Everyday - Buddy Holly
Album - Peggy Sue B-Side
I have been humming this song all day. It's on a commercial right now, though I couldn't tell you which one. I've watched a LOT of TV in the past 24 hours, so there's no telling. But as I'm cleaning my apartment getting ready for the next 3 weeks (my friend Cait comes next week, then I fly to TX to spend a night at ACL in Austin, then onto to my hometown for the major wedding countdown), I just feel like this song is my life.
Of course the only line I repeat is the title line:
Everyday it's a gettin' closer, going faster than a roller coaster. Love like yours will surely come my way.
It's a happy song about life moving fast. And isn't that the truth? The happiest moments of my life have been the fastest. These next 3 weeks are going to be amazing, and I want to relish in them. But as much as I want my sister's wedding day to come (because it is going to be the happiest day of her life), I also don't. Because then it's over, and the fun and the celebrating will have come and gone. It's like summitting a mountain, you work so hard to get to the top, but after a few minutes of relishing in the view and your accomplishment, you have to go back down. But that being said, my favorite moment (besides relishing in the view) of hiking is after I've gotten back to the cabin and showered and can sit on the porch with a beer, letting my body ache, and smiling at the memory. Same thing with dances in high school. I would get home, get a big bowl of ice cream and sit on the couch in my dress and remember the night.
My guess is three weeks from tonight, I'll be doing the same thing...only in a bridesmaid's dress with wedding cake. Complete with a huge smile about how blessed I am...and probably very sore feet from dancing the night away. But if the roller coaster could slow down just slightly, it would be much appreciated. Or maybe I should just throw my hands in the air and let the adrenaline rush hit, laughing all the way.
XO-
EBG
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
TCU's Fight Song
TCU's FIGHT SONG...because it was played a lot today as we crushed SMU. And that's reason enough.
XO-
EBG
XO-
EBG
Excellent Use of Music in TV - Ashes and Wine
And today's winner goes to...
Vampire Diaries! (Crowd goes wild.)
For its exceptional use of A Fine Frenzy's Ashes and Wine in the last few minutes of Thursday's episode "Bad Moon Rising." ESPECIALLY, when Elena asks Damon if he knew Jeremy had on the ring that would prevent him from dying. When he answers honestly, and heartbreakingly, "no," we know that their friendship is over...since she tells him it is. (Of course, it's only the second season, so "over" means probably 2-3 episodes of heavy banter. Which I LOVE.)
I can't find the video online, and am not tech savvy enough to create it by myself...so here's a live version of the song, and a picture of Damon. Stare at it while listening to the song and feel your own heart melt. I don't have a brother, so I don't know what it would be like for a vampire to try to kill him. But seriously, how can you walk away from this?
Is there a chance?
A fragment of light at the end of the tunnel?
A reason to fight?
Is there a chance you may change your mind?
Or are we ashes and wine?
Enjoy!
XO-
EBG
Vampire Diaries! (Crowd goes wild.)
For its exceptional use of A Fine Frenzy's Ashes and Wine in the last few minutes of Thursday's episode "Bad Moon Rising." ESPECIALLY, when Elena asks Damon if he knew Jeremy had on the ring that would prevent him from dying. When he answers honestly, and heartbreakingly, "no," we know that their friendship is over...since she tells him it is. (Of course, it's only the second season, so "over" means probably 2-3 episodes of heavy banter. Which I LOVE.)
I can't find the video online, and am not tech savvy enough to create it by myself...so here's a live version of the song, and a picture of Damon. Stare at it while listening to the song and feel your own heart melt. I don't have a brother, so I don't know what it would be like for a vampire to try to kill him. But seriously, how can you walk away from this?
Is there a chance?
A fragment of light at the end of the tunnel?
A reason to fight?
Is there a chance you may change your mind?
Or are we ashes and wine?
Enjoy!
XO-
EBG
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Kick Drum Heart
Kick Drum Heart - The Avett Brothers
Album: I and Love and You
Last night I went to a "Cheap Wine Tasting" Girl's Night at a friend's, where everyone was supposed to bring a bottle of wine under $10, then we would vote for the best, and they would win a prize. I won for the white! Which was wonderful in itself, but my real prize came when a friend looks at me and goes "I know and love this song! And it's because of you!"
