"It´s My Life" by Talk Talk

In the famous words of Monty Python: "And now for something completely different..."

I've decided that this is the last day for this blog (I am still planning to fill in the blank days in the past couple of years).  This is not a bad thing, in fact it is a wonderful thing!!  I feel like I have been reborn and I want my blog to reflect that.  I have created a new blog: Rachel's Vital Music to continue this blog with my new name.

I was thinking last night that "it's my life" and I have to live it the best way I can.  I feel like transitioning to Rachel has brought out the best in me and I am happier than I have ever been.  That reminded me of this song and then it occurred to me that there are two versions of this song that I really love.  I decided to post the original version with a male vocal as my last post as Scott and the cover by No Doubt with a female vocal as my first post as Rachel.  I thought it was symbolic of my change.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ixRWvrkUHo

"Put Your Records On" by Corinne Bailey Rae

I was listening to this while running today.  "Girl, put your records on..." :)

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gPD7kY1amE
YouTube (lyrics): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkcTAvaTDws
YouTube (live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWQl00LWEwE

"Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" by Jimmie Rodgers

I was listening to the Ray Conniff Singers "Invisible Tears" album and it reminded me of this great song.  Funny thing: the album cover shown in the Ray Conniff video is different than any I've ever seen.  Since it is CBS instead of Columbia I assume it is European.  I notice the tracks are in a different order.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iulmZAz8XfY
YouTube (live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNivTEdgT7Y
YouTube (Conniff): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo9nDQNQwSw

"Now Listen To Me" by Swing Out Sister

Listening to the "Somewhere Deep In the Night" album on my MP3 player this morning and decided this is a cool song, kinda eerie.

YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ToBsI2U9Zg

"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" by Sting

Ah, April 8th, a day in our family that will live in infamy.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSGl3d4KOMk

"Flying Solo" by Naked Eyes

How about another great "flying" song?  Always been one of my favorite Naked Eyes songs.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlnVdJQEky4
YouTube (lyrics): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqQ6px2h1GA

"Fly Robin Fly" by Silver Convention

I found a great saying on Facebook today in one of my friends profile photo:

That's what scared me last night, wondering have I made a mistake?  Seeing this photo encouraged me, I can fly.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s62KngW84rU
YouTube (TV): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_77OclyEvo
YouTube (long version): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ-QL75KGdk

"Point of Know Return" by Kansas

I didn't realize until just now that this song was "Know Return" instead of "No Return", funny!  I realized tonight that I am way past the point of no return.  Kinda scary.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFWtsT5zRKo

Hard to remember the sleep last night,  I know there was an hour or hour and a half I was awake.  But it seems like I did get a couple of hours after that.

"Buttons and Bows" by The Ray Conniff Singers

I heard a song while running today that I wanted to post, but now I can't remember what it was.  I was playing the "It's the Talk of the Town" album and thought it was fun to hear this song.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66ojYxcQJfM

Slept about 5 hours, then awake for a couple, and slept another hour or so.  No leg or foot spasms last night, Yay!  I took a "legs" class at Planet Fitness yesterday, maybe that helped.

"Bless the Beasts and the Children" by Carpenters

Wonderful song.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhR36gV6vW4

A somewhat rocky night last night.  Woke up after 4 hours and took a couple of hours to get back to sleep.  Slept a couple more hours.  Had bad spasms in my foot at one point.

"Lady Marmalade" by (Patti) LaBelle

SueZQ suggested yesterday that we are "soul sisters" and it reminded me of this song.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4LWIP7SAjY

Finally remembered to take a muscle relaxer last night and got 8 hours of sleep.  Heavenly!  :)

"The Monkey And The Baboon" by Homer & Jethro

Planet Fitness 31-Mar-2015

Rachel  update 2017-07-25:

I was looking through the photos from my old camera and found this photo I had taken the day before.  It's good for April Fools!

