Single Greatest Song Of All Time

Ramsey Lewis Trio - Summer Breeze

Ramsey Lewis Trio - Summer Breeze (1973)




Seals & Croft - Summer Breeze

Seals & Croft - Summer Breeze (1972)

"Summer Breeze"

See the curtains hangin' in the window
In the evening on a Friday night
A little light a-shinin' through the window
Lets me know everything's all right

Summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowin' through the jasmine in my mind
Summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowin' though the jasmine in my mind

See the paper layin' on the sidewalk
A little music from the house next door
So I walk on up to the doorstep
Through the screen and across the floor

Summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowin' through the jasmine in my mind
Summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowin' through the jasmine in my mind

Sweet days of summer, the jasmine's in bloom
July is dressed up and playing her tune
And I come home from a hard day's work
And you're waitin' there
Not a care in the world

See the smile awaitin' in the kitchen
Through cookin' and the plates for two
Feel the arms that reach out to hold me
In the evening when the day is through

Summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowing through the jasmine in my mind
Summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowing through the jasmine in my mind

 

1.5 speed is recommended for all of these

Across The Universe - John Lennon

Across The Universe - John Lennon (1969)

Fiona Apple - Across the Universe (2022)



Aurora - Across the Universe (2019)



The Beatles



"Across The Universe"
("Let It Be" Version)

Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup
They slither while they pass, they slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind
Possessing and caressing me

Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world

Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes
They call me on and on across the universe
Thoughts meander like a restless wind
Inside a letter box they
Tumble blindly as they make their way
Across the universe

Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world

Sounds of laughter shades of life are ringing
Through my open ears inciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns
And calls me on and on across the universe

Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world

Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva...

 

This an upbeat version. The album itself was very downbeat.

Bob Dylan - Not Dark Yet

Bob Dylan - Not Dark Yet (1997)

1.25 speed is recommended



"Not Dark Yet"

Shadows are fallin' and I've been here all day
It's too hot to sleep and time is runnin' away
Feel like my soul has turned into steel
I've still got the scars that the sun didn't heal
There's not even room enough to be anywhere
It's not dark yet but it's gettin' there.

Well, my sense of humanity has gone down the drain
Behind every beautiful thing there's been some kind of pain
She wrote me a letter and she wrote it so kind
She put down in writin' what was in her mind
I just don't see why I should even care
It's not dark yet but it's gettin' there.

Well, I've been to London and I been to gay Paris
I've followed the river and I got to the sea
I've been down on the bottom of the world full of lies
I ain't lookin' for nothin' in anyone's eyes
Sometimes my burden is more than I can bear
It's not dark yet but it's gettin' there.

I was born here and I'll die here against my will
I know it looks like I'm movin' but I'm standin' still
Every nerve in my body is so naked and numb
I can't even remember what it was I came here to get away from
Don't even hear the murmur of a prayer
It's not dark yet but it's gettin' there.

 

1.25 speed is recommended

Linda Ronstadt - Long Long Time

Linda Ronstadt - Long Long Time (1970)




"Long Long Time"

Love will abide
Take things in stride
Sounds like good advice
But there's no one at my side

And time washes clean
Love's wounds unseen
That's what someone told me
But I don't know what it means

'Cause I've done everything I know
To try and make you mine
And I think I'm gonna love you
For a long, long time

Caught in my fears
Blinking back the tears
I can't say you hurt me
When you never let me near

And I never drew
One response from you
All the while you fell
All over girls you never knew

'Cause I've done everything I know
To try and make you mine
And I think it's going to hurt me
For a long, long time

Wait for the day
You'll go away
Knowing that you warned me
Of the price I'd have to pay

And life's full of flaws
Who knows the cause?
Living in the memory
Of a love that never was

'Cause I've done everything I know
To try and change your mind
And I think I'm going to miss you
For a long, long time

'Cause I've done everything I know
To try and make you mine
And I think I'm gonna love you
For a long, long time

 

U2- Drowning Man

U2- Drowning Man (1983)



Rick Beato Analysis

Rick Beato - U2 - Drowning Man (2022)



"Drowning Man"

Take my hand
You know I'll be there
If you can
I'll cross the sky for your love
For I have promised
For to be with you tonight
And for the time that will come

Take my hand
You know I'll be there
If you can
I'll cross the sky for your love
And I understand
These winds and tides
This change of times
Won't drag you away

Hold on, and hold on tightly
Hold on, and don't let go of my love
The storms will pass, it won't be long now
This love will last, this love will last forever

And take my hand, you know I'll be there
If you can I'll cross the sky for your love
Give you what I hold dear

Hold on, hold on tightly
Hold on, and hold on tightly
Rise up, rise up with wings like eagles
You run, you run
You run and not grow weary

Hold on, and hold on tightly
Hold on, hold on tightly
This love, lasts forever
Now this love lasts forever

 

Deep and expressive. No pretense at all. Incredible technical vocal control. I don't think this girl could be off key if she tried. Sings with wisdom, like this first song "Through the Eyes of a Child"

Aurora - KEXP Seattle Performance in 2020

 

1.5 speed is recommended

Batzorig Vaanchig - Mongolian Throat Singing with My Daughter

Batzorig Vaanchig - Mongolian Throat Singing with My Daughter (2021)

 

Very talented young lady.
Needs new bowl before next haircut

Acoustic guitar might be better accompanying instrument for her