The Story
The sky towers above – seemingly endless, but is it?
The sky is a place for imagination – imagining the swift flight of a bird – imagining floating like a butterfly – imagining soaring like an eagle – imagining being on a plane that takes you to an exotic land.
The sky is a place for dreams – the dreams to fly – the dreams to go beyond – the dreams of a future love we don’t yet know – the dreams of the love we have – the dreams of a love that remains – the dreams serving as memories of a loved one who is gone.
The sky – a place for contemplation – wondering about what to do – wondering what will be – wondering what has been.
The sky as a metaphor – a smoke – whether haunting or hopeful, a sign of brightness and darkness – for calm and storm – a blanket – infinity.
The sky is a place for everyday things – a place that never seems the same – the place that is the steadiness of the sun, the moon, the clouds, and the stars.
Welcome to Sky: The Musical.
Together we can face any challenges as deep as the ocean and as high as the sky. (Sonia Gandhi)
The sky is an infinite movie to me. I never get tired of looking at what’s happening up there. (K. D. Lang)
The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Excuse me while I kiss the sky. (Jimi Hendrix)
The way of fortune is like the Milky Way in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate. (Francis Bacon)
Guidelines
- Songs with either Sky or Skies must be in the title
- Caution: No songs using Sky/Skies as a compound word (skyward, skylark, skydive, etc)
- No duplicates (first-come, first-serve)
Production Note
To prevent browsers crashing from loading too many videos, please 1) include the song title and artist in your text, and 2) paste the URL as part of your last line (not a new line). The latter will provide a link, thus not embed the actual video … but I don’t mind unembedding, so apologies are not necessary.
Announcement
Welcome to Opening Night for Sky: The Musical. This blog musical has great potential, so let’s get on with the show. Any classic rockers in the crowd? Let’s hear for The Alan Parsons Project with Eye in the Sky.
Yes! A new musical! You are the best, Mr. Frank for coming up with these fabulous ideas of yours and getting everyone to play with you. That is quite a feat, you know?
There are soooo many out there and well, do please allow me to invite you to listen to Coldplay with “A Sky Full of Stars” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPRjCeoBqrI
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Dale,
A great song to start get the audience started. I love a good one-man band … but these guys need to stick to their act, which is pretty darn good. Although, quite a fun video. …. Thanks for the good words … and Good Morning, Montreal.
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Well-deserved…And I’ll wait to see if anyone else adds my second choice!
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PS: Please see Tim’s song as the song title is in French. He’s trustworthy and also loves to study French .. but hey – gotta take advantage of my in-house translator.
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Wish I’d thought of using a French song! Dang… Tim’s on the Ball!
Oh, and wanna remove my sticking my nose in John’s business? He had put a link to a picture then corrected it but I didn’t see it right away!
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How about James Taylor’s Sunny Skies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v41wPZOJhWU
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Elyse,
Perfect for my morning because the sky is brightening … plus it’s James Taylor!
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James Taylor is always good! And I am pretty sure that posting it on a rainy Tuesday night made this morning’s beautiful sunshine possible. Positive.
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Here’s an interesting one, Frank. “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” by the Beatles. Complete with explanation by John Lennon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AVWJzHvhFE
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BTW I love the Alan Parson’s Project. What a great song!
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Cathy,
Not only an original recording of the Fab Four on the stage, but got love the commentary at the beginning … of which I didn’t know. … and glad you enjoyed Eye in the Sky.
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Here’s one from the nineties Frank Ugly Kid Joe ‘Cloudy Skies’ https://youtu.be/cN4OYrKBMEQ – it’s got great lyrics and is quite catchy.
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I didn’t know this one and really enjoyed it!
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Pauline,
I don’t know this one, but hey … that’s a good song. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
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Such a big sky of songs to choose from
While Halloween is still close, Johnny Cash’s “Ghost Riders in the Sky”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_oXQVUzEoc
(and I’ll check back tomorrow to see if any one finds the Veteran’s Day appropriate song….)
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Mouse,
Great choice as it’s a classic .. awesome! Looking forward to your additions.
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Less than an hour late and I’m already down to my third choice:)
Norman Greenbaum, Spirit in the Sky: http://youtu.be/AZQxH_8raCI
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X,
This has always been one of my favorites, so thanks for coming through!
