Music Monday

November 16, 2020

Music Monday 8 | What’s Your Country Song

Thomas Rhett’s new single, What’s Your Country Song, oozes nostalgia. If you were one of the lucky ones to grow up in a small country town, this song may very well elicit feelings of joy and warmth as you pull from those memories made. On repeat, this song brought all the feels which led me down a photo rabbit hole. I pulled a few for the slideshow below (swipe left if viewing from a phone) that I’m sure only my mama will appreciate.

Music brings back memories that can quickly turn to smiles and tears. Music is a universal language that speaks to all.

Go ahead, hit play on the song and start rummaging through your old photos for a trip down memory lane.

Enjoy. ❤

“What’s Your Country Song”

Did you grow up on a tractor
Did your daddy let you drive
Are you whiskey bent and hell bound
Even though your mama tried
Did you cruise down a backroad
With your dixieland delight
Are you on the chattahoochee
On a barefoot blue jean night

Everybody got a small town anthem
Everybody got a story to tell
Everybody got a hallelujah
Everybody been through a little hell
When you’re rolling down a little two lane highway
And you turn your radio on
Tell me which one hits you baby
Yeah what’s your country song
Yeah what’s your country song

Do your exes live in Texas
Are you so lonesome you could cry
Are you heartbroke cause you know
That ain’t your truck in her drive
Are your friends all in low places
Underneath the neon moon
Are you already country
Back when country wasn’t cool

Everybody got a small town anthem
Everybody got a story to tell
Everybody got a hallelujah
Everybody been through a little hell
When you’re rolling down a little two lane highway
And you turn your radio on
Tell me which one hits you baby
Yeah what’s your country song
Yeah what’s your country song

Who’s your strawberry wine
What’s