Over the past few weeks, I’ve been listening to a lot of music, it helps me to realize that we are survivable despite hardship, terror, and death. In my personal remembering of last year, the horror and the extraordinary ascent to save lives at any cost seems almost overshadowed by the war footing against Iraq our president appears to hold dear to his heart.
I don’t want to blemish my thoughts of the solemness of last year, and its anniversary, by sharing my thoughts on the pending attack on Iraq. I’ll end this mention, in that I fear the constant pull push effect of poor leadership in America will send many Americans into even more heartbreak. I hope I’m totally wrong.
As I said earlier, I’ve found music to be a great comfort to me in these now new hostile times. Music, as always, will prevail, so for all pain and suffering, I respectfully share with humility some of the songs I’ve been listening to. I dedicate this small gesture to peaceful resolves, better said than not said at all.
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Imagine Simple Man Nightshift We can Change the World Freedom Wind Beneath My Wings War Pigs Heather Youth of the Nation Tonight Tonight Night and Day Raspberry Beret Badge Blowing in the Wind The Times They are a Changing So You Want To Be a Rock and Roll Communication Breakdown Mississippi Queen The Bells of Rhymney All You Need is Love Dogs of War On the Road Again Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of Tears of a Clown Tracks of My Tears Swan Lake Vietnam Beautiful People Rooster Star Spangled Banner Woodstock All Along the Watchtower Alabama Dreamer O Fortuna Ferry Cross the Mersey Red House Strawberry Fields Sky Give Peace a Chance Great Balls of Fire Long Tall Sally Jailhouse Rock Heartbreak Hotel Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Laguna Sunrise Deja-Vu the entire album Sabbatum Sympathy for the Devil A Great Day for Freedom Pennsylvania 65000 My Generation Anything Chop Suey Gary Owen Night and Day Rhapsody in Blue Evil Run Rabbit Run Anything Singing in the Rain Somewhere Over the Rainbow Nutrocker Sweet Dreams of You Apache Ain’t Nobody’s Business Walk Don’t Run Be Bop a Lula Blue Suede Shoes Glad Goodnight Steppin Out I Don’t Need No Steam Heat One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer Georgia Hot Rats Hero Angel Flying Too Close to the Groun Bodyguard soundtrack Fever Burying Ground Freedom Who Do You Think You are Kidding Mr. Hitler It’s a Long Way to Tipperary I Heard it Through the Grapevine Time War Low Spark of High Heeled Boys Viola Nockturne Respect My Creole Belle Don’t Let it Bring You Down Howling at the Moon The Logical Song The Pawn Parchman Farm Wherever I May Roam All or Nothing Mellow Yellow Sorrow A Whiter Shade of Pale Twilight Time With a Little Help From My Friends Something in the Air Dear Mr. Fantasy House of the Rising Sun Pride and Joy Little Wing Somewhere Over the Rainbow Stand Russians The Devil Made Me Do It What’s That Sound Here Comes the Sun Isn’t It a Pity While My Guitar Gently Weeps Black Sabbath Don’t Give Up Everybody’s Doing It Now We All Stand Together True Love Ways Salsbury Hill Hoochie Coochie Men Stargazer Only the Lonely Man in the Mirror Planets Medusa La Boheme Phantom of the Opera New York New York Etc. Etc. Etc. Etc. Etc. Etc. Etc. Etc. Etc. Etc. Infinitum |
John Lennon Graham Nash The Commodores Graham Nash Paul McCartney Gladys Knight Black Sabbath Paul McCartney (played in the morning) P.O.D. Smashing Pumpkins Temptations Prince Cream Bob Dylan Bob Dylan Byrds Led Zeppelin Mountain Byrds The Beatles Pink Floyd Canned Heat U2 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles Smokey Robinson and the Miracles Tchaikovsky Country Joe and the Fish Marilyn Manson Alice in Chains Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix Neil Young Ozzy Osbourne Carl Orff Jerry and the Pacemakers Jimi Hendrix The Beatles Alan Phillips (B’ham U.K.) John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band Jerry Lee Lewis Little Richard Elvis Presley Elvis Presley The Platters Tony Iommi/and Black Sabbath Crosby Stills Nash & Young Dallas Taylor and Greg Reeves Rondellus The Rolling Stones Pink Floyd Glen Miller Orchestra The Who Vesta Tilley System of a Down 7th U.S. Calvary circa 1800s The Temptations Gershwin Howling Wolf Flannigan and Allen Marlena Deitritch Gene Kelly Judy Garland B. Bumble and the Stingers Patsy Cline The Shadows Billie Holliday The Ventures Gene Vincent and the Shouts Carl Perkins Traffic Ringo Starr John Mayall/Blues Breakers John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker Ray Charles Zappa Mariah Carey Willie Nelson Whitney Houston Peggy Lee The Sensational Nightingales Ritchie Havens Flannigan and Allen from the movie Das Boot Marvin Gaye Chambers Brothers Edwin Starr Traffic Dead Kountry/Aeron Ward/Grey Aretha Franklin Taj Mahal/Mississippi John Hurt Neil Young/Annie Lennox Hank Williams Supertramp Please Hold/Aeron Ward/Grey John Mayall/Bluesbreakers Metallica Small Faces Donovan The Mersey’s Procul Harum The Platters Joe Cocker Thunderclap Newman Traffic Animals Stevie Ray Vaughan Stevie Ray Vaughan Patty LaBelle Sly and the Family Stone Sting Rory Gallagher Buffalo Springfield George Harrison George Harrison George Harrison Black Sabbath Kate Bush-Peter Gabriel (Berlin) from the band played on/music played on the Titanic Paul McCartney Buddy Holly Peter Gabriel Muddy Waters Rainbow Roy Orbison Michael Jackson Gustav Holtz Annie Lennox Puccini Andrew Lloyd Webber Frank Sinatra |
To musicians everywhere thanks for helping to keep our planet alive when others would seek to destroy it!
Music doesn’t fail, ever.....Bill Ward
