My friend Bill Dorman the man who is most definitely not an invisible blogger receives credit for inspiring me to write this post. In the spirit of giving I need to mention Danny Brown and Margie Clayman for similar reasons to Bill. And then for good measure I need to add Erica, Ameena, Gini, Shonali, Kaarina, Jessica and Brankica to this list.
If I am not mistaken I have shared Spotify lists and or discussed music with all of them. In truth though that is an incomplete list and there are a ton of other bloggers that I have had the pleasure to share music with. It is a cliche but music crosses borders, race and religion. It is a bridge between people and something that is of critical importance to me.
That is no secret to the 17 long time readers or any one else who has ever spent real time reading the blog. Roll through here and you’ll find entire posts devoted to sharing what I listened to that day. Sift through my fiction and you can rest assured that the posts are peppered with quotes and links to songs. Â At one time I had a list of about 100 songs that served as the official soundtrack for this story.
If I had the time I would set the tone for every post by including at least one song in it. And one thing you can be certain of if I ever meet a real genie one of my three wishes will be to gain the ability to play/write music. Music is powerful, enlightening, educational and something that I find great joy in.
Music can be deeply personal and quite intimate, but it is meant to be communal. Music is designed to make you feel and it is something that should be experienced. So, please help us here by providing lists/links to your favorites. And don’t be afraid to leave quotes either, I love those.
If you have Spotify here is a whole list of links to a bunch of different playlists that you can sift through and enjoy:
For Droid
In addition I’ll share a partial list of some of the songs on my iTunes. Most of these were purchased by me for me, but not all. Before we begin here is something just for fun
- Lonely is The Night– Billy Squire
- Don’t Take Your Guns To Town– Johnny Cash
- Firework– Katy Perry (My daughter LOVES this and insisted on listening. I kind of like it, don’t know why.)
- Yerushalayim Shel Zahav– Ofra Haza
- Dr. Feelgood– Motley Crue
- Show Me The Way– Peter Frampton
- I’m Shipping Up To Boston – Dropkick Murphys
- Love without end, amen– George Strait
- Face To Face-Siouxsie and The Banshees
- Helter Skelter-Paul McCartney
- In the End– Linkin Park
- It’s Been Awhile– Staind
- Fire on Babylon– Sinead O’Connor
- Molly Malone– The Dubliners
- The One– Elton John
- Chariots of Fire– Vangelis
- One Slip– Pink Floyd
- Telephone Line– ELO
- Baby I love You– Aretha Franklin
- Baby, Now That I Have Found You– Alison Krauss
- Please Read the Letter– Alison Krauss and Robert Plant
- Tunnel of Love– Bruce Springsteen
- Join Together– The Who
- Calling You– Blue October
- Close My Eyes Forever-Lita Ford & Ozzy Osbourne
- Pour Some Sugar on Me– Def Leppard
- Atomic Dog– George Clinton
- Visions of Paradise-Â Mick Jagger
- (Don’t Fear) The Reaper-Blue Oyster Cult
- Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door-Bob Dylan
- 1812 Overture, Op. 49 (Conclusion)-Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Possession– Sarah McLachlan
- Everything I Own– Bread
- You’re Gonna Miss This– Trace Adkins
- Just Another Day– Oingo Boingo
- Happy- Bruce Springsteen
- The Wrestler– Bruce Springsteen
- Lover’s Cross-Jim Croce
- Maybe I am Amazed-Â Paul McCartney
- I Want You (She’s So Heavy)-The Beatles
- W*O*L*D-Harry Chapin
- Over The Hills And Far Away-Â Led Zeppelin
- I Can’t Quit You Baby- Led Zeppelin
- Since I’ve Been Loving You – Led Zeppelin
- The Golden Road-Â Grateful Dead
- Friends in Low Places- Garth Brooks
- As Good As I Once Was– Toby Keith
- Drown In My Own Tears– Ray Charles
- Pictures of You– The Cure
- I Will Find You– Clannad
- The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)– The Fun Boy Three
- In My Life– The Beatles
- Whiskey Lullaby– Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss
- With Or Without You– U2
- Growing Up- Bruce Springsteen
- The Gambler- Kenny Rogers
- Extreme Ways- Moby
There are no comments