Thursday, January 21, 2010

Music Gives Me Hope

It'll be interesting to see what's the first song that comes to mind once i finish this. Up, i done thought of one already: "I Know It's You" by Donny Hathaway. Sigh with joy when I allow myself to really listen. Oh, and Amel Larrieux's "Make Me Whole." Dammit. I'll make a list. Warning, most obvious most true warning: this list will not be complete and cover the expanse of my heart.

1. "I Know It's You" -Donny Hathaway
2. "Make Me Whole"- Amel Larrieux
3. "For Once in My Life"-Stevie Wonder
4. "Sunshine of My Life"- Stevie Wonder
5. "Overjoyed"
6. "Do I Do"
7.  "All I Do"
8. "That Girl"
9. "I Was Made to Love Her"
10. "Knocks Me Off My Feet" (ugh! just gotta close your eyes and see that walk in the park!)
11. "As"
12. "You and I"
See a trend? I can't ever just listen to one Stevie Wonder song. It's one of those things i tell myself i'm gonna do just to allow me to go down that road. That's a list in itself and i'm sure many people have them.
13. Now for more Donny, "Love Love Love"
14. "A Song for You"
15. "Nothing Even Matters" (!) - Lauryn Hill & D'Angelo
16. funnily enough "I Used to Love Him" - Lauryn Hill & Mary J. Blige
17. "For Real" -Amel Larrieux
18. "Try Your Wings" -Amel Larrieux (it's a jazz standard but I heard her sing it first)
19.  Lauryn Hill singing "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You"
20. "Stellar" (!)- Incubus
21. "Dig"- Incubus
22. "Sun Comes Up" -John Legend
23. "Love is You" - Chrisette Michele
24. "I'd Do It All Again" - Corinne Bailey Rae (and when you know the history that goes with it and pay close attention to the video, it becomes even more amazing)
25. "Call Me When You Get This"- Corinne Bailey Rae
26. "Head Over Feet"- Alanis Morisette
27. "No One Else"- Amel Larrieux
28. "Heaven Must Be Likes This" -Ohio Players
29. "Always & Forever" - Heatwave
30.  "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls
31. "Angel"- Groove Theory
32. "Didja Know" - Groove Theory
33. "For the Love of You"  (!)- The Isley Brothers
34. "Maybe Tomorrow"- The Jackson 5
35. "Not Like Crazy" - Jill Scott
36. "It's Love" - Jill Scott
37. "The Way" - Jill Scott
38. "Hello, It's Me." - The Isley Brothers, Amel Larrieux, John Legend (each of them have a version)
39. "Ordinary People" -John Legend
40. "P.D.A." - John Legend ;]
41. "Only Heart" - John Mayer
42. "Daughters" - John Mayer
43. "City Love" - John Mayer (!!!was a little obsessed before I left for college)
44. "Love Song for No One" - John Mayer
45. "Dulce Compania" - Julieta Venegas (if I'm translating it right with my knowledge of Spanish, haha.)
46. "Glow" - Kelis
47.  "I'm Into You," "Set You Free," "Inside" - Kem
48.  "I Belong to You" - Lenny Kravitz
49.  "Dreaming Wide Awake" - Lizz Wright
50.  "Sunshine" - Lupe Fiasco
51. "...And He Gets the Girl" - Lupe Fiasco
52. "Never Too Much" - Luther Vandross
53. "Eight Days A Week" - The Beatles
54. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" - The Beatles
55. "Get to Know Ya" -  Maxwell
56. "realove" - Musiq
57. "Romancipation" - Musiq
58. "Her" - Musiq
59. "Speechless" - Musiq
60. "Misty" - Nancy Wilson (heard her sing it first)
61. "Fly Me to the Moon" - Nancy Wilson (same)
62. "The Very Thought of You" - Nancy Wilson (same)
63.  "Pretty World" - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
64.  "You've Really Got A Hold On Me" - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (i just imagine slow dancing to this in the living room)
65.  "Quiet Storm" - Smokey Robinson
66. "Send One You Love" - Stevie Wonder
67. "Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel" - Tavares
68. "Get Ready"- The Temptations (!!!)
69. "When Somebody Loves You Back"- (R.I.P.) Teddy Pendergrass
70. "My Girl" - The Temptations
71. "Anniversary" - Toni!Tony!Tone!"
72. "Somersault" - Zero 7
73. "Only Have Eyes for You" - The Flamingos
74."Til the End of Time" - The Flamingos
75. "Lovers Never Say Goodbye" - The Flamingos
76. "For Lovers Only" - Maxwell
77.  "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" - Aretha Franklin
78. "Daydreaming" - Aretha Franklin
79. "I'll Write A Song for You" - Earth, Wind & Fire


And anything else that lets me know I'm not the only one hungry. Actually that's this song, "The Blues Are Brewin" -Billie Holiday and when i heard her sing, "When the Lord up above you/sends someone to love you/the blues are something you lose." I stopped. (My) Deep dark secret belief being aired out all crazy. Alright, not too deep and dark and secret but yeah. And that's not to disregard the importance of self-love and knowing other things can making you happy and etc. Now, I know that line from the song maybe a complex and contested statement but shoot for that moment i said, Ah ha yes! I have reasons for each song above and I'm sure I'm missing some but I can only do so much at once.

And what made me think about this, these sites:  GivesMeHope and LoveGivesMeHope. Now, call it sappy if you want, but I melt (and by melt, i mean i get all warm inside and find a tear or two in the corner of my eyes) a little after reading a few of these in one sitting.

And until I get to know what I'm feeling about each time I hear these songs, Music Gives Me Hope.. for Love.

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