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Ten Beautiful Summer Dance Songs…

02 Tuesday Aug 2011

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© Lauren DiMarco

I would believe only in a god that knows how to dance.
Nietzsche

A local cover band had the entire crowd up dancing to these favorites:

1.   Beach Boys – California Girls
2.   Bananarama – Cruel Summer
3.   Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
4.   Sinceros – Take Me to Your Leader
5.   David Bowie – Let’s Dance
6.   B52’s – Love Shack
7.   Patti LaBelle – Lady Marmalade
8.   Black Box – Everybody, Everybody
9.   The Bee Gees – Stayin’ Alive
10. Prince – Cream

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Ten Beautiful Love Songs from Musicals…

29 Friday Jul 2011

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© Olga Lacosta Photography

Am I making believe I see in you,
A man too perfect to be really true?
Do I want you because you’re wonderful, 
or are you wonderful because I want you?
from Cinderella by Rodgers & Hammerstein

My list of favorite love songs from musicals…

1.   Cinderella – Do I Love You Because You’re Beautiful?
2.   My Fair Lady – I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face
3.   Oliver – Where is Love?
4.   Phantom of the Opera – All I Ask of You
5.   Crazy for You – Someone to Watch Over Me
6.   Passion – Happiness
7.   A Little Night Music – Send in the Clowns
8.   South Pacific – Some Enchanted Evening
9.   Sound of Music – Something Good
10. Camelot – If Ever I Would Leave You

Model: Lauren DiMarco

Ten Beautiful Piano Compositions…

30 Saturday Apr 2011

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© Joan Currie

Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together. – Anais Nin

Below are the classical pieces that I have enjoyed playing most on my piano:

1.  O Mio Babbino Caro by Giacomo Puccini
2.  Sonata Quasi Una Fantasia, 1st Movement by Ludwig van Beethoven
3.  Waltz in B Minor, Op. 69, No. 2 by Frédéric Chopin
4.  Four Seasons, Spring by Antonio Vivaldi
5.  Water Musick by George Frideric Handel
6.  An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314 by Johann Strauss
7.  Venetian Gondola Song, Op. 30, No.6 by Felix Mendelssohn
8.  Passacaille by George Frideric Handel
9.  Waltz in B Minor by Franz Schubert
10. Nocturne No. 5 by John Field

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Acoustic Guitar Songs

Ten Beautiful Acoustic Guitar Songs…

23 Wednesday Mar 2011

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© Joan Currie

But I think my first love is acoustic music. – Graham Nash

My favorite ( mostly mellow) acoustic songs:

1.  James Taylor – Sweet Baby James (Fire & Rain, You’ve Got a Friend, Copperline, etc.)
2.  Glen Hansard – Falling Softly
3.  Patti Griffin – Long Ride Home
4.  Emmylou Harris – Red Dirt Girl
5.  Joni Mitchell – Carey (with mandolin, too)
6.  Bob Dylan – Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright
7.  Harry Chapin – Cats in the Cradle
8.  Glen Campbell – Wichita Lineman
9.  Ricky Martin – Tu Recuerdo (with guitar and mandolin)
10. Simon and Garfunkel – Sound of Silence

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37 Beautiful Love Songs…

02 Wednesday Feb 2011

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© Owen Buenaventura

As in the movie, High Fidelity, it can be very tricky coming up with just the right playlist to set the stage for L-O-V-E on Valentine’s Day. My list (a work in progress) is somewhat ecclectic, but I hope it will set the mood just the same!

1.  When a Man Loves a Woman – Percy Sledge
2.  Falling Slowly – Glen Hansard
3.  Kiss – Tom Jones
4.  Marie – Randy Newman
5.  Michelle – Beatles
6.  L’Amour existe encore – Celine Dion
7.  It had to be You – Rod Stewart
8.  Say that you love me – Loudon Wainwright
9.  Besame Mucho – Diana Krall
10. One Fine Day – Natalie Merchant
11. Mon Mec a Moi – Patricia Kaas
12. Jersey Girl – Bruce Springsteen
13. Southern Cross – Crosby, Stills & Nash
14. Back at One– Brian McKnight
15. Bring me to Life – Evanescence
16. Can’t Help Falling in Love – Andrea Bocelli
17. One – U2
18. Me & Mrs. Jones – Billy Paul
19. You are so Beautiful – Joe Cocker
20. Beauty and the Beast – Peabo Bryson & Celine Dion
21. Somebody to Love – Jefferson Airplane
22. Unforgettable – Natalie and Nat “King” Cole
23. More than Words – Eric Clapton
24. Addicted to Love – Robert Palmer
25. Strangers in the Night – Frank Sinatra
26. The Power of Love – Huey Lewis and the News
27. I Can’t Make You Love Me – Bonnie Raitt
28. Love Story – Taylor Swift
29. Love Me Tender – Elvis Presley
30. Love the One You’re With – Crosby, Stills & Nash
31. On Bended Knee – Boys II Men
32. Moon River – Audrey Hepburn
33. Ma Cherie Amore – Stevie Wonder
34. Stop! In the Name of Love –  The Supremes
35. Love is the Drug –  Roxy Music
36. L-O-V-E – Nat “King” Cole
37. Lady in Red – Chris de Burgh

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