Spirit Of The 80's

If you have not heard about my microblog that features classic spiritual music from the 80's you might want to bookmark/RSS it: SpiritOfThe80s.tumblr.com

1) Hear about weird history from 20 years ago.
2) Non-believers, Skeptics, Undecided, and TO'd at God types, can add an obscure, hard to find, and sometimes brilliant music category to their library.
3) Old School Believers can ruminate and say things like "Yeah those were the days.(Cough)"
4) Earlier Adopter Believers can claim a vast knowledge of the musical period, still be seen as mildly uninterested, and comment on it's irony.
5) The rest of you can just cringe and roll your eyes.

Did I cover everyone?

Listen To this Song: Crystal Lewis

This is the thump dance remix. If this doesn't get you moving, you are dead. Full on Flatlining. Really.

Music Video: Johnny Cash "Hurt"

Listen to this song: Colin Hay

'And you said,"Be still, my love
Open up your heart
Let the light shine in"
Don't you understand?
I already have a plan' more

Quite Van Morrisonish'.

Listen to this song: "Fold" Jose Gonzalez

A short simple song about grace.

"Please hold me back
if I tend to lose it and steer into old tracks.

Please don't let me down this time.
I've come a long way to just fold back into line"

Eagles Sing About Sobriety

"One Day At A Time" Eagles

Keep Breathing

via fuzzballchronicles
music by Ingrid Michaelson

Bedtime Tunes

I just stumbled across this audio serenity site called "Bedtime Tunes" the songs are updated nightly. It is a nice little browser fed database with nice descriptions and tags. I am listening to one of my favorite female vocalists Anna Nalick "Wreck Of the Day" and it isn't even bedtime.

2 Corinthians 1:8-9

Pressed beyond measure; yes, pressed to great length;
Pressed so intensely, beyond my own strength;
Pressed in my body and pressed in my soul,
Pressed in my mind until the dark surges roll.
Pressure from foes, and pressure from dear friends.
Pressure on pressure till life nearly ends.

Pressed into knowing no helper but God;
Pressed into loving His staff and his rod.
Pressed into liberty where nothing clings;
Pressed into faith for impossible things.
Pressed into living my life for the Lord,
Pressed into living a Christ-life outpoured.

A.B. Simpson

intent furthered by Freddy Mercury and David Bowie:

Pressure pushing down on me
Pressing down on you no man ask for
Under pressure
That burns a building down
Splits a family in two
Puts people on streets

Um ba ba bay
Um ba ba bay
Dee day duh
Ee day duh
thats ok

It's the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming get me out!
Tomorrow takes me higher
Pressure on people
People on streets

Day day day
da da dup bup bup
Okay

Chippin' around
kick my brains round the floor
These are the days
It never rains but it pours
Ee do bay bup
Ee do bay ba bup
Ee do bup
Bay bup
People on streets
Dee da dee da day
People on streets
Dee da dee da dee da dee da

It's the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming let me out!
Tomorrow takes me high high higher
Pressure on people
People on streets

Turned away from it all
Like the blind man
Sat on a fence but it don't work
Keep coming up with love
But it's so slashed and torn
Why why why?

(Love, love, love, love)

Insanity laughs under pressure we're cracking
Can't we give ourselves one more chance?
Why can't we give love that one more chance?
Why can't we give love give love give love?
Give love give love give love give love give love give love?
Cause love's such an old fashioned word
And love dares you to care
For the people on the edge of the night
And love dares you to change our way
Of caring about ourselves
This is our last dance
this is our last dance
this is ourselves

This is ourselves
Under Pressure
Under Pressure
Pressure

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