[Vision2020] changing subjects...

[Tom Hansen]

What are my favorite songs?

That is a tough question, Keely.  I have so many.  To give each its just
recognition, I would have to break them down into categories.



Best "Funny" Song: "Beep Beep" by The Playmates
http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Beep_Beep.mp3



Best "Upbeat" Song:  Either

"Bright Side of Life" by Art Garfunkel
http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Bright_Side_of_Life.mp3

or 

"High Hopes" by Frank Sinatra
http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/High_Hopes.mp3



Best "Political Thought-Provoking" Song:  Either

"Subterranean Homesick Blues" by Bob Dylan
http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Sub_Homesick_Blues.mp3

or

"What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield
http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/What_Its_Worth.mp3



Best "Attitude-Setting" Song:  "Start Me Up" by Mick Jagger
http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Start_Me_Up.mp3



Best "Romantic Interlude" Song:  "Nights in White Satin" by the Moody Blues
http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Nights_in_White_Satin.mp3



Best "Young Love" Song (Don't ask.  I have always liked this song.  I was
looking for a category to put it in, ok?):  "Town Without Pity" by Gene
Pitney

http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Town_Without_Pity.mp3



Best Month for Music Ever Since Somebody Put Two Notes Together and Called
It a Song:  August 1969
http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/August_1969.mp3



This doesn't even begin to touch the tip of the proverbial iceberg, but it's
a start on my categories.

Well, I gotta go get the pooper scooper and clean up after Fido.  Question:
What does one do with . . . (oops).  Never mind.  I'll find some place for
it.

Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen

"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving
safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in
sideways, chocolate in one hand, a drink in the other, body thoroughly used
up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO. What a ride!'"


-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of keely emerinemix
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 12:01 AM
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] changing subjects...



I bet I'm not the only one looking for a change in topics, and so, at the 
risk of sounding shallow, I wonder if we could lighten up a bit and switch 
the focus . . .

A constant source of amazement, not to mention occasional ridicule, is my 
allegedly awful taste in music.  I endured the scorn of my Vision friends 
when I admitted that I'm not a Sly and the Family Stone afficionado, and my 
husband is mortified that I have joined the teeming mass of middle-aged 
Christian housewives who really like punk music.  Accordingly, then, an 
endorsement from me probably is enough to ensure that no one else dares try 
anything I listen to, but, for all it's worth, I've discovered some 
absolutely wonderful music this summer.  What gems are you all listening to?

  Do tell, and promise you won't think less of me for the list below:

1.  The Raconteurs "Toy Broken Boy Soldier"  --  Hands down the best debut 
album I've ever heard.  It's rarely left my car's CD player.  Excellent 
post-punk pop with hooks reminiscent of late-70s/early-80s indie bands.

2.   Crashdog "Cashists, Fascists, and Other Fungus" -- After more than a 
decade, this treasure from the late, great Jesus People USA house punk band 
still kicks.  Raw, angry, yet lyrical punk that manages to be both prophetic

and worshipful.

3.   Daniel Amos "John Wayne" -- Every song's a winner!  Lyrically stirring,

bitingly funny, and with DA's signature musicianship, which veers from arena

rock to rockabilly to post-punk to New Wave.  If they lived here, they'd be 
my new best friends.

4.  Jennifer Knapp  "Kansas" -- Overcoming my distrust of sensitive 
singer-songwriters, especially evangelical ones, I discovered one of the 
most beautiful, poignant, convicting songs I've ever heard in "Martyrs and 
Thieves."  JK is angry, hurt, tattooed, dark and altogether lovely.  She 
toured with Lillith Fest and thus alienated her Christian base.  This can 
only be a good thing.

5.  Emmylou Harris and Mark Knopfler "Road Running" -- Emmylou Harris could 
sing the back of a cereal box and rip my heart open; with Mark Knopfler's 
brooding vocals, this bluegrass/blues/folk collection will enliven every 
radioplay-deadened cell in your body.

OK, what great tunes am I missing?  I'd love to know what you all are 
listening to.  (Note to Bruce Livingston:  Yes, if Sly Stone ever sings the 
Emmylou Harris songbook, I promise to listen . . . )

keely

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