I'm a sucker for ideas like this. Questions get me thinking, but like any query trying to rein me in, I have to tweak it also. Not surprisingly, taken from my turn to country music, these aren't really my soundtrack and there's five not three, but my favorite songs.
Number one: You Look Like You Love Me. It's a song that reminds me of being young. Certainly it's not of my youth - shy and with no confidence, I never would have been able to do what she does in the song - but my hope is that there are young women today who would. A song of empowerment, with a twist of so much fun, I love it. And on another note, months after, it won best song of the year! Yeah, I can pick them, and better yet, I know the guy, Aaron Raitiere. We've seen and talked to him at festivals. I have his artwork, his cd and his number (a Cornell alum, offered him a room if he ever visited). Can't get much closer to the stars than that, not for me, at least.
From fun to sorrow, from youth to death, number two, Pink Skies (featuring Watchhouse). This came on one night while I was in the basement doing my puzzle. I fell for it, about a woman mourned and loved, what's not to like? It also reminded me of my late mother-in-law, who knows why, but it did. If the last one was my youth, this might be my future, at least I can hope. We all die, but the lucky ones have people who miss them. If we do right (enough) in our lives, that'll happen. Another footnote: Watchhouse is a band we've seen a number of times at festivals also.
Number three, People Are Crazy: I love a good story. The setting a bar, the drink a beer. Two men, one young, one old shooting the breeze, whiling away the hours. Of course, a twist too. And while I'm not a fan of religion anymore, I sure love bars, beer and talking. A story with a theme - we should look out past our own selves and connect - makes this a great song.
Two Honorable Mentions, Get Along and It Won't Be Long: An overview of life, one on how to live it and the other on how quick it is, keeps me grounded. So often we lose sight of what really matters, these songs remind me.
There they are, top five, my year of country music. The conversation only between me and myself, but fun none the less.
Musing to the Music
