Blue Rondo à la Turk

Crazy Turk rhythm,
Insanely catchy jazz bounce.
Grab a rainbow, dance.

-Dave Brubeck, Time Out
1959, Jazz

Gather the Hands

Blessed by the free earth
Two part intimate anthem
Spiritual thinking.

-Xavier Rudd, Storm Boy
2018, Roots folk rock

Liebesträume

Solo piano piece
Gentle euphoric romance
Beauty so intense.

-composed by Franz Liszt
1850, Romantic Era

Stick With Me Kid

Guitar shuffle chug
Run, run til there’s nowhere left
You know what to do.

-The Dears, Degeneration Street
2011, Indie rock

Sweet Dancer

The joy of movement
Girl lilts and twirls joy
Sweet roots poet rock.

-The Waterboys, An Appointment with Mr Yeats
2011, Irish-British folk rock

Unchained Melody

Love that is needed
Time, rivers flowing to sea
The perfect love song.

-written in 1955
1965 (performed by Righteous Brothers), single
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