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This is one of those list posts…. 25 songs I cannot live without.
These are the ones I listen to over and over and never get tired of. These are the songs that play in the sharpest and most important moments of my life. There was a song I first heard in high school by Leonard Cohen — that has echoed in my head for decades. And as much as it helped me understand all kinds of difficult people and situations — it mostly helped me understand how different the world is from what I believed it was. I’ve never been certain whether the song has anything to do with the difficult world — or just the difficult me.
“Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water…. and when he knew for certain only drowning men could see him he said ‘all men will be sailors, then, until the sea shall free them.'”
Suzanne, L Cohen
In No Particular Order:
Joe Cocker – You Can Leave Your Hat On
Rachel Portman – Minor Swing
George Carlin – Cherry Pie
The Spaniels – Goodnight Sweetheart
Trout Fishing in America – Nobody
Chris Issac – Wicked Game
Tuck and Patti – As Time Goes By
Van Morrison – Someone Like You
James Taylor – Up On The Roof
Aaron Copeland – Appalachian Spring
Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah
Warren Zevon – Warewolves of London
Williams Brothers – Can’t Cry Hard Enough
Bobby Darin – Mack the Knife
Bobby McFerrin/Yo Yo Ma – Blackbird
Randy Newman – Heaven Is My Home
Cindi Lauper – Time After Time
Enya – Ebudae
Rod Stewart – Tom Traubert’s Blues
George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Leonard Cohen – Take This Waltz
Crash Test Dummies – Superman’s Song
Glenn Miller – Moonlight Serenade
The Doors – Riders on the Storm
Harry Nillson – The Moonbeam Song
Leon Redbone – Nobody’s Sweetheart
Louis Armstrong – La Vie En Rose
Manfred Mann – Do Wah Diddy
Natalie Merchant – Come Take A Trip On My Airship
Beatles – Blackbird
Lyle Lovett – Waltzing Fool
Pete Seeger – Little Boxes
Bruce Springsteen – Spirits in the Night
Mel Brooks – Springtime For Hitler
Bonnie Raitt/Randy Newman – Feels Like Home
Peter Allen – I Could Have Been A Sailor
David Bowie/Mick Jagger – Dancing in the Streets
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen/Freddie Mercury – Somebody to Love
Jane Siberry/k.d. lang – Calling All Angels (Till The End of the World soundtrack)
7 BY THE SEA 