Heavenly Body Medley

About a year, year and a half ago I was asked by a friend if one of my bands would play last minute for a benefit for the children's hospital. I gladly obliged. What is worse than an opportunity missed? Nothing, I might sigh to myself on this loneliest of cold winter evenings.

I was cleaning my room tonight, listening to sad music and felt heavy with the blues when I found this old set list from that evening. I completely forgot about that. I didn't want to trouble any bands at the last minute, I wanted to take that opportunity to try something new. I literally had a few hours of notice. So I complied a giant medley. A medley of ballads, all in the classic ballad form in the key of C. So it goes, C -Am -F -G. That's how so many songs are written, maybe 10,000.

I found songs that only referenced heavenly bodies (like "moon" or "stars' or "sun" or "earth" or "world") either in title or in lyric and wrote all of them down I could and I skipped my dinner rehearsing them. That night, I played one big song. I didn't really know anybody there, but I remember people coming up to me and shaking my hand, telling me that it was great and "it takes balls" to play solo. (which I can only respond that I love playing music for anyone, anytime for any reason and it is purely a matter of love -not ball size, but thank you)

Here is my set list verbatim as I wrote it and found it tonight:

BLue MOOn INTRO

OUT of this WORld

Starry Eyes

Teenager in Love

This Magic (moment)

Too Much in Love

If I OH I

Earth ANgel

Blue Moon

Stand by ME

HappyNeSS (is a warm gun)

Maybe

OOH Darlin

Handy (man)

Out of this (world) OUTTRO

BLUE Moon (outtro)