I have been tagged by a fellow twitterer friend and mummy blogger. So im here to play along because its a pretty good one actually.
This was started by another blogger who suddenly discovered her musical input on a daily basis was limited to cbeebies. I can relate to that. Although im far less tolerant of it than i used to be. Don't mind the number raps and the season songs they do but all the title music…meh…
Mind you, i do listen to music A LOT. We all listen to music, im not a musician but i love music. There is a short amount of time in the day when i don't have music on. Its mostly the radio i have to say. All of my kids have been able to hum along to the Radio 2 jingles at a fairly early age. ..yeah.. so it would be far cooler to say Radio 1…but you know…it is what it is..
I love listening to the radio. I have discovered music on the radio that i would never have ordinarily come across…a year or so ago i heard this song by a guy called Ben montague. Found him on facebook fan page and ended up helping out promoting a tour he did.
So this meme really appeals to me and it got me thinking what songs would i choose. Here is the idea..
Pick:
3 beautiful songs.
3 different bands.
3 sets of lyrics that touch you in anyway you want to show.
Firstly just to say im all about the song and not the band. If i like the song thats good enough for me. Seriously, it took me months of singing along to 'Patience' on the radio before i ever realised it was the newly re-formed take that…yeah..really.
because if the song connects with me, i dont really care who it is doing the singing. I mean with the Ben montague song i so loved the raw emotion and sadness in the song that i did google him and find out who he was and if he had an album. But largely ill go with the song and sometimes be surprised when i find out actually who is singing it.
so number 1 – this song meant so much to me about a year ago when were rather thrown by some news that changed our direction as a family. I still can't listen to it without remembering how low i was at times then and how these words fed my battered soul with some hope. You can listen to it here with the lyrics, sorry wouldn't let me embed it.
Michael Buble – Hold on.
Didn't they always say we were the lucky ones?
I guess that we were once
Babe, we were once
But luck will leave you cause
It is a faithless friend
And in the end when life has got you down
You've got someone here that you can wrap your arms around
So hold on to me tight
Hold on to me tonight
We are stronger here together
Than we could ever be alone
So hold on to me
Don't you ever let me go
There's a thousand ways for things to fall apart
But it's no one's fault
No it's not my fault
Maybe all the plans we made would not work out
But I have no doubt even though it's hard to see
I've got faith in us and I believe in you and me
So hold on to me tight
Hold on, I promise it'll be alright
Cause it's you and me together
And baby all we've got is time
So hold on to me, hold on to me tonight
There's so many dreams that we have given up
Take a look at all we've got
And with this kind of love
What we've got here is enough
So hold on to me tight
Hold on, I promise it'll be alright
Cause we are stronger here together
Then we could ever be alone
Just hold on to me
Don't you ever let me go
Hold on to me, it's gonna be alright
Hold on to me tonight
They always say we were the lucky ones
Number 2 –
Athlete – You know.
this song was really significant for me when i had my last baby – who most of you would know was a huge shock to us. All of my kids have their 'own' song. Its either a song that was around and playing a lot in the lead up to their birth or a song that just really meant a lot to us when they were born. This song was on the radio when i was pg with my last baby and the words in this song are in a way a promise that my heart was making to her even though there were days when i didn't feel like it. It was also was a note to my bewildered self to remember that sometimes you just can't make sense out of why things happen the way they do. I did 'her first seven days' video of clips and photos and i ran that song over the top. You can watch and listen if you fancy it 🙂
You are loved and you know you are
Yeah you know you know you know you are
And you know you know you know you are
You'll endure and you know you will
Yeah you know you know you know you will
And you know you know you know you will
But you can't count it on your fingers cos there's more than you think
You can't use your head to figure cos there's much too much
For our little minds to deal with
So lets get it up
You will reap and you know you will
Yeah you know you know you know you will
And you know you know you know you will
But please don't every try to
Count it on your fingers cos there's more than you think
You can't use your head to figure cos there's much too much
For our little minds to deal with so lets get it up
But you can't count it on your fingers cos there's more than you think
just try
you can't use your head to figure
yeah yeah
cos there's much too much
yeah
For our little minds to deal with so lets get it up
One two three
Give it up, lift your hands, everybody
Give it up, lift your hands, everybody everybody
number 3 –
to be a bit more light- hearted…
Hairspray Cast – You can't stop the beat.
I love this song, we put it on loud and boogey around the kitchen to it. We do that a lot anyway, my girls are dancers, my boy can throw a shape or two as well..and this song brings them all running into the kitchen to slide up and down. Those are the sort of memories i hope they cherish, i know i do.
It is such a fun song but has that sense of importance and defiance as it is about racial integration. Im all for a bit of uprising and especially against something as stupid as the colour of your skin defining where you can sit on a bus…
(some of the lyrics below…my favourite ones..because its a loooong song!)
Oh oh oh
You can't stop today
As it comes speeding down the track
Child, yesterday is history
And it's never coming back
'Cause tomorrow is a brand new day
And it don't know white from black
'Cause the world keeps spinning
'Round and 'round
And my heart's keeping time
To the speed of sound
I was lost til i heard the drums
Then i found my way
'Cause you cant stop the beat
Anyway..those are my three….for now..because i can think of loads more. So i will, for sure be joining in with this one again.
If you fancy it, grab the idea and run with it..dont wait to be tagged. 🙂
Go!