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I’m down to my third song, too! Sky Pilot by The Animals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP0IXOr9O8U&list=RDBP0IXOr9O8U&index=1
My first choice was a showy flashy Miley Cyrus version of Lucy in the Sky
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Resa,
For whatever reason, the chorus of this song occasionally pops into my head. … so thanks … and thanks for passing on Miley doing a Fab Four song.
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Miley’s performance is so flashy… it just seems like an opener!
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Odds of Miley opening at this end is very small … but she can be flashy.
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Blue skies by Willie Nelson and Kenny Rogers.https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/nqjepfQZwzY/mqdefault.webp
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Oh John, your link brings us to a picture! Is this the link you wanted to put in? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqjepfQZwzY
I hope The Producer does not mind me helping you out!
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Thanks, Dale. My next comment corrected my mistake 🙂
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I realised that after…my bad. Just tell me to mind my own business! 😉
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You were trying to help and I appreciate it. 🙂
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You are kind…
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You are generous…
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John,
This is an outstanding addition, and a song that has been by other great artists. Well done … and glad to see you enjoyed meeting and bantering with the official Maitre’D of the aFa musicals.
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Yes it was fun. I posted too late at night and saw double links. Chose the wrong one.
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It all worked out.
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Dear aFrank,
I am so pleased that I decided to check my blog status. In the process, I decided to pay you a visit. AND … look what’s here … a Musical. This is a wonderful welcome back. Thank you.
I hope to start posting. I will look forward to your visits, once again. 😊
This line is a beautifully poetic one: ” the place that is the steadiness of the sun, the moon, the clouds, and the stars”. This is a spectacular musical. I am looking forward to enjoying all of the selections. Thank you for producing these entertaining musicals.
Toodles,
Isadora 😎 https://youtu.be/sGZDwxnjG1g/
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Oh my, it looks like I was posting at the same time as John Howell. We were 2 seconds apart. Now, that is weird. Sadly, I’ll have to returen with another song. 😎
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This isn’t a favorite song but the video is real good. I suppose Cyndi Lauper goes well with the musical as she was always up there in the sky imaging the shining stars in her very different attire. Enjoy …. !!!!😎Cyndi Lauper – Cold Sky https://youtu.be/vVkdiNrzXp8/
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Isadora,
Hey hey hey … the classy Floridian is in the house – I’m so happy you could make it! Two posting nearly at the same time has happened before, so many thanks for see that and coming through. I didn’t know that Cyndi Lauper song, but it was a good one … thanks … and here’s one from me to you for your efforts … Bones in the Sky (Dan Fogelberg) – and you’ll love it (more ways than one). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5GOX2qT3VU 🙂
I know how much you enjoy travel, so here’s where I was … use the next post arrow (mine in below the post just above the Comments section. Excuse the gibberish of the second post … but from there, posts are consecutive. Enjoy.
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Hola mi Amigo …
It’s wonderful to be back. I needed a push and your musical did it. Thank you for that. The panic of having something of interest for my blog friends was keeping me away.
I appreciate the Dan Fogelberg song. Gracias for the gift. I enjoyed listening to it. I was familiar with it but not the video. Great Georgia O’Keefe photos. I am off to enjoy your lovely vacation posts. Happy you were able to have a little down time to decompress.
Have a FABULOUS weekend !!!!
Isadora 😎
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Glad to help provide the jump start … and I knew you would love the photos on that video! It was a perfect match for you.
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Sorry wrong link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqjepfQZwzY
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I’m going with Peter Gabriel and Sky Blue. https://youtu.be/gSzZEj-jjF0
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Jim,
Although I know Peter Gabriel, I didn’t know this song until now. Thanks.
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PS: Just stumbled across this one … and for whatever reason, you came to mind … Blue as the Iowa Sky (February Sky) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4zXFKvf9_M
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That is a new one for me. I looked for info about the couple. They are from St. Charles IL, the city we moved from in coming to IA. That is a coincidence. 🙂
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I’ve got the feeling this song was written for you … besides, I’m surprised you didn’t use The Sky is Falling (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert King, BB King) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiBOJT38Cvg … enjoy!
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I was tired and running out of time. But, that is a good song, especially this Clapton version. https://youtu.be/XbZgSdPO-X4
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I knew you would enjoy it! … especially with three icons on stage. … Thanks for the Clapton version (will listen later).
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Here’s a little number I’ve enjoyed in the past, Andy Williams, and “Under Paris Skies.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7p2M-D-P9Q Hope you enjoy it as well, Frank!
