I recently watched a show that used this song in its season finale. The title is “Christo Redentor” which translates to “Christ the Redeemer.” I just had to make my own version, of course.

This is a good example of a repeating ii-V progression, which is very common in all kinds of music. The song starts in the key of Bb and repeats the same two chords: C Min and F7. Then it goes to the key of F and the ii-V progression continues with G Min and C7.

And that concludes today’s lesson.

The opening phrase sounds a lot like this song:

Do you think Ralph Nader watched television? And if so, what brand? Perhaps a Zenith? Think about it…. (One reader said to me “I don’t get it.” Zenith and Nadir are terms that describe opposite points: zenith is the highest point, while nadir is the lowest point. But if one needs to explain a joke it probably needs work!)

But I digress. Here are some more songs. Only 85 to go.

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One of these songs has an instrument called “Outer Space Bells.” See if you can figure out which one it is.
They can all be found with the other songs here.

Check out this puzzle. The solution is surprising, but very logical once you see it.

Anyway….Did I ever tell you about my Drill Sergeant? He was so tough, his suits were made of steel wool. Can you imagine? And I am not sure why the enlisted soldiers were called “Privates.” There was nothing private about it at all.

The Incredible Intelligence of Crows and Other Corvids

Here is my version of “Help” by the Beatles. This one uses a Philicorda.

We don’t always do Beatles songs here. Sometimes we do other “B” music, like the Beach Boys or even Bach. Here are two Bach songs made from sheet music found here.

Here are three more remakes of Beatles songs. The Beatles were really good at creating melodies from nothing more than a major scale. All My Loving is a perfect example. It just goes up and down the major scale, like a roller coaster.

The constantly evolving collection can be found here.

Did you know there is going to be a full moon tomorrow night? For more on that, click here. Speaking of moons, here are two versions of songs from The Dark Side of The Moon, a classic if ever there was one.

Here is a group that does the entire album in one take. (Put on the headphones and turn it up.)

Some songs are just special; I think this is one of them. (You might recognize it from the British version of The Office.) It is titled Handbags and Glad Rags. It can be found with the other songs here.

The last song I posted had an unusually high number of downloads, so I thought I would do another one by Billy Joel. This one is titled She’s Always a Woman.