music meme - bundle!

[fannishliss]

19 - a song from your favorite album
20 - a song that you listen to when you're angry
21 - a song that you listen to when you're happy

19.  I've been trying for two days to come up with "my favorite album" but there's no such thing.  I have more albums than I can really count and I winnow them out periodically... every album has something so great on it.  Just for the sake of form, let's go with Physical Graffiti, and the song In the Light.  Besides, it's appropriate for the holiday. 

20. I'm not the world's biggest fan of Sarah McLachlan, but she did such a fantastic job with the St. Francis Prayer.  I'm trying to teach the sign language for the prayer to the Sunday school kids at my church, and it is not easy!  There are a lot of complicated religious concept words in the prayer.  Anyway, i absolutely love this vid, which is about Castiel and the Winchesters, and it's just exquisite. So yeah, this is what I listen to when I'm angry.  You'd think the Metallica and the Disturbed, but no, that's what I listen to when I want to clean house.  :)

21. Here is a great song for when you are happy:  Battu, by Angelique Kidjo.  I use this in baby music all the time, and by coincidence, it is also the name of my lead gerbil -- Battu is a common Mongolian name meaning Hero, and gerbils are Mongolian, so.  Angelique Kidjo is a fantastic rock singer from Benin.  In this song she is singing in Yoruba, and it means: We may have no money, We may have no food, But we know our pride. You can go play with your money, Enjoy it with other people--We couldn't care less! It has this great opening with the Kora, the African harp, and a lot of wonderful flute and rhythmic singing.  It is such a fun cheery song.  If you like it, you will enjoy the album "African Playground" from Putomayo -- a terrific label that makes CD samplers of music from all over the world.

We got up in the middle of the night and looked at the moon in eclipse. It was cool.  I am so happy today is solstice. Yay, return of the sun!!!!

Comments

[kalliel]

Physical Graffitti is awesome. <3 It's the only album I own of theirs, so I suppose I can't truly compare, but it's fantastic nonetheless.

The things that come up in this music meme are all so fascinating. Loving the music recs! :D

[fannishliss.livejournal.com]

glad you're enjoying! Really you can't go wrong with a Zeppelin album. Physical Graffiti just wins out because it's double length. :) Haven't you got #4 yet? It's the big classic!