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Working Up a Playlist for Social Distancing and Self-Quarantine
Just to be helpful, and because there was white space in the monthly theme calendar, I give you my first cut at the Social Distancing and Self Quarantine Playlist.
Let’s start off nice and easy, with a tune from those quintessential boys of summer:
Hunkering down in our house? Here’s a bit of silliness from the early 1980s:
Whether home or rolling down the road, you’ll tap your toes:
Dedicated to the Americans trying to get home from Europe, hoping they all are properly screened and properly treated:
Home as a part of us:
Bon Jovi says “this house is not for sale:”
This is still the place we all call home:
From the early 1960s, and the composing team of Gerry Goffin and the incomparable Carole King, a social distancing song:
Now let’s kick up the performance level, with the divine voice of Dionne Warwick on a Burt Bacharach and Hal David number. Just walk on by:
Mr. George Thorogood and the Destroyers are the obvious clean-up hitters:
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Published in Group Writing
From the Album the Decline and Fall of the British Empire
Great choice! One of their best and they had some great ones. Now I’ll go sit by the fire in my Shangri-La.
Disco ball warming up. Yes, that is a good one.
Everybody knows . . .
You are welcome!
Of course…
Melancholy Joni on her piano:
Going Home (Theme from Local Hero)
That reminds me of this one from Joni. Every time I hear what she does vocally on the second verse I get chills.
With nowhere to go and the stores shelves empty of bathroom tissue:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9nkzaOPP6g
Now to be truly prepared try reflecting on this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxwiLowC44I
Too soon?
(NSFW)
Agreed. A great song. She is a great songwriter. Probably one of the best lyricists in our time, accompanied with great music. Probably the song that made me into a Joni Mitchell fan.
Yaz, In My Room. The overlay of the Lord’s Prayer is weirdly appropriate.
Edit: Ooookay. Unlike usually, comments aren’t letting me paste in URLs to videos, or anything else. What am I doing wrong, here? (Comments will let me put in a link, though)
Who says staying at home can’t be entertaining?
My trick from iPhone is click ‘edit’, then comment, it magically appears. Only for you, Boss Mongo!
Trying again.
Nope.
Great choice, but I’m partial to Cake’s rendition: