Burning Up The Night

Night Fever
Favorite Line(s):
Here I am
Prayin’ for this moment to last
Livin’ on the music so fine
Borne on the wind
Makin’ it mine
Night fever, night fever
We know how to do it
Gimme that night fever, night fever
We know how to show it
Comment(s):
This song is (IMHO) a “classic” disco tune.  My “issue” with disco music wasn’t that I didn’t like it (the music).  Generally speaking, I liked it a lot (and still do – in doses).  My problem was that disco music (/ dance style) became a super-fad while I was in the Army and I had a psychological block against memorizing moves and dancing in formation.  I had the same problem when the next “fad” was country line dancing, YMCA and Macarena.  The “interesting” thing, for me, was I enjoyed marching in formation – when we had to do it.  I just mentally objected to carrying it (acting in formation) over into the civilian part of my life.  I still do…
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End The Drought (Please, God)

I Wanna Go Outside In The Rain
Favorite Line(s):
I wanna go outside
In the rain
It may sound crazy
But I
Wanna go outside
In the rain
Comment(s):
[Watching and reading the news about wild fires and drought, I keep remembering this song (above) and “I Wish It Would Rain” by the Temptations.    —    KMAB]
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Walkin’ And Talkin’

Boom Boom
Favorite Line(s):
Won’t you walk that walk?
And talk that talk
And whisper in my ear
Tell me that you love me
I love that talk
When you talk like that
You knock me out
Right off my feet
Ho ho ho ho
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2012	Brain, n.
2011	Styles Of Leadership
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Since She Left

Donna
Favorite Line(s):
I had a girl,
Donna was her name
Since she left me,
I never been the same
‘Cause I love my girl
Donna,
Where can you be?
Where can you be?
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2015	What We Choose To Divide Us
2014	Peace With Honor
2013	Dangerous Systems
2012	Useful Science
2011	Say It, But Please Don’t Make Me Listen

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Gotta Have A Friend

Spirit In The Sky
Favorite Line(s):
Prepare yourself
You know it’s a must
Gotta have a friend in Jesus
So you know that when you die
He’s gonna recommend you
To the spirit in the sky
(Spirit in the sky)
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2012	Two Ear Ticklers
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2011	To Avail The Nation

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A Familiar Song

More Than A Feeling
Favorite Line(s):
So many people have come and gone
Their faces fade as the years go by
Yet I still recall as I wander on
As clear as the sun in the summer sky
It’s more than a feeling
(More than a feeling)
When I hear that old song they used to play
(More than a feeling)
And I begin dreaming
(More than a feeling)
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2014	At Least Smile
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Every Now And Then

Total Eclipse Of The Heart
Favorite Line(s):
Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I’m only falling apart
There’s nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there’s only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart
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2015	An Appetite For Life
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2014	Pass The Soul
2013	Zapping Music And Art
2012	Not Quite Fantastic
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2011	Wolves At The Door
2010	I’m Feeling Patriotic… (Well, more than usual, anyway.)
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Jumpin’ Sticks

Juke Joint Jump
Favorite Line(s):
There’s a jumpin’ little juke joint
Way out in the sticks
Half a mile down a dirt road
Off a highway six
Ain’t near no town
Ain’t close to no city
Those folks get down
Til it’s a doggone pity
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2016	Still Springy
2015	Well Concealed
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2013	A Cult Of Ignorance
2012	Counting Valor
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I’ve Had Enough

Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
Favorite Line(s):
I don’t have the strength to get up
And take another shot
And my best friend,
My doctor
Won’t even say
What it is I’ve got
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2018	Push The Envelope
2017	Ents
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2014	What It Takes
2013	We Are
2012	Utopian
2011	Seen Any Black Swans Lately?

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Laughter And Loving

When She Was My Girl
Favorite Line(s):
When she was my girl
There was laughter and loving in my world
Everyday
When she was my girl
Oh what joy she would bring
Now I’ve lost everything
She’s gone, gone, gone gone, gone!
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On This Day In:
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2016	Going Back
2015	Just For Today
2014	Reaching For Destiny
2013	Still Just Passing Through
2012	Live Or Die
2011	On Secession
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Every Day’s A New Day

More Today Than Yesterday
Favorite Line(s):
Every day’s a new day in love with you
With each day comes a new way of loving you
Every time I kiss your lips my mind starts to wander
If all my dreams come true
I’ll be spending time with you
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2014	Just Another Brick From The Wall
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2012	Foundations
2011	Are We Devouring Yet?

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Like Sunday Morning

Easy
Favorite Line(s):
Why in the world would anybody put chains on me? Yeah
I’ve paid my dues to make it
Everybody wants me to be what they want me to be
I’m not happy when I try to fake it, no
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And One For Me

Bang A Drum
Favorite Line(s):
No I don’t claim to be a wise man
A poet or a saint
I’m just another man who’s searching
For a better way
But my heart beats loud as thunder
For the things that I believe
Sometimes I want to run for cover
Sometimes I want to scream
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2015	Happy Memory
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2013	Memories & Binging
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Let Your Hair Down

Hang On Sloopy
Favorite Line(s):
Sloopy lives in a very bad part of town
(ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
And everybody, yeah,
Tries to put my Sloopy down
(ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
Sloopy, I don’t care
What your daddy do
(ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
‘Cause you know,
Sloopy, Girl,
I’m in love with you
(ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
And so I say now
Hang on, Sloopy
Sloopy, hang on
Hang on, Sloopy
Sloopy, hang on
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Doing It One The One

P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)
Favorite Line(s):
Good evening
Do not attempt to adjust your radio,
There is nothing wrong
We have taken control as to bring you this special show
We will return it to you as soon as you are grooving
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On This Day In:
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2011	A Key To Effectiveness

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