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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