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"See Me! Hear Me! Feel Me! Touch Me!"
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Motifs of Perkk
Giving you a glimpse into the malstrom that is my mind, here are a few of the songs that, for what ever reason, I find
myself singing or recalling every so often. Some of these are tied to people, places or things. Some are about a
a time, feeling, thought or sense. Some, in my very personal opinion, just go well with my bathroom's accoustics
(even if I can't remember all the words).
At your own risk, you're invited to also see some of my own Twisted attempts at music writting
that are clearly the random mis-firings of my own haphazzard neurons.
Showtunes
When I first moved out on my own, I never thought of myself as someone who is knows anything about showtunes.
But my friend Don was a Theater Queen. He began encouraging me to go out to the theater more. I was surpirsed to
find how many of the songs were ones that I already knew. They were from the Sunday Matinees I used to watch on TV
and from other movies I had seen at the cinema, and listend to on the radio. I had never paused to inventory what I
already knew.
- The Show Must Go On
Moulin Rouge (song originally by Queen)
- Let's Go Fly A Kite
Merry Poppins (Disney)
- I Heard Someone Crying
The Secret Garden
- Hold On
The Secret Garden
- Think of Me
The Phantom of the Opera
- I Know Things Now
Into The Woods (Sondheim)
- The Flower Duet
Lakme (Delibes) as performed by
Charlotte Church
- Part of Your World
The Little Mermaid (Disney)
- Seasons of Love
Rent
- Coming
Orlando as peformed by Jimmy Sommerville
Pop/Rock
- Dance With Me
Orleans
- Rain
Jose Feliciano
- Express Yourself
Madonna
- Blood & Fire
Indigo Girls
- Here Comes The Rain Again
Eurythmics
- Dizzy Heights
Horse
Queer
Wheter intended for the communities of alternative lifestyles and their allies or not, these songs have taken
on a life of theri own with those communities. These are some of my favorites.
- If You Could Read My Mind
Stars on 54 (originally by Gordon Lightfoot)
- Its Raining Men
The Weather Girls
- I Will Survive
Gloria Gaynor
- Vogue
Madonna
- House of Love
RuPaul
- We Are Family
Sister Sledge
- Smalltown Boy
Bronski Beat
Celtic
Minnesota
These are some local musicians that I have the pleasure to experience.
Copyright © 2004 by John Alexander