Let's hear it for the music! (reprise)

Started by Dutch Uncle, September 03, 2015, 05:45:43 PM

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KayFly

For sure. It is a sight to see. :) I like her.

woodsgnome

Every time I hear about the "inner child" i hear this song float in:


WILD CHILD

Ever close your eyes
ever stop and listen
ever feel alive
and you've nothing missing
you don't need a reason
let the day go on and on

Let the rain fall down
everywhere around you
give into it now
let the day surround you
you don't need a reason
let the rain go on and on

What a day
what a day to take to
what a way
what a way
to make it through
what a day
what a day to make you
a wild child

Only take the time
from the helter skelter
every day you find
everything's in kilter
you don't need a reason
let the day go on and on

Every summer sun
every winter evening
every spring to come
every autumn leaving
you don't need a reason
let it all go on and on


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJztsL4NNLc

Widdiful Falling

Quote from: Dutch Uncle on September 16, 2015, 06:42:37 PM
Quote from: KayFly on September 16, 2015, 03:29:09 PM
She seems so sad.
Yes.

and aware.
and angry
and confident
and expressive

and so much more I cannot put words to.

Unchained. It reminds me of an epiphany I had a few years ago. I do not have to set one more foot down this path others have laid out for me. And in that moment, I was not chained by my race, my class, my gender, or the judgement of others. I was free to be whoever I wanted to be.

It reminds me of the feeling of being a child. Looking out at the world for the first time, and seeing everything, but not judging it. Accepting, and learning, and incorporating every new bit of information without hesitation.

t's not music, but here is a dream meditation that takes you into that state of acceptance:

http://www.chopra.com/dream-meditation

And, because I respect this forum, and don't want to derail the thread, here is a song that makes me feel the same way yours does. The feeling of longing to be free. There aren't any words, but I think you'll understand. Debussy, in the style of French composers from his time, dictated precisely what to play, and how to play it. So, unlike most classical music, which is played with the expression of the performer, Debussy's work is always played with the same expression he felt when composing it:

https://youtu.be/YEyKM13yf_4

There is a story that goes along with it, if you want to find it. I don't think I'd do it justice in retelling.

Woodsgnome, your song describes perfectly what I think we all feel sometimes. Sometimes, it's like there's a wild child in control, scared, and doing everything it can to survive. I'm glad you've been able to connect with your inner child so well, to be able to hear it like that. Good for you!  :hug: Keep listening!

JohnnyBoy

I have 3 song I'm feeling simultaneously right now.

Right Here By Staind

I know I've been mistaken
But just give me a break
And see the changes that I've made
I've got some imperfections
But how can you collect them all
And throw them in my face

[Chorus]
But you always find a way
To keep me right here waiting
You always find the words to say
To keep me right here waiting
If you chose to walk away
I'd still be right here waiting
Searching for the things to say
To keep you right here waiting

I hope you're not intending
To be so condescending
It's as much as I can take
And you're so independent
You just refuse to bend
So I keep bending 'till I break

[Chorus]

I've made a commitment
I'm willing to bleed for you
I needed fulfillment
I found what I need in you
Can't you just forgive me
I don't want to relive all the mistakes
I've made along the way

But I always find a way
To keep you right here waiting
I always find the words to say
To keep you right here waiting

[Chorus]

So Far Away By Staind

This is my life, it's not what it was before
All these feelings I've shared
And these are my dreams
That I'd never lived before
Somebody shake me
'Cause I, I must be sleeping,

Now that we're here, so far away
All the struggle we thought was in vain
An' all the mistakes one life contained
They all finally start to go away

An' now that we're here, it's so far away
An' I feel like I can face the day
An' I can't forget that I'm not ashamed
To be the person that I am today

These are my words
That I've never said before
I think I'm doin' okay
And this is the smile
I've never shown before
Somebody shake me
'Cause I, I must be sleeping

