Music That Speaks To You
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I am angry and drinking Coronas and it's HOT and there is sand in everything and I love it and hate it all at the same time !!
This song has been playing on repeat in my head for the last 20 hours or so, so I guess it is speaking to me... I just don't know what it is trying to say.
I don't think I will ever get tired of this:
A song that speaks to me for a variety of reasons; it's also a song not many know...but they should.
A song that speaks to me for a variety of reasons; it's also a song not many know...but they should.
This song just makes me FEEL GOOD. In my head, I imagine that this song is used in the trailer video for a gigantic Crisis Crossover wherein the First Evil breaks through the barrier between Universes, and The Doctor gathers Starfleet, The Earth Alliance, The Rebel Alliance, and the UNSC together to beat the crap out of the Borg/Shadows/Empire/Covenant/Daleks.
Unfortunately, that doesn't really work in my case. I was born in 1970, but I never got into a lot of the music that was popular back then. Although I do find it hilarious that, 11 years later, when I was in sixth grade, they tried teaching us the Hustle.
That said, one of my favorite songs of all time is this one. I was 2 years old when it came out. One of the reasons I like it so much is that it's just a straight-up rock song - it's not political or anything like that (for reasons that I hope would become apparent, when songs get political, they kind of go over my head
) Plus it's got one of the catchiest riffs I have ever heard in my life:And I might point out that the Hollies are still together, over 50 years (!) after they were formed. Unfortunately Allan Clarke (the lead singer) is retired but there are a couple other charter members who are still with the band. That's really cool, having a band last that long with at least some original members still in it!
I recently discovered that Amy Lee of Evanescence is releasing a Children's Album. It's suppose to drop on September 30th, with a lot of standard "kids" versions of songs. With having three kids who are 7,6, and 4, we listen to a lot of music aimed at them. In our house, Laurie Berkner is god! We listen to her often in the car, singing a long.
However one song my daughter and I sing all the time is Lisa Loeb's Jenny Jenkins, she loves this song beyond words and of course I love Lisa Loeb.
However one song my daughter and I sing all the time is Lisa Loeb's Jenny Jenkins, she loves this song beyond words and of course I love Lisa Loeb.
I was just thinking about this the other day...this song doesn't really "speak to me" in the same sense as the others I've shared, but it is important. Listening to Zepp "When the Levee Breaks" as loud as possible is the best treatment for a panic attack I've ever found. I don't know why it works so well, but it calms me down within the first minute and never fails.
My dad is a man of defined tastes - very narrowly defined tastes. For example, he choice of music. He likes at most 5 bands, and contemporary jazz.
So that's what we listened to growing up - in particular this band: Yes.
I have heard every Yes album up to the early 2000's (when I left home) many times over, watched multiple documentaries, been to a bunch of their live shows, etc.
Every time I hear this song, it brings back all those memories of one of the few things about himself that my dad shared with all of us.
So that's what we listened to growing up - in particular this band: Yes.
I have heard every Yes album up to the early 2000's (when I left home) many times over, watched multiple documentaries, been to a bunch of their live shows, etc.
Every time I hear this song, it brings back all those memories of one of the few things about himself that my dad shared with all of us.
If I had a theme song, I think this one would be it. Not just because Gordon Lightfoot is my favorite singer of all time (although that is a factor 
), it's just very descriptive of my day to day mood.
Rainy day people always seem to know when it's time to call
Rainy day people don't talk, they just listen till they've heard it all
Rainy day lovers don't lie when they tell ya, they've been down like you
Rainy day people don't mind if you're cryin' a tear or two
If you get lonely, all you really need is that rainy day love
Rainy day people all know there's no sorrow they can't rise above
Rainy day lovers don't love any others, that would not be kind
Rainy day people all know how it hangs on a piece of mind
Rainy day lovers don't lie when they tell ya, they've been down there too
Rainy day people don't mind if you're cryin' a tear or two
Rainy day people always seem to know when you're feeling blue
High stepping strutters who land in the gutter sometimes need one too
Take it or leave it, or try to believe it
If you've been down too long
Rainy day lovers don't hide love inside, they just pass it on
Rainy day lovers don't hide love inside, they just pass it on
This song really does speak to me. It's almost the soundtrack to my life.
Not the least of reasons why, is that I can see myself on both sides of it. This song speaks TO me, and FROM me as well. Does that make any sense? I mean, sometimes I do feel a bit depressed or sad, and it's songs like this that reassure me: I'm not alone. There are other people who feel the same way. And that makes all the difference.
