fav songs at the moment....

[Lessa]

All the ones I can think of right now are from Country Western Star Gretchen Wilson and they are.

From her first CD
-Redneck Women
-Here For The Party
-Homewrecker
-Holdin You
-Pocahontas Proud

From her second CD
-California Girls
-Full Time Job
-Skoal Ring
-Rebel Child

I'm a country girl at heart!

[Chaunte]

Since the season is almost upon us....  (St. Pat's, of course!)  I would offer these tunes.

Rebel Songs:
The Foggy Dew
Come out, ye Black and Tans!
Four Green Fields
General Monroe
The Wearin' O' the Green

Leaving Ireland
Song for Ireland
The Rare Ould Times
Come over the Hills

Sad Songs
The Butcher Boy
Sam Hall

Fun Songs
The Liar
Morning Glory
The Drunken Sailor
Waltzing with Bears
The Old Orange Flute
Finnegan's Wake

I think I just worked out my first set for a St. Pat's gig I am doing!

Chaunte

[Kimberly]

Oh yes, this is of the moment so...

Entire CDs:
Heart - Heart
Cher - Believe
Madonna - Ray Of Light
Stevie Nicks
Abba - Gold Greatest Hits

Scattered songs:
Basia - Brave New Hope - 05-Crusing for brusing
Red Volution\Red_Volution - Dark Matter - Fuel Cell
Sarah McLachlan - fumbling towards ecstasy - 01 Possession
Sarah McLachlan - fumbling towards ecstasy - 04 good enough
Sarah McLachlan - fumbling towards ecstasy - 09 hold on

A few short clips:
Bmyhouse.wav -- From UT2003 I think;
Strider.s3m -- ditto;
whip.mp3 -- clip for the hobbit (animated)

[rana]

aah Chaunte
Irish songs - you reminded me.
Whiskey in the Jar
Seven Drunken Nights - yes I know its a rude song but
Londenderry Aire -   now is this song a Catholic or Protestant one? and why is it always sung by men?? Unless the men are gay?  To me it HAS to be a song sung by the wife/lover of a soldier (how else could you interpret the second verse) - its an Irish counterpart to Scots High Road/Low Road.
and Irish songs naturalised in Oz  "The Minstrel Boy"  "Wild Colonial Boy"

All the songs posted here, had overlooked them until they get mentioned & starts me reminiscing

loving music & song
rana

[Lori]

NATALIE IMBRUGLIA, Torn

I'm all out of faith, this is how I feel
I'm cold and I am shamed lying naked on the floor
Illusion never changed into something real
I'm wide awake and I can see the perfect sky is torn
You're a little late, I'm already torn

So I guess the fortune teller's right
Should have seen just what was there and not some holy light
To crawl beneath my veins and now
I don't care, I have no luck, I don't miss it all that much
There's just so many things that I can't touch, I'm torn

That's just how I feel right now...So at the moment that is my favorite song.

Plus its a beautiful melody...

I have to many favorites to list. But since the topic was at the moment...I could answer it

[Gill]

Hi Everyone:

Currently my favourite is Melissa Etheridge's song - Run for Life.  Gives me goose bumps everytime I hear it.

Other artists I like;

Mediaeval Babes: (apparently some are former women of the evening) their music is Celtic background. http://www.globalvillageidiot.net/babes.htm
Allison Krause (anything by her)
Jennfier Warren (all the songs on the Famous Blue Raincoat album)
Cat Stevens is my all time favourite though, I love everything by him.  We have all his albums/cds.  For me a Saturday in the house with his music blaring is my idea of heaven.

Gill

[stephanie_craxford]

.... For me a Saturday in the house with his music blaring is my idea of heaven.

Gill

Hey I thought I was your idea of heaven.  On second thoughts, don't answer that

Steph

[andy]

Since it's nearly St. Pat's, I am listening to all of my Irish tunes...Altan, Boys Of The Lough, the Clancy Brothers (some great rebel songs there, Chaunte!), Chieftains, Cherish the Ladies...you get the idea.  I am also listening to the Austin Lounge Lizards.  They have a great song called "The Dogs, They Really Miss You". 

[Kate]

NATALIE IMBRUGLIA, Torn

LOL, how appropriate! Have you noticed that when viewed through the lens of TSism, every long song, every longing-for poem, and so on... somehow speaks to us? All that pining away *for* the girl becomes to *be* her, to find our soul again crying down there in some dark, cramped space.

Dido's "Here With Me" is still probably my favorite. It gets under my skin for some reason - in a good way.

Otherwise, I'm a huge fan of the Balligomingo/Delerium/Conjure One trio. Most of you are probably thinking, "who the...?" It's an odd sound, not for everyone, but the music perfectly reflects my soul, my way of being.