Original Post:

This song showed up yesterday when I did the search on YouTube.  I remembered I love this song, funny and I like the guitar.  The album cover was great art.  I love the part in the comments about the "A and B" man threatening to slash his wrists unless we left his name off the album.  Any seems like the perfect song for April Fool's Day.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHOsgq38Kv8

My third bad insomnia night in a row.  I was feeling disappointed that a muscle relaxer even failed to help me sleep, but then I realized I forgot to take it.  :(

"Sound Off - No. 2 (The Duckworth Chant)" by Homer & Jethro

Had the funky MS legs thing happen again early this morning (see my Feb. 18th post).  Didn't last as long, but still plenty frightening.  It is curious that I ate cod both nights...  I thought before maybe it cooking grease might be a problem, but this time the fish was baked.

I was listening to the "Homer & Jethro Strike Back" album and enjoyed hearing this song.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QrwfavYEpU

"Going Nowhere Somehow" - White Town

Me at the Women's March in Las Vegas 21-Jan-2018

Rachel update 20-Apr-2018: added photo and above and some info on this White Town album:

This was a great album and everyone was talking about how it was made with an old Tascam 4-track recorder and an Atari.

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Technology
Wired Magazine: https://www.wired.com/1997/06/white-town/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYGaHuXIm6g
YouTube (Topic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF-l8hPSoOA

Original Post:

I think this is my favorite song from that album.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcSJioVsLqE

"Pretty Girl Why" by Buffalo Springfield

WTF?!?!!  I cannot believe that I can't find this song on my blog.  I was absolutely, 100% certain that I already posted this song.  Is somebody deleting them??  This is such a great song, I'm sure I posted it last year when I was playing the Buffalo Springfield double album.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v4iQWYqL3I

"I Am A Child" by Buffalo Springfield

This is such a great song.  Great band.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7oejFBfLsE

"Be Your Own Pet" by The Kelly Affair

Found this track on a sampler record from Record Store Day.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3ZuLMtG6KE

"Pure Love" by Ronnie Milsap

My"Best of All #86" cassette tape

This is me (now Rachel) writing this post almost 5 years in the future (7-Feb-2020) from this date.  At random, I pulled the above cassette ("Best of All #86") out of a box.  I decided I should log the songs on it as I listened to it.  This is a fun song I had forgotten about.

I loved Cap', Crunch... those were the days!  ;)

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izi_YQGuENc
YouTube (vinyl): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIHcjiXvo6Q
YouTube (live TV): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8yGiPnpscA

"Human" by Christina Perri

Yes, it's yet another song from the CD that WJ gave me.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5yaoMjaAmE

"Secrets" by Mary Lambert

Another really fun song from the CD that WJ gave me.  Thanks again!!

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqqqV50zaAc

"Live For Life" by Jack Jones

I was playing the Jack Jones "Live For Life" record album this morning.  It has my favorite version of "I Can't Get Started" (6-June-2012) on it, which is also my favorite Jack Jones song.  But I was listening to "Live For Life" and thinking what a great song that is...  and good advice too.  :)

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeEVZHvyNR0

"L. A. Woman" by The Doors

It's so cool there is an official video for this song and a really great video at that.  I am also posting a link to the full album.  I consider the "L. A. Woman" album to be among the greatest albums of all time.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDlx-ZUj9qs
YouTube (full album): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98-3YoCHkAw

"Coronet Blue" by Lenny Welch

Coronet Blue is another obscure TV theme I really like, that was also on the reel-to-reel tape I mentioned Yesterday.  The strange thing is that I have two different versions on the tape.  The only one I can find on YouTube is this one by Lenny Welch.  I haven't been able to find any information about an alternate version.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IygGNT3nsRg
YouTube (show intro): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHZJ0dx7tS4

"A Man In a Suitcase" by Ron Grainer and his Orchestra

I have an old reel-to-reel tape that I recorded the theme songs to many old TV shows.  I loved this theme song but could not remember what TV show it was.  One of the recordings had a voice over announcing the series premier of the "Mod Squad", so I found a list of shows that ran on ABC the summer of 1968.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk3WHOXzZE4
YouTube (Show opening): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxbmoNOZzWc

 

"Midnight Sun" by Ella Fitzgerald

I was listening, again, to the "Go With the Greats" LP, that I mentioned in my post on 01-Feb-2015 and found some more great songs.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f53xo_NNF8

