The (Second) Best Playlist Nobody Heard

September 24, 2012

Another party, filled with lots of fun and lively conversation and a great playlist that no one heard.

  • Rolling In the Deep– Adele
  • Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More– Allman Brothers Band
  • I Say A Little Prayer– Aretha Franklin
  • Riding With The King –B.B. King & Eric Clapton
  • The Weight– The Band
  • Rag Mama Rag (edited)– The Band
  • Don’t Do It (edited)–The Band
  • Do It Again– Beach Boys
  • One After 909– Beatles
  • Doctor Robert– Beatles
  • I Want To Tell You– Beatles
  • Old Brown Shoe– Beatles
  • Girl –Beck
  • Tombstone Blues– Bob Dylan (Unplugged)
  • Dignity– Bob Dylan (Unplugged
  • Something to Talk About– Bonnie Raitt
  • Summer of ’69 –Bryan Adams (Unplugged
  • Mr. Soul– Buffalo Springfield
  • I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better–The Byrds
  • Aint No Rest For The Wicked– Cage The Elephant
  • Last Name– Carrie Underwood
  • Thunder and Lightning– Chi Coltrane
  • One Fine Day– Chiffons
  • Fill Me With Your Light– Clem Snide
  • Speed Of Sound– Coldplay
  • Linger– The Cranberries
  • Fortunate Son– Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • Bohemian Like You– The Dandy Warhols
  • Girls Talk– Dave Edmonds
  • Two More Bottles of Wine– Delbert McClinton
  • Peace Frog–The Doors
  • Iko Iko– Dr. John
  • Son Of A Preacher Man– Dusty Springfield
  • Hard Sun– Eddie Vedder
  • Ball & Chain– Elton John
  • Monkey to Man– Elvis Costello & The Imposters
  • A Little Less Conversation– Elvis Presley
  • This Is Us– Emmylou Harris & Mark Knopfler
  • Save It For Later– English Beat
  • Thorn In My Side– Eurythmics
  • Shame –Evelyn Champagne King
  • Praise You– Fatboy Slim
  • Blue Monday– Fats Domino
  • Dog Days Are Over– Florence + The Machine
  • Bright Future In Sales– Fountains Of Wayne
  • The Race Is On (Live)– George Jones
  • Gone Daddy Gone– Gnarls Barkley
  • See the World –Gomez
  • Bad Chardonnay– Graham Parker
  • Sugar Magnolia– Grateful Dead
  • The Golden Road– Grateful Dead
  • Jack Straw (5/3 Paris)– Grateful Dead
  • Hell in a Bucket– Grateful Dead
  • Samson and Delilah– Grateful Dead
  • Star Baby– Guess Who
  • This Guy’s In Love With You– Herb Alpert
  • Closer to Fine– Indigo Girls
  • Cocaine –J.J. Cale
  • You Can Leave Your Hat On– Joe Cocker
  • Big World– Joe Jackson
  • Whatever Gets You Thru the Night– John Lennon
  • Bear Creek Blues (Live) — John Prine
  • Spanish Pipedream (Live) John Prine
  • Sweet Revenge– John Prine
  • Illegal Smile– John Prine
  • Dixie Chicken– Little Feat
  • You Can’t Resist It– Lyle Lovett
  • Pleasant Valley Sunday– Monkees
  • Got My Mojo Working– Muddy Waters
  • New Shoes– Paolo Nutini
  • My Baby Gives It Away– Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane
  • Arnold Layne– Pink Floyd
  • Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)– Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
  • Both Ends Burning– Roxy Music
  • Mother of Pearl– Roxy Music
  • Mean Woman Blues– Roy Orbison
  • Going Out Of My Head– Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66
  • I Am A Man Of Constant– Sorrow Soggy Bottom Boys
  • Black Coffee in Bed –Squeeze
  • Pictures of Matchstick Men– Status Quo
  • Stuck In The Middle With You– Stealers Wheel
  • King Of The World –Steely Dan
  • Your Gold Teeth II –Steely Dan
  • Rikki Don’t Lose That Number– Steely Dan
  • Don’t Take Me Alive– Steely Dan
  • Sign in Stranger– Steely Dan
  • My Cherie Amour– Stevie Wonder
  • You Haven’t Done Nothin’ –Stevie Wonder
  • Poke Salad Annie –Tony Joe White
  • What You Know– Two Door Cinema Club
  • I Got You Babe –UB40
  • Gloria– Van Morrison with John Lee Hooker
  • A Certain Girl– Warren Zevon
  • Poor Poor Pitiful Me– Warren Zevon
  • Good Hearted Woman– Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
  • These Are Days– 10,000 Maniacs

 


Thought for the Day

September 5, 2011

Here’s one of my favorite songs.  It has several  of my favorite couplets, including one that has special meaning for me today.  Written by John Prine and performed best by Bonnie Raitt (follow this link to hear my favorite version of the song, performed by both Raitt and Prine at a benefit concert for Steve Goodman; pardon the advertising).   Here’s a version of Raitt performing it as a solo.

It’s one of those songs that I never skip when it comes on; one that I always really listen to, and one that often induces chills. I hope you enjoy it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhe3vb0z7mY

I am an old woman named after my mother
My old man is another child that’s grown old
If dreams were lightning thunder was desire
This old house would have burnt down a long time ago

Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
To believe in this livin’ is just a hard way to go

When I was a young girl I had me a cowboy
It wasn’t much to look at, was a free ramblin’ man
That was a long time and no matter how I tried
The years they just rolled by like a broken down dance

Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
To believe in this livin’ is just a hard way to go

There’s flies in the kitchen, I can hear them there buzzin’
And I ain’t done nothing since i woke up today
How the hell can a person go on to work in the morning
And come home in the evening and have nothing to say?

Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
To believe in this livin’ is just a hard way to go