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I plan to have every episode conclude with music.
Here's the playlist I have in mind.
If you have items you'd like me to add, from genres or decades not represented here, I welcome your suggestions. Just send me an .mp3 file, and I'll give it a listen!
Ar Hyd Y Nos
Children of the Heavenly Father
Have No Fear, Little Flock
March of the Tin Soldiers
Paula Abdul, 'Straight Up'
00:00 / 04:11
Paula Abdul, 'Will You Marry Me'
00:00 / 04:24
The Allman Brothers Band, 'Southbound'
00:00 / 05:11
Leroy Anderson, Piano Concerto, First movement
00:00 / 07:52
Leroy Anderson, Piano Concerto, Second Movement
00:00 / 04:58
Leroy Anderson, Piano Concerto, Third Movement
00:00 / 06:05
Leory Anderson, 'Plink, Plank, Plunk'
00:00 / 02:30
Leroy Anderson, 'Sleigh Ride'
00:00 / 03:05
Leroy Anderson, 'The Syncopated Clock'
00:00 / 02:22
Leroy Anderson, 'The Typewriter'
00:00 / 01:38
Argent, 'Hold Your Head Up'
00:00 / 03:17
Atlantic Starr, 'Always'
00:00 / 04:47
Average White Band, 'Pick up the Pieces'
00:00 / 03:05
J. S. Bach, 'Sheep May Safely Graze'
00:00 / 05:50
Bad Company, 'Shooting Star'
00:00 / 06:16
Badfinger, 'No Matter What'
00:00 / 03:00
Bangles, 'Eternal Flame'
00:00 / 03:56
Bangles, 'If She Knew What She Wants'
00:00 / 03:48
Bangles, 'Manic Monday'
00:00 / 03:04
Bangles, 'Walk Like an Egyptian'
00:00 / 03:23
The Beatles, “All You Need is Love”
00:00 / 03:47
The Beatles, 'Can't Buy Me Love'
00:00 / 02:11
The Beatles, 'The Fool On The Hill'
00:00 / 02:59
The Beatles, “Got to Get You into My Life”
00:00 / 02:29
The Beatles, 'Here Comes The Sun'
00:00 / 03:05
The Beatles, 'Hey, Jude'
00:00 / 07:11
The Beatles, 'Let It Be'
00:00 / 04:03
The Beatles, “Nowhere Man”
00:00 / 02:43
The Beatles, 'Octopus's Garden'
00:00 / 02:50
The Beatles, “We Can Work It Out”
00:00 / 02:16
The Beatles, “When I'm Sixty-Four”
00:00 / 02:37
Ludwig von Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, First movement
00:00 / 07:08
Ludwig von Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, Second movement
00:00 / 09:12
Ludwig von Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, Third movement
00:00 / 05:06
Ludwig von Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, Fourth movement
00:00 / 09:25
George Benson, “The Greatest Love Of All
00:00 / 05:33
Big Head Todd and the Monsters -- TBD
The Black Crowes, “Hard to Handle”
00:00 / 03:07
Blondie, “One Way or Another”
00:00 / 03:37
Bon Jovi, “Wanted Dead or Alive”
00:00 / 05:08
Alexander Borodin, “Polovtsian Dances”
00:00 / 15:36
Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 2, First movement - Copy
00:00 / 19:13
Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 2, Second movement
00:00 / 09:33
Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 2, Third movement
00:00 / 05:41
Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 2, Fourth movement
00:00 / 09:35
Johannes Brahms. Violin concerto, First movement
00:00 / 22:15
Johannes Brahms. Violin concerto, Second movement
00:00 / 10:12
Johannes Brahms. Violin concerto, Third movement
00:00 / 07:50
Laura Branigan, “Gloria”
00:00 / 04:55
Toni Braxton, “Un-Break My Heart”
00:00 / 04:30
Toni Braxton, TBD
Max Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1, First movement
00:00 / 08:21
Max Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1, Second movement
00:00 / 08:31
Max Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1, Third movement