The beginning of Balligomingo's "Priviledge:"

I am the freedom that you're fighting
I am the sweetness that you're hiding
I am the heaven at your door and I am waiting...

Kate

[Celia]

Fake Plastic Trees by Radiohead.  Beautiful, sad song.  It's ten years old, but I heard it for the first time (that I can recall) only a couple of weeks ago.  I'm going to try to play it at this Thursday's Gender Smash - if I can get through it without choking up.

-Celia

[Chaunte]

Fake Plastic Trees by Radiohead.  Beautiful, sad song.  It's ten years old, but I heard it for the first time (that I can recall) only a couple of weeks ago.  I'm going to try to play it at this Thursday's Gender Smash - if I can get through it without choking up.

-Celia

Celia,

There are several songs I have difficulty singing because I cry - and do so regardless of how i am presenting.  One is "Sara-Beth," by Rascal Flatts, which talks about childhood lukemia. 

The other song is by James McDurmontt called "Chistmas In The Trenches."  It's written from the perspective of a WWI soldier who lived the "Christmas Miracle."  At midnight of Christmas Eve, British adn German soldiers left their trenches, met halfway between their lines, and celebrated Christmas.

Commanding officers on both sides were furious with the units involved.  They were pulled from the line and didn't see combat again.  (Ever notice how the US & England always seem to have some sort of military operation around Christmas?  This is the reason why.)

Chaunte

[Alexandra]

There are several songs I have difficulty singing because I cry . . .

Only Women Bleed by Alice Cooper. 

[deneece]

    Top ten favs

   1. Amanda Marshalls first cd... (all of it)
   2. Green Day -  holiday
   3. Gretchen Wilson -  redneck woman
   4. Daniel Powter - bad day
   5. Norah jones -turn me on
   6. Fountains of wayne- little red light
   7. Thelma Houston - dont leave me this way
   8. Sarah Mclaughlan  -sweet surrender
   9.  Bowling for soup-  1985
  10. shania -man i feel like a woman


      sorry bout the disco... but i love that song

[jan c]

UNDERNEATH IT ALL by No Doubt!!!

[MarcosGirl]

My ALL-TIME favorite is

Don't Stop Believin' by Journey

Pam

[jan c]

Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up



FZ, Joe's Garage, 1979

[Dennis]

I loved Frank Zappa when I was a teen, listened to Joe's Garage over and over again. I'll have to dig up some of his mp3's and give them another listen.

Dennis

[Chaunte]

If we ever wanted a theme song, I think this could be it...

Chaunte

Song: Travelin' Thru from TransAmerica
Artist: Dolly Parton Lyrics

Well I can't tell you where I'm going, I'm not sure of where I've been
But I know I must keep travelin' till my road comes to an end
I'm out here on my journey, trying to make the most of it
I'm a puzzle, I must figure out where all my pieces fit
Like a poor wayfaring stranger that they speak about in song
I'm just a weary pilgrim trying to find what feels like home
Where that is no one can tell me, am I doomed to ever roam
I'm just travelin', travelin', travelin', I'm just travelin' on

Questions I have many, answers but a few
But we're here to learn, the spirit burns, to know the greater truth
We've all been crucified and they nailed Jesus to the tree
And when I'm born again, you're gonna see a change in me

God made me for a reason and nothing is in vain
Redemption comes in many shapes with many kinds of pain
Oh sweet Jesus if you're listening, keep me ever close to you
As I'm stumblin', tumblin', wonderin', as I'm travelin' thru

I'm just travelin', travelin', travelin', I'm just travelin' thru
I'm just travelin', travelin', travelin', I'm just travelin' thru

Oh sometimes the road is rugged, and it's hard to travel on
But holdin' to each other, we don't have to walk alone
When everything is broken, we can mend it if we try
We can make a world of difference, if we want to we can fly

Goodbye little children, goodnight you handsome men
Farewell to all you ladies and to all who knew me when
And I hope I'll see you down the road, you meant more than I knew
As I was travelin', travelin', travelin', travelin', travelin' thru

I'm just travelin', travelin', travelin', I'm just travelin'
Drifting like a floating boat and roaming like the wind
Oh give me some direction lord, let me lean on you
As I'm travelin', travelin', travelin', thru

I'm just travelin', travelin', travelin', I'm just travelin' thru
I'm just travelin', travelin', travelin', I'm just travelin' thru

Like the poor wayfaring stranger that they speak about in song
I'm just a weary pilgrim trying to find my own way home
Oh sweet Jesus if you're out there, keep me ever close to you
As I'm travelin', travelin', travelin', as I'm travelin' thru