Nice background music ---

Rick - used to be, back in the '40's, that every new Disney movie that was released contained at least one big hit song. "Zip-a-De-Doo-Dah", was the big hit from the movie Song of the South.  One of my favorite Disney movie hits, is this one from Pinocchio, 1940.
"When You Wish Upon A Star" 

A lesser known version of that, from the 1999 album Mannheim Steamroller Meets the Mouse. I bought this around the time of its release at a local Disney Store location.
Also, speaking of Pinocchio, if you want a different (and darker) interpretation of that story, check out Guillermo del Toro's version on Netflix. Great animation and an interesting take on the story, but quite a bit different than the Disney version.

Spent the evening watching music videos of some of my favorite songs sung by Simon and Garfunkel (El Condor Pasa, Sound of Silence), Moody Blues (Knights in White Satin), Chris Isaac (Wicked Games), Arlo Guthrie (City of New Orleans) and more.

Uh oh, now I am on a nostalgia kick again. Here is Willie Nelson's City of New Orleans and a video of an old two engine steam train, (George and I loved taking rides on the old steam trains. Double whammy, George and I used to take the old steam train rides years back. I really miss that, and him.

MarsGal - I often listen to "The City of New Orleans", and the many different versions of it. The one by Joan Baez is maybe my favorite,  but I like Willie, Woody and Dylan too. I think I'll listen to Joan Baez this morning while I drink another cup of coffee.  That'll start my day on the right track. (pun intended) 

The version by The Highwaymen (Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings) is good too. Sadly only two of the four are still alive - Waylon Jennings died in 2002 and Johnny Cash died in 2003.

Crossover between this topic and "Classical Corner", here's an Arthur Lyman tune based on a work by Schubert.

There's something kinda ominous about the sound of that bell? 🤔   I can hardly wait until tomorrow.

Never thought I'd see AC/DC posted on this forum

Speaking of bells, there's some great tubular ones in this (skip to about 5:20 for the good part, though the entire song is great)

I only have one Mike Oldfield album in my collection, but lots more of Alan Parsons Project.

This is one of my favorites:

Not to be morbid or anything, but this is the song I want played at my funeral service. I've had it earmarked for years.

I wasn't going to post another one, but I just had to share this one with you. Check out the artwork and the Vincent van Gogh quote at the end. Very nicely done.

MarsGal - Yes, "Time" by A.P. Project does have a definite funereal sound to it.  I wish I could have heard the words they were singing , but couldn't understand them?   I love lyrics, but have a difficult time hearing them with most music from that era?
I also have a song that I would want played at my funeral, if I had a service of any kind. (Which I have requested not to have.)
I also watched the Fleetwood Mac video, and really liked the art work! 
 

Michael - Same problem . . .  I couldn't understand the lyrics?   I do realize that most of this music is not about the words, but is all about the sound, the special affects, and the continuous beat.  I did wait for the bells, and I liked that part.     

Here are the lyrics:

https://www.bing.com/search?q=lyrics+to+Time+by+the+Alan+Parson+Project&form=ANNNB1&refig=821a151fb7a34ea484eaeddc9679d14b

I think the words in parentheses are the changes to the second time they sing that stanza.

For some the words may not make much sense, but who knows what waits on the other side. There is a promised afterlife in religions through the ages that I cannot ignore as merely superstition. Think also what we are discovering in physics, where matter is not destroyed, only transformed (unless you are unfortunate enough to encounter antimatter), and where Quantum physics especially plays with time and apace.

For those who like the progressive rock and such of Alan Parsons Project, Mike Oldfield, etc., check this out. Found this tonight (the synth player on this sang the vocals on the German-language version of Mike Oldfield's "Don Alfonso" if you're wondering how I got here - I found myself down some interesting music rabbit holes at times...)

Now I am going to have to take a look at my CDs. I think I have a Tangerine Dream album, either that or one is a mix of artists. I used to listen to a late-night program on our local PBS radio station which played Space Ambient music called Hearts of Space. I also have many Cds which include Constance Demby, Vangelis, Rapheal, David Helping, Michael Stearns, and Robert Rich, among others. A lot of it is not Science Fictiony but appeals more to inner-space. And, thanks to you Oldiesman, in my wanderings through YouTube this morning I discovered that among the posted Space Ambient offerings are whole Hearts of Space programs going way back to 1984. This clip is part of Constance Demby's wonderful Novus Magnificat

Great Website!!  I'll be back to listen to the music!

Early electronic music from 1962. Raymond Scott was already a music industry veteran by this time, having released quite a few songs as part of The Raymond Scott Quartet in the 1940s (with exotic titles like "Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals" and the infamous "Powerhouse", which was used in numerous cartoons). This is from the first of three albums titled Soothing Sounds for Baby, developed in conjunction with the Gesell Institute of Human Research. The albums contain music designed to lull young children to sleep, and are split up into three age groups (1-6 months, 6-12 months and 12-18 months). I have no idea if the music actually works for its intended purpose, but it's fun to listen to and hard to imagine what it must have taken to do this at the time.

I kept waiting for it to start - finish the intro.......................................................................

A fun song about a town about 40 minutes from here. This has been recorded numerous times over the years.

Reminds me of an old hit -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1tKZ3flZZY

Michael - You mean there really is a town in Ohio named Morrow?      I thought it was just a made up name, so they could record the song with the clever lyrics.  If it actually exists, have you ever been to Morrow? 

Rick - I remember  "The Thing"!  A huge hit out here in California when I was in high school.

Quote from: Marilyne on January 15, 2023, 10:20:44 PMMichael - You mean there really is a town in Ohio named Morrow?      I thought it was just a made up name, so they could record the song with the clever lyrics.  If it actually exists, have you ever been to Morrow? 

Rick - I remember  "The Thing"!  A huge hit out here in California when I was in high school.

Yes, it's real. I don't think I've ever been there - it's a 40-minute drive from me and I never have any reason to go out that way. It's not a very big town either - only 2049 people and about 2.1 square miles (5.45 square km) according to Wikipedia.

One of the biggest electronic tunes of the 80s.

And on a completely different note, Ray Charles' soulful rendition of a Hank Williams classic, from 1962. This hit #29 in the US in late December of 1962 and #13 in the UK in early January 1963.

Nothing since the 16th - so -.
This popedd into my head as I was eating this morning.
I remember my wife mentioning that her grandmother would make a Sunshine Cake for the kids birthdays.