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Best Kennedy Assassination Song To Play "Live" On Analogplanet.com November 22nd.

Michael Fremer  |  Nov 15, 2013

The three most moving Kennedy assassination songs I know in inverse order are:

1) "He Was A Friend of Mine" by The Byrds
2) "It Took Seconds of Your Time To Take His Life" by The Human League
3) "Brand New '64 Dodge" by Greg Brown

I have received permission from Red House Records to post on November 22nd "Brand New '64 Dodge" from Greg Brown's album The Poet Game.

I have the Red House Records vinyl album cut by Stan Ricker and issued in Germany by the Good Buy label and will transfer it to high resolution digital using the new Lyra Etna cartridge on the Continuum Caliburn using PS Audio's new NuWave Phono converter. I will then post the audio and video of the record playing on my YouTube channel and embed the video on analogplanet.com.

If you know the song, you know how powerful it is. If you don't, bring Kleenex. The entire album is outstanding.

Thank you Red House Records!

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CCFK's picture
Submitted by CCFK on Fri, 2013-11-15 13:50

You should check out this anthology of Kennedy songs from Norton Records:  http://nortonrecords.gostorego.com/tragic-songs-from-the-grassy-knoll-jo...

Paul Boudreau's picture
Submitted by Paul Boudreau on Fri, 2013-11-15 14:19

I don't know the second & third songs.  Another one, apparently only partly about JFK, is Peter Gabriel's "Family Snapshot":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Snapshot

jonahsdad's picture
Submitted by jonahsdad on Fri, 2013-11-15 18:53

I still love that album  It really works as an album, and Seconds really makes side two. It's nice to see it get some love.

Here's the track from Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHpTRURY03A&noredirect=1

 

 

mraudioguru's picture
Submitted by mraudioguru on Fri, 2013-11-15 19:00

The Cowboy Junkies just released on Tuesday "The Kennedy Suite".  It's a rock opera/documentry on the Kennedy assassination.  I bought the download and it's...different.

http://latentrecordings.com/thekennedysuite/sample-page/

audiof001's picture
Submitted by audiof001 on Fri, 2013-11-15 19:19

Too soon.

vinyl listener's picture
Submitted by vinyl listener on Sat, 2013-11-16 01:23

Shona laing _ Glad I'm Not A Kennedy

Kiwi classic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a6hu6Z7Pkg

Lofty's picture
Submitted by Lofty on Sat, 2013-11-16 07:17

About a month ago I heard on WFMU a tune about the assassinated President Kennedy that could be categorized as a doo-woop tune. Don't remember the title or artist. Can anyone help?

Michael Fremer's picture
Submitted by Michael Fremer on Sat, 2013-11-16 09:26

I learn so much stuff from readers! Thanks!

PeterPani's picture
Submitted by PeterPani on Sun, 2013-11-17 06:43

Lou Reed

naterulli's picture
Submitted by naterulli on Wed, 2013-11-20 12:38

Bullet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQFOkODQEPA

Definitely the most effed up song mentioned here, but it's a good one. My personal favorite Misfits tune. As with all of Glen Danzig's lyrics, they are not intellectually stimulating, but they are completely raw.

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