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Music for cats for music, Vol. 2

Music for cats for music, Vol. 2

32184178632_3765121784_zLyrical gangsta and all-around awesome human Albert Schweitzer supposedly said the following:

“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.”

Boots is insulted by the absence of clarinet music on this list, but Boots will get over it.
Boots is insulted by the absence of clarinet music on this list, but Boots will get over it.

I’d dare say there are more than two, but I’d dare not disagree with Albie that those two are tops.

Where would we be without cats and music? Would we have even made it to 2017?* When all the ink is finally spilled over what did and didn’t happen in 2016, I earnestly hope the music is not forgotten.

And so, since you come here primarily for cat news, but secondarily for raging music recommendations, I’m pleased to bring you Disc 2 of delight today, a cat-selected smorgasbord of songs that made for moments of sanctuary in 2016.

Yes: back by popular demand because I wanted to do it and I write this blog, the cats bring you another year of Music For Cats For Music. In no particular order, allow ten of our treasures to share their most-loved lyrics of the year that was.

1) Mumford & Sons and Baaba Maal, There Will Be Time, as selected by Anneke:

In the cold light, I live to love and adore you Its all that I am, its all that I have In the cold light, I live, I only live for you Its all that I am, its all that I have
In the cold light, I live to love and adore you
Its all that I am, its all that I have
In the cold light, I live, I only live for you
Its all that I am, its all that I have

2) The Avett Brothers, Ain’t No Man, as selected by Adam:

There ain't no man that can save me There ain't no man that can enslave me Ain't no man or men that can change the shape my soul is in There ain't nobody here Who can cause me pain or raise my fear 'cause I got only love to share If you're looking for truth I'm proof you'll find it there
There ain’t no man that can save me
There ain’t no man that can enslave me
Ain’t no man or men that can change the shape my soul is in
There ain’t nobody here
Who can cause me pain or raise my fear
’cause I got only love to share
If you’re looking for truth I’m proof you’ll find it there

3) Mavis Staples, Dedicated, as selected by Mona, Buddy and Newman:

I remember I made war with you I made peace with you That's what makes you my friend And if it's us against the world Well I would bet on us
I made war with you
I made peace with you
That’s what makes you my friend
And if it’s us against the world
Well I would bet on us

4) The Stray Birds, Shining In The Distance, as selected by LuEllen:

That sunlit house upon the hill Shining in the distance A prize to hold, a cup to fill Is it not time, is it not time?
That sunlit house upon the hill
Shining in the distance
A prize to hold, a cup to fill
Is it not time, is it not time?

5) Sandra McCracken, We Will Feast in the House of Zion, as selected by Adelaide:

We will feast in the house of Zion We will sing with our hearts restored He has done great things, we will say together We will feast and weep no more
We will feast in the house of Zion
We will sing with our hearts restored
He has done great things, we will say together
We will feast and weep no more

6) Sia, Alive, as selected by Raja:

I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing I'm alive I'm alive I'm alive I'm alive
I’m still breathing,
I’m still breathing
I’m still breathing,
I’m still breathing
I’m alive
I’m alive
I’m alive I’m alive

7) Mary Chapin Carpenter, Something Tamed, Something Wild, as selected by Faye:

I care less about arriving than Just being in the path Of some light carved out of nothing The way it feels when the universe has smiled
I care less about arriving than
Just being in the path
Of some light carved out of nothing
The way it feels when the universe has smiled

8) Beyonce, Freedom, as selected by Chrissy:

Hey! I'ma keep running Cause a winner don't quit on themselves
Hey!
I’ma keep running
Cause a winner don’t quit on themselves

9) Chance the Rapper, Blessings, as selected by OJ:

I'm gon' praise Him, praise Him 'til I'm gone When the praises go up, the blessings come down When the praises go up, the blessings come down
I’m gon’ praise Him, praise Him ’til I’m gone
When the praises go up, the blessings come down
When the praises go up, the blessings come down

10) Darlingside, Go Back, as selected by Henrietta:

So we hold to who we are Even into the arc Beyond our furthest edges
So we hold to who we are
Even into the arc
Beyond our furthest edges

Sing on beyond your furthest edges, friends. There is much music to make in 2017.

*Of course we would not have made it to 2017, or 1917, and certainly not 717. 716 was a corker, but 717 was lit.

Bonus lyric from the cat for whom it could have been written: Sia, The Greatest, as selected by Bucca:

I'm free to be the greatest, I'm alive I'm free to be the greatest here tonight, the greatest The greatest, the greatest alive The greatest, the greatest alive
I’m free to be the greatest, I’m alive
I’m free to be the greatest here tonight, the greatest
The greatest, the greatest alive
The greatest, the greatest alive

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2 thoughts on “Music for cats for music, Vol. 2

  1. At night, after all the humans have left for the day and the lights are turned off, the cats all get together in little groups and form the Tabbynacle Choir!

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