# Popular Music and the Circumstances of My Birth **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 30, 2007, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266 "2007-11-30T02:24:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/41 "2007-11-30T19:43:36Z")
I can remember the fourth of July, runnin’ through the backwood bare. And I can still hear my old hound dog barkin’, chasin’ down a hoodoo there, chasin’ down a hoodoo there. Born on the bayou ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/42 "2007-11-30T19:46:58Z")
“On a rainy Wednesday mornin’ That’s the day that I was born in That old sharecroppers’ one-room country shack. They say my mama left me The day before she had me She hit the road and never once looked back.” Billy Joe Shaver, “I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train” ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/43 "2007-11-30T19:47:03Z")
[http://www.bluesforpeace.com/lyrics/hoochie-coochie.htm](http://www.bluesforpeace.com/lyrics/hoochie-coochie.htm) On the seventh hour, of the seventh day, on the seventh month, the seventh doctor said: "He’s born for good luck, and I know you see; Got seven hundred dollars, and don’t you mess with me ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/44 "2007-11-30T19:47:08Z")
“He was born on a summer day, 1951” (“Lonely Boy”, Andrew Gold. Blech.) or: “Victor was born in the spring of '44 / and never saw his father anymore” however “I was born in '49, a cold war kid in McCarthy time.” or: His momma was a midnight woman His daddy was a driftin’ drummer One night they put it together nine months later came the little black Bummer. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/45 "2007-11-30T19:55:21Z")
Great King Rat died today Born on the 21st of May… ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/46 "2007-11-30T19:56:49Z")
He was born a pauper to a pawn on a Christmas day When the New York Times said God is dead And the war’s begun Alvin Tostig has a son today ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/47 "2007-11-30T20:04:17Z")
I was born in a trunk at the Princess Theatre in Pocatello, Idaho. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/48 "2007-11-30T20:09:36Z")
ooh! Thought of another: “I wasn’t born so much as I fell out Nobody seemed to notice me” “Lost in the Supermarket” - The Clash ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/49 "2007-11-30T20:27:27Z")
I was born a rebel Down in Dixie On a Sunday morning . . . ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/50 "2007-11-30T20:27:44Z")
On the day I was born the rain fell down there was trouble brewing in my hometown It was the 7th day I was the 7th son and I scared the hell out of everyone. AC/DC Bad Boy Boogie. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/51 "2007-11-30T20:28:46Z")
[QUOTE=Labdad] “On a rainy Wednesday mornin’ That’s the day that I was born in That old sharecroppers’ one-room country shack. They say my mama left me The day before she had me She hit the road and never once looked back.” Billy Joe Shaver, “I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train” [/QUOTE] I came in here to post that, damn you!! ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/52 "2007-11-30T20:35:58Z")
My daddy was the family bassman, My mama was an engineer And I was born one dark gray morn With music comin’ in my ears, in my ears. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/53 "2007-11-30T21:30:40Z")
In the town where I was born, Lived a man who sailed to sea, And he told us of his life, In the land of submarines… All together now! We all live in a yellow submarine ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/54 "2007-11-30T21:46:06Z")
[\*He was born in the back of a Seminole bus](http://gordonlightfoot.com/Lyrics/IdDoItAgain.txt) On the road to Niagara Falls\* [\*A child is born to a welfare case](http://www.behindthelyrics.com/164243/Circle_Of_Steel.html) Where the rats run around like they own the place\* ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/55 "2007-11-30T21:54:55Z")
Sometimes I feel like screaming Sometimes I feel I just can’t win Sometimes I’m feelin’ my soul is as restless as the wind Maybe I was born to die in Berlin ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/56 "2007-12-01T00:48:52Z")
As the snow flies On a cold and gray chicago mornin A poor little baby child is born In the ghetto And his mama cries cause if theres one thing that she dont need Its another hungry mouth to feed In the ghetto ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2007, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/57 "2007-12-01T00:58:11Z")
Oh, now, girl, can you see, That this was meant to be? It’s funny but it’s true, Guess I was born to love you. ---
**Author:** ![St.Urho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@St.Urho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Urho)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2007, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/58 "2007-12-01T01:02:39Z")
[In St. James Parish I was born and christened Now I’ve got my story Mister no need for you to listen It’s just a dead man talkin’](http://brucespringsteen.net/songs/DeadManWalkin.html) ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2007, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/59 "2007-12-01T04:01:17Z")
I was not born to follow. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2007, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/60 "2007-12-01T10:22:20Z")
Stretching back to the early 1950s for this one: “Born to be with you… By your side, satisfied, Through and through, 'Cause I was born To be with you.” – The Chordettes [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266.md?page=4)