2006-09-09 17:06:56 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Are lives are just Dust in the Wind... Dude....
"I close my eyes
Only for a moment, then the moment's gone
All my dreams
Pass before my eyes, a curiosity
Dust in the wind
All they are is dust in the wind
Same old song
Just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do
Crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see
Dust in the wind
All we are is dust in the wind, ohh
Now, don't hang on
Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
It slips away
And all your money won't another minute buy
Dust in the wind
All we are is dust in the wind
All we are is dust in the wind
Dust in the wind
Everything is dust in the wind
Everything is dust in the wind
The wind"
-Kansas
I think they may have needed some Antidepressants myself....
Rush has some good songs too...
2006-09-09 17:14:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What an interesting question.
I think, being an avid Lennon fan myself, that 'Imagine' expresses rather trite and shallow utopian ideals, and doesn't exactly qualify as advancing the human race's understanding of itself (if that's the broad aim of philosophy). I think 'Dust In The Wind', as someone said above, maybe closer to it, or more realistic, anyway.
So what is the most successful collision between rock, as an art form, and a deeper human truth? It's a valid question, and as valid as asking what painting or sculpture has done that.
There are hundreds of possible answers to this one, and it's purely subjective.
But I'd choose the Velvet Underground's 'After Hours', a chirpy little ode to death. Its jaunty feel just underlines (for me, at least) that nothing that exists in this transient world should be taken seriously.
2006-09-10 07:20:02 · answer #2 · answered by Bowzer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles
2006-09-09 17:20:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jeremiah was a bull frog by Three Dog Night.
The song is profoundly prophetic. It describes the isolated frustration of a philosopher and the methodology by which one nevertheless survives.
I have a stuffed velvet 1' bullfrog from my wife. Press the foot and the song comes out. I played the song for my first sermon because it holds so much of so much.
I've used it/use it/will use it. Jeremiah was a bull frog.
2006-09-09 18:28:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure of certain songs, but I know the Doors, Chicago, and john Lenon only one song though, and a lot of Rap songs are very philosophical.
2006-09-09 18:40:02 · answer #5 · answered by FILO 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ANY NUMBER OF SONGS BY BOB DYLAN....Maggies Farm...for one
After Woodie and Arlo Guthrie and Joan Biaz, Dylan was the ONLY main stream protester/philosopher on "record"...STILL IS!
American Pie and Imagine are so much fluff....listen to any Dylan and find a real message not BS commerical...I love Lennon and the group but REAL MESSAGE.......NOT!!!!!
2006-09-09 17:15:08 · answer #6 · answered by Capt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Imagine, John Lennon.
Not The Beatles!!
2006-09-09 17:14:07 · answer #7 · answered by justnotright 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Imagine" by John Lennon, former Beatle.
Although, a second close would be that song in which the Beatles sing, "And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make..." but I can't think of the title... it appeared in the album Abbey Road...
2006-09-09 20:17:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Imagine by John Lennon and the beatles
2006-09-09 17:12:57 · answer #9 · answered by peanuts husband 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably "American Pie" by Don McLean.
In highschool we had to take the song apart line for line for American Literature and there are tons of symbolism used in that song.
2006-09-09 17:10:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