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Thank You Songs
With U.S. Thanksgiving coming up, it might be fun (for all of us!) to compile a list of songs about being thankful for someone or something, and see where the discussion leads.
I’ll start us off with something funky from Sam and Dave:
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David,
That’s the one I would have started with. Sam and Dave. Doesn’t get any better than that.
But, to put it another way…
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You did say funky…
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Wow, who knew that gratitude could be so funky? That’s a good one, Chris. I know several songs by this group, but I think this is the first time I’ve ever seen them.
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Good grief. This list could be endless.
Just immediately coming to mind without even thinking about it are:
Led Zeppelin – Thank You (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12KbOAc8vmk)
Dido – Thank You (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TO48Cnl66w)
Beth Hart – Thankful (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9ggIalNId8)And if I started thinking I’m sure I could come up with about 50 more.
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Your expertise is much appreciated, Roger. I’m not familiar with any of those songs, and I’m having trouble coming up with even five for the category!
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Roger, I love Beth Hart, she’s a powerhouse singer and performer. She should be world famous, thanks for posting that link. This category may take some thinking, Lol. But I will find something.
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David, this could be a great discussion for the holidays as this season between Thanksgiving and Christmas is when I always think about family and friends. I was blessed to be born into a large family in the heartland of America. And even though it seems most of the good ones have passed away and only the a-holes are left, there really are still a lot of great people around and I love spending time with the young ones and hopefully teaching them a thing or two. I think no matter what you do in life and how far you go there is nothing like being home with the people you love.
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Agreed, Tim. I was thinking of keeping the focus on the theme of “thanks” for the next few days, and then let it broaden out if there’s still interest.
In the same way that Christmas has become a cross-cultural season of good will, I’d love to see Thanksgiving evolve into a global period of gratitude for friends, family, and other things we have that we deeply value.
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Here’s another great song about being home with a great warm, cozy live feeling. I never really appreciated John Denver’s talent when I was younger but I sure do now. What a gifted singer, songwriter and musician. One of America’s best.
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I’ve also come around lately to John Denver’s music, after decades of knowing him primarily as the guy from the “Oh, God!” movie. And he happens to have performed one of the very few songs with “thank” in the title that I’ve been able to come up with:
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David, John had a lot of great songs, my older brother Tom loved John Denver and played a lot of his songs. Hopefully I can share more of his songs in the weeks and months and hopefully years to come.
Here’s one I found with Thanks in the title. Slade was a glam-rock band from Wolverhampton U.K. that was huge in Europe in the 70’s but could never quite make it in the States. The had some success in the 80’s with the song My Oh My and the band Quiet Riot had a huge hit with a Slade cover called C’mon Feel The Noize. I always liked their music and their crazy stage outfits. I loved the singer Noddy Holder’s voice, he could belt out a song like no one else, the “Wolf of Wolverhampton”. This is a song from a soundtrack album for their movie Slade In Flame called Thanks For The Memories. It’s not the Bob Hope song.
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This group is new to me, Tim. Intriguing mix of musical elements!
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David, I first heard of Slade when they played on The Midnight Special TV program in 1973 but it was hard to find any of their music in the States even though they were selling massive amounts of records in the UK and Europe. They had their biggest success in the mid-70’s as a glam-rock band. They played a lot of heavy, loud rock music but also had some very nice ballads. Their best known song is probably Merry Xmas Everybody but that doesn’t get played in the States either. Jim Lea plays bass, keyboards and violin and was a classically trained cellist. The singer Noddy Holder retired from singing years ago and is an actor on British TV. Drummer Don Powell and guitarist Dave Hill toured as Slade into the 2000’s. Powell made some records and did some shows with Suzi Quattro and Andy Scott from the band Sweet. There are some good documentaries on YouTube about the band, very long interesting history.
