Wednesday, August 04, 2004

random notes

A mixtape for patriotic Americans whose sentiments run a bit deeper than the moronic promise to "put a boot in (someone's) ass"...

"The Star Spangled Banner" by Marvin Gaye (recorded live at the NBA finals...funky without losing proper reverence)

"America the Beautiful" by Ray Charles

"Chimes of Freedom" by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

"Back in the U.S.A." by Chuck Berry

"This Land is Your Land" by Cassandra Wilson with Regina Carter and Bela Fleck

"Living in the Promiseland" by Willie Nelson

"This is My Country" by Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions

"We Shall Be Free" by Garth Brooks

"Fanfare for the Common Man" by Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic

"The Star Spangled Banner" by Branford Marsalis and Bruce Hornsby


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