{"id":198,"date":"2009-09-07T03:26:44","date_gmt":"2009-09-07T03:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/angelsonyourshoulder\/2009\/09\/angel-songs-and-nightmares.html"},"modified":"2009-09-07T03:26:44","modified_gmt":"2009-09-07T03:26:44","slug":"angel-songs-and-nightmares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/angelsonyourshoulder\/2009\/09\/angel-songs-and-nightmares.html","title":{"rendered":"Angel songs and nightmares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aloha,<\/p>\n<p>As a little girl, I used to have lots of nightmares. This morning, I woke up dreaming about my father&#8217;s last few breaths and feeling myself dying, a pretty nightmarish experience. As I woke up, I heard the lyrics, &#8220;Hark! the herald angels sing.&#8221; I found it very comforting, so when I began to think about my blog post this Labor Day, I thought about some of my favorite angel songs.<\/p>\n<p>There is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Entertainment\/Music\/2008\/09\/Top-Songs-About-Angels-and-Heaven.aspx\">wonderful list of great angel songs already on Beliefnet<\/a>, but I thought I&#8217;d create my own list with some videos I found on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\">Youtube<\/a>. I hope you enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;In The Arms of an Angel<\/strong>&#8221; <strong>by Sarah McLachlan<\/strong>,&nbsp;from the movie &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0120632\/\">City of Angels<\/a>&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/j42ApkIIdNc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6&amp;border=1\" width=\"445\" height=\"364\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><strong>Great White &#8211; &#8220;The Angel Song&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Uu9G6tZZenE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6&amp;border=1\" width=\"445\" height=\"364\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"><\/p>\n<p>Chlo\u00c3\u00ab Agnew &#8211; &#8220;Angel&#8217;s Song&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/strong>&nbsp;<embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/2wC9vq68yDQ&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6&amp;border=1\" width=\"445\" height=\"364\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"><\/p>\n<p>The Friendship Song &#8211; <strong>&#8220;Friends Are Quiet Angels&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/7X7d7Ul6PmI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6&amp;border=1\" width=\"445\" height=\"364\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"><\/p>\n<p>Black Mountain &#8211; &#8220;Angels&#8221; <\/strong>(I found the images in this video rather haunting.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/xHxqTpK3lPE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6&amp;border=1\" width=\"445\" height=\"364\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"><\/p>\n<p>Here is a rendition of <strong>&#8220;Earth Angel&#8221; by Elvis<\/strong> while he was in the army<\/p>\n<p><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/CSxnjTw0Whk&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6&amp;border=1\" width=\"445\" height=\"364\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"><\/p>\n<p>Another song by <strong>Elvis &#8211; &#8220;Angel&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/4mC6otrIvuM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6&amp;border=1\" width=\"445\" height=\"364\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"><\/embed><\/p>\n<p><\/strong>What are your favorite songs about angels?? <\/p>\n<p>With love and aloha, <br \/>Susan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I wake up dreaming about my father&#8217;s last few breaths and feeling myself dying, a pretty nightmarish experience. 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