Love and Hard Times

I don't even know where to begin with this song.  It's called "Love and Hard Times" and it's by the legend himself, Paul Simon from his 2011 album "So Beautiful or So What." 

This song is deeply personal to me.  Not only is it gorgeous, musically, its lyrics get me every time. 

It starts of painting a picture of God and Christ visiting earth and quickly leaving to create other galaxies.  Then it talks about God's children and the struggles they face.  And then it sort of shifts to a relationship- and the whole thing is just so simple and lovely.  The lyric that kills me toward the end is this one:

"It's easy to be generous when you're on a roll.
It's hard to be grateful when you're out of control"

And then Paul Simon creates this hopeful picture of a helpless, scared person being nurtured by his lover.  "Thank God I found you in time"

So beautiful.  So simple. 








Sorry if this was too serious for anyone. 

I hope you like the song. 

Playing Dead

Today I woke up with a lovely (sad) little song by a fun little group called Reggie and the Full Effect. 

I've blogged about this band before, which more or less is one guy, James Dewees.  It seems like what he was doing with this group was a complete joke, made obvious by his horrible lyrics and alternative bands "Hungary Bear" and "Common Denominators" who made appearances on the first 4 albums. 

Then in 2005, things seemed to change for Reggie and Full Effect with the release of the album "Songs Not to Get Married To."  Even though the bad lyrics remained, the tone seemed to shift from sadder to more serious, and seems to have remained that way ever since.  (James Dewees was going through a divorce as he wrote this album) 

I'm bad at explaining it all really, I think you'd have to hear a Reggie and the Full Effect album to understand what this band it all about.  The music is catchy, the lyrics are campy but it's all so fun and really good when it comes down to it. 

So today's song is the last track from the album "Songs Not to Get Married To" it's called PLAYING DEAD, and I really think it's a great track.  Listen and decide for yourself if you agree with me.

If this is all too Emo for you, it might be exciting to hear that I've now blogged about enough songs to fill another compilation disc which of course means I'm going to give away a compilation on this here blog.  It's "The Songs Stuck in Brady's Head Volume 9."  Can you believe it?!?!?

So, I won't make it too complicated this time, but it's probably my most awesomest giveaway yet!

First of all, here's what you're eligible to win, the compilation disc, obviously:

And along with it (this is a leftover from Christmas) a $50.00 Amazon gift card:

This is real money that I'm giving away right here on my blog!

So, this time in order to be eligible, you need to go to my Facebook page (not my personal FB page, THE SONGS STUCK IN MY HEAD FB page) where I've posted the link to this blog.  Make a comment, and post a video, or YouTube clip of the song that's stuck in your head.  If you lie then you will be disqualified.  If no song is stuck in your head, then post a video of your favorite song.  Just post a video.  OK?

If you don't have a Facebook account because Facebook is evil (let's be honest) then just comment below and you will also be eligible for a prize. 

I will randomly pick a winner and announce who it is on the Facebook page a week from today, January 25th. 


I love you all with affection unspeakable. 

Baby's in Black

Dear Friends.

I like the Beatles. 

This blog post will be talking about one of their songs.

The song is called "Baby's in Black"

This is what the song sounds like:

 

 

 

 

This song is from the 1964 album, Beatles for Sale. 

 

Things that are neat about this song:

 

1)  It was one of the first Beatles' songs to have a sadder tone.

 

2)  It was one of the first Beatles' songs to use a 6/8 timing and have more of a bluesy sound.

 

3)   Paul and John both sing on this song.  When Paul McCartney was asked who has the melody, he said that both of them did. 

 

4)  It was stuck in my head this morning. 

 

I'm afraid that my 7 year old daughter wants to use the computer now, so I must go.  But I was pretty much done anyway.

 

Hugs, Brady  

Well, You Can Do It Without Me

My life is so much better with Father John Misty in it.  A few months ago I blogged about this delightful little album "Fear Fun" and I'm so glad it's part of my collection. 

Today's song stuck in my head comes from the same album.  It's the 9th track- the song is called "Well, You Can Do It Without Me"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2ei-xiEg-4

I hope you enjoyed the song.  I hope you enjoy your week.  Happy New Year.  Auld Lang Syne from Father John Misty and me.