Music

     Have you ever experienced part of a song that strikes a deep chord within you?  It doesn't even have to be a lyric, it can be a certain pitch or an instrument that just rips your heart right open, inspires you, or gets your heart rate going. 

     I have to be honest, I listen to my music over and over.  I very rarely turn the radio on because I'm too impatient and I'll spend the entire drive surfing stations and become irritated.  Blue Merle's "Burning in the Sun" will NEVER get old.  I love to jog and sing w/ my MP3 player and hear a song come on that just pumps me up.  It's amazing how a song can make me run faster or exercise harder.  Sometimes it is even a slow song... Some of David Gray's songs and Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah" really do it for me.  However there is also a Cars' song that I remember clearly called, "It's All I Can Do" in which the keyboardist stair steps to a certain note. It puts a big squeeze on my heart.  (That just dated me, didn't it?)  It STILL does after all this time.

     So lately I've been taken over by Blue October.  They're so powerful and raw with emotion.  Some songs are very tender, and others (most) are just plain rowdy and loaded with anger and pain.   The music that comes from the violinist though is captivating, in addition to other aspects of their music.  I'm engrossed in their music and lyrics. 

     Music is a beautiful thing.  It can bring people together and evoke such emotion.  I love it!