Monday, April 26, 2010

Earth Day Playlist




Here's an Earth Day playlist of songs about taking better care of Planet Earth, better care of one another and better care of ourselves.



MERCY, MERCY ME (THE ECOLOGY) - Marvin Gaye
THE LAST RESORT - The Eagles
HANDS ALL OVER - Soundgarden
EARTH SONG - Michael Jackson
MONKEY GONE TO HEAVEN - The Pixies
BIG YELLOW TAXI - Joni Mitchell
DOWN TO EARTH - Peter Gabriel
NATURE'S WAY - Spirit
(NOTHING BUT) FLOWERS - Talking Heads
EARTH ANTHEM - The Turtles
DON'T GO NEAR THE WATER - The Beach Boys
DON'T DRINK THE WATER - Dave Matthews Band
CUYAHOGA - R.E.M.
BEFORE THE DELUGE - Jackson Browne
EARTH - Imogen Heap
HARVEST FOR THE WORLD - The Isley Brothers
BEDS ARE BURNING - Midnight Oil
THE WORLD BEGAN IN EDEN AND IT ENDED IN LOS ANGELES - Phil Ochs
EARTH CRISIS - Steel Pulse
SALTWATER - Julian Lennon
AFTER THE GOLD RUSH - Neil Young

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Green Green - The New Christy Minstrels
Green Green Grass of Home - Tom Jones
Ashes To Ashes by Steve Earle
Everybody Loves the Sunshine- Roy Ayers
When the World is Running Down-The Police
The Secret Life of Plants (the entire album!)-Stevie Wonder
If You Need Oil -- Randy Newman
Gulf Of Mexico (Fishing Boat Blues) -- Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby
The Oil Song -- Steve Forbert
Gulf Of Mexico -- Clint Black
Pete Seeger -- Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
The Stylistics -- People Make the World Go Round
Bill Withers -- Lovely Day (an absolute favorite of mine)
Ramsey Lewis with Earth, Wind and Fire -- Sun Goddess
Donald Fagen -- I.G.Y. (from, IMO, one of the best albums ever made, 'The Nightfly')
Back to the Island ----- Leon Russell
The River ----Springsteen
Europa ----Santana
Ventura Highway ----America
Teach Your Children ----CSNY
Watching the River ----Loggins and Messina
Roof Garden ----Al Jarreau
Black Water ----Doobie Brothers
16 Tons----- Tennessee Ernie Ford
The Flat Earth ---- Thomas Dolby
The Earth Died Screaming------Tom Waits
Over The Montain and Across the Sea---- Johnnie and Joe
When the Wind Was Green ---- Frank Sinatra
Breathe ---- Pink Floud
Fake Plastic Trees ---- Radiohead
In Bloom ---- Nirvana
Little Water Song ---- Ute Lemper
Mourning Air ----Portishead
O Green World ---- Gorillaz
There She Goes, My Beautiful World ----- Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Only So Much Oil in the Ground- Tower of Power
Save this House- Spirit of the West
World on Fire- Sarah McLoughlin
Perfect Day -- Hoku
Hymn of the Big Wheel -- Massive Attack
Green Grass and High Tides -- The Outlaws
We Kill the World - Boney M (yes! the ultimate Earth day song)
When You Gonna Learn -Jamiroquai
Emergency on Planet Earth - Jamiroquai
Too Young to Die - Jamiroquai
Where is the Love -Black Eyed Peas
Fields of Gold - Sting
Crystal Blue Persuasion - Tommy James & The Shondells
Where Do the Children Play - Cat Stevens
Beautiful Day - U2
Cool Change - Little River Band
Make The World Go Away - Eddy Arnold
Don't They Know It's The End Of The World - Skeeter Davis
Stop The World I Want To Get Off - Gorky Park
It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - R.E.M.

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