Do you have a theme song? One song that, if you had to choose, encapsulates you the most? I, for one, can't think of one for myself. One song that is me? There are plenty of songs that are defining in their own way, important to me for any number of reasons but I'm hard pressed to pick one...save for maybe the clown theme music from the circus. Sooooooo, what songs are significant to me? In no particular order and with no explanations (if you want one, ask) here is a tiny tiny smattering of songs I love. Drop the needle!
Sing Your Heart Out - The Trews
Kiss Me You Fool - Northern Pikes
Jesus of Suburbia - Green Day
I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash
Closer to the Heart - Rush
In the Cage Medley(live) - Genesis
Waiting on a Friend - Rolling Stones
Woman in Chains - Tears for Fears
2112 - Rush
Xanadu - Rush
La Villa Strangiato - Rush
Into the Mystic - Van Morrison
Bossa Nova - Elvis
Closer to Fine - Indigo Girls
Talking out of Turn - Moody Blues
Ahead by a Century - Tragically Hip
Bobcaygen - Tragically Hip
All I Want is You - U2
Where the Streets Have No Name - U2
Bad - U2
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
Marriage of Figaro - Mozart
Fairy Tale of New York - The Pogues
No Women, No Cry - Bob Marley
Life in a Northern Town - Dream Academy
Down by the Crazy River - Robbie Robertson
Everybody Knows - Leonard Cohen
Poison and Wine - Civil Wars
Sinnerman - Nina Simone
Rock and Roll - Velvet Underground
Old Man - Neil Young
Check it Out - John Mellencamp
Minutes to Memories - John Mellencamp
Take the Long Way Home - Supertramp
Have You Seen My Skates - Lennie Gallant
Paradise By the Dashboard Light - Meatloaf
Lost Together - Blue Rodeo
In The Valley - Midnight Oil
Everyday People - Sly and the Family Stone
Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
Hoedown - ELP
Ah! Leah - Donnie Iris
Magic Bus - The Who
Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkle
It's My Life - Talk Talk
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
Burning Love - Elvis
Shelter from the Storm - Bob Dylan
Don't Walk Past - Blue Peter
The Weary Kind - Ryan Bingham
House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
Shine - Junkhouse
Biko - Peter Gabriel
Rumble - Link Wray
Blackbird - the Beatles
A Day in the Life - The Beatles
Imagine - John Lennon
Just Like Starting Over - John Lennon
Wolves - Big Wreck
Lover of the Light - Mumford and Sons
Little Lion Man - Mumford and Sons
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
As I started adding songs to this list even more started coming to the forefront in my mind. The sheer magnitude of influential music to me is impossible to quantify. I could just as easily simply list albums here and have the same effect. Additionally one can easily see my sweet spot or comfort zone with what I gravitate towards by this list. Of course there is so much more...so much more. You see, I may have to stick with the circus music idea as my theme song as I would have oodles of trouble finding that one song that best defines me. Perhaps on my death bed the inspiration will come. Until then I will be listening to these and so many more for the next 30 or 40 years. Being inspired, moved and entertained by the sheer brilliance of some amazing artists and what they have to say.
Do you have that one song?
Drop the needle!
Ciao
D
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