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08-13-2016 12:36 PM
@hckynut, I call that a flower that has bloomed.
08-13-2016 12:53 PM
"You Can't Always Get What You Want" by the Rolling Stones.
08-13-2016 12:55 PM - edited 08-13-2016 12:56 PM
With so many problems in the world and so much complaining (just read some of the posting on these boards) my anthem is currently Happy by Pharrel Williams. I just go on YouTube and watch one of his Happy videos and feel much better. It is the way I want to live my life.
08-13-2016 01:13 PM - edited 08-13-2016 01:21 PM
I haven't had a chance to read the other posts, but will later (working on a deadline).
Short answer to the OP: I don't have even a musical stock answer to the many trials of life. I have a few favorites I often think about in the roundabout of life.
Sometimes it's Mungo Jerry's "In the Summertime" and sometimes it's the Eagle's "Take it to the Limit." Sometimes it's Roy Orbison's "Crying."
Or The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again ("Meet the new boss/Same as the old boss")."
08-13-2016 04:19 PM
One of several is He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT57tjz9py8
08-13-2016 07:19 PM
Another anthem I have for when my kids are being unreasonable is Hall and Oates I Can't Go for That (no can do).
08-13-2016 07:25 PM
When I was newly widowed and wasn't sure I could make it another day alone, I played this song every single night on repeat while I went to sleep.
Another day has almost come and gone
Can't imagine what else could go wrong
Sometimes I'd like to hide away somewhere and lock the door
A single battle lost but not the war
'Cause tomorrow's another day
And I'm thirsty anyway
So bring on the rain
It's almost like the hard times circle 'round
A couple drops and they all start coming down
Yeah, I might feel defeated,
And I might hang my head
I might be barely breathing, but I'm not dead
Tomorrow's another day
And I'm thirsty anyway
So bring on the rain
No I'm not gonna let it get me down
I'm not gonna cry
And I'm not gonna lose any sleep tonight
'Cause tomorrow's another day
And I'm not afraid
So bring on the rain
And, yes, I did make it to another tomorrow.
08-13-2016 07:41 PM
I love this song DS recorded 30-something versions for me years ago
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Let your heart be light
From now on, our troubles will be out of sight
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Make the Yuletide gay
From now on, our troubles will be miles away
Here we are as in olden days
Happy golden days of yore
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Gather near to us once more
Through the years we all will be together
If the fates allow
So hang a shining star upon the highest bough
And have yourself a merry little Christmas now
Through the years we all will be together
If the fates allow
So hang a shining star upon the highest bough
And have yourself a merry little Christmas now
Songwriters
Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane
08-13-2016 07:44 PM
I also love the Carly Simon song
"That's the way I always heard it should be"
08-14-2016 09:46 AM
It's a song I never really liked, but as I get older I catch myself worrying about things I have absolutely no control over. I can plan, I can have the best intentions, I can do everything right, but there's no guarantee that things will go as planned.
It makes no sense to continue to fret, but I do. So when I fret I conjure Doris Day and sing:
Que sera, sera
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que sera, sera
What will be, will be
Oxford defines que sera sera thusly:
Used to convey a fatalistic recognition that future events are out of the speaker’s control.
Yup. Sums it up.
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