We’re listening to songs about my favorite animal today, so maybe you’ll forgive me for getting a little self-indulgent. Send your song recommendations to symposiumofsongs@gmail.com!
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The Beatles, “Blackbird” (The Beatles, 1968)
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3:50
The Throes, “Black Birds” (All the Flowers Growing in Your Mother’s Eyes, 1990)
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7:06
Vigilantes of Love, “Black Crow” (Slow Dark Train, 1997)
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12:31
Reading: Candace Savage, Bird Brains
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16:40
R.E.M., “Parakeet” (Up, 1998)
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20:43
Joni Mitchell, “Sweet Bird” (The Hissing of Summer Lawns, 1975)
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24:40
Leonard Cohen, “Bird on the Wire” (Songs from a Room, 1969)
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29:10
Reading: Michial Farmer, “Urban Birds”
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32:47
John Coltrane, “Lazy Bird” (Blue Train, 1958)
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39:56
Reading: Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover”
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41:44
The Mountain Goats, “High Hawk Season” (All Eternals Deck, 2014)
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44:34
Cowboy Junkies, “Good Friday” (Miles from Our Home, 1998)
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49:13
Prince and The Revolution, “When Doves Cry” (Single Edit)” (Purple Rain, 1984)
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52:52
Jenny Lewis, “Little White Dove” (On the Line, 2019)
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58:00
M. Ward, “Wild Goose” (A Wasteland Companion, 2012)
