It’s been a crazy day, what with me in the middle of moving, but it’s Friday afternoon/evening [depending on where you are], which means it’s time for music. AND, now that I have a working laptop again that I am in the process of loading with all my music, that means the Random Ten is back! If you don’t know how this works, here it is: I pick a song or three to start out with, then hit shuffle on the old iTunes machine and post the first ten songs that come up, randomly! And I post some of the videos for those songs, yadda yadda yadda.

So this week, we’re starting with two classics I happened to listen to this week: Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder. The Aretha song is newer, just a beautiful song called “In Case You Forgot.” Then we spend some time with Stevie and “Signed, Sealed Delivered I’m Yours,” because it’s awesome. Then shuffle on the iTunes, first ten songs, and gooooo! More videos after the jump.

1. The Beatles – “I’m Happy Just To Dance With You”
2. The Postal Service – “We Will Become Silhouettes”
3. Phish – “Wilson”
4. Green Day – “Uptight”
5. The Beatles – “Here Comes The Sun”
6. The Cox Family – “I Am Weary (Let Me Rest)”
7. The New Pornographers – “Mutiny, I Promise You”
8. Lucero – “Drink ‘Til We’re Gone”
9. Destiny’s Child – “So Good”
10. The Great Divide – “Pour Me A Vacation”

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SAITH THE LORD.

I mean, saith the crazy man named James Hartline.

No, I am not kidding.

This must have been the “perfect storm” Maggie Gallagher was talking about that one time when everybody was laughing at her.

(h/t Mike Tidmus)

UPDATE: Okay, so nobody reads James Hartline’s blog, but I was perusing it a second ago, just to see what else the crazy lady was up to, and what do you know?  I found out that James Hartline believes that Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin have prophetic messages from God embedded in one of their songs.  Again, Hartline believes that Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin have, yes, prophetic messages from God embedded in one of their songs.  Here, let James tell you:

The Hidden Prophetic Last Days Message of Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin in their performance of “Until You Come Back To Me.” Their land is calling, calling them to reclaim their promised destiny after 400 years of captivity. They came as slaves, but they shall leave as Kings and Princes, and Empowered Spiritual Royalty.

And:

There are many revelations that I have received from God that I have never discussed in public. The time is coming to reveal those matters. There is going to be a mass exodus in the years ahead of Americans returning to Africa, the homeland of their ancestors of slavery.

Uh huh.

And:

In this video you will hear a prophetic message encoded in the song by Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin that cries out about God’s desire after centuries of waiting for the return of His people to the African continent with wealth, resources and the spiritual understanding to destroy the ancient satanic forces of the devil. As Joseph was sent to Egypt to prepare a way for Israel to grow into a powerful Jewish nation fit to conquer the promised land, African slaves were sent to America to rise up after 400 years with wealth and ability to return to Africa to conquer their promised land.

Awwww, he’s like a gay Lou Engle.