I imagine we all have songs that seem to "get us", speak to us on a level that shows an understanding of what we may be feeling or going through at any given moment. Isn't this what makes music the best love affair? Scroll back through these 200 + posts and see how many times I have referenced music. Probably a few.
Lyrics and music coupled together, those little miracles of writing and sound and you have a potent combination that can quite literally lift you up to new heights, take away whatever may ail you or give context and understanding to it. It can turn you on, get your heart pumping in twelve different ways and accelerate your bad decision making gene. Listening to Tom Petty's Running Down a Dream or Iron Maiden's Run to the Hills and without realizing it I'm clipping along at 140 on the 102. Joni's Both Sides Now, depending on which version, makes me a little more reflective, introspective. Music! It does it all.
No surprise here but Aaron Sorkin wrote something that I thought encapsulated exactly what words and music can do for you.
Words! Words! Words when spoken out loud for the sake of performance are music. They have rhythm and pitch and timbre and volume. These are the properties of music. And music has the ability to find us, and move us, and lift us up in ways that literal meaning can’t.
A number of years back I latched onto a local band, The Trews, because of the song Sing Your Heart Out. It became one of my favourite songs, it reminds me of one of my closest friends, Daveda, and has become mine and my youngest daughter's "song". If I put it on in the car everything stops and we sing it....loudly. Which is all wonderful of course but it also has a simple message that resonates with me all the time.
You deserve the best, you should expect nothing less
We could live and bless, if you just say yes
And on a night like this, life could change with a kiss
If you don't second guess, and you go with it
Carpe the fuck out that Diem! Settle not. Expect and strive for what you are worth. And be open to that magical moment that a kiss can provide. Hell, this song could be this blogs theme song. Since nobody has written Fuck the Ponies yet I'll take it....see, my brain works funny.
Don't ask me what my favourite song is, it's simply not possible for me to choose just one. Maybe not even just 20. And why should I? Right now, coming out of the tinny radio in the kitchen is Father Figure by George Michael...great evocative song, one of my favourites? No, but a really good song that paints an image, sets a mood and evokes emotion. And that is not a bad thing.
Whether you sing in the shower, the car or on a stage, when the music fills you up there are few things that feel better and open you up to possibilities as music does.
Enjoy the day
CIao
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Ahhhhhh yes
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