Another wonderful afternoon! I was inspired by some planning I was doing for my choir (the York Region Community Choir). I was looking at wartime songs to use for sing-alongs at a performance next week, when I realized that I could add them to a playlist I had. The playlist is "Songs for Keeping Love Alive". We hadn't used it before, so it was new to everyone.
We started with a couple of songs from the WWll era, songs about love and faithfulness surviving a separation. Then, we had a few songs about how a man can show his love for a woman, and how couples can stay together, what keeps a couple going forever (having fun, we agreed). Looking at the lyrics of love songs is always fun. Sometimes, it can be a little embarrassing, funny, and mostly relateable. Something I had intened to sing but forgot was Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree by Tony Orlando & Dawn. Next time! There are lots of songs on this playlist that we can do another time.
We talked a little about how we choose songs to sing when we meet, from my list and also from things we think of when we're talking, like the Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars song. I always assemble many more songs than we can possibly sing, but not all the songs will appeal to everyone and sometimes there's a song that nobody knows but me. Some songs are from when we were young, some from when our parents were young, and some are popular now.
Here's a sample of what we sang this afternoon:
- Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree by the Andrews Sisters
- I'll Be Seeing You by Michael Bublé
- Die With a Smile by Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
- One Hundred Ways by Quincy Jones & James Ingram
- When a Man Loves a Woman by Michael Bolton
- Together Forever by Rick Astley
- Let's Stay Together by Al Green
- You're Still the One by Shania Twain
- Still the One by Orleans
- Sealed With a Kiss by Brian Hyland
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) by Stevie Wonder
- And I Love Her by the Beatles
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