The Scorpions + The Berlin Philharmonic =

Awesome.

An acappella tribute to John Williams

You can follow along with the lyrics.
[From my sweetie via e-mail.]

A prayer


Brandon Heath – Give Me Your Eyes from Brandon Heath on Vimeo.

“You can call me Al”

Like a lot of kids who came of age in the ’80s, I was not, and to this day am really not, a fan of Paul Simon. But every kid who came of age in the ’80s knew who Paul Simon was, thanks to this video:

I can still watch it just any ol’ time…

Habanera

Animal is my favorite Muppet. Just for the record.

Ode to Joy

With thanks to my frient Tom, who lifted my spirits with this earlier today.

Start your day with a smile

Matt’s Dancing 2008 footage. My favorites: the DMZ in Korea, the two from Tonga, and Nellis Airspace.
[Wave of the phin to my sweet for passing it along.]

“Lola”? No, “Yoda”

Weird Al. Who else?

The theme yesterday was “fire”

I mean to post this yesterday, but totally forgot…
Jonathan Wight asked how many covers of “Ring of Fire” one had in one’s iTunes library. For me, the answer is two: Joaquin Phoenix’s from the “Walk the Line” soundtrack, and the oldie but goodie from Social Distortion.
This led to the following random tracks being played after shuffling the results of a search in iTunes for “fire”:
1. “Ring of Fire” — Joaquin Phoenix, Walk The Line Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2. “City of New Orleans” — Johnny Cash, Ring of Fire, Disc 2
3. “Consuming Fire” — Third Day, Offerings: A Worship Album
4. “Ring of Fire” — Social Distortion, Social Distortion
5. “Fire Woman (N.Y.C. Rock Mix)” — The Cult, Fire Woman EP (import)
6. “Far and Gone” — Day of Fire, Cut & Move
7. “Waiting” — Fireflight, The Healing of Harms
8. “Shine” — By The Tree, World On Fire
9. “Reborn” — Day of Fire, Cut & Move
10. “Wake Me” — Day of Fire, Cut & Move
Apparently, my copy of iTunes has a thing for the Man in Black and Day of Fire. I can live with that.

Today’s First 10 Shuffled Songs

  1. “Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad” – Def Leppard, Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection
  2. The Big Chair” – Tears For Fears, Songs From The Big Chair
  3. Joe Bean” – Johnny Cash, At Folsom Prison
  4. Blue Train” – Johnny Cash, The Complete Sun Singles, Volume 2
  5. The Cross Has Said It All” – Matt Redman, The Friendship And The Fear
  6. “It’s So Easy” – Harvest, 41 Will Come
  7. Call Back When I’m Honest” – The Almost, Southern Weather
  8. “The Planets: Mars, The Bringer Of War (Conclusion)” – London Symphony Orchestra, Heavy Classix
  9. Flashpoint” – Whitecross, Triumphant Return
  10. Never Been Unloved” – Michael W. Smith, The Second Decade 1993-2003
    As with yesterday, all links are to the Amazon MP3 store, with the exception of Heavy Classix, which is only available on CD.