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November 18, 2004
A little traveling music, maestro.
I was walking to work yesterday, and the strangest thing happened: I turned the corner onto the street where my office is located, and my iPod started in on Barbra Streisand's "Don't Rain On My Parade."
Don't ask.
A cheesy showtune, to be sure, and yet I found myself resisting the urge to smile. And then I stopped resisting the urge entirely, which is very unlike me.
So, this morning, before work, I created a new playlist titled, "Freedom."
Here are the cuts:
| Title | Artist |
| Freedom '90 | George Michael |
| Don't Rain on My Parade | Barbra Streisand |
| Don't Pull Your Love Out On Me Baby | Hamilton, Joe Frank And Reynolds |
| We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place | The Animals |
| Roam | The B-52's |
| Remedy | The Black Crowes |
| Let`s Get Retarded | Black Eyed Peas |
| The Old Landmark | The Blues Brothers Soundtrack |
| It's Time To Change | Brady Bunch |
| Carry On | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
| I've Had The Time of My Life | Dirty Dancing Soundtrack |
| Up In Here | DMX |
| 9 to 5 | Dolly Parton |
| Break On Through | The Doors |
| You Don't Own Me | Dusty Springfield |
| Friday On My Mind | Easy Beats |
| Two Tickets to Paradise | Eddie Money |
| Mr. Blue Sky | Electric Light Orchestra |
| It's Now Or Never | Elvis Presley |
| I Saved The World Today | Eurythmics |
| Go Your Own Way | Fleetwood Mac |
| Learn To Fly | Foo Fighters |
| Build Me Up Buttercup | Foundations |
| Come Fly With Me | Frank Sinatra |
| It Was A Very Good Year | Frank Sinatra |
| Town Without Pity | Gene Pitney |
| Get It While You Can | Janis Joplin |
| Vinyard | Joe Higgs |
| Whatever Gets You Thru The Night | John Lennon |
| To Life | Fiddler On the Roof |
| You Can't Blame Me | Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum, & Durr |
| Fantastic Voyage | Lakeside |
| Watch That Man | Lee Fields |
| Enjoy Yourself | Louis Prima featuring Keely Smith |
| To Sir With Love | Lulu |
| Let's Get It On | Marvin Gaye |
| Back Where We Started From | Maxine Nightengale |
| Umi Says | Mos Def |
| Cinnamon Girl | Neil Young |
| I Got Life | The B-52's |
| To Be Young, Gifted and Black | Nina Simone |
| I Think I Love You | The Partridge Family |
| Live And Let Die | Paul McCartney & Wings |
| 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover | Paul Simon |
| Is That All There Is | Peggy Lee |
| Hard Day's Night | Peter Sellers |
| Hikky-Burr (Kincaid Kinfolk) | Quincy Jones and Bill Cosby |
| Oh Happy Day | Quincy Jones and Bill Cosby |
| Eee-O Eleven | Sammy Davis, Jr. |
| Verb: That's What's Happening | Schoolhouse Rock |
| History Repeating | Shirley Bassey and Propellerheads |
| Mr. Roboto | Styx |
| Beautiful Day (live on SNL) | U2 |
| Elevation (live SNL) | U2 |
| Behind Blue Eyes | The Who |
| Big Man | Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra |
| These Boots Are Made For Walking | Nancy Sinatra |
Yesterday's smile keeps creeping back. I'm gonna have to keep an eye on that.
Posted by Your Protagonist at November 18, 2004 12:21 PM