Look Out Any Window
Posted October 22, 2009 by
Morning Show Crew 
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Today’s release of a new computer operating system gives us an excuse to explore songs about Steve Ballmer, just kidding. It actually is amazing how many songs there are about windows.
Cleaning Windows Van Morrison
REM
You are the everything
Just may be my favorite REM song of all time.
billy bragg n wilco…at my window sad and lonely
How Much is that doggie in the window?
Paul simon’s Graceland has an amazing line, losing love is like a window in your heart…”
Have a great day!
Could you play Eliza Gilkyson’s cover of “Is It Like Today?” It mentions a “glassless window” right at the beginning of the song, and also it’s really good.
Yesterday was too hard, but a good set nonetheless.
Windows Vista pushed me to finally buy a mac. Now, I am ready to start using a pc again with arrival of Windows7
Here’s the suggestions observing the Windows7 arrival….
* The Windows Of The World – Dionne Warwick
* Lookin’ Through The Windows – The Jackson 5
* My Little Blue Window – Elvis Costello
* Window Shoppin’ – Hank Williams
* She Came In Through The Bathroom Window – Beatles (or as done by Joe Cocker)
or a different spin using operating system (Windows 7) as part of the search terms for this theme:
* See The World by Gomez from How We Operate (or the title song for that album)
* Operator – Grateful Dead
* Dream Operator by the Talking Heads on True Stories (********)
Tons more using Windows as the search term
Just stepped outside…. going to be a nice one….. enjoy
” when I look out my window – so many sights to see…
and when I look in my window – so many different people to be …
it’s strange……. so strange …. ”
” Season Of The Witch ” — Donovan
A window on my thoughts:
“Chelsea Morning” by Joni
“Lookin’ Through the Windows” by the Jackson 5
“She Came in Through the Bathroom Window” by Joe Cocker
and finally, my bet for the popular request for today, “Come to My Window” by Melissa Ethridge.
It’s been a dark morning so far — how about the resolutely cheerful Look Through Any Window by The Hollies? It has always been a NYC song to me.
“Window Seat” by John Wesley Harding
Instead of You Are The Everything,
I’m Looking Through You by The Beatles.
Seems like it could be an ode to a computer operating system
Those are my songs with windows:
Travis – Flowers In The Window
Melissa Etheridge – Come to My Window
Bob Dylan – Sign On The Window
As we’re talking about windows, from my window I can observe garden of my neighbour who is mad about gardening. In his small and very tiny garden there are hundreds diffrient kinds of plants and even few trees:)This is pretty funny.
Is there any *window* in your WFUV’s studio? Probably not. But maybe someone of other listeners have interesting views from his window??
Have a good day
Windowsill by the arcade fire
Love that song! Have a great morning!
Box of rain, by The Grateful Dead
Really reaching for ‘Window Songs’ (and, most likely, not those for ‘computer’ windows) –
1. “From a Window” (Chad & Jeremy)
2. “She Came In Through the Bathroom Window” (The Beatles (or, Joe Cocker)).
3. “It Ain’t Me, Babe” (Bob Dylan)
And, REALLY ‘Reaching’, as if Louis Armstrong was ‘looking out his window’ and sings: “What a Wonderful World”.
So I KNOW, every morning you guys walk into the studio and say: where has the rnr foot doc gone!!!
Sorry. Life has been overwhelming recently!!!
Anyway, re: Windows, not to be cruel or harsh, but…
“Go away from my window, leave at your own chosen speed…”
I KNOW you played early Dylan before, which was really cool, but since WE ALL know you can NEVER Have enough Dylan, I submit, for your approval,
It Ain’t Me, Babe.
Thanks.
Hope you have all been well.
Mamas & Papas Look Through my Window
The Window Song, by Steve Erle
“My Little Blue Window” – Elvis Costello
There are loads of songs with window in them.
“There are always Ulterior Motives” (Me)
“Truth Like Beauty is in the Eyes of the Beholder” Elim Garak
Two ways to approach this…
In the title:
“She Came in Through the Bathroom Window” Beatles
What a lot of people feel…“Window Blues” by Band of Horses.
“Window on the World” John Hiatt & the Goners
In the lyrics:
“Morning Glory” either Tim Buckley’s original or BS&T’s classic cover.
As part of my one man effort to keep Phil Ochs on the radio, how about “Outside of a Small Circle of Friends”
And lastly, the seasonally incorrect “Snow is Gone” by Josh Ritter from the 4 Songs Live EP. A great, great, great live version!
Tough one!
How about Just My Imagination – Temptations (it’s April, my window I watch out as she passes by…)
And/or Windows Of Hope (Oleta Adama)
And of course;
She Came in Through the Bathroom Window – Joe Cocker version, PLEASE!
Look Through Any Window by the Hollies. Not only is it perfect for today’s theme, but it features one of the best drummers of the 1960s—Bobby Elliott.
How about a Dan Fogelberg tune? Sort of sad one – sorry ’bout that. “Windows and Walls”
Ben Folds – Picture Window
Steve Earle – The Window Song
Bob Dylan – Don’t Think Twice, It’s all Right (lyric – “look out your window, baby ,I’ll be gone”. Actually would be nice to hear the Jerry Jeff Walker version if you can!
There’s a Hank Williams song called “Window Shopping” I think? (about looking for love?)
Ok, gotta get back to work -
Always fun to play!