"Head Like a Hole" by Nine Inch Nails

I know this is a very weird transition (from Eddy Howard to Nine Inch Nails). but this is yet another glaring omission from my blog.  I was listening to the"Pretty Hate Machine" LP this morning and realized my oversight.  And lyrics so true:

God money's not looking for the cure
God money's not concerned about the sick among the pure
God money let's go dancing on the backs of the bruised

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao-Sahfy7Hg

"My Last Goodbye" by Eddy Howard

How could I have forgot to post this song before?  Rickety Rickshaw Man is my favorite "fun" Eddy Howard song, this has to be my favorite serious song.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycH6u5NaJis

"To Each His Own" by Eddy Howard

Yet another wonderful song from 1946.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2yOhNoS9Hs

"My Best to You" by Eddy Howard

Another favorite from Eddy Howard.  Damn!  Here we go again, the only video I can find on YouTube hs been deleted.  So no video here for now :(

YouTube:

"The Rickety Rickshaw Man" by Eddy Howard

This was one of my favorite songs when I was a kid, and I still love it today.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRr76GWbagY

"Rumor Has It" by Adele

What a great voice!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1p6Xbqrbx0
YouTube (live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK3MLlTL5Ko

"Punish the Monkey" by Mark Knopfler

I bought Mark Knopfler's "Kill to Get Crimson" CD at a Whole Foods fund raiser for the Whole Planet Foundation.  This song jumped out at me, what a great song.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRGpzWi6vl4
YouTube (live TV): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4doTf5XbYZs

"Girl, I'm Out to Get You" by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart

I found a record titled "Family Album" at Our Store (my new favorite little thrift store) a few days ago.   It is an A&M sampler album.  Side 1 was good, but Side 2 really grabbed me.  Especially this song, that I think is really fun.

Then I found the clip of them performing the song on the "I Dream of Jeannie" TV show.  Too funny!!

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmN6Y4zLhjw
YouTube (Jeannie): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H5jaQlq7ms

"Break On Through (To The Other Side)" by The Doors

So many Doors songs to catch up on.  The 2006 version has the line "she gets high" that was censored out in 1966.

YouTube (1966): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3iXEPvG_ss
YouTube (2006): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJQwnAhXnBk
YouTube (official): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzxHx-mOqRI

"Light My Fire" by Jose Feliciano

A completely different version that I love.  Very different than the version I posted by The Doors on March 1st.

YouTube (45): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjc-kKBq9_Q
YouTube (live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rze6TGMF9k

"Some Velvet Morning" by Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood

And here is another very cool song by Nancy & Lee.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb-SVPJM4L4

"In My Room" by Nancy Sinatra

This is another song I really love from the "Boots" album.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-MSPUJOC64

"Friday's Child" by Nancy Sinatra

Rachel Update 15-August-2016:

I originally posted "These Boots are Made for Walkin'" for this day.  But I really felt the urge to post it in Rachel's Vital Music blog, because of what I'm experiencing now.  So I've decided to allow my blogs to be more dynamic and to be able to move a song if I really feel the need.  After all this blog / list is really for myself anyway.

So I've moved "Boots" to 15-August-2016 and picked a different Nancy Sinatra song for this day.  I was just listening to the "Movin' with Nancy" album last week, while I was laying in the sun relaxing, and really enjoyed hearing this song.

It says in the comments for one of the videos that Nancy recorded two versions of this song, one for the "Movin'" album I mentioned and one for her "Nancy in London" album.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTbsNuNYY4k
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF1Q592vhaM
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du2BEKYOSMc
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihPX1A4BxOs
YouTube (London): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsgaU3dyHT0
YouTube (London): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUBHy8WQlzU

Original 6-March-2015 Post - "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'":

I saw part of a "Makers" documentary last night on PBS and they finished up with this song.  It has been a favorite ever since I first heard in on the radio almost 50 years ago.