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And for the moment…2 songs comes to mind….” Thankyou For The Music ” – ABBA and the theme song from ” Golden Girls” – ” Thankyou For Being A Friend ” …. Canadian Thanksgiving was in October, … and I do remember the USA Thanksgiving usually if not always folks on a Thursday while the Canadian one is on a Monday ( or the wknd of …lol and anyone with a dual citizenship for /USA/Canada gets to enjoy Thanksgiving twice a year …Gobble Gobble🦃🇨🇦🇺🇲
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Hi Jacki, my wife loved watching the Golden Girls and I thought it was hilarious, I loved the mother Sofia and Rose (Betty White) was so funny. The original song was written by Andrew Gold and recorded by Cynthia Fee for the TV show. Andrew Gold had a big hit called Lonely Boy but I also know him from playing and singing background vocals on some of Linda Ronstadt’s albums.
Here’s Andrew Gold’s version of Thank You For Being A Friend.
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Thank You for the Music is a great one, Jacki. I don’t know if DJ’s still do dedications, but I’d love to call a local radio station and dedicate that one to MLT!
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David,
I was reading through this thread again, and I noticed you mentioned – Gratitude.
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And the funk just keeps on coming! What’s that featured instrument?
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David, that’s a soprano sax in the Earth, Wind and Fire video.
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Was watching one of my home videos from the 90s driving along in California in one of my road trips, and my friend was along filming the scenery with my camcorder as we drove along. We had the radio playing and this song came on in the background. I watched this home video recently and the song took me back to those happy days, when I had my mom and dad healthy and young. This is an incredible gratitude song that makes me tear up and think of them thankful for giving me the happiest days of my life. I posted this here before, but here it is again.
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Jung, Thanks for the Bread song. I forget about them but they were a good band with a lot of good songs. Now I’ve got to go listen to the song Guitar Man.
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Another gratitude song. To all the teachers and people in our lives growing up we looked up to for guidance and courage, that taught us so much about this world and life, and made us who we are. THANK YOU!
https://youtu.be/EV1qmmMwc9M?si=mw-RRumuM5WJUXQm
One of my favourite movies of all time. I have the original soundtrack album vinyl my parents bought after we watched this movie in the 60s when it came out.
In 1967, singer Lulu who acted in the movie as one of the students, recorded this song and it became her big #1 charting song in the USA.
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I’m gonna have to watch that movie, Jung! I’ve always loved the sentiment in the lyrics of this song, long before I was even aware of the context.
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Hi David, it’s a great timeless classic. I highly recommend it.
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Yeppers…one of my fave All Time movies and intro Lulu when I first saw it on TV as a kid eons ago …. 🤘🏻👩🎤
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David, here’s a thank you song I remember from Bachman Turner Overdrive’s first album. Sung by one of my favorite singers, Fred Turner. That ruff gravelly voice was perfect for BTO’s rock n roll. The song is about waking up with a hangover and not remembering exactly what happened the night before, only that he had a good time with a friend, hence the lyrics,
Took me home, shared a dream, knew just what I’d like. I don’t remember comin’ home and I’m not goin’ back tonight. BTO, Thank You For The Feeling
If you watch on You Tube you can read the lyrics.
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Very cool, Tim! Interesting how many of these “thank you” songs are sung with rough, aggressive voices.
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I guess this would be considered a gratitude song:
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David, this is a good one to share on Thanksgiving. No one writes and sings with more passion than Beth Hart and this song basically says thanks for everything.
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That is indeed a very thankful song, Tim! I’m not familiar with Beth Hart, but the style here reminds me a bit of Carole King. I like it!
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I’m a bit late David, but after Thanksgiving is before Thanksgiving 😀. ABBA spontaneously comes to mind, Jacki already mentioned it, and of course this song:
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It’s never too late to give thanks for the Beatles, Juergen!
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I dedicate this one to team MLT!
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I’ll see that dedication, Thomas, and raise you a dedication of “Thank You for the Music”.
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That’s a good one too!
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