What a decade this year has been! As we look back on 2020, we see challenges but we also see the birth of a global community. The Sid City Social Club came together around Alexander Siddig and in the process, we learned more about each other and ourselves. 

 

Music was a unifying feature in the social club, so we asked you to share the songs that you’ll associate with 2020. What got you through lockdown? What kept you going when times were tough? You answered with almost 200 songs encompassing multiple genres, languages, and styles.

 

Introducing the Sid City Social Club 2020 Playlists! 

Classical Playlist

A recurring and unifying theme in the Sid City Social Club is a talent for and appreciation of music of all genres and styles. In the eight months or so that the Club has met, we have enjoyed live performances, engaged in wide-ranging discussions about musical expression and meaning, and reflected on the power of music to heal, console, and offer hope.

 

With this playlist, we share our COVID-19 selections with one another as a gift in this time of isolation. Many of these works are perennial favorites, but the lens for these choices was life during COVID-19.

 

What’s getting us through these days? Inspiring us? Warming our hearts? The list both embodies the hope and encouragement we need at present and, when this is all behind us, will offer a musical time capsule of 2020.

 

Regards,
Nicky, Renee, and Laura M.

Click to listen to the SCSC Classical Playlist

Pop/Rock Playlist

Sid City Social Club members span the globe, and as we’ve learned with our regular birthday shout outs, they span the decades as well. The songs submitted for the Pop/Rock playlist reflect that breadth and depth, with more than 80 tracks featuring a wide variety of artists and styles.

 

To kick things off, we picked Sinatra’s classic “When You’re Smiling” because Sid, Mel and the club kept us smiling during COVID-19. We wrap things up with two songs as a gift to Sid, Mel, and all who’ve been a part of the club. With Barry Manilow, we say thank you to Sid for being that “One Voice” which prompted us to join our many voices together. To close out, we join Captain Sisko in affirming that “The Best is Yet To Come”.

 

Warmly,
Nicky, Renee and Laura M.

Click to listen to the SCSC Pop/Rock Playlist

Liner Notes

Remember back in the day when albums came with liner notes? The SCSC Playlist Team has compiled your messages about what each song meant to you and created beautiful, downloadable liner notes to accompany each playlist.

 

The liner notes are offered free of charge; however, we are accepting goodwill donations. Funds received for the Sid City Social Club Playlist Liner Notes will be donated to the following organizations:

 

Film + TV Charity Fund (UK)

The Actors’ Fund of Canada

Motion Picture & Television Fund (US)

 

If you’d like to donate, the amount is up to you. Any amount is welcome.

Download the Classical Playlist Liner Notes (PDF)

Download the Pop/Rock Playlist Liner Notes (PDF)