Can you suggest some songs for me?

[GregT]

All,

Jonell and I have a nice home in Carlsbad that sits on a canyon, and there are a number of other homes across the canyon and also on an adjacent street. We learned from a friend that they play church bells at 7pm so maybe a week ago, we copied their idea and have begun to do the same.

So each night at 7pm, we play the bells from Notre Dame ringing the Angelus. We then follow with two or three songs that are "soft" and finish with Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman singing "Time to Say Goodbye".

It has turned out to be pretty popular in the neighborhood and we have some people coming out at 7pm and sitting in their driveway to listen to our mini-concert. Our goal is to play until the sun sets so I will be adding an additional song every few days.

Well...I'm worried about running out of song material as I think I have another 30-ish days of lockdown to go....therefore I may need 90-150 songs....

Can TUGgers look at what I've played below and make suggestions that are of similar style? Thank you!

Already played:

Ave Maria (Barbara Bonney)
The Rose (Bette Midler)
Bridge over troubled water (Simon and Garfunkel)
God Bless the USA (Lee Greenwood)
Country Road (John Denver)
Lean on Me (Bill Withers)
Piano Man (Billy Joel)
Rocket Man (Elton John)
Candle in the Wind (Elton John)
It's a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
Somewhere over the Rainbow (Iz)
December 1963 (Frankie Valli)
California Dreaming (Mamas and Papas)

Plan to play (individual songs):

Sister Golden Hair (America)
Horse with no Name (America)
Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Unforgettable (Natalie and Nat King Cole)
The River (Garth Brooks)
Friends in Low Places (Garth Brooks)
Morning has Broken (Cat Stevens)
Come Together (Beatles)
Song of the South (Alabama)
Remember When (Alan Jackson)
Teach your Children (Crosby Stills & Nash)
Southern Cross (CSN)
Wagon Wheel (Darius Rucker)
Carefree Highway (Gordon Lightfoot)
If you could read my mind (Gordon Lightfoot)
Day-O (Harry Bellafonte)
Music of the Night (Michael Crawford/Andrew Lloyd Webber)
All I ask of you (Sarah Brightman/ALW)
The Phantom of the Opera (MC and SB/ALW)
Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash)
I walk the line (Johnny Cash)
Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash)
The Gambler (Kenny Rogers)
Walking in Memphis (Marc Cohn)
Mamma Mia (Abba)
Spirit in the Sky (Norman Greenbaum)
Radio Gaga (Queen)
Toes (Zac Brown Band)
Chicken Fried (Zac Brown Band)
Knee Deep (Zac Brown Band)

Mini-concerts (on Fridays, we are going to play longer)

Eagles
Fleetwood Mac
Les Miserables
James Taylor
Jimmy Buffett
Neil Diamond

Thanks all for any suggestions -- much appreciated!

Best,

Greg

 

[nerodog]

Home- Karla Bonoff, Imagine, John Lennon, memories from Cats, ; Carly Simon, Linda Ronstadt, Rod Stewart the old classics, Natalie Cole.

 

[nerodog]

Sounds like a terrific idea. Lucky neighbors!

 

[Rolltydr]

All,

Jonell and I have a nice home in Carlsbad that sits on a canyon, and there are a number of other homes across the canyon and also on an adjacent street. We learned from a friend that they play church bells at 7pm so maybe a week ago, we copied their idea and have begun to do the same.

So each night at 7pm, we play the bells from Notre Dame ringing the Angelus. We then follow with two or three songs that are "soft" and finish with Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman singing "Time to Say Goodbye".

It has turned out to be pretty popular in the neighborhood and we have some people coming out at 7pm and sitting in their driveway to listen to our mini-concert. Our goal is to play until the sun sets so I will be adding an additional song every few days.

Well...I'm worried about running out of song material as I think I have another 30-ish days of lockdown to go....therefore I may need 90-150 songs....

Can TUGgers look at what I've played below and make suggestions that are of similar style? Thank you!

