Saturday, April 28, 2012
Waking up this early on a Saturday morning has its benefits. One is catching up on new music by turning on VH1 when there are actually videos playing.
There are plenty of cheesy and/or lazy videos out there (see: Daughtry, Katy Perry) … and plenty of interesting, cool videos (see: K’naan, Fun.).
But the one that made me stop putzing around on the Internet (multitasking for no real reason) was this video by Jason Mraz: I Won’t Give Up.
There is another version of this song online, which shows the lyrics throughout the song — not in the boring, straightforward way you sometimes see on YouTube videos, but in a visually beautiful way, still telling a story despite barely seeing any humans until the very end. That’s worth a watch (and read) too.
The video that was played on VH1 showed a wide range of humans, literally from very young to very old and everywhere in between. There weren’t a lot of “settings” to tell the stories of these individuals like you usually see in music videos, but you didn’t need that.
All you needed was a young man with a prosthetic leg, standing and holding his girlfriend in his arms.
An older man tossing aside his briefcase and suit jacket and walking away.
A mother putting a towel over the shoulders of her little boy just come out of the pool.
A man with half of his face scarred by burns, smiling.
An elderly man with his hand over his heart.
A policeman standing alone.
An old woman, rocking in her chair, her nails beautifully painted red.
A boy, playing on a ladder, and jumping into a pool after some contemplation.
“I don’t wanna be someone who walks away so easily
I’m here to stay and make the difference that I can make…”
Monday, March 26, 2012
Super grateful to have experienced this relatively rare performance of “Thundercrack” in person at the Garden, part of this set list from Bruce:
1. We Take Care of Our Own
2. Wrecking Ball
3. Badlands
4. Death to My Hometown
5. My City of Ruins
6. Thundercrack (tour premiere, dedicated to a 17-year old in the pit)
7. Jack of all Trades
8. Jackson Cage (tour premiere)
9. She’s the One (tour premiere, Jake Clemons played the sax solo)
10. Easy Money
11. Waitin’ on a Sunny Day
12. The Promised Land
13. Apollo Medley (The Way You Do The Things You Do/ 634-5789)
14. American Skin (41 Shots)
15. Lonesome Day (was an either/or with Shackled and Drawn on the set list)
16. The Rising
17. We Are Alive
18. Thunder Road
Encores:
19. Rocky Ground w/Michelle Moore
20. Land of Hope and Dreams
21. Born to Run
22. Dancing in the Dark
23. Raise Your Hand (with Peter Wolf) (tour premiere)
24. Tenth Avenue Freeze-out
Monday, March 12, 2012
“Be still, my love
Open up your heart
Let the light shine in…”
Looking forward to seeing Colin Hay here in Boston in early May. Grateful to Chad for getting the tickets, and our good friend T.O. for pointing out the show to Chad!
Thursday, January 19, 2012
It’s hard to dance with a devil on your back, so shake him off…
Monday, October 10, 2011
Grateful for Foster the People for chilling me out and helping me focus on my ability… Feel lucky I was able to see them at Boston’s House of Blues a couple of weeks ago.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Today I’m grateful for good, honest music.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
I’m grateful when music says what I feel about something, or in this case, someone, better than I could ever hope to. My husband gets frustrated when he thinks he can’t fix something, literally or figuratively, but like the song says, “In your hands, there’s nothing that you can’t fix…”
“Stitch By Stitch”
Blue and black, heart torn out,
You uncover what’s beneath my skin
There and back, there’s no doubt, your touch is my medicine
I’ll be okay, ‘cause you heal me…
And I’ll give you all my pieces broken
In your hands, there’s nothing that you can’t fix
My heart is frayed, my scars are open
So put me back together now, stitch by stitch
Put me back together now, stitch by stitch.
What you say, without words, resuscitates what was numb inside
So repair me, every thread of me, ‘cause you’re bringing me back to life
I’ll be okay, ‘cause you heal me…
And I’ll give you all my pieces broken
In your hands, there’s nothing that you can’t fix
My heart is frayed, my scars are open
So put me back together now stitch, by stitch
I’m still afraid of falling, somehow it’s takin’ over me
Don’t ever let me let it go…
There and back, there’s no doubt, your touch makes me whole again
And I’ll give you all my pieces broken
In your hands there’s nothing that you can’t fix
My heart is frayed, my scars are open
So put me back together now, stitch by stitch
Put me back together now, stitch by stitch
Put me back together now, stitch by stitch
RIP Clarence Clemons U2 frontman Bono payed tribute to E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons at U2’s Saturday concert in Anaheim, Calif. “I want you to think about the beautiful symphonic sound that came out of one man’s saxophone. I want you to think about Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, brothers. I want you to think of Clarence Clemons,” Bono said before launching into “Moment of Surrender.” He continued, “This man just carried music, and music carried him, until this day.” Clemons, 69, suffered a stroke on June 12, and died at his Florida home on June 18.
Who am I? In a nutshell … The things most important to me in life are my family and friends — and I’m lucky those two groups overlap a lot.
I have sometimes unhealthy addictions to Facebook, the Bruins and the Red Sox, the beach, Bruce Springsteen, Ellen DeGeneres, (some) reality TV, caffeine (usually in Diet Pepsi), and sleeping.
My addiction to various sports is not as bad as it used to be, but it’s still a daily part of my life in one way or another.
I’m glad that you can read a good book while listening to good music because I wouldn’t want to have to choose between the two.
I hate to fly but love to travel.
I consider myself lucky to have been able to work for many years doing things I enjoy — basically helping people connect online — and hope to continue to do so for many years to come.
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