AudioBlog#8: From The Depths of the Heart -- Deep Soul

Did everyone have a nice weekend? I sure hope so. I, for my part, ventured out of my air conditioned chambers to the nicest shopping center San Antonio has to offer. Of course, I regretted this heroic act as soon as I got out of the (air conditioned) car and walked across the Texas size parking lot in 102 degrees ... Well, at least I got me a nice pair of black sandals (ahem -- I really needed them) and let a lady at the cosmetic counter talk me into making an appointment for a facial next Thursday.
Okay, and on top of it all, I could convince myself that it  was hight time to sit down and finish my Deepies AudioBlog --  which I actually did as soon as I was back home. So, in a way, my weekend was kinda successful.
And I have a nice surprise for you all -- SOTS soon might have an additional author/contributor. I can hardly wait for his first blog ...

Listen to the Deepies

Limelinx

Playlist:

1. Timmy Willis -- Easy As Saying 1-2-3 (Limelinx)

2. Nothing's Too Much -- Billy Young (Limelinx)

3. One Way Love Affair -- Danny White (Limelinx)

4. Don't Play That Song No More (You Lied) -- Lou Johnson (Limelinx)

5. If I Can't Run To You, I'll Crawl -- Barbara Brown (Limelinx)

6. It Hurts Me So Much -- Barbara Brown (Limelinx)

PS: I'm sorry some of the tracks ended up cut off on either end -- I have no clue what I did wrong this time. The individual d/l links do not suffer from this deformity lol

AudioBlog#6: DC's Double Dose of Jackie Wilson (part 1)

Playlist:

1. It Only Happens (When I Look At You)

2. I Got It Bad (And That Is Bad)

3. Beautiful Day

4 It Will Have To Do Until The Real Thing Comes Along

5. Because of You

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AudioBlog#5: Songs My Father Would Have Loved

I got the love for music from my father. He was into classical music -- but genres don’t matter, I think, when one’s genetic make-up is being determined. Sunday mornings where reserved for father's music. And quite often I woke up to -- what as a child I considered horrible music -- Wagner, Mozart, Puccini, Beethoven ...

Nevertheless, I was not blind to the changes this music created in my father's behavior and mood. And, quite often, while he was slowly drifting into a state of blissfulness, listening to Ingeborg Hallstein and Rudolf Schock, I kept wondering  why they were always singing about love.

One day, I asked father that question. The expression this question conjured up on his face carved itself into my memory. First he looked perplexed, but then I saw something in his face I had never noticed before. He looked thoughtfully dreamy -- that’s how I would describe it more than 40 years later. His answer, however, was as pithy and precise as always. “Because,” he said, “love is so important.”

Back then, his answer didn’t satisfy my curiosity. I was just a child. Only after I had experienced the emotion my father had talked about, did I understand and appreciate his answer.

Years later, when I had developed my own taste concerning music, when I was listening to “When A Man Loves A Woman” or “These Arms Of Mine” I remembered his words quite often.

A lot of the traits my father has passed on to me I don't like; some I even hate. But the love for music and the coping skills attached to it, definitely compensate for the not so desirable paternal genetic endowments.

No wonder he was on my mind when I put together today’s AudioBlog. I bet he would have liked the songs I picked. 

I tried to capture a few of the different tastes of love: happiness, romance, dependency, longing, and anguish.

This one is for Dad.

Songs My Father Would Have Loved

1. Sweet Lovin' Love -- Zap Pow

2. Love Lives On A Windy Hill -- The Futures

3. A Woman Will Do Wrong -- Helene Smith

4. Let Me Hold You For A Night -- David Ruffin

5. Don't Ever Leave Me -- Bob and Earl

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