Coming down to ‘Earth’

I’m going down, down, down and coming up again …

“Back to Earth,” Willie Nelson
“Center of the Earth,” Nick Giaconia
“Earth and Sun and Moon,” Midnight Oil
“Earth Has No Sorrow,” Vigilantes of Love
“Earth Household,” Daniel Amos
“Earth Intruders,” Bjork
“I Feel the Earth Move,” Carole King
“The Lines of My Earth,” Sixpence None the Richer
“Little Earthquakes,” Tori Amos
“Mother Earth,” Brooks Williams
“Peace on Earth,” U2
“The Unattainable Earth,” Daniel Amos
“We’ll Inherit the Earth,” The Replacements
“What on Earth Will You Do (For Heaven’s Sake),” Johnny Cash

I’ve lost track of Nick Giaconia, but he’s a good guy. Got to hang out with him on a visit to Philly back on June 17, 1994. I remember the date because the plan was to grab some cheesesteaks and watch Game 5 of the NBA Finals, but instead we wound up watching a live broadcast of a slow-moving white Ford Bronco pursued by every police car in Southern California. He formed a band called “Mattie Groves,” because of the old folk ballad, but it’s a bit hard to Google that name, because of the old folk ballad.

Bonus video: Years before I ever heard Tapestry, the first time I heard “I Feel the Earth Move” it was sung by Loretta Swit on The Muppet Show.