Music Monday

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I am honored to be the honorary co host this month.

Our theme this week is

In honor of Columbus Day, songs about taking a journey.  It can be an actual trip, or a trip into the imagination, or even an emotional journey

 When I chose the theme, the first song I thought of was this:



Then there was a song by the Allman Brothers  -- this version was recorded at Hofstra University, here on Long Island.




Sometimes the journey has a purpose:




There are other kinds of journey, too.  The highway is a metaphor for the development of a relationship.





and




Or even life itself:






Sometimes the real journey and the metaphor collide:






And let's not forget a journey into the imagination.






And indulge me while I revisit EPCOT at Walt Disney World and the original version of the Journey Into Imagination...I love a purple dragon named Figment.




And a shout out to Jingle Jangle Jungle:

Comments

  1. bookwormOctober 14, 2019 at 6:27 AM

    Great selections for a musical journey especially "Life is a Highway". I had no idea Rascal Flatts had done that. And watching Dick Clark laugh at a typo was priceless (as was seeing that 1960's dancing). Thank you for taking us along.

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  2. John HoltonOctober 14, 2019 at 11:53 AM

    Great set here! You really took a step back in history with "Expressway To Your Heart." Haven't heard that in years!

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  3. Mary BOctober 14, 2019 at 3:18 PM

    Excellent choices today! This was a great theme.

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  4. Michelle aka Naila MoonOctober 14, 2019 at 5:30 PM

    I think I saw Willie on someone else's blog. Your picks are great and some new to me. I would like to see Juddy's movie and figured it might be sad.
    Carry on!

    Come by and get your spook on when you can.
    Michelle, Your Crypt Keeper.

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  5. CAACOctober 14, 2019 at 5:35 PM

    Robin,

    I have a break in my vacation as I prepare for tomorrow's trip to the mountains and decided to make some rounds. First off, great theme you came up with this week. It was a lot of fun to put a playlist together and to see what others shared. 'Ramblin' Man' is a good oldie, as is 'Midnight Train to Georgia'. Good mewsic set! Have a boogietastic week, my friend!

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  6. songbird's crazy worldOctober 14, 2019 at 8:30 PM

    Thanks, guys.

    Cathy, enjoy your vacation.

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  7. Kim@StormsAndStardustOctober 15, 2019 at 9:02 PM

    You picked some great selections this week - and was a great theme! I don't know if you're aware, but for some reason your link always brings me to a Wordpress page with no content on it. It's probably a Wordpress thing, because a few blogs force me to use my Wordpress.com, which isn't my blog address, and I don't know how to change it. Anyway, I can still find you; I just didn't know if you use that link on purpose or because you don't have a choice.

    Kim

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