#classrock

[playlist below!]

So tonight I tweeted “Sometimes you just gotta put in the ear buds and crank rod stewart, sonny+cher and the lovin’ spoonfuls and remember what’s up.”

Music has a powerful transformational quality. I often wonder what I would do if I didn’t have music to get me through the day. I listen to music when I’m walking to and from work, when I’m getting ready, when I’m writing, when I’m in my car. All of the time. It’s always different music and very random—ranging from oldies to 90s rap. But the fact is that music has the power to take us from the moment and transport us somewhere else…either to the old days or just remind us to look around and appreciate. I’ll often be walking and jamming out, while looking around and remembering all of nature’s beauty and be instantly reminded of why I need to be thankful for the life I’m living.

Sometimes when I’m sad, I’ll listen to songs that make me more sad. Sometimes when I’m happy, I’ll listen to songs that my friends, siblings and I listened to on high school camping trips and be transported back to the simpler days. Oftentimes, I’ll write to music that has no lyrics—just a beautiful melody that makes me feel alive.

Tonight though, I’m feeling the old stuff. My parents and siblings were always obsessed with listening to the Beatles, the Doobie Brothers, Bread, Lynyrd Skynyrd, CCR, etc. And that kind of music just has a happy effect on me.

I learned something interesting when I was in a Rock and Roll Appreciation course in college—the only music that infants are not naturally conditioned to like is country. VIBES! Haha. That being said, there are some good country songs that my friends have taught me to love.

Anyway, here are some links so some old songs that always bring me happiness and nostalgia [in no particular order]:

I Got You Babe//Sonny and Cher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylGrQVL774k

Ohh La La//The Faces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_xwnb3cymc

Maggie May//Rod Stewart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVApuLlv-rU

Do You Believe in Magic//The Lovin’ Spoonful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDYNuD4CwlI

Dancing In the Moonlight//King Harvest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMc8naeeSS8

Black Water//Doobie Brothers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km4-eKvv3EM

Don’t You//Simple Minds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdqoNKCCt7A

Stuck In the Middle With You/Stealers Wheel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DohRa9lsx0Q

Jet Airliner//Steve Miller Band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlFXhigvTvM

Life’s Been Good//Joe Walsh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXWvKDSwvls

Penny Lane//The Beatles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-rB0pHI9fU

Curtis Lowe//Lynyrd Skynyrd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSvKkMs2ieo

Lady Madonna//The Beatles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLRiGX3L-kw

Maybe I’m Amazed//Paul McCartney: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm2YyVZBL8U

Brandy//Looking Glass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVx8L7a3MuE

The Lovely Linda//Paul McCartney: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn-wqFI9YcE

Fortunate Son//CCR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40JmEj0_aVM&list=PLf6-wYiizn9OeMoUX_QpvHpClWuGdwn-r

When I’m 64//The Beatles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoG0d6HK2Vw&index=9&list=PLoVsn4Sj7sy_lBDQbtcilDyo0fadRBVW6

With A Little Help From My Friends//Paul McCartney: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75Oct1Qv8x0

Signed, Sealed, Delivered//Stevie Wonder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inXC_lab-34

Build Me Up Buttercup//The Foundations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iol0B-clFFM

ABC//The Jackson 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e5qLfeDJmk

Everything I Own//Bread: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q1kB0R4Ijs

Fire and Rain//James Taylor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3uaXCJcRrE

Danny’s Song//Kenny Loggins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FDcTyyXQb8

Old Man//Neil Young: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYUgGs9IStY

Landslide//Stevie Nicks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xW2taEoH6s

Rich Girl//Hall and Oats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIAkRVBS-0U

Leather and Lace//Stevie Nicks and Don Henley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLEMiDrdSKU

Me and Bobbie McGee//Janis Joplin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXV_QjenbDw

Gimme Some Water//Eddie Money: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU-KVObNEd4

Piece of My Heart//Janis Joplin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0f5ZG9LG6k

Tiny Dancer//Elton John: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBWfUc5jKiM