I love music. I always have. Ever since I can remember there was always music. Donna Summer, ELO, Sesame Street, The Beatles, The Beach Boys - these are some of my earliest music memories. My dad took me to see Sha-Na-Na and Michael Jackson. I would wake up and put the radio on. I would study to Barenaked Ladies in college. So you get the picture. I love music.
One thing I learned early on is that music can raise the spirits or hang out with you on a rainy day. I escape when I listen to music. It settles my soul. It brings lightness to my heart. Lyrics can be thought provoking, political, or just plain silly. Or Songs that tell a story... I have deep connection with this songs, or at least parts of them, for various reasons. I think they say all I need to right now.
The Lumineers - Hey Ho - "...I don't know where I belong, I don't know where I went wrong, but I can write a song..." or a plan for a yoga class...
Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man - "...You're not as brave as you were at the start
Rate yourself and rake yourself
Take all the courage you have left
Wasted on fixing all the problems that you made in your own head..." - Stop being so damn critical of yourself...
Florence & The Machine - Shake It Out - "...And I am done with my graceless heart
So tonight I'm gonna cut it out and then restart
'Cause I like to keep my issues strong
It's always darkest before the dawn..."
Forgiveness & re-birth...
Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again
"...I left my head
Many times I've been told
All this talk will make you old
So I close my eyes
Look behind
Moving on, moving on..."
Ingrid Michaelson - Keep Breathing - "...All that I know is I'm breathing
All I can do is keep breathing..."
Of Monsters & Men - Little Talks - "...There's an old voice in my head that's holding me back, Well tell her that I miss our little talks..."
That's about all I have right now...What moves you?
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