Renditions of Good songs

I apologise, this has nothing of Drake on it, except his words I poorly sing. I became aware of the song, melancholy, from a Blacklist episode in season 1. My primary motivation with these covers is to find songs with an ear whig quality. I don't seek to copy them, but give myself a reminder, and access to them. Before I was 21, every song I'd ever loved I'd bought half a dozen times as things got taken from me. I still don't have those songs for good, but I find I can remind myself of what I treasured. Melancholy numbers like this have a season, like Mitchell's Blue. I prefer gospel. I prefer progressive rock. I prefer classical. I do not like grunge or rap. === Five Leaves Left is the debut studio album by English folk musician Nick Drake. Recorded between 1968 and 1969, it was released in 1969 by record label Island. === Strange face, with your eyes So pale and sincere Underneath you know well You have nothing to fear For the dreams that came to you when so young Told of a life Where spring is sprung You would seem so frail In the cold of the night When the armies of emotion Go out to fight But while the earth sinks to its grave You sail to the sky On the crest of a wave So forget this cruel world Where I belong I'll just sit and wait And sing my song And if one day you should see me in the crowd Lend a hand and lift me To your place in the cloud === "'Cello Song" Danny Thompson – double bass Rocky Dzidzornu – congas, shaker Clare Lowther – cello https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Leaves_Left === AUAWN0125121

Music apparently by Keith Green Art by May Wa Leng Video by video blocks.com pictures, singing etc DD Ball === http://conservativeweasel.blogspot.com/2011/10/create-in-me-clean-heart.html === Psalm 51:10-12 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2051:10-12&version=NIV ARIA ISRC number AUAWA1200005

A campaign to eliminate sun beds after Clare Oliver discovered it had killed her === Enjoy, dance, delight But not too close to the light. Icarus fell, but he lived and flew Who'd deny him his wish .. you? His father's advice, your mother warned But who listened? Who saw? All those excuses denied you: My mother gave me drugs I didn't know it was so long I'm singing everybody's song If it feels good it isn't wrong. Grin, burst, flash But not too close to the lamp Icarus fell, but he lived and flew Who'd deny him his wish .. you? The desire to live. The desire to fly. The desire to be all you can buy. All those excuses denied you: If it gets bad I'll quit I don't know who gave it, or why When you feel down it helps you fly I didn't think I would die. Pain, resolve, despair But not so close as to be seen Icarus fell, but he lived and flew Who'd deny him his wish .. you? A pain in the head. A pain in the neck. The pain that lodged inside your heart. All those excuses you denied. It was all your fault. The others had tried. The dream was lost And so you died. http://conservativeweasel.blogspot.com.au/2007/09/my-tribute-to-clare-oliver.html Ziur - Music, composition, keyboards, guitar, voices. RuiDernaz - Bass guitar, guitars. Pioneer - Drums. ddball - Lyrics. === I was raised as an Atheist. I learned, after reading the Bible, that God loves me, and you. This is his song for you too. He loves you, and wants to be with you. All the elements are me and mine. ARIA ISRC number AUAWN0709124

I have no right to express the feelings I express in this. I did it a few years ago as a creative writing exercise. This is why I don't do much original work.

"Hello" is a song by Lionel Richie. Taken as the third single from Richie's multi-platinum album Can't Slow Down, the song was released in 1984 and reached number one on three Billboard music charts: the pop chart (for two weeks), the R&B chart (for three weeks), and the adult contemporary chart (for six weeks). The song also went to number one on the UK Singles Chart. It is considered by some to be Richie's signature song. The song is particularly memorable for the line "Hello, is it me you're looking for?". In an interview broadcast in the UK on Channel 4's Top 100 Number One Hits, Richie said he had been thanked by a large number of normally tongue-tied men who had proposed marriage after a slow dance to the song.

Just because I cannot sing, does not mean I will not sing === "Spanish Ladies" (Roud 687) is a traditional British naval song, describing a voyage from Spain to the Downs from the viewpoint of ratings of the Royal Navy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Ladies === I was raised as an Atheist. I learned, after reading the Bible, that God loves me, and you. This is his song for you too. He loves you, and wants to be with you. All the elements are me and mine. ARIA ISRC number AUAWN1008120

