Hey blogger-ville, it's your old friend Cait.
I'm just going to pick up with some new posts. I've had a lot of ideas in the past 3 months, but finding or
making time to do them has been tricky. So have the last three months. For awhile, I'm just going to start back up; no explanation. Maybe you'll get explanations. Maybe there aren't any explanations... until then:
In the end, the love you take... is equal to the love you make.
I watched the Grammys tonight and I was reminded of two very big Cait-ish things:
1. Music gets in my Soul and affects me
2. The Beatles are amazing and should dominate shows all the time
Let me start with #2. Paul McCartney just tore it up on the stage-- age was not a factor in that performance. [Age has been bothering me for a little bit. My body is not acting as I would like it to, and I hope I will find some answers this week.]
The Beatles are the most comforting band to me. I have always, Always said that you can find a Beatles song to fit any mood. It's true.
Sad? Let it Be.
Melancholy? Imagine.
Rebellious? Revolution.
Romantic? Love.
Miss singing songs with your Dad on his guitar? Blackbird.
I was lucky to have parents who really appreciated the Beatles and we grew up listening to them. I was singing, "Love, love me do... you know I love you" before second grade. My dad sang, "A, B, C, D, can I bring my friend to tea? E, F, G, H, I, J I love you" to me as a toddler. My answering message on my freshman dorm phone was, "You say goodbye and I say hello..." I have in the past called my classes to the carpet with the call, "Come together..." to which my class responded, "Right now. Over me."
The Beatles have been in my soul as long as I've been alive. And I really need to rely on them right now. Beatles mix will be prepared this week.
Nothin's gonna change my world, nothin's gonna change my world...
That segues perfectly into #1. Just as the Beatles are in my soul, music in general is... and I so often forget. I don't know all the brand new, amazing singers. I'm certainly not hip and cool in my music taste, but I know what my soul likes.
Sometimes I want to dance:
Vampire Weekend, A Punk
Sometimes I want to cry:
Adele, Someone Like You
Sometimes I am so happy about something that I cry anyway:
Fun., We Are Young
Sometimes I just want to be happy:
George Strait, Here For a Good Time
Sometimes I want to be mad:
Ben Folds Five, Song For the Dumped
Sometimes I want to fall in love:
The Avett Brothers, January Wedding/Beyonce, Flaws and All
Sometimes I want to chill:
311, Amber
Sometimes I want to smile:
Bruno Mars, Just the Way You Are
Sometimes I want to kick stuff:
Kanye West, Stronger
Sometimes I want to laugh and sing:
Andy Gibb, Shadowdancing
Sometimes I want to be content with what I have:
Joe Purdy, Wash Away
And yes, I can think of a Beatles song for each of those moods, too.
Sometimes I want to dance:
Beatles, Can't Buy Me Love
Sometimes I want to cry:
Beatles, Love
Sometimes I am so happy about something that I cry anyway:
Beatles, Across the Universe
Sometimes I just want to be happy:
Beatles, It Won't Be Long
Sometimes I want to be mad: Beatles
, Helter Skelter/I'm Looking Through You
Sometimes I want to fall in love:
Beatles, Here, There and Everywhere/ Something/ I Will
Sometimes I want to chill:
Beatles, Two of Us
Sometimes I want to smile:
Beatles, I've Just Seen a Face
Sometimes I want to kick stuff:
Beatles, Revolution
Sometimes I want to laugh and sing:
Beatles, When I'm Sixty-Four/Yellow Submarine
Sometimes I want to be content with what I have:
Beatles, In My Life
I need to remember that songs can accept, release and change my emotions. I need to let music in more when things are tricky.
And when the night is cloudy... there is still a light that shines on me... Shine until tomorrow... let it be.
That light leads my soul's boat home...
