It is with a heavy heart that I say goodbye to a local library that served our community with honor and steadfast dedication these past 58 years. This Sunday there will be a closing ceremony. Silver Spring‘s public library is distinctive in Montgomery County, Maryland for its Frank Lloyd Wright-esque “prairie style” design (along with Davis Library in Bethesda), the first uniquely American architectural style. Any other branches in the country system in the Prairie Style, I wonder.
Hopefully this blog piece will pressure the county to repurpose the building as an intergenerational recreation center instead of allowing the building to be razed in order to put up (yet another) high-priced condo in the downtown area. May the building continue to serve the people of Montgomery County for generations to come, as it was intended to.
“Library”
Cursor Miner (2003)
Biblio Pop:
You’re Overdue to Check Out These Library Songs
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“Marian the Librarian” — Arthur Godfrey (1958)
“Library Love Affair” — Brian Hyland (1960)
“A Trip to the Library” — Barbara Baxley (1963)
“Harlem Library” — Kenny Lynch (1964)
“Library Book” — The Faders (1979)
“Lines from the Library” — Shriekback (1983)
“Library Song” — Bill Roper (1987)
“Under the Library” — Circus X3 (1988)
“(Going to the) Library” — The Girls (1990)
“At The Library With Waba Sé Wasca” — Green Day (1990)
“At the Library” — Green Day (1991)
“Lisa Librarian” — Velocity Girl (1993)
“Fabulous Library” — Eyeless in Gaza (1993)
“Love in the Library” — Jimmy Buffett (1994)
“Library Girl” — His Name Is Alive with Dara (1994)
“Library Rap” — MC Poindexter & the Study Crew (1995)
“Faster Pussycat to the Library!” — Sam Phillips (1996)
“Library Song” — Tom Chapin (1996)
“Sweet Librarian” — Railroad Jerk (1996)
“Lost in the Library” — Saint Etienne (1997)
“Library Card” — Arthur & Friends (1998)
“The Librarian” — Hefner (1998)
“Library on Fire” — Lux Occulta (1999)
“Library Card” — Frank Zappa [1999]
“Queens of the Circulating Library” — Coil (2000)
“Library Girl” — Boyzvoice (2000)
“I Am the Sub-Librarian” — Piano Magic (2001)
“Library Grrrl” — The Grrrlscouts (2002)
“Library” — Cursor Miner (2003)
“Reference Librarian” — Robert Lopresti (2003)
“Librarian” — Jonathan Rundman (2004)
“Librarian” — Haunted Love (2006)
“The Librarian” — Nine Horses (2006)
“Shouting in the Library” — Popple (2007)
“Librarian” — My Morning Jacket (2008)
“The Librarian Song” — Joe Uveges (2008)
“Joyce the Librarian” — Liz Ryan (2009)
“Ten Year Librarian” — Junius (2009)
“The Librarian” — Laura Jane Scott (2010)
“I Want to Be a Librarian” — Rebecca Angel (2010)
“Libraries Are the Cemeteries of Ideas” — Tinsel Teeth (2010)
“Library Rock” — Maynoe & Howie (2010)
“Library Pictures” — Arctic Monkeys (2011)
“Dewey Decimal Rap” — Melvil Dewey/Scooter Hays (2011)
“The Library Song” — David Llywelyn Brown (2012)
“I Love My Library” — Lunch Money (2012)
“Library Girl” — Reina del Cid (2012)
“Sexy Librarian” — Luther Red (2012)
“The Librarians Are Hiding Something” — Swingin’ Utters (2012)
“Library” — Julia Brown (2013)
“The Library (Intro)” — Childish Gambino (2013)
“Forgotten Library” — Buckethead (2013)
“Adolph’s Library” — Snog (2013)
“Librarian” — Kings (2013)
“Library” — Shark Toys (2014)
“The Library” — Mostly Autumn (2014)
“Library Card” — Wet Socks (2014)
“Water Library” — Ellis Island Sound (2014)
“Library Days” — Natalie Evans (2014)
“The Golden Library” — The Instruments (2014)
“The Library” — 100% (2015)
“Library of Souls” — Time Away (2015)
“The Library of Wildlife” — Time Away (2015)
“Library” — Macintosh Plus (2016)
“Library Magic” — The Head And The Heart (2016)
“Library Girl” — The Hallingtons (2017)
“Library Books” — Kingswood (2017)
“Lysergic Library” — Brown Spirits (2017)
“Enta Tha Library” — Russian Hip Hop Killaz Instrumental Ensemble (2017)
“A Little Library Music” — Jon Brion (2018)
“Library” — Waveform (2018)
“Noise In The Library” — US Steel Cello Ensemble (2018)
“Library” — Keston Cobblers’ Club (2019)
“The Library” — Sasha Bell (2019)
“Library Of Memory” — VC Fox (2019)
“Library Strings” — Brothers Nylon (2019)
“Library Thugs” — Jonas Aden & Conor Ross featuring RebMoe (2019)
“National Library” — Peter Bruntnell (2019)
“Tool Library” — State Drugs (2019)
“In The Library” — Magon (2019)
“Public Library CD-Rom Collection” — Smackos (2019)
“Library” — Twins (2020)
“Library” — MokuMoku (2020)
“Library” — Tomotsugu Nakamura (2020)
“Library Song” — Jim Salestrom (2020)
“Vegan Library” — Coco Bryce (2020)
“Library Book” — Billy Raffoul (2020)
“Library Theme” — Dumage (2020)
“Library of Death” — Dun Ringill (2020)
“Malcolm’s Library” — The Gaslamp Killer (2020)
“The Eternal Library” — Masma Dream World (2020)
“Library” — Femi Luna (2021)
“Library” — Feet (2021)
“The Library” — Madsol Desar (2021)
“The Library” — Writhing Squares (2021)
“The Library Game” — Amund Sæter (2021)
“Conway Library” — Tim Feeney & Vic Rawlings (2021)
“Candlelit Library” — Forgotten Ghost (2021)
“Electronic Library” — Andrew Liles (2021)
“Skydiving Onto The Library Roof” — Caroline (2021)
“Library Of My Mind” — Stars And Rabbit (2021)
“Library” — Surface Of The Earth (2022)
“The Library” — Eliminator (2022)
“Lord Octavia’s Library” — The Hologram People (2022)
“A Library To You And The Self” — The William Loveday Intention (2022)
“An Afternoon At The Library” — Keepsake (2022)
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Any other library songs?
LINK to Zero to 180’s Spotify playlist of Library Songs