Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Saturday Night at the Oldies: The First-Person Singular Pronoun

Before we get on to songs with 'I' in the title — the word, not the letter or the Roman numeral — we pause to note the passing of Jack Bruce, bass player for Cream who died a week ago.  It is appropriate, therefore, that we should begin with

Cream, I Feel Free

Cream, I'm So Glad

Simon and Garfunkel, I Am a Rock

Beatles, I'm a Loser

Beatles, I Feel Fine

Beatles, I am the Walrus

Beatles, I Call Your Name.  Nice cowbell.  Mamas and Papas' version.

Who, I Can See for Miles

Muddy Waters, I'm a Man

Peggy Lee, I'm a Woman

Patsy Cline, I Fall to Pieces

Country Joe and the Fish, I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag

Beatles, I Don't Want to Spoil the Party

Sarah Vaughan, I Got Rythm

Sonny and Cher, I Got You, Babe

Petula Clark, I Know a Place

Barbara George, I Know

Dusty Springfield, I Only Want to be With You

Petula Clark, I Couldn't Live Without Your Love

Peggy March, I Will Follow Him

Ivory Joe Hunter, Since I Met You Baby

Lenny Welch, Since I Fell for You

Skyliners, Since I Don't Have You

Flamingos, I Only Have Eyes for You

Beatles, If I Fell

Beach Boys, When I Grow Up to Be a Man

Beach Boys, I Can Hear Music

Beach Boys, Then I Kissed Her.  The answer to, and no match for, the Crystals' Then He Kissed Me.

Band, When I Paint My Masterpiece

Timi Yuro, I'm So Hurt

Brenda Lee, Alone Am I

Eddie Rabbit, I Love a Rainy Night

Dylan, The Band, et al., I Shall Be Released

Tom Petty, I Won't Back Down

U2, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For. Read the lyrics.

Arlo Guthrie, I Want to be Around

Bob Dylan, I Want You

Brenda Lee, I'm Sorry

Pter, Paul, and Mary, If I Had a Hammer

and these are only some of them.


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