**CROSSPOST** A Beautiful Song

 Not much to say about this, but I wanted to share it. This is another one of those songs I hear that just reach all down in my soul and make me happy. I hope it makes someone feel better.

Peace

--Free

**EDIT** Dancing With Myself

(NOTE: I wrote this post piecemeal over a couple of days so please ignore any weirdness in the structure.)

I had to come back and add Rachel D'Arcy. I love her music but can never remember her name. I searched one of the songs I love and wanted to post it. Her voice. A bit like Amy Winehouse except more mature and sensual. She can really do her thing,

Remember when I mentioned posting some lists of songs I like? Well, this is a perfect time. When I was feeling like hell last week and in that deep blue funk, I tuned out of social media and plugged into my music.

There are so many songs I like, love, or am fascinated with that there's no way I can list even most of them. Since I live my life by my moods, I will list my music the same way. Here goes.

• Someday We'll All Be Free/A Song forYou (Donny Hathaway)
• Pata Pata/Mbube (Miriam Makeba)
• Black Violin (A Flat)
• Lovely Day (Bill Withers)
• Hysteria/Love Bites/Animal/Foolin (Def Leppard)
• Many Rivers to Cross (Jimmy Cliff)
• Higher Ground/I Wish/ Fingertips Pts1&2 (Stevie Wonder)
• Dancing in the Moonlight (Toploader)
• Brick House/Zoom (Commodores)
• Let's Work/Adore (Prince)
• Joe Satriani
• Didn't I (Darondo)
• Celia Cruz
• You & I/Hold Me (Emily King)
• Public Enemy
• Soul Flower remix (Pharcyde)
• Back It Up (Nellie Travis)
• The Emotions 
• James Taylor
• Graham Central Station
• I Just Love the Man (The Jones Girls)
• Underneath the Colors/ Tight/By My Side/Stairs (INXS)
• Free (Jaguar Wright ft. Freeway)
• Upside Down (Diana Ross)
• Life is Beautiful acoustic & live (Sixx A.M.)
• Slide (Slave)
• Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Natural High (Bloodstone)
• Shine (BarKays)
• Noreg (Sky Townsend)
• Turn Your Lights Down Low (Bob Marley)
• O.H.I.O. (Ohio Players)
• Wichita Lineman (Glen Campbell)
• Nobody But You (by both Dorothy Moore & Joss Stone)
• Wild Honey (Van Morrison w/Joss Stone)
• Crazy Love (Van Morrison)
• Still Life Blues (Elephant Micah)
• Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover (Sophie B. Hawkins)
• Black Girl (Lenny Kravitz)
• I Go to the Barn (Band of Horses)
• Aretha Franklin
• Ooh Child (The 5 Stairsteps)
• Do You Wanna Dance (Bette Midler)
• Simply Beautiful/L.O.V.E./Funny How Time Slips Away (Al Green)
• Does She Love That Man (Breathe)
• Everything is Everything (Lauryn Hill)
• Ordinary World/Come Undone (Duran Duran)
• Sweet Thing (Chaka Khan)
• What a Wonderful World (both by Louis Armstrong & Paolo Nutini)
• Amos Lee
• Diana Ross
• Tears Dry On Their Own/Love Is a Losing Game (Amy Winehouse)
• Crazy (Patsy Cline)
• Quiet (MILCK)
• Millie Jackson
• Knocking on Heaven's Door (both by Randy Crawford & GNR)
• John Mayer
• The Temptations
• Gladys Knight & The Pips
• In My Time/You Got What I Need/Wake Up (Teddy Pendergrass - and w/The Bluenotes)
• Holla If You Hear Me/Baby Don't Cry (2Pac)
• I'm Still Here (Mindy McCready)
• Fisherman's Blues (The Waterboys)
• Love Ballad (LTD)
• Sinnerman/Wild Is the Wind/Blackbird (Nina Simone)
• Once In A Lifetime (Talking Heads)
• Duke Ellington
• Quincy Jones
• Waterfalls/Swing My Thing Back Around/Am I the One (Beth Hart)
• I Can't Tell You Why (Eagles)
• Mmm/I Don't Want You Back (Laura Izibor)
• Stormy Monday (T-Bone Walker)
• Uncomfortable Truth/My Home (Nneka)
• Water (Jack Garratt)
• Baby Can I Hold You (Tracy Chapman)
• Elton John
• Jeff Buckley
• God Only Knows (Beach Boys)
• Alpha (Elvis)
• Keb Mo
• Hey You (Floetry)
• Arrested Development
• In the Mood (Glen Miller)
• Unseen Zones (Destiny Lab)
• No One Else On Earth (Wynona Judd)
• Love (Kendrick Lamar)
• James Brown
• Wild Horses/Shattered/Beast of Burden (Rolling Stones)
• Bonnie Raitt
• It's You that I Need (Enchantment)
• Love Me (The 1975)
• Rock the Mic (State Property)
• Everybody Needs Somebody (Solomon Burke)
• Sea of Tranquility (Kool & the Gang) & Send It On (D'Angelo)
• Brown Sugar (D'Angelo)
• The Sky Is Crying (Gary B. Coleman)
• Everybody Talks (Neon Trees)
• Stars (Simply Red)
• Hold Me/I Knew I Love You (Savage Garden)
• Yours acapella version (Shai)
• So Into You (Fabolous)
• True (Spandau Ballet)
• Smile (Ural Thomas and the Pain)
• Creep/Waterfalls (TLC)
• Madness (Muse)
• Sleepwalk (Santo and Johnny)
• Motown music (esp Marvin Gaye)
• Some jazz
• Some country
• Some folk

You know what? This list is SO incomplete. I just kept this post open for a couple days and would come over and add to the list as songs popped into my head. Every time I thought I was done, I would think of another song. I'm going to just stop now before I drive myself bonkers.

And this doesn't even represent some other genres. I have so many gospel and Christian favorites that I would never be able to start listing them. The top faves include songs by Big Daddy Weave, Third Day, the Georgia & Mississippi Mass Choirs, and James Cleveland. I will do another post soon to list some of the Christian/Gospel songs.

 I wouldn't be able to do a good job of listing classical music because I only know the songs I like by ear. I do love stuff from musicals (like that beautiful song from Les Miserables "Bring Him Home" - but only as sung by the one dude with the huge voice that shakes my insides up). Man, I cried so hard the first time I heard that song. Maybe I should actually go see a musical. That would be something. Unless I ended up in a puddle of tears by the end. I think I'm way too emotional for hearing such glorious music in public.

Real quick before I sign off, I have to share how much I love Vapewild. I've been vaping on 21 Jump Treat ever since VW added it back to the lineup. Along with my juice order, I requested some of the famous Vapewild art. Guess what? I not only got the art subject I requested, but I also LOVE it. So freaking cute. You can probably guess what I requested. It was a toss-up between an orchid and... my grown gal crush:.

Vapewild art

I was having a really crappy day when the order arrived. Then I saw the drawing and - boom - instant smile. I'm such a kid at heart. By the way, I think that the artist makes him look more John Wick-ish than sweet Keanu but I still love it. The piece sits right next to where I do all my blogging and writing,

Peace

--Free