I am a sucker for Coldplay. The first time I heard them I thought it was U2 I was listening to. Chris Martin makes no bones about his desire to be the U2 of this generation. I know that for me that makes perfect sense. The music, the ballads are reflective and I know the melancholy is abundant, but I love it. This band touches me. Fix You off of X&Y is another one that hits deep and floods me. Martin’s voice isn’t perfect, instead it’s vulnerable which makes him believable.
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Sometimes I get really sentimental, and this is what happens. So here is me, in a mood rarely shared. I usually escape into my world and listen to whatever makes me feel like this, today I felt like it was time to share it with others. Maybe we are all gamblers, just trying to make it through the hand we are dealt. The lyrics in this song apply to so many things (the chorus specifically) in life. But I would rather be a gambler, then sit by and watch the others play.
I fell in love with this song the first time I heard it as I watched Thelma and Louise. There are songs/movies that provoke feelings that can overwhelm you and so you listen/watch them when you know you want to go to those places. The lyrics, poetic and gritty, combined with Faithfulls voice are simply mesmerizing. It is a girl thing, and I rarely do girly. I have included the lyrics. Beautiful poetry from an extraordinary woman who lived the rock dream/nightmare and survived to tell.
THE BALLAD OF LUCY JORDAN
by Marianne Faithfull
The morning sun touched lightly on the eyes of Lucy Jordan.
In a white suburban bedroom in a white suburban town
As she lay there ‘neath the covers,
dreaming of a thousand lovers
till the world turned to orange
and the room went spinning round.
At the age of thirty-seven
she realized she’d never ride through Paris
in a sports car with the warm wind in her hair.
So she let the phone keep ringing,
and she sat there softly singing
pretty nursery rhymes she’d memorized
in her daddy’s easy chair.
Her husband, he’s off to work;
and the kids are off to school.
And there are, oh, so many ways for her to spend the day.
She could clean the house for hours,
or rearrange the flowers
Or run naked through the shady street,
screaming all the way.
At the age of thirty-seven
she realized she’d never ride through Paris
in a sports car with the warm wind in her hair.
So she let the phone keep ringing
as she sat there softly singing
Pretty nursery rhymes shed memorized
in her daddy’s easy chair.
The evening sun touched gently on the eyes of Lucy Jordan
on the roof top where she climbed when all the laughter grew too loud
and she bowed and curtsied to the man
who reached and offered her his hand,
as he led her down to the long white car that waited past the crowd.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL! FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO FORGOT
THE WORDS (OR NEVER KNEW THEM).
ALL TOGETHER NOW.
Words to Auld Lang Syne
by Robert Burns
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind
Should auld acquaintaince be forgot
And auld lang syne.
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll tak’ a cup o’ kindness yet
For auld lang syne.
And surely you’ll be your pint stowp
And surely I’ll be mine,
And we’ll drink a richt guid willy waught
For auld lang syne.
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll tak’ a cup o’ kindness yet
For auld lang syne.
We twa hae run aboot the braes
And pu’d the gowans fine,
But we’ve wandered monie a wearie fit’
Since auld lang syne.
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll tak’ a cup o’ kindness yet
For auld lang syne.
We twa hae paidled in the burn
Frae morning sun till dine
But seas a’tween us braid hae roared
Since auld lang syne
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll tak’ a cup o’ kindness yet
For auld lang syne.
And here’s a hand my trusty fere
And gie’s a hand o’ thine
And we’ll tak’ a cup o’ kindness yet
For auld lang syne.
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll tak’ a cup o’ kindness yet
For auld lang syne.
It is worth noting that the original words to Auld Lang Syne were taken from traditional Scottish songs. Burns was the first to commit these to paper, and suggested that they be set to music.
