Since even if I wrote the most brilliant thing since “Cogito ergo sum” you wouldn’t read it because of the holiday, I thought today I’d post a few songs to enjoy over the super awesome long weekend…or what’s left of it.
The comments are open to all and I would encourage you – if you can be pried away from your football and beer and grill – to add some links of your own there.
Anyway, hope you’re having a good time and remember that Labor Day was created to be the non-socialist answer to May Day. Really.
So here you go – the audio is not always at the same volume so may have to adjust between songs - and sorry the Elvis’ song appears twice - tried to fix after posting ut I’m not very good at that. now it has that plus the actual song.
Thanks for subscribing and enjoy!
REM’s Cuyahoga from their best album, Life’s Rich Pageant:
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band have Good Intentions
Squeeze’s Black Coffee in Bed
k.d lang’s got Luck in Her Eyes
Steely Dan mocks itself with FM
Elvis Costello Writes the Book (everyday, by the way)
Jane Wiedlin captures an 80’s traffic jam
(and this again - sorry, but not really…)
Suzanne Vega gets bit industrial as her Blood Makes Noise
The Staple Singers take everyone There
Chaka Khan tells us something good
Annie Lennox has to watch her step
Fastball goes out its Way to tell a true story
The Fine Young Cannibals have a Good Thing
The dBs wonder about their amplifier
The Talking Heads take a walk to the River
Phil Ochs has a question or two for liberals
The Art of Noise Kisses Tom Jones
XTC’s senses are working overtime
The Gourds are sipping on Gin and Juice
A proper playlist that could have come from my own collection…save for three I’d never heard of: Phil Ochs, The dBs, and The Gourds. Excellent choices for traveling!