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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