ALL THINGS MUSIC
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“Walking on the Moon,” The Police — If
anyone makes a list of songs whose
lyrics complement the music
perfectly, it would be incom-
plete without this song.
“Man on the Moon,”
R.E.M. — The Athens
greats paid tribute to the
late-great agit-comic
Andy Kaufman in this
tune from 1992’s “Auto-
matic for the People”
plores “Moon blue, lift me to starry heights,
I long to live within your light.”
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“Orange Moon,” Erykah
Badu — Bask in the
warmth of this lovely,
7-minute-plus love
song from R&B great
Badu.
“Pink Moon,” Nick
Drake — The British
singer-songwriter died
at
just 26, but not before
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he gifted the world with
“Here Comes the Moon,”
“Pink Moon,” which has
George Harrison — A sort of
over
100 million listens on
R.E.M.’s “Automatic
bookend to his better-known
Spotify.
for the People”
“Here Comes the Sun” from
“Under the Cherry Moon,”
Prince — One of a gazillion
The Beatles’ canon. Accord-
ing to songfacts.com, Harrison was in Maui great songs by the late, great Prince.
“Black Moon,” Wilco — “Lift away, past
when a full moon inspired this tune, which
the gate / Desert keeps forming / Under-
was included on his self-titled 1979 album.
neath the black moon / And I’m waiting
“Moon Blue,” Stevie Wonder — Sure,
for you / Waiting forever / Are you awake
everyone knows “Blue Moon,” but Stevie
now too?” Jeff Tweedy sings in this brood-
changed it up in this song in which he im-
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British singer-songwriter Nick Drake died at just 26,
but not before he gifted the world with “Pink Moon,”
which has over 100 million listens on Spotify.
ing tune from 2011’s “The
Whole Love.”
loudersound.com, singer Ian
McCulloch said, “No one
else has a song like ‘The
Killing Moon,’ not even
DANGER!
Bowie … It’s more than
just a song, it’s about
“Bad Moon Rising,”
everything in life.”
Creedence Clearwa-
Other listening:
ter Revival — Argu-
There are so many great
ably the song most
songs about the moon
synonymous with
that we put together a
American rock quartet
playlist of these tunes and
CCR, it reached No. 1 in
other moon-related tunes
the United Kingdom.
“The Killing Moon,” Echo
from the likes of David Bowie,
Nick Drake’s “Pink Moon”
& the Bunnymen — The at-
DIIV and more. If you’re read-
mosphere is thick and omi-
ing this in print, search for our
nous on this famous tune by the ’80s greats,
Spotify “Moon Song Lunacy” playlist to hear
who’ve continued to put out great music in
these and more, or visit bendbulletin.com/go,
the decades since. Fun fact: For Rob Hughes where the playlist is embedded in the article.
“The Story Behind the Song” feature at
e David Jasper: 541-383-0349, djasper@bendbulletin.com
Let There Be Light:
The History of Bend’s
Water Pageant
A fi lm detailing the unique night-
time parade of fl oats on Mirror
Pond known for its towering arch
illuminated with lights and the
Queen’s Swan fl oat.
A Film By Future Filmworks
Produced by Deschutes County Historical Society
Info and Tickets at
TowerTheatre.org • 541-317-0700