Re: Graduation Songs

Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 18:57:06 -0400
Newsgroups: rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1970s
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In article <email-address-deleted>, Charles Hobbs
<email-address-deleted> wrote:
> Trudi Marrapodi wrote:
>
> > Actually, I've often thought that otherwise-sappy song "Because You Loved
> > Me" is more applicable here than elsewhere. I mean, when sung by a woman
> > to a man, it becomes insufferably cloying ("I'm everything I am because
> > you loved me"). But when sung by a graduate as a tribute to the
> > parents/family, it becomes truly meaningful.
>
> Also, Bette Midler's "Wind Beneath My Wings"....I've heard that used at
> a ceremony before.
Yes, or Mariah Carey's "Hero," for that matter, because it's about
self-reliance. (I heard a kid burst into spontaneous song on that one once
at a reception for a Take Our Kids to Work Day. I had never liked the song
so much, before or since. The girl had a good voice.)
--
Trudi
"Just like Pagliacci did..."--Smokey Robinson
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