"Break My Stride" by Matthew Wilder

This morning I finally thought of a good word to describe 2016: "Relentless"!  It has just never let up, that has been stuff going on every single day.  I was also thinking that we need to stay strong and can't let anything break our stride, which reminded me of this song.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLE_emfAd74
YouTube (lyrics): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3YrNSw5a2I
YouTube (live TV): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy46iOwWQiE

"Tearing Me Up" by Bob Moses

Heard this while I was trying on some dresses in H&M and loved it.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4oUeqOkb90
YouTube (long): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAS5Z1GvxrQ
YouTube (live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mN_y74CtaA
youTube (live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8SBTUYtHaY

"U + Ur Hand" by P!nk

Another of my favorite Pink songs.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUtHjOvPKT0

"So What" by P!nk

Heard this on the radio today.  I love this I can't believe I haven't posted it before.

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

"Lost Boy" by Ruth B

When Wendy first sent me a link to this song I thought it was a fun song, but since then it has really grown on me.  Now every time I hear it come on the radio I have to turn it up.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58TBZnvyGwQ
YouTube (lyric): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuHdkSj5nGc

"Feel So Good (Hurt So Bad)" by Tom Robinson

I was laying here trying to go back to sleep and the line "under the covers where it's safe and warm" popped into my head.  This was such a great album.  Found it when I was in Bremen, Germany.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Surb52k-fh4
YouTube (live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_Spa4dRdHA

"It's Getting Better" by Cass Elliot

I was getting ready for bed and the hook from this song popped into my head.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqOMuR5Z530
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNpx7CWLbCk

"She's A Star" by Barry Manilow

I've enjoyed listening to these old Barry Manilow albums over the last few months.  I've found so many gems that I'd forgotten.  This is another one that I was delighted to rediscover.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Oye5i0oxWM
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbZTPqSA64c
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aseAMS9lCWs

YouTube (He's a Star live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSmIxWdAJMY

"Love is a Battlefield" by Pat Benatar

When we woke up this morning I was thinking "we have to be strong" and then "no, we ARE strong".  Then the chorus to this song popped into our head.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGVZOLV9SPo
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0EysM1iNMk
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40YVEH8QC6o
YouTube (lyrics): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74J8Dl2ib-s

"When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below)" by Johnny Horton

I was listening to "The Spectacular Johnny Horton" record today and loved hearing this song again.  It's been a while.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKJIkzT1mnM
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOOHeOgavYE
YouTube (45 RPM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFKq4S0AouU 
YouTube (live TV): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtsHDcxZlx0

"Strawberry Fields Forever" by The Beatles

Just thinking about the "Paul is Dead" thing.  I so wish I had that reel-to-reel tape that I recorded at the time.  It would be so fun to hear.  There is actually a Wikipedia article about it:

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_is_dead

Anyway, this is one of the songs that reminds me of that whole scene:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzYBfJ2tXL8

"Turn Your Love Around" by George Benson

Listening to "The George Benson Collection" double LP this morning and this is the opening track.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koGBRvo4008
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tZWLRh3xmU
YouTube (12 inch): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip_Y3tocbuo

"Tell Her No" by The Zombies

There is a song on the same Juice Newton "Greatest Hits" album I was listening to yesterday that sounded vaguely familiar, but I couldn't quite place it at first.  The rhythm or tempo or something was different enough that it threw me off.  I finally realized it was a cover version of this song.

Note: the two (live 1965) videos are the same video.  Rod Argent (?) tells an interesting story, about this song, at the beginning of the (live 2015) video.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43on86AmOw8
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YigVSrPQIg
YouTube (live 1965): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vrt0b5bQAk
YouTube (live 1965): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Mqfzh_sKNA
YouTube (live 2013): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USVwd0D7EkM
YouTube (live 2015): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se0WdL4FmCk

The Juice Newton cover version:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJGqHhneIg4
YouTube (45 RPM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6Om6lj1Svs

I love videos like the (45 RPM) with the vinyl playing.  I love their username too: " You Can't Download Vinyl "!

"Queen Of Hearts" by Juice Newton

Listening to her Greatest Hits album this morning, love this song!  Love the video too, very fun!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0DK-0fIKCw
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW5K0YVgyqk

"It's Not Enough" by Swing Out Sister

Another favorite from the "It's Better to Travel" album.  The theme to which I posted last week.  I think it's cool (and unusual?) for a record album to have a theme.

Maybe it's just me but Swing Out Sister's lyrics always seem so brilliant.  

YouTube (vinyl): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2tcUyCq9e8
YouTube (Topic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhsH7syYXHA
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q2kJyrn96Q
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O13hrrvIZwY

"How Dare You" by Basia

This song came on my MP3 player today.  I love it!  How dare you talk to ME like that!?!

