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Keywords:
LSP (8), Penny Lane (1), Beatles (9), People (19), Running (15), Through (5), My (64), Mind (32), endless descent (2), suburbia (2), XTC (1)
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Description:
album: Vision Quest
track 1: 3:20 Vision Quest
track 2: 4:49 Falling
track 3: 7:28 Nothing
track 4: 1:11 Snow Squall
track 5: 4:22 We Lost Touch
track 6: 1:36 Time For Peace
track 7: 8:04 Oblate Oblivion
track 8: 8:23 Little Orb
track 9: 12:54 Tripping
track 10: 6:35 Soaring The Thermals
track 11: 4:10 People (Running Through My Mind)
...more albums...
Song Description
this song is for the Lost Songs Project.
perhaps this one is more like a song lost from an alternate reality.
Heraclitus said something like: No one can ever step in the same river twice.
here i tried to capture the impression i had as a kid when i first heard a particular new song. since then, the world has changed, and i have changed. so this is not a copy of the style of that song, but perhaps an exaggeration of the changes it ushered in.
can you guess which group and single inspired this?
(in the just-for-yucks department, part of the chords here originated from this song: http://www.macjams.com/song/36887)
Lyrics:
People (Running Through My Mind)
in the village square children meet
playing hide and seek
people running through my mind
there's an old guy walking his dog
and the women jog
people running through my mind
every day
the sun comes out
it fills the sky
with rainbow colors
every night
is filled with dreams
the shining light
of endless peace
and the mailman solemnly walks
dropping off a box
people running through my mind
there's a carousel in the park
spinning in the dark
people running through my mind
there's an old guy walking his dog
and the women jog
people running through my mind
in the village square children meet
playing hide and seek
people running through my mind
every night
is filled with dreams
the shining light
of endless peace
in the village square children meet
playing hide and seek
people running through my mind
(c)2007 Bill Grundmann
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arrggh &mdash 12/01/07 - 12:57:06 AM
no really..i know this...wait..no i do....no i don't but love it alot...not giving up...sounds so familiar...and very cool [ Reply to This ]
strange one hehe &mdash 12/01/07 - 04:04:38 AM
I would guess at mid 70's Kinks? or possibly something off Xtc's Skylarking album?
I like the melodies on this one
Steve [ Reply to This ]
Tricky &mdash 12/01/07 - 05:20:26 AM
Great song. I can see where Steve got his XTC and Kinks ideas from. Maybe Brian Wilson or Todd Rundgren? [ Reply to This ]
I have no &mdash 12/01/07 - 09:37:10 AM
idea who this may have been. But it is a great song. Love it.
Cheers
Len
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I was initially thinking &mdash 12/01/07 - 09:44:16 AM
The Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society - then I thought maybe it's The Beatles - Penny Lane - which led to Floyd's Arnold Layne...but I think for now I'm sticking with the Kinks though the timing's a little off with that record - it seems a little late for your formative experience. [ Reply to This ]
clue &mdash 12/01/07 - 11:43:36 AM
as far as i know Kermit the Frog never did a version of that song
:-) [ Reply to This ]
Am I supposed to say AHA! I've got it? &mdash 12/01/07 - 12:07:35 PM
Rainbow Connection from the first Muppet Movie seems too obvious based on your hint. I don't think you'd make it that easy. [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 12/01/07 - 08:27:02 PM
Harmonies &mdash 12/01/07 - 10:26:44 AM
Hi Bill... &mdash 12/01/07 - 10:30:41 AM
I stopped by... I really did... And I'm stumped...
The village square and carousel are certainly a lot of British mid-Sixties stuff...From Penny Lane to Ogden's Nut Gone Flake to Piper At The Gates of Dawn to Village Green Preservation Society...
ANd I just don't know...
Ed [ Reply to This ]
I have &mdash 12/01/07 - 12:09:15 PM
no idea... sounds like it could have come from almost any decade... I can see why The Kinks get a mention but I'm really not sure. Nice song.
Peter [ Reply to This ]
a toss up &mdash 12/01/07 - 12:38:49 PM
wild guess here &mdash 12/01/07 - 12:50:42 PM
People (Running Through My Mind) &mdash 12/01/07 - 01:13:19 PM
spirit ? its wonderfull very impressive production
great great singin one of the best ..KUDOS ! [ Reply to This ]
ha ha! &mdash 12/01/07 - 03:54:13 PM
Great stuff Mr. Bill! I too hear a bit of Ray Davies and the boys. Also the Small Faces a la Ogden's Nut Gone Flake is a slightly more remote contender.
LSP aside, this is a fine bit of tuneage in it's own right. Excellent keyboard work and exceptionally good vocals and vocal harmonies.
Be well friend!
Lethe (Song Of Er): http://www.macjams.com/song/37172 [ Reply to This ]
hmmmm &mdash 12/01/07 - 06:43:17 PM
nice one &mdash 12/01/07 - 08:07:08 PM
Stumperooed! &mdash 12/01/07 - 08:11:47 PM
Great piece tho'. Snippets here and there seem to be familiar but as a whole I have no idea. Enjoyed this one!!
