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Rocknrule Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 11:48 PM
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Post one song...just ONE song...that captures today's mood for you
Either the lyrics, or a link to the song on Youtube.

Here's mine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVj8peo1WGo

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Joe the Revelator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 11:49 PM
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1. This one
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thrift_store_angel Donating Member (184 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 11:49 PM
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2. This one...
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Aviation Pro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 11:50 PM
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3. Easy, this one.....
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 11:50 PM
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4. Oh, You Look So Beautiful
To ALL of us!!!!
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sohndrsmith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 11:51 PM
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5. Imagine by John Lennon was the first that came to mind for me...
but I reserve the right to keep thinking, too... : )
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firedupdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 11:52 PM
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6. Here we go
Now's the time for all good men
to get together with one another.
We got to iron out our problems
and iron out our quarrels
and try to live as brothers.
And try to find a piece of land
without stepping on one another.
And do respect the women of the world.
Remember you all have mothers.
We got to make this land a better land
than the world in which we live.
And we got to help each man be a better man
with the kindness that we give.

I know we can make it.
I know darn well we can work it out.
Oh yes we can, I know we can can
Yes we can can, why can't we?
If we wanna get together we can work it out.

And we gotta take care of all the children,
the little children of the world.
'cause they're our strongest hope for the future,
the little bitty boys and girls.

We got to make this land a better land
than the world in which we live.
And we got to help each man be a better man
with the kindness that we give.
I know we can make it.
I know darn well we can work it out.
Oh yes we can, I know we can can
yes we can can, why can't we?
If we wanna, yes we can can.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v894vHM5L4M&feature=rela...

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Booster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 11:53 PM
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9. That's my pick too.
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Gregorian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 11:52 PM
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7. Paint the white house black
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tabatha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 11:52 PM
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8. Special Star
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Bonobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 11:53 PM
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10. We are the Champions!
I've paid my dues -
Time after time -
I've done my sentence
But committed no crime -
And bad mistakes
I've made a few
I've had my share of sand kicked in my face -
But I've come through
(And we mean to go on and on and on and on)

We are the champions - my friends
And we'll keep on fighting - till the end -
We are the champions -
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions - of the world -

I've taken my bows
And my curtain calls -
You brought me fame and fortune and everything that goes with it,
I thank you all -

But it's been no bed of roses
No pleasure cruise -
I consider it a challenge before all the human race -
And I ain't gonna lose -
(And we mean to go on and on and on and on)

We are the champions - my friends
And we'll keep on fighting - till the end -
We are the champions -
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions
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akbacchus_BC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 12:00 AM
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14. That's a nice one. There are so many!
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Starry Messenger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 11:55 PM
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11. Ode to Joy:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_5z0m7cs0A

Turn it up, sound quality could be better.
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Rosa Luxemburg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 11:55 PM
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12. Signed, sealed, delivered
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akbacchus_BC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 11:58 PM
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13. By the Rivers of Babylon, we shall overcome!
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justgamma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 12:02 AM
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15. This one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YikMhfKmBrY


To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go
To right the unrightable wrong
To love pure and chaste from afar
To try when your arms are too weary
To reach the unreachable star

This is my quest
To follow that star
No matter how hopeless
No matter how far

To fight for the right
Without question or pause
To be willing to march into Hell
For a heavenly cause

And I know if I'll only be true
To this glorious quest
That my heart will lie peaceful and calm
When I'm laid to my rest

And the world will be better for this
That one man, scorned and covered with scars
Still strove with his last ounce of courage
To reach the unreachable star
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 11:14 AM
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54. it will be the impossible dream to make all the wrongs right again.
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sjdnb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 12:03 AM
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16. From someone who got it from the beginning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg0wiOHc9tI

As did his friends of like minds ...
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akbacchus_BC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 12:03 AM
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17. I just remembered this one by Bob Marley ...
When will they keep killing our prophets, Redemption song. This song was a tribute to Walter Rodney!
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Gman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 12:04 AM
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18. Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow
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Jakes Progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-09 12:19 AM
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73. Agreed.
I liked it the first time it was used to. I remember that night.
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Malikshah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 12:04 AM
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19. Simple-- if only they had played it on the Mall so the two million folks could dance away the regime
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Not a robought Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 02:33 AM
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43. Absolutely
Edited on Wed Jan-21-09 02:34 AM by Not a robought
you beat me to that one.