I fell in love with the song, having heard it on an Irish compilation === "The Spinning Wheel" was written in the mid-1800s by an Irish lawyer and poet named John Francis Waller. It's a beautiful ballad written in waltz time (3/4 time). To understand the song better, you'll want to know that "a chara" means "dear" and "The Coolin" refers to a traditional Irish air called "An Chúilfhionn," which translates to "The Fair-Haired One." === Mellow the moonlight to shine is beginning Close by the window young Eileen is spinning Bent o'er the fire her blind grandmother sitting Is crooning and moaning and drowsily knitting. Merrily, cheerily, noiselessly whirring Swings the wheel, spins the wheel while the foot's stirring Spritely and lightly and merrily ringing Trills the sweet voice of the young maiden singing. "Eileen, a chara, I hear someone tapping" "'Tis the ivy dear mother against the glass flapping" "Eily, I surely hear somebody sighing" "'Tis the sound mother dear of the autumn winds dying." Merrily, cheerily, noiselessly whirring Swings the wheel, spins the wheel while the foot's stirring Spritely and lightly and merrily ringing Trills the sweet voice of the young maiden singing. "What's the noise that I hear at the window I wonder" "'Tis the little birds chirping, the holly-bush under" "What makes you be shoving and moving your stool on And singing all wrong the old song of 'The Coolin'?" Merrily, cheerily, noiselessly whirring Swings the wheel, spins the wheel while the foot's stirring Spritely and lightly and merrily ringing Trills the sweet voice of the young maiden singing. There's a form at the casement, the form of her true love And he whispers with face bent, "I'm waiting for you, love" Get up on the stool, through the lattice step lightly And we'll rove in the grove while the moon's shining brightly." Merrily, cheerily, noiselessly whirring Swings the wheel, spins the wheel while the foot's stirring Spritely and lightly and merrily ringing Trills the sweet voice of the young maiden singing. The maid shakes her head, on her lips lays her fingers Steps up from the stool, longs to go and yet lingers A frightened glance turns to her drowsy grandmother Puts one foot on the stool, spins the wheel with the other. Merrily, cheerily, noiselessly whirring Swings the wheel, spins the wheel while the foot's stirring Spritely and lightly and merrily ringing Trills the sweet voice of the young maiden singing. Lazily, easily, swings now the wheel round Slowly and lowly is heard now the reel's sound Noiseless and light to the lattice above her The maid steps then leaps to the arms of her lover. Merrily, cheerily, noiselessly whirring Swings the wheel, spins the wheel while the foot's stirring Spritely and lightly and merrily ringing Trills the sweet voice of the young maiden singing. Slower and slower and slower the wheel rings Lower and lower and lower the reel rings E're the reel and the wheel stopped their ringing and moving Through the grove the young lovers by moonlight are roving.

"Longer" is a song written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg. The song can be found on Fogelberg's 1979 album Phoenix. It was also included on his 1982 greatest hits album as well as various other retrospective and compilation recordings. Fogelberg, who had released more rock-oriented songs throughout the 1970s, jokingly described "Longer" in the liner notes to one of his retrospective albums as "the song that put me on the elevators."[1] He wrote the song while vacationing in Maui, "lounging in a hammock one night and looking up at the stars. It just seems this song was drifting around the universe, saw me, and decided I'd give it a good home." Accompanying Fogelberg's vocals is an acoustic guitar (played by the singer) as well as a flugelhorn solo by Jerry Hey. Lyrically, the song compares various events ("Longer than there've been stars up in the heavens") with his emotional attachment to the one he loves ("I've been in love with you").

The fact I cannot sing does not mean I will not Because Community Channel said she liked Al Green .. "Let's Stay Together" is a song by Al Green on his 1972 album of the same name. Released as a single in 1971, the song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and remained on the chart for 16 weeks and also topped Billboard's R&B chart for nine weeks. It was ranked the 60th greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone magazine on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

This video is about my daughter === Sunday morning. Church lunch. Patiently waiting to get tea. A little girl brings everything to a stop as she wanders around. Her dress is partly caught in her stockings and a waist bow is undone and dragging. The elderly lady getting tea stops everything to put the child right. I'm amused and point out it is good she has done that as the child could trip over it. And the lady replied that was exactly what she was thinking. I get my tea and and it is hot. Another young girl stand directly in front of me and I'm kind of glad I didn't spill the hot tea. She is holding a bottle of water that seems half her height. She looks at me, and I at her, wondering what she wants. I take the bottle from her and undo the lid. I am proud that I didn't spill the tea doing that. I hand back the bottle without the lid and she takes a sip. It gradually dawns on me that something is wrong. But before I ask the questions I should have thought of previously, her mother is at my shoulder. The mother is brilliant. "That is not yours" she says, without getting shrill but sounding hurt and exasperated with her daughter. The girl immediately moves to shield the bottle from her mother. I quickly apologise realising I could do nothing beneficial but withdraw. I feel shame at being so thoughtless. So I've made a video. === I was raised as an Atheist. I learned, after reading the Bible, that God loves me, and you. This is his song for you too. He loves you, and wants to be with you. All the elements are me and mine. ARIA ISRC number AUAWN1103115