An' now that we're here, it's so far away
All the struggle we thought was in vain
An' all the mistakes one life contained
They all finally start to go away

An' now that we're here, it's so far away
An' I feel like I can face the day
An' I can't forget that I'm not ashamed
To be the person that I am today

I'm so afraid of waking
Please don't shake me
Afraid of waking
Please don't shake me

Now that we're here, it's so far away
All the struggle we thought was in vain
An' all the mistakes one life contained
They all finally start to go away

An' now that we're here, it's so far away
An' I feel like I can face the day
An' I can't forget that I'm not ashamed
To be the person that I am today

and finally

Go Your Own Way By Fleetwood Mac

Loving you
Isn't the right thing to do
How can I ever change things
That I feel

If I could
Maybe I'd give you my world
How can I
When you won't take it from me

You can go your own way
Go your own way
You can call it
Another lonely day
You can go your own way
Go your own way

Tell me why
Everything turned around
Packing up
Shacking up is all you want to do

If I could
Baby I'd give you my world
Open up
Everything's waiting for you

You can go your own way
Go your own way
You can call it
Another lonely day
You can go your own way
Go your own way


Dutch Uncle

The Fleetwood Mac one is awesome, I'll look up the others.

I remember well from my childhood how my brother and sister loved that song, and it was a hit. The clip with Stevie Nicks and her "witch"-hat/outfit, lol. I think my sis became a hippie (for a while) because of her example. Amazed I was by such a performance, a whole world opened up. A sort of real life fairy-tale. (I was a kid of 10-12, fully in all the magic stuff still). Nice memories to "the Wonder Years".

Reading the lyrics now, I can see it has a sadder connotation for you now though. I hope and wish the music can bring you comfort and indeed let your ex "go her own way".

Take care.  :hug:

JohnnyBoy

LOL Stevie Nicks was my first crush. loved her Rhiannon outfit, she always had a flair for the over the top.

JohnnyBoy

And two more

Landslide Stevie Nicks

I took my love, I took it down
Climbed a mountain and I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
'Til the landslide brought it down
Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail through the changin' ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?
?

Well, I've been afraid of changin'
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older
And I'm getting older too
And I'm getting older too
Oh, take my love, take it down
Climb a mountain and turn around

And if you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well the landslide will bring it down
And if you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well the landslide will bring it down
The landslide will bring it down

that makes me teary just reading the damn lyrics

Jar of Hearts Christina Perri

I know I can't take one more step towards you
'Cause all that's waiting is regret
Don't you know I'm not your ghost anymore
You lost the love I loved the most

I learned to live, half alive
And now you want me one more time

[Chorus]
Who do you think you are?
Runnin' 'round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
You're gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
So don't come back for me
Who do you think you are?

I hear you're asking all around
If I am anywhere to be found
But I have grown too strong
To ever fall back in your arms

I've learned to live, half alive
And now you want me one more time

[Chorus]

It took so long just to feel alright
Remember how to put back the light in my eyes
I wish I had missed the first time that we kissed
'Cause you broke all your promises
And now you're back
You don't get to get me back

Who do you think you are?
Runnin' 'round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
You're gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
Don't come back for me
Don't come back at all

Who do you think you are?
Runnin' 'round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
Tearing love apart
You're gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
Don't come back for me
Don't come back at all

Who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?

I think that song does now especially, but really has always symbolized my relationship with my ex, I actually broke down and cry....at work, in front of everyone, the first time I heard it. Now more then ever I understand the refrain it did take forever to feel alright, really not quite there yet, the light is slowly coming back to my eyes, and I do wish I had missed our first kiss exactly for the reason stated. But its like she knows exactly when to start begging to come back, she knows when Ive finally started to move on....why the * cant she just leave me alone? Its crazy I love her, but I think about last summer and I just cant move past it, I hate her for it. Mainly because I lost 6 months based on a lie, she promised she had changed and wouldn't run off or run me out this summer.