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Debra,
An excellent choice of a different genre. Gotta love the images … and believe or not, I haven’t been to Paris. (well, besides the airport) … FYI: … Andy Williams resided in Cincinnati for a time, which actually helped vault his career.
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Seems like ages since the last musical! Cheers to the new Musical [with such a great theme too!] I’ll go for Pink Floyd and “Point Me At The Sky” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QzOzLqlPpM even though there are two more popular PF songs with sky in the title. Happy Hump Day, Frank! 🙂
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Wow… didn’t know this one!
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I bet you knew the other two though… 😉
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You may be right! 😉
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🙂 🙂
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Yep. 🙂
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🙂
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Marina,
Mr. Zappa must not have any songs for this act … and I expected that he didn’t. 😉 … Pink Floyd is a classic band, and yes – I know of those other two songs … so you can bring them later (as long as they are still available.)
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😆 Happy to see you added the Allman Brothers one, such a nice song. So here are few more: U2 Bullet The Blue Sky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JjDDgK8KXc, Midnight Oil – Blue Sky Mine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofrqm6-LCqs, and finally the two Pink Floyd: The Great Gig In The Sky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAydj4OJnwQ and Point me at the sky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSrE-V0pmMk 🙂
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Good additions … and (of these) Blue Sky Mine is my favorite.
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Here is Belle Canto (Italian for “beautiful singing” or “beautiful song”) Metropolitan Opera soprano Joan Sutherland singing “Sous le ciel tout étoile” (translated “Under The Starry Sky”) from the French opera Lakmé by Leo Delibes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RilhQpoQ7LU
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Tim,
Your selection passed the Maitre D’s test as she knows French .. not that I doubted … and your selection expanded the genre in this set .. then again, I’m not an opera fan … But I am surprised you didn’t select Cabin in the Sky (Ella Fitzgerald’s version).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly7cQc_hVz4
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😀
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This is absolutely beautiful. I am an opera fan but hadn’t heard this one before.
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Love ” Eye in the Sky” so much, Frank. I even have the LP, from back in the 1980’s, but today my choice for Sky – The Musical is a song that I used to listen to as a child, from one of my parents records ~ Hoagy Carmichael’s “Ole Buttermilk Sky”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOgrjd9NKF0
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Joanne,
Awesome choice … and from the way-back machine as well. Got to love this one. 🙂
I undid the embedding (which no big deal) … Tip: Before pasting the URL, don’t press Enter (just use the space bar before and after the URL)
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Thanks, Frank. When I thought about it, I must have hit enter before adding the link.
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It happens, thus why I offer to take care of it at this end.
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Wonderful quotations, Frank. All of the songs I could think of have been taken–great choices!
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Merril,
The words and the ideas for the introduction came very easy this time … and here’s a song from our era … Mr. Blue Sky (Electric Light Orchestra) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swYdKF1MpWg … enjoy
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Oh my goodness–flashing back to being in a friend’s basement with the blacklight posters. 🙂
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I had the feeling you would enjoy this one!
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Hi Frank, Great musical theme! Here’s my pick: Kayne West’s 2006 “Touch the Sky.” Video was shot at the Grand Canyon.
Enjoy the day! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkwQbuAGLj4
Theadora
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Theadora,
Another good choice for this act! FYI: You forgot the link, but I inserted one .. I think it’s the right video.
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After a little hesitation between three choices, I decided to propose Ten Years After’s “Let the Sky Fall” because it’s the happiest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwvjJZM29_M
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Yahooey,
I can’t recall the last time I heard Ten Years After … awesome!
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I’m going with White Sky by Vampire Weekend. It sounds like they’re playing bubbles. 🙂 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhdqfX44zUM
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Well that’s the one I was going to add on after everyone else did their part! Great choice, Robin!
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Thanks, Dale. 🙂 Sorry to have taken your add-on. The other possibility was a Stevie Wonder song. I won’t give it away in case someone wants to use it. 😀
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Oh don’t be; it’s great! I was thinking the same Stevie Wonder..,.. but – gasp! – I am not a fan of Stevie… 😉
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Dale … this is for you … Ribbon in the Sky (Stevie Wonder) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT7TqecZ00k
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Funny man…
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Thank you … thank you.
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You’re lucky I love ya… 😛
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Robin,
I don’t know this one … and surely a lot going on!
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Hi Frank. I’m a big fan of Paolo Nutini.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELKbtFljucQ The song is Iron Sky, not his best, but it is live and showcases his very distinct vocals.
