Music: A Favorite! Burning Bush

The music hits me first, then the words seal the deal!  I am not a racist, never have been, and this song speaks for me!  Read the words, listen to the music, and the musicality.  LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!

What does it take to
show an illustration
Of the hurt and the pain of a nation.
One glowing look upon a ragged canvas
Tells the story of our past and present situation

That old bush just keeps on burning
Nobody seems to show they're learning
That old bush just keeps on burning.
I wonder will we ever feel the flame.

Our way of life on total exhibition
Shows the way in which we live of an
Imperfect nation.
This tree of life so far from perfeciton
Share a little love to improve our situation.

That old bush just keeps on burning
Share the hope for future learning
I wonder will we ever feel the flame

Flow of light could really stand a listen
Bring the dark to the light, show us
What we've been missing.
Not many men are satisfied
Without no light, there ain't no pride

There's gonna come a time,
Things that are on your mind.
Trust and you will find
Everything in your mind
True love is here to find
Simple as number 9
Multiply you will find
Peace and love all the time.

Music: Houston

I don't live in Houston, never have, but have a few relatives there.  Hurricane Harvey has been such a bad hurricane.  My prayers go out for all the people in Houston, and mostly my family!  I love all the Julia Taylor relatives.

Music: Just a Song That Says Why Me Lord

Why me lord, can be taken two different ways.  It is either why me as in why do I deserve this trouble.  Or why me as in wow so much could be going wrong but I have so much to be grateful  for.  Since about a month ago I have been on a gratitude journey.   What is a gratitude journey?  For me it is a journey to becoming more grateful.  I have so much to be thankful for and I have needed to express more gratitude than worry and frustration.  This was a way for me to get on the right track.  Each day in my bulletin journal I have a saying or a quote to encourage gratitude.  I have a long way to go but I am on that journey.  This song came to my mind today and I'd like to share it.

Enjoy.  I am grateful for God's love and His salvation.

Music: This Song Will Make You Cry in a Sad Way

Drawing and enjoying a quiet afternoon, listening to music and this sad tear-jerker came on.  This song can make even the happiest cry, the most secure relationship yet here you are crying!  It's beautiful and sad.  Enjoy!?!?

Listen very carefully, have a good cry!  It's good for your eyes!

Music: Just Because I Like It

This is such a great tune.  This is the beginning of the funk era.  I'll always love good funky music.  This is a love hate sort of music and I love it.  So, enjoy if you can, hate if you must.

Music: Song With a Number In It

I needed inspiration or just a nudge and this perked my ears or thought ears.  I LOVED Chicago, back in the day.  It was another music geek group early on.  They became very mainstream but it was their music ability and horns that made them attractive to the high school music group.  I liked them so much that a group of friends and I went to see Chicago at Arrowhead Stadium instead of the prom.  Great night.  So, here is the first song with a number in it that I thought of.

There is another one with a number that I might like better, also by Chicago.

I hope you have enjoyed these two special songs.  Which do you like?  

 But this one is my all time favorite.  Truly talented musicians.

Music: Last Song on My iTunes

I gave the first song on iTunes, so here is the last one on iTunes.  Such a classic, Prince!  There is nothing classic about Prince, yet he is classic and always will be.  He can't be put into any category or class.  He is somehow above that.  His music is in a class of its own.  He was a music genius.  Needless to say I am/was a fan.   RIP, Prince!

Enjoy!

Music: Those Memories From the 60s, RIP Glen Campbell

Well, Glen Campbell went home today.  I wouldn't say I was a huge fan. But having a musical life I did appreciate his beautiful voice.  This was one of the tunes I liked.  I'll generally like anything melancholic.  After all I am definitely melancholic.  This other tune, he wrote late in his life as he dealt with Alzheimer's.  It's definitely a tear jerker.  God bless his family and friends and fans.

Music: First Song On My iTunes

Music often inspires.  When it doesn't or I'm too much into my head I have to use ideas like this to share music.  That's why the first song on my iTunes is today's selection.  Being part of my list it has to have some background and it does.  Today's is Abaddon's Bolero, Emerson, Lake and Palmer.

It is a long tune.  But it builds.  Give it a listen.  This takes me back to high school.  I was part of the "music" group in high school.  I spent time in the practice rooms and sang in the choir and obviously played the piano in a serious way.  My group LOVED ELP.  They were doing what we all wished we could do, make amazing music that took a boatload of talent.  Their music mixed our beloved classical music with the rock of the 70s.  It still has a great sound today.  Good music has no expiration date.  That works here.  Yes, of course there are sounds that represent a certain "era".  But overall this is great music.  If you like this, you must listen to From the Beginning.

As you can tell, now the music is inspired.  Enjoy!

Music : Reminds Me of My Daddy

My daddy had a massive heart attack when he was 66 and I was 23.  It's been a lot of years without him.  Still wish I had had more time with him.  My memories are less than I wish they were.  And life has filled in so many more memories some of those other memories are faint at best.  I will always think of Daddy when I hear this song.  Not exactly sure why.  It wasn't his favorite or anything.  I remember being in the car with him when it came on.   Just a song from the era when I was 5-7.

I hope you take a couple minutes and relive the music of the early 60s.

Music: A Childhood Memory

Music is a language I understand.  It means a lot to me.  In the next many posts I will share the range of music in my life and share a lot of music.  It will be quite varied, I am too!

This first one is one of earliest memories that wasn't a hymn.  Don't get me wrong there will be hymns but I see this as an introduction to what music has meant to me since I can recall.  Stick with me, you will be surprised by the huge variety of music that is me.

EARLY MEMORY

We had the Readers Digest selection of romantic strings.  I loved this sound.  Why?  Who knows!  But this was one of my earliest memories of music I loved.  Enjoy!  I did and still do.