Everything is magical – Jeremy Messersmith (2017) d80
The album title is as hopeful as the song: From “11 Obscenely Optimistic Songs For Ukulele: A Micro-Folk Record For the 21st Century And Beyond” I believe in unicorns and wishing on a star. I believe that love can heal broken hearts. So cover me with pixie dust — I’m jumpin’ off the roof — […]
Take up your spade – Sara Watkins (2012) d79
It’s a gorgeous morning here in the Midwest, perfect weather for this song I first heard on the “Welcome to Night Vale” podcast. Shake off your shoes, leave yesterday behind you. Shake off your shoes, but forget not where you’ve been. Shake off your shoes, forgive and be forgiven. Take up your spade and break […]
Ordinary World – Joy Williams (Duran Duran cover) (2010) d78
But I won’t cry for yesterday. There’s an ordinary world, somehow I have to find. And as I try to make my way to the ordinary world, I will learn to survive.
Life during wartime – Talking Heads (1984) d77
This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco, this ain’t no foolin’ around
The pirates who don’t do anything – Veggie Tales (2005) d76
And I’ve never hoist the mainstay, and I’ve never swabbed the poop deck. and I’ve never veered starboard ’cause I’ve never sailed at all. And I’ve never walked the gang plank, and I’ve never owned a parrot, and I’ve never been to Boston in the fall .
Boys (lesson one) – Jars of Clay (2009) d75
For everyone who raises boys or knows a boy, these lessons are a good place to start. Lesson three – you’re not alone, not since I saw you start breathing on your own. You can leave, you can run, this will still be your home.
Beyond Vietnam – Martin Luther King Jr. (1967) d74
Melissa reminds us that today is the 50th anniversary of Dr. King’s speech at Riverside Church in New York, also referred to as “a time to break the silence.” America, the richest and most powerful nation in the world, can well lead the way in this revolution of values. There is nothing except a tragic […]
Easy – The Commodores (1978) d72
Why in the world would anybody put chains on me? I’ve paid my dues to make it. Everybody wants me to be what they want me to be. I’m not happy when I try to fake it! No!
