| 3/3/03- For No One by the Beatles This song is one of my favorite Beatles songs. It's the perfect i'm-so-sad-because-my-love-has gone song. It's about love that has kind of faded, rather than suddenly disappeared as a result of a fight or something. Part of what makes it so beautiful is that Paul McCartney sings it with this great amount of sincerity and sadness and you can tell that he really feels it. That kind of feeling is rare in music these days, and that's why I love taking out my old Beatles cds. Lots of kids our age aren't wild about the Beatles, but I don't think that any band will ever ever top them. 3/6/03- Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want by The Smiths Wanna know how I've been feeling lately? Listen to this song. Seriously, nothing has been working out for me. I hope that things start to look up soon because I really hate feeling like this. It's a really good song though....download it. You'll probably recongnize it from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. I'm really upset that I was only alive for 4 years during the 80s. Despite the opinions of some, I think that the 80s were the best decade for clothes, music, and movies. Gotta love the side-ponytails and legwarmers! 3/8/03 I Do by Edie Brickell This is a really great song, one of my favorites. Edie Brickell is an amazing singer. Her voice is very unique and easygoing. She's actually from Dallas, and was pretty well known in Deep Ellum. She never got very famous though. I think she had one or two hits in the early 90s, but not much more than that. She had stalkers though, one of whom came to my house because my dad's name is Eddie Brickell and the dude was a little bit psycho and confused. I bought her cd after that because I wanted to see what the big deal was. Another interesting fact: She's married to Paul Simon, as in Simon and Garfunkel. I would really recommend buying one of her cds. The best one is "Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars". She really is worth listening to. Great lyrics, great melodies, great arrangements. (She even drew the illustrations for the album cover!) 3/18/03 Imagine by John Lennon I'm really scared right now. We're going to war tomorrow guys. War. I never thought that war would be something that I would have to fear or experience. I am all about peace. I mean, I totally realize that this war is going to be necessary, but just the fact that violence and hatred and killing is necessary frightens me. It makes me really sad. I heard this song today and it was just what I needed to hear. It's so hopeful and we need that right now. I want peace. I want it more than I've ever wanted anything. I hate that we have to kill people in order to achieve freedom and peace. I hate it. I don't like hating. It's the worst feeling in the world. I just want all of this to be over soon. I want as few people as possible to die. I want to live in a world where I don't have to be afraid. I'm so scared....What's to become of us? 3/20/03 Moon River by Henry Mancini, sung by Audrey Hepburn This song is from my favorite scene from any movie. It's from Breakfast at Tiffany's. Its just the sweetest thing ever. See, Audrey Hepburn plays this girl who is sort of masquerading as this socialite and she's all sort of stuck up and everything. And then there's this one scene where she's just sitting on the windowsill playing guitar and singing this song. The man who is in love with her hears her singing and at the end of the song she looks up and sees him smiling at her and she gives him this big grin and she has tears in her eyes. It's as if, for the first time, she's actually being real. Yes, I know I'm a stupid romantic girl, but its just such a beautiful scene. Download the song, rent the movie. 3/21/03 Sunday Bloody Sunday by U2 This is just such an awesome song. U2 is a really great band and they've always had such an awesome political message. When I went to the U2 concert the last time they were here, it was about a month after 9/11 and everyone was still really shaken up about it. Bono has always been very vocal about his love for America and New York and he made that concert pretty much a tribute to the people who lost their lives in the World Trade Center terrorist attack. Anway, someone had thrown an American flag onto the stage and at the part of the song where Bono sings "Wipe your tears away", he laid the flag flat on the stage and faced it and sang to it as if he were singing straight to the heart of every American. He was trying to give us hope and he was trying to comfort us during one of the most heartbreaking times of American history. It was one of the coolest moments I have ever witnessed at any concert. But I guess what I'm trying to say by putting this song up on my site is: God Bless America and may there be peace on earth soon. Don't be immune to this war. It's supposed to affect us. Don't pretend like nothing is happening. As the people who are going to inherit this country, it is important for us teenagers to give a damn. Don't be so callous. We're in war. It's not a joke. And it's not something to ignore. 