Today's 'transport problems' in the Netherlands made me think of
Guy Clark - Texas 1947
which in turn made me think of me (seven years old) putting a coin on a railroad track next to the campsite where we camped (in Tirol).
And then waiting for the train to 'flatten' it.
So here's my #MusicForToday
Since today is #InternationalWomenInEngineeringDay, I immediately (sorry for that) think about Amazing Grace (Hopper).
So here's my #MusicForToday
Joan Baez - Amazing Grace (Live Aid 1985)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS5RLNnBGIw
My #MusicForToday can only be about proliferation (nuclear proliferation that is).
As relevant today as it was in 1965
Tom Lehrer - Who's Next
https://song.link/i/1760166440
Since this festival (see 👆) is today, my #MusicForToday is by the headliners
The Pitt
Tonight they'll probably end with this song (unfortunately there's no real good clips of them)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg2bOQAqJ2c
Since today is #WorldRefugeeDay, my choice of #MusicForToday is about 'home', wherever that may be 😘
Souad Massi - Raoui
https://song.link/i/1443606297
Since today is #Juneteenth, my #MusicForToday is
Lara Downes - I Dream a World
Since today used to be a National Holiday in the Netherlands, #WaterlooDag, my #MusicForToday is
Stonewall Jackson - Waterloo
[What's with the puppy ???]
Little General Napoleon of France
Tried to conquer the world
But lost his pants
Met defeat
Known as Bonaparte's Retreat
And that's when Napoleon
Met his Waterloo
Waterloo Waterloo
Where will you meet your Waterloo ?
Every puppy has its day
Everybody has to pay
Everybody has to meet his Waterloo
Since today is #WorldDayToCombatDesertificationAndDrought, my #MusicForToday is
Tinariwen - Cler Achel
Since today is #Vaderdag (Father's day) in the Nertherlands, my #MusicForToday is
Paul Simon - Father and Daughter
Since today is #WorldBloodDonorDay, my #MusicForToday is
Clancy Pye - I Give For You
Since today is #InternationalAlbinismAwarenessDay, my #MusicForToday is
Salif Keita - La Différence
Since today is the #WorldDayAgainstChildLabour, my #MusicForToday is
Israel Maweta - Say No To Child Labour
Since today is #NationaleBuitenspeeldag in the Netherlands, my choice of #MusicForToday is
Jerry Garcia & David Grisman - Teddy Bears' Picnic
Today, due to a strike organized by the unions in large parts of North Holland, South Holland, Zeeland and West Brabant, no NS trains will run nationwide.
Therefore my second pick of #MusicForToday is
Dillard & Clark - Train Leaves Here This Morning
https://song.link/i/1713837626
There's something happening in the Netherlands these days that prompted me to pick this song as #MusicForToday.
I imagine Dilan Yeşilgöz singing this
Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You
https://song.link/i/1062400635
Since today is #CoralTriangleDay, my #MusicForToday is
Claudia Robin Gunn - Coral Reef
So, my #MusicForToday is
Millpond Moon - Lena Baker
https://song.link/i/997252612
Since today is #TouretteSyndromeAwarenessDay, my choice of #MusicForToday is
Lewis Capaldi at Glastonbury 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdEbPkD2KYc
Since today is #DDay, my choice of #MusicForToday is
Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra - The White Cliffs of Dover
