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Ok…Since we began dating our posts here at THE COUCH and then using Song Titles to anchor every story, we felt today’s THURSDAY THIRTEEN should commemorate that fact. There is always a song of some sort playing in my head depending upon what I am doing… What I have selected for today are the THIRTEEN SONGS that I use when I am feeling stressed and need to remove myself from the world for a while.. Now, our plan was to give you the opportunity to listen to the songs, but we could not get the Auto-Start to disable, thus all 13 songs would begin playing when you sat down. Nah...that did not work...we will continue working on it If anyone knows how to get the Bestaudio code to disable auto-start, leave a comment. That said, they are not all soothing songs…know there are times when the SPARKS OF INSANITY need to rock! We are going to countdown to one today... 13. DANCING IN THE DARK – TONY BENNETT (H. Deitz, A. Schwartz) One of those songs I used to play at every wedding as a DJ and it just grew on me… a wonderfully simple melody, with simple lyric…but it gets to me. 12. BEYOND THE SEA - BOBBY DARREN ( A. Laspy, J. Lawrence, C. Trenet) I have always loved Bobby Darren and this song or Mack The Knife. But Beyond The Sea, takes me away… 11. BLACK WATER – DOOBIE BROTHERS (P. Simmons) A great round of vocals ends this song and I always find myself singing along and smiling. 10. ICE CREAM CAKES – JEFF BECK (J. Beck) First solo Jeff Beck song I ever heard, it takes me back to my 20’s…a simpler time. 9. THORN TREE IN THE GARDEN – ERIC CLAPTON & DUANE ALLMAN (B. Whitlock) Yes, you could also pick the Jimi Hendrix version of this song, but there is something about these two together that is just soothing…short and sweet…I sometimes replay it over and over. 8. HIGHER AND HIGHER - JACKIE WILSON (G. Jackson, W. Smith, R. Miner) Just a great love song…sung with soul and feeling that gets me in the pit of my stomach. 7. MANN’S FATE – HOT TUNA (J. Kaukonen) Jorma and Jack just playing like the dickens..soothing. 6. ROSALITA – BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (B. Springsteen) This is my “white-man-dance-around-the-house” song. 5. LA GRANGE – ZZ TOP (B. Gibbons, F. Beard, M. Hill) This is a perfect example of “song in my head” music. A number of years ago 4 couples went to St. Thomas for the New Years holiday. One day we went to St. Johns and rented two jeeps and bombed around the island all day stopping at beaches and bars…The whole day, I heard this song in my head. When we got back, I took video and still pictures that we all had taken, and produced a video tape of the trip for each couple. Wanna see it? Come to Memphis! 4. WATERSONG - HOT TUNA (J. Kaukonen) A beautiful arrangement…Jorma and Jack work together so well on this. When I did my radio show, I would open with this in the background as I welcomed my listeners for the evening. 3. NOT FADE AWAY / GOING DOWN THE ROAD FEELING BAD – GRATEFUL DEAD (C. Buddy Holly, N. Petty / J. Garcia, M. Hart, R. Hunter, W. Kreutzmann, P. Lesh, R. McKernan, R. Weir) Good time party song with a boogie beat. I always waited for this song when I saw the Dead, because I knew that Bobby Weir was going to wail. 2. HOT 'LANTA - ALLMAN BROTHERS (G. Allman, D. Allman, R. Betts, B. Oakley, B. Trucks, J.J. Johanson) Another instrumental for me to just float away with. 1. MOUNTAIN JAM (Theme from First There Is A Mountain) – ALLMAN BROTHERS - (G. Allman, D. Allman, R. Betts, B. Oakley, B. Trucks, J.J. Johanson, D. Leitch) The song that is playing...this one, for me, is the ultimate. I close my eyes and just escape. After the bass and drum solos halfway through Duane takes over and just makes his guitar sound like no one else can. Listen closely in the background at times for the “chirping birds he recreates on his guitar…stellar!) Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 01. Gattina - http://catnipanonymous.blogspot.com/ 02. Caylynn - http://caylynn.blogspot.com/ 03. Suki - http://slightlydelightful.net/blog/ 04. Wendy Ann - http://wendypereira.wordpress.com/ 05. TurnBaby - http://andastheworldturns.blogspot.com/ 06. Coco - http://acorner4coco.blogspot.com/ 07. Sonny - http://sweetlikekitty.blogspot.com/ 08. Twyla - http://lostinthebattle.blogspot.com/ 09. Sanni - http://coffee2go.blogspot.com/ 10. Peggy - http://peggys-musings.blogspot.com/ 11. Barb - http://skittles0366.blogspot.com 12. Busy - http://busy91.livejournal.com/ IT SEEMS MANY OF YOU ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH SOME OR ALL OF THESE.. to hear all of them but "Higher and Higher" (it is not listed), you can go to bestaudiocodes.com and look up by artist to hear the mp3)

St. J - P.B.U.A.Q.B.

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