00:00 / 07:06
The Captain & Tennile, “Do That to Me One More Time”
00:00 / 04:14
The Captain & Tennile, “Love Will Keep Us Together”
00:00 / 03:26
The Chi-Lites, “Oh, Girl”
00:00 / 03:37
Frederic Chopin, TBD
The Chordettes, “Mr. Sandman”
00:00 / 02:27
Chumbawumba, “Tubthumping”
00:00 / 04:39
The Coasters, “Poison Ivy”
00:00 / 02:45
The Coasters, TBD
Rita Coolidge, “Higher and Higher”
00:00 / 04:02
Aaron Copland, Billy the Kid Suite, 1. The open prairie
00:00 / 03:14
Aaron Copland, Billy the Kid Suite, 2. Street in a frontier town
00:00 / 03:22
Aaron Copland, Billy the Kid Suite, 3. Mexican dance and finale
00:00 / 03:10
Aaron Copland, Billy the Kid Suite, 4. Prairie night - Card ngame at night
00:00 / 03:13
Aaron Copland, Billy the Kid Suite, 5. Gun battle
00:00 / 01:49
Aaron Copland, Billy the Kid Suite, 6. Celebration after Billy's capture
00:00 / 02:21
Aaron Copland, Billy the Kid Suite, 7. Billy's death
00:00 / 01:19
Aaron Copland, Billy the Kid Suite, 8. The open prairie again
00:00 / 01:47
Aaron Copland, “Fanfare for the Common Man”
00:00 / 03:16
Aaron Copland, Rodeo, 1. Buckaroo holiday
00:00 / 07:46
Aaron Copland, Rodeo, 2. Corral nocturne
00:00 / 03:48
Aaron Copland, Rodeo, 3. Saturday night waltz
00:00 / 04:41
Aaron Copland, Rodeo, 4. Hoedown
00:00 / 03:31
Robert Cray, “Aspen, Colorado”
00:00 / 04:19
Robert Cray, “Don't Steal My Love”
00:00 / 05:26
Robert Cray, “Honey Bad”
00:00 / 06:08
Robert Cray, “I Don't Care”
00:00 / 05:27
Robert Cray, “I'm With You,” Part 1
00:00 / 04:22
Robert Cray, “I'm With You,” Part 2
00:00 / 03:19
Robert Cray, “Just How Low”
00:00 / 03:51
Robert Cray, “The Same Love That Made Me Laugh”
00:00 / 03:51
Robert Cray, “The Way We Are”
00:00 / 05:04
Robert Cray, “You Had My Heart”
00:00 / 04:53
Robert Cray, “You Must Believe in Yourself”
00:00 / 03:40
Creedence Clearwater Revival, “Down on the Corner”
00:00 / 02:46
Creedence Clearwater Revival — TBD
Jim Croce, “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”
00:00 / 03:02
Jim Croce, “I Got a Name”
00:00 / 03:14
Jim Croce, “Speedball Tucker”
00:00 / 02:25
Jim Croce, “Time in a Bottle”
00:00 / 02:28
Jim Croce, “You Don't Mess Around with Jim”
00:00 / 03:02
Bing Crosby, “Swinging on a Star”
00:00 / 02:31
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, 'Our House'
00:00 / 02:59
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, “Southern Cross”
00:00 / 04:41
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, “Wasted on the Way”
00:00 / 02:51
The Davis Sisters, “Twelve Gates to the City”
00:00 / 02:56
Claude Debussy, Arabesque No. 1 in E Major
00:00 / 04:36
Claude Debussy, 'Clair de lune'
00:00 / 05:14
Jackie DeShannon, “Put a Little Love in Your Heart”
00:00 / 02:40
Jackie DeShannon, “What the World Needs Now”
00:00 / 03:14
Neil Diamond, “America”
00:00 / 04:18
The Doobies, “Take me in your arms, rock me a little while”
00:00 / 03:39
Doobie Brothers, “China Grove”
00:00 / 03:15
The Doobies, “Long Train Running”
00:00 / 03:27
Doobie Brothers, “Takin’ it to the Streets”
Doobie Brothers, “Minute by Minute”
Doobie Brothers, "What a Fool Believes"
The Drifters, TBD
The Eagles, “Desperado”
00:00 / 03:34
The Eagles, “Hotel California”
00:00 / 06:31
Earth, Wind & Fire, “Fantasy”
00:00 / 04:37
Earth, Wind & Fire, “September”
00:00 / 03:35
Earth, Wind & Fire, “Serpentine Fire”
00:00 / 03:51
Earth, Wind & Fire, “Shining Star”
00:00 / 02:50
Earth, Wind & Fire, “That's the way of the world”