YouTube (TV): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbyAZQ45uww

"Riders on the Storm" by The Doors

This song was so amazing when it came out.  Actually still amazing today.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS-af9Q-zvQ

"Hey Bartender" by The Blues Brothers

Speaking of tragic deaths yesterday reminded me of another one.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lNTBzyn4Xw

"You Know I'm No Good" by Amy Winehouse

I was also listening to this song while I was jogging/running last night and remembered what a great song it is.  So sad about Amy Winehouse, another great artist whose life was cut short.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-I2s5zRbHg

"Bird" by Candy Dulfer

I was listening this song (about 10 times :) tonight while I was joggin/running and it is just wonderful.  Unfortunately I can only find one video of it on YouTube and it is copyright restricted in the this country.  Sigh!!

YouTube (copyright problem): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlAnKssR05A

"Light My Fire" by The Doors

I realized another glaring omission from my blog is The Doors, one of favorite bands of all time.  How could I have forgotten to post any of their songs until now?

One interesting thing about "Light My Fire" is the speed error on the original record, that they corrected on the 40th anniversary CD release.

YouTube (single): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMCl9eOBlsY
YouTube (album version 1967): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3cG9EdqjqE
YouTube (album version 2006): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY1l8T2Lcl0

"Dani California" by Red Hot Chili Peppers

This is a great song and the video is very cool!

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb5aq5HcS1A

"Read My Mind" by The Killers

Another great song by The Killers.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc8hbSM1zVo

"Somebody Told Me" by The Killers

Another song that I still think of as fairly new, but is now over 10 years old.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5fBdpreJiU

"Glamour Boy" by The Guess Who

I've had this song stuck in my head for the last few days.  It was one of the songs I was going to post this as part of my old cassettes that I've been filling in 2013 with  (see my post from March 1st, 2013), but I haven't gotten back to that yet.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nap4pPfmBoU
YouTube (live 2001): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKoLdm7yFqc

"Satellite" by Guster

SueZQ wanted to get this song, I didn't remember it.  When I heard it I was like "oh yeah, I love this song".

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekt6PELAcEg

"Shut Your Eyes" by Snow Patrol

Crazy,  I still think of this as a fairly new song, but it is almost 10 years old now.  Anyway it's a great song.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3jFcZjv_kk

"Hold Your Head Up" by Argent

Rachel  update 22-Aug-2017:

Added photo from the Utah Aids Foundation Gala, that Jimmy invited me to that night.  My first night out as Rachel, it was a delightful experience!

Original Post:

I was thinking about this song this morning and I was going to send a friend a link to it in my blog.  I was shocked that I couldn't find it!  I was 100% certain that I had already posted it, I searched for it with every word that seemed reasonable, but it was nowhere to be found.  So I might as  well fix that error now.

I liked the comment on YouTube that it "should be everybody's theme song", it definitely should be.  And I love the old photos in the "long version" video.

YouTube (long version): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBnSWJHawQQ
YouTube (single version): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ApXhdT2P1g
YouTube (live TV): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5fYPz8dKbg

"This Love" by Maroon 5

Every time I hear this song on the radio I think "I have to remember to post this to my blog", but have always forgotten.  Decided I should do it now while I'm thinking about it.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPpTgCho5ZA

"A Higher Place" by Adam Levine

This is another great song that was on the CD that WJ gave me.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcf2FZoeETE

"Lost Stars" by Keira Knightley

I love this version of this song too.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLTRSakuugs

"Bad Day" by Daniel Powter

Ended very stressed out last night and fell asleep a little earlier than usual.  I woke up a couple of minutes before midnight and had the worst MS related incident to date.  It had to be most scary 5 minutes of my life (seemed like an eternity).  Still pretty scared his morning.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH476CxJxfg

"Lost Stars" by Adam Levine

WJ sent me a CD with song and I just love it.  I've been listening to it in the car over and over.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL4uhaQ58Rk

"Pink Cadillac" by Bruce Springsteen

Another song I love by Bruce Springsteen.  I know several people who prefer the version by Aretha Franklin, so I tried to find that on YouTube, but all I've found so far is a live version.  I also found some other fun versions, so I've included them too.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29_RZ82aZ6A
YouTube (Aretha live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=femkz2EZVdM
YouTube (Carl Perkins): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnAHlWZw2p0
YouTube (Jerry Lee Lewis): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW9oeYBoB_E

"Glory Days" by Bruce Springsteen

I was talking to Jason about the Camaro and how it reminds me of my drag racing days.  That reminded me of this song.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvUOgIgLqOQ

"Explain the World In a Word" by Hubert KaH

"Love is the answer"

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_0hZ5Mi-Mc

"No One Else Like You" by Adam Levine

It's crazy how many songs I love from the "Begin Again" soundtrack.  (Thanks for hooking me up, WJ!)

