A Mighty Fortress/Angels We Have Heard on High

I suppose this is two songs in one.  And there's something special about the song (recording?) I'm about to share.

This song gets stuck in my head a lot.  And it's not the traditional "Angels We Have Heard On High," it's this recording by Amy Grant.  In fact, one early morning about 4 years ago this song was stuck in my head and it inspired me to start a blog about random songs that play in my head.  Yes, you can blame this song for 3 1/2 years of time I've wasted here.

Anyway, here's the song.  Half of it is a cool orchestration of Martin Luther's anthem "A Mighty Fortress is our God" and the next half it rolls into a piano-based pop version of "Angels We Have Heard on High."  For those who care, at about 2:20 in the song is the piano riff that rolls through my head frequently:

Oh, forgot to tell you that this recording is the final track from Grant's 1983 Christmas Album.

Let me tell you about this album and the abusive nature it had on my childhood.  See, I have one sister, and come November 1st she would blast Christmas music every year!  I love this sister, dearly, but this was her favorite Christmas album.  Maybe it still is?  Anyway, she played it A LOT, sang along and enjoyed the Christmas season while ruining mine!

Of course, I'm half-kidding.  It was my own cynical fault for letting it bother me.  I'll be honest too, in my old age I'm starting to miss her holiday music.  Mostly I just miss her.  Not that I don't see her- we're just adults, busy with our kids and life.  But she really is somebody special and just the kind of sister any brother could ever want/need.  She was fun, kind and a good example to me.  Mostly importantly, she has always been my friend.

She's a good lady- everybody's friend and an amazing mom.  I'm proud she's my sister, Christmas music and all. 

So to sum up:

-Brady's blog was inspired by Amy Grant

-Brady's blog is a waste of time for both him and his readers

-Amy Grant's Christmas album ruined Christmas for Brady

-Brady's sister is neato burrito anyway. 

Hug my sister next time you see her!

Love you Molly.

Not a Fan

If you're a fan of Ben Folds, you'll love his new song "Not a Fan."  If you're not a fan of Ben Folds, let me explain to you why his new song "Not a Fan" is groovy. 

The song paints a picture of an evolving relationship.  And it does it to a waltz. 

The first verse is the relationship as in its infancy.  The singer admires his girlfriend because she has exquisite taste, even though he doesn't enjoy the performer that she seems to admire.  It bothers him, but he loves her and respects her: "It's part of what makes you beautiful to me." 

In the second verse, he doubts himself.  His girlfriend and her friends are "so well read" while he grew up on "sugar cereal and tv."  He wonders what she's doing with him, when she is so hoity-toity in her tastes.

Then comes the bridge where the singer is starting to get annoyed by the girl's fandom (of course we don't know WHO, if anybody Folds is singing about) and he's starting to see that he's so irritated that the relationship is doomed to fail.

During the third, and final verse, his true annoyance at her admiration for this artist is bringing out his anger.  He's annoyed and doesn't want to have anything else to do with it.  He's a shallow jerk.  "So go get your t-shirt signed, fan girl.  I may or may not be here when you return."

The relationship is over and so is the waltz.  Who writes a song like this?  I love it because it can be the little things that annoy us.  It's such an honest telling of a troubled relationship that falls apart over something so silly.  I think this sort of thing happens all the time, sadly.

Here's the song, along with a WARNING that there are swear words.  In particular at 2:48 and then at the end he drops the BIG ONE at about 3:21.  I don't want anyone to be offended.  I want this blog to be a HAPPY PLACE FOR EVERYBODY!  

If you listened I hope you enjoyed Ben Folds angry waltz.  

Have a fun week my friends.     

Some Nights

Well I sort of jinxed myself and got fun. stuck in my head again.

Here's "Some Nights" which is the title track from fun.'s 2012 album.

WARNING- THERE IS A CUSS WORD IN THIS SONG.  DON'T LISTEN IF YOU'RE EASILY OFFENDED.

Carry On

Today's post comes from fun.. You may think that I made a grammatical error in that last sentence.  I did not.  Here's the thing about fun.:  The band fun. has a period at the end of its name.  Isn't that fun?  Fun. is fun.  Also fun. is fun..

PS- fun. has a great song that is lots of fun and it was stuck in my head.  If you're in a fun mood for fun. then have a fun listen to this fun. song.

It's called Carry On:  

Have a fun week my friends.  OH!  Guess what's fun for me?  We're moving into our new home this week.  Fun things going on my fun friends.  Fun.  and fun.. 

Thanks.

Brady