WoW Music
Nina’s Song Choice
Below are some of my favourite pieces of music, chosen mostly because they hold a link to a special memory rather than for any artistic merit, but special to me never the less.
Please if you like these tracks then take the time to visit the musician’s web site and buy some of their music, not all of them are money grabbing narcissists, some are good people.
Click to play, hover your mouse over each track in the list to see my comments for individual tracks.
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Wilco – Please Be Patient With Me
This song should be a message to all those who find themselves caring for someone in deep depression. Carers need to listen and take in the spirit of this song, when the one you love is shrouded in depression you need to be patient way beyond what you imagine you can manage. Your loved one needs you, your care and compassion.
I should warn you
When I’m not well
I can’t tell
Oh, there’s nothing I can do
To make this easier for you
You’re gonna need to be patient with me
I’m this apple, this happening stone
When I’m alone
Oh, but my blessings get so blurred
At the sound of your words
I’m gonna need you to be patient with me
How can I warn you when my tongue turns to dust
Like we’ve discussed
It doesn’t mean that I don’t care
It means I’m partially there
You’re gonna need to be patient with me
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Brendan Benson - Well I don’t know what I’m looking for
The funny thing about this song is that I feel it sums me up before I was married and the person I have evolved into as a wife and mother. I love the comfort and optimism that all three bring me.
I urge you to vist Brendan benson’s delightful web site, and go to Amazon and download one of his albums, my favourite is “My Old Familiar friend”.
Well I don’t know what I’m looking for
But I know that I just wanna look some more
And I won’t be satisfied
‘Till there’s nothing left that I haven’t tried
For some people it’s an easy choice
But for me there’s a devil and an angel’s voice
Well I don’t know what I am looking for
But I know that I just wanna look some more
Well I don’t know what I’m living for
But I know that I just wanna live some more
And you hear it from strangers
And you hear it from friends
That love never dies, love never ends
Now I don’t wanna argue, no I don’t wanna fight
‘Cause you’re always wrong and I’m always right
Well I don’t know what I am living for
But I know that I just wanna live some more
I used to be involved, and I felt like a king
Now I’ve lost it all and I don’t feel a thing
I may never grow old, I may never give in
And I’ll blame this world that I live in
I visit hell on a daily basis
I see the sadness in all your faces
I’ve got friends who have married
And their lives seem complete
Here I am still stumbling down a darkened street
And I act like a child and I’m insecure
And I’m filled with doubt and I’m immature
Sometimes it creeps up on me and before I know it
I’m lost at sea
But no matter how far I row
I always find my way back home
But I don’t know what I’ve been waiting for
But I know that I don’t wanna wait anymore
Looking for…
What I’m looking for…
Looking for…
What I’m looking for…
Looking for…
What I’m looking for…
Looking for…
What I’m looking for…
Looking for…
What I’m looking for…
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The Heart Of Life – John Mayer
For Nicky, my son. The first time I heard this song I was comforting my son. He had come in from school upset by some incident at school, some teasing over his deafness. Nonke was there with her sons Pieter and Cees as we sat and listened to him and all reassured him. Hilke joined us and added her wisdom and soon the cause of his pain was eased. That night as I put him to bed I asked him what he had learnt from the day and he told me “I am very lucky to have you all mama”. I had been asking about his school work, but his reply was more wonderful than the one I had been looking for.
I hate to see you cry
Lying there in that position
There’s things you need to hear
So turn off your tears
And listen
Pain throws your heart to the ground
Love turns the whole thing around
No it won’t all go the way it should
But I know the heart of life is good
You know, it’s nothing new
Bad news never had good timing
Then, circle of your friends
Will defend the silver lining
Pain throws your heart to the ground
Love turns the whole thing around
No it won’t all go the way it should
But I know the heart of life is good
Pain throws your heart to the ground
Love turns the whole thing around
Fear is a friend who’s misunderstood
But I know the heart of life is good
I know it’s good
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Chants d’Auvergne – Sons Of the Auvergne
Minutes before I had just given birth to our daughter Mariaske, our third child, our first birth. It was just after dawn in our living room and I was sitting back looking down into our summer garden as the first sun started to burn off the night time mist. Everyone who had been with me as I had laboured had melted away, including the children and Mariaske lay between my naked breasts rooting to nurse. I cried. I cried for many reasons – happy to have birth this lovely infant, cried because I now understood Judith’s pain, many reasons. As I cried this beautiful music came on, a perfect choice by my father in law.
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Which Way Your Heart Will Go – Mason Jennings
I gave birth to our second son on 1st January 2010, it was the day I heard this song and now the two are linked, and it seems to be a happy chance. If the dreams of life I had as a teenager had come true I would never be where I am now I would never have fallen in love these five times.
Little airplane in the sky
You point up at it
I watch your face as you watch it go by
Everything is perfect
Where would I be right now
If all my dreams had come true
Deep down I know somehow
I’d have never seen your face
This world would be a different place
Darling, there’s no way to know
Which way your heart will go
Summer sun on a sandy slide
Silver swingsets shining
How can life feel so alive
And still feel like dying
Where would I be right now
If all my dreams had come true
Deep down I know somehow
I’d have never seen your face
This world would be a different place
Darling, there’s no way to know
Which way your heart will go
A stack of books beside our bed
Living out of boxes
Why does the empty space fill with dread
Why does change still shock us
Where would we be right now
If all our dreams had come true
Deep down I know somehow
I’d have never seen your face
This world would be a different place
Darling, there’s no way to know
Which way your heart will go
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Sideways- Citizen Cope
I just like this song, no particular reason. I guess it is a bit like the knock we all get in life from time to time.
You know it ain’t easy
For these thoughts here to leave me
There’s no words to describe it
In French or in English
Well, diamonds they fade
And flowers they bloom
And I’m telling you
These feelings won’t go away
They’ve been knockin’ me sideways
They’ve been knockin’ me out lately
Whenever you come around me
These feelings won’t go away
They’ve been knockin’ me sideways
I keep thinking in a moment that
Time will take them away
But these feelings won’t go away
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