Laurie's Power Music

Everyone has music and times that put them in a state of…shhhhhhh my song is on, and the music takes you somewhere else, and that song becomes yours.

I was listening to some songs that do that for me, and decided to get a thread going with my favorites that give me my thrill.

Just like Jeff (MCM), started a Powertool-thread, and I followed with things that work for me, hoping that others would like it or start one of their own, the same goes for the Power Music Threads. Start One of your own & we will get to know each other so well by listening to each others ‘take me there’-kind of music.

I will start with Bruce Springsteen. His older music was what I really liked (about 35 years older (: )

I promise there will be more than Bruce. I have to admit, if you’ve ever been to a Bruce concert, at the time->there was a feeling of there not being much more. Somehow (in person), he and his band kept everyone mesmerized. You didn’t have to understand all of the lyrics, they somehow made sense when you learned them. You sang them like they were poetry, whether they were meaningless to you or not(:

A little commentary story behind early Bruce and his concerts Part 1

Check this out, all of Springsteen’s groups and how they evolved before 1970 to now

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
1. E street Shuffle Part 1
2. E Street Shuffle Part 2

To Keep up w/spirit of this concert, and the mood of the E Street Band you have to listen to this song in 2 parts to get the full deal. I love this 2 parter song!

->It’s called E. Street Shuffle Part 1

->And without Part 2 of E Street Shuffle, just isn’t complete

I try hard to get into Bruce’s more current style as he has gotten older -> but it just misses a bit of the spark for me. Though, it’s still a party with Bruce;same song 32 years later

Great exercise music!

More BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 1975

Crank up your speakers for old sound that doesn’t get stale
for:

#3 Spirit In The Night

I love this live-version of Spirit In The Night

More BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

#4 10th Avenue Freezeout #5 Later version same song-10 Avenue Freeze Out Springsteen 10th Avenue Freeze Out with surprise performance from the legendary Clarence Clemmons This was sung a bit later, after sax-player Clarence was no longer a regular. That’s why this performance was so special. Clarence surprised Bruce on stage at this concert.

For a little variation w/the same song, Bruce and Clarence from when they were in their prime

More Bruce
And last but not least this is from the other night Rock and Roll Hall of Fame… Springsteen and Sam and others singing Hold on and Soul Man I know it’s not from today’s music, but Rock and Roll never dies

Laurie
Thanks for the introduction to Bruce!
I’ve never been a big fan – none in my vast cd collection.
I grew up with many of his hits, but I don’t know why, I just never really got into him – My favorites were Rush, Styx, REO, Sting, Led Zeppelin, The Beetles, John Cougar, Foreigner, Genesis, Loverboy, Phil Collins….
After listening to some of your links above, I could become a fan yet.

In response to BKW’s post:
Hi Brian. Thanks for checking out my favorites. It was really nice to share(:
I’m not a fan of Bruce’s newer music (hardly at all). He was something to see in the 70’s! His newer albums just didn’t excite me like the old stuff.

I went to your music thread, and left you a message

More Springsteen

This is the year I was introduced to Bruce-1975 A song called Thundercrack around 1975 or before

Great exercise music(:

Same song as a much older Bruce
6. BackStreets
7. Kitty’s Back part 1
8. Kitty’s Back part 2 great sax w/the band’s legendary Clarence Clemons and great overall jam session:

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9. Jungleland
10. Rosalita
11. Prove It All Night intro
12.Prove It All Night coming soon!
To enjoy Bruce when you’re not at one of his concerts, listen to a whole song. This type of music isn’t around anymore. Experience it.
When I first listened (before seeing him), I couldn’t see the large attraction. His music was a party. When I began moving around on my own, Bruce’s music accompanied me, and life remained a party inside whereever I was.