Already played:

Ave Maria (Barbara Bonney)
The Rose (Bette Midler)
Bridge over troubled water (Simon and Garfunkel)
God Bless the USA (Lee Greenwood)
Country Road (John Denver)
Lean on Me (Bill Withers)
Piano Man (Billy Joel)
Rocket Man (Elton John)
Candle in the Wind (Elton John)
It's a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
Somewhere over the Rainbow (Iz)
December 1963 (Frankie Valli)
California Dreaming (Mamas and Papas)

Plan to play (individual songs):

Sister Golden Hair (America)
Horse with no Name (America)
Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Unforgettable (Natalie and Nat King Cole)
The River (Garth Brooks)
Friends in Low Places (Garth Brooks)
Morning has Broken (Cat Stevens)
Come Together (Beatles)
Song of the South (Alabama)
Remember When (Alan Jackson)
Teach your Children (Crosby Stills & Nash)
Southern Cross (CSN)
Wagon Wheel (Darius Rucker)
Carefree Highway (Gordon Lightfoot)
If you could read my mind (Gordon Lightfoot)
Day-O (Harry Bellafonte)
Music of the Night (Michael Crawford/Andrew Lloyd Webber)
All I ask of you (Sarah Brightman/ALW)
The Phantom of the Opera (MC and SB/ALW)
Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash)
I walk the line (Johnny Cash)
Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash)
The Gambler (Kenny Rogers)
Walking in Memphis (Marc Cohn)
Mamma Mia (Abba)
Spirit in the Sky (Norman Greenbaum)
Radio Gaga (Queen)
Toes (Zac Brown Band)
Chicken Fried (Zac Brown Band)
Knee Deep (Zac Brown Band)

Mini-concerts (on Fridays, we are going to play longer)

Eagles
Fleetwood Mac
Les Miserables
James Taylor
Jimmy Buffett
Neil Diamond

Thanks all for any suggestions -- much appreciated!

Best,

Greg

Imagine - John Lennon

 

[VacationForever]

Since a daughter and father duet was just posted on one of the TUG thread I would add The Prayer by Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli or the recent One World version where a number of the artists sang from their homes.

 

[bbodb1]

Two George Strait songs make for good sing alongs:
Amarillo by Morning and I Can Still Make Cheyenne

Also, how about Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London!

 

[bbodb1]

Also, hard to go wrong with Gerry and the Pacemakers!

YNWA!

 

[bbodb1]

No Chairman of the Board???!???

 

[bbodb1]

Pavarotti and Adams.....

 

[sdbrier]

Who wants to live forever. By Queen.
Excellent overlooked soundtrack movie tune from Highlander.

 

[bbodb1]

In the Arms of an Angel - Sarah McLachlan

 

[bbodb1]

Who wants to live forever. By Queen.

How can this one be overlooked?

 

[bnoble]

I've enjoyed a cover of "I Have Dreamed" by the Christian Brothers Trio. It is simultaneously sad and hopeful, and has become my pandemic anthem.

 

[Ralph Sir Edward]

This is more obscure, but how about:

Neil Young - Long May You Run
Na Leo - It's a Beautiful Day

Some from Arlo Guthrie -
Coming Into Los Angeles
Last Train
City Of New Orleans

Chicago -
Color My World
Make Me Smile

And you can't go wrong with some Fifth Dimension
Up, Up, and Away
Aquarius/Let The Sun Shine In
Never My Love

Jefferson Starship - Miracles
Jimmy Buffet - Son Of A Son Of A Sailor
Leon Russell - Stranger In A Strange Land
The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon
The Rutles - Shangri-La
War - All Day Music
Warren Zevon - Mutineer

 

[Ralph Sir Edward]

Oh yes - Louis Armstrong - It's A Wonderful World

 

[jont]

Peaceful Easy Feeling.... The Eagles
Blue Sky....Allman Brothers
That’s Amore.....Dean Martin
Always on my Mind.....Willie Nelson

 

[Rolltydr]

Peaceful Easy Feeling.... The Eagles
Blue Sky....Allman Brothers
That’s Amore.....Dean Martin
Always on my Mind.....Willie Nelson

Good ones!

 

[dayooper]

If you like Darius Rucker’s cover of Wagon Wheel, check out the original by Old Crow Medicine Show. It’s bluegrass with slide guitar and the like.

For something a little different, listen to Ryan Bingham’s Southside of Heaven. He also does a cover of The Band’s song The Weight. He is in the genre of Americana.

The Folk Rock Band The Avett Brothers has a great tear jerker about family called Murder in the City. It’s letter to his family written from the point of view of someone that leaves the house to work away from home. Very moving.

 

[VacationForever]

I thought of this, may not gel with the theme - Barry White's You are the First, My Last, My Everything. It is always a great song.

Here is a snippet from Ally McBeal's episode with Barry White. I have forgotten how much I enjoyed Ally McBeal.

 

[klpca]

Sweet Caroline....make it a sing along!

 

[nerodog]

I thought of another..Instrumental...Song for Guy by Elton John. Also Sailing, Rod Stewart.

 

[wyannuzzi]

Share the Land - The Guess Who
American Pie - Don McLean
Dust in the Wind - Kansas

 

[Gypsy65]

 

[Gypsy65]

 

[bbodb1]

This one will get them moving!