Back in March, Hal had an entry on his blog for a game called iPod Roulette. I loved the concept and posted my own entries at 360 in March and May. With more than 2300 songs on my iPod (most of those are imported, not purchased!), I can always count on hearing a wide variety of music! Here's what came up yesterday:
- All Out of the World (Colin Towns) - This is from the soundtrack to the PBS series, Cadfael. Thirteen of the twenty books by Ellis Peters were made into episodes starring Derek Jacobi as Brother Cadfael, a 12th century monk/detective. Wonderful books!!
- The Mind of Love (k.d. lang) - I haven't listened to much of her work in recent years, but loved her first couple of albums.
- I'll Love You Anyway (Aaron Neville) - I've always liked his distinctive voice.
- Aqualung (Jethro Tull) - This and Bungle in the Jungle were my favorites.
- Day After Day (Badfinger) - I downloaded this from iTunes. Unfortunately, I didn't realize that as a "re-recorded" version that it would sound so different from the original. Not as good.
- Holy is the Lord (Chris Tomlin) - A popular song from a popular Contemporary Christian artist.
- Blue Bayou (Linda Ronstadt) - For some reason I'm a little embarrassed about this one (and you're probably thinking..."and you're not embarrassed about some of those others???"). It's one of the few Linda Ronstadt songs I like.
- You Are My King (Newsboys) - Also known as Amazing Love, this is one of my all-time favorite "Praise & Worship" songs! Love to sing along with it!
- Thistledown (Bill Bruford) - Bruford is probably best known as one of two drummers for the progressive rock group YES. This is from a solo album in which he branched out into jazz.
- Shining Star (Earth, Wind & Fire) - Hey, I was a teenager in the 70s! I love EW&F!
- Come and Get Your Love (Redbone) - I have no good explanation for this.
- Nadia's Theme (Ted Brabham) - The theme from "The Young and the Restless". Even if you never watched the soap (which I didn't), the themesong was familiar. (is that show still on?)
- Walk Like an Egyptian (Bangles) - Okay....the 80s did offer a few fun songs!
- Everyday People (Nicole C. Mullen) - I don't always like covers, especially when the song wasn't that good to start with.... but this is nice.
- Make it Right (Lisa Stansfield) - This is one of my favorite songs.... one (of very few) that gets a 5-star rating in my iTunes library.
4 comments:
What?!? No Hall and Oates? No The Cars? Supertramp? ELO? I'm flabbergasted!!
At one time, I was a huge Bangles fan, so I loved the reminder. KD Lang and Aaron Neville have always been favorites.
And, while YouTubing yesterday, I was looking for odd pairings of people and listened to a really old duet from Linda Ronstadt and Johnny Cash. That led to a Linda Ronstadt prowl, and, naturally, I went with 2 listens to "Blue Bayou". A coincidence, no?
Her "Heart Like A Wheel" album, will always be in my top 10...before she got too commercial.
Loved this piece, and I loved it this particular game when you featured it on 360.
quid
Blue Bayou ... a great song. I have Roy's version:
"Blue Bayou" is the title of a song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson and sung by Orbison and also made popular by vocalist Linda Ronstadt. A ballad, it was released as a 45rpm single on the Monument Records label in August 1963 (b/w the rock song "Mean Woman Blues")[1].
In 1977, Ronstadt took the song to #3 on the Billboard pop chart and the single was RIAA certified platinum (over 1 million US copies sold). It was also popular in a Spanish-language version called "Lago Azul".
"Blue Bayou" also appears on Orbison's 1963 album, In Dreams and his 1989 posthumous album A Black & White Night Live from the 1988 HBO television special.
I remember both Roy and Linda's version.
Now, I'll be humming that the rest of the night....
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