Edge of Glory
Glee Cast: Glee: The Music, Season Three - The Graduation Album
Kiss Me
Sixpence None the Richer: Best of Sixpence None the Richer
Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)
Various Artists: Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album
Airplanes (Feat. Hayley Williams Of Paramore)
B.o.B: Airplanes (Feat. Hayley Williams Of Paramore)
You and Me
Dave Matthews Band: Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Flatt & Scruggs: The Essential Flatt & Scruggs: 'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered
Ballet for a Girl from Buchannon (suite)
Chicago: Chicago II (Repackaged)
We Found Love
Rihanna: Talk That Talk (Deluxe Edition) [Explicit] [+Digital Booklet]
Days of the Ring
: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (The Complete Recordings)
How He Loves
John Mark Mcmillan: Song Inside the Sounds of Breaking Down
I Gotta Feeling
Black Eyed Peas: THE E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies)
Mighty to Save
VeggieTales: Hosanna!-Today's Top Worship Songs For Kids
May It Be
: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Safe & Sound
Various Artists: The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond
The Finish Line
Train: Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition)
The Thing That Came From Somewhere
Don Ross & Andy McKee: The Thing That Came From Somewhere
Chaiya Chaiya
: Inside Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Roslyn
Various Artists: The Twilight Saga: New Moon Soundtrack
Head Full Of Doubt/Road Full Of Promise
The Avett Brothers: I and Love and You
My Love
Various Artists: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Soundtrack
At Last
Etta James: 20th Century Masters: The Best Of Etta James (Millennium Collection)
Bella's Lullaby
: Twilight Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
Dave Matthews Band: Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
Just watched the trailer for a movie set to release in August, The Odd Life of Timothy Green. It stars Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton and an odd little boy who comes into their lives; very touching. I’m looking forward to seeing it when it comes out. You can watch the trailer here. I heard this song while watching the trailer and being a fan of Kelly Clarkson, I thought I’d share it here.
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I was at the gym tonight, on the treadmill, earphones in place and watching and listening to Glee. It’s their graduation season and for this episode, they’re at Nationals again. I heard them singing this song and tried to find a video of them performing it, but couldn’t find it. I did find this version and thought it equally entertaining.
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Was planning to post one of the more familiar John Mayer songs, because my list wouldn’t be complete without at least one John Mayer song. Personal life aside, I really like his music. The lyrics, the music, the voice, I like his music. Was looking at the selection of videos and found this song from his forthcoming album, Born & Raised. I loved it! You can stream the album on Itunes right now. That’s what I’m doing and I really like what I’m hearing. Hope you like it, too.
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Steve McCoy introduced me to this group recently and I now get to share them here. You can download the album for free, or, like Steve said, donate a bunch to their work.
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Ok, I can’t believe I haven’t posted this song yet.
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Was at a happy hour get-together for Team In Training’s Fall Team. We were standing around talking about the upcoming season and the first TNT cycling team from the Northern San Joaquin chapter and I heard this familiar tune. Of course, I immediately thought of Sid and Diego and Manfred… love those guys. Came home and looked the song up and found this video I’d seen before when I probably was looking up the “song played on Ice Age” another time after I heard the opening stanzas of this song and wanted to know who played it. …you’re welcome.
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Not sure when I first heard this song, but it didn’t really do much for me then. It’s grown on me, though. The beat just keeps coming back and then it insinuates itself into your brain and you find yourself humming the tune. And the little ballerina is sweet, too.
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A friend shared this on Facebook yesterday; another new song from Mumford & Sons… Anxiously awaiting their next album… savoring these precious tidbits before the full feast. Yeah, I Heart Mumford & Sons.
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Maurice Sendak died today. I don’t remember “Where the Wild Things Are” from my childhood, but I remember reading it to my oldest nephew when he was a toddler. We both loved the pictures and the story of a little boy who roared with the wild creatures.
Years later, I watched the movie and fell in love with story all over again and the music. Found this song to share tonight.
Farewell, Mr. Sendak. Let the wild rumpus start!
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Watching Castle’s season finale tonight and this song came to mind. Timeless.
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If I find in myself desires nothing in this world can satisfy,
I can only conclude that I was not made for here
If the flesh that I fight is at best only light and momentary,
then of course I'll feel nude when to where I'm destined I'm compared
Speak to me in the light of the dawn
Mercy comes with the morning
I will sigh and with all creation groan as I wait for hope to come for me.
Am I lost or just less found? On the straight or on the roundabout of the wrong way? Is this a soul that stirs in me, is it breaking free, wanting to come alive?
