I love live Jason Mraz recordings, when he totally underplays a key line and makes it a hundred times more powerful. I love the way John Mayer delivers the line "I don't remember you looking any better," in the song 'Who Says.'
I love how Counting Crows make pain poetic. I love how Bruce Springsteen gives the struggle meaning. I love how you think you know what Tupac is, but then you listen to 'Dear Mama' and get completely blown away. I love that Mumford and Sons exist.
I love all the famous Lionel Richie songs. I love how sincere Rod Stewart is on record. I love what it meant to be an Oasis fan. I love that Hanson kept going and quietly became amazing. I love the softer Pearl Jam songs.
I love absolutely everything about Tom Petty. And Aretha Franklin. And Dave Matthews Band. I love what happens to a room full of people when Sinatra's "My Way" gets played. I love Joni Mitchell's 'Blue'. I love every piece of Jazz music that ever came out of New Orleans.
I love that you can listen to an Ennio Morricone film score and have a better experience than when you watched the movie. I love Michael Kamen's 'Band Of Brothers' score. I love how 'Ooh La La' by The Faces was used in 'Rushmore', and I love the Elton John moments in Cameron Crowe movies.
I love 'Ave Maria', and 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered', and 'What A Wonderful World', and 'When The Saints Go Marching In.'
What I am saying is this: I love music.
YES!
ReplyDeleteYou've heard every piece of Jazz music that ever came out of New Orleans?
ReplyDeleteI love that I discovered Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" in Shaun of the Dead. I love that Richard Cheese covered Disturbed's "Down with the Sickness" in Dawn of the Dead.
ReplyDeleteI love how some stories are told ABOUT music, like the Pearl Jam documentary and some WITH music such as "Chicago."
I love how theme songs let us know the hero is on the way, especially Batman, Indiana Jones and Superman.
I love John Williams' work period and more recently, Michael Giacchino, especially the Marriage theme from "Up."
I love music but even more so when it's paired up with film.
I love this post.
I love lamp.
Thank you for your swift responses!
ReplyDeleteWORDSMITH: YES!
MASS: Great to see you back here by the way. You're a piece of the furniture or something like that. Stick around!
BRADY: You rock the disco!
You had me with Jason Mraz. :-) Some musicians are just so GREAT live. I always wonder how they can take a song they wrote years and years ago and have sung a million times and still make it sound fresh, emotional, powerful, new and wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI particularly love Ryan Adams live. Saw him last Saturday and was again blown away. His voice has unbelievably gotten even better. So clear, smooth, open, raw, velvety, full.... Love! I also dig Ainslie Henderson's 'Dust, Live & Dirty'. Though he's not really making much music anymore that's one that really makes me wish I could see him live. S-E-X-Y!
And don't we all. Isn't that the wonderful thing about it--a universal language. :)
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