When People Go Away
Music Playlist
“Music inspires my imagination.
When I hear a good song on the radio, it triggers a video in my head, a story of my own creation set to the playing music.
Sometimes it follows the lyrics, but more often than not, the song is just a jumping point.
Whenever I hear Gary Numan’s “Cars” for example, I’m back in 1980, at the Landmark Theater in Peoria.”
- from Goodbye to Beekman Place
When I hear a good song on the radio, it triggers a video in my head, a story of my own creation set to the playing music.
Sometimes it follows the lyrics, but more often than not, the song is just a jumping point.
Whenever I hear Gary Numan’s “Cars” for example, I’m back in 1980, at the Landmark Theater in Peoria.”
- from Goodbye to Beekman Place
Listen along as you read the story ...
"Memory" - Cats Soundtrack
"Touch Me" - the Doors
"Year of the Cat" - Al Stewart
"Baker Street" - Gerry Rafferty
"Wimoweh" - Yma Sumac
"Tarzan Boy" - Baltimora
"Ah! Leah!" - Donnie Iris
"Don't Leave Me This Way" - The Communards
"When Smokey Sings" - ABC
"I'm Free" - The Soup Dragons
"Lay Your Hands on Me" - Thompson Twins
"Transverse City" - Warren Zevon
"Run Straight Down" - Warren Zevon
"Signs Of Love" - Moby
"Orinoco Flow" - Enya
"Things to do in Denver When You're Dead" - Warren Zevon
"Somebody" - Depeche Mode
"Enjoy the Silence" - Depeche Mode
"The Sound of Silence" - Pentatonix
"If You Could Read my Mind" - Gordon Lightfoot
"Centerfold" - J. Geils Band
"My Heart Goes Bang" - Dead or Alive
"Mary's Boy Child" - Boney M
"Driver's Seat" Sniff 'n' the Tears
"Magic" - Olivia Newton John
"Right Here Right Now" - Jesus Jones
"Time Warp" - Rocky Horror Picture Show Soundtrack
"Uninvited" - Red Sun Rising
"Groove Is In The Heart" - Deee-Lite
"Magic Man" - Heart
"Will You Be There" - Michael Jackson
"Teddy Bear" - Elvis
"Goodnight And Thank-You" - Evita Soundtrack
"9 to 5" - Dolly Parton
"Some Nights" - Fun
"Things Can Only Get Better" - Howard Jones
"Symphony #9 Choral Finale" - Beethoven
"Crucified" - Army Of Lovers
"Bitter Sweet Symphony" - The Verve
"Superman" - R.E.M.
"Angel In The Morning" - Juice Newton
"Yes, Sir! That's My Baby!" Coon-Sanders
"Puttin' On The Ritz" - Taco
"Ain't Misbehavin'" - Ella Fitzgerald
"Summer In The City" - The Lovin' Spoonful
"Runaway" - Del Shannon
"Werewolves of London" - Warren Zevon
"Self Control" - Laura Branigan
"When The Night Comes" - Joe Cocker
"Take Me To Church" - Hozier
"Father Figure" - George Michael
"Obsession" - Animotion
"Play it All Night Long" - Warren Zevon
"The Time Of My Life" - Dirty Dancing Soundtrack
"If I Were A Carpenter" - The Four Tops
"Dizz Knee Land" - Dada
"Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy" - Queen
"Turn Me Loose" - Loverboy
"Cars" - Gary Numan
"Boatman! Boatman!" - Bela Bartok
"Age of Aquarius" - Joshua James & the Forest Rangers
"Signs of Love" - Moby, Resound NYC mix
"Inside Out" - Eve 6
"To Sir, With Love" - Trash Can Sinatras
"Memory" - Cats Soundtrack
"Touch Me" - the Doors
"Year of the Cat" - Al Stewart
"Baker Street" - Gerry Rafferty
"Wimoweh" - Yma Sumac
"Tarzan Boy" - Baltimora
"Ah! Leah!" - Donnie Iris
"Don't Leave Me This Way" - The Communards
"When Smokey Sings" - ABC
"I'm Free" - The Soup Dragons
"Lay Your Hands on Me" - Thompson Twins
"Transverse City" - Warren Zevon
"Run Straight Down" - Warren Zevon
"Signs Of Love" - Moby
"Orinoco Flow" - Enya
"Things to do in Denver When You're Dead" - Warren Zevon
"Somebody" - Depeche Mode
"Enjoy the Silence" - Depeche Mode
"The Sound of Silence" - Pentatonix
"If You Could Read my Mind" - Gordon Lightfoot
"Centerfold" - J. Geils Band
"My Heart Goes Bang" - Dead or Alive
"Mary's Boy Child" - Boney M
"Driver's Seat" Sniff 'n' the Tears
"Magic" - Olivia Newton John
"Right Here Right Now" - Jesus Jones
"Time Warp" - Rocky Horror Picture Show Soundtrack
"Uninvited" - Red Sun Rising
"Groove Is In The Heart" - Deee-Lite
"Magic Man" - Heart
"Will You Be There" - Michael Jackson
"Teddy Bear" - Elvis
"Goodnight And Thank-You" - Evita Soundtrack
"9 to 5" - Dolly Parton
"Some Nights" - Fun
"Things Can Only Get Better" - Howard Jones
"Symphony #9 Choral Finale" - Beethoven
"Crucified" - Army Of Lovers
"Bitter Sweet Symphony" - The Verve
"Superman" - R.E.M.
"Angel In The Morning" - Juice Newton
"Yes, Sir! That's My Baby!" Coon-Sanders
"Puttin' On The Ritz" - Taco
"Ain't Misbehavin'" - Ella Fitzgerald
"Summer In The City" - The Lovin' Spoonful
"Runaway" - Del Shannon
"Werewolves of London" - Warren Zevon
"Self Control" - Laura Branigan
"When The Night Comes" - Joe Cocker
"Take Me To Church" - Hozier
"Father Figure" - George Michael
"Obsession" - Animotion
"Play it All Night Long" - Warren Zevon
"The Time Of My Life" - Dirty Dancing Soundtrack
"If I Were A Carpenter" - The Four Tops
"Dizz Knee Land" - Dada
"Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy" - Queen
"Turn Me Loose" - Loverboy
"Cars" - Gary Numan
"Boatman! Boatman!" - Bela Bartok
"Age of Aquarius" - Joshua James & the Forest Rangers
"Signs of Love" - Moby, Resound NYC mix
"Inside Out" - Eve 6
"To Sir, With Love" - Trash Can Sinatras