{"items": [{"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/965302169592?comment_id=965308152602", "anchor": "fb-965308152602", "service": "fb", "text": "I'm interested in song suggestions if people have them. Here are some of the ones I'm thinking of, but we probably want about six more?
Uplift
Why Does the Sun Shine? (TMBG)
Her Mysteries
We Will All Go Together When We Go
When I Die
Somebody Will
Thanksgiving Eve
Jewel in the Night
There But For Fortune
Legends (Julia Ecklar)
Hymn to Breaking Strain
Brighter than Today
Lean on Me
Old Devil Time
Also interested in suggestions for readings!", "timestamp": "1540762155"}, {"author": "Michael", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/965302169592?comment_id=965308152602&reply_comment_id=965314919042", "anchor": "fb-965308152602_965314919042", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Do you know You Can't Stand Up, by Jesse Winchester? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvKEuhcTz6w", "timestamp": "1540766670"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/965302169592?comment_id=965308152602&reply_comment_id=965322927992", "anchor": "fb-965308152602_965322927992", "service": "fb", "text": "→ I think it's a bit too religious for this context, sorry!", "timestamp": "1540770516"}, {"author": "Anna", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/965302169592?comment_id=965308152602&reply_comment_id=965323357132", "anchor": "fb-965308152602_965323357132", "service": "fb", "text": "→ If rounds would fit in, there\u2019s a nice round that goes \u201cI heard a bird sing in the dark of December/ A beautiful sound, and sweet to remember/ We are nearer to spring than we were in September.\u201d I can record myself singing it if you want a tune.", "timestamp": "1540770682"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/965302169592?comment_id=965308152602&reply_comment_id=965326785262", "anchor": "fb-965308152602_965326785262", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Anna I think the general singing ability level is probably not going to be high enough for rounds, sorry!", "timestamp": "1540772206"}, {"author": "Anna", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/965302169592?comment_id=965308152602&reply_comment_id=965327533762", "anchor": "fb-965308152602_965327533762", "service": "fb", "text": "→ That is fair!", "timestamp": "1540772554"}, {"author": "Michael", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/965302169592?comment_id=965308152602&reply_comment_id=965328067692", "anchor": "fb-965308152602_965328067692", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Perhaps a song of the space age? I'm thinking either \"Minus 10 and Counting\" or \"Hope Eyrie\" Minus 10 lends itself to a leader singing verses and the group singing the simple chorus, and is fundamentally about community and the strength of teams working together. Hope Eyrie would perhaps fit the \"darker\" segment in the middle, especially the transition to lighter material, with its hopeful chorus and lachrymose verses. The chorus is pretty easy, too.", "timestamp": "1540772600"}, {"author": "Julie", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/965302169592?comment_id=965308152602&reply_comment_id=965358736232", "anchor": "fb-965308152602_965358736232", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Anna I want to learn it!", "timestamp": "1540788518"}, {"author": null, "source_link": "https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ERboWueanAyqwKbiQ#iSsickDYChxJGAEdg", "anchor": "lw-iSsickDYChxJGAEdg", "service": "lw", "text": "I'm interested in song suggestions if people have them. Here are some of the ones I'm thinking of, but we probably want about six more?
Uplift
Why Does the Sun Shine? (TMBG)
Her Mysteries
We Will All Go Together When We Go
When I Die
Somebody Will
Thanksgiving Eve
Jewel in the Night
There But For Fortune
Legends (Julia Ecklar)
Hymn to Breaking Strain
Brighter than Today
Lean on Me
Old Devil Time
Also interested in suggestions for readings!", "timestamp": 1540762476}, {"author": null, "source_link": "https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ERboWueanAyqwKbiQ#ageCFZAz542HTxWHW", "anchor": "lw-ageCFZAz542HTxWHW", "service": "lw", "text": "→ There's a song people in the Bay found last year that's quite nice and folky and a pretty good intro song, called Bold Orion.
