This weekend’s music thread is about flying and the freedom and adventure it represents, songs that soar, winds that blow and that final frontier, space.
2000 Light Years From Home – Rolling Stones
Free Fallin’ – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Space Truckin’ – Deep Purple
Superman – The Kinks
Space Oddity – David Bowie
Fly Like an Eagle – Steve Miller Band
Sinatra–Come Fly With Me;
Harry–The Moonbeam Song;
KT, Harry is such a treat. Makes breathing deep and listening so much easier. I’m not saying it well, but he makes me always feel better
FC, it’s that really smooth voice that does it. It is really evident in the Moonbeam Song.
Being together, Guess Who, “Share the Land”
Rolling Stones, “Moonlight mile”
Great pick FC. Great song.
Someone has to do the oldies: Cat Stevens, Moon Shadow
Ahhh, Neil Young, Harvest Moon, sweet romantic;
The Jimmy Buffett version of “Trip Around the Sun”. Followed by the version of Stephen Bruton, who co-wrote the song and who sang it best. Stephen quit riding around the sun a couple of years ago, and I miss his music dearly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaKqwvGa6Bw
followed by Bruton – at least listen to his interview. He was a master songwriter.
AB, riding around the sun is a keeper concept. Tomorrow morning I’m sitting with coffee and listening to the whole of this.
Food: I wish you could have had the pleasure of hearing Stephen live. I once described him as the “cutest white man alive”. He fell off his white horse to me, but he was still cute and a great writer. Check out others on YouTube. My fave was always Top Hat; some of the lyrics were “I’ve got a big top hat with a crown of thorns, just like you-know-who” and of course the chorus “you can kiss my ass till my hat pops off; goodbye, I’m headed south”. Words to live by IMHO.
Harry Nilsson – Spaceman
https://youtu.be/3j8LDZreZ7M
Klaatu–Anus of Uranus;
Pink Floyd–Learning To Fly;
I’ll Fly Away from Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
A lot of good music in that movie. And another great film from the Coens.
Kes, great movie and great music. And as KT will vouch, one of the greatest phrases? “I swear I thought you was a toad!” Once I take the tree down (not until it begs to be taken out), I think it would be fun to rewatch this movie.
KT and foodchain, that is a terrific movie, isn’t it? Everything about it — the story line, the visuals, the music — the George Clooney — is as close to perfection as you can get.
FC, One of my favorite lines is at the end when the “governor,” declares, “I think I’ll make you boys my brain trust!” Too funny!
Oh wow! Fun to find this: Les Paul and Mary FOrd, “How High the Moon”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0ffdwBUL78
AND, Nick Drake, my son’s find, performing “Pink Moon”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXnfhnCoOyo
AND R.E.M. “Man in the Moon” about Andy Kaufman
FC, I have to admit that I prefer Jeff Beck and Imelda May’s cover of this great song. Imelda is my future wife. (I wish)
You’ll have to buy me a root beer for introducing you to your fiance, KT. 🙂
I owe you a case, at least!,:)
Space Cowboy – Steve Miller Band
Yes–Starship Trooper;
Klaatu–Around The Universe In 80 Days;
The Lads–Across The Universe;