Kansas City Playlist: Traveling Music 2025

Sadly, the impending power moves of pro-sports teams take up most of the oxygen in Kansas City over the holidays and leave us with very little news coverage that isn't related to 

No matter . . . Here's more reassurance that moves don't always mean the end along with inspiration against forsaking today's Kwanzaa spirit . . . 

Tonight our www.TonysKansasCity.com playlist takes on upcoming departures and the reminder that nothing lasts forever . . .

The best place to start . . . "Move On Up" is a song by Curtis Mayfield from his 1970 debut album, Curtis. Nearly nine minutes long on the album version, it was released as a single in the United States, but failed to chart. An edited version of the song spent 10 weeks in the top 50 of the UK Singles Chart in 1971, peaking at number 12, and it has become a soul classic over the years.

This Rolling Stones tribute from Maroon 5 is older than we expected BUT still gets a bit of radio play for so many old-heads who still listen to terrestrial radio in the car or at the grocery store . . .

Our 90s throwback and celebration of the long-lost super-model era . . . Technotronic's "Move This" is from another epoch that was slightly more glamorous than our current age.

An old school reminder that Taylor Swift might be the best song writer of the modern era but she would've found it tougher to compete in the 70s when singers like Carole King regularly poured their heart out all over American stages.

"I Like To Move It" is a song that was made famous by a mediocre cartoon and should remind us that real life is still more interesting than Hollywood garbage . . .

For the bridge . . . We take things down with The Beatles and "Something" . . . Our favorite fun fact about the track: Frank Sinatra famously hailed The Beatles' “Something” as “the greatest love song of the past 50 years” and he could help but record a cover.

The iconic "Night Moves" by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band is an apropos finale that also brings to mind an important moment in football history: The Baltimore Colts famously moved to Indianapolis in the middle of the night on March 28-29, 1984, when owner Robert Irsay had Mayflower moving trucks secretly pack up the team's headquarters in Owings Mills, Maryland, to escape a Maryland legislative effort to seize the team via eminent domain. The clandestine operation left the city shocked, forever sealing the team's departure under the cover of darkness.

As always, thanks for reading this week and have a safe & fun Saturday night.