"Did Galileo Pray?" - Ptolemy, Copernicus &
Galileo
This is one of the new songs that’s not on an
album. If you go to the Projects Page, you’ll see the link for the Kennedy Center
concert in DC and a link for the RealPlayer that you’ll need to download the
performance. It’s a beautiful song. Plus you get to learn about retrograde motion in
this one. See? Fun AND Educational! * grin *
"Did Galileo Pray?" - The Milky Way
This is not the candy bar, okay people? Try not to
think about chocolate bars so much!
"Did Galileo Pray?" - The Church & The Pope
What Pope reference would be complete without
visiting the Vatican? It’s got Michaelangelo so how bad can it be?
"Maria’s Beautiful Mess"
Ellis has said this song contains references to
"Hotel California". Lisa and I have found a few. I hesitate to name a number
because we’ve never actually sat down to seriously tally the references. If you find
more than six let us know. I think that’s generally the amount we’ve come up
with.
"Maria’s Beautiful Mess" - Ella Fitzgerald
I am a musical neophyte in the jazz world. Luckily, a
friend of mine really likes Ella so I get to borrow CD’s and educate myself!
"Everything’s Broken" – Hollywood
This is a very emotional song. I’d say it’s
a downer but there’s a positive message of empowerment in it. At least in my little
mind there is! J Ellis said
he has a couple of female friends that go to movies alone to work out their problems which
is what inspired the opening line of this song. So let’s go to the movies!
"Martyr’s Lounge"
You have to love a song that contains so many
references to so many famous & infamous people. Besides, this song ROCKS!
JFK,
Marilyn Monroe, Joan of Arc, Jacques Cousteau, Kurt Cobain, Gandhi.
There is also a very funny line mentioning John
Lennon with Gandhi. But since we already have links for John Lennon, we figured we’d
make you work and scroll back for them. LOL.
"Ain’t It the Strangest World?" –
New York City
This is a link for a day in the life of a New York
City cab driver. Since the song starts off with a baby being born in a cab, I thought this
would be appropriate. Pay the fare.
"Seize the Day" – Tom Jones
All I know about Tom Jones is that my mom owned one of his eight tracks
in the mid-Seventies. I was five and * gasp* I think I liked him. But I’m much better
now. * grin *
"Seize the Day" – Nat King Cole
I like Nat
King Cole. We have a Christmas album of his. His voice is just beautiful. So look and
learn about him. You haven’t clicked the link yet?
