Life to Music
by Spirit with Brian Dean
| We move, we sway. We walk ahead, we fall behind, all to The Sound of Music. That song playing in our head, the one that lights us up, the one that slows us down. Then there’s that one that we can’t get out of our head, like the Hokey Pokey. Are we dancing to the Crocodile Rock, or Walking in Memphis? Do we creep along with the theme from Jaws going through our head, or walk triumphantly to the theme from Indiana Jones? Do we walk to the beat of a Different Drum, or step to that Same Old Song? What do we hear when we think of the one we love? Is it Mandy, Angie, Elvira, Annie, Ruby Tuesday, or Lucretia Mac Evil? Are you connected through RadarLove, and does it make you feel Bubbly? Are you thinking about that Devil With a Blue Dress On, or that Angel in the Morning? What happens when our moods change? Do you suffer with an Achy Breaky Heart and think about the Days Gone Down, or do you Wish Upon a Star, and Don’t Stop Believing? This could be the Best Day of Your Life, or the Worst That Could Happen. That music that is always with you, does it make you waltz to the Blue Danube, or sway to the Basso Nova? Do You Believe in Magic? Are you a Daydream Believer? Do you want to be Forever in Blue Jeans? Or are you just listening to an Old Fashioned Love song? Do you speak your Midnight Confessions knowing that Sooner or Later things will change? Do you say Goodbye Norma Jean? Are you Leaving on a Jet Plane, or riding that Midnight Train to Georgia? Maybe you are Hitchin’ a Ride, or taking a Taxi thinking about a Surfin’ Safari. Are you Standing Still, or standing tall, telling the world to Hit Me With Your Best Shot? As you start moving down that Yellow Brick Road, you know it is a Wild World as you move in and out of the Moonshadow, while boarding the Peace Train, hoping you don’t hear the theme from the Twilight Zone. What’s playing now? Are you stepping to your Fight Song, or listening to your footsteps through the Sound of Silence? What are you now? A Conquistador, a Barracuda, a Magic Man, or simply Dreamboat Annie? Is that Wheel in the Sky still turning? Are you listening to the Beatles, or John Philip Sousa? Are you thinking Love Me Do under The Stars and Stripes Forever, or Making Love Out of Nothing at All under a Rainbow while laying in Fields of Gold? |
If you do not know some of these songs, look them up and give them a listen. For those that do not know who did what, below is a key matching song to artist.
Song and Artist
| Achy Breaky Heart – Billy Ray Cyrus Angel in the Morning – Merrilee Rush, also Juice Newton Angie _ Rolling Stones Annie – John Denver Barracuda – Heart Basso Nova – fusion of Samba and Jazz Best Day of Your Life – Katie Herzig Blue Danube – Johann Strauss Bubbly – Colbie Caillat Conquistador – Procol Harem Crocodile Rock – Elton John Daydream Believer – The Monkees Days Gone Down – Gerry Rafferty Devil With a Blue Dress -Mitch Ryder Different Drum – Stone Poneys Do You Believe in Magic – Lovin’ Spoonful Don’t Stop Believing – Journey Dreamboat Annie – Heart Elvira – Oak Ridge Boys Fields of Gold – Eva Cassidy Fight Song – Rachel Platten Forever in Blue Jeans – Neil Diamond Goodbye Norma Jean – Elton john Hit Me With Your Best Shot – Pat Benetar Hitchin’ a Ride – Vanity Fair Hokey Pokey – childrens song Home on the Range – Traditional Leaving on a Jet Plane – Peter, Paul and Mary Love Me Do – The Beatles Lucretia Mac Evil – Blood, Sweat, and Tears Magic Man – Heart Making Love Out of Nothing – Air Supply Mandy – Barry Manilow Midnight Confessions – The Grass Roots Midnight Train to Georgia – Gladys Night and the Pips Moonshadow – Cat Stevens Old Fashioned Love Song – Three Dog Night Peace Train – Cat Stevens RadarLove – Golden Earring Rainbow – Kacey Musgraves Same Old Song – Four Tops Sooner or Later – The Grass Roots Sound of Silence – Simon and Garfunkel Standing Still – Jewel Stars and Stripes Forever – John Philip Sousa Surfin’ Safari – The Beach Boys Taxi – Harry Chapin Walking in Memphis – Marc Cohn Wheel in the Sky – Journey Wild World – Cat Stevens Wish Upon a Star – Children’s song Worst That Could Happen – The Brooklyn Bridge Yellow Brick Road – Elton John |