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RIVER

JOHN FRUSCIANTE - Height Down (will not be adding this track!)

(River sings the first half of this song)


JOHN FRUSCIANTE - Well I've Been (will not be adding this track!)

(The backwards voice you hear during the song is River's - see below)


JOHN FRUSCIANTE - Well I've Been - BACKWARDS (will not be adding this track!)

(The backwards version of the song, where you can hear River's voice clearly - approximately 30 seconds
from the start)

RIVER - SPOKEN WORD

RIVER PHOENIX - Curi Curi (listen via YouTube)

(This recording is featured on the album TXAI by MILTON NASCHIMENTO - River wrote the piece himself)

SONGS WRITTEN ABOUT RIVER

FELIX AND THE HURRICANES - 'RISE RIVER RISE'

Many thanks to Felix and the Hurricanes, and to Steve Oswalt for contacting angel-river.net. For more information on the band, or to purchase "Rise River Rise," please go to Felix and the Hurricanes @ Reverbnation and/or Felix and the Hurricanes @ Facebook

FELIX AND THE HURRICANES - 'RISE RIVER RISE'

Click here to listen via YouTube

LYRICS

You were running on empty, just a kid on the road
It was one kind of place, yet you called it your home
The thing we call love can be so hard to find
Your own private Hollywood star state of mind

Did the road frown before you like a familiar face?
The dark blood, the desert, a desolate place
In a black western sky, you’re a bright star that time can’t erase

Rise River Rise
You’re the sun shining high in the skies
The passion you gave speaks to us from the grave
Yeah flow on forever
And Rise River Rise

You’re the modern Faust legend, or did you play the fool?
With a shake of your hand, did you sell him your soul?
Those rock ‘n’ roll junkies; you called them your friends.
But where were they, Rio, where were they in the end?

Did a secret affliction hold you in its sway?
One wild western Sunset that took you away
In this life you are gone, but your legend lives on here today

Rise River Rise
Disillusion, the clouds in your eyes
The life that you gave was the life none could save
Yeah flow on forever,
And Rise River Rise

Rise River Rise
You’re the sun shining high in the skies
The passion you gave speaks to us from the grave
Yeah flow on forever
And Rise River Rise

I’ll stand by you, Rio, and you stand by me
Wipe the tears from their eyes, help the people to see
Your soul’s scintillating; your spirit’s so true
Oh Rio, my brother, this one’s for you

He speaks to me softly across the way,
“Keep my spirit alive in the song that you play”
Like the flight of the Phoenix, he will rise in my song here today
River, please stay!

Rise River Rise
You’re the sun shining high in the skies
The passion you gave speaks to us from the grave
Please flow on forever
And Rise River Rise
Please flow on forever
And Rise River Rise
A truly beautiful tribute to a beautiful soul.
Thank you guys for asking me to share it with everyone

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VERSUS - River (listen via YouTube)
ELLIS PAUL - River (listen via YouTube)
REM - Strange Currencies (listen via YouTube)

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - Transcending (listen via YouTube)

NATALIE MERCHANT - River (listen via YouTube)

THE STEREOPHONICS - Chris Chambers (listen via YouTube)

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT - Matinee Idol (listen via YouTube)

BELINDA CARLISLE - California (listen via YouTube) 

MORTEN ABEL - River Phoenix (listen via YouTube)

FUEL - Innocent (listen via YouTube)

REM - Bang & Blame (listen via YouTube)

REM - E-Bow The Letter (listen via YouTube)

SUDDENLY, TAMMY! - River, Run (listen via YouTube)
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REM - Departure (?) (listen via YouTube)

LORI KELLEY - Ode To A River (listen via YouTube)

VANSCOTT - River Phoenix (listen via YouTube)

DANA LYONS - Song For River Phoenix (If I Had Known) (listen via YouTube)

THE HEIGHTS - River Phoenix (listen via YouTube)

AN AIRBAG SAVED MY LIFE - ​I'll Stand By You, River Phoenix (no audio)

HAND STANDS FOR ANTS - River Phoenix (no audio)

JAPANTHER - River Phoenix (no audio)

NADA SURF - River Phoenix (no audio)

TRIP - River Phoenix (listen via YouTube)

GRANT LEE BUFFALO - Halloween (no audio)

SONGS THAT MENTION RIVER

P - Michael Stipe (listen via YouTube)

(P was formed in 1993 by Gibby Haynes (vocals), Johnny Depp (guitar), Sal Jenco (percussion) & Bill Carter (guitar) - This live performance of their song 'Michael Stipe' is from The Austin Chronicle Music Awards, Austin, Texas in 1993. River is mentioned twice during the song) (contains profanity)
THE CULT - Sacred Life (listen via YouTube)

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - Give It Away (listen via YouTube)

JAY-Z Feat BEYONCE - Hollywood (listen via YouTube)

RIVER - SONGS FROM 'THE THING CALLED LOVE'

Lone Star State Of Mine - (River wrote this song!) (listen via YouTube)​
Until Now (listen via YouTube)
Blame It On Your Heart (River singing alone) - courtesy of Daniel (listen via YouTube)
Blame It On Your Heart (with Samantha Mathis) (listen via YouTube)
​Standing On A Rock (listen via YouTube)
​Ol' John & Jimmy (with Samantha Mathis) - courtesy of Daniel (listen via YouTube)
Love Is (listen via YouTube)
Lost Highway (no audio)

OTHER SONGS FROM 'THE THING CALLED LOVE'

SAMANTHA MATHIS - Big Dream - courtesy of Daniel (listen via YouTube)
SAMANTHA MATHIS - Big Bar Hair - courtesy of Daniel (listen via YouTube) 
SANDRA BULLOCK - Heaven Knocking On My Door - courtesy of Daniel (listen via YouTube)
DERMOT MULRONEY - Skin & Bones - courtesy of Daniel (listen via YouTube)
DERMOT MULRONEY - Can't Understand - courtesy of Daniel (listen via YouTube)
KT OSLIN - I Don't Remember Your Name
TRISHA YEARWOOD - She's In Love With A Boy (listen via YouTube)

PAM TILLIS - Blue Rose Is (listen via YouTube)

TRISHA YEARWOOD - Walkaway Joe (listen via YouTube)

RIVER - 'A NIGHT IN THE LIFE OF JIMMY REARDON'/'AREN'T YOU GONNA KISS ME GOODBYE'

Between Us Now - (River wrote this song!) (listen via YouTube - song begins after a few seconds)

SONGS FROM 'MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO'

RUDY VALLEE - Deep Night (listen via YouTube)
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MADONNA - Cherish (listen via YouTube)

EDDY ARNOLD - Cattle Call (listen via YouTube)

ELTON JOHN - Blue Eyes (listen via YouTube)

THE POGUES - Old Main Drag (listen via YouTube)

UDO KIER - Der Adler (listen via YouTube)