The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
- Thread starter Brok85
- Start date
Boring af.
One of those songs people pretend to like around their friends, but nobody actually likes the song.. like Billy Joel Piano Man
You shut your whore mouth about Piano Man, that is a classic. 1996, Andrews, upstairs after concert drinks, Billy walks in and after a request played Piano Man for the 20 people that were there and it was glorious
As to the OPs question, I do not look to Canucks for my Southern anthems.
The Band toured the south for years as Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks. They know Southern music as well anyone.
I'm frankly surprised and the responses here; The Band is an iconic, roots rock/Americana staple. But I guess it's more of an age thing. I don't get all the rap/hip hop, death metal crap the youth of America revere today.
I'm frankly surprised and the responses here; The Band is an iconic, roots rock/Americana staple. But I guess it's more of an age thing. I don't get all the rap/hip hop, death metal crap the youth of America revere today.
I will fight to the death anyone that runs Levon or Ronnie down.
Uranus suffered a pounding so hard it got titled.
whoa, your Mom wasn't in a frat, and we made love, she didn't "jack it"
show your Mom a little respect
Nonsense. Terrific song. The Band does have a few boring songs though. But that ain’t one of them.
Last edited:
This is the first version of that song I remember.
Written by Canadian Robbie Robertson, sung by the universally-revered and outspoken progressive Levon Helm, and made into a pop hit in 1971 by folk singer and activist Joan Baez who took the song to #3 in the United States, “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” is an iconic piece of Americana and music history.
Written by Canadian Robbie Robertson, sung by the universally-revered and outspoken progressive Levon Helm, and made into a pop hit in 1971 by folk singer and activist Joan Baez who took the song to #3 in the United States, “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” is an iconic piece of Americana and music history.
I Wish I was in Dixie (but she’s out of town)
Actual country song.
I knew several frat boys way back in the day who were real men. Several became military pilots after college.
I guess they were real men too.
Notes: One, I love Piano Man and second, I almost posted the following song on the good/decent/worth listening to foreign language songs thread last week
............................................................................................................................................................................
A German version is titled "The Day Conny Kramer Died."
In this song, Werding tells the story of the fictional Conny Kramer, who is a drug addict no one can help and finally dies. The character is based on Werding's friend Peter, who she walked the streets with in the German city of Essen making street music. Peter was the first drug addict in that city who died from his habit.
This might be more palatable to some:
First a translation:
We lay in the grass dreaming
Our heads full of crazy ideas
Then he said just for fun
Come let's go on a trip.
But the smoke tasted bitter
Yet Conny told me what he saw
A sea of light and colours
We did not suspect
What was about to happen soon afterwards.
The day Conny Kramer died
And all the bells were ringing
The day Conny Kramer died
And all the friends were crying for him.
That was a sad day
Because inside myself a world was shattered.
He often promised: "I'll quit."
That gave me new hope
And I told myself
With love everything will be allright.
But the joints became trips,
There was no stop on the crooked path.
People started to talk
But nobody offered Conny help.
The day Conny Kramer died
And all the bells were ringing
The day Conny Kramer died
And all the friends were crying for him.
That was a sad day
Because inside myself a world was shattered.
On his last time he said
Now I can see heaven
I screamed at him: "Oh, come back!"
He couldn't understand it anymore.
I didn't even have tears anymore,
I had lost everything I had.
Life just keeps moving on,
For me all that remains are
The flowers on his grave.
The day Conny Kramer died
And all the bells were ringing
The day Conny Kramer died
And all the friends were crying for him.
That was a sad day
Because inside myself a world was shattered.
https://lyricstranslate.com
............................................................................................................................................................................
A German version is titled "The Day Conny Kramer Died."
In this song, Werding tells the story of the fictional Conny Kramer, who is a drug addict no one can help and finally dies. The character is based on Werding's friend Peter, who she walked the streets with in the German city of Essen making street music. Peter was the first drug addict in that city who died from his habit.
This might be more palatable to some:
First a translation:
Am Tag, als Conny Kramer starb
We lay in the grass dreaming
Our heads full of crazy ideas
Then he said just for fun
Come let's go on a trip.
But the smoke tasted bitter
Yet Conny told me what he saw
A sea of light and colours
We did not suspect
What was about to happen soon afterwards.
The day Conny Kramer died
And all the bells were ringing
The day Conny Kramer died
And all the friends were crying for him.
That was a sad day
Because inside myself a world was shattered.
He often promised: "I'll quit."
That gave me new hope
And I told myself
With love everything will be allright.
But the joints became trips,
There was no stop on the crooked path.
People started to talk
But nobody offered Conny help.
The day Conny Kramer died
And all the bells were ringing
The day Conny Kramer died
And all the friends were crying for him.
That was a sad day
Because inside myself a world was shattered.
On his last time he said
Now I can see heaven
I screamed at him: "Oh, come back!"
He couldn't understand it anymore.
I didn't even have tears anymore,
I had lost everything I had.
Life just keeps moving on,
For me all that remains are
The flowers on his grave.
The day Conny Kramer died
And all the bells were ringing
The day Conny Kramer died
And all the friends were crying for him.
That was a sad day
Because inside myself a world was shattered.
https://lyricstranslate.com
Last edited:
