Working on my next world mix this morning. I'm using "Hurricane Eye" by Paul Simon. Love that whole CD (You're the One).
You want to be a leader? You want to change the game? Turn your back on money Walk away from fame
You want to be a missionary? Got that missionary zeal? Let a stranger change your life How does it make you feel?
You want to be a writer But you don't know how or when Find a quiet place Use a humble pen
"Hurricane Eye," Paul Simon
Tuesday, September 25, 2001
Tuesday Morning Driving-to-Work Music
Every Day I Write the Book, Elvis Costello
Jump in the Line, Harry Belafonte (x3)
Save it for Later, The English Beat
Birdhouse in Your Soul, TMBG
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes, Paul Simon and LBM
Mbube, Solomon Linda's Evening Birds
Wimoweh, The Weavers
Brimful of Asha, Cornershop
The traffic was very bad today because of the rain. I think I had time to listen to more songs than usual. I started with one mix CD and switched over to another one part of the way through. (There is a connection between the Paul Simon song and Mbube that makes this shift work extremely well.)
And I managed to limit "Jump in the Line" to only three times today. But that may change after work.
Thursday, September 20, 2001
I'm listening to Golden Days, a CD I made last month. I've grown to like it more and more since I made it, and right now it's still in heavy rotation.
It features my brother's favorite Jimi Hendrix song (mine too, actually).
The Wind Cries "Mary" by Jimi Hendrix
After all the jacks are in their boxes And the clowns have all gone to bed You can hear happiness Staggering on down street Footprints dressed in red And the wind whispers "Mary"
A broom is drearily sweeping Up the broken pieces of yesterday's life Somewhere a Queen is weeping Somewhere a King has no wife And the wind it cries "Mary"
The traffic lights they turn blue tomorrow And shine their emptiness down on my bed The tiny island sags downstream 'Cause the life they'd lived is dead And the wind screams "Mary"
Will the wind ever remember The names it has blown in the past And with this crutch, its old age and its wisdom It whispers "No, this will be the last" And the wind cries "Mary"
Sunday, September 16, 2001
What I'm listening to:
Much of this week I've been listening to Bob Dylan's new album, Love and Theft. It is, I think, my favorite new CD so far in 2001 (and that includes R.E.M.'s Reveal). No doubt I'll write more about it soon.
But today something shifted inside me, and I switched over to listening to something different:
This Land is Your Land by Woody Guthrie
This land is your land, this land is my land From California to the New York Island From the redwood forest to the gulf stream waters This land was made for you and me
As I went walking a ribbon of highway I saw above me that endless skyway I saw below me that golden valley This land was made for you and me
This land is your land, this land is my land From California to the New York Island From the redwood forest to the gulf stream waters This land was made for you and me
I've roamed and rambled and I've followed my footsteps To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts And all around me a voice was sounding This land was made for you and me
This land is your land, this land is my land From California to the New York Island From the redwood forest to the gulf stream waters This land was made for you and me
The sun comes shining as I was strolling The wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling And a voice was chanting as the fog was lifting This land was made for you and me
Wednesday, September 05, 2001
My car stereo holds 6 CDs. For the last several days, I've been stuck on the following:
1. Red Vines (a visit mix) 2. Golden Days (a tribute to summer) 3. Trainspotting soundtrack 4. Velvet Goldmine soundtrack 5. Romeo+Juliet soundtrack 6. Moulin Rouge soundtrack
I have the soundtracks to three movies starring Ewan McGregor in there. Is it a coincidence? I think not. (He actually sings on two of them.)
I also have the soundtracks to two of Baz Luhrmann's three movies in the mix. The only one I'm missing is Strictly Ballroom, which of course I own, since it's also one of my favorite movies.
