Thoze Cranberries
in the morning
not the ones you eat
though they’re pretty good too
but the ones you listen to
the ones from Ireland playing now
over the PA system in the mall
‘Dreams’
thoze impossible melodies
thoze haunted lines
playing through my blood
my brain,
such beauty,
such ‘harmonious madness’
hinting at what?
we’ll never know
joy or tragedy?
I go outside.
The day moves slow.
* what piece of music moves you?
Your question sent me on quite a musical spree while I crumbed the schnitzels for dinner. I enjoyed Fleetwood Mac’s Big Love (the live version – just the man and his guitar), Simple Mind’s Belfast Child, the Rach 3 and had just started on Joaquin Rodriguez’ Aranjuez Concerto when I got interrupted. I also love Mon Amie la Rose by Natasha Atlas and many many other things. But … the question was what moves you? For me that’s very dependent on mood.
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I know what else moves me: call me an old sentimentalist but I break up whenever John Williamson sings ‘True Blue’; great fan of Fleetwood Mac’s ‘You Make Loving Fun’. I have yet to really appreciate the Rach 3 but am aware of its iconic status. Thanks for commenting 🙂
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One sing that always gets to me is California Stars, the recording by Wilco and Billy Bragg. Woody Guthrie wrote the lyrics.
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thanks Neil: I love these little conversations; going to check it out right now
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yes: beautiful song and harmonies, great lyrics 🙂 it’s good to come across one great new song a day
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so many songs are directly linked to my emotions
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likewise: Floyd Kramer’s ‘Last Date’, Elvis’s ‘Peace in the Valley’, Garry Wright’s ‘Dream Weaver’ always do it for me 🙂
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Do I have to let them linger? Of course it will linger in my brain’s jukebox all day. Thanks…I think.
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‘Linger’: another great song; oh, how i love that phrase: ‘my brain’s jukebox’ 🙂
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Also from Ireland
Van the Man
that Belfast Cowboy
Van Morrison 🎶
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ahh yes, David, I knew that; and I suppose there are others beside Van and U2. Ireland has been a rich source of musicians and poets. not forgetting novelists; I remember I had to go to a pornography shop in Port Adelaide in my adolescence to get a copy of ‘Ulysses’ 🙂
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