*All the links in this post go to a song/video that I love. So turn the speakers down if you are at work ;)
Music is the fabric of my life. Not cotton. Cotton is for punks. (whatever, everything I own is cotton). But music is what thrills my soul. I think only my husband is truly aware of how dearly I love music. He knows that I cry at songs, get down and boogie (yes I do) and belt out the lyrics to the songs that truly inspire me.
And I love LOVE LOOOOVEEEEE all kinds of music. Funk…check. Man, a good bass line is the thing. Pop…check. And I don’t mean Justin Bieber. God have mercy on that poor child. Bluegrass…check. There is a song that I am mad about and I cannot find it on the interwebs anywhere. (Detour Bluegrass is the band and Sixteen Tons is the song just in case you want to help me with my search.) Hip hop, musicals, folk, hymns and of course, Christmas music. I add mental soundtracks to things I’m doing. My kids have actually asked me to stop singing them awake in the morning. My son said that my singing wasn’t bad it was just an annoying way to wake up. God love that little rascal.
I even let music suck me into crappy TV shows. I would have never watched Dawson’s Creek or Grey’s Anatomy if it weren’t for deliciously irresistible songs playing in the background. And now, I have wonderful people like Ingrid Michaelson in my life because of it. Have you heard “Winter Song” by her and Sara Bareilles? Heavenly. And although I do not own anything Mac (shutty, I’m a PC), I now have a soft, feathery voice floating in my head that belongs to Feist. Likewise, I own not a single Hyundai but now (quite literally right now) am rocking out to some sweet Pomplamoose. Their YouTube videos are highly entertaining.
But the song that really struck a chord with me is the one below. Thankfully, it is a flash mob video which makes it EVEN BETTER. Dancing like an idiot in public while the song I love is playing? Sounds like Nirvana. As silly as it is, this video actually brought me to tears. That is how deeply ingrained in my soul music has become. I can only imagine the state I will be in when I arrive in heaven and hear the heavenly host of angels giving God all their musical glory!
PS My husband and both cried like babies when the Von Trapp Singers appeared on Oprah Winfrey. We’re pathetic….
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