What song are you listening to right now?

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Right NOW I’m not listening to any music.

Last night however I finally listened to a CD copy of an LP I never acquired: Songs from the Wood by Jethro Tull.

Earlier today I treated myself to Side One of “Hope” by Klaatu. Marvellous music.

[At 55 I still am a fan of “progressive rock”. As a teen I assumed that I would give up on this by the time I was in my 30s. My tastes have mostly expanded.]
 
*Holy Darkness

*Here’s John Michael Talbot’s recording of it:myspace.com/music/player?sid=48870618&ac=now

…but I actually prefer this solo guitar version 🙂

youtube.com/watch?v=SnVi0_x2F9A

Refrain:
Holy darkness, blessed night, heaven’s answer hidden from our sight. As we await you, O God of silence, we embrace your holy night.

1.* I have tried you in fires of affliction; I have taught your soul to grieve. In the barren soil of your loneliness, there I will plant my seed.
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2. I have taught you the price of compassion; you have stood before the grave. Though my love can seem like a raging storm, this is the love that saves.
 
Stabbing Westward - Save Yourself
Green Day - Know Your Enemy
Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up
 
The Friday afternoon theme song, Eric Church’s Drink In My Hand. Almost to the weekend and if this was a Tweet, i’d end it with #beer.
 
This isn’t exactly fun time music…but I just watched the funeral of Van Cliburn. If you’re not familiar with classical music, he was a very famous classical pianist who died Wednesday of bone cancer. During the Cold War, at 20 he won the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow (Kruschev made the final decision to give him the award.) and was a bridge of peace between the Soviet Union and the US. He remained one of the greatest performers of Tchaikovsky as well as a lifeling mentor to pianists through the Van Cliburn Competition. He was also a devout Christian, an active member of a local Baptist church. Because he lived in Fort Worth, the funeral was televised here. The FW Symphony and Chorus played; beautiful classical, religious and some Russian pieces; I believe one of the pieces was Russian Orthodox. It was extremely moving; he was a kind, compassionate man loved by many. I did get tickled though - the minister opened and closed the funeral with a quote from a poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins, a Victorian-era Jesuit priest…😛
 
I always answer music questions like this with two answers, since I frequently change the radio stations back and forth.

Christian song: “Proof of Your Love” - For King and Country

secular song: “Mermaid” - Train
 
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