13. Bruce in 85’ playing in Paris Born To Run

In a interview from the early 80’s Springsteen explains his own outlook on his work:

“Life is a struggle. That’s basically what the songs are about. It’s the fight everyone goes through every day. Some people have more success with it than others. I’m a romantic. To me, the idea of a romantic is someone who sees the reality, lives the reality every day, but knows about the possibilities too. You can’t lose sight of the dreams. That’s what great rock is about to me, it makes the dream seem possible.” ———————- Southside Johnny has his own big following, though he used to play with Bruce.

This is a video where Southside asks Bruce to sing with him in a real party atmosphere. It’s a little rowdy, though listen and you will (most likely) enjoy.
And for a larger screen, press where it says youtube on the screen.
14. Southside Johnny and Bruce Sprinsteen sing I Don’t Want To Go Home

15. Southside Johnny and Bruce Sprinsteen sing Havin’ a Party

16. Later version Southside without Bruce, and Still Havin a Party

Southside Johnny talking about the early days with Springsteen and Little Steven

Lost in The Flood

&feature*This Post Area is for SUPERTRAMP*

Supertramp Interview about their break up, and brief pieces of some their hit tunes

1. Supertramp singing Goodbye Stranger

2. Supertramp singing Breakfast in America

3. This is the year, 1977, I saw them in concert.
Supertramp singing Bloody Well Right

4. Supertramp singing Fools Overture

5. Supertramp singing Another Man’s Woman

6. Supertramp singing Sister Moonshine

7. Supertramp singing In The Quietest Moments

8. Supertramp singing Rudy

9. Supertramp singing You Started Laughing

JEFFERSON STARSHIP

1. Jefferson Starship with Miracles

2. With Your Love

FLEETWOOD MAC ARTISTS

1. Over My Head Christine McVie lead vocal
2. Landslide-Stevie Nix

Lyrics To Landslide

I took my love, I took it down
Climbed a mountain and I turned around
I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
till the landslide brought me down

Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love
Can the child within my heart rise above
Can I sail thru the changing ocean tides
Can I handle the seasons of my life

Well, Ive been afraid of changing
cause Ive built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Children get older
Im getting older too

Oh, take my love, take it down
Climb a mountain and turn around
If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well the landslide will bring it down

If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well maybe the landslide will bring it down

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3. Dreams

A little commentary from Lindsay regarding his guitar playing

4. Big Love-Lindsay Buckingham great acoustical guitar

Laurie
Love your tunes!
Isn’t it amazing how music can affect your psyche? I mean the way hearing a song can “take you back” to a place in time.
Keep them coming.

you’ve gotta love youtube!

In response to BKW’s post:
It’s been doing wonders for me for the very reason you mentioned(: When I take my breaks, the music is revitalizing me->keeping me from that over-worked feeling.

I’m glad you’re enjoying my choices. It makes it much more fun to share (here). And yes, youtube is the best!

ELO 1976

I love ELO. I use to love to listen to So Fine, and this is a unique lil’ video-need to hear/see to the end

SOPWITH CAMEL
Sopwith Camel singing Fazon

MOTOWN

TEMPTATIONS
For a little old old Motown from the Temptations MyGirl and
Since I Lost My Baby

On one of my birthdays I went to free concert with the Temptations! What a thrill to hear My Girl and all of the other hits in person. To top it off I was privledged to get Melvin Frankin’s autograph->one of the only original Temptations that was left. Now they are all new guys

Temptations singing Treat Her Like A Lady

SUPREMES
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough

and

Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
Your Precious Love

You’re all I need to get by

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough

Aretha Franklin
Respect

SANTANA

Samba Pa Ti

I love this song. I will find another one with less live crowd action. It’s still quite good!

Same song Live In Mexico-more video less audience

Love this song so much, couldn’t decide which one was better. I got caught up listening to both (smiles)

I really love this lady’s style. She is very artistic and sings in Spanish and English. A very unique style with a lot of feeling and soul.

Paloma Negra
Black dove

Peace,
Mary

In response to godscreation’s post:
Thanks Mary(:

I’ve been getting caught up with music tonight. I worked 10 hours, and came home ready to make a lot of food for tonight and tomorrow. I’m still going to cook, but I was cookin’ right here listening to tunes(:

I’ll probably take some songs off and add some. Though it was fun. I’ll be back. And thanks for sharing. It was lovely(:

Mary-God’screation,
You got me thinking of the Rascals (called the Young Rascals back in the day) heh heh from your post you were trying to put up. Try again.