Light Chasers is the tenth studio album by the American indie rock group Cloud Cult that was released in stores on September 14, 2010. It was previously released on the band's website via digital download and mail order on June 28, 2010. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_Chasers === You were born into a strange world. Like a candle, you were meant to share the fire. I don't know where we come from, and I don't know where we go. But my arms were made to hold you, so I will never let you go. 'Cause you were born to change this life. You were born to chase the light. You were born Love your mother, yeah she's s good one. She'll build you armor; keep you warm as a hen. The stars may fall and the rains may pour, But I will love you evermore. You were born to make this right. You were born to chase the light. You were born Oh my precious, oh my love, when they come to take me, I will hold you from above. I don't know why we're here, and I don't know how, But I'm here with you now, I am here with you now. 'Cause you were born to make this right. 'Cause you were born to change this life. 'Cause you were born to chase the light. === I first noticed this on the Blacklist season 1. I don't ascribe to the theology implicit to the sentimentality, but feel it is awesome beautiful as a parent's tribute to the hope of a child. AUAWN0201121

Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. is the debut album by folk duo Simon & Garfunkel, released October 19, 1964. It was produced by Tom Wilson and engineered by Roy Halee. It initially flopped, but was re-released in January 1966 to capitalize on their newfound radio success and reached #30 on the Billboard pop charts. It is perhaps best known for the acoustic version of "The Sound of Silence". In several concerts, Art Garfunkel related that during the photo sessions for the album cover, several hundred pictures were taken that were unusable due to the "all-familiar suggestion" on the wall in the background, which inspired the song "A Poem on the Underground Wall". AUAWN0702112 Seriously awful lyric writing must be celebrated I can hear the soft breathing Of the girl that I love As she lies here beside me Asleep with the night And her hair, in a fine mist Floats on my pillow Reflecting the glow Of the winter moonlight She is soft, she is warm But my heart remains heavy And I watch as her breasts Gently rise, gently fall For I know with the first light of dawn I'll be leaving And tonight will be All I have left to recall Oh, what have I done, Why have I done it? I've committed a crime, I have broken the law For twenty-five dollars And pieces of silver I held up and robbed A hard liquor store My life seems unreal, My crime an illusion A scene badly written In which I must play Yet I know as I gaze At my young love beside me The morning is just a few hours away

The First Nowell (also written The First Noël) is a traditional English Christmas carol, most likely from the 18th century, although possibly earlier. The word Noel comes from the French word Noël meaning "Christmas", from the Latin word natalis ("birth"). In its current form it is of Cornish origin, and it was first published in Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (1823) and Gilbert and Sandys Christmas Carols (1833), both of which were edited by William B. Sandys and arranged, edited and with extra lyrics written by Davies Gilbert. Today, it is usually performed in a four-part hymn arrangement by the English composer John Stainer, first published in his Christmas Carols, New and Old of 1871. The melody is unusual among English folk melodies in that it consists of one musical phrase repeated twice, followed by a variation on that phrase. All three phrases end on the third of the scale. The refrain, also unusually, merely repeats the melody of the verse. It is thought to be a corruption of an earlier melody sung in a church gallery setting "The First O Well"; a conjectural reconstruction of this earlier version can be found in the New Oxford Book of Carols. http://conservativeweasel.blogspot.com/2010/12/daily-devotional-sunday-26th-december.html

Jack Hayford circa 1981 http://conservativeweasel.blogspot.com/2010/12/daily-devotional-thursday-16th-december_17.html

eddie espinosa circa 1982 devotional === The fact I cannot sing does not mean I will not

"Happy Together" is a 1967 song from The Turtles' album of the same name. Released in February of 1967, the song knocked The Beatles' "Penny Lane" out of the #1 slot for three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. It was the group's only chart-topper. "Happy Together" reached #12 on the UK Singles Chart in April 1967. The song was written by Garry Bonner and Alan Gordon, former members of a band known as The Magicians. The song had been rejected a dozen times before The Turtles were offered it, and the demo acetate was worn out

"You've Got a Friend" is a song from 1971. The song, written by Carole King, was included in her album Tapestry of 1971, but was made famous by James Taylor's cover version the same year. Taylor's rendition, released as a single from his own 1971 album Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon, reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 4 on the UK Singles Chart. The James Taylor version also spent one week at the top of the Easy Listening charts. "You've Got a Friend" won Grammy Awards both for Taylor (Best Male Pop Vocal Performance) and King (Song of the Year).

