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22 April 2011: it's Earth Day!
« on: April 21, 2011, 03:52:39 PM »
well, duh.  One of those sets where I look forward to the "usual suspects" (3DN, Joni, Cat Stevens). i suggested Tom Paxton's "Whose garden Was This?" which i doubt she'll have -- I'll post it on FB tomorrow.
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Re: 22 April 2011: it's Earth Day!
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2011, 08:09:42 PM »
Must say this list of suggestions from Bear Toffifay (or whatev his name is) was quite interesting -- some I've not heard of:

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Rainbow Connection - Kermit The Frog
Revolution Earth - The B-52's
Pollution - Bo Diddley
This Is Planet Earth - Duran Duran
Down To Earth - Peter Gabriel
The Land, the Sea and the Sky - Sophie B. Hawkins
I Need To Wake Up - Melissa Ethridge
Windsong - John Denver
This Land Is Your Land - Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
Better Man - Keb' Mo
The Monkey's Gone To Heaven - The Pixies
Paradise - John Prine
If A Tree Falls - Bruce Cockburn
Cool, Crazy, Beautiful, World - Johnny Clegg & Savukka
Make A Better World - Maria Muldaur
Trouble The World - Katie Webster"

and I heartily 2nd the suggestion someone made for "Pollution" by Tom Lehrer

OTOH... Donna Summer's "MacArthur Park"?? Wha??
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Re: 22 April 2011: it's Earth Day!
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2011, 09:12:47 PM »
Quote from: RGMike on April 21, 2011, 08:09:42 PM
Must say this list of suggestions from Bear Toffifay (or whatev his name is) was quite interesting -- some I've not heard of:

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Rainbow Connection - Kermit The Frog
Revolution Earth - The B-52's
Pollution - Bo Diddley
This Is Planet Earth - Duran Duran
Down To Earth - Peter Gabriel
The Land, the Sea and the Sky - Sophie B. Hawkins
I Need To Wake Up - Melissa Ethridge
Windsong - John Denver
This Land Is Your Land - Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
Better Man - Keb' Mo
The Monkey's Gone To Heaven - The Pixies
Paradise - John Prine
If A Tree Falls - Bruce Cockburn
Cool, Crazy, Beautiful, World - Johnny Clegg & Savukka
Make A Better World - Maria Muldaur
Trouble The World - Katie Webster"

and I heartily 2nd the suggestion someone made for "Pollution" by Tom Lehrer

OTOH... Donna Summer's "MacArthur Park"?? Wha??

I'll have to second "Revolution Earth", one of the better later B-52's efforts.
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Re: 22 April 2011: it's Earth Day!
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2011, 10:04:19 AM »
Hrm... not 10 ecology songs, exactly. 10 "appreciate the world" songs, or something. I've always liked the Louis Armstrong tune, but it's a tad overexposed at this point.

OK, this is better: also a staple, but Marvin is marvelous nonetheless.
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Re: 22 April 2011: it's Earth Day!
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2011, 10:08:10 AM »
Mercy, mercy, I'd like to hear "To the Last Whale" in this set.
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Re: 22 April 2011: it's Earth Day!
« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2011, 10:09:28 AM »
"Indian Lake"? I was thrilled when AL played this as a '68 request. Today... notsomuch.  "you'll be able to mate make the way the Indians do!"
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Re: 22 April 2011: it's Earth Day!
« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2011, 10:11:04 AM »
Quote from: RGMike on April 22, 2011, 10:09:28 AM
"Indian Lake"? I was thrilled when AL played this as a '68 request. Today... notsomuch.  "you'll be able to mate make the way the Indians do!"

Who is this? Beach Boys? Bobby Goldsboro?  bass sounds like Tommy James...
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Re: 22 April 2011: it's Earth Day!
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2011, 10:11:51 AM »
Quote from: Tinka Cat on April 22, 2011, 10:11:04 AM
Quote from: RGMike on April 22, 2011, 10:09:28 AM
"Indian Lake"? I was thrilled when AL played this as a '68 request. Today... notsomuch.  "you'll be able to mate make the way the Indians do!"

Who is this? Beach Boys? bobby Goldsboro?  bass sounds like Tommy James...

Cowsills.

ah, my beloved 3DN/Paul Williams collab. Always a BOS. I feel much better now.
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Re: 22 April 2011: it's Earth Day!
« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2011, 10:13:26 AM »
Quote from: RGMike on April 22, 2011, 10:11:51 AM
Quote from: Tinka Cat on April 22, 2011, 10:11:04 AM
Quote from: RGMike on April 22, 2011, 10:09:28 AM
"Indian Lake"? I was thrilled when AL played this as a '68 request. Today... notsomuch.  "you'll be able to mate make the way the Indians do!"

Who is this? Beach Boys? bobby Goldsboro?  bass sounds like Tommy James...

Cowsills.

ah, my beloved 3DN/Paul Williams collab. Always a BOS. I feel much better now.
I like "Out in the Country". Didn't like "Indian Lake", though I'm glad to know I can rent a canoe, if I'm so inclined.
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Re: 22 April 2011: it's Earth Day!
« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2011, 10:15:11 AM »
Don't do it Maude!  You'll make us cry.

BOS for Sugar Magnolia.
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Re: 22 April 2011: it's Earth Day!
« Reply #10 on: April 22, 2011, 10:15:47 AM »
VHM Ruth Gordon. How did she not get an Oscar nom for H & M?

"Sugar Magnolia" is stretching it a bit, AL.

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Re: 22 April 2011: it's Earth Day!
« Reply #11 on: April 22, 2011, 10:16:47 AM »
Quote from: RGMike on April 22, 2011, 10:15:47 AM

"Sugar Magnolia" is stretching it a bit, AL.


A lot, I'd say.
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Re: 22 April 2011: it's Earth Day!
« Reply #12 on: April 22, 2011, 10:18:50 AM »
OK, hippies belong in an Earth Day set since they're so DIRTY..!!  nyuk nyuk

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Re: 22 April 2011: it's Earth Day!
« Reply #13 on: April 22, 2011, 10:19:18 AM »
BOS2 T.Heads -- irony RULES!
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Re: 22 April 2011: it's Earth Day!
« Reply #14 on: April 22, 2011, 10:25:03 AM »
coulda done without Johnny Clegg.
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