I Never Learn This tattoo-worthy sequence of three words is seared in my brain. I think about it often while driving, working, exercising etc.. The level of self-assessment by someone who has fought through the same shit as me is jarring. There’s a stormOnly love remains “Why am I like this?” I’ve asked myself. IContinue reading “Lykke Li – I Never Learn”
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Beyoncé – JUST FOR FUN
I am the man. I know it. Beyoncé says in a forced affirmation amid an inner turmoil that she’ll never detail. As many layers as Cowboy Carter offers, I gravitated to this track in my first run-through. It feels familiar and as comforting as a sweater passed down from my dad, like it was designedContinue reading “Beyoncé – JUST FOR FUN”
I Can See Clearly Now
Lying to yourself can get you through a lot, or at least make you laugh at the irony. This song has always had a hypnotic effect on me, but never one that was probably intended by Johnny Nash when he wrote it back in 1972. You’ll hear it in a diner, as part of aContinue reading “I Can See Clearly Now”
Shania Twain – Forever And For Always
Forever doesn’t exist. It never has. Artists of every kind throw the term around with little care for the severity of the idea. Forever. For ever. With no end and in perpetuity. Nothing that has ever existed lives up to that. Shania Twain has a charmed and beloved place in music that gives her theContinue reading “Shania Twain – Forever And For Always”
Sing it Saturday: The Verve- Bitter Sweet Symphony
I find a deep satisfaction in bringing awareness to songs that I know will make other people happy if given a chance. It is always a differently rewarding experience, however, to talk about one that I know everyone already loves. Bitter Sweet Symphony was a perfect contribution of 90s music. It feels like a loveContinue reading “Sing it Saturday: The Verve- Bitter Sweet Symphony”
Sing it Saturday: Yuna – Loud Noises
A piano riff right at the top will always get me. This bouncy, soaring melodic song is pure and sentimental. You feel like you’re playing in Andy’s bedroom in Toy Story, no worries or concerns. “I promise you my friend, we’ll grow old together and never look back” The song moves along sweetly but realistically,Continue reading “Sing it Saturday: Yuna – Loud Noises”
Sing it Saturday: SZA – Supermodel
SZA isn’t a Party gyal, as she Tweeted the night after the SOS album release event. As much as we’ve learned about her since the release of her 2017 opus Ctrl, so much still hangs in ambiguity. I think she prefers that, and I don’t mind it either. I love filling the gaps with howContinue reading “Sing it Saturday: SZA – Supermodel”
2021 – A Year in Songs
We didn’t shake off the societal injuries sustained in 2020 as we had hoped, but many aspects of life returned this year, some bigger and better than ever. Live music exploded (with proof of vax, of course) and many of us flocked to shows, gigs and even festivals at a rapid pace. I was outContinue reading “2021 – A Year in Songs”
Feature Friday: Eh, Eh – Lady Gaga
Call it a throwback. Call it a reach for obscurity. This “deep cut,” as it were, reeks of the earliest stages of Lady Gaga, who had just barely stopped going by “Stefani” at this point in her career. It’s easy to forget how many good tracks came out of Lady Gaga’s debut album “The Fame,”Continue reading “Feature Friday: Eh, Eh – Lady Gaga”
Feature Friday: Linger – The Cranberries
This song is one of my earlier music memories. I recall visiting my (way) cooler older cousins for the summer and latching onto everything they did. It was all so much grander in the bigger metropolitan area that they lived in versus the dorky suburbs that I came from. I was in single-digit aged atContinue reading “Feature Friday: Linger – The Cranberries”
I'm Just Gonna Dance All Night 