What song would you love to shoot?

"Thunder Road" and "Bobby Jean" just to quote a couple from Bruce Springsteen, "Who'll stop the rain" from the genius of John Fogerty, a random couple from Tom Waits for sure...(like "Postcard from a hooker ..." and "The heart of saturday night"). Can't forget "Brown Sugar" from the Stones.
Last but not at least, as Spiderfrank, Paolo Conte "Bartali"
 
I have always wanted to put Bob Dylan's "Desolation Road" to photographs.
Do a whole series, make a photograph for as many of the individual phrases from the song as I could.
I like Tom Waits too, but he would be a bit of a challenge, I think anyway.
Brian
 
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I remember once I planned a shoot, using every line of Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star.
Might actually have to do it someday.
 
Jim L- you beat me to it, Tom Waits paints some pretty good pictures.
Coming immediately to mind-
"Heart Attack and Vine"
"Sixteen Shells From a 30-06"
 
I would love to do a series of street photographs to the Doobie Bros song ... "Takin' It To The Streets." :)
 
I'll tell you what I wish I had shot: Fats Domino singing 'My Blue Heaven' in 1957. I left my camera at home, no flash. Or how about Ray Charles with his whole orchestra playing 'One Mint Julep' in December of 1962. Now, I settle for shooting my son-in-law (ex Sublime) playing with his Long Beach home town band. Actually, for today I think 'spiderfrank' has the right idea.
 
For me, a long time YES fan, "Starship trooper/Yours is no disgrace", which I've always considered one piece, would be a great piece to document with a camera just don't drink the kool-aid.




Sister Bluebird flying high above,
Shine your wings forward to the sun.
Hide the myst'ries of life on your way.
Though you've seen them, please don't say a word.
What you don't know, I have never heard.

Starship Trooper, go sailing on by,
Catch my soul, catch the very night.
Hide the moment from my eager eyes.
Though you've seen them, please don't tell a soul.
What you can't see, can't be very whole.

Speak to me of summer, long winters longer than time can remember,
Setting up of other roads, travel on in old accustomed ways.
I still remember the talks by the water, the proud sons and daughters that,
In the knowledge of the land, spoke to me in sweet accustomed ways.

Mother life, hold firmly on to me.
Catch my knowledge higher than the day.
Lose as much as only you can show.
Though you've seen them, please don't say a word.
What I don't know, I have never shared.

Loneliness is a pow'r that we possess to give or take away forever.
All I know can be shown by your acceptance of the fact there shown before you.
Take what I say in a diff'rent way and it's easy to see
that this is all confusion.
As I see a new day in me, I can also show if you and you may follow.

Speak to me of summer, long winters longer than time can remember,
Setting up of other roads, travel on in old accustomed ways.
I still remember the talks by the water, the proud sons and daughters that,
In the knowledge of the land, spoke to me in sweet accustomed ways.

Yesterday a morning came, a smile upon your face
Caesar's Palace, morning glory, silly human race
On a sailing ship to nowhere, leaving any place
If the summer changed to winter, yours is no disgrace

Battleships confide in me and tell me where you are
Shining, flying, purple wolfhound, show me where you are
Lost in summer, born in winter, travel very far
Lost in losing circumstances, that's just where you are

Yesterday a morning came, a smile upon your face
Caesar's Palace, morning glory, silly human, silly human race
On a sailing ship to nowhere, leaving any place
If the summer changed to winter, yours is no, yours is no disgrace
Yours is no disgrace
Yours is no disgrace

Death defying, mutilated armies scatter the earth
Crawling out of dirty holes, their morals, their morals disappear

Yesterday a morning came, a smile upon your face
Caesar's Palace, morning glory, silly human, silly human, silly human race
On a sailing ship to nowhere, leaving any place
If the summer changed to winter, yours is no, yours is no disgrace
Yours is no disgrace
Yours is no disgrace

Battleships confide in me and tell me where you are
Shining, flying, purple wolfhound, show me where you are
Lost in summer, born in winter, travel very far
Lost in losing circumstances, that's just where you are

Eli
 
Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

For me it would have to be most anything by Frank Zappa. That genius wrote songs with some amazing imagery. BTW, about 10 days ago I saw Dweezil and his band play 2 hours 45 minutes of Frank's music... brilliant!
 
charjohncarter said:
I'll tell you what I wish I had shot: Fats Domino singing 'My Blue Heaven' in 1957. I left my camera at home, no flash. Or how about Ray Charles with his whole orchestra playing 'One Mint Julep' in December of 1962. Now, I settle for shooting my son-in-law (ex Sublime) playing with his Long Beach home town band. Actually, for today I think 'spiderfrank' has the right idea.
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Your son-in-law was in Sublime?
You lucky father-in-law, you! (Well, unless you have an acute distaste for their music. But even then lucky you! :p)
 
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Rolling Stones: Angie, Wild Horses (moody, B+W, guy+girl, bitter-sweet, sadness)

unknown group: Super Freak
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that is rick james, i think?

this going to sound weird but here goes.

i would like to capture the scene relayed in that old byzantine hymn entitled "let all mortal flesh keep silence" and to take portrait shots of the women who inspired beethoven to compose "für elise"...
 
Billy Joel's "She's always a Woman" and "Piano Man"...
Janis Ian's "At Seventeen"...
The Eagles "The Last Resort"
 
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To name a few, Eagles' "Tequila sunset", Animals' "San Franciscan nights" or Linkin Park's "Bleed it out", in no particular order. I love many Pink Floyd songs, but I don't imagine how to shot them.
 
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