Music

King Without A Crown– Matisyahu
Jerusalem– Matisyahu
Free Bird– Lynrd Skynrd
Hungry Heart– Bruce Springsteen
Shir Ahava Bedoui(Bedouin love song)– David Broza
Inspiration – Gipsy Kings
Bookends– Simon & Garfunkel
Young Turks– Rod Stewart
Rhythm of my Heart– Rod Stewart
This Time– John Legend

All from my iTunes Shuffle:

Scherazade– Rimsky Korsakov
Turn This Mutha Out– M.C. Hammer
Pour Some Sugar On Me– Def Leppard
Rock of Ages– Def Leppard
Home Sweet Home– Motley Crue
Question– The Moody Blues
Walking After Midnight– Patsy Cline
Dear Prudence– The Beatles
Fools Gold– The Stone Roses
Mrs.Robinson– Simon & Garfunkel

It is no secret that I love music. Every couple of weeks I write another post in which I refer to song lyrics or list the last dozen songs that graced my stereo. Music is passion. Music is feeling. Music is emotion. Music touches you in places that are hard to reach. Music is a snapshot in time. Turn on certain songs and the memory parade makes an immediate appearance.

It is a universal experience. One of the most popular posts I have written is: What Are Your Favorite Song Lyrics? Not a day goes by in which it doesn’t receive traffic. Music has that kind of power and influence. To me it is not a surprise that there are some songs that you just have to sing along with.

Initially when I was writing this post I thought that I would share five or six songs with you and that these would represent the songs that I have to sing along with. But the more I thought about it the more I realized that I cannot limit it to so few. There are too many good songs that catch my ear and hold me.

Instead I am going to try and come up with a slightly different angle. Here is an incomplete list of songs that are virtually guaranteed to make an appearance at campfires, parties and random gathering of people.

Hmm… I wonder if this is going to date me.

Your Song– Elton John
Rocket Man– Elton John
You Have Got a Friend– James Taylor or Carole King
Great Balls of Fire– Jerry Lee Lewis (If there is a piano this is a gimme)
Pinball Wizard– The Who
Cat’s In the Cradle– Harry Chapin
You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling– The Righteous Brothers (Thanks Top Gun for killing this tune)
The End– The Doors (Obviously this is an end of the night, slightly inebriated tune)
Brown Eyed Girl– Van Morrison
Wonderful Tonight– Clapton (How many times have you seen some guy try to sing this to his date. It can be painful to watch.)
Piano Man– Billy Joel
Forever Young– Alphaville (I included this because of one of my little sisters. How many times did she and her friends cry listening to this song. Oy.)
In My Life– The Beatles
Down On The Corner– CCR
Bridge Over Troubled Water– Simon and Garfunkel
Do Wah Diddy– Manfred Mann
Thank God I am A Country Boy– John Denver
Annie’s Song– John Denver
Hotel California– The Eagles
My Way– Frank Sinatra
American Pie– Don Mclean

As I said this is incomplete. What am I missing?

We Gotta Get Out Of This Place – The Animals
Backstreets – Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Houses Of The Holy – Led Zeppelin
Kite – U2
Everybody Wants To Rule The World – Tears For Fears
Don’t Make Me Wait Too Long – Barry White
Atomic Dog – George Clinton
Annie’s Song  – John Denver
All I Want is You-  U2
History Repeating – Propellerheads & Miss Shirley Bassey
FanFare for The Common Man – Aaron Copland

My head hurts. Working on a project now that is interesting but delves into some technical details that are well beyond my normal comfort zone. Feel like I am on the Kursk fighting to find a way to stay alive. Ok, that is an exaggeration, but this is a bit over my head.

However thanks to the wonderful world of Google I am educating myself. It is slow going, but I am making it happen. Need to take a short break. Here is a sample of some of what I am listening to while working.

All I ask of You– The Phantom Of The Opera
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Music of The Night– The Phantom Of The Opera
Uprising– Muse
21 Guns– Green Day
Beloved Wife– Natalie Merchant
Gotta Be Somebody– Nickelback
The Godfather Waltz– Nino Rota
Just Another Day– Oingo Boingo

I am working on a number of posts, but before they go up I figure that I’ll share some of the music of the day with you.

While My Guitar Gently Weeps – George Harrison
I Am the Walrus– The Beatles 

The End– The Beatles
Longer – Dan Fogelberg
Same Old Lange Syne– Dan Fogelberg
Leader Of The Pack– Shangri- Las
Lola– The Kinks
Destroyer– The Kinks
Come Dancing– The Kinks
Our House– Madness
Suite Judy Blue Eyes 1974- Crosby Stills Nash
Helplessly Hopin’-Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Our House – Crosby Stills Nash & Young
(The Kids Aren’t Alright)– The Offspring
You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid– The Offspring
Gone Away– The Offspring