RE: SWAM’s comment of yesterdayNope, stopping at song 52 yesterday doesn’t mean I’m a year younger. It means that I wanted to save the last song for a page by itself. I figured that framing this song by itself would give it a better than average chance of being played by whoever visits. Nearly a…

45. As Close to Flying – Christine Lavin As Close To Flying – Christine… 46. All Souls Night – Loreena McKennittCouldn’t decide whether or not to include this one – the “song on the bubble” if you will. Doesn’t mean that I don’t like it. It’s gotten so much air time now that I’m not…

39. Field Behind the Plow – Stan Rogers This was written about the family farm, but it’s a story about pouring everything into a project with no guarantee of success. Nike’s “just do it” campaign becomes a shallow thing when you actually think about all the people in all the jobs across this world just…

30. One Bullet – Garnet RogersI wish I could have found a version to embed. It’s a very powerful song. 31. Peacekeeper – Fleetwood Mac 32. What a Good Boy – Bare Naked Ladies I liked BNL before anyone knew who they were in the US. A local DJ played a lot of Canadian artists,…

22. Birches – Bill Morrissey Birches – Bill Morrissey 23. Cavatina – by Stanley Myers, as performed by John Williams I still have to stop everything and just listen when this song is playing. Cavatina from The Deer Hunter … 24. Nanci – Adrian LeggAdrian Legg wrote this for Nanci Griffith while they were touring…

15. A Summer Song – Chad and Jeremy It was their second big song, after their initial hit “Yesterday’s Gone” and C&J’s biggest hit in the United States. It was the summer of 1964, I was eight years old, and I didn’t have a clue what the song was about. It didn’t matter; the harmonies…

Most of these are longer, story songs. 7. Roads to Moscow – Al Stewart A twist ending that is no twist ending if you know your history. I didn’t know my history the first time I listened to this song. I went back to the books to learn about this period of time. And still…

Unlike later updates to The List, there is a common theme with these songs – they got me through some bad times. These are the songs that hit my list first, not necessarily because they were the most important to me (though some do hit me powerfully) but because they are all tied to periods…

This was intended to be an afternoon project. It got out of hand. You may recall that back on October 21st I off-handedly commented that I’d been inspired by Roseanne Cash’s new CD, “The List”. I decided I was going to make my own top 100 list of songs. For those of you who enjoy…

The one little piece of tradition I wanted.