'Cause my comfort would prefer for me to be numb
And avoid the impending birth of who I was born to become
For we, we are not long here
Our time is but a breath, so we better breathe it
And I, I was made to live, I was made to love, I was made to know you
Hope is coming for me
Hope is coming for me
Hope is coming for me
Hope, He's coming
Speak to me in the light of the dawn
Mercy comes with the morning
I will sigh and with all creation groan as I wait for hope to come for me
for me, for me, for me
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I wrote earlier about remembering a cassette tape that my daughter received from a friend at the end of their 8th grade year. This is the song that I remembered most from that cassette and that summer.
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Saw an amazing production of “The Grapes of Wrath” tonight. Awesome performances and the set was perfectly sparse and the music… well the music was provided by a live bluegrass/folk band and they provided the perfect cadence to the poignant, painful story of the Joad family. I came home thinking of the music and began looking for something that would help me capture some of the elements of tonight’s music. Then I remembered The Punch Brothers. Found this video of them with Steve Martin. So many good things about this on so many levels.
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I heard this song this evening and reminded me of a cassette that Mandy received from a friend at the end of her 8th grade year. We were moving to the Central Valley from the Bay Area and she was dealing with the transition, leaving friends and school and all that she had known for a new home, a new school, and so many unknowns. I remember her playing that cassette over and over that summer.
To be honest, this song wasn’t on that cassette, but it reminded me of that cassette that I’m pretty sure is tucked somewhere around here in some box or closet; a memory of a transitional time…
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Heard this on the radio. That seems to be my motivation of late for what to post. Works for me. It’s the Fray. Nuff said. For now anyway…
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Ok, I don’t really like to post covers, but I really like this version of this song. Don’t get me wrong, I love Outkast’s performance of this song, but I just like this cover. It brings out the lyrics more, which are pretty cool. And yeah, this takes us back a few years, but I heard it on the radio the other day, the Outkast version, and I thought, why not?
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It’s Monday and time for “the Voice” and time to hear the amazing voice of Lindsey Pavao… Did I tell you that I love her voice and her style…?
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When I first heard this song, I immediately thought of Psalm 139. I love that passage that starts, “Where shall I go from your Spirit?” I’ve tested that passage. I’ve fled. I’ve run from God, made my bed in dire conditions and dreadful situations, but no matter where I went or what I did… God was there. He was leading, even when I didn’t want to be led. He was holding me, even when I withdrew from His hand. He has been faithful throughout my unfaithfulness.
I do praise Him now. I am grateful He did not give up and He has not let go. And I love that last verse of this passage, “I awake, and I am still with you.” Truly a blessing.
Where shall I go from your Spirit?
Or where shall I flee from your presence?
If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me.
If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light about me be night,”
even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is bright as the day,
for darkness is as light with you.For you formed my inward parts;
you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well.
My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them.How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
If I would count them, they are more than the sand.
I awake, and I am still with you.-Psalm 139:7-18
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Anxiously waiting for Mumford & Son’s next album to be released. They keep performing new material in the meantime, which sates my appetite in the moment for their songs, but it only makes me want more.
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This will be the third Taylor Swift song I’ve posted…interesting. It’s also the second song from the Hunger Games soundtrack that I’ve posted…very interesting. I like Taylor Swift. I really liked the Hunger Games. It’s just a good combination.
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Hadn’t heard this song in a while. Nice to revisit.
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I watched “the Voice” last night and heard Juliet Simms perform this song. I remember when I first heard it; Mandy had even given me a CD of Natalie Imbruglia singing that song. Don’t remember many of the other songs, but I do remember this one. 1997 was an interesting year for me…
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Another performance from Gotye, this time from his appearance on Saturday Night Live. I watched his first performance on the show that night, “Somebody That I Used to Know,” but I’ve already shared that song here. I couldn’t stay up to see his second performance of the night, but I found it on Huffington Post and here it is.
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Monday night is “the Voice” night. Last week, I picked Payphone by Maroon 5, but I was wanting to post Lindsey Pavao’s performance, “Please Don’t Go.” Couldn’t find it then, but I found it today. Just love it. She puts such amazing twists and variations into a song and makes it her own. I’m rooting for her.
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Just discovered Brooke Fraser, thanks to my daughter’s sister-n-law who used it in her wedding video.
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Been that kind of day…
“Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten”
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I mentioned last night that I would play this song. I remember hearing it for the World Cup in 2010 and loved the song and the video… and I’m not really a soccer fan… My nephews played in high school and I tried to follow, but come on, I was raised in Texas… In Texas, they play football… American football.
Nevertheless, I do get caught up in World Cup fever with everyone else. A game well played is a game well played. Good execution of plays is lovely to watch… regardless the sport. It’s fun to watch this video for that reason.
Looking forward to Brazil in 2014!
