needing a lift tonight, I just clicked on whatever CD was in my changer . . .

[OneBlueSky]

and the first one to pop up was . . .

For Our Children (Benefiting the Elisabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

http://www.amazon.com/Our-Children-10th-Anniversary/dp/B00001WRKW/sr=1-1/qid=1162634710/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-8205557-3136000?ie=UTF8&s=music

if you haven't heard this album, you're missing out on something special . . . (it's no longer in print, but you can find new and used copies on amazon.com and elsewhere) . . . the first song is exactly the kind of uplift I needed tonight -- Give A Little Love by Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers . . . partial lyrics:

We got to give a little love, have a little hope
Make this world a little better

Whoa, oh, oh
Oh, oh, whoa

Livin’ in this crazy world
So caught up in the confusion
Nothin’ is makin’ sense
For me and you

Maybe we can find a way
There’s got be a solution
How to make a brighter day
What do we do

We got to give a little love, have a little hope
Make this world a little better
Try a little more, harder than before
Let’s do what we can do together

the rest of the CD is playing now, reminding me just how special it is . . . here's the track lineup . . .

1. Give A Little Love - Ziggy Marley And The Melody Makers****
2. This Old Man - Bob Dylan
3. Cushie Butterfield - Sting
4. Mary Had A Little Lamb - Paul McCartney
5. The Ballad Of Davy Crockett - Stephen Bishop
6. Itsy Bitsy Spider - Little Richard
7. Chicken Lips And Lizard Hips - Bruce Springsteen
8. Country Feelin's - Brian Wilson
9. Blueberry Pie - Bette Midler
10. The Pacifier - Elton John
11. Getting To Know You - James Taylor****
12. Autumn To May - Ann and Nancy Wilson****
13. Child Of Mine - Carole King
14. Tell Me Why - Pat Benatar
15. A Medley Of Rhymes - Debbie Gibson
16. Blanket For A Sail - Harry Nilsson****
17. Good Night, My Love (Pleasant Dreams) - Paula Abdul
18. Gartan Mother's Lullaby - Meryl Streep
19. Golden Slumbers - Jackson Browne And Jennifer Warnes****
20. A Child Is Born - Barbra Streisand

**** = particularly exceptional tracks! . . .

if you can find yourself a copy, you won't be sorry . . . enjoy! . . .:)

p.s. there's also a followup CD, For Our Children Too, which I believe widely available . . .

[Hissyspit]

1. Gartan Mother's Lullaby is the song I posted here the night Andy Stephenson

left us.

[zeemike]

2. Wow what a list of artists

Little Richard singing Itsy bitsy spider could only be amazing.