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8Gm1ODZLcg

"A Song For You" by Carpenters

And when my life is over remember when we were together...

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQKnpJul8MU

"I Won't Last A Day Without You" by Carpenters

A huge thanks to all of my family and friends that have helped and supported me.  I wouldn't last a day without all of you!!

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqjZOLj7Rdg

"Fortress Around Your Heart" by Sting

One of my favorite Sting songs ever since I first heard it.  Very cool video too.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiPiRKbNCWY

"Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" by The Platters

It is crazy the songs that I find i haven't posted until now.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbQuYgPrM0k

"Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five" by Paul McCartney and Wings

Another song that I thought I was certain that I had already posted.  Has somebody cracked my account and deleted all of these???

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c5pgo6zU10
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ibi-KmRb5iU

"Summertime Blues" by Eddie Cochran

Another of my favorites from the same era as Buddy Holly.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZZD8ckwLJA

"Chantilly Lace" by The Big Bopper (J. P. Richardson)

One of the other sad deaths with Buddy Holly that night.  I had never seen this before WJ sent it to me, really funny expressions.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b-by5e4saI

"Rock Around With Ollie Vee" by Buddy Holly

How about a Buddy Holly song in honor of the late great...

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kby7MDBviHg
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esSH-BDOqeQ

"Castles in the Air" by Don McLean

Might as well post my favorite Don McLean song too.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNidllCtHZc
YouTube (live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGvUIlSIjxk

"American Pie" by Don McLean

Thanks to WJ for reminding me today (66 years ago) is "the day the music died".  Funny, this song is one that I still remember where I was when I first heard it: I had just come out of Carter's Electronic Supply on Washington Blvd. in Ogden.  I sat in the parking lot in the 1963 Pontiac Catalina and listened to the entire thing.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAsV5-Hv-7U

"Where Is the Next One Coming From" by Buddy Guy

Nothing like some Blues...

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1hBRr57rVE

"On the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe" by Johnny Mercer

I meant to post this song months ago and apparently forgot.  I was reminded when I put the "Go With the Greats" compilation album on the turntable this morning.  It was a hit in 1945, a mere 70 years ago.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmBKHSZ1pcU
YouTube (78 RPM label): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbtdXk4auA0

"'74-'75" by The Connells

I love this video, the pictures of people (I assume from '74-'75) and then video of them later when the video was made.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9iVZwGLUn0

"Harper Valley P.T.A." by Jeannie C. Riley

I was listening to a CD-R copy of a cassette copy of the reel-to-reel tape that Cliff Peterson of the Hi-Fi Shop recorded originally (see my post from 5-Aug-2011).  It has an instrumental version on it and I thought "I should post the original", it's a great song.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ivUOnnstpg

"I'm On Fire" by 5000 Volts

Why not do yet another "I'm On Fire" song?

YouTube (Live TV): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnfSZtDgf6k

"I'm On Fire" by Dwight Twilley Band

Maybe I just have a thing for songs that have the title "I'm On Fire".  I previously posted the one by Bruce Springsteen on 26-Jun-2012, I'm surprised that I forgot to post this on until now.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e3REYridP4
YouTube (live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpU05HKaJug

"A Day in the Life" by The Beatles

This has to be one of the most interesting and famous Beatles songs.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-Q9D4dcYng
YouTube (lyrics): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bl-pLG7_5E

"Getting Better" by The Beatles

I was thinking this morning that things are getting better and this song popped into my head.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk0dBZ1meio

"Can You Handle It" by Graham Central Station

Yet another great song from the Warner-Reprise Loss Leader records (see my posts from Thursday and Yesterday.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck4AlFfu5pM

