Crazy Love by Van Morrison
One of the all time great love songs... just a fantastic song. We're all looking for this person, and I wonder how often it is that we find this person. The older I get, the more I start to believe that people end up with someone they are comfortable with, someone they are compatible with, someone they like. The perfect person—someone who has a fine sense of humor, who takes away trouble and grief—who stirs the passion in our hearts and souls; it seems like people don't look for this person. They just want someone who they get along with when the time is right.
I don't think I'm being cynical here, from my point of view as a 27 year old male in 21st century America, I'm being honest and realistic. People too often only want to fall in love when they want to fall in love. Sure that sounds obvious, but at the same time it's the way it works. The person who puts his/her career before all else won't have a meaningful and real relationship until one puts the relationship first. Too often "love" is what happens when we THINK it should happen.
Immaturity and mistakes get in the way in our journey to find love... these missteps, I feel, are just part of the process. As we grow and as we stay true to ourselves and keep our sexual drives at bay (to a certain extent), we'll end up with the person that is perfect for us. Who stirs passion in our soul and makes every day even better than the one before.
My senior year of high school we were talking about our favorite songs. My teacher for that class, A, wrote down that this was her favorite song on the chalk board. I remember going to the board (it was just that type of class and I was just that type of student) and finishing it by writing "Vol. II". I never knew this song existed... I always thought the only one that existed was Paul Simon's equally fantastic "Crazy Love, Vol. II." 'A' went to the board and quietly erased my ignorance.
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Monday, April 30, 2007
Sweet Thing
Sweet Thing by Van Morrison
Last weekend I was at a wedding and the bride and groom danced to a country song that I had never heard. It was a nice song, but mos def one I never would choose. So as I sat there, watching this 'romantic'* event, I started going over songs that I would pick for my first dance with my wife. A few songs popped into my head: "God Only Knows" but that's already been done by a friend of mine. I decided "Something" was a bit too negative. To be honest, the song I kept coming back to was "Do You Wanta Dance" by the Ramones. If I found a woman would would dance to "Do You Wanta Dance" I think I have found a winner, but my mother would KILL me if I choose this song. I think it would be fantastic. Anyway, what does this have to do with "Sweet Thing"? Nothing, this would be a nice first dance song. I may even end up dancing to it for all I know. I like it, it's nice, I like the flute... and I'm sure a lot of people have chosen this as their first dance. It's a good song, what can I say.
*Apparently sarcasm is free today.
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Last weekend I was at a wedding and the bride and groom danced to a country song that I had never heard. It was a nice song, but mos def one I never would choose. So as I sat there, watching this 'romantic'* event, I started going over songs that I would pick for my first dance with my wife. A few songs popped into my head: "God Only Knows" but that's already been done by a friend of mine. I decided "Something" was a bit too negative. To be honest, the song I kept coming back to was "Do You Wanta Dance" by the Ramones. If I found a woman would would dance to "Do You Wanta Dance" I think I have found a winner, but my mother would KILL me if I choose this song. I think it would be fantastic. Anyway, what does this have to do with "Sweet Thing"? Nothing, this would be a nice first dance song. I may even end up dancing to it for all I know. I like it, it's nice, I like the flute... and I'm sure a lot of people have chosen this as their first dance. It's a good song, what can I say.
*Apparently sarcasm is free today.
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Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)
Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile) by Van Morrison
I sort of forgot about this song, as crazy as it sounds but I knew about this song before I even knew who Jackie Wilson was… this brings me back to the family room in the house I grew up in. It was a big room with high ceilings (there was no second floor above the family room). For some reason I'm being reminded of this three piece chest 'set' and each piece had it's own function: one held pictures, another had a few drawers, and the middle one held the stereo equipment, which in order to change CDs would require me and my sisters to stand atop of the chair - that was a few feet away from this three piece set - lean over, supporting ourselves with one hand by putting our weight on the chest, then using the other hand to change CDs. Thinking back, this was an extremely complicated and potentially dangerous activity. But we were kids. Kids do not mess things like that up, a kid would never slip and fall. For some reason, I think my balance as a kid was 100 times better than it is today - actually this makes sense, my center of gravity was lower back then. I'm sure if I were to attempt something like this today, I would be so worried about falling that it would take me much longer than necessary, and there's a good chance I would slip. Kids are amazing.
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I sort of forgot about this song, as crazy as it sounds but I knew about this song before I even knew who Jackie Wilson was… this brings me back to the family room in the house I grew up in. It was a big room with high ceilings (there was no second floor above the family room). For some reason I'm being reminded of this three piece chest 'set' and each piece had it's own function: one held pictures, another had a few drawers, and the middle one held the stereo equipment, which in order to change CDs would require me and my sisters to stand atop of the chair - that was a few feet away from this three piece set - lean over, supporting ourselves with one hand by putting our weight on the chest, then using the other hand to change CDs. Thinking back, this was an extremely complicated and potentially dangerous activity. But we were kids. Kids do not mess things like that up, a kid would never slip and fall. For some reason, I think my balance as a kid was 100 times better than it is today - actually this makes sense, my center of gravity was lower back then. I'm sure if I were to attempt something like this today, I would be so worried about falling that it would take me much longer than necessary, and there's a good chance I would slip. Kids are amazing.
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