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Great tunage, as always 🥰

Nearly anything by Johnny Cash does me in (though, "I See A Darkness" chills me), along with Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb."

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YES to both of those. I have a johnny cash song (technically it was nine inch nails but he covered it, his version of Hurt) tattooed on my arm, the music notes from the first few measures. I love sharing these gems. Thank you. 💎

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Well, I dreamed I saw the knights

In armor coming

Saying something about a queen

There were peasants singing and

Drummers drumming

And the archer split the tree

There was a fanfare blowing

To the sun

That was floating on the breeze

Look at Mother Nature on the run

In the 1970s

Look at Mother Nature on the run

In the 1970s

I was lying in a burned out basement

With the full moon in my eyes

I was hoping for replacement

When the sun burst through the sky

There was a band playing in my head

And I felt like getting high

I was thinking about what a friend had said

I was hoping it was a lie

Thinking about what a friend had said

I was hoping it was a lie

Well, I dreamed I saw the silver

Spaceships flying

In the yellow haze of the sun

There were children crying

And colors flying

All around the chosen ones

All in a dream, all in a dream

The loading had begun

Flying Mother Nature's

Silver seed to a new home in the sun

Flying Mother Nature's

Silver seed to a new home

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Skip James always gives me chills. There’s something about his voice and soul-baring guitar... Wonderful.

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An early holiday gift for you, Tess....

I have a set of songs that connect with a portal.

They don't stop time... not exactly... but, if you focus and intend, they will allow you switch or jump timelines.... And one of them seems to be a Mandela....

(Use wisely, especially right now... meditate and focus on the reality you WANT to move your consciousness into. Do not bring physical objects to yourself. Move your consciousness to a timeline where the conditions you want to bring to you already exist - and shift there.....)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80_39eAx3z8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRqP52c0OLU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNYFXsuW_W4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66A_3uwuZ_I

More along the lines of your question... this song starts out with the highs and lows cut to make it seem like the sound texture is old, distant, reedy, a little gritty, but still kind of gauzy and ephemeral....

When the highs and lows flood back in, the effect is like rushing through time back into the modern era. The first time I heard it, I completely lost my breath. And, for some reason, it reminded me of the book South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami, which I highly recommend....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK0DkKgi6-s

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I still have not made my way through all of these. I clicked the bottom one immediately and it changed my entire day, the morning you sent this to me. just wanted to report that back that I'm still absorbing that ... incredible piece that brought tears to my eyes immediately. ethereal. This is one of the best holiday gifts one can give.

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That's how I felt when I first heard it. Oddly enough, I was in a salon in NYC and one of the stylists had connected her iPod to the sound system running through the building. When this came on, I stopped and sat straight up with tears in my eyes - I immediately asked to know who the band was. One of my favorites of all time ever since. The singer on this track is Angela McCluskey. Look up her work. You will adore her. ❤️🥰❤️

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Lately I've been haunted by Starlight by the Wailin Jenny's. https://youtu.be/C6U63m_4Oxk?si=FaHl29rj5L0P_k1r

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Excellent. Blues are the best.

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So many come to mind. This was the first song/video that alerted me to the fact as a young kid that people can be unfairly jailed based on political beliefs or principles. I was into hip hop at a young age and this song and the album it appeared on blew my ears and mind wide open. Definitely was a game changer for me at a young age. Also, if I ever end up a political prisoner or locked up with a few other warriors Gulag Archipelago style, this should be the rally song. Actually including the video cause it was dope. Love that Skip James btw.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM5_6js19eM

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Lately, this one from Charley Crockett I Am Not Afraid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4PkdBTgE1c

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