Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Music That Moves Me

(click on any of the videos below and listen to some great poets/storytellers)


Another Sunny Day 12/25 - John Mellencamp

The Ghost of Tom Joad - Bruce Springsteen

Mr. Love & Justice - Billy Bragg

Blowin' in the Wind - Bob Dylan

That's Just The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby

Crossing a Canyon - 54-40

For the Children - John Mellencamp

In the Ghetto - Elvis Presley

Working Class Hero - John Lennon

Rich Man's War - Steve Earle

Billy Austin - Steve Earle

Rotting on Remand - Billy Bragg

The World Turned Upside Down - Billy Bragg

Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford

Peace of Mind - Grapes of Wrath

Hard Times for an Honest Man - John Mellencamp

I Keep Faith - Billy Bragg

Talkin' Bout a Revolution - Tracy Chapman

Call it Democracy - Bruce Cockburn

Ideology - Billy Bragg

I Ain't Got No Home In This World Anymore - Bruce Springsteen (Woody Guthrie)

World Turned Upside Down - Billy Bragg

Waiting for the Great Leap Forward - Billy Bragg

All You Facists (are bound to lose) - Billy Bragg (Woody Guthrie)

Jesus Christ - Woody Guthrie

Where Have All The Flowers Gone - Pete Seeger

Bourgeois Blues - Leadbelly

Bush War Blues - Billy Bragg

Help Save The Youth of America - Billy Bragg

Magic - Bruce Springsteen

Since When - 54-40

Upfield - Billy Bragg

Sing Their Souls Back Home - Billy Bragg

Minutes to Memories - John Mellencamp

Last to Die (for a mistake) - Bruce Springsteen

Northern Soul - 54-40

The Price of Oil - Billy Bragg

God's Gonna Cut You Down - Johnny Cash

The Road I Must Travel - The Nightwatchman

Walk Tall - John Mellencamp

Now More Than Ever - John Mellencamp

American Land - Bruce Springsteen

Your Life is Now - John Mellencamp

Mr. Wendal - Arrested Development

The Times They Are A Changin' - Bob Dylan

This is here, This is Now - 54-40

B-Side of Life - Timbuk3

Life is Hard - Timbuk3

Dirty Dirty Rice - Timbuk3

Superman's Song - Crash Test Dummies

You've Got A Friend - James Taylor

Imagine - John Lennon

We Are The World - USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa)







John Mellencamp - "Life, Death, Love, and Freedom" Tour - February 18, 2008 (Have seen him every time he has come to Vancouver since 1989 - I missed the 1987 concert because I had to study for an exam the next day)


54-40 - PNE - August 30, 2008 (First time seeing them live. Saw them again on Canada Day 2009)


Billy Bragg - "I Keep Faith" Tour - St Andrews Wesley Church - June 5, 2008 (Saw him for the first time April 2007 at the Commodore - friend had free tickets. It was the first time I actually ever heard of him, to tell you the truth. Now, I am looking forward to seeing him again in November, back at the Commodore).


Me and my ladies - front row centre at the Mellencamp concert(we rushed the stage). Well, we politely asked the security guard (that's him behind me) and he said it was okay. A great place for the girls to watch their first concert. They tried to get John's attention to have him autograph their shirts, but it didn't work out. A roadie did give them a guitar pick each as we were leaving the show though.


Bruce Springsteen - Magic Tour - March 31, 2008 - (This was the first time I saw Springsteen live. Amazing show. When I tell my friends (the ones who are fans, anways), how great the show was, they all say the same thing, "That's why they call him The Boss."

The Springsteen photo I had to get from a website as I did not have my camera with me at that concert.

Poetry: an imaginative awareness of experience expressed through meaning, sound, and rhythmic language choices, so as to evoke an emotional response.

Storytellers deliver unique insight into humanity. Good storytelling is powerful and can motivate people as well as entertain them. A storyteller enhances the actual story by making an art form out of the telling of the story.

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