East to West World Music

with Eitan Battat (S4 | E159)

 

Opening Music: MFSB (as always), the signature sound of East to West.

WERB 107.5 music to chill and vibe with.  

Hello to all my friends around the United States and internationally. You are on the right URL at the right time on another program of East to West, and this is Eitan Battat.

I don’t know about you, but for me, time is passing at warp speed. So many things are happening all around, and information is coming at you nonstop from everywhere. In between all the chaos and the daily routine in our business, so much pain and so much suffering. We all as humanity are so far removed from most of the pain that doesn’t really apply to us or not in our neighborhood, or not in or around our immediate circles. On one hand, if they will be affected by all the pain and suffering in the world, how could we ever find one moment of joy?

On the other hand, we are oblivious to almost everything that’s happening unless it has an immediate effect on our lives. Take, for example, the bridge collapse in Baltimore. When somebody speaks about it, you hear, “Oh my God, it’s terrible. Wow. It was a six-lane highway! What did you want for lunch?” I’m sorry, but we immediately move on to whatever is important at that particular moment. About a dozen people perished in that disaster. Never mind the half a million people that their commute to work has now been affected for an extra hour or two, who knows? We see it doesn’t affect us, so we are not concerned, it’s somebody else’s problem.  7 Humanitarian aid workers got killed by mistake in Gaza. Oh wow, that’s terrible. We move on. It doesn’t affect us. We can’t change that. That’s humanity.

However, I’m suggesting that the near and dear to be a lot more sensitive to our surrounding, be aware and be kind. You never know when your words, your donation, your smile can really cheer and change someone else’s pain. All in addition to finding joy with everything that we do. I hope you find some joy and some solace with some smooth new music that I got for you right here on East to West and my reflection on kindness.

So stay with me for the next two hours, I promise you I’m awesome.

Mind Games – John Lennon

I Wish It Would Rain Down – Phil Collins

Hotel California – Gipsy Kings

Gentle On My Mind – The Mavericks

Today is the Day – Still Corners

Ceux qui n’ont rien – Patricia Kaas

Million Years Ago – Adele

Durango – .J.J. Cale

Make Someone Happy – Jimmy Durante

Make Somebody Happy – Santana

Beautiful that Way performed in Vatican City – Noa (Achinoam Nini) & Andrea Bocelli

Two Pairs Of Hands – Mark Knopfler

Indaco Dagli Occhi Del Cielo – Zucchero

Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime – The Korgis

Always Remember Us This Way – Lady Gaga

Veinte Años – Omara Portuondo

The Night We Met – Lord Huron

Rio de Janeiro Blue – Randy Crawford

Sigala – YAIR DALAL

You Belong To Me – Patsy Cline

The World We Knew – Frank Sinatra

The Girl I Love – Tony Bennett & Sheryl Crow

For the Good Times – Aaron Neville

Bridge Over Troubled Water – Aretha Franklin

I’d Fly – Francesca Belenis & Riccardo Cocciante

Cry – Cigarettes After Sex

La Vie En Rose Melody – Gardot

Always In My Head – Coldplay

Die blaue Stunde – Blank & Jones

If you have a request or want to call in during the show you can reach Eitan here: Eitan Battat