The Avett Brothers' Kick Drum Heart had just come on, and of course I had made the Wine Night Playlist, and she knew it from my 2009 Music Review. But I felt so proud. Because, really, that's the point. I make mix tapes because I want to spread the songs that I love. I also feel like when you listen to a whole album, sometimes the songs blend together if you're not fully paying attention. But just like wines change with smells and other tastes you have before and after you drink, songs change with not only the setting and mood you're in, but the music they're surrounded by. One of my goals for every tape is that the songs flow into each other, so that nothing is too jarring, but that they stand out against one another as well. There's a definite melodic story that I try to reach. Picking the songs is only the first step, arranging them is a whole other process.
And this particular song? I'll be honest, it made the cut because "I and Love and You" was too long, and I was trying to fit as many songs as possible on the 2009 CD. But it's better that it did. It's a happy song. Just like last night was a happy occasion. Even though it IS a love song, or at least comes across that way, the stanza:
I won't look back anymore
I left the people that do
It's not the chase that I love
It's me following you
I feel could be a good theme for my life right now. It's not about the rush of the chase, or trying to grasp onto something better. And I'm tired of looking back wishing for what was or wondering if I should have chosen different. It's following the path that leads to my dreams...and everything that I get to do and see along the way. And the beat, the kick drum beat, is a great pace setter.
Cheers to good wine and good friends (and good playlists that are too long to post)!
XO-
EBG
Album: I and Love and You
Last night I went to a "Cheap Wine Tasting" Girl's Night at a friend's, where everyone was supposed to bring a bottle of wine under $10, then we would vote for the best, and they would win a prize. I won for the white! Which was wonderful in itself, but my real prize came when a friend looks at me and goes "I know and love this song! And it's because of you!"
The Avett Brothers' Kick Drum Heart had just come on, and of course I had made the Wine Night Playlist, and she knew it from my 2009 Music Review. But I felt so proud. Because, really, that's the point. I make mix tapes because I want to spread the songs that I love. I also feel like when you listen to a whole album, sometimes the songs blend together if you're not fully paying attention. But just like wines change with smells and other tastes you have before and after you drink, songs change with not only the setting and mood you're in, but the music they're surrounded by. One of my goals for every tape is that the songs flow into each other, so that nothing is too jarring, but that they stand out against one another as well. There's a definite melodic story that I try to reach. Picking the songs is only the first step, arranging them is a whole other process.
And this particular song? I'll be honest, it made the cut because "I and Love and You" was too long, and I was trying to fit as many songs as possible on the 2009 CD. But it's better that it did. It's a happy song. Just like last night was a happy occasion. Even though it IS a love song, or at least comes across that way, the stanza:
I won't look back anymore
I left the people that do
It's not the chase that I love
It's me following you
I feel could be a good theme for my life right now. It's not about the rush of the chase, or trying to grasp onto something better. And I'm tired of looking back wishing for what was or wondering if I should have chosen different. It's following the path that leads to my dreams...and everything that I get to do and see along the way. And the beat, the kick drum beat, is a great pace setter.
Cheers to good wine and good friends (and good playlists that are too long to post)!
XO-
EBG
Songs for Ilir
I have a new friend...and new friend means new playlist. There's a lot of pressure when someone asks me for a mix tape, especially if it's the first time. For starters, I don't know him very well, so I only have a small glimpse into what music he likes. For instance I know he's going to Band of Horses this weekend so I know he likes that type of music, but it also means I don't need to put them on the tape. I know he enjoyed Florence at the VMA's, but I was enjoying her enough for the entire audience so it could have just rubbed off. And, 3. He was really impressed with B.O.B. at the House of Blues. Not very helpful.
So, my goal...a perfect mix of 1. Songs that are from my "Forever Favorites" list on iTunes, 2. New music that he probably hasn't heard that I've been listening to on repeat, and 3. Artists that have made a big splash in my musical world the past few years that I feel obligated to pass on.
Mix tapes are a rough business, but someone has to do them. I'll take this one for the team.
