Song For Adam by Kiki Dee (Jackson Browne) Story by Vin Maskell
It’s not a mistake to transpose your own experiences onto a song (or a poem or a novel or a painting…). It’s inevitable. It’s part of art. But it can be a trap if you’re not careful.
Song Sung Blue by Neil Diamond
Kerrie Soraghan Pool room, Deer Park, 31 October 1982On Saturday mornings Dad always sang along loudly to Song Sung Blue on our tinny stereo: mortifying in the extreme to a teenage daughter full of her own pretensions
SONNET 33 1/3 by Drew Pisarra.
And though not the worst/ part of our on-again off-again ways,/ the latest loss of you stings me anew
SONNET 45. Poem by Drew Pisarra
and the singer goes yeah babe yeah yeah yeah/ then electric guitar wangs wah wah funk
Sooner Or Later One Of Must Know (and others) by Bob Dylan. Story by Brian Nankervis
Brian Nankervis Driving To North Balwyn, July 2002I'm staring at strangers, wondering if their dads are alive. How often do they see them? Do they find their dads wise, embarrassing, or supportive? Reverie and envy turn to alarm when I realise the horn from the white ute behind is directed at me.
SOUND OF SILENCE by DISTURBED Story by Sandy Kavanagh
A friend had brought his portable record player to our camp site, a dry creek bed. Sitting in front of that roaring fire, toasting marshmallows, we were introduced to the songs of Simon & Garfunkel.