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Love, love, love, Paolo Nutini… Why did I not think of this one! Great choice, John.
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I love this too, John. So glad you shared it. I haven’t heard it before.
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If you like him check out Bobby Bazini. Canada’s answer to Paolo.
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I have been saying it since he came out. Not only do they sound the same, on some photos they could be brothers! So nice to see someone else has seen the resemblance! Plus he is a Quebec boy…
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Canadian is good. Spend a lot of time promoting Canadian music here on WordPress.
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I am an avid fan of CBC Radio 2. I can finally watch the Junos and actually know who is who!
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Same. Check out ckua.com. Great music there as well. Albertas cbc2
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Must be similar to the cbcR2 of Montreal, no? However, will definitely check it out!
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I take it back…Maybe I should have checked the link before commenting. Looks like a great station!
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Only 2 stations I listen to. Cbc2 and ckua. Hard to find new music anywhere else.
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I so hear you. I only listen to CBC R2..now will add another!
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John,
I don’t know the artist or the song, but this one is over-the-top good. Thanks for the introduction.
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Check him out Frank. Very good artist.
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He is indeed. Pretty much everything he sings is wonderful.
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Big Sky by Annie Lennox. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6mpnbfCFBzY
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Audra,
Wow … that’s one powerful song! I didn’t know this song but have always appreciated Annie’s voice.
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I just want to add….what happened to music like this? I miss it so….
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Cayman,
There’s a good of good music in this act – both new and old … and in a variety of genres! Here’s one from me to you … Blue Sky (Allman Brothers) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1jpQu6qR1E …
BTW … I didn’t use Peas because Carrots didn’t leave a song … just took a peek and then ran for the hills.
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Hey….no fair. “I don’t (always) know where I’ll be tomorrow.”
But I said I’d be here and here I am. I don’t scare that easily. 😉
And my song, if you couldn’t tell… “Wheel in the Sky” by Journey: http://youtu.be/MxGEVIvSFeY
Though Allman Bros were first choice. Nick Cave and Jackson Browne were on my list too.
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Carrots!!!!!
Just when I thought you passed on your ticket, you pop unexpectedly into the theater! Welcome!!!! We have quite the musical collection!
I’ve been waiting on the Journey hit, so many thanks for coming through. Rumors are Jackson Browne is backstage, but Ill be checking soon.
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I think I checked everything and didn’t see this one. Coldplay, A Sky Full of Stars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljuyyXMYT-M
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Val,
Oh … this song was the very first one in the comments (from Dale) … Bummer.
… but I think you’ll like this one as a substitute … Sky Blue and Black (Jackson Browne) … the acoustic version! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rhs4PO9Vr4
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Darn! I didn’t have time to give you a heads up, Val!
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🙂
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Dang, and here I thought I was so careful. I do like this one.
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Hence, the value of the Find function … priceless.
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I should have jumped in early with my “Blue Skies”, but this one’s so romantic too. Frank Sinatra singing “The Sky fell Down” circa 1940 I love the palm tree shown at the beginning of the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FIL4O5Q2BE
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Sylvia,
Awesome throwback in time … and that video has great picks too!.
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Not sure if encores are allowed but wanted to share Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds’ hauntingly beautiful “Push the Sky Away.” It’s one of my favorites. http://youtu.be/DbGJgrBsgng
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Carrots,
Good use of caution. I discourage comments with multiple songs because that takes possible songs away from others. However, several come back with additional songs later (about 18 hours after the initial post) … and maybe with multiple. … In other words, a perfect addition! Listening to it now … I didn’t know this one … definitely a haunting sound, but I also hear the beauty. Many thanks!
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This going out to my Maitre D in appreciation of her effort … Orange Colored Sky (Nat King Cole) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-6QknAOsVo
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Oh you know I absolutely adore Nat King Cole. Grazie mille! 💜
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When I found it, I knew I had to save it for you.
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You are the best! I am sans internet right now so I didn’t read my emails. Technician is only coming tomorrow at 1!
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Good luck.
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Thanks…going nuts as we really enjou watching The Walking Dead together…
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… and to all … It Came Out of the Sky (Creedence Clearwater Revival) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuPtOtGF4TY
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Oh – Oh – Oh – Can I put in a selection is español?
It’s one of my faves!
Cielo Azúl Cielo Nublado (Blue Sky Cloudy Sky) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2PrLkGlANk
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