Another vid to that song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZu21-NeA4Q&feature=related
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Not a robought Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 09:56 AM
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46. Can you settle for the choir at the national cathedral??
MSNBC just cut to it this morning and the choir was singing it loud!
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Malikshah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 11:20 PM
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67. Damn! I'm sorry I missed it . Glad they did it though :)
:(
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Spazito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 12:05 AM
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20. This one does it for me....
Edited on Wed Jan-21-09 12:09 AM by Spazito
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=m2OHRaGnCic

"A Change HAS FINALLY Come"
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liberalpress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 12:06 AM
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21. It's the lyrics, Baby
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 12:07 AM
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22. At Last
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Terran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 01:31 AM
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39. Oh...my...god
That was incredible. I'd have given a lot to have been there in person to see that, to hear that. This thread has me in tears and that one really did it. You people are all awesome!
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SeaLyons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 10:32 AM
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50. At last is my pick too.....
beautiful.
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ddeclue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 12:10 AM
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23. Faith of the Heart - (written by Dione Warwick) sung by either Rod Stewart or Watson Russell
Originally used in the Patch Adams soundtrack later adapted to the Star Trek Enterprise TV show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oalyw2sHXQk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxRASpy8h78&feature=related


It's been a long road
Getting from there to here
It's been a long time
But my time is finally near

And I can feel the change in the wind right now
Nothing's in my way
And they're not gonna hold me down no more
No they're not gonna hold me down

'Cause I've got faith of the heart
I'm going where my heart will take me
I've got faith to believe
I can do anything
I've got strength of the soul
And no one's gonna bend or break me
I can reach any star
I've got faith, I’ve got faith, faith of the heart

It's been a long night
Trying to find my way
Been through the darkness
Now I've finally have my day

And I will see my dream come alive at last
I will touch the sky
And they're not gonna hold me down no more
No they're not gonna change my mind

'Cause I've got faith of the heart
I'm going where my heart will take me
I've got faith to believe
I can do anything
I've got strength of the soul
And no one's gonna bend or break me
I can reach any star
I've got faith, faith of the heart

I've known the wind so cold, and seen the darkest days.
But now the winds I feel, are only winds of change.
I've been through the fire and I've been through the rain.
But I'll be fine.

Cause I've got faith of the heart
I'm going where my heart will take me
I've got faith to believe
I can do anything
I've got strength of the soul
And no one's gonna bend or break me
I can reach any star
I've got faith

I've got faith of the heart.
I'm going where my heart will take me.
I've got strength of the soul. And no one's gonna bend or break me.
I can reach any star. I've got faith, I've got faith, faith of the heart.

It's been a long road.
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 02:06 AM
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40. That would be my song for the day too....it expresses my emotions
to a tee. "It's been a long road..."
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Patsy Stone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 12:10 AM
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24. Two (sorry, I couldn't choose) from Sly & the Family Stone:
Edited on Wed Jan-21-09 12:11 AM by Patsy Stone
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lisainmilo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 12:15 AM
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25. Easy!
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illuminaughty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 12:17 AM
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26. Michael Buble: Feeling Good!
Hot and sexy like our new Pres. & First Lady! "and this old world is a new world and a bold world for me, and I'm feeling good"

://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYe6tmrFxbw

Birds flying high
You know how I feel
Sun in the sky
You know how I feel
Reeds driftin' on by
You know how I feel
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
For me
And I'm feeling good

Fish in the sea
You know how I feel
River running free
You know how I feel
Blossom in the tree
You know how I feel
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
For me
And I'm feeling good

Dragonfly out in the sun you know what I mean, don't you know
Butterflies all havin' fun you know what I mean
Sleep in peace when the day is done, that's what I mean
And this old world is a new world
And a bold world
For me
Fooor me

Stars when you shine
You know how I feel
Scent of the pine
You know how I feel
Yeah freedom is mine
And I know how I feel
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
hu
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life

It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
It's a new life
For me

And I'm feeling good
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Gore1FL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 12:17 AM
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27. This one tops them all
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 12:19 AM
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28. From Chicago's own The Five Stairsteps: Oooh Child
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QC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 12:20 AM
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29. I always turn to this one when I am feeling emotions too powerful to express
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Starry Messenger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 12:49 AM
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35. +1
:D
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Lilith Velkor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 11:08 AM
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53. Reminds me of Corn on the Kabob
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QC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 03:11 PM
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59. Funny! And here's another in the same vein:
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mckeown1128 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 12:22 AM
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30. I win... just admit it folks... this is the song:
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Corgigal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 12:23 AM
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31. Genesis -Its gonna get better
Reach out, hands in the air,
Don't care just what they're saying
Hold out, just keep on hoping against hope
That it's gonna get better
Don't worry, there's no hurry for you, for me,
Everything's gonna come around
Shout out, someone will listen to you, to me,
Someone's gonna see

