We Didn;t Start The Fire by Billy Joel contains the pithy line 'JFK. Blown Away. What more do I have to say?'
2006-09-06 13:27:18 · answer #6 · answered by eriverpipe 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Becausee he's unknown. Now a song about J F K- That would something.
2006-09-06 13:23:16 · answer #7 · answered by Spotlight 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Marilyn Manson did. It's on the mechanical animals cd. the only song i know of. you wouldnt think it, but after viewing the video. yea that's what its about. if your not into that kind of music, i have no idea!
2006-09-06 13:25:18 · answer #8 · answered by mortiki_down 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Bullet" by the Misfits
President's bullet-ridden body in the street
Ride, Johnny, ride
Kennedy's shattered head hits concrete
Ride, Johnny, ride
Johnny's wife is floundering, Johnny's wife is scared
Run, Jackie, run
Texas is an outrage when your husband is dead
Texas isn't arid when they pick up his head
Texas is the reason that the president's dead
You gotta suck, suck, Jackie, suck
President's bullet-ridden body in the street
Ride, Johnny, ride
Kennedy's shattered head hits concrete
Ride, Johnny, ride
Texas is an outrage when your husband is dead
Texas isn't arid when they pick up his head
Texas is the reason that the president's dead
You gotta suck, suck, Jackie, suck
Arise Jackie O,
Jonathan F. Kennedy
Well, arise and be shot down
The dirt's gonna be your dessert
My cumm be your life source
And the only way to get it
Is to suck or f*ck or be poor and devoid and masturbate me
Masturbate me
Then slurp it from your palm
Like a dry desert soaking up rain, soaking up sun
Like a dry desert soaking up rain, soaking up sun
2006-09-06 13:26:13 · answer #9 · answered by simianfever 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I've heard that "Dry Your Eyes" by Neil Diamond, is about him.
2006-09-06 13:25:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