Strong Songs listened to most lately

with most deep and mixed emotions

during late September through almost whole October now





Crown chakra



1

I DREAMED A DREAM

especially with Idina Menzel & Lea Michelle in Glee version 2009
by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer & Alain Boubil

from musical Les Misérables
(first performance in english 1985)


2

SIRENS OF YOUR TOXIC SPIRIT

with Of Montréal
by Kevin Barnes

from Lousy with Sylvianbriar 2013


3

CHILDLIKE FAITH IN CHILDHOOD'S END

with Van Der Graaf Generator
by Peter Hammill

from Still Life 1976






Eye chakra



4

ALIEN DAYS

with MGMT
by Van Wyngarden & Goldwasser

from MGMT 2013


5

DREW

with Goldfrapp
by Allison Goldfrapp

from Tales of Us 2013


6

REVE
["DREAM"]

Very Grey Video Still So Beautiful

with Francoise Hardy
by Francoise Hardy

from La Question 1971






Throat chakra



7

BRILLIANT MISTAKE

with Elvis Costello
by Declan MacManus

from King of America 1986


8

I CAN BET

with Paul McCartney
by Paul McCartney

from NEW 2013


9

TELEGRAPH ROAD

with Dire Straits
by Mark Knopfler

from Love Over Gold 1982








Heart chakra



10

(I Love Him, But Only) ON MY OWN

especially with Samantha Barks in movie version 2012
by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer & Alain Boubil

from musical Les Misérables
(first performance in english 1985)


11

DU BEHÖVER INTE ÄNGSLAS
["YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY"]

with Sara Zacharias
by Ted Gärdestad via Olle Nyman

from Mot Solen ["To The Sun"] 2013


12

I WILL

cover with Of Montréal
and even better with Perynn Bleunven:

Almost A Capella Version

by McCartney for Beatles
originally from White Album 1968






Solar Plexus chakra



13

CHEQUERED LOVE

with Kim Wilde
by Marty Wilde & Ricky Wilde

from Kim Wilde 1981


14

SKIDMARKS ON MY HEART

with The Go-Go's
by Charlotte Caffey & Belinda Carlisle

from Beauty And The Beat 1981


15

A VIEW TO A KILL (Dance into The Fire)

with Duran Duran
by Taylor, Taylor, Taylor, Rhodes, LeBon

from soundtrack to A View To A Kill = BOND MOVIE of 1985

and also the more mystic orchestral variant
which I loved many years ago without knowing it was from such a film






Sex chakra /Sacred chakra



16

A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOU

with Depeche Mode
by Martin Gore

from A Broken Frame 1982


17

BAROQUE BORDELLO

with The Stranglers
by Black, Cornwell, Greenfield, Burnel

from The Raven 1979


18

HOW ARE YOU GETTING HOME?

with Sparks
by Ron Mael

from Indiscreet 1975
now via movie Holy Motors by Leos Carax






Root chakra



19

GREY DAY

with Madness
by Mike Barson

from Complete Madness, collection 1982


20

COME THE MEANTIMES

with Elvis Costello & The Roots
by Elvis Costello & Ahmir Thompson

from Wise Up Ghost 2013


21

EXIL

with Ulf Lundell
by Ulf Lundell

from Rent Förbannat ["Completely Cursed"] 2012






the numbers here don't compare value








Bonus song fitting no and every chakra

22

DON'T ASK ME WHY

("Yesterday you were an only child
Now your ghosts have gone away
You can kill them in the classic style
Now you "Parlez vous francais?"")

with Billy Joel
by Billy Joel

from Glass Houses 1980





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