At the moment, it's "Innocent Fields" from the tragic anime, Figure 17.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6ZkDE-ts00

Jeanette Isabelle

Me, pretty much all the time.
The KLF - 3am Eternal
-Blast

FREEBIRD!!!!

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

I am now officially a retired old fart...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQzdAsjWGPg

Family has promised it will be played at my funeral.

Just had my morning coffee so now it´s like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlzTET_8SQg

Only way to feel the noise is when it's good and loud
So good I can't believe it, screaming with the crowd
Don't sweat it, we'll get it back to you
Don't sweat it, we'll get it back to you
Overkill, overkill, overkill
On your feet you feel the beat, it goes straight to your spine
Shake your head you must be dead if it don't make you fly
Don't sweat it, we'll get it back to you
Don't sweat it, we'll get it back to you
Overkill, overkill, overkill
Know your body's made to move, ya feel it in your guts
Rock 'n' roll ain't worth the name if it don't make ya strut
Don't sweat it, we'll get it back to you
Don't sweat it, we'll get it back to you
Overkill, overkill, overkill

If we're talking about songs to plan at ones' funeral, I would want "Beyond the Night."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpvWOlsAjx4

As for its meaning, we won the battle, soldier it's time to go home.

Jeanette Isabelle

For my funeral I would want a piece from Bach.
This one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MCHT35daR8

At my funeral, Pop Goes The Weasel.

Another one that has described me recently is "Sora no Mori de," translated into English as "In the Forest of the Sky."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gE-Au--_9s

Time has stopped, in the forest of light and sky,
And the wind moves, with a faint murmuring,

Look, the lake shining brightly
Is the mirror reflecting
What was lost that day...

I kept searching for the place where I first had that feeling,
Does it still sway on the other side of the light?
Surely happiness and sadness feel similar,
So close your eyes in your heart, and quietly embrace the sky.

There is nobody here, during the afternoon of light and sky,
My lips were trembling, from the kiss of the wind.

Look, the sun swaying and shining brightly through the trees
Knits together the light and shadow,
Like a lacework pattern.

I kept crying, at the place where my feeling sleeps.
Is it disappearing now, within the green trees?
Surely "Goodbye" is the start of my memory.
Unlock my heart, and quietly embrace the forest.

Jeanette Isabelle

Sometimes I need to listen to "Scarborough Fair," performed by Aoi Tada. Despite her chipper tone, she does a better job of capturing the melancholy nature of this English folk tale than most other performers. The words "chipper" and "melancholy" usually don't belong in the same sentence, but she manages to pull it off. It's like she's putting on a smile to hide her tears.

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

Jeanette Isabelle

Everything seems to be falling in place. It´s clearly "easy street":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7vFHEEL2fU

For a funeral:
"Going Out In Style":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7g3RuoreRc&list=OLAK5uy_kT_yDk2n68O2nS3IHYWJd7dvC7lVb2mP0

If you are easily offended, you might not want to watch it.

@Jeanette_Isabelle

I know you don´t understand the lyrics but otherwise, what do you think of this song?

https://youtu.be/IWHxsqOl_v0

Some people walk in ragged shoes, pray tell why is that?
God our Father who lives in Heaven might want it that way,

God our Father who lives in Heaven rests peacefully asleep,
Who cares about a pair of ragged shoes when one is old and tired?

Who cares how the days go? They wander as they please,
Citizen, in a hundred years you'll be no more,

By then someone else has taken your place, but of that you won't be aware,
You feel neither rain nor sun down in your murky grave,

Who cares how the nights go? I don't care at all,
As long as I can keep my face hidden within my lover's hair,

I am a questionable character, not good for much,
'Round a corner Death stalks, he'll take me when he pleases,

Some people walk in ragged shoes, until they stop walking,
The Devil who lives in Hell has himself a good laugh then."

Interestingly, a Swedish song is going for a Latin Ameican sound.

Different language, of course, but still in the general area. Listening to a song in Swedish reminds me of this beautiful lullaby sung in Northern Sámi.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmtFwUsTT54

Speaking of Swedish, I just remembered this religious number sung in English and Swedish.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcRJ5aDDBVc

Jeanette Isabelle

I dunno, I guess I'm not a terribly sophisticated fella:

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

I guess it's hard to compete with songs in Swedish and Northern Sámi.

Jeanette Isabelle

It's not the song per se. I love this tribute to the co-protagonists of Figure 17, Tsubasa, and Hikaru.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrs2N6jQcFQ

Jeanette Isabelle

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, Fourth Movement

A song that has been on my mind today is "Lilium" from the anime series Elfen Lied.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvCpCg0sGkg

Jeanette Isabelle

I think I'd like "Go Rest High on That Mountain" by Vince Gill... lyrics don't match my life, but I like the song


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwFiWCUkk4M

But on a bad day . . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5umEUBDXfU0

Actually, I should play this every morning to get me out of bed.

That's pretty.

Jeanette Isabelle

That reminds me of the opening scene of Soul.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qcUG6ajHno

Jeanette Isabelle

Thanks. Equally bad.

This a mood lifter rather than a feeling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrJvKZNEh7g

After reading about the death of ZZ Top bassplayer Dusty Hill, this is the mood:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b76kjd5nvMg

The song dogging me is: “I was only 19” by John Schumann

On those days when I'm a wreck, like today, I need Pachelbel's Canon in D on an infinite loop.

Jeanette Isabelle

"O Come Emmanuel" by Folk Angel fits my mood today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmV0XxnBjs4

Jeanette Isabelle

It's been really hot with high dew points thus very "uncomfortable" and at 0900 today it was at 80 already. With that, the little dog wanted to go out onto the deck and I was not in favor of the idea...

We had a stare down (which the wife laughed at) and I could hear this in the background:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enuOArEfqGo

Oh yeah... the dog won and she went out and sat on the deck for about ten minutes.

I discovered this song today, and I fell in love with it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG8WioOpz54

Jeanette Isabelle

Thank you! That was/is a lovely song.

Now that's high praise from a guy who was just listening to Frank Sinatra sing "one for the road"!

This is a guy I have just recently discovered. Love his performance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4MKQMTHplI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bfPwtUTP4k

This first one is funny.

Jeanette Isabelle

I find myself listing to that song a lot.

Jeanette Isabelle

Often times I find myself feeling mellow. And at those times I really like this young ladys singing. Quiet. Honest. Unpretentious and unassuming. Making use of simple surroundings and acoustics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSXh_L8IUvA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6rNtBBspdo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ofQXZxOA2U

The tempo of the first song is a tad too fast. I agree regarding the acoustics of the setting they use.

The third selection does not work for me.

Jeanette Isabelle

Comfortbly numb?

on the lighter side, since cataract surgery... "I can clearly now" by Jimmy Cliff

"Turn the page" Metallica rendition.

I recently came across a delightful rendition of "Canon in D," played on a glass harp. It was like discovering a piece of heaven.

https://youtu.be/UGftsRH7A2w

Jeanette Isabelle

And here is some heavenly dancing to go with the music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wJ5jH-c6aU

Grant Garmon went on to join the Marines and then become a police officer.

I'm an Irishman so at my wake what else:

Some Wisconsin Uni gals do their country proud, singing it in a tatty Derry pub!

https://youtu.be/zcJagerw8cM

qjs

I observed the couple's smooth footwork. That was my main focus.

Jeanette Isabelle