Songs for Ilir
1. The Night Starts Here - Stars
2. The Cave - Mumford and Sons
3. Runaway - The National
4. The Diamond Church Street Choir - The Gaslight Anthem
5. I Was Made For Sunny Days - The Weepies
6. Cannibal Resource - Dirty Projectors
7. The Crane Wife 3 - The Decemberists
8. Two - The Antlers
9. Drinking Again - Collin Herring
10. Don't Leave My Mind - Azure Ray
11. Old Before Your Time - Ray LaMontagne
12. I Feel Ya Strutter - Of Montreal
13. Daylight - Matt and Kim
14. Help I'm Alive - Metric
15. Heavy Cross - Gossip
16. Baby - Devendra Banhart
17. I And Love And You - The Avett Brothers
18. Almost Lover - A Fine Frenzy
19. Many Happy Regrets - Tim Locke
XO-
EBG
So, my goal...a perfect mix of 1. Songs that are from my "Forever Favorites" list on iTunes, 2. New music that he probably hasn't heard that I've been listening to on repeat, and 3. Artists that have made a big splash in my musical world the past few years that I feel obligated to pass on.
Mix tapes are a rough business, but someone has to do them. I'll take this one for the team.
Songs for Ilir
1. The Night Starts Here - Stars
2. The Cave - Mumford and Sons
3. Runaway - The National
4. The Diamond Church Street Choir - The Gaslight Anthem
5. I Was Made For Sunny Days - The Weepies
6. Cannibal Resource - Dirty Projectors
7. The Crane Wife 3 - The Decemberists
8. Two - The Antlers
9. Drinking Again - Collin Herring
10. Don't Leave My Mind - Azure Ray
11. Old Before Your Time - Ray LaMontagne
12. I Feel Ya Strutter - Of Montreal
13. Daylight - Matt and Kim
14. Help I'm Alive - Metric
15. Heavy Cross - Gossip
16. Baby - Devendra Banhart
17. I And Love And You - The Avett Brothers
18. Almost Lover - A Fine Frenzy
19. Many Happy Regrets - Tim Locke
XO-
EBG
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
The Cave
The Cave - Mumford & Sons
Album: Sigh No More
This is what I call a "Core Craver." It's not a song that gets stuck in my head, or a great lyric I find myself singing, it's not even a catchy pop song that makes me want to dance. It's a song that my core literally craves to hear over and over again, and as the music swells so does something inside of me.
The melody starts off simple and low, then it slowly starts to build...the words and the music. About a third of the way through, my shoulders can't help but bounce a little and I sit or stand taller as if the song itself is flowing from my toes to my head forcing my spine straighter, my breaths deeper, my heart bigger.
"So come out of the cave walking on your hands
And see the world hanging upside down
You can understand dependence
When you know the maker's hand"
By the time the lyric below hits, and the music inerlude afterwards, I feel like I'm about to explode and I want to live in this song for as long as possible. I want to stretch the moment, to feel this feelings and scream these lyrics as loud as I can.
"Cause I need freedom now
And I need to know how
To live my life as it's meant to be"
And then it ends, and I need the feeling to happen again so badly. So, I hit repeat. Unfortunately, on the mix tape I made, this song is followed by The National's Runaway which is also a major Core Craver for me. The two of these together pretty much send me over the edge (in the best way possible.)
Tonight was a good night, almost like this song. Great conversation with a great person in a great place. My friend is a writer as well, and sometimes, actually a lot of the time, I just need those conversations. Since the person I talk to most about writing is so far away, and though I wish she were here with everything I have, I know she can't be, I've been wishing for someone who just "gets it" to be closer. And it was nice to have a piece of that last night. Writing is lonely, it's a constant battle of me against myself, making myself do it, making myself believe I'm good enough, my craft is good enough. It's a constant "talking myself off of a limb." There are doubts, and to know that other people, very talented people, share those doubts about themselves, make the load easier to bear.
