Song list for John Hamler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXfltmzRG-g

Memphis Trace

I find inspiration in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwgr_IMeEgA
"Rise Up"

You're broken down and tired
Of living life on a merry-go-round
And you can't find the fighter
But I see it in you so we gonna walk it out
Move mountains
We gonna walk it out
And move mountains

And I'll rise up
I'll rise like the day
I'll rise up
I'll rise unafraid
I'll rise up
And I'll do it a thousand times again
And I'll rise up
High like the waves
I'll rise up
In spite of the ache
I'll rise up
And I'll do it a thousand times again
For you
For you
For you
For you

When the silence isn't quiet
And it feels like it's getting hard to breathe
And I know you feel like dying
But I promise we'll take the world to its feet
Move mountains
Bring it to its feet
Move mountains
And I'll rise up
I'll rise like the day
I'll rise up
I'll rise unafraid
I'll rise up
And I'll do it a thousand times again
For you
For you
For you
For you

All we need all we need is hope
And for that we have each other
And for that we have each other
And we will rise
We will rise
We'll rise
We'll rise

I'll rise up
Rise like the day
I'll rise up
In spite of the ache
I will rise a thousand times again
And we'll rise up
High like the waves
We'll rise up
In spite of the ache
We'll rise up
And we'll do it a thousand times again
For you
For you
For you
For you

I thought Dagny's Andra Day selection was pretty cool, too. I don't usually go for histrionic singing (and would never have come across or indeed stopped long enough to listen to it without Dagny's suggestion) but... Yeah. I kinda/sorta dig it. Makes me wanna introduce y'all to this rather mannish-looking lady:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDjeBNv6ip0

Amazing, right? Thank me later.

Well, I've heard this song before, but I've never seen it performed. The ship tat distracted me, because I got one for my 65th birthday and it hurt like hell. It's a small one, 3'' x 3", that my granddaughter drew and has on her forearm. Did I say it hurt like hell? So...I cringed the whole way through that song thinking about the pain an entire ship would have caused. Other than that, I liked it.

This is one I really like, while it doesn't really encourages me the way Rise Up does, it's just a catchy tune:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrV90gXmOpA

If you liked that you'll like this too... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLEn5MyXUfE

Five minutes of pure funk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1F0lBnsnkE

A masterpiece! Made me laugh out loud, NJC, thank you!

A kinda/sorta fun thing to do during this epidemic crisis with nothing for us to do (except WRITE, that is!) is to go on YouTube and watch black people REACT to white people doing shit like singing, dancing, and performing stand-up comedy. I know that might sound like racist curiosity (while at the same time sounding like I'm taking it for granted that most of the people on this website are probably Caucasian) but I'm really not trying to be antagonistic. It's actually quite informative and entertaining at the same time. Seriously. Just pick your favorite song or performance or whatever and the chances are that a male or female of African persuasion has made a personal video about it.

Here. I'll get y'all started down the rabbit hole with AC/DC...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JETSlbeizbA&t=548s

If rock and roll ain't your thing try this Game of Thrones/Red Wedding:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ga9F_iN4iI

Or this comedy shite, about black vs white fashion...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlTsqRe_usM

Cheers

Thanks, Vern.

My contribution. According to John Denver, perfectly suited for shut-ins.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79FracPReK4

You are welcome, sir.  I had heard about this song but had never taken the time to listen to it. I thought John Denver's rendition was great but looked up a couple of earlier ones, including the one song by the author of it. All were great.