Year One, In Review

Strong Songs is one year old! In honor of that anniversary, Kirk takes a look back on the year that was, sharing musical highlights from each of the show's 20 single-song episodes.

SCHEDULING NOTE: Strong Songs will be off in December, and will return for Year Two on January 8, 2020. If you're a patron over on Patreon, that means you won't be charged for the month of December.

That also makes December a great month catch up on episodes you may have missed, share the show with your friends, listen to Year One playlists, and enjoy a hopefully very musical holiday season.

REFERENCED/DISCUSSED:

"Africa" by Toto from Toto IV, 1982
"You Can Call Me Al" by Paul Simon from Graceland, 1986
"Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)" by Beyoncé from I Am... Sasha Fierce, 2008
"I Wish" by Stevie Wonder from Songs in the Key Of Life, 1976
"Thriller" by Michael Jackson from Thriller, 1982
"Dancing Queen" by ABBA from Arrival, 1976
"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen from A Night At The Opera, 1975
"Let It Go" from Frozen, 2013
"Moanin'" by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers from Moanin', 1959
"Mr. Blue Sky" by Electric Light Orchestra from Out Of The Blue, 1977
"Satisfied" by Lin-Manuel Miranda from Hamilton, 2015
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, 1973
"Tightrope" by Janelle Monáe from The Archandroid, 2010
"Barracuda" by Heart from Little Queen, 1977
"Paranoid Android" by Radiohead from OK Computer, 1997
"Like a Prayer" by Madonna from Like a Prayer, 1989
"Think" by Aretha Franklin from the Blues Brothers soundtrack, 1980
"Kiss From a Rose" by Seal from Seal II, 1994
"Making Christmas" by Danny Elfman from The Nightmare Before Christmas, 1993
"I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton from Jolene, 1974, and as performed by Whitney Houston on The Bodyguard soundtrack, 1992

YEAR ONE PLAYLISTS:

You can find new playlists with these 20 songs on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/strong-songs-year-1/pl.u-V9D7gaGiJ7o0a

and Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5d9ym1sUymGoySMXOw3zbZ?si=knUCLdHHTQ2lTIQq-uXYmQ

OUTRO SOLOIST: All Of Them!

Thanks to all of the outro soloists we've featured over the past few months: BJ Cord, Galen Clark, Rob Reich, Dan Nervo, Sam Howard, and Steve Pardo. We'll feature plenty more great soloists in Year Two.

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November 2019 Whole-Note Patrons

Andrew Walters - Caleb Rotach - Chad Barnard - Dan Apczynski - Dave Florey - Glenn Jared Norris - Mark Schechter - Merlin Mann - Ryan Torvik

November 2019 Half-Note Patrons

Alex Singer - Alexander Polson - Amanda Furlotti - Andre Bremer - Andrew Baker - Andrew Lee - Arjun Sharma - Bill Thornton - Brett Douville - Brian Amoebas - Brooke Wilford - Chas Lednicky - Chris Brown - Cyrus N. White - David Stroud - Earl Lozada - Eero Wahlstedt - Elliot Jay O’Neill - Emily Williams - Fishbones - Forrest Chang - Jaehoon Jeong - James Johnson - Jasmine Fellows - Jeffrey Olson - Jennifer Bush - John and Sharon Stenglein - Jon O’Keefe - Joujou - Juan Carlos Montemayor Elosua - Jules Bailey - Justin Liew - Justin McElroy - Kate Albury - Kevin Morrell - Kevin Pennyfeather - Kingy - Matt Gaskell - Max Schechter - Melanie Stivers - Michael Blackwell - Miriam Juskowicz - Molly Mueller - Nate from Kalamazoo - Nicholas Schechter - Richard Toller - Samuel Gardner - Shane DeLeon - Shaun Wiese - SP - Tanner Morton - Tim - Tom Clewer - Tom Lauer

Thanks everyone for listening - see you in 2020!

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