The year is well under way and it is going to be a banner year for new music releases by some of my favorite artists. AND there are new loves ready for discovery. The whole music portion of my existence isn't something I talk about very often. Well besides my complete and total love affair with U2 which I think everyone knows about. No private shame there. Music has been extremely important to me over the years and I spend an enormous amount of time listening to all sorts.
I can't say how much of my daily experience is colored by the music playing on the radio or that I hear just about everywhere I go. There has been an ongoing soundtrack to my life over the years. I guess it is that way for everyone. It is all sort of serendipitous I suppose that the lyrics of the songs I hear and essentially listen to obssessively have some sort of connection to what I am going through or feeling. Sometimes the songs get me thinking about things that I might not have thought about at all.
When I say I listen obsessively I am not kidding around. When I find a song that speaks to me I might listen to it several hundred times or more before I move on or add another song to the mix. Just ask my kids. They really don't even question it anymore.
Back to the 09 treasures: New U2: all songs are awesome, particularly love Magnificent.
New Green Day: currently listening obsessively to 21st Century Breakdown
and Lobotomy.
Shiny Toy Guns: WOWOWOWOWOWOW, love love love Rainy Monday and Le Disko.
New Dave Matthews Band: GrooGrux=es and big whiskey.
and so many more I couldn't mention them all. Plus we have the added bonus of being able to attend all of these concerts this year. Shiny's were awesome. No Doubt was phenomenal and I am beyond myself excited for Green Day and U2. BAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, start my heart racing just thinking of these days.
I never got far with my personal musical education so I am extremely grateful that all these guys are out there perfecting their art- just for me it seems.
There have been several times, just recently, when I have been absolutely sure that a particular song was written just so I could hear it exactly when I did.
They speak to me, too.
And I'm so very happy you and I and Billie Joe finally have a date. :)
Posted by: Lisa Jane | May 26, 2009 at 11:25 PM