by Elisa Zuckerberg
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Music is candy. You know what I’m talking about. Those songs, no matter how many times you’ve heard them, elicit a strong positive response and you never tire of listening. They give you pure joy. It could be as simple as a beautiful melody or something that is intangible, indescribable, and emotional, but you know you love it. I think of those songs as “candy” for the ears and soul.
These are my candy picks and believe me there are more! I’d love to hear back from all of you too for the next installment: “Music is Candy: Part 2”. This will include YOUR song picks and published next week. (See below for information about submitting your choices.)
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Here is a companion SPOTIFY PLAYLIST, “HiT Picks #4: Music is Candy Part I”.
Hope you enjoy!
Singer-songwriter/Folk
Lucy Kaplansky – “10 Year Night”
Glenn Hansard: Once the Musical – “Gold” tied with “Falling Slowly”
Simon & Garfunkel – “Only Living Boy in New York” & “America”
Tom Waits – “Tom Traubert’s Blues”
George Harrison – “As My Guitar Gently Weeps”
Indigo Girls – “Galileo”
The Shins – “It’s Only Life”
Edie Brickell – “Green”
Joni Mitchell – “Circle Game”
Aretha Franklin – “Natural Woman” (written by Carole King)
Open Book – “Go”
Bob Denver – “Annie’s Song”
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Oldies
Roberta Flack (written by Ewan MacColl for Peggy Seeger, who he later married) – “First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”
Beach Boys – “God Only Knows”
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Dance/Hip-Hop/Pop
Justin Timberlake – “Rock your Body”
Average White Band – “Pick Up the Pieces”
Dee Lite – “Groove is in the Heart”
OutKast – “Hey Ya”
Missy Elliot – “Work It”
C & C Music Factory – “Everybody Dance Now”
Moby – “Southside”
Smash Mouth – “Walkin’ on the Sun”
Sean Paul – “Temperature”
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Jazz
Dave Brubeck – “Take Five”
Herbie Hancock – “Chameleon” (More Funk than Jazz, but love it.)
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New Wave/Alternative
The Cure – “Friday I’m in Love”
LaMahl – “Neverending Story”
Yaz – “Situation”
New Order – “Bizarre Love Triangle”
The Smiths – “The Boy With the Thorn in His Side”
Gorillaz – “Feel Good Inc.”
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Classic Rock
Rolling Stones – “Gimme Shelter”
AC/DC – “Back in Black”
David Bowie – “Space Oddity”
Led Zeppelin – “Kashmir”
Dave Matthews – “Crash”
Blind Faith – “Can’t Find My Way Home”
Genesis – “Follow You Follow Me”
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Classical
Bach Keyboard (Harpsichord) Concerto in F Minor – Largo
Please send your MUSIC IS CANDY picks (no more than 10) by Sunday, January 30: elisa@HearItThere.com
Please include YouTube or Spotify links so we can share.
Cannot wait to listen to all the submissions!