He calls me over and, calls me brother and I know
always fighting and moonlighting and, well it never ends
in the city, if you're all alone
there's a sister and she's standing next to her man
in the darkness you feel the sharpness of steel
and it's always there, in the city, and you're all alone

So reach out, hands in the air,
Don't care just what they're saying
Hold out, just keep on hoping against hope
That it's gonna get better
Don't worry, there's not hurry for you, for me,
Everything's gonna come around
Shout out, someone will listen to you, to me,
Someone's gonna see...

If it's gonna get better, it starts with a feeling
If it's gonna get better, it's gonna take time
If it's gonna get better, we gotta start now
cos I know, everybody can feel it
and I know, everybody will see it
cos it shows, and that shows I'm not dreaming
cos you know, and I know, it's time for a change

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sYgX5UiDhA&feature=related
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liskddksil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 12:24 AM
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32. You Can't stop the beat from the show and movie Hairspray
TRACY
You cant stop an avalanche
As it races down the hill
You can try to stop the seasons, girl
But ya know you never will
And you can try to stop my dancin' feet

But i just cannot stand still
Cause the world keeps spinnin'
Round and round
And my heart's keeping time
To the speed of sound
I was lost til i heard the drums
Then i found my way

TRACY & LINK
Cause you can't stop the beat

Ever since this old world began
A woman found out if she shook it
She could shake up a man
And so i'm gonna shake and shimmy it
The best that i can today

'Cause you cant stop
The motion of the ocean
Or the sun in the sky
You can wonder if you wanna
But i never ask why

And if you try to hold me down
I'm gonna spit in your eye and say
That you cant stop the beat!

PENNY
You can't stop a river
As it rushes to the sea

SEAWEED
You can try and stop the hands of time
But ya know it just can't be

PENNY
And if they try to stop us, Seaweed,
I'll call the N Double A C P
Cause the world keeps spinning
Round and 'round
And my heart's keeping time
To the speed of sound
I was lost til i heard the drums
Then i found my way

PENNY & SEAWEED
Cause you can't stop the beat

PENNY & SEAWEED
Ever since we first saw the light
A man and woman liked to shake it
On a saturday night
And so i'm gonna shake and shimmy it
With all my might today

'Cause you cant stop
The motion of the ocean
Or the rain from above
You can try to stop the paradise
We're dreamin' of
But you cannot stop the rhythm
Of two hearts in love to stay
Cause you cant stop the beat!

EDNA
You cant stop my happiness
Cause i like the way i am
And you just can't stop my knife and fork
When i see a christmas ham
so if you don't like the way i look
Well, i |ust don't give a damn!

EDNA & ENSEMBLE
Cause the world keeps spinning
Round and 'round
And my heart's keeping time
To the speed of sound
I was lost til i heard the drums
Then i found my way

EDNA & COMPANY
'Cause you cant stop the beat

Ever since this old world began
A woman found out if she shook it
She could shake up a man
And so i'm gonna shake and shimmy it
The best that i can today

Cause you cant stop
The motion of the ocean
Or the sun in the sky
You can wonder if you wanna
But i never ask why
And if you try to hold me down
I'm gonna spit in your eye and say
That you cant stop the beat!


MAYBELL
Oh oh oh
You can't stop today
As it comes speeding down the track
Child, yesterday is hist'ry
And it's never coming back

MAYBELL & ENSEMBLE
'Cause tomorrow is a brand new day

MAYBELL
And it don't know white from black

ENSEMBLE
Yeah!

MAYBELL & ENSEMBLE
'Cause the world keeps spinning
'Round and 'round
And my heart's keeping time
To the speed of sound
I was lost til i heard the drums
Then i found my way
'Cause you cant stop the beat

ALL
Ever since we first saw the light
A man and woman liked to shake it
On a saturday night
And so i'm gonna shake and shimmy it
With all my might today
'Cause you can't stop
The motion of the ocean
Or the rain from above
They can try to stop ths paradise
We're dreaming of
But you cannot stop the rhythm
Of two hearts in love to stay
You can't stop the beat!

Aah, aah, aah
Aah, aah, aah
Aah, aah, aah

ALL
Ever since we first saw the sun
A man and woman like to shake it when the day is done
But we're gonna shake and shimmy it
And have some fun
For today!

