Playlist: A Mother's Love

Posted Wed May 14, 2008 5:05pm PDT by Robert of the Radish in The Y! Music Playlist Blog

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This is the most heart-wrenching playlist I have ever posted. An article I stumbled upon two years ago in the Washington Post highlighted the emergence of the playlist as the next wave in music and references the Gartner study on the subject.

But is was one particular playlist mentioned that really grabbed me.

The article introduced me to Justine Saylors who lost her beautiful 14-year old son Lance to cancer. She turned to the playlist as a way to help her cope with what is the most difficult thing we can face as human beings, the loss of a child. Her playlists also provided a way for her to connect with others.

As you listen to the songs in this playlist and read Lance's memoriam on Caringbridge.org you may find yourself overcome with emotion to the point of tears. Every song, whether you like them or not, is magnified 100 times by the context in which the list was put together. Each one takes on new meaning and becomes a powerful force.

This is the power of the playlist at it's very best.

Justine Saylor's first playlist for her son Lance after his passing


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Playlist: A Mother's Love

Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again - Andrew Lloyd Webber

So Long, So Wrong - Alison Krauss & Union Station

Slumber My Darling - Yo-Yo Ma

Incomplete - Backstreet Boys

Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely - Backstreet Boys

I Am Your Child - Barry Manilow

Morning Has Broken - Cat Stevens

Fly - Celine Dion

If I Could - Celine Dion

Fix You - Coldplay

To The Morning - Dan Fogelberg

On Golden Pond - David Grusin

Circle Of Life - Elton John

Only Time - Enya

You're Still Here (Single Version) - Faith Hill

Both Sides, Now - Joni Mitchell

Remember Me This Way - Jordan Hill

To Where You Are - Josh Groban

Dust In The Wind - Kansas

Who You'd Be Today - Kenny Chesney

I Hope You Dance - Lee Ann Womack

Can Heaven Wait - Luther Vandross

The Impossible Dream - Luther Vandross

He's My Son (Without Background Vocals) - Mark Schultz

10,000 Miles - Mary Chapin Carpenter

This Is Not Goodbye - Melissa Etheridge

Homesick - MercyMe

Don't Speak - No Doubt

My Only Love - Roxy Music

By Your Side - Sade

The Sound Of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel

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When I Look To The Sky - Train

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