), it's just very descriptive of my day to day mood.Rainy day people always seem to know when it's time to call
Rainy day people don't talk, they just listen till they've heard it all
Rainy day lovers don't lie when they tell ya, they've been down like you
Rainy day people don't mind if you're cryin' a tear or two
If you get lonely, all you really need is that rainy day love
Rainy day people all know there's no sorrow they can't rise above
Rainy day lovers don't love any others, that would not be kind
Rainy day people all know how it hangs on a piece of mind
Rainy day lovers don't lie when they tell ya, they've been down there too
Rainy day people don't mind if you're cryin' a tear or two
Rainy day people always seem to know when you're feeling blue
High stepping strutters who land in the gutter sometimes need one too
Take it or leave it, or try to believe it
If you've been down too long
Rainy day lovers don't hide love inside, they just pass it on
Rainy day lovers don't hide love inside, they just pass it on
This song really does speak to me. It's almost the soundtrack to my life.
Not the least of reasons why, is that I can see myself on both sides of it. This song speaks TO me, and FROM me as well. Does that make any sense? I mean, sometimes I do feel a bit depressed or sad, and it's songs like this that reassure me: I'm not alone. There are other people who feel the same way. And that makes all the difference.
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When I'm feeling particularly melancholy, I turn to the older songs that my mom raised me on. One of my favorite artists is Elton John, and so when things seem pointless, and that feeling of isolation creeps in, I love to listen to Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. It speaks to me on a fundamental level, and why I can't rightly say, all I know is Elton's vocals just crack right through the loneliness and hit home every time.
It's a rough day. This is the song that I need:
We all have that one band, who's a personal favorite that most people have never heard of. They are usually a one hit wonder or maybe not even that.
For me it's a little unknown band from Australia called Big Pig. They band was made up of several drummers, a couple of keyboard players, a singer and a harmonica player. They had a very unique sound and their music still stays with me till today. They had one minor hit, Breakaway because of it being used in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.
While I like Breakaway, it's not my favorite Big Pig song. Devil Song is my favorite Big Pig song.
For me it's a little unknown band from Australia called Big Pig. They band was made up of several drummers, a couple of keyboard players, a singer and a harmonica player. They had a very unique sound and their music still stays with me till today. They had one minor hit, Breakaway because of it being used in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.
While I like Breakaway, it's not my favorite Big Pig song. Devil Song is my favorite Big Pig song.
I heard this song on my local college radio station a week or so ago and I've just fallen in love with it.
Probably because I have fantasies about going back and changing some choices I made to see what would have happened.
I'd never heard of it or the band before.
Also... SPOCK'S BEARD. I mean, come on!
Probably because I have fantasies about going back and changing some choices I made to see what would have happened.
I'd never heard of it or the band before.
Also... SPOCK'S BEARD. I mean, come on!
I was driving home a few years ago and this came on the radio and it spoke to me immediately. It has world music (for want of a better phrase), hard rock, and allusions to the death of Heath Ledger. @thestrangequark I think you'd like it.
That was pretty cool, @Australis . I love when people mix up musical styles and genres. Reminds me of Supaman:
I watched both Bram Stoker's Dracula and Anne Rice's Interview with a Vampire today. It was that kind of day, I needed some good vampires to make my day better. This got me thinking about music, specifically about vampires in music. Here are my two all time favorite vampire themed music.
First is Concrete Blondes Bloodletting. It has been one of my favorite songs for a long time.
Second one is Sting's Moon Over Bourbon Street. The song is what got me to actually read Interview with a Vampire. I still think Tom Cruise was great as Lestat.
First is Concrete Blondes Bloodletting. It has been one of my favorite songs for a long time.
Second one is Sting's Moon Over Bourbon Street. The song is what got me to actually read Interview with a Vampire. I still think Tom Cruise was great as Lestat.
With Halloween on it's way, it got me thinking about my favorite horror/halloween or related music. Since I already did my favorite Vampire songs, I can't reuse either of those.
My first is Zombie Love Song, it's fun and kinda sweet take on zombie love.
The second is A Girl, A Boy, and a Graveyard. I love, love this song. I can listen to it on repeat for hours. I do that often with song I really like. Do others do that? Just listen to one song for hours.
My first is Zombie Love Song, it's fun and kinda sweet take on zombie love.
The second is A Girl, A Boy, and a Graveyard. I love, love this song. I can listen to it on repeat for hours. I do that often with song I really like. Do others do that? Just listen to one song for hours.
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