00:00 / 05:46
Edward Elgar, Nimrod
00:00 / 03:58
Eminem, “Love the Way You Lie”
00:00 / 04:23
Gloria Estefan, “Get on Your Feet”
00:00 / 03:39
John Fogerty, “Centerfield”
00:00 / 03:51
The Foundations, “Build Me Up, Buttercup”
00:00 / 03:00
The Four Tops, “I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)”
00:00 / 02:43
Erroll Garner, “Misty”
00:00 / 03:14
J. Geils Band, “Centerfold”
00:00 / 03:38
J. Geils Band, “First I Look at the Purse”
00:00 / 03:53
J. Geils Band, “Freeze-Frame”
00:00 / 03:58
Norman Greenbaum, “Spirit in the Sky”
00:00 / 04:01
Ferde Grofe, Grand Canyon Suite, 1. Sunrise
00:00 / 05:09
Ferde Grofe, Grand Canyon Suite, 2. Painted desert
00:00 / 05:45
Ferde Grofe, Grand Canyon Suite, 3. On the trail
00:00 / 07:20
Ferde Grofe, Grand Canyon Suite, 4. Sunset
00:00 / 05:22
Ferde Grofe, Grand Canyon Suite, 5. Cloudburst
00:00 / 08:56
The Guess Who, “Albert Flasher”
00:00 / 02:29
The Guess Who, “Dancin' Fool”
00:00 / 03:29
The Guess Who, “Laughing”
00:00 / 02:41
The Guess Who, “Undun”
00:00 / 03:25
Hall and Oates, 'Kiss On My List'
00:00 / 04:23
Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds, “Don't Pull Your Love”
00:00 / 02:42
Don Henley, “The Heart of the Matter”
00:00 / 05:25
Herman's Hermits, “I'm Henry the 8th”
00:00 / 01:55
Al Hirt, “Java”
00:00 / 01:58
Gustav Holst, The Planets, 1. Mars, the Bringer of War
00:00 / 07:11
Gustav Holst, The Planets, 2. Venus, the Bringer of Peace
00:00 / 09:39
Gustav Holst, The Planets, 3. Mercury, the Winged Messenger
00:00 / 04:01
Gustav Holst, The Planets, 4. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
00:00 / 08:01
Gustav Holst, The Planets, 5. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
00:00 / 09:53
Gustav Holst, The Planets, 6. Uranus, the Magician
00:00 / 06:05
Gustav Holst, The Planets, 7. Neptune, the Mystic
00:00 / 08:01
The Ink Spots — TBD
Michael Jackson, “Man in the Mirror”
00:00 / 05:19
Jay and the Americans, “This Magic Moment”
00:00 / 03:02
Billy Joel, “Allentown”
00:00 / 03:48
Billy Joel, “Don't Ask Me Why”
00:00 / 02:57
Billy Joel, “Easy Money”
00:00 / 04:05
Billy Joel, “The Entertainer”
00:00 / 03:41
Billy Joel, “Goodnight, Saigon”
00:00 / 07:06
Billy Joel, “Just the Way You Are”
00:00 / 04:50
Billy Joel, “The Longest Time”
00:00 / 03:39
Billy Joel, “The Stranger”
00:00 / 05:10
Billy Joel, “Tell Her About It”
00:00 / 03:51
Billy Joel, “Uptown Girl”
00:00 / 03:15
Billy Joel, “You're Only Human”
00:00 / 04:49
Elton John, “Candle in the Wind”
00:00 / 03:49
Elton John, 'Pinball Wizard'
00:00 / 05:14
Elton John, “Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting”
00:00 / 04:53
Elton John, “Your Song”
00:00 / 04:01
Jonas Brothers, “Sucker”
00:00 / 03:01
Journey, “Don't Stop Believin’”
00:00 / 04:09
Journey, “Open Arms”
00:00 / 03:18
Jvke, “Golden Hour”
00:00 / 03:29
Ernie K-Doe, “Mother-in-Law”
00:00 / 02:34
R. Kelly, “I Believe I Can Fly”
00:00 / 05:20
The Kinks, “Come Dancing”
00:00 / 03:56
The Kinks, “Lola”
00:00 / 04:01
The Korgis, “Dumb Waiters”
00:00 / 02:42
The Korgis, “Everybody’s Got to Learn Sometime”
00:00 / 04:18
The Korgis, “Silent Running”
00:00 / 03:04
Huey Lewis and the News, “Heart and Soul”
00:00 / 04:13
Huey Lewis and the News, “The Power of Love”
00:00 / 03:54
Little River Band, “Reminiscing”
00:00 / 04:13
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Requiem, “Hosanna”
00:00 / 03:27
Andrew Lloyd Webber, “Oh, What a Circus!”