For some reason all the recordings of it are weird jazz covers. I have a scratch version that sort of approximates the way they did it last year.
https://soundcloud.com/raymond-arnold/bold-orion-scratch-2 (first two verses)
Lyrics/chords downthread on this page:
https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=45499", "timestamp": 1540770632}, {"author": null, "source_link": "https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ERboWueanAyqwKbiQ#dAWBQSTp9qv654pAN", "anchor": "lw-dAWBQSTp9qv654pAN", "service": "lw", "text": "→ → Nice! Your version has the guitar a bit too loud for easy melody learning; here's another straightforward version I found:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-R-wXOwOvM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KDnbNZKAKw", "timestamp": 1540771371}, {"author": null, "source_link": "https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ERboWueanAyqwKbiQ#4HQqE2vurqmpbA3CL", "anchor": "lw-4HQqE2vurqmpbA3CL", "service": "lw", "text": "→ → → Oh cool, I quite like the first of those (I had seen the second one, and it seemed okay but I found slightly grating to listen to)", "timestamp": 1540772935}, {"author": null, "source_link": "https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ERboWueanAyqwKbiQ#ed5Ske5MHwoA6dc9E", "anchor": "lw-ed5Ske5MHwoA6dc9E", "service": "lw", "text": "→ → → → Whoops! I meant to delete the second one after I found the first (which is much better for learning from)", "timestamp": 1540813690}, {"author": "Avalon", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/965302169592?comment_id=965310897102", "anchor": "fb-965310897102", "service": "fb", "text": "Here is My Home!", "timestamp": "1540763915"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/965302169592?comment_id=965310897102&reply_comment_id=965323407032", "anchor": "fb-965310897102_965323407032", "service": "fb", "text": "→ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmpwTC9HKNk this one?", "timestamp": "1540770707"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/965302169592?comment_id=965310897102&reply_comment_id=965323496852", "anchor": "fb-965310897102_965323496852", "service": "fb", "text": "→ https://www.petersfieldcommunitychoir.co.uk/.../130153...", "timestamp": "1540770715"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/965302169592?comment_id=965310897102&reply_comment_id=965323511822", "anchor": "fb-965310897102_965323511822", "service": "fb", "text": "→ That's nice!", "timestamp": "1540770723"}, {"author": "Avalon", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/965302169592?comment_id=965310897102&reply_comment_id=965323965912", "anchor": "fb-965310897102_965323965912", "service": "fb", "text": "→ That's the one!", "timestamp": "1540770919"}, {"author": "Daniel", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/965302169592?comment_id=965339345092", "anchor": "fb-965339345092", "service": "fb", "text": "Just in case you haven't seen it, https://secularsolstice.github.io/ is intended to be useful for things like this", "timestamp": "1540778121"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/965302169592?comment_id=965339345092&reply_comment_id=965346595562", "anchor": "fb-965339345092_965346595562", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Taymon the thing I wanted to exist does exist!", "timestamp": "1540781986"}, {"author": "Taymon", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/965302169592?comment_id=965339345092&reply_comment_id=965350058622", "anchor": "fb-965339345092_965350058622", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Yeah, I knew about the site (and procrastinated on linking it) but forgot which specific things were there.", "timestamp": "1540782319"}, {"author": "James", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/965302169592?comment_id=965353366992", "anchor": "fb-965353366992", "service": "fb", "text": "I'm in! Any room for a didgeridoo player in the ceremony?
I've always thought this song would be a good fit for Solstice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmN5pGFNEMk", "timestamp": "1540784348"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/965302169592?comment_id=965353366992&reply_comment_id=966467574112", "anchor": "fb-965353366992_966467574112", "service": "fb", "text": "→ I'd love for you to come, but didgeridoo is a hard instrument to work into this sort of thing. Did you have something specific in mind?", "timestamp": "1541358716"}, {"author": "James", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/965302169592?comment_id=965353366992&reply_comment_id=966470862522", "anchor": "fb-965353366992_966470862522", "service": "fb", "text": "→ If you're planning on telling any stories about hunter gatherers, it can work well as background", "timestamp": "1541360470"}, {"author": "Todd", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/965302169592?comment_id=965799198542", "anchor": "fb-965799198542", "service": "fb", "text": "I'd love to attend this, but there's a good chance I'll be out of town by that close to XMas.", "timestamp": "1540999892"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/965302169592?comment_id=965799198542&reply_comment_id=965800915102", "anchor": "fb-965799198542_965800915102", "service": "fb", "text": "→ I'll invite you, in case it turns out you're around", "timestamp": "1541000567"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/965302169592?comment_id=966466306652", "anchor": "fb-966466306652", "service": "fb", "text": "I made a FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/177150809894419/", "timestamp": "1541358052"}]}