"Licks Off of Records" by Martin Mull

Another song that was on one of the "Warner-Reprise Loss Leader" albums that I mentioned on Thursday.  I also found a great article on them: http://www.dustbury.com/music/wbloss.html

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNP2i4UpWkg

"Hurt So Bad" by the Lettermen

I was in Our Store last night and found a Lettermen album.  It wasn't a really interesting album, what I was interested in was that it had the stamps on it for the KLUB AM 570 Khz radio station.  That was my grandfather's favorite radio station.  I had to have it just for the stamp.  Today's song is NOT from this album.  It was one of their big hits from the 60's.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StErBKBCXL8

"Rock a Doodle Do" by Linda Lewis

I was listening to one of the old Warner-Reprise Loss Leader records and heard this fun song for the first time it years.  "I'd give up my lunch for you, baby."

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okNuDr8Es8M
YouTube (photos): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GzhBx3YXSI

"Get In Touch With Yourself" by Swing Out Sister

As I mentioned yesterday I was listening to the "Live at the Jazz Cafe" CD in the car and realized there were some great songs I had yet to post.  I have included both the studio version and the version from "Live at the Jazz Cafe", I love them both.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK6csJDxFD4
YouTube (Live at the Jazz Cafe): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF0DvGB5YX0

I have decided that I need to make important notes to myself, here where I can find them.  As I think I have mentioned before MS has made it so that I don't think things through very well, or at least in a timely manner.

Note to self: remember to negotiate the price, or at least the range of the price, for getting work done BEFORE the work is done!

"Circulate" by Swing Out Sister

It has been some time since I posted a Swing Out Sister song, but never fear I still have many to post.  I was listening to the "Live at the Jazz Cafe" CD (in my opinion the best "live" album ever) in the car today and realized I had never posted this song.  I have included the version from "Live at the Jazz Cafe" as it is a great version too, I love them both.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySDWy8KedHs
YouTube (Live at the Jazz Cafe): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ60hIDDfwA

"Cabaret" by Ray Conniff and Singers

I was listening to Ray Conniff's "Greatest Hits" record this morning and really enjoyed hearing this song.  I have to say that I thought it was funny that it seems like every time I am looking through the records at a thrift store, I find some Ray Conniff album I've never seen before.  Then I was looking at the Ray Conniff wikipedia page a it appears that he recorded around 90 record albums.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjuTHV2Sir0

"If It Makes You Happy" by Sheryl Crow

WJ sent me a mix CD with some really fun songs on it, including this one.  This is probably my favorite Sheryl Crow song.  I have to agree "if it makes you happy, it can't be that bad".

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyihQtBes1I

Rachel Update 27-Nov-2016: While making my post today I came across this video with Kacey Musgraves and Sheryl Crow:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY6VmfFJIDk

"Liar, Liar" by The Castaways

Rachel update 9-Apr-2017: added a link to "live TV" video.

I was listening to this while jogging today.  All these years (it's crazy to think this song is 50 years old now) I couldn't understand the one line.  It has only been in the last couple of years that I figured out it is "your nose is longer than a telephone wire".

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EpP9DPZ0Xo
YouTube (live TV): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDEdFxUZ01s

"Disney Girls" by Art Garfunkel

One of my favorite Art Garfunkel songs.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QBRwj3kzno

"So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" by Simon & Garfunkel

This has always been one of my favorite S&G songs.  I had no idea until a couple of years ago, it was alluding to their breakup.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf0RrF6KsI8

"Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall" by Simon & Garfunkel

I was listening to the "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme" record this morning and was reminded what a great album it is and this is one of my favorite songs.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd-DvSTBq1o

"You Were Meant For Me" by Jewel

I heard this song on the radio last night and it was driving me crazy what it was.  I kept thinking it might be Poe but that didn't seem quite right.  I was feeling tired this morning and this kinda fit my mood.  "Dreams last for so long..."