00:00 / 06:34
Loggins & Messina — TBD
Frankie Lymon, “Goody Goody”
00:00 / 02:12
Madonna, “Live to Tell”
00:00 / 05:51
Henry Mancini, 'Baby Elephant Walk'
00:00 / 02:43
Jules Massenet, 'Méditation, from Thaïs
00:00 / 05:16
Delbert McClinton, “Same Kind of Crazy”
00:00 / 04:04
Felix Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E Minor, First movement
00:00 / 12:58
Felix Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E Minor, Second movement
00:00 / 08:13
Felix Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E Minor, Third movement
00:00 / 06:34
George Michael, “Father Figure”
00:00 / 05:36
George Michael, “Hand to Mouth”
00:00 / 04:36
Mike & The Mechanics, “The Living Years”
00:00 / 05:32
The Moody Blues, “The Story in Your Eyes”
00:00 / 03:04
Anne Murray, “Daydream Believer”
00:00 / 02:29
Anne Murray, “I Just Fall in Love Again”
00:00 / 02:50
Anne Murray, “Just Another Woman in Love”
00:00 / 02:55
Anne Murray, “Shadows in the Moonlight”
00:00 / 03:29
Anne Murray, “Snowbird”
00:00 / 02:10
Anne Murray, 'The Teddy Bears' Picnic'
00:00 / 02:44
Anne Murray, “You Needed Me”
00:00 / 03:42
Anne Murray, “You Won't See Me”
00:00 / 04:04
Johnny Nash, “I Can See Clearly Now”
00:00 / 02:46
Harry Nilsson, “One”
00:00 / 02:54
The Notorious B.I.G., “Mo Money Mo Problems”
00:00 / 04:17
Tim O'Brien, “He Had a Long Chain On”
00:00 / 05:39
Tim O'Brien, “The High Road”
00:00 / 02:50
Tim O'Brien, “Twelve Gates to the City”
00:00 / 03:52
O'Jays, 'Back-stabbers'
00:00 / 03:04
“Oklahoma” soundtrack, “I'm just a girl who can't say no”
00:00 / 02:55
Roy Orbison, “You Got It”
00:00 / 03:31
Orleans, 'Still the one'
00:00 / 04:15
Jeffrey Osbourne, 'On the Wings of Love'
00:00 / 04:01
Johann Pachelbel, Canon in D Major
00:00 / 06:32
Robert Palmer, “Addicted to Love”
00:00 / 06:03
Robert Palmer, 'Every Kinda People'
00:00 / 03:19
The Platters, TBD
The Police, 'Every Breath You Take'
00:00 / 04:13
Mike Post — TBD
The Pretenders, “Don't Get Me Wrong”
00:00 / 03:46
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 2, First movement
00:00 / 11:42
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 2, Second movement
00:00 / 11:26
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 2, Third movement
00:00 / 00:30
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Prelude in C# Minor
00:00 / 04:31
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Var. 18
00:00 / 03:13
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Vocalise
Gerry Rafferty, “Baker Street”
00:00 / 06:08
Bonnie Raitt, “Something to Talk About”
00:00 / 03:47
The Rascals, _People Got to Be Free_
00:00 / 02:58
R.E.M., 'Everybody Hurts'
00:00 / 05:18
REO Speedwagon, “Can't Fight This Feeling”
00:00 / 04:56
REO Speedwagon, “Time for Me to Fly”
00:00 / 03:41
Bebe Rexha, “I'm a Mess”
00:00 / 03:15
Bebe Rexha, “You Can't Stop the Girl”
00:00 / 02:38
The Romantics, 'What I Like About You'
00:00 / 02:55
Camille Saint-Saëns, "Carnival of the Animals"
Carlos Santana, “Evil Ways”
00:00 / 03:55
Erik Satie, “Gymnopédie No. 1”
00:00 / 03:57
Erik Satie, “Gymnopédie No. 2”
00:00 / 03:05
Erik Satie, “Gymnopédie No. 3”
00:00 / 02:58
Neal Sedaka, “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do”
00:00 / 02:17
David Seville, “Witch Doctor”
00:00 / 02:24
Simon & Garfunkel, “Bridge Over Troubled Water”
00:00 / 04:52
Nina Simone, “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free”
00:00 / 03:07
Frank Sinatra, “High Hopes”
00:00 / 02:43
