I’m back from my vacation and ready to play songs about perseverance. Hot funk, cool punk–we’ve got it all. Send your song suggestions to symposiumofsongs@gmail.com!
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Eddie Kendricks, “Keep on Truckin’, Pt. 1” (single, 1973)
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5:02
Grateful Dead, “Truckin’” (American Beauty, 1970)
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9:58
Jill Scott, “Beautiful People” (To Whom This May Concern, 2026)
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14:43
Reading: William Faulker, “Appendix to The Sound and the Fury”
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20:12
Janet Jackson, “Unbreakable” (Unbreakable, 2015)
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22:38
Steely Dan, “Any Major Dude Will Tell You” (Pretzel Logic, 1974)
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25:41
Stavesacre, “Minuteman” (Speakeasy, 1999)
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30:47
Reading: Plutarch, Life of Antony
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33:49
Emmylou Harris, “Long May You Run [Live]” (Last Date, 1982)
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36:52
Buddy Miller, “Wide River to Cross” (Universal United House of Prayer, 2004)
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39:53
Sly and the Family Stone, “Stand!” (Stand!, 1969)
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42:53
Reading: Rudyard Kipling, “If”
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45:05
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, “One More Day, One More Night” (Echo, 1999)
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50:36
Bruce Springsteen, “Wrecking Ball” (Wrecking Ball, 2012)
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55:25
Sixpence None the Richer, “Moving On” (Sixpence None the Richer, 1997)
1 comment
MICHIAL FARMER
The Romance of Trucking in the late 1900’s was very similar to the Cowboys of the late 1800’s & early 1900’s