And, yet again, I can't believe I haven't posted any music by Basia before now!  How can that be possible!?!

YouTube (Topic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zx5e2oQHS8
YouTube (Topic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH4Yi3f7jX8
YouTube (live 2011): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0nQZzBAB9A

"Let's Work Together" by Canned Heat

Thinking about how we can get together today, reminded me of this song...

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hom0fYd5uX4
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGGW4IezbC4

"Bad Girls" by Donna Summer

I sometimes feel like a bad girl...  beep beep!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbGKeyCywTY
YouTube (vinyl): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA0NkYi3Y5U

"The Long Tunnel of Wanting You" by Vanessa Daou

If I remember correctly I listened to this CD several times before the lyrics caught my attention.  It seems like I was working late one night at Evans &Sutherland, listening to CD's on that huge old boom box, while I worked.  Suddenly the lyrics to this song wormed their way into my consciousness.  I did a "what did she just say..."  LOL

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL7qdqcTjL8

"Daylight Katy" by Gordon Lightfoot

With her "high-heeled" friends, LOL!  I guess I have "high-heeled" friends now.

YouTube (Topic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwiosZSJ_pY
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8Fga6CFPgY
YouTube (Vinyl): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91cUDmSTiXs

"Theme (from It's Better to Travel)" by Swing Out Sister

Another entry in my recurring theme of "how can I have forgotten to post this song until now?".  This is one of my favorite instrumentals of all time!  Many, many years ago I even made my own remix version where I tweaked the levels.

This first video is wonderful, showing pictures from all over the world. The second video has photos of women and horses.  What's not to love about that!

YouTube (world): : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN3xjQrAyE0
YouTube (horses): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqsg8t_rtME
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNHvQqqELVU
YouTube (Topic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP7Ggurm7O4

"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" by Kelly Clarkson

Such a perfect song!  I *LOVE* IT!!

YouTube (Vevo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn676-fLq7I

YouTube (audio): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avYxiIRG4xQ

YouTube (lyric): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HieFDn8r-s

YouTube (lyric): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg_1atgn4jk

YouTube (Topic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffmOr4-bbbA

YouTube (live 2011): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZhdGN3XJ-o

YouTube (live 2012): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKEZqADOzeE

YouTube (live 2015): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkLFKuCJ9xM

"Smooth Operator" by Sade

I was trying to sing this with the karaoke version and realized that I didn't know exactly what all the lyrics even were for this song.  The karaoke version is really well done!   This is such a wonderful, smooth song...

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TYv2PhG89A
YouTube (karaoke): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeyuBo50XKQ

"Cat House" by Danielle Dax

There is just no freakin' way I have forgotten to post this song until now!  This was one of those epic songs that I fell in love with the first time I ever heard it.  I remember I was driving down State Street, around 17th South, in that old Ford van, when they played it on KJQ... as best I remember it anyway.

The line "gonna polish up your chrome and shine your treasure", what could she possibly be referring to...  LOL!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU6dIBK7_ig
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHs-wam7s3k
YouTube (topic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0rTNlK1Nr8
YouTube (overnight mix): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6ccdWrNj7o

"Fly Like an Eagle" by Steve Miller Band

Without a doubt, my favorite Steve Miller Band song.  I associate this song from the days I was working in the Standards Lab at Sperry Univac.  Good times!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1f7eZ8cHpM
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zT4Y-QNdto

"Mawby (The Cube Guys mix)" by Miami Dub Machine

I went over to IconoCLAD after the Pride parade today.  One of the most awesome stores ever!  They were playing this song and I couldn't resist dancing.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynSHaAvTWzg
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqgimhELmvE
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsciCAFY7iw

This is part of the outfit I wore in the parade (I got the tights from IconoCLAD):

"100 Watt Bulb" by Infidels

Powerful song...  like a 100 Watt bulb burning in your eyes :)

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY55VhElXME
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYWek-S0fbo
YouTube (Topic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIKPXYbFmDo

"Summertime Blues" by Eddie Cochran

Ah the joys of summer for high school kids...

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

"Green Onions" by Booker T & the MG's

Today just never stopped, it was just go, go, go all day.  I was thinking time is so tight and that reminded me of the song by Booker T & the MG's.  But I posted it on my old blog on 12-Apr-2013.

So here is another favorite by BT&MG's.  I always associate this song with being toward the end of American Graffiti.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bpS-cOBK6Q
YouTube (Movie clips): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQgftmOeK_c

"Hear My Name" by Armand Van Helden feat. Spalding Rockwell

I think this song is fun...

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt-8eaYUQ6o
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yatShLljhlo