SPIRIT IN THE SKY by NORMAN GREENBAUM. Story by Emma Burgess-Gilchrist.
I've never been big on Jesus (or spirits in the sky) but dogs are sacred to me.
SPLENDID ISOLATION by WARREN ZEVON. Text by Vin Maskell
A song for the times. "I want to live alone in the desert/I want to be like Georgia O'Keefe/I want to live on the Upper East Side/And never go down in the street"
SPOOKY by DUSTY SPRINGFIELD. Love story by Lauren Twidle.
You lit a cigarette, and sucked it in, the smell of it flowing over me comfortingly, alongside the warbling voice of a singer I didn’t know.
ST JAMES INFIRMARY by LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND HIS SAVOY BALLROOM FIVE. Reflection by Kevin Densley
For a long time, I wanted to buy a particular set of classic jazz recordings, Louis Armstrong’s Hot Fives and Sevens, which he recorded with various ensembles from 1925-1929.
STAND by REM. Story by Nicole Langtip.
It’d be almost another year of blasting it out on repeat though til the song actually got into my bones, got in there so deeply, that it took me by the hand and transported me into my new life.
STARBOY by THE WEEKND. Story by Cher Finver
Our mutual love of The Weeknd brought me just a little bit closer to my daughter. So, thanks, Abel Tesfaye. I’m pretty sure I am The Weeknd’s oldest fan. I wear the title proudly.