"The Sound of Silence" - Simon & Garfunkel (1964)
"And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing songs that voices never share And no one dared Disturb the sound of silence"
"Sleeping In" - The Postal Service (2003)
"Last week I had the strangest dream Where everything was exactly how it seemed Where there was never any mystery of who shot John F. Kennedy It was just a man with something to prove Slightly bored and severely confused He steadied his rifle with his target in the center And became famous on that day in November"
"The Warmth of the Sun" - The Beach Boys (1964)
"What good is the dawn That grows into day The sunset at night Or living this way"
"Seconds" - The Human League (1981)
"The shot that was heard around the world For a second It took seconds of your time to take his life It took seconds"
"Less Than Zero (Dallas Version)” - Elvis Costello (1977)
"A pistol was still smoking, a man lay on the floor Mr. Oswald thought he had an understanding with the law She's got rubies on her fingers, Jenny turns and looks away Her mind upon a basement out of the U.S.A. She says, "Let's talk about the future now, we've put the past away"
"Jackie's Strength" - Tori Amos (1998)
"A bouvier till her wedding day Shots rang out The police came Mama layed me on the front lawn And prayed for Jackie's strength"
"1963" - New Order (1963)
"And he often remembered how it used to be Before that special occasion, 1963 There was too many ways that you could kill someone Like in a love affair, when the love is gone He told me to close my eyes My gift would be a great surprise I saw hatred in his eyes"
"Lincoln Limousine" - Jerry Lee Lewis (1966)
"Well they shot him in the back seat of a Lincoln limousine Was a great brave leader by the name of Kennedy He fought for right and freedom tried to keep this nation clean But they shot him in the back seat of a Lincoln limousine Yeah he had ten million dollars had the world right in his hand But a twenty dollar rifle took the life of this great man He had a lovely wife and two children seldom seen But they shot him in the back seat of a Lincoln limousine"
"Brain of J" - Pearl Jam (1998)
"Who's got the brain of JFK? What's it mean to us now? Oh, it's sound insurance But I can tell you, this is no lie The whole world will be different soon The whole world will be relieved"
"The Motorcade Sped On" - Steinski & Mass Media's (1986)
"The flash Apparently official The flash Apparently official President Kennedy died at 1:00 PM central standard time Time Time Time Time Time JFK: We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution"
"If I Was President" - Wyclef Jean (2010)
"If I was president, I'd get elected on Friday, assassinated on Saturday, and buried on Sunday. ... Tell them about Martin Luther King. Tell them the truth. The Truth. Tell them about JFK"
"Sympathy for the Devil" - The Rolling Stones (1968)
"I watched with glee While your kings and queens Fought for ten decades For the gods they made I shouted out, "Who killed the Kennedys?" When after all It was you and me"
"Life in a Northern Town" - The Dream Academy (1985)
"They sat on the stony ground And he took a cigarette out And everyone else came down to listen He said, "In winter 1963 It felt like the world would freeze With John F. Kennedy and the Beatles"
"Abraham, Martin and John" - Dion (1968)
"Anybody here seen my old friend John? Can you tell me where he's gone? He freed a lot of people, But it seems the good they die young. I just looked around and he's gone."
"Crucifixion" - Phil Ochs (1965)
"They say they can't believe it, it's a sacrilegious shame Now, who would want to hurt such a hero of the game? But you know I predicted it; I knew he had to fall How did it happen? I hope his suffering was small. Tell me every detail, I've got to know it all, And do you have a picture of the pain?"
"Born in the 50s" - The Police (1989)
"My mother cried When president Kennedy died She said it was the communists But I knew better"
"We Didn't Start the Fire" - Billy Joel (1989)
"2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy Chubby Checker, "Psycho", Belgians in the Congo We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No we didn't light it But we tried to fight it"
"Civil War" - Guns N' Roses (1990)
"D'you wear a black armband When they shot the man Who said "Peace could last forever" And in my first memories They shot Kennedy I went numb when I learned to see So I never fell for Vietnam We got the wall of Deceased to remind us all That you can't trust freedom When it's not in your hands When everybody's fightin' For their promised land"
"He Was a Friend of Mine" - The Byrds (1965)
"He was a friend of mine, he was a friend of mine His killing had no purpose, no reason or rhyme He was a friend of mine He was in Dallas town, he was in Dallas town From a sixth floor window a gunner shot him down He was in Dallas town"
"The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" - XTC (1992)
"Peter Pumpkinhead pulled them all Emptied churches and shopping malls Where he spoke, it would raise the roof Peter Pumpkinhead told the truth But he made too many enemies..."
"11 mph" - Was (Not Was) (1988)
"JFK went down to Dallas To cool some heels in the oil palace Unfriendly country, but he was not afraid He would wave to the people From a passing motorcade ... JFK told Kruschev I'll leave Castro alone If you take away those missles They're too damn close to home The CIA, the Cubans and the underworld bosses Decided that was it, they had to cut their losses"
"I'm Still Remembering" - The Cranberries (1996)
"They say the cream will always rise to the top. They say that good people are always first to drop. What of Kurt Cobain, will his presence still remain? Remember JFK, ever saintly in a way. Where are you now? Where are you now? Where are you now, I said, Where are you no-ow?"
"The Kennedy March" - Joe Meek Orchestra (1963)
"John Fitzgerald Kennedy" - The Rengades (1966)
"The Kennedy Curse" - Alexisonfire (2002)
"Put the dead Kennedy in the ground. In the ground. In the ground. The name does not live on. Not live on!"
"November 22nd 1963" - Destroy All Monsters (1976)
"Jackie, Jackie Kennedy, hold onto his brains"
"God" - John Lennon (1970)
"don't believe in Hitler I don't believe in Jesus I don't believe in Kennedy I don't believe in Buddha"
"Oh My God" - Michael Franti & Spearhead (2001)
"This ain't no cartoon, no one slips on bananas, do you really think That, that car killed Diana? Hell I shot Ronald Reagan, I shot JFK I slept with Marilyn, she sung me happy birthday"
"Lee Harvey Oswald" - The Skatalites (1987)
"National Anthem" - Lana Del Rey (2012)
"Tell me I'm your National Anthem. Red, white, blue's in the skies, Summer's in the air and baby, Heaven's in your eyes. I'm your National Anthem."
via Entertainment - The Huffington Post
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