Sexual Healing
Marvin Gaye
Share a song that feels like it has healing powers. Could there be any other answer? I mean it's right there in the title, right? Marvin Gaye was yet another iconic performer from the 60s who left this earth too soon, killed by his own father. Marvin Gaye was the Prince of Soul Music and one of the greatest singers of all time.
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What's a song you'd want your best friend to hear for the first time? My favorite version of this tune is from a benefit concert for the Interfaith Dental Clinic, recorded live at the BlueBird Cafe in Nashville in 1995 with Guy Clarke, Steve Earle and Townes van Zandt. (plus an uncredited appearance by Emmylou Harris on two songs) My favorite line is "I have seen the David, seen the Mona Lisa too, and I have heard Doc Watson play Columbus Stockade Blues". Me, too Guy, me too.
Carolina In My Mind
James Taylor
Share a song that captures the feeling of being homesick. I've seen JT perform a couple of times, not far from where he lived as a kid in Chapel Hill, NC. I think he has one of the most distinctive voices in American musical history. My god, he's written some of the most iconic songs of my lifetime and I have listened to them since my Mom played the LPs on a record player at our house in Raleigh.
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Bang the Drum All Day
Todd Rundgren
Share a song that perfectly soundtracks your commute. Well, I'm actually retired, so my commute is the hallway from my bedroom to my computer desk, but I still get the regular honey-do list from Wonder Woman. I've played this song for years at full blast when I wake up with an attitude.
What's your favorite song about growing up? As a farm kid and a rebel without a clue, I felt like Roger Daltrey was talking to me when he sang:
Out here in the fields, I fight for my meals/
I get my back into my living/
I don't need to fight to prove I'm right/
I don't need to be forgiven,/
Don’t cry, don’r raise your eye/
It’s only teenage wasteland.
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Fields of Gold
Eva Cassidy
What's a song that feels like magic every time you hear it? I still remember hearing Eva Cassidy for the first time. It was several years after she died and NPR did a story on the tragic tale of this Maryland landscaper and lounge singer, taken by cancer , whose albums sold millions after her death. Her voice? Magical then and now.
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What's your favorite song to sing in the car? With respect, there is only one correct answer to this question for any Gen Xer who was around for Wayne's World
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Karn Evil 9 1st Impression, Pt. 2 (2014 Remaster)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
What's your favorite opening line from any song? “Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. We’re glad you could attend. Come inside! Come inside!”
She Thinks I Still Care
George Jones
What song do you turn to when you need to cry? Country music, real country music, not that Nashville shit they make today, was so full of emotions, most of them sad and remorseful.Songs about broken hearts can break your heart and no one does it better than George Jones.
We Shall Overcome
Mahalia Jackson
What's a song that feels larger than life to you? If you ever get a chance to stand with a group of veterans of the Civil Rights movement and sing this song, take advantage of that time machine my friend. It will put you in touch with an America that's a lot closer and lot more real than ye old bombs bursting in air.