Need Help with Songs

[ComicChick]

Hey yall.

I'm making a dvd slideshow type thing for my family (which I may also be able to use for extra credit in a class of mine) and I need songs to go on it.

I figured I'd ask you smart people for some assistance. It's going to be about 45 minutes longs, so I'm going to need a couple songs.

I need songs relating to home, family, memories, stuff like that.

Some of the ones I am considering :

Carolina In My Mind (one of my fave songs ever, and where family is from)
Green Grass of Home
Mayberry
Dont Forget to Remember Me
Sweet Southern Comfort
Who Says You Can't Go Home

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

 

[Mee]

"Our house, is in the middle of the street."

 

[Sensi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoDjNEBYFmc

Not sure this is what you want.

 

[ComicChick]

thanks for the suggestions. i'm going to check them out

 

[Sensi]

I will try to think of others.

 

[ComicChick]

thanks for the help.

the dvd will have photos spreading from the 1910s-today. so i have a ton of pics that i'm weeding down.

my family is from carolina, and tight-knit. we've had reunions since the 40s at least and have it in the very same house that my great grandparents owned. My dad was born in that house. family means a lot to us, so i am trying to find songs to go with that.

 

[SoulManX]

What part of Carolina...north or south?

 

[ComicChick]

North Carolina. Small lil town bout 45 min from Raleigh near Wilson

 

[ComicChick]

one of the songs i was thinking of using is Dance With My Father, but I don't know if that'd make ppl cry or not.

I think I'm going to add Remember When by Alan Jackson to my list.

 

[ComicChick]

I'm cutting it down to the Wire, i gotta finish by Thursday nite cuz I'm going to North Carolina Friday for a reunion.

So far I have:
Part 1- Carolina In My Mind- James Taylor
2- Green Grass of Home- Kenny Rogers
3- Daddy's Hands- ??? (female)
4- Take Me Home Country Roads- John Denver
5- Don't Forget to Remember Me- Carrie Underwood

and I'm working on Part 6 now, and using Mayberry by Rascal Flatts. I'm up to the 1980s now in my dvd

 

[redmarvel]

Are you looking for Folk, Country or Rock & Roll?

one of the old standards is Memories (light the corners of my mind)

some other choices:
Photograph - Def Leppard
Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel
Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce

 

[SoulManX]

North Carolina. Small lil town bout 45 min from Raleigh near Wilson

Durham here...hey neighbor

 

[ComicChick]

Durham here...hey neighbor

i actually live in virginia, but the majority of our family is spread out through North Carolina and Maryland.

 

[ComicChick]

Are you looking for Folk, Country or Rock & Roll?

one of the old standards is Memories (light the corners of my mind)

some other choices:
Photograph - Def Leppard
Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel
Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce

i was going for music along those genres of music mostly because they'd appeal more to the majority of my relatives.

you wouldnt happen to know the author of the memories song would you? i'd like to look it up. and i will check out you other suggestions.

 

[Halcohol]

You could always go with the Rolling Stones - Drift Away

 

[The Amazing Lee]

The cats and the cradle and the silver spoon!

 

[kingman]

Michael Buble - Home

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQM1Qs857xc

 

[ComicChick]

Michael Buble - Home

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQM1Qs857xc

i actually did use this in one section last nite, so good suggestion.
I've also used:
Mayberry- Rascall Flatts
Home (as mentioned above)

and the one I'm working on now:
Something Worth Leaving Behind- LeeAnn Womack

 

[kingman]

Sandie Shaw & John Walker - Homeward Bound

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIgZBqtPDmQ


Carole King - So Far Away

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOndQmCDp1U


Edwin Starr - 25 Miles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKIjt765ANM


Within Temptation - Memories

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_7QrWerB6c

 

[ComicChick]

i like the homeward bound one, i think i have it on a simon and garfunkel cd somewhere.

the first song on my dvd will be this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNjLUPqckWY
james taylor

 

[ComicChick]

here's my second song, Green Grass of Home
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieo_ClJpvMM
except I am using a Kenny Rogers version

and the song Daddy's Hands
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dim9izhIHos
thanks to youtube, I now know the author! which is holly dunn btw

take me home country roads by john denver
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZsxQCtOoUE

i'm stuck on my next part, so i'm trying to shamelessly bump this for more suggestions. i'm onto the late 1990's, so i'm trying to find something to fit the time

 

[redmarvel]

i was going for music along those genres of music mostly because they'd appeal more to the majority of my relatives.

you wouldnt happen to know the author of the memories song would you? i'd like to look it up. and i will check out you other suggestions.

Helps if you have the right title:

"The Way We Were" - Barbara Streisand

Here's Aretha Franklin's version of the song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScMu2xIOUy8

 

[ComicChick]

thanks for all the help everyone. im almost finished with it now. will be done tonight when i get off work

 

[Ronny Shade]

WhY DON"T YOU MAKE YOUR OWN SONGS HUH? STOP BEING SO UNORIGINAL!!!!!

 

[SpideyLad]

WhY DON"T YOU MAKE YOUR OWN SONGS HUH? STOP BEING SO UNORIGINAL!!!!!

Calm down Ronny......