The Soundtrack of My Life

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.  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:

40 Years

The Beatles

For Droid

Springsteen

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

1. Lonely is The Night– Billy Squire
2. Don’t Take Your Guns To Town– Johnny Cash
3. Firework– Katy Perry (My daughter LOVES this and insisted on listening. I kind of like it, don’t know why.)
4. Yerushalayim Shel Zahav– Ofra Haza
5. Dr. Feelgood– Motley Crue
6. Show Me The Way– Peter Frampton
7. I’m Shipping Up To Boston – Dropkick Murphys
8. Love without end, amen– George Strait
9. Face To Face-Siouxsie and The Banshees
10. Helter Skelter-Paul McCartney
11. In the End– Linkin Park
12. It’s Been Awhile– Staind
13. Fire on Babylon– Sinead O’Connor
14. Molly Malone– The Dubliners
15. The One– Elton John
16. Chariots of Fire– Vangelis
17. One Slip– Pink Floyd
18. Telephone Line– ELO
19. Baby I love You– Aretha Franklin
20. Baby, Now That I Have Found You– Alison Krauss
21. Please Read the Letter– Alison Krauss and Robert Plant
22. Tunnel of Love– Bruce Springsteen
23. Join Together– The Who
24. Calling You– Blue October
25. Close My Eyes Forever-Lita Ford & Ozzy Osbourne
26. Pour Some Sugar on Me– Def Leppard
27. Atomic Dog– George Clinton
28. Visions of Paradise- Mick Jagger
29. (Don’t Fear) The Reaper-Blue Oyster Cult
30. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door-Bob Dylan
31. 1812 Overture, Op. 49 (Conclusion)-Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
32. Possession– Sarah McLachlan
33. Everything I Own– Bread
34. You’re Gonna Miss This– Trace Adkins
35. Just Another Day– Oingo Boingo
36. Happy- Bruce Springsteen
37. The Wrestler– Bruce Springsteen
38. Lover’s Cross-Jim Croce
39. Maybe I am Amazed- Paul McCartney
40. I Want You (She’s So Heavy)-The Beatles
41. W*O*L*D-Harry Chapin
42. Over The Hills And Far Away- Led Zeppelin
43. I Can’t Quit You Baby- Led Zeppelin
44. Since I’ve Been Loving You – Led Zeppelin
45. The Golden Road- Grateful Dead
46. Friends in Low Places- Garth Brooks
47. As Good As I Once Was– Toby Keith
48. Drown In My Own Tears– Ray Charles
49. Pictures of You– The Cure
50. I Will Find You– Clannad
51. The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)– The Fun Boy Three
52. In My Life– The Beatles
53. Whiskey Lullaby– Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss
54. With Or Without You– U2
55. Growing Up- Bruce Springsteen
56. The Gambler- Kenny Rogers
57. Extreme Ways- Moby