ALL
Cause you can't stop
The motion of the ocean
Or the rain from above
You can try to stop the paradise
We're dreaming of
But you cannot stop the rhythm
Of two hearts in love to stay
'Cause you can't stop the beat!
You can't stop the beat!!
You can't stop the beat!!
You can't stop the beat!!
You can't stop the beat!!
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Gregorian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 12:25 AM
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33. Land Of The Wannabe Free
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf40JOx2dWw


I had to post another. Sue me! :)
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rocknrollgangster Donating Member (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 12:46 AM
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34. Sorry no youtube, but this is my pick
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Waiting For Everyman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 12:54 AM
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36. When the Ship Comes In - Bob Dylan
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Terran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 12:56 AM
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37. I Can See Clearly Now...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtiXiYMS86U

The Jimmy Cliff version, better than the original, IMO.

I can't think of a song that better expresses how I feel about today!
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The Doctor. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 01:12 AM
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38. If I did, you'd need therapy.
But a close second;


I want to believe in the nobility of the human spirit.
I want to believe that mankind is essentially good and that the horror I see and the horrors I hear about are simply the last cries of a dying spectre that has haunted our fragile globe for just too long.
I want to believe that we are about to peel off the mask with which this spiteful god has been frightening us.
I want to believe that we will not dance on his defeated rotting body for that would grant him victory in death.
I want to believe that we will peel away the masks with which we frighten each other.
I want to believe that no new spectre will replace the one that died... that we can stand alone, respect one another,
love one another,
respect and cherish life in all its shapes and sizes while continuing to evolve.
I want to believe that mankind will never be too arrogant to abandon its quest for the ultimate answer.
I want to believe that this 'ultimate answer' remains a simple question.
I want to believe that even I could answer this question.
I want to believe all of these things.
I want to believe all of these things and more...

But you caught me at a bad moment and I can't.


There is no adequate live version of "The Velvet Resurrection" on youtube.


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Frank Booth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 02:22 AM
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41. I just couldn't decide between these two classics
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harry_pothead Donating Member (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 02:29 AM
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42. A Change is Gonna Come
By Sam Cooke. I've been listening to the song almost every day since the election.
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eridani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 02:41 AM
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44. Garth Brooks did a great "Shout"
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Lilyeye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 02:46 AM
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45. My choices were posted. However, my mom mentioned a song that reminded her of today earlier
"Gonna Make Changes"

Wouldn't you know it?
I finally arrived
Made a good life for myself
Got it together
Feel mighty strong
Making for a better life

Gonna make changes
Gonna make minds aware
Moving together
Willing to share
There's power in the masses
Collectively we can win

Gonna make changes
Gonna make changes
Gonna make changes

Feel my emotion
Hear what I say
The things I want I want for you
Who am I fooling
If I'm to believe
That I'm any more than you

Gonna make changes
Make them for everyone
Search out the gladness
And pass it to everyone
Just keep on with believing
That's what we gotta do

Gonna make changes
Gonna make changes
Gonna make changes

Ooo...ooo...
Yeah...yeah...

Oh gonna make changes
Make them for everyone
Search out the gladness
And pass it to everyone
Just keep on with believing
That's what we gotta do

Gonna make changes
Gonna make changes
Gonna make changes
Making changes

Gonna make changes
Gonna make minds aware
Search out gladness
Moving together
Pass it to everyone (To share)
There's power in the masses
Collectively we can win

Gonna make changes
Making changes

Gonna make changes
Making minds aware
Moving together
Willing to share
There's power in the masses
Collectively we can win
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TayTay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 10:01 AM
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47. This one, because of the hope and joy
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mtnsnake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 10:13 AM
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48. An oldie: This Magic Moment - Jay and the Americans
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Nedsdag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 10:22 AM
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49. Oh, Happy Day!
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RichGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 10:53 AM
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51. If I can dream....Elvis Presley
http://www.youtubeDOTcom/watch?v=pC85FBgJNL0


IF I CAN DREAM

There must be lights burning brighter somewhere
Got to be birds flying higher in a sky more blue
If I can dream of a better land
Where all my brothers walk hand in hand
Tell me why, oh why, oh why cant my dream come true

There must be peace and understanding sometime
Strong winds of promise that will blow away
All the doubt and fear
If I can dream of a warmer sun
Where hope keeps shining on everyone
Tell me why, oh why, oh why wont that sun appear

