On any given day in the last 10 years, the song that has most often been floating through my head was one that I learned in an African music class. It’s a polyphonic Ewe Mbira song taught to me by professor David Locke in the Music Department at Tufts University. I don’t even know if it has a name. The song has floated around in my head so long probably because of it’s polyphonic nature… I can "sing" it in my head or on an instrument but not out loud. I would need 4 more sets of vocal cords.
- Stand by Me - The original version by Ben E. King
- Lean on Me - The original version by Bill Withers, not that st00pid jazzed up one by Club Nouveau
- Amazing Grace - Every version ever made. It’s such a standard song that -how- it is sung is what conveys itself.
- When the Saints Come Marching In - plays just like Amazing Grace.
- Red Hot and Blue - The whole album (except for 2 songs) makes me float on air.
