Iris Dement – Our Town
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Tag: music
Hugh Laurie’s song for America
An evening pause: The British take on America and many American pop songs about our fair country.
I say, they still haven’t gotten over their defeat at Yorktown.
Fleetwood Mac – Landslide
An evening pause: From a 1997 live concert.
Manaical 4 Trombone Quartet – Carry on wayward son
An evening pause: Hat tip to commenter Frank for this gem.
Matthew Curtis – Loch Lomond
An evening pause: There is a reason this is one of the English language’s most beloved songs.
Richard Harvey – Concerto Antico, movement 3
An evening pause: The third movement of Richard Harvey’s Concerto Antico, guitar played by John Williams.
I think that few who listen will only listen once.
Fleetwood Mac – Rhiannon
An evening pause: A 1976 live performance.
Rex Harrison – Why Can’t the English Learn to Speak?
An evening pause: “Well, in America they haven’t used it for years!”
Heart – These Dreams
An evening pause: A song about dreams.
These dreams
Go on when I close my eyes.
Every second of the night
I live another life.
These dreams
That sleep when it’s cold outside.
Every moment I’m awake
the further I’m away
Eden MacAdam-Somer & Larry Unger – River Falls Waltz
An evening pause: Some nice folk music, written by Eden MacAdam Somer and Larry Unger and performed by them live in 2010.
Jonathan Edwards – Sunshine (Go Away Today)
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How much does it cost, I’ll buy it.
The time is all we’ve lost, I’ll try it.
But he can’t even run his own life
I’ll be damned if he’ll run mine.
The irony of this song is that it was written during the Vietnam War as a protest against the war and the draft. Today, most of the same anti-war protesters that sung it then, now want that same government to run our lives, even though it can’t run its own.
Pink – Try
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Where there is desire there’s gonna be a flame.
Where there is a flame someone’s gonna get burned.
But just because you’re burned doesn’t mean you’re gonna die.
You just gotta get up and try, try, try.
Paul Speer – Krakatoa
An evening pause: Music by Paul Speer.
Modern Mongolian Music – “Sandy Desert”
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Jacqueline Abbott and Iris Dement – You’ve done nothing wrong
An evening pause: Jacqueline Abbott and Iris Dement sing a song by Iris Dement, “You’ve done nothing wrong.”
Shayla cover celebrating Shakespeare
An evening pause: The original song, by Blondie, had nothing to do with Shakespeare, but I like this celebration of Shakespeare based on the song, produced by Historyteachers. And it is his birthday today!
The Lover’s Waltz
An evening pause: Performed by Aly Bain, Jay Ungar, and Molly Mason.
Bonnie Raitt – I can’t make you love me
An evening pause: No visuals, just lyrics, but this song and performance remains one of the best ever. I just can’t find a good live performance to share.
The Cranberries – Dreams
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Dido – White Flag
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