Kathy’s Song
Simon & Garfunkel
“Through the window of my eyes”
Thunder Road. Springsteen. “Roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair”.
How about Come to my Window by Melissa Etheridge?
How about Van Morrison cleaning windows?
Good Morning…My first thought about songs with a reference of a window is
Arethas…. Until you come back to Me…. I love the line about tapping on your window pane..
How romantic!!!!!.
Moon over Bourbon street- sting (bring on the night)
Been on an 80s kick
Thought a couple more ‘window’ related songs –
“I’m on the Outside Looking In” (Little Anthony and the Imperials)
“On the Inside Looking Out” (Eric Burdon and the New Animals)
“The Windows of the World” (Jimmie Rodgers)
Closest I can come up with this morning is:
“Silhouettes” – Herman’s Hermits or the 50s version (not sure who – The Diamonds?)
My mind draws a blank on this one. The only songs that come to me are the obvious Washing Windows by Van Morrison & Windows Of My Mind by Gordon LIghtfoot???
The Hollies – Look Through My Window
Mamas and Papas – 12:30-Young Girls Coming to the Canyon
The Hollies’ Look Through Any Window – the harmonies – Graham Nash’s great voice – it’s a classic.
The opening line’s to Martin Sexton’s “Where Did I Go Wrong” have a great image of a window:
“The venetian blinds are open tonight
Just enough to let in the street light
And the shadows paint lines over everything
In the room”
Looking forward to hearing the selections and reading the blog!
Happy Thursday
Richard Thompson’s House of Cards
Hey….sorry, I could have sworn (and still believe I saw it live) about “Framed” – it is a song, but I can’t find a copy by David Bromberg, but I really think I saw it live by him at one time, and my friend thinks so too.
Anyways, Little Feat covered it- the Coasters did it, and The Sensational Alex Harvey did a bizarre cover of it too. It was written by Leiber and Stoller.
I feel bad that I sent you on a wild goose chase – it was unintentional
Can you please play Looking out the Window by Stevie Ray Vaughn.
Have a great day!!!!!
Beatles (or Joe Cocker) – She Came In Through the Bathroom Window
Melissa Etheridge – Come to My Window
Rolling Stone – Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’? (one of my favorite jazz/rock fusions in my collection!)
Tom Waits – Rosie (“Sittin on the windowsill, blowin’ my horn…”)
Donovan – Season of the Witch
(can’t remember the artist – few years back) – She Don’t Like Roses (“…and her bed is under her window…”)
Look Out Any Window (Bruce Hornsby & the Range)
Cleaning Windows (Van Morrison)
Can You Please Craw Out Your Window? (Bob Dylan)
how about famous window scenes?
Romeo & Juliet (Dire Straits)
In Your Eyes (Peter Gabriel)
How ’bout some early Dylan: It ain’t me, babe. Or you could play the cover by The Turtles!
“Window” by Damien Jurado
Am I too late? Van the Man of course……Cleaning Windows.
How about “small circle of friends” by Phil Ochs first line – “look outside my window”
Shawn colvin naïve melody this must be the place.
How about “Cleaning Windows” by Van Morrison if it hasn’t already been suggested.
A little obvious, but, Cleaning Windows, Van Morrison (the Live at the Grand Opera House version is pretty good. A little less obvious, St. Dominc’s Preview, V.M. There’s an acoustic version that I heard one time, and one time only, on FUV a bunch of years ago. If you could find that, play it and tells where we can find it, that would be great. I ask a lot, I know.
Windows are for protection against the elements and also a computer operating system, so combining both we have “Climbing up the Walls” by Radiohead from OK Computer. Also:
* “Come to my Window” – Melissa Etheridge.
* “Windows and Walls” – Dan Fogelberg.
Missy Elliot
“I can’t stand the rain (against my window)”
How bout Jefferson Airplane’s “Coming Back to Me”…through an oprn window where no curtain hung…I love thay line.
Claudia, how about Joan Baez’s “Diamonds and Rust” for a window song?
“Storm Windows” John Prine
I am sending the song Window Pane in honor of Windows 7 Operating System launch for today’s theme. Andria Cometa’s husband Tom and I play in a band together named Ghost Head and have a groovy version of Tom’s original song Window Pane for your listening pleasure. Hopefully this will fit in nicely and you will give it a listen and get in on the air.
How about “From A Window?’ by Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas, written by Lennon & McCartney?
The Old 97’s actually have several “windows” songs, but this is my favorite:
Murder (Or a Heart Attack)
And the hole
In the screen is barely big enough for you
And not near enough for me to go
And the whole damn complicated
Situation could’ve been
Avoided if I’d only shut the window
CHORUS:
And I may be leavin’ myself open
To a murder or a heart attack
But I’m leavin’ the back door open
‘Til you come back, ’til you come back
And I may be movin’ myself closer
To a real untimely end
But I’m leavin’ the back door open
‘Til you come home again, ’til you come home again
And I told
The neighbors, I put pictures up
And handed out some flyers at the show
And the whole town speculating
Situation could’ve been
Avoided if I’d only shut the window
How about Van Morrison’s Washing Windows? Great positive working song.
I wanted to make my suggestion this morning but I was in the car too long and really couldn’t get online. I would have loved to have heard Fiona Apple’s “Window”. Such a great angry song for sitting in traffic.
How Much Is That Doggie In The Window – Patti Page
Old Admirals – Al Stewart
“I live in retirement now
And through my window comes the sound of seagulls
And sets my mind remembering”