We're lost in a cloud
With too much rain
Were trapped in a world
That's troubled with pain
But as long as a man
Has the strength to dream
He can redeem his soul and fly

Deep in my heart there's a trembling question
Still I am sure that the answer's gonna come somehow
Out there in the dark, there's a beckoning candle
And while I can think, while I can talk
While I can stand, while I can walk
While I can dream, please let my dream
Come true, right now
Let it come true right now
Oh yeah
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RichGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 11:00 AM
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52. Another one for Bush.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvgZkm1xWPE

I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own

I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemies' eyes
Listened as the crowd would sing
Now the old king is dead, long live the king
One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing
Roman cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
Once you'd gone there was never
Never an honest word
And that was when I ruled the world

It was a wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
People couldn't believe what I'd become
Revolutionaries wait
For my head on a silver plate
Just a puppet on a lonely string
Oh, who would ever want to be king?

I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing
Roman cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
I know St Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world
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Milspec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 11:18 AM
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55. Basia New Day for You
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illuminaughty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-09 04:41 AM
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74. Great to see someone who loves Basia! n/t
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OneGrassRoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 11:19 AM
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56. We've Only Just Begun. The Carpenters :) n/t
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BoMonster Donating Member (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 11:56 AM
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57. This one says it perfectly for me
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otohara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 12:20 PM
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58. Will-i-am - It's A New Day
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LaydeeBug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 03:27 PM
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60. Nina Simone "I'm Feeling Good" but it HAS to be Nina Simone and NOT Michael Buble
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Political Tiger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 03:29 PM
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61. Revolution - The Beatles
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Yes We Did Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 03:30 PM
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62. It's A New Day!
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sofa king Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 03:39 PM
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63. How can we stick to just one?
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Hugabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 03:41 PM
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64. Kool & the Gang - Celebration
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onenote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 04:00 PM
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65. this one is mine: Better Things
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Condem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 04:02 PM
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66. The Rising.
Written for 9/11, it never sounded better than Sunday.
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Juche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 11:36 PM
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68. U2 - new years day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHzLWLFTPPI

I guess it is meaningful to me because it is like we are getting a chance to go back to being an america we can be proud of again, which it has been so long since alot of us have been able to feel that way. That is what comes to mind when Bono sings "I will begin again......I will be with you again".
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FailureToCommunicate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 11:41 PM
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69. Pete singing "This Land Is Your Land" now that it feels a bit more like OUR
land again!! here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg0wiOHc9tI
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 11:43 PM
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70. "Light of a Clear Blue Morning" by Dolly Parton
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cherish44 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-09 11:56 PM
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71. The Times They Are A-Changin' by Bob Dylan
Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'.
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside
And it is ragin'.
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Rapidly agin'.
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'.

The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin'.
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'.
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budkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-09 12:17 AM
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72. Imagine - John Lennon
Edited on Thu Jan-22-09 12:18 AM by budkin
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illuminaughty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-09 04:49 AM
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75. Fifth Dimension "Save the Country"
"save the dream of the two young brothers", "in my mind I can't study war no more"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTuwAo5sUik

Come on, children
Come on down to
The glory river

Gonna wash you up
And wash you down
Gonna lay the devil down
Gonna lay that devil down

Come on, people
Come on, children
There's a king
At the glory river

And the precious king
He loved the people to sing
Babes in the blinking sun
Sang We Shall Overcome

I got fury in my soul
Fury's gonna take me
To the glory goal
In my mind I can't
Study war no more

Save the people
Save the children
Save the country
Save the country

Come on, people
Come on, children
Come on down to
The glory river

Gonna wash you up
And wash you down
Gonna lay the devil down
Gonna lay that devil down

Come on, people
Sons and mothers
Keep the dream of
The two young brothers

Take that dream
And ride that dove
We could build the dream
With love, I know
We could build the dream
With love, I know





We could build the dream
With love, I know
We could build the dream
With love, I know
We could build the dream
With love, I know
We could build the
Dream with love

I got fury in my soul
Fury's gonna take me
To the glory goal
In my mind I can't
Study war no more

Save the people
Save the children
Save the country
Save the country
Save the country now
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MagickMuffin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-09 06:47 AM
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76. I Can See Clearly Now the Rain Has Gone
I can see clearly now, the rain is gone,
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.

I think I can make it now, the pain is gone
All of the bad feelings have disappeared
Here is the rainbow I’ve been prayin?for
It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.

Look all around, there’s nothin?but blue skies
Look straight ahead, nothin?but blue skies

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone,
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkwJ-g0iJ6w

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