Frank Sinatra, “That's Life”
00:00 / 03:07
Lynyrd Skynyrd, “Gimme Three Steps”
00:00 / 04:30
Lynyrd Skynyrd, “Sweet Home Alabama”
00:00 / 04:45
“South Pacific” soundtrack, “You've Got to be Carefully Taught”
00:00 / 02:00
The Spinners — TBD
Ringo Starr, 'It Don't Come Easy'
00:00 / 03:01
Ringo Starr, “The No-No Song”
00:00 / 02:31
Cat Stevens, “Another Saturday Night”
00:00 / 02:30
Barbara Streisand, “On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)”
00:00 / 02:10
The Stylistics, “Betcha By Golly, Wow”
00:00 / 03:18
“Superman I” soundtrack, “Can You Read My Mind”
00:00 / 02:58
Supertramp, “Breakfast in America”
00:00 / 02:38
Supertramp, “Dreamer”
00:00 / 03:31
Supertramp, “Take the Long Way Home”
00:00 / 05:09
Supertramp, “The Logical Song”
00:00 / 04:10
Al B. Sure!, “Nite and Day”
00:00 / 03:58
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor, First movement
00:00 / 20:26
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor, Second movement
00:00 / 06:42
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor, Third movement
00:00 / 06:31
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake, “Lake in the Moonlight”
00:00 / 04:10
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto, First movement
00:00 / 17:59
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto, Second movement
00:00 / 06:27
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto, Third movement
00:00 / 09:57
The Temptations, “Ain't Too Proud to Beg”
00:00 / 02:33
The Temptations, “Get Ready”
00:00 / 02:44
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, “Strange Things Happening Every Day”
00:00 / 02:46
Three Dog Night, “Easy to be Hard”
00:00 / 03:13
Three Dog Night, “Joy to the World”
00:00 / 03:15
Dimitri Tiomkin, “The High and the Mighty”
00:00 / 02:25
Mel Torme, “The Christmas Song”
00:00 / 02:45
Toto, “99”
00:00 / 05:12
Toto, “Africa”
00:00 / 04:58
Toto, “Animal”
00:00 / 05:01
Toto, “Pamela”
00:00 / 05:10
George Tribble and Ramey Idriss, “The Woody Woodpecker Song”
00:00 / 03:02
The Turtles, “Happy Together”
00:00 / 02:52
U2, “Bad”
00:00 / 05:51
Van Halen, “Why Can't This Be Love”
00:00 / 03:47
Alvin Wallace, et. al, “Come to Me”
Edward G. White, “Puffin' Billy” (Theme from “Captain Kangaroo”)
00:00 / 03:00
Pharrell Williams, “Happy”
00:00 / 03:54
Wilson Phillips, “A Reason to Believe”
00:00 / 04:05
Wilson Phillips, “Eyes Like Twins”
00:00 / 05:03
Wilson Phillips, “Hold On”
00:00 / 04:26
Wilson Phillips, “Impulsive”
00:00 / 04:34
Wilson Phillips, “The Dream is Still Alive”
00:00 / 04:08
Wilson Phillips, “You're in Love”
00:00 / 04:51
Meri Wilson, 'Telephone Man'
00:00 / 01:58
Stevie Wonder, “As”
00:00 / 07:08
Stevie Wonder, “If You Really Love Me”
00:00 / 03:01
Stevie Wonder, “Isn't She Lovely”
00:00 / 06:34
Stevie Wonder, “I Wish”
00:00 / 04:12
Stevie Wonder, “Signed, Sealed, Delivered”
00:00 / 02:41
XTC, “The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead”
00:00 / 05:02
XTC, “The Loving”
00:00 / 04:11
XTC, “Mayor of Simpleton”
00:00 / 03:58
XTC, “Merely a Man”
00:00 / 03:27
The Youngbloods, “Get Together”
00:00 / 04:36
Text — “”
Joaquin Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez, First movement
00:00 / 06:06
Joaquin Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez, Second movement
00:00 / 09:42
Joaquin Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez, Third movement
00:00 / 05:29
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