Post by David DaltonWhat are some songs that mention fire?
Some by Sarah McLachlan are Into the Fire, World on Fire
and the song I quote below in my sig, Illusions of Bliss.
"Romeo and Juliet, Samson and Delilah.
Baby, you can bet, a love they couldn't deny.
My words say split, but my words they lie.
'Cause when we kiss, ooh, fire."
Johnny Cash singing RING OF FIRE would surely qualify, then.
If you would prefer sings about actual fires, my two favorites are:
BALLAD OF YARMOUTH CASTLE by Gordon Lightfoot is about a ship burning
and sinking. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Yarmouth_Castle.
JIM ROOT'S RIDE by Pranklyn W. Lee was about a fire out on the plains
in Minnesota). I first heard this as a song almost 30 years ago, but
what came up in a Google Search (in Google Books, as it happens) was
just the words. So maybe it was written as a poem and someone added a
tune later.
Someone has already mentioned Julia Ecklar's FIRESTARTER, a great
song. Let's see, the Fire (Song) disambiguation page on Google lists
the following:
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Songs:
"Fire" (2NE1 song)
"Fire" (Arthur Brown song)
"Fire" (Bruce Springsteen song), notably covered by The Pointer
Sisters
"Fire" (Emerson, Lake and Palmer song)
"Fire" (Ferry Corsten song)
"Fire" (Joe Budden song)
"Fire" (Kasabian song)
"Fire" (Krystal Meyers song)
"Fire" (Necro song)
"Fire" (Ohio Players song)
"Fire" (The Jimi Hendrix Experience song), notably covered by Red Hot
Chili Peppers
"Fire" (U2 song)
"Fire", a song by The Prodigy, from the single "Fire/Jericho"
"Feuer" (song)
"Fire", a song by B-Real from Smoke N Mirrors
"Fire", a song by Busta Rhymes from Anarchy
"Fire", a song by Dead by Sunrise from Out of Ashes
"Fire", a song by Krokus from Metal Rendez-vous
"Fire", a song by Jay Sean from All or Nothing
"Fire", a song by Kelis from Kelis Was Here
"Fire", a song by Raghav from The Phoenix
"Fire", a song from Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
"Fire", a song by Scooter (band) from Age of Love (album)
"The Fire", a song by Reel Big Fish from We're Not Happy 'til You're
Not Happy
"Fires", a song by Band of Skulls from Baby Darling Dollface Honey
"FIRE", a theme song from the Dracul Arc of the Sailor Moon Musicals
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So, a few that don't have just that single word as a title -
FIRE AND RAIN by James Taylor
FIRE AND ICE by Pat Benetar
FIRE AND WATER by Wilson Picket
FIRE, BABY, I'M ON FIRE by Andy Kim
FIRE IN THE MORNING by Melissa Manchester
FIRE LAKE by Bob Seger
FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN by Marshal Tucker Band
hmmm...., let's see
SMOKE ON THE WATER by Deep Purple
WHO BY FIRE by Leonard Cohen
SMOKE FROM A DISTANT FIRE by Sanford/Townsend Band
THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE http://inspectormuffin.com/songdetail.asp?id=2
ON FIRE by Switchfoot
LIGHT MY FIRE by Jose Feliciano (or The Doors, a year earlier)
Is that enough? There are many more. Do they have to be big? There
are songs that mention smaller fires (like oil lamps, candles, or even
just smoking).
Christmas has songs about Yule Logs/Fires. There's THE CHRISTMAS SONG
("Chestnuts roasting on an open fire"). There's LET IT SNOW ("Oh the
weather outside is frightful, But the fire is so delightful").
There's one song strictly about the different types of wood for making
fires, and describing how they burn. That was LOGS TO BURN by Golden
Bough.
There are songs about coal mining fires, songs about fires in
buildings, songs about the coal or wood fires in steam locomotives (or
steamships), songs about campfires, cooking fires, rocket ships (FIRE
IN THE SKY and many, many more), fire as symbolism for being in love,
fire as symbolism for hating something....