Song

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Ooh, child, things are gonna get easier
Ooh child, things'll get brighter.

The Five Stairsteps

Ooh Child (song)

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Social progress Things get better Optimism Progress

Speaker

The Five Stairsteps

Source

Ooh Child (song) Step by Step by Step

Medium

Song

Genre

Soul music

Statement Type

Prophecies and predictions

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Vincent, Stan. "O-o-h Child." Performed by Five Stairsteps. Stairsteps. Buddah Records, 1970.

There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in

Leonard Cohen

Anthem

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Healing Human frailty The human condition

Speaker

Leonard Cohen

Source

Anthem The Future (album)

Medium

Song

Genre

Folk music

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Cohen, Leonard. "Anthem." The Future. Columbia Records, 1992.

Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go
I wanna be sedated
Nothing to do, nowhere to go
I wanna be sedated.

Ramones

I Wanna Be Sedated

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Topic

Ennui

Speaker

Ramones

Source

I Wanna Be Sedated Road to Ruin

Medium

Song

Genre

Punk rock Rock music

Language

English

Time

1978 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Ramone, Joey and Dee Dee Ramone and Johnny Ramone. "I Wanna Be Sedated." Performed by Ramones. Road to Ruin. Sire Records, 1978.

Home is wherever I'm with you.

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Home

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Home

Speaker

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Source

Home

Medium

Song

Genre

Rock music

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. "Home." Up from Below. Vagrant Records/Rough Trade Records, 2009.

What a long, strange trip it's been.

The Grateful Dead

Truckin'

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Topic

Drugs

Speaker

The Grateful Dead

Source

Truckin' American Beauty

Medium

Song

Genre

Rock music

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hunter, Robert. "Truckin'." Performed by The Grateful Dead. American Beauty. Warner Records, 1970.

Beauty's of a fading nature,
Has a season, and is gone!

Robert Burns

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Beauty fades The ephemeral Beauty

Author

Robert Burns

Source

Will Ye Go and Marry Katie?

Medium

Song

Language

English

Time

1764 1760s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Burns, Robert. Will Ye Go and Marry Katie? c. 1764.

The people have the power
The power to dream, to rule
To wrestle the earth from fools.

Patti Smith

People Have the Power

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Patti Smith

Source

People Have the Power Dream of Life

Medium

Song

Genre

Rock music

Language

English

Time

1988 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Smith, Patti and Fred Smith. "People Have the Power." Performed by Patti Smith. Dream of Life. Arista, 1988.

You got strange powers.

The Magnetic Fields

Strange Powers

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Topic

Being in love

Speaker

The Magnetic Fields

Source

Strange Powers

Medium

Song

Genre

Indie music

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Magnetic Fields. "Strange Powers." Holiday. Feel Good All Over, 1994.

Just as I am - without one plea,
But that Thy blood was shed for me,
And that Thou bidst me come to Thee,
-O Lamb of God, I come!

Charlotte Elliott

Just as I Am

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Topic

God and man Forgiveness of sins

Author

Charlotte Elliott

Source

Just as I Am

Medium

Hymn Song

Language

English

Time

1834 1830s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Elliott, Charlotte. "Just as I am." Christian Remembrancer, c. 1835.

I'll tip my hat to the new Constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again

The Who

Won't Get Fooled Again

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Disillusionment Nature of progress Political progress

Speaker

The Who

Source

Won't Get Fooled Again Who's Next

Medium

Song

Genre

Rock music

Language

English

Time

1971 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Townshend, Peter. Won't Get Fooled Again. Performed by The Who. Track Records/Decca Records, 1971.

Did you see the frightened ones? Did you hear the falling bombs? Did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter when the promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath a clear blue sky?

Pink Floyd

Goodbye Blue Sky

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World War II

Speaker

Pink Floyd

Source

Goodbye Blue Sky

Medium

Song

Genre

Rock music

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1979 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Waters, Roger. "Goodbye Blue Sky." Performed by Pink Floyd. The Wall. Harvest Records/Columbia Records, 1979.