Dutch Uncle

This one addresses my sis and mom.

She drives me crazy - Fine Young Cannibals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2hxOEmXPrw

Lyrics in the video. Bonus: you can learn Spanish at the same time (though I wouldn't bother  ;D )

Fun fact: I actually thought this was a 'tender' love song, but it's not! LOL. So the [disclaimer] I wanted to give is obsolete.
Fun fact two: my first 'real' GF (apart from the calf-loves (kalverliefde) as they are called here) loved this song, even (or particularly?) after she decided it was a good idea to prostitute herself for... well for whatever she did it for, I never got a grip on that one, and after half a year more or so I called it quits.
It was a 'hit' at the time, so I don't know what attracted her to the song. Well, the looks of the guy for one. He starred in a rather good gay-centered-movie. (a cinema worthy one  ;) ) about a launderette ("My beautiful launderette" from the top of my hat. Anyway, I digress...)
She probably had a better idea what this song was about than me at the time! Ignorant adolescent as I was.
Though I did call her crazy, more than once.  ;)

In any case: let's dance!  :yahoo: "She drives me crazy... Oohoohoo-oo..."

Dutch Uncle

Now here's a Golden Oldie, that I find myself viewing (hearing) in a whole new light/tune today.

I'm sure the gals can relate too, especially the last few lines. (after the :pissed: tried to take credit of "Sue's" achievements against every and all better odds:
"i'd name him Billy or George or anything but [what isn't becoming of/for the child]"

A boy named Sue - Johnny Cash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2NSf7jW11Q
(lyrics in the video)

(sorry about the *beep* because the :pissed: serves the :pissed: alright, but I take any live performance over a 'still' and no *beep*)

KayFly

Ah landslide has a very special place in my heart :)

Dutch Uncle

#25
I was listening to some Zappa, but then I associated to Steely Dan's "(I'm a fool to do your) Dirty Work".
(Don't ask why! I don't know!  ;D )

So without further ado here is a version of Steely Dan's song featuring the beautiful (and somewhat disturbing) artwork of "Banksy" in the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5A2JE-yYPY

Lyrics:
Times are hard
You're afraid to pay the fee
So you find yourself somebody
Who can do the job for free

When you need a bit of lovin'
'Cause your man is out of town
That's the time you get me runnin'
And you know I'll be around

I'm a fool to do your dirty work
Oh yeah
I don't wanna do your dirty work
No more
I'm a fool to do your dirty work
Oh yeah

Light the candle
Put the lock upon the door
You have sent the maid home early
Like a thousand times before
Like the castle in its corner
In a medieval game
I foresee terrible trouble
And I stay here just the same
["Well, not anymore!", says Dutch Uncle  ;) ]

I'm a fool to do your dirty work
Oh yeah
I don't wanna do your dirty work
No more
I'm a fool to do your dirty work
Oh yeah

(repeat)

Songwriters
BECKER, WALTER CARL / FAGEN, DONALD JAY

Published by
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

Original album version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghcsrblhn7A

And OK, let's have some Zappa to boot:
Frank Zappa - Echidna's Arf (Of You)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeCGm8VipUU
(instrumental)
My brain sometimes is like this!
That such a cacophony can produce something so beautiful! (I hope  ;D )

edited to add:
THIS is why there was a connection between the two (my brain knew it before I did  ;) . And I just had to finish listening to the whole album to get there.)
Frank Zappa: Son of Orange County
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa1JR-TgPfU
And in your dreams
You can see yourself
As a prophet
Saving the world

The words from you lips
(I am not a crook)
I just can't believe you are such
A fool


I just can't believe
You are such a fool
I just can't believe
You are such a fool

I just can't believe
You are such a fool
I just can't believe
You are such a fool

JohnnyBoy

One song I've really been fixating on lately is one from a disc I found recently that I hadn't listened to in years. I believe it tells perfectly my relationship and ending there of with my ex.