3/26/03 Big Yellow Taxi By Joni Mitchell I heard this song the other day on the radio being sung by the Counting Crows and Vanessa Carlton and it almost made me throw up (another reason why I don't listen to the radio...), but the original is one of my favorite songs. I've been on a real big Joni Mitchell kick lately...so watch out...She has such a weird voice, but its great. This song's got great lyrics, that are just so damn TRUE! I never realize what I have until I've lost it, and I've been learning that more than ever this year. So listen to the original song and enjoy it! 3/28/03 Time of No Reply by Nick Drake This song is by Nick Drake. For those of you who aren't familiar with his music, I want to grab you by the shoulders and shake some sense into you! His music is so so so so so so beautiful and....melancholy is the word I'm looking for, I guess. It's hard to listen to his music sometimes because you can just hear the complete sadness in his voice and it makes you remember people you've lost and memories that you thought you had forgotten. None of his songs ever seem to be about people. They're more about the world and his connection to it. I guess he was lonely though, and the connection to the world wasn't enough. He committed suicide in 1974. I really encourage you to buy the cd "Introduction to Blue" because it has all his best songs on it. So ummm, enjoy, I guess... 3/29/03 Best of What's Around by Dave Matthews Band I got tickets to the Dave Matthews concert! Yes! God, I love Dave Matthews. If he wasn't like 35 years old, an alcoholic and a pothead, and married with kids, I would sooooo have his baby. Today's song is the first song of his I ever heard. Its the first track off of "Under the Table and Dreaming" and it just makes me so happy! It's such a positive song...all about being happy in a situation that isn't necessarily a good one just because you're with a person who brings out the best in you. Life is what you make of it. And I really and truly believe that. So if you're having a bad day, just listen to this song. Its so great! Oh yeah, and I have an extra ticket to the concert, so if you wanna go, just ask! It'll be a blast even if you don't like DMB because concerts are always fun! 3/30/03 It's A Motherfucker by the Eels Judging this song by the title will mislead you. It is one of the saddest and most beautiful songs ever written, in my opinion. I love the Eels. They're hiliarious. But in this song, they're touching and sad. I've felt this way recently because I've lost a lot of good friends this year for various reasons and this song just kind of expresses how I feel about them. All of those people have shaped me and effected me in a way that I will never, ever forget. And its sad that I no longer have them, it's a motherfucker. But I'll deal, I guess. It's just really hard sometimes when you put so much into a friendship just to have it fall apart. And thats all that really happened to these friendships, they just kind of fell apart. No big fights, no harsh words, just a silent kind of fading. It was no one's fault. And it's a motherfucker. 4/01/03 Let that be Enough by Swtichfoot This song is sad. Sorry, these songs are usually sad. This one is about being lonely and hopeless and looking to God for help. I'm not one to talk about my faith in God much, so this is going to be my first and last time to talk about Him on my site. I love God. And hearing Switchfoot sing this in concert totally reaffirmed that for me. This song is just what I need to hear sometimes. I guess I get so wrapped up in my little everyday dramas that I forget that I'm not what it's all about. Its about God. And letting His love for me be enough. Because we all are always complaining. "I don't have a boyfriend....I wish I was more popular...I wish I had more money....I wish I wasn't so fat...". But think about what we have! We have the love of God and His son (who died for US)! So step outside yourself every once in a while and think about that. Ok! Sorry! Enough preaching! God's peace y'all, Sharon p.s. Download some Switchfoot stuff...It'll be worth your time, I guarantee it. 4/03/03 Tell Me What to Say Aaaah....John Mayer... This song perfectly describes what I'm dealing with right now except its in a guy's perspective, not a girl's. So there's this guy, (you know who you are), and I have absolutely no problem talking to him on AIM or whatnot but when I see him in person at school, I lose my abiliity to speak. It's kind of a problem. And everyone's always just like "Be yourself!" Do you know how hard that is? That's why I love the line in this song that says "Those who say I should be myself/They have obviously never met you yet" I hope I get over this soon...'cause it causes major problems! 4/04/03 Swiss Army Romance by Dashboard Confessional One thing that I've noticed about teenagers is that we're all in this huge rush to be older than we are. It's sad, really. That's what this song is about. We really need to take it slow, guys. When you rush into things, there's a huge chance you're going to do something you'll regret. There's no need to grow up right now. We have our whole lives for that. Peace out, Sharon p.s. Dashboard's the bomb... 4/06/03 P.S. You Rock My World by the Eels Yes, I realize that I just had a song by the Eels on here, but I heard this song today and I LOVE it. It's got a good message...live for the moment...And thats really all I have to say 4/07/03 Black Balloon by the Goo Goo Dolls Ok, the Goo Goo Dolls are my guilty pleasure. (Hey, we're all allowed one right?) Whenever I hear the opening chords to this song, I get chills. I don't know why! I don't really relate to this song very much, but something about it really hits me hard. Maybe its the dude's voice...But I think it reminds me of someone, I just can't think of who. This is what music does to me. It reminds me of people and times that have maybe never happened to me yet. I love the line "and angels fall without you there..." It's weird the way certain songs just really affect certain people. And this song is that to me. I wish I could transfer the feeling that I get when I hear this song to other people, because its just so cool! The Goo Goo Dolls are too Top 40 for some people, but you've got to admit that this song is beautiful! |
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