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I was preparing dinner tonight (spinach salad with grilled chicken strips, feta cheese crumbles, sliced strawberries in a balsamic vinaigrette… yes, it was tasty). The TV was on and I heard this song playing, but by the time I got to the living room to see what was on, the commercial was over. I remembered the one line, “When I get older,” so I immediately googled it. Found this song, which, upon further research, I found out had been considered an unofficial anthem song during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. I don’t remember it from that time, but it could be that I was busy repeatedly playing the official anthem song, “Waka Waka.” (Don’t be surprised if that song shows up tomorrow…)
At any rate, there are multiple variations of this song, but I found this acoustic version, which I really liked. There was a sincerity to this one that I found compelling, pared down to the basics; it was pure, you might say.
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Maroon 5 debuted this song on “The Voice” last night. But, I really, really hope they post Lindsey Pavao’s performance of “Please Don’t Go” from tonight because it was A-Mazing! If she doesn’t make it all the way on the show, I do hope she continues and is given an opportunity to develop her amazing talent somewhere, somehow.
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I spent a week in New York in 2002. I was there as part of Chosen Peoples Ministries short-term ministry. We were all over New York, handing out leaflets, prayer walking. It was an amazing experience and I fell in love with NYC. We were in Central Park, Little Italy, Battery Park, Time Square, Union Station, Ellis Island. We took the ferry tour of the Statue of Liberty at dusk. It was beautiful. I hope to go back… one day.
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Been listening to Trip Lee and Lecrae lately.
Don't wanna waste my life
I know a lot of people out there scared they gone die
Couple of em thinking they'll be livin in the sky
But while I'm here livin man I gotta ask why, what am here fo I gotta figure out
Waste my life
No I gotta make it count
If Christ is real then what am I gone do about
All of the things in Luke 12:15 down to 21
You really oughta go and check it out
Paul said if Christ ain't resurrect then we wasted our lives
Well that implies that our life's built around Jesus being alive
Everyday I'm living tryin show the world why
Christ is more than everything you'll ever try
Better than pretty women and sinning and living to get a minute of any women and men that you admire
Ain't no lie
We created for Him
Outta the dust he made us for Him
Elects us and he saves us for Him
Jesus comes and raises for Him
Magnify the Father why bother with something lesser
He made us so we could bless Him and to the world we confess him
Resurrects him
So I know I got life
Matter fact better man I know I got Christ
If you don't' see His ways in my days and nights
You can hit my brakes you can stop my lights
Man I lost my rights
I lost my life
Forget the money cars and toss that ice
The cost is Christ
And they could never offer me anything on the planet that'll cost that price.
Suffer
Yeah do it for Christ if you trying to figure what to do with your life
If you making money hope you doing it right because the money is Gods you better steward it right
Stay focused if you ain't got no ride
Your life ain't wrapped up in what you drive
The clothes you wear the job you work
The color your skin naw we Christian first
People living life for a job
Make a lil money start living for a car
Get em a house a wife kids and a dog
When they retire they living high on the hog
But guess what they didn't ever really live at all
To live is Christ yeah that's Paul I recall
To die is gain so for Christ we give it all
He's the treasure you'll never find in the mall
Your money your singleness marriage talent and time
They were loaned to you to show the world that Christ is Divine
That's why it's Christ in my rhymes
That's why it's Christ all the time
My whole world is built around him He's the life in my lines
I refused to waste my life
He's too true ta chase
That ice
Here’s my gifts and time cause I'm constantly trying to be used to praise the Christ
If he's truly raised to life
Then this news should change your life
And by his grace you can put your faith in place that rules your days and nights.
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Found this video on Steve McCoy’s website, Reformissionary. The music is fascinating and hauntingly beautiful.
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Heard this song this evening and had to post it. It helped me with perspective during a time where perspective has been somewhat skewed for me. Must need reminding time to time… where’s my perspective coming from?
It’s the Fray. Love the words… Be still and know I am.
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Who knew I’d find another Canadian artist to share, but heard this song on Grey’s Anatomy tonight, looked it up and discovered JBM, or Jesse Marchant. Another fascinating sound. Haunting. Lyrical. Fascinating.
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Driving home from the weekly workout at the track, I was flipping through channels on the radio when I came upon fascinating music on the local NPR station, CapRadio. The harmonies, the horns, the whole sound gripped me, it was so beautifully fascinating. I sat and listened as the song came to an end and then waited to hear the name of the artist. Patrick Watson. Yeah, I’ve never heard of them, either, but then again, they’re Canadian and they’ve been around for a while and their sound is amazing. There are times when I hear similarities to Zach Condon and Beirut, but there are other elements, the harmonies that really create something very different. Love it. This song will be on their forthcoming CD, Adventures In Your Own Backyard. Get it.