I feel like the meaning of this song is a mix between two things. 1) Learning to free yourself front the constraints the world, other people, and yourself put on you so you can live the life you were created to have. To live your potential best life. And 2) Knowledge is freeing. Living in the "cave" is like living in the dark, only seeing surface level. But I truly believe each level you dig deeper (or shine some light on), whether it be getting to know a person, the lyrics to a song (or any piece of art), an idea. Understanding the details, philosophies, the meaning of things, only makes the bigger picture that much more beautiful.
I know sometimes I dwell too much on the details, but I have a deep need to understand things. I feel like understanding is what connects all the pieces of the world. That's what makes up the big picture.
XO-
EBG
Album: Sigh No More
This is what I call a "Core Craver." It's not a song that gets stuck in my head, or a great lyric I find myself singing, it's not even a catchy pop song that makes me want to dance. It's a song that my core literally craves to hear over and over again, and as the music swells so does something inside of me.
The melody starts off simple and low, then it slowly starts to build...the words and the music. About a third of the way through, my shoulders can't help but bounce a little and I sit or stand taller as if the song itself is flowing from my toes to my head forcing my spine straighter, my breaths deeper, my heart bigger.
"So come out of the cave walking on your hands
And see the world hanging upside down
You can understand dependence
When you know the maker's hand"
By the time the lyric below hits, and the music inerlude afterwards, I feel like I'm about to explode and I want to live in this song for as long as possible. I want to stretch the moment, to feel this feelings and scream these lyrics as loud as I can.
"Cause I need freedom now
And I need to know how
To live my life as it's meant to be"
And then it ends, and I need the feeling to happen again so badly. So, I hit repeat. Unfortunately, on the mix tape I made, this song is followed by The National's Runaway which is also a major Core Craver for me. The two of these together pretty much send me over the edge (in the best way possible.)
Tonight was a good night, almost like this song. Great conversation with a great person in a great place. My friend is a writer as well, and sometimes, actually a lot of the time, I just need those conversations. Since the person I talk to most about writing is so far away, and though I wish she were here with everything I have, I know she can't be, I've been wishing for someone who just "gets it" to be closer. And it was nice to have a piece of that last night. Writing is lonely, it's a constant battle of me against myself, making myself do it, making myself believe I'm good enough, my craft is good enough. It's a constant "talking myself off of a limb." There are doubts, and to know that other people, very talented people, share those doubts about themselves, make the load easier to bear.
I feel like the meaning of this song is a mix between two things. 1) Learning to free yourself front the constraints the world, other people, and yourself put on you so you can live the life you were created to have. To live your potential best life. And 2) Knowledge is freeing. Living in the "cave" is like living in the dark, only seeing surface level. But I truly believe each level you dig deeper (or shine some light on), whether it be getting to know a person, the lyrics to a song (or any piece of art), an idea. Understanding the details, philosophies, the meaning of things, only makes the bigger picture that much more beautiful.
I know sometimes I dwell too much on the details, but I have a deep need to understand things. I feel like understanding is what connects all the pieces of the world. That's what makes up the big picture.
XO-
EBG
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Billionaire
Billionaire - The Glee Version (not the Travie McCoy version)
Honestly, I actually hate this song. But I LOVE IT on Glee...cause I love everything on Glee. And Glee starting tonight was pretty much the most exciting thing that happened today. Plus, I'm digging the new cast members (which this song featured one of). Not sure who gets to stick around all season, but I'm open to some fresh faces.
Although, tonight's episode did have some intense moments, (Anti-bullying ad, anyone?) I have high hopes for this season. Since my television schedule went from about 27 shows a week to 3, I have to promote those 3.
Glee, tonight you win! (Plus, no one can tell me at least a tiny part of them doesn't want to be a billionaire.)
XO-
EBG
Honestly, I actually hate this song. But I LOVE IT on Glee...cause I love everything on Glee. And Glee starting tonight was pretty much the most exciting thing that happened today. Plus, I'm digging the new cast members (which this song featured one of). Not sure who gets to stick around all season, but I'm open to some fresh faces.
Although, tonight's episode did have some intense moments, (Anti-bullying ad, anyone?) I have high hopes for this season. Since my television schedule went from about 27 shows a week to 3, I have to promote those 3.
Glee, tonight you win! (Plus, no one can tell me at least a tiny part of them doesn't want to be a billionaire.)
XO-
EBG
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