A friend is organising an event about protecting children from child abuse.
Most cases where a child dies from abuse or is significantly harmed show a lack of professionals actually listening to the child - this event is to encourage agencies working with these children to listen more and listen better.
She needs music (for background, as people are arriving and in between speakers) with a message of listening and hearing. There's lots of promising song titles out there but most are obviously about lost loves.
Can anybody recommend some great songs which may fit the bill? Bonus points for songs likely to be familiar in the UK!
posted by razzman
on May 18, 2013 -
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Songfilter: I heard this pop song in a mall a couple of months ago and its memoryworming me in a particularly annoying way. The singer addresses a nerdy/geeky boy she knew in high school and essentially apologizes for the bad treatment he got from her and her popular friends. (At least in my memory its a girl singing. Could be wrong.) Seems like it should be Taylor Swift or something but googling lyrics is killing me and everyone I know is too old to ask.
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on Apr 8, 2013 -
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A friend told me his baby was soothed quickly & consistently by Neutral Milk Hotel's "Oh Comely", despite its seemingly wildly inappropriate lyrics. What other songs have worked well as baby lullabies despite their actual meaning?
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Listen to the song
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on Oct 1, 2012 -
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NameThatTuneFilter: heard a song earlier tonight while trying on shirts at Nordstrom Rack. Meant to Google the lyrics. Promptly forgot. Am now heartbroken.
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on Nov 29, 2010 -
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I'm looking for snippets of song lyrics that reference authors, books, or reading, and I'm looking for ones that can (more or less) stand on their own outside the context of the song.
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posted by redsparkler
on Nov 17, 2010 -
60 answers
This is incredibly vague, but metafilter is equally helpful for stuff like this! I heard a song with a male singer and the chorus was something like "I want to hear a symphony" and then how he wanted more out of life or a relationship.
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posted by shortyJBot
on Nov 10, 2010 -
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There was a cowgirl fair who road across the prairie; she rode side saddle and her front name was Mary. Obscure folk/children song lyrics...can you fill in the blanks?
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posted by LittleMissCranky
on Sep 22, 2010 -
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Ridiculously little to go on, I know, but do you know what song this is?
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posted by OlivesAndTurkishCoffee
on Feb 15, 2010 -
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There is a song I've heard on Pandora that is clever and funny and about cybersex. One attribute I recall is that the singer (male) rhymes
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posted by Nonce
on Dec 14, 2009 -
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I'm trying to track down a song I remember hearing on the local college station about 10 years ago (WDBM in East Lansing, MI). I think some of the lyrics were along the lines of "Consider / all the carrots you've been fed / and now they're your ______ ______ / And consider"....etc. I'm 95% sure it was a guy singing, and I think the song had something to do with being led through life by "carrots" of dubious merit. Google hasn't yielded the answer - thanks!
posted by splendid animal
on Feb 3, 2009 -
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I am interested in hearing more music with multiple vocals going on at once, with an effect like singing "Row, row, row, your boat" in the round except not with the "in the round" structure. Two examples are within.
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posted by TheOnlyCoolTim
on Dec 23, 2008 -
57 answers
I rarely pay attention to lyrics in a song - when I do, it's usually because of strong imagery or a really twisted message. I'd love to find songs now based on lyric recommendations - what are your favorites? Powerful, or hidden, or just especially memorable. And not limited to any particular genre nor subject, either. I just want songs that will make me pause and think over what I heard, rather than go "Ahh, pretty sounds!"
posted by Bakuun
on Dec 18, 2008 -
79 answers
Where the streets have no name. A horse with no name. What I really want to say, I can't define. What other songs try to evoke the wordless and undefinable?
posted by Tlogmer
on Jul 17, 2008 -
25 answers
I am desperate to find the title of a song I know little about. Could someone please take a minute of their day/evening to help me identify this song? It would be greatly appreciated.
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posted by repoman
on Apr 27, 2008 -
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on Apr 18, 2008 -
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I want to Listen to the Rhythm of the Falling Rain. Or more accurately, make a CD mix of rain songs.
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on Feb 1, 2008 -
61 answers
I'm writing a puzzle for an online game, and trying to think of songs in which the lyrics include words being spelled out...
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MySQL/PHPmyAdmin for a band: How do I easily create a repository of lyrics that can be brought in for multiple albums?
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Songs that prominently feature insects, spiders, or other terrestrial arthropods in the lyrics, but do not mention them in the title
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on Mar 18, 2006 -
39 answers
Has anyone heard this (incredibly strange) song before? (Lyrics only.)
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posted by Jofus
on Nov 17, 2005 -
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I'm compiling a list of misunderstood song lyrics as a gift for a friend who has an obsession with, well, misunderstood song lyrics. [...]
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on Jan 28, 2005 -
63 answers
Musicfilter: does anyone know the name of the new Ying Yang Twins song where the guy is whispering? It's sort of the exception that proves the rule, if you know what I mean.
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on Dec 24, 2004 -
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