Ok, I kind of checked out there for a week or so... sorry about that. I went down to Palm Springs for Thanksgiving and got a little caught up in the sun and relaxation. To be fair, this was the really the first time since we bought the place a year ago that we actually spent the whole time playing and not working! But enough of that...
I did finally respond to your comments on my last post- I have really begun to love the back and forth of the comment section, on everyone's blog it seems. And I am now ready to jump back into the fray.
So, without further ado-
It's Musical Monday!!! The feature that appears here with some regularity is back today!
Today's theme is Christmas songs. Some are great. Some are annoying. But what I want to really get at today is that ONE Christmas song that really hits you. The one that when you hear it, then it's really Christmas time. So, today, I'm asking for your active participation. Hit me up in the comments and tell me what your song is!!!
For me that song is Dan Fogelberg's 'Same Old Lang Syne'. Until I hear it, I usually don't feel like the Christmas season has really arrived. It always takes me by surprise when I hear it come on the radio and it always makes me stop and listen. It has to be spontaneous and coming through the radio or it doesn't count for me. As an example: last year I was putting up sun filtering curtains in my Palm Springs condo and 'Same Old Lang Syne' came on and suddenly I wasn't in the desert trying to block out sun that comes blaring into the windows at 6:30am; I was watching snow turn into rain. Like most of my holiday memories, this song is so very bittersweet. I just love it. It encapsulates so many of my feelings about Christmas time.
So now you... What's YOUR Christmas song? Or if not Christmas, then what holiday music does something magical for you???
Showing posts with label meaningful music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label meaningful music. Show all posts
Monday, December 2, 2013
Monday, October 14, 2013
Musical Monday
Music speaks to my soul; always has.
From my overcooked by 3 and 1/2 weeks journey in the womb- always responding immediately to any upbeat tune that came through an old transistor radio to the experiences I've shared as a member of an 80 piece symphonic band, and every musical experience and genre in between, music has always been a part of who I am.
I once met a doctor who deemed that music was just frivolous and unneeded. I knew I would never trust him with anything regarding my health. Although I was born with hearing issues that required surgical repair, I can certainly speak to the fact that the vibrations and patterns in music are life blood and I feel sorry for someone who doesn't get that life without music is certainly missing something.
With a love of music in mind, I am starting a new feature here on my blog. I will be posting something musical on Mondays, as often as I can. I am hoping to find lots of different musical aspects to touch upon.
For today, as an opening to my Musical Monday feature, I will leave you with a video for a song that I found while looking around for new stuff to add to my mp3 player that I use for my daily 'dance breaks'. This song is an example of a typical easy going Zac Brown Band deal that speaks to where I am in life right now and it's got a great, fun beat.
From my overcooked by 3 and 1/2 weeks journey in the womb- always responding immediately to any upbeat tune that came through an old transistor radio to the experiences I've shared as a member of an 80 piece symphonic band, and every musical experience and genre in between, music has always been a part of who I am.
I once met a doctor who deemed that music was just frivolous and unneeded. I knew I would never trust him with anything regarding my health. Although I was born with hearing issues that required surgical repair, I can certainly speak to the fact that the vibrations and patterns in music are life blood and I feel sorry for someone who doesn't get that life without music is certainly missing something.
With a love of music in mind, I am starting a new feature here on my blog. I will be posting something musical on Mondays, as often as I can. I am hoping to find lots of different musical aspects to touch upon.
For today, as an opening to my Musical Monday feature, I will leave you with a video for a song that I found while looking around for new stuff to add to my mp3 player that I use for my daily 'dance breaks'. This song is an example of a typical easy going Zac Brown Band deal that speaks to where I am in life right now and it's got a great, fun beat.
Friday, May 3, 2013
Goodbye Possum
Just can't let it go without putting in my own goodbye for George Jones, one of the finest that country music has ever offered up...
If you are one of the majority who has been blessed by the unique and truly emotion-laden voice of George Jones, then you already know why I feel compelled to mark his passing. If you have never really explored his music, please do yourself the favor of finding out what everyone is making such a big deal about. George Jones is one of those voices that can mean something special to everyone. A person who can embody and develop those emotional moments that life hands us, that are just so hard to quantify, is such a gift.
George Jones is much more than just the sad songs he is very well known for. His stuff often contains a humorous twist that brings out another level of understanding and appreciation for what he has to offer as an interpreter of the human condition.
One of the positive things that I was given as I was growing up was an exposure to almost every kind of music that exits. Maybe because my family life was so chaotic, there was always room for anything that might come out of a radio speaker. The soundtrack that I grew up with contained everything from heavy metal to disco to classic rock to pop to country gold.
And when I think of country greatness, of course I think of George Jones.
I love the fact that George Jones was able to overcome his demons for the most part. His story of recovery from alcoholism, with much help from his 4th wife, speaks to the idea that there is always hope for any person who truly wants to improve themselves. George Jones managed to pull himself out of the depths of failure with a lot of hard work and a little luck. He once said that "a four-decade career had been salvaged by a three-minute song", referring to his Country Music Association Song of the Year for 1980 and 1981: He Stopped Loving Her Today.
Realizing that he was singing about a man who loved a woman so much that he continued to love her through decades of her life- without him in it, hoping against hope that she might someday return to him, only to finally stop loving her because he had died... well, that was just such a singular experience. I remember actually getting the full gist of the lyrics as I was waiting in the car outside the grocery store, drawing with my fingers on the fogged up windows. There are few songs that embody so much in such a simple melody.
Thank You George Jones for everything you brought to the world of country music. And thank you for everything you brought to my own little piece of the world...
If you are one of the majority who has been blessed by the unique and truly emotion-laden voice of George Jones, then you already know why I feel compelled to mark his passing. If you have never really explored his music, please do yourself the favor of finding out what everyone is making such a big deal about. George Jones is one of those voices that can mean something special to everyone. A person who can embody and develop those emotional moments that life hands us, that are just so hard to quantify, is such a gift.
George Jones is much more than just the sad songs he is very well known for. His stuff often contains a humorous twist that brings out another level of understanding and appreciation for what he has to offer as an interpreter of the human condition.
One of the positive things that I was given as I was growing up was an exposure to almost every kind of music that exits. Maybe because my family life was so chaotic, there was always room for anything that might come out of a radio speaker. The soundtrack that I grew up with contained everything from heavy metal to disco to classic rock to pop to country gold.
And when I think of country greatness, of course I think of George Jones.
I love the fact that George Jones was able to overcome his demons for the most part. His story of recovery from alcoholism, with much help from his 4th wife, speaks to the idea that there is always hope for any person who truly wants to improve themselves. George Jones managed to pull himself out of the depths of failure with a lot of hard work and a little luck. He once said that "a four-decade career had been salvaged by a three-minute song", referring to his Country Music Association Song of the Year for 1980 and 1981: He Stopped Loving Her Today.
Realizing that he was singing about a man who loved a woman so much that he continued to love her through decades of her life- without him in it, hoping against hope that she might someday return to him, only to finally stop loving her because he had died... well, that was just such a singular experience. I remember actually getting the full gist of the lyrics as I was waiting in the car outside the grocery store, drawing with my fingers on the fogged up windows. There are few songs that embody so much in such a simple melody.
Thank You George Jones for everything you brought to the world of country music. And thank you for everything you brought to my own little piece of the world...
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