A while back, I asked my friends for 3-4 favorite songs, or songs that have a significance to them. I've been compiling all those tunes into playlists, and this week is the third of them. Enjoy!
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Laura C. Spirit of the West "Home for a Rest" from Save This House (WEA, 1990) Dixie Chicks "Wide Open Spaces" from Wide Open Spaces (Monument, 1998)
Robyn T. Jim Croce "Operator" from Photographs and Memories (ABC, 1974) James Taylor "Shower the People" from In the Pocket (Warner Bros., 1976)
Amy B. R.E.M. "You Are the Everything" from Green (Warner Bros., 1988) Francis Cabrel "Je T'Aimais, Je T'Aime, Je T'Aimerai" from Samedi Soir Sur La Terre (Shandelle, 1994) Led Zeppelin "D'yer Mak'er" from Houses of the Holy (Atlantic, 1973)
Dani R. The Cinematic Orchestra "Breathe" from Ma Fleur (Ninja Tune, 2007) Ray Lamontagne "Trouble" from Trouble (RCA, 2004) Over the Rhine "Trouble" from The Trumpet Child (Great Speckled Dog, 2007) Joni Mitchell "A Case of You" from Blue (Reprise, 1971)
Amy Z. Marillion "Childhood's End?" from Misplaced Childhood (EMI, 1985) Oingo Boingo "Running on a Treadmill" from Nothing to Fear (A&M, 1982) Kate Bush "Get Out of My House" from The Dreaming (EMI, 1982)
Erin L. Erin McKeown "You, Sailor" from Hundreds of Lions (Righteous Babe, 2009) R.E.M. "Nightswimming" from Automatic for the People (Warner Bros., 1992) Drive-By Truckers "Mercy Buckets " from Go-Go Boots (ATO, 2011)
Jett M. All American Rejects "Gives You Hell" from When the World Comes Down (Interscope, 2008) Deep Purple "Highway Star" from Machine Head (Purple, 1972)
Michael D. Talking Heads "(Nothing But) Flowers" from Naked (EMI, 1988) Bell X1 "The Great Defector" from Blue Lights on the Runway (Belly Up, 2009)
Katy G. Roberta Flack "Killing Me Softly" from Killing Me Softly (Atlantic, 1973) Three Dog Night "An Old Fashioned Love Song" from Harmony (Dunhill, 1971) Jefferson Starship "Miracles" from Red Octopus (Grunt, 1975) Dave Brubeck Quartet "Take Five" from Time Out (Columbia, 1959)