Deceased Artists
Isn’t it ironic that we miss music most after the death of a star musician? So many that we have lost over the past couple of years come to mind, Aretha Franklin, David Bowie, Prince, Tom Petty, Glen Campbell, and Chuck Berry. The day that Franklin died, I began to play her old CDs and continued for days.
“Space Oddity” and “Purple Rain” each still bring a tear when I hear them. It goes without saying that we often appreciate folks more after they are gone. That’s life, that’s death, but the music lives on and we are lucky to be able to hear any favorite anytime of day, thanks to the Internet and YouTube.
“Space Oddity”
Ground Control to Major Tom
Ground Control to Major Tom
Take your protein pills
And put your helmet on
Ground Control to Major Tom
Commencing countdown,
Engines on
Check ignition
And may God’s love be with you
This is Ground Control
To Major Tom
You’ve really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now it’s time to leave the capsule
If you dare
This is Major Tom to Ground Control
I’m stepping through the door
And I’m floating
In a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today
For here
Am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there’s nothing I can do
Though I’m past
One hundred thousand miles
I’m feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Tell my wife I love her very much
She knows
Ground Control to Major Tom
Your circuit’s dead,
Is there something wrong?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you….
Here am I floating
Round my tin can
Far above the Moon
Planet Earth is blue
And there’s nothing I can do.
Nostalgia
Tom Petty “Won’t Back Down” & “Free Falling“
Glen Campbell “Rhinestone Cowboy”
Fats Domino “Blueberry Hill”
Chuck Berry “Johnny Be Good”
Aretha Franklin “R E S P E C T”
Prince “Purple Rain”
Crooked Creek by Sue Mattingly 
Love, love, love David Bowie’s music. So many wonderful artists have moved on but their music lives on. This is a classic example.
Tom Petty as well. He is also a favorite I grew up with in my teen years.
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