CD exchange – Vox
Posted on | June 16, 2007 | 2 Comments
The next CD to go out was mine, titled is “You Are Here”
I am going to preface this by saying that my list for this theme was originally about 6 CDs worth, really hard for me to cut it down. You all are lucky you didn’t get the boxed set ๐
I ended up limiting the choices to (mostly) cities or states in the US, and I tried to arrange them in road trip fashion. Somehow, I left the west coast off entirely. Heck, I left Arizona off. Three New York songs, though Oh well, hindsight.
- The Road Not Taken ~ Robert Frost – This was added after I got the whole ‘trip’ put together. It just seemed to fit.
- Here, There and Everywhere ~ Celine Dion – Trying, again, to set the theme. Should have left the space for a place song, but I am a sucker for Beatles music. I’ve always loved this one
- New York City ~ Norah Jones – Norah has such a cool vibe, and I thought this may not be quite as familiar as her other songs. From a CD released by a quartet she performed with prior to ‘making it’.
- Broadway ~ Alison Krauss – Almost went with the George Benson song here, he is such a great guitarist. However, I decided you were less likely to have heard this one. She has such a sweet voice.
- Manhattan ~ Rosemary Clooney – I have about 4 versions of this song, so I had a hard time choosing. It came down to this one and the version by Blossom Dearie. I thought Blossom might be less familiar to you, and I always like introducing people to my favorites, but ultimately, for this song, I decided the Rosemary Clooney version was simply superior.
- Philadelphia ~ Lea Delaria – One of my favorite chick singers. This is from her collection of jazzified covers of modern songs called “Double Standards“. Great CD.
- Ohio ~ Over The Rhine – I just found this group recently, though they have been around for more than a decade. Better late than never….
- Chicago ~ Frank Sinatra – Ol’ Blue Eyes. Swoon. Even on this cheesy number.
- Colorado ~ Sons of the Desert – I had a hard time choosing between two Sons of the Desert geographical songs, so I included them both. Sorry. I was just in a country music mood I guess.
- Leaving las Vegas ~ Original Soundtrack – Why? Why not? ๐
- Albuquerque ~ Sons of the Desert – More SOTD. D introduced me to this group, I found their CDs on Amazon for $.50 each. Great buy.
- Dallas ~ Original Soundtrack – I have already heard that this song made at least one person cringe. It was this one or “Beverly Hills 90210”, I though this one was less annoying, though I could have reached the west coast with the other.
- Sweet Home Alabama ~ Lynyrd Skynyrd – Had to be on here.
- Georgia ~ Carolyn Dawn Johnson – Not the version of “Georgia” you are expecting, this one gives me extra by mentioning Alabama, Mississippi & Louisiana, as well. Oh, and California! I did make it to the Pacific…sort of.
- East Asheville Hardware ~ David Wilcox – This one makes me grin and does mention a city, so there you go.
- Tennessee ~ The Wreckers – Loving The Wreckers, too. I had 5 or 6 songs called Tennessee – popular state for songwriters. This one just hit me the right way when I was selecting.
- Home ~ Chris Daughtry – Yeah, you’ve all heard it on Idol. But it’s good. And it fits. It was either this one or the Michael Buble song, I just thought the Daughtry one was more interesting – and you all know how I love Michael Buble ๐
- Back In Your Own Backyard ~ Nancy Wilson – I think this one really captures how I was feeling when I was wrapping this one up. We spend so much time searching ‘out there’ for happiness, when all the while it may be staring you in the face.
- America the Beautiful ~ Martin Sexton – I like this version, though I am sad to say it is the only vocal version I have.
- America ~ Michele Horsefield, Gary Carney – This is from a recording by a couple of jazzers who “retired” here in Phoenix – they continued quite actively in the musical community. I posted about Michelle’s very hip funeral here. This is on her album, but she isn’t singing on this cut.
- How Did You Find Me Here? ~ David Wilcox – One of his more spiritual songs is the bonus track here. No matter where you go, you’re never alone.
Since I no longer feature the RadioBlog on this site, I tried to create a playlist for this collection. A few of the songs were not to be found on YouTube, so I may have to upload a version myself. Here is the not-quite-complete playlist:
UPDATE: See Lori’s review.
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2 Responses to “CD exchange – Vox”
June 21st, 2007 @ 5:00 pm
I’m loving this CD Vox. I’ve been playing this one in my car.
June 25th, 2007 @ 9:05 am
Take a few days off next week before the 4th, so I intend to put the reviiews and get my tracks togethers and mailed out then, if not sooner.