Horses and Ponies #MusicMovesMe

It's Monday and it's time for music!!

Who are the Music Moves Me bloggers?  We are a group of music loving bloggers who blog about music each Sunday or Monday (or even later in the week). If you have music to share with us, you are most welcome to join!  We are brought to you by Cathy of Curious as a Cathy, Stacy of Stacy's Random Thoughts, Marie, and myself, plus other music loving bloggers.  

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Our optional theme for this week is:  "May 11th Kentucky Derby has long been hosted this month since 1875. This event has a long history of traditions. Use some of the traditions or gallop with the ponies in your own direction sharing your song inspired picks this week."

There are quite a number of songs mentioning horses or ponies.  Many times the horses/ponies symbolize freedom or connection.  Other times, they are songs about....horses.  There are a lot of playlists online for the Kentucky Derby but I decided to go my own way. I grew up in New York City and, while I never got into horses, my best friend did. (Yes, there are ways to learn to ride a horse in New York City.)

Rolling Stones - Wild Horses, recorded in 1969 and released in 1971.

From 1975, Wildfire, Michael Martin Murphey, a song about a girl and her horse, based on a legend about a ghost horse told to Murphey by his grandfather, combined with a dream Murphey had once.

The older I get, the more I get into the great songwriter and singer Willie Nelson.   Ride Me Back Home is a song from 2019 about rescuing horses.

One Trick Pony, a 1980 hit for Paul Simon.

Couldn't resist this; the theme song from a childhood TV show.

Finally, My Old Kentucky Home is traditionally sung by the crowd each year before the Kentucky Derby.  This was recorded in 2024 at the 150th Kentucky Derby.

And that's a wrap!

Join me again next week for another episode of Music Moves Me.