Once again another chapter in this generally-musical set of posts — last one here — and this trip it’s tunes in the moon-dream-waxing philosophical-and-maybe-some-optimistic homilies thrown into a mix-tape genre featured on a warm Sunday afternoon — a peak time for melodious musings, wouldn’t you say?
Anyway, beat’s the shit out of the alternative.

And here, too, once again featuring The Running Mates, that fantastic husband/wife duo of whom I’ve grown to wonderfully appreciate the last few months as their covers of some way-impressive ‘oldie goldies’ (no, not especially from the ’70s, though, there are a few) in acoustic harmonies that seems to perhaps void some of the loud, garish noises gushing from the nowadays. ‘The Mates’ appear to make these songs their own.
Hence my recognition became this ‘Destination’ series, nostly of their music.

First off the list today fits nicely into this past week of ‘super flower blood moon’ and its eclipse, feasting on a kind of celebration to the fading-darkness, ‘Moondance‘ (Van Morrison original here):

(Aside: I kind of figured Van Morrison was/is an asshole — I use to way-love ‘Brown Eyed Girl,’ but now it resonates as a bit creepy).

Anyhow, the next tune is ‘Don’t Dream It’s Over,’ a wistful sound of sad memories, but presented by the ‘Mates’ as not necessarily bad news, though, it does sound like it (Is that contradictory?) — original by Crowded House here:

Now a Beatles classic, “Here Comes the Sun” — original here:

And one of all-time favorites, Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks introspective, “Landslide,” which although it’s on the 1975 self-titled, “Fleetwood Mac,” it first appeared on Nicks’ and Lindsey Buckingham’s together-album, “Buckingham Nicks” two years earlier — an older Nicks version here:

And, finally the song that first triggered my appreciation of the’ Mates,’ the 4 Non Blondes, “What’s Up,” and it’s sort of become the anthem of this series (original here):

25 years and my life is still
Tryin’ to get up that great big hill of hope
For a destination

(Illustration out front: ‘Shelter in the Storm,” found here).