Early this morning, someone on CounterSocial had guessed at one of my “What Film?” posts – wrongly – that it was “A Star is Born” (1976). It was in fact a screenshot from “Funny Lady” (1975) showing Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif.
That reminded me of the song “Evergreen.” Which caused me to quickly head over to YouTube and look up a version of it.
I posted the video to Facebook, but upon glancing at the recommendations / up-next selections I was doomed to descend into one of my favorite rabbit holes on the internet (closely behind Wikipedia).
My journey:
“Evergreen” (Love Theme from “A Star Is Born”
“Do You Know Where You’re Going to?” (Theme from “Mahogany”)
“We’re All Alone – Rita Coolidge
“Somewhere Out There” (scene from “An American Tail”)
“Rainbow Connection” – version by a local musican, sound engineer and record maker, Andy Reed
“Only Yesterday” – The Carpenters
“Nights On Broadway” – The Bee Gees
“I’d Really Love to See You Tonight” – England Dan & John Ford Coley
“Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love Baby” – Barry White
“Love Will Keep Us Together” – The Captain and Tennille
“Still the One” – Orleans
“The Hustle” – Van McCoy
“Dancing Queen” – ABBA
“Bluer Than Blue” – Michael Johnson
“Celebration” – Kool & The Gang
“Boogie Oogie Oogie” – A Taste of Honey
“She’s a Beauty” – The Tubes
“Stand and Deliver” – Adam & The Ants
“Da Da Da” – Trio
“Fox On The Run” – Sweet
“She Blinded Me With Science” – Thomas Dolby
“Rock Me Gently” – Andy Kim
“One Thing Leads To Another” – The Fixx
“Money For Nothing” – Dire Straits
“The Land of Make Believe” – Bucks Fizz
“Hot Child in the City” – Nick Gilder
“Mexican Radio” – Wall of Voodoo
“Video Killed the Radio Star” – The Buggles
“Runaway Train” – Soul Asylum
“I am the Beat” – The Look
“Manic Monday” – The Bangles
“Sun City” – Artists United Against Apartheid
“The Power of Gold” – Dan Fogelberg & Tim Weisberg
“99 Luftballons” – Nena
“January, February” – Barbara Dickson
“Luka” – Suzanne Vega
“Beer For My Horses” – Toby Keith (Ft. Willie Nelson)
“Take On Me” – a-Ha
With that, I finally wrapped up my musical nostalgia trip – until the next time my arm is gently twisted…
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