The best part of any vacation is always coming home. There's no place it like, so we've got a seven-day tribute this week to all things house-related.
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SONG OF THE monDAY
Our House was written by Graham Nash and recorded by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young for the album Déjà Vu (1970). Nash wrote it while living with Joni Mitchell. They had breakfast, bought a vase at an antique shop, and came home. Nash wrote the song within the hour.
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SONG OF THE tuesDAY
Homeward Bound was written by Paul Simon and recorded by Simon & Garfunkel in 1966 for their third studio album, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme. Simon wrote the song while touring in London after a bought of depression and feeling homesick for his girlfriend, Kathy Chitty.
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SONG OF THE wednesDAY
My Father's Father was released from the first album by the duo The Civil Wars, Live at Eddie's Attic (2009). The album was released on their website and has had over 500,000 downloads. My Father's Father is a simple song that blends Joy Williams and John Paul White's voices perfectly.
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SONG OF THE thursDAY
Home was recorded by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and released as their second single from the 2010 album, Up from Below. Lead singer Alex Ebert and Jade Castrinos co-wrote the song, and it has become one of the band's most popular tunes.
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SONG OF THE friDAY
Written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, and John Denver, Take Me Home, Country Roads was included on the 1971 album, Poems, Prayers & Promises. Inspired by a poem written in a letter by their friend John Albert Fitzgerald, who was living in West Virginia, it is Denver's most popular song.
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SONG OF THE saturDAY
Mama, I'm Coming Home is the third single from Ozzy Osbourne's 1991 album, No More Tears. Sharon Osbourne claims the song was written about her, but producers and songwriters for the album disagree, Regardless, it is Ozzy's only solo Top 40 on Billboard Hot 100.
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SONG OF THE sunDAY
Inspired while driving down the highway in Indiana, Pink Houses was written and performed by John Mellencamp and released on the 1983 album, Uh-Huh as John Cougar Mellencamp. Though Mellencamp says he doesn't like the last verse, Rolling Stone has ranked the song among the greatest songs of all-time.
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