Curtis Smith2d ago

Today’s #ThursdayFiveList is a collection of songs to #LetTheRiversFlow

Meeting Across the River - Bruce Springsteen
https://youtu.be/c6OAtvjSf1Y

Ol’ Man River - Frank Sinatra
https://youtu.be/BoLWw7vtO24

I Bought the Mississippi River - Sparks
https://youtu.be/JKsCZH3MGZI

Sitting By the Riverside - The Kinks
https://youtu.be/80o__1OkB8M

London Calling - The Clash
https://youtu.be/EfK-WX2pa8c

Meeting Across the River

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Show threada/k/a ginger 🍵...🎶🌻1d ago
@curtisysmith Oh gosh, Meeting Across the River is one of those time travel songs for me. Good list there -- surprisingly, I know 4 out of 5 of the songs.
Show threadCurtis Smith1d ago
@tc_morekindness I’ll assume that it’s the Sparks songs that you didn’t know😂. Meeting Across the River was a close friend’s favorite Springsteen song
Show threada/k/a ginger 🍵...🎶🌻

@curtisysmith

>I’ll assume that it’s the Sparks songs that you didn’t know

Right. As we speak, I'm reading about them. Gosh, they've been around so long I'm surprised I've never heard of them. Kind of interesting that they were discovered by Todd Rundgren, who produced their first album.

I completely inhaled the "Born to Run" album. I think it's his best, though I don't know all of them. I think I stopped following with "Nebraska," maybe.

Apr 10 at 2:50pmWeb
Show threadCurtis Smith22h ago
@tc_morekindness A good friend in high school turned me on the Sparks in the late 70s. I’d never heard anything as quirky as Hospitality On Parade or This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us other than Frank Zappa.
Show threada/k/a ginger 🍵...🎶🌻21h ago
@curtisysmith Challenge accepted...I might have to listen to those. After gearing up w some more coffee.
Show threada/k/a ginger 🍵...🎶🌻20h ago
@curtisysmith Quirky indeed. I'm glad I listened, but this is really not my thing. You know what this reminds me of? Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody -- which I never cared for. I know, I'm like the only person in the world who never liked Queen, mainly bc I didn't like BR. 🤷‍♀️
Show threadCurtis Smith20h ago
@tc_morekindness They are different and certainly not for everyone. I kind of lost interest after about 1980
Show threada/k/a ginger 🍵...🎶🌻20h ago

@curtisysmith Yeah, I think that would get old, even if you liked it at first.

Thinking about me and Queen and Bohemian Rhapsody, I'm remembering how you rejected Rickie Lee Jones because you hated Chuck E's in Love. 😅 Actually, I was fine with Queen's rock stuff. I just don't particularly like "mock opera" or whatever.

Show threadCurtis Smith19h ago
@tc_morekindness Yep. Sometimes songs just hit us wrong and there’s no getting past that initial reaction