Yes, as through this world I've wandered
I've seen lots of funny men
Some will rob you with a six-gun
And some with a fountain pen.

Woody Guthrie

Pretty Boy Floyd

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White collar crime Crime

Speaker

Woody Guthrie

Source

Pretty Boy Floyd Dust Bowl Ballads

Medium

Song

Genre

Folk

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Guthrie, Woody. "Pretty Boy Floyd." Dust Bowl Ballads. RCA Victor, 1964.

Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, that's life. Trying to make ends meet, you're a slave to money then you die.

The Verve

Bitter Sweet Symphony

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Topic

Absurdity of life Life The human condition

Speaker

The Verve

Source

Bitter Sweet Symphony Urban Hymns

Medium

Song

Genre

Rock music

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Ashcroft, Richard. "Bitter Sweet Symphony." Performed by The Verve. Urban Hymns. Hut Records, 1997.

A pretty girl is like a melody
That haunts you night and day.

Irving Berlin

A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody

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Topic

Beautiful women Beauty

Author

Irving Berlin

Source

A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody

Medium

Song

Genre

Great American songbook

Language

English

Time

1919 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Berlin, Irving. "A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody." Ziegfield Follies of 1919. Performed by John Steel. 1919, New York City, NY, USA.

Joy to the world! the lord is come;
Let earth receive her King.
Let ev'ry heart prepare Him room,
And heav'n and nature sing.

Isaac Watts

Joy to the World

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Topic

Birth of Jesus

Author

Isaac Watts

Source

Joy to the World

Medium

Hymn Song

Language

English

Time

1719 1710s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Watts, Isaac. "Joy to the World." The Psalms of David: Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, and Applied to the Christian State and Worship. London: J. Clark, 1719.

Tell me the old, old story
Of unseen things above,
Of Jesus and his glory,
Of Jesus and his love.

Katherine Hankey

Tell Me the Old, Old Story

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The Gospel

Author

Katherine Hankey

Source

Tell Me the Old, Old Story

Medium

Hymn Song

Language

English

Time

1866 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Hankey, Kate. Tell me the old, old story. Composed by William Hovard Doane. c. 1867.

It ain't necessarily so-
The things that you're liable
To read in the Bible-
It ain't necessarily so.

Ira Gershwin

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Veracity of the Bible The Bible

Author

Ira Gershwin

Source

It Ain't Necessarily So Porgy and Bess

Medium

Song Opera

Genre

Great American songbook

Language

English

Time

1935 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Gershwin, Ira. "It Ain't Necessarily So." Porgy and Bess. Composed by George Gershwin. 1935, Colonial Theatre, Boston, MA, USA.

I know things can really get rough when you go it alone. Don’t go thinking you gotta be tough and bleed like a stone.

The Shins

Simple Song

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Support from others Support Man as social animal

Speaker

The Shins

Source

Simple Song

Medium

Song

Genre

Rock music

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Mercer, James. "Simple Song." Port of Morrow. Aural Apothecary/Columbia Records, 2012.

Life's a bitch and then you die
That's why we get high
Cause you never know
When you're gonna go.

Nas

Life's a Bitch

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The human condition Drugs Nihilism

Speaker

Nas

Source

Life's a Bitch Illmatic

Medium

Song

Genre

Hip hop

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Nas and Anthony Cruz and Olu Dara. "Life's a Bitch." Illmatic. Columbia Records, 1994.

Music alone with sudden charms can bind
The wand'ring sense, and calm the troubled mind.

William Congreve

Hymn to Harmony

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Power of music Music

Author

William Congreve

Source

Hymn to Harmony

Medium

Hymn Song

Language

English

Time

1703 1700s 18th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Congreve, William. A Hymn to Harmony: Written in Honour of St. Cecilia's day, M DCC I. London: Jacob Tonson, 1703.