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGj77BrEgj4

"The Work Song" by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass

How about another great song from the "Solid Brass" album.  This is the first song on the album.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dHp53qws4A
YouTube (live TV): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV5h6h83Yf4

"Wade In the Water" by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass

I was listening to the "Solid Brass" record the and thought what a great tune this is. Check out the old studio equipment in the TV video.  Crazy to think that was almost 50 years ago.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgETV0F_mK4
YouTube (live TV): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y38RB6BL9iI

"Driving" by Everything But The Girl

I have so many memories, both good and bad, attached to this song.  But it will always be a favorite.  It's hard to believe that was 25 years ago, a quarter of a century!

YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivkouEj67mg

"I'll Stand By You" by Pretenders

On a trip to New York, SueZQ with the Twin Towers in the background

Rachel update 30-March-2020: turns out the original link is dead, I've added some new ones below.  Also removed "The" from the band name, it's just "Pretenders" without a "The".

I should add some notes to this now, since I'm out now living as a transgender-woman.  I believe that trip to my doctor was an epic one! The one when my doctor put me on HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) to begin my transition.

This is my 5 year anniversary of living full-time as a woman.  It was the end of March 2015 and I started to put on some men's clothes to take a load to the dumps.  And SueZQ jumped in my shit, told me now that I'd come out to Mariah, it would confuse her  if she saw me wearing men's clothes again.  I legally changed my name and gender on 5-May-2015.

Anyway, it is pretty rare that a relationship/marriage survives one of the persons in it changing their gender.  So SueZQ staying with me after my transition is really incredible, she really has stood by me.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5pECaW-VMI
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLpmj059JFA
YouTube (lyrics): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuWAGT9ZkYE
YouTube (live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoZKgyM98aM

Original Post:

We were on the way home from the doctor's office today and this song came on the radio.  Sue said that it should be her theme song and I have to agree, she certainly has done that.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPEh9iU6dOE

"When You Were Mine" by Cyndi Lauper

Why not another Cyndi Lauper track from her 1983 debut album?

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsxLNN98WME

"She Bop" by Cyndi Lauper

There was a link to Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" on the song I posted yesterday.  But when I checked, today, I already posted "Time After Time" on 9-Nov-2012.  So I thought I would post another Cyndi Lauper favorite today.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFq4E9XTueY

"Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman

My Buick Gran Sport Stage 1 at Bonneville Raceway

Rachel update 26-Dec-2018: added photo above.

I think it is somewhat rare that a song reaches out and grabs me the first time I hear it and I say "that is an incredible song".  This is one of those songs.  I even remember  where I was the first time I heard it, I was listening to X96 driving down Sunnyside Ave. just East of East High School.

YouTube (studio): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTIB10eQnA0
YouTube (live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orv_F2HV4gk

"Give Me One Reason" by Tracy Chapman

Happy Birthday to our wonderful friend Nanell!  We had a text conversation that reminded me of this great song, so I thought I would post it for today.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2kEx5BLoC4

"Mr. Sandman" by The Chordettes

I was trying to think of a song from 1955 this morning.  I was playing the "Remember How Great...?  Volume 2" record (see my post from October 24th).  And I seem to remember seeing a sign advertising "Mr. Sandman" in front of the record store, when Marty went back to 1955, in the movie "Back to the Future".

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX45pYvxDiA

"This Will Be Our Year" by The Zombies

Heard this song on Mad Men and remembered what a great song it is.  And this IS going to be our year!

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI2lTwY0Jx8

Rachel Update 19-June-2016: funny how prophetic this post was!  2015 was definitely my year!  When I made this post I had no idea when or exactly how I was going to transition: http://rachels-vital-music.blogspot.com/2015/04/its-my-life-by-no-doubt.html 

Definitely 2015 turned out to be the best year of my life so far!

"Hurting Each Other" by Carpenters

This was my original post for 31-Dec-2014, which I had scheduled a couple of days before.  However, I have changed my mind and decided to push it out until today.  I want to write a special post for the last day of 2014.   

I wanted to end the year on a happy note, but right now nothing is coming to mind.  When I said in my post a couple of days ago I wished we could all stop "hurting each other" it reminded me of this song.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqkVNHwJfKc

"Imagine" by John Lennon

I've decided to start the year off with one of the greatest songs ever.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRhq-yO1KN8