Paul’s 4th of July Party Playlist
We've sung of sea to shining sea and star spangled splendor since sabres crossed and muskets exploded from Lexington to Antietam to Vietnam to Bagram. Through it all, we've held music right next the red, white and blue in our hearts.
Here are some songs I will be listening to as we celebrate another Independence Day.
There are messages in my selections. Some celebrate what we've accomplished. Other's shame our shortcomings. Some of them just drip and ooze America. Others remind us that freedom is an ideal that is rarely realized and always to be sought. Come with me through hushed and respectful harmonies to roof clattering bomb tracks and let's rock the house a little bit, for America!
Paul's 4th of July Party Playlist
14. Pete Seeger - This Land Is Your Land
The Essential Pete Seeger1. John Mellencamp - Pink Houses
Words & Music - John Mellencamp's Greatest Hits2. Bruce Springsteen - My Hometown
Bruce Springsteen: Greatest Hits6. Will Smith - Summertime
Will Smith: Greatest Hits3. Wilco - Ashes of American Flags
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot4. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A
Born In the U.S.A.5. Dolly Parton - Shine
Better Day23. CSNY - Woodstock
Pickin' On CSNY7. Public Enemy - Fight the Power
Fight the Power - Greatest Hits Live8. Santana - Evil Ways
Ultimate Santana9. Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer
We Weren't Born to Follow / Who Says You Can't Go Home (Duet With Jennifer Nettles) / Livin' On a Prayer (Live At the 52nd Grammy Awards) - Single10. Neil Diamond - America
Live In America28. Heart - Magic Man
Heart: Greatest Hits11. Motley Crue - Girls, Girls, Girls
Girls, Girls, Girls32. Pink Floyd - Money
The Dark Side of the Moon (Deluxe Experience Version) [Remastered]12. Phish - Weigh
Rift13. Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel
The Essential Michael Jackson15. B.O.B - Airplanes
Airplanes (feat. Hayley Williams of Paramore) - Deluxe Single25. Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne
A Decade of Steely Dan (Remastered)26. Gypsy Kings - Hotel California
The Kings of Gypsy Music34. Rage Against the Machine - Freedom
Rage Against the Machine16. Weezer - Buddy Holly
Weezer17. Lynyrd Skynyrd - I Know A Little
The Complete Collection: Lynyrd Skynyrd18. Beck - Debra
Frontin' On Debra (DJ Reset Mash-Up) - Single19. Run DMC - Rock Box
Run-DMC: Greatest Hits20. Lady Gaga - Poker Face
The Fame21. James Brown - I Feel Good
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of James Brown22. Marvin Gaye - What's Goin' On
What's Going On (Deluxe Edition)33. Guess Who - American Woman
American Woman24. CSN - Our House
CSN 2012 (Live)27. Los Lonely Boys - Heaven
Los Lonely Boys (Bonus Version)30. Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
Suspicious Minds29. Lee Greenwood - God Bless the U.S.A.
God Bless the U.S.A. (Universal Special Markets)31. Stephen Stills - Colorado
Manassas35. Deeelite - Groove is in the Heart
The Very Best of Deee-Lite