BLIND
By: Lifehouse

I was young but I wasn't naive
I watched helpless
As you turned around to leave
And still I have the pain I have to carry
A past so deep
That even you could not bury if you tried

After all this time
I never thought we'd be here
Never thought we'd be here
When my love for you is blind
But I couldn't make you see it
Couldn't make you see it
That I loved you more than you'll ever know
When part of me died when I let you go

Well, I would fall asleep
Only in hopes of dreaming
That everything would be like it was before
But nights like this
It seems are slowly fleeting
They disappear as reality is crashing to the floor

After all this time
I never thought we'd be here
Never thought we'd be here
When my love for you is blind
But I couldn't make you see it
Couldn't make you see it
That I loved you more than you'll ever know
When part of me died when I let you go

After all this why
Would you ever wanna leave it
Maybe you could not believe it
That my love for you is blind
But I couldn't make you see it
Couldn't make you see it
That I loved you more than you'll ever know
When part of me died when I let you go

That I loved you more than you'll ever know
When part of me died when I let you go

Songwriters
WADE, JASON


Read more: Lifehouse - Blind Lyrics | MetroLyrics


Dutch Uncle

#28
And now for something completely different:

An interesting article on 'ear worms': those pieces of music you can't get out of your head. You know, the horrible tacky pop-songs you can't stand, but are so well made you can't resist humming along  ;D . For days at end.  ;D

http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-you-cant-get-that-song-our-of-your-head-1445886681

I post this as well as I think some of what's discussed here, actually may have a bearing on some of the obsessive thoughts we (well: I for one, for sure) keep getting in our heads, no matter how hard we try to 'recover'. Some of the tips given here might also be of value regarding our "cPTSD-thoughts."

This post is not complete with an "Earworm":
Call Me Maybe, by Carly Rae Jepsen
***trigger warning for the video: this is the (in)famous 'Chatroulette' version, with a cross-dressing guy in bikini. Some might consider it sexual innuendo.***
Pretty innocent to me though. But you might get an "Eyeworm" from this as well.  ;)
Enjoy.  ;D  It's definitely a happy vid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAQhG59zqZc

Dutch Uncle

Inspired/triggered by the "what are your recovery goals"-thread this gem of long past popped up (a song I loved as soon as I first heard it, 20 odd years ago):

Back Porch - The Presidents of the USA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oIxEgRYVLc
(Gotta love the fact they play on a three string guitar and a two string bass. How's that for "making do with what you've been handed out"?  :thumbup: )

Happy with no teeth
Happy here in hibernation
Slurpin' on a peach
Starin' at the situation
Kitty at my foot
Meowin' out a conversation
Rockin' back and forth
That's my only destination

[Chorus:]
Old man on the back porch
Old man on the back porch
Old man on the back porch
And that old man is me!
Old man on the back porch
Old man on the back porch
Old man on the back porch
And that...

Got a two string on my lap
Total subsonic vacation
Got chicken on the drums,
Poundin' out a perfect prescription
Got twenty little worms
I'll plug in some amplification
Got fifteen hundred base drum - lugging bug-eyed monkeys
All arriving at the station

[Chorus]

I'm sitting on the back porch, kickin' my legs back,
rockin' in my rocking chair, and sittin' there
On the little back porch is about to fall apart
So I think I might repair it
Just as I'm thinkin' about repairin' it,
Some little friends come along

with some two-string, one-string, no-string guitars
And they all plug em all in to the back porch
And they sit around playin' all their favorite songs
They's kickin' back feelin' real good,
real fine, real full of the wine
And everything's fine, everything's beautiful,
everything's great, I just feel so good
You know I'm seventy years old
and I'm slurpin' everything through a straw


But I'm an...

[Chorus]


bolding mine
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Copyright: David M. Dederer Publishing, Flying Rabbi Music, Polygram Int. Publishing Inc., Emi April Music Inc., Raw Poo Music