For your grandpa
A song for grandpa, with the stories he always tells
Grandfathers have stories they have told a hundred times; a song is a way to tell one back to him. Give us his workshop, his truck and his advice, and his name or Grandpa goes into the chorus.
听一首真实样曲
My Anchor, Nguyen
送给 Nguyen
Songs to play for grandpa
Country storytelling and a few standards from his generation.
| 歌曲 | 歌手 | 适合 |
|---|---|---|
| Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days) | The Judds | Asking for his stories |
| In Color | Jamey Johnson | Old photos and what they leave out |
| Old Man | Neil Young | Seeing yourself in him |
| Forever Young | Bob Dylan | A blessing, folk style |
| My Way | Frank Sinatra | A life lived on his terms |
Closest sample: a country song for a father
"My Anchor, Nguyen" is the sound many families pick for a grandfather too.
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- 免费试听
- 填好邮箱后约两分钟，就能听到前 60 秒。不用绑卡。
- 整首歌
- 完整歌曲约两分钟，MP3 格式，下载后永久保存。
- 歌词
- 付款前，试听页上就能看到每一句歌词。解锁后还有歌词单，可打印或存成 PDF。
- TA 的链接
- 一个私密链接，对方不用注册就能听完整首歌，页面上写着你的名字和一句留言。随时可以关闭。
- 照片视频
- 免费：用你的照片做成 9:16 竖屏视频，歌词同步显示，另有 15 秒和 30 秒两个短版。在你的浏览器里生成。
- 名字
- 名字不好念？写下它的读音（比如 Saoirse 写成 SEER-sha），歌手就照这个读音唱。
- 重录
- 每首歌可免费重录一次：改一句、换风格或换声音，再录一遍。
- 名字唱错了？
- 付款后如果名字唱错，可以免费重制一次，把名字唱对。
- 语言
- 可以用英语、德语、法语、西班牙语或日语演唱。
- 预告
- 付款前就能发一个 15 秒的预告链接，告诉对方：有一首歌正在路上。
- 这首歌还可以
- 家人住在别的国家？在表单里选他们在家说的语言，整首歌连副歌和名字都会用这种语言来唱。
- 派对或学校的幻灯片：照片视频会把你的照片配上这首歌，也可以下载 MP3 配在你自己的视频里。
His stories, your version
- The work he did for most of his life.
- A story he tells at every family dinner.
- His workshop, his truck or his garden.
- Something he taught you with his hands.
- How he and your grandma met.
For example
Those lines give the song a job, a lesson and his stubbornness.
- He drove a milk truck for thirty-one years and knew every dog on the route.
- He taught me to whittle on his porch with a pocketknife I still carry.
- He still walks two miles every morning at eighty-four.
A sound that suits him
Country and indie folk are good fits for storytelling grandfathers. A male voice can sound like a grandson singing to him, a female voice like a granddaughter. If he loves old standards, pick a piano ballad.
Playing it for him
Play it during a visit, at a birthday dinner or on a holiday morning. Keep the volume up and let the whole family hear it together.
Ask him one question first
If you can, call him and ask about a story you only half know: his first car, his service years, the job before the job. Use what he tells you as one of your three lines, and he will hear his own words come back to him in the song.
Grandfathers who say little about feelings often talk for an hour about an old truck. Let that be your way in.
If he likes to sing along, choose a style with a chorus simple enough for him to join in the second time it comes around.