I’m going to reserve this space for Rascals music.

One of my absolute favorites-
It’s a Beautiful Morning

More Young Rascals Music:

30 years later Lonely Too Long

Good Lovin

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Couldn’t choose which one of the videos below(:
People Gotta Be Free was their last song.
People Gotta Be Free
30 years later w/Felix Cavaliere singing People gotta be Free

people gotta be free for the troops in 2007 Love fest

All the world over, so easy to see
People everywhere just wanna be free
Listen, please listen, that’s the way it should be
Peace in the valley, people got to be free
You should see, what a lovely, lovely world this would be
If everyone learned to live together
It seems to me such an easy, easy thing this would be
Why can’t you and me learn to love one another
All the world over, so easy to see
People everywhere just wanna be free
I can’t understand it, so simple to me
People everywhere just got to be free
Ah, ah, yeah . . . ah, ah, yeah
If there’s a man who is down and needs a helping hand
All it takes is you to understand and to see him through
Seems to me, we got to solve it individually
And I’ll do unto you what you do to me
There’ll be shoutin’ from the mountains on out to sea
(out to the sea)
No two ways about it, people have to be free
(they got to be free)
Ask me my opinion, my opinion will be
(ah-ha)
It’s a natural situation for a man to be free
Oh, what a feelin’s just come over me
Enough to move a mountain, make a blind man see
Everybody’s dancin’, come on, let’s go see
Peace in the valley, now they want to be free

Thank you Laurie for pointing that out. Here is a great one.

How Can I be

Peace,
Mary

In response to godscreation’s post:
Thanks Mary! I used to listen to that a lot!

See my reserved Rascals place

Simon and Garfunkel
Bridge Over Troubled Water

Sound of Silence

Feelin’ Groovy

STYX

Styx singing Best of Times

Styx singing Lady

ToTo singing Hold The Line

SUPERTRAMP
Supertramp singing Lover Boy

Breakfast in America

GRATEFUL DEAD
Grateful Dead singing Uncle John’s Band
Grateful Dead singing Uncle One More Saturday Night

Styx singingToo Much Time On My Hands

Styx singing Come Sail Away

Ill be working on monthly playlists to motivate myself through long workouts many times a week. Need my music!

Laurie’s August Playlist

Exercise Music
( 1st song is Springsteen. Just a young rockin’ roller, music starts off slow, and a bit ‘hillbilly’ and just not quite cuttin’ & it finishes with great guitar surprises-cute song. As the song progresses -> to the finish, they do know how to have fun!
in Thundercrack)
1. A song called Thundercrack in 1972

2. Kitty’s Back part 1
3. “This is hot! Kitty’s Back part 2 great sax w/the band’s legendary Clarence Clemons and great overall jam
4. Springsteen singing Spirit in The Night
5. Santana & Clapton – Jingo

6. Great treadmill music-Santana singing Adouma

7. Santana & Rob Thomas -Smooth

8. Santana & Michelle Braxton -Game of Love

In response to laurie- worksout-daily&w/everything she’s got~ ~‘s post:
Just got the Cd from Bruce’s 1975 London concert (Hammersmith Odeon London ’75).

See youtube, people still buy the music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZpxsQUQD1g
Check this out. I’m happy this song is stuck in my head.

Rod Stewart

This ol’ heart of mine
Rod Stewart is an English-born Singer and Songwriter. He was born in the town of Highgate, North London, England. This song was released in 1966 by The Isley brothers, then released in 1989 by Rod Stewart.

Gerry Rafferty

Right Down The Line

Baker Street

Get It Right Next Time

Bob Seeger
Still the Same

Beautiful Loser

Old Time Rock N Roll

“The Hollies”

He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother by the Hollies

Carole King Love Light
Beautiful by Carole King

You’ve Got a Friend James Taylor and Carole King

Took these off another music thread I had started, called Personal Party.