Doug [ Reply to This ]
No clue as well &mdash 12/01/07 - 09:09:57 PM
But this is an excellent submission to LSP! I'm really enjoying all of the entries so far. Too bad I didn't have the time to finish mine. Maybe next time.... [ Reply to This ]
yeah &mdash 12/01/07 - 10:27:54 PM
ok...beatles, joe jackson, xtc, randy newman??? its exceptional. the vocals and backing parts are intricately woven. the strings and lead part fab 4 like. like george martin was in the room. the progression edgy [ Reply to This ]
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh!!!!! &mdash 12/02/07 - 08:28:50 AM
I know this I know this I know this I know this.... damnit, I don't know this! But I know it, it's just there, right there.... got this image of psychedelic fields of butterflies and flowers and a certain 45rpn record going around and around in front of me... I need to focus on this. Must go to my train room and think.
As a tune, this is absolutely wonderful in it's own right - but I've got the answer just dancing out of my reach. Arghh!
I've got a week to think about it. Think think think.
Let's see... Kermit never covered an Association song, although Sweedums the Monster did. Is it Windy, by the Association? [ Reply to This ]
Very Interesting &mdash 12/02/07 - 08:54:10 AM
Eels? Don't know there albums even though I have one of them. Or it could be They Might Be Giants, again don't really remember what the albums called without going through my old tape collection.
Very cool track. Love all the layers to the track, its very well composed.
Just an after thought: King Crimson? [ Reply to This ]
Belinda Carlile? &mdash 12/02/07 - 09:29:33 AM
kidding... I'm hearing Tod Rungren... and I'm lovin the song by the way... [ Reply to This ]
is it &mdash 12/02/07 - 09:42:54 AM
Brian Wilson? something off Smile? you said you heard the inspiration as a kid; having no idea how old you are makes this tough. i love it when you sing. [ Reply to This ]
Depressed Kermit &mdash 12/02/07 - 10:35:33 AM
Wow what a wonderful alternative universe. Such a happy song with such warped chord progressions. Perfect execution of this song. [ Reply to This ]
Smokey &mdash 12/02/07 - 04:52:40 PM
Great tune. I feel the early '70s inspiration. Could even be Nilsson, although the Beatle and Newman suggestions sound good too. I'm not hearing the Kinks connection, but that may be because of the style shift so maybe....
Ouch my brain is in knots. Great Bill song!
Thanks [ Reply to This ]
It's a bit blurry! &mdash 12/03/07 - 03:11:37 AM
Great song, but to me it's definitely more Blur than Kinks - I love them both, so who cares!
Great song "in the British tradition".
Top post.
Neil [ Reply to This ]
Can't remember the artist... &mdash 12/03/07 - 10:49:06 AM
...or maybe even the title...but there's a line in the original:
"I love the summer girl..."
?
Or The Kinks...man...it's on the tip of my tongue... [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 12/03/07 - 11:54:18 AM
The Cowsills "I Love The Flower Girl"? That was right about the same time... [ Reply to This ]
Yeah... &mdash 12/03/07 - 12:02:29 PM
..."flower girl"...and The Cowsills...now I've got to hone in. It's the instrumentation. You've got it down for the period...
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oops &mdash 12/03/07 - 12:19:51 PM
Mmm. &mdash 12/03/07 - 12:24:32 PM
Love the song, but beyond that I have no clue. Ah well. I can still listen and enjoy. [ Reply to This ]
You know... &mdash 12/03/07 - 10:10:37 PM
...it's the "flute" sound that's reminding me the most...
REALLY nice tune, VW...
...Strawberry Alarm Clock? "Incense and Peppermints"? [ Reply to This ]
another listen &mdash 12/04/07 - 09:25:53 AM
and still having penny lane running thru my mind..lol....such a killer tune!! smokey u r incredible! [ Reply to This ]
Could it be &mdash 12/06/07 - 05:56:01 PM
Gentle Giant, from Octopus? Genesis from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway? I dunno, cool song though. [ Reply to This ]
People &mdash 12/07/07 - 08:22:07 AM
Listening to all these LSPs I'm beginning to think I'm musically illiterate. Sounds familiar but can't place it. [ Reply to This ]
You can't go home again... &mdash 12/07/07 - 10:11:17 PM
but beautiful memories are blessed things - simpler times, and the way songs mark moments in our lives - and hearing them now instantly takes us back to those sunny places. :-) I don't know why I'm thinking of "The Circle Game" and "Both Sides Now" Maybe it's just a nostalgic brain hiccup. :-) The music in the beginning makes me think of another song - but I'll be darned if I can place it...
Maybe it has something to do with "Nothing" , but I still can't place the song. :-P
Although the lyrics do seem to suggest Penny Lane, or China Grove, or Sweet Home Alabama, or how 'bout ... Oh, I give up... give me another hint :-) [ Reply to This ]
My &mdash 12/08/07 - 06:02:47 AM
last chance for a guess at this song and I'd say 'The Beatles' because of the pictorial lyrics of this well thought out song. The instrumentation is brill, regards M [ Reply to This ]
THE ANSWER &mdash 12/16/07 - 07:03:05 PM
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