“They’re a band beyond description”
When I saw that this week’s SLS prompt was about expressing appreciation for music, singing and radio, there were three obvious songs that sprang to mind: Abba’s ‘Thank You For The Music’, Barry Manilow’s ‘I Write The Songs’ and ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’ by Buggles.
Perhaps too obvious though. But here’s an alternative, and I make no apology for featuring the Grateful Dead again, even though this ditty might be a little self-congraulatory.
There’s mosquitoes on the river
Fish are rising up like birds
It’s been hot for seven weeks now
Too hot to even speak now
Did you hear what I just heard?
Say it might have been a fiddle or it could have been the wind
But there seems to be a beat now I can feel it my feet now
Listen here it comes again!
There’s a band out on the highway
They’re high stepping into town
It’s a rainbow full of sound
It’s fireworks, calliopes and clowns
Everybody’s dancing
Come on children, come on children
Come on clap your hands
Sun went down in honey
And the moon came up in wine
You know stars were spinning dizzy, Lord
The band kept us too busy we forgot about the time
They’re a band beyond description
Like Jehovah’s favorite choir
People joining hand in hand
While the music played the band, Lord
They’re setting us on fire
Crazy rooster crowing midnight
Balls of lighting roll along
Old men sing about their dreams
Women laugh and children scream
And the band keeps playing on
Keep on dancing through the daylight
Greet the morning air with song
No one’s noticed, but the band’s all packed and gone
Was it ever there at all?
But they kept on dancing
Come on children, come on children
Come on clap your hands
Well the cool breeze came on Tuesday
And the corn’s a bumper crop
And the fields are full of dancing
Full of singing and romancing
The music never stopped
Written by John Barlow and Bob Weir
the only deadhead in the hameau 
A new one for me. Nice choice for the theme, so much better than Manilow!