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Some of these songs are confessionals, some are melancholia, some are more of a warning not to follow in the singer's footsteps. Apologies if it was already mentioned, but since we are taking the theme of advice so liberally I definitely have to go with Otis Redding's Sitting on the Dock of the Bay.
https://genius.com/Otis-redding-sittin-on-the-dock-of-the-bay-lyrics |
Looking through my playlist, here are some obvious ones:
A Message to You Rudy - Dandy Livingstone Don't Give Up On Us - David Soul Don't Marry Her - Beautiful South Don't Worry Baby - Keith Moon Dream Baby Dream - Bruce Springsteen Gotta Have Me Go With You - Judy Garland I Know There's an Answer - Beach Boys Hang on to Your Ego - Beach Boys Love Changes Everything - Marti Webb Make Your Own Kind of Music - Mama Cass You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two - Oliver! Remember - John Lennon Sew a Silver Button on the Moon - Reg Dixon Stay Clean - Motorhead Stop Your Sobbing - Pretenders Tell All the People - Doors There is Power in a Union - Billy Bragg Think for Yourself - Beatles True to Myself - Ziggy Marley Up to Me - Bob Dylan You Can Get it if You Really Want It - Jimmy Cliff You Just Haven't Earned it Yet Baby - Smiths What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong |
Wholy Holy - Aretha Franklin Don't Ask My Neighbor - The Emotions Ease on Down the Road - From the motion picture "The Wiz" Don't Worry, Be Happy - Pentatonix Lean On Me - Bill Withers Walk On By - Isaac Hayes Count On Me - Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans motion picture "Waiting to Exhale" Everyday People - Sly and the Family Stone |
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