Merla Watson's take on Philippians 4:13,19 http://conservativeweasel.blogspot.com/2010/12/daily-devotional-sunday-12th-december.html

The fact I cannot sing does not mean I will not === "Can't Help Falling in Love", by George Weiss, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore, is a pop song based on "Plaisir d'amour" by Jean Paul Egide Martini. It was adapted for inclusion in the 1961 film Blue Hawaii, starring Elvis Presley. During the following four decades, it went on to be covered by numerous artists, most notably by the British reggae group UB40, whose 1993 version topped the U.S. and UK Singles charts. To this day it remains the anthem of many football and Rugby League clubs, Including Hull City FC Sunderland A.F.C and Huddersfield Giants. AUAWN0901112

Because I love her. The song is devotional for God. === The Hillsong United band is an Australian band that originated as a part of Hillsong Church. The band tours the world, performing at the various Hillsong church locations as well as general concert venues. They compose the songs for their own performances and for the other Hillsong Church worship teams that perform at weekly services. Subsidiary bands perform monthly in London and at summer camps sponsored by Hillsong. === I was raised as an Atheist. I learned, after reading the Bible, that God loves me, and you. This is his song for you too. He loves you, and wants to be with you. All the elements are me and mine. ARIA ISRC number AUAWN1304222

I heard this at church, and liked it. Apologies for the spark a minute in .. I don't know why the mic does that, but I edited out the worst . Normally I redo such things .. but I'm busy. I am road testing some images provided by Cathy who recently returned from Jerusalem and related places. Many many thanks. I didn't know where the song comes from, please help me find details and I will post them. === This is the air I breathe This is the air I breathe Your holy presence living in me This is my daily prayer This is my daily prayer Your very word spoken to me And I, I'm desperate for you And I, I'm I'm lost without you This is the air I breathe This is the air I breathe Your holy presence living in me This is my daily prayer This is my daily prayer Your very word spoken to me And I, I'm desperate for you And I, I'm lost without you And I, I'm desperate for you And I, I'm lost without you. I'm lost without you. I'm lost without you. I'm desperate for you. (Cry out to him) I'm desperate for you.. I'm lost, I'm lost, I'm lost without you.. I'm lost without you I'm desperate for you

"Bridge over Troubled Water" is the title song of Simon & Garfunkel's final album together, released January 26, 1970, though it also appears on the live album "Simon & Garfunkel, Live 1969." It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on February 28, 1970, and stayed at the top of the chart for six weeks. "Bridge over Troubled Water" also topped the adult contemporary chart in the U.S. for six weeks

"You Light Up My Life" is a ballad written by Joe Brooks and originally recorded by Kasey Cisyk for the soundtrack to the film of the same name. The song was performed in the film by its lead, Didi Conn, who lip synched Cisyk's version. Pat Boone's daughter, Debby Boone, was recruited to record the single, which became a massive success, topping the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a record-setting ten consecutive weeks. It easily became the most successful single of the 1970s in the United States and set a new Hot 100 record for longest reign at No.1. (Elvis Presley's double-sided "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog", then recognized as the longest-running No.1 of the Rock Era, spent 11 weeks atop the Billboard Best Sellers chart in 1956, before the debut of the Hot 100.) The record was matched in 1982 by Olivia Newton-John's Physical, but never surpassed until a 1991 change in chart methodology allowed songs to achieve longer reigns at No.1 ("End of the Road" by Boyz II Men set the new record, 13 weeks). The single, which was certified platinum by the RIAA, also hit #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart and even reached #4 on the Country chart. Although written by Brooks as a love song, the devout Boone interpreted the song as inspirational and proclaimed that it was instead God who "lit up her life."

Graham Kendrick Phil 2:48, Matt 26:39, Is 53:7, Eph 6:7 Circa 1983 http://conservativeweasel.blogspot.com/2010/12/daily-devotional-tuesday-7th-december.html

"I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)" is a soul song written by Stevie Wonder and Yvonne Wright, for his 1972 album, Talking Book. The song starts as a simple piano intro, then a verse in minor scales before the harmonized vocal chorus where the writer explains that he believes that his latest love will last forever. The end of the song is a groovier part with muted distorted Clavinet. The song was covered by Peter Frampton in 1973 on his Frampton's Camel album, and again by Mike + the Mechanics on their 1995 release Beggar on a Beach of Gold and by both Petra Haden and Bill Frisell on their 2003 collaboration album Petra Haden & Bill Frisell. It was also covered by Art Garfunkel on his 1975 album (Breakaway) and by Michael McDonald on his 2003 album( Motown). === I have good friends and they tell me not to do things like this ..