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Home alone after dropping the babies off at their parents… House is quiet… too quiet. I miss them.
Heard this song on the radio on the way home. Felt the chorus, “Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars. I could really use a wish right now, wish right now, wish right now.”
Wishing my babies were closer to me, or I was closer to them. Wondering how to make that happen…
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I've spent the last five days being full-time Gaga to my two grandsons while their mommy & daddy were attending their aunt's wedding in Ecuador. We had fun times and sad times when they missed their parents, but all in all it was a good time. I have to say, though, we were all pretty much exhausted when we picked up the parents at the airport and finally arrived safe and sound back at their home.
I was sitting downstairs at home trying to think of a song to share tonight while the boys were being tucked into bed and I was listening to the laughter and talking and family hubbub upstairs when this song came to mind. It is a wonderful world because I can hear a family I love sharing bedtime laughs and hugs and kisses.
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There were so many songs to choose from, but in the end, this is my dedication song to Mr. & Mrs. Ricky Diaz. God bless you both, dear hearts.
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This was the song that played when my daughter walked down the aisle at her wedding. She ignored the traditional march in favor of this one and when I heard it the first time, I knew it would be perfect. And it was. She was a beautiful vision in white as she walked down the path to this haunting melody.
As my son-in-law's sister walks down the aisle tomorrow, I will be praying for her and her groom, that their wedding be all they dream, and that tomorrow will be the beginning of a wonderful lifetime together. Ashley, you are loved.
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I've always loved this song. Can't quite convey the feeling it elicits, but it is beautiful. This is another dedication to Ashley and Ricky as they prepare for their wedding on Saturday.
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I may have posted on this before, but since these next few days are dedicated to Ashley and Ricky, I must need write about this song again. I remember hearing this song the first time on Eureka and falling in love with it and looking it up to find a newly released album from Dave Matthews Band (which I immediately downloaded). I remember seeing the video and falling in love with it as well. I loved the lyrics and everything about this special love song.
These next few days are dedicated to beautiful Ashley and her beau, Ricky, as they prepare to celebrate their wedding on Saturday. So, I'm sharing love songs that have special meaning to me. Love you, Ashley!!
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Someone I know and love is getting married this weekend. I won't be there, well, at least physically. I will be there, though, in my heart, celebrating with them. Though I'm not there, I will be thinking of them and praying for them. To celebrate their wedding, I thought I'd start with this song by Train and dedicate the rest of the week to their nuptials. Blessings, dear Ashley and Ricky. :)
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I’ve mentioned in the past that I’m not a fan of Country Music. I say that and then am posting a video from a Country performer… but it’s Keith Urban, ok? Yeah, he sings Country, but he’s so dang cute that I find myself enjoying the songs he sings. And then there’s his guitar playing. Come on, it ROCKS!! He’s a phenomenal guitarist and that also helps me appreciate his music.
I didn’t see the show last night, but I read about it and saw that Urban performed, so I looked him up and loved the performance.
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Bless the Lord, oh my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name! Psalm 103:1
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I mentioned yesterday that I was torn between this song and Chicago’s “Feeling Stronger Every Day.” I went with Chicago yesterday, but found myself singing this song while I was out at Knight’s Ferry doing our Saturday workout, 10 miles, including hills. Not sure why, but it was what was going through my head. So here it is. Interesting video, shades of “City of Angels.”
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Ok, so three months into the year and I realize it’s a leap year which means an extra day, thus… the change above. Today I’m torn between a couple of songs I heard today. One was the Fray’s “You Found Me” and Chicago’s “Feeling Stronger Every Day.” As I prepare for tomorrow morning’s 10 mile run at Knight’s Ferry, I’m leaning more to Chicago… Yeah, 10 miles at Knight’s Ferry. We’re talking hills… sigh.
But it’s OK, we’re feeling stronger everyday…
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I saw Taylor Swift perform this at the Grammys earlier this year and thought at the time that I should post it because I really liked it, but… I didn’t. So I’m posting it now. (She won “Best Country Song” and “Best Country Solo Performance” for “Mean”)
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I didn’t hear this news until after I’d posted my song of the day, but couldn’t let the news pass that we lost another great today. Earl Scruggs was 88.
I grew up listening to the likes of Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs. We regularly watched the Grand Ole Opry and I remember listening to records by Jim Reeves, Jimmy Rodgers, Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard.
With the advent of Rock, I quickly abandoned Country, but have always loved the sound of good banjo and fiddle, and pretty much anything bluegrass; thus my ecstasy in discovering the Goat Rodeo Sessions.
But it all began with Flatt & Scruggs…
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