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08 May 2022, 2:11 pm

'Jazzman' by 'Carole King' Circa 1974. This awesome song is periodically played on the radio to this day!

On 'Jazzman': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazzman



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09 May 2022, 2:07 pm

Does a song about songwriting count? If so there's this brilliant - and very funny - song by Leonard Cohen...

https://youtu.be/zxI3wnjb4wY



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10 May 2022, 5:49 pm

Spark Brother wrote:
Does a song about songwriting count? If so there's this brilliant - and very funny - song by Leonard Cohen...

https://youtu.be/zxI3wnjb4wY


Absolutely!



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28 May 2022, 2:57 pm

naturalplastic wrote:
There are quite a few songs about songs.

Some are about specific songs (answer songs).

Some are about songs in general.

"I write the songs" Barry Manilow
"Play Me Some Mountain Music" Alabama
"Sad Songs Say So Much" Elton John
"I had to say it in a song" Jim Croce
"Sing a Song" Carpenters
"Birth of the Blues" Various
"Song Sung Blue" Neil Diamond
"Silly Love Songs" Paul McCartney
"Old Time Rocknroll" Bob Seeger


Barry Manilow's 1975 song 'I Write the Songs' probaby remains the most noted example of a "song about songs" to this day...in 2022!