Anyone ever go to Bruce concert?? The energy was unreal!!! I didn’t like him until I started going to his concerts! His newer music, I haven’t been able to get into. So if you’ve never given Bruce a try, listen and watch a few of his videos. Try his tunes at my party.
Here I go, going to start my party *1st song*with Southside Johnny and Bruce Springsteen, singing I Don’t Want To Go Home!This one gets me in a party mood!

2nd song Bruce and Southside Johnny again singing Havin a Party

Slipped in another 2nd song
Hold On I’m Coming Bruce Springsteen and Sam Moore

3rd song Springsteen 10th Avenue Freeze Out with surprise performance from the legendary Clarence Clemmons

This particular song was an early song, but sung a bit later, when sax-player Clarence was no longer a regular. That’s why this performance was so special.

Another 3rd song For a little variation w/the same song, Bruce and Clarence from when they were in their prime

I added a song so you now have 2 3rd songs(:
4th song Kingfish w/Bob Weir singing Promised Land

And another 3rd song (because I don’t feel like changing the numbers that follow)LOL another song by Kingfish
Kingfish singing Hypnotized

Another Santana song with an awesome beat. The 1st time I heard it, was good but just alright. Though it became a top one to exercise to, and then since has always reminded me of the endorphin rush on the tread mill, and absolutely love it now. It’s called Adouma. 5th song

6th song w/ great piano! Santana from 1970 with song Treat

7th song Everything is Coming Your Way by Santana

8th song Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum

9th song Ain’t To Proud To Beg

10th song Old Stevie Winwood Music from Traffic with the song Pearly Queen

11th song Jefferson Starship with Miracles

12th song with KingFish singing Hypnotized

13th song I’m Yours by Jason M.

14th song So Into You sung by Atlanta Rhythm Section

15th song Better Together by Jack Johnson

16th song Yes singing Reelin’ In The Years

17th song Steely Dan- Do It Again

18th song Supertramp w/Goodbye Stranger

19th song more Bruce with Southside Johnny singing The Fever

20th song Southside Johnny w/Springsteen singing Havin’ A Party

21st song Uncle John’s Band sung by The Grateful Dead

22nd song Southside Johnny singing Expressway To Your Heart

23rd song Springsteen singing Prove It All Night

24th song Lost In the Flood:

25th song Lover Boy by SuperTramp

Ok, can’t party all day, and soooooo looking forward for others to start their party.

Hi Laurie,
I hope you don’t mind me posting one on here. I found one by David Wilcox on youtube, he’s a guy I wanted you to check out. I think you’ll really love him.

David Wilcox Covert War

In response to themadcookieman’s post:
Interesting and intense lyrics, thought provoking pictures..(: , nice beat..I give it a thumbs up.

Van Morrison
Caravan
or this version from Last Waltz

Keep It Simple
Domino
MoonDance
Tupelo Honey and Why Must I Always Explain
And it Stoned Me

Hey Laurie, I heard this song today and thought of you
Lucky I’m in love with my best friend
(sorry couldn’t find a better version)

I likey me some Van Morrison! I really liked the song you posted too Affi, I favorited it on youtube.

In response to themadcookieman’s post:
Van Morrison —-there’s talent(:

In response to aftab’s post:
nice tune Afi(:

Hold On

U2/Bono

Stuck In The Moment

Beautiful Day

Bruce in 2009
Bruce in Baltimore Your Love Keeps Taking Me Higher

Bruce at the Palace Your Love Keeps Taking Me Higher

Bruce at Spectrum Higher and Higher

Jefferson Starship

Miracles

Your Love

St. Charles

Winds of Change

Find Your Way Back

One day I’ll straighten this thread out. I know I have some repeat songs..

I’ll get it organized soon..(:

Crosby Stills Nash and Young

Simple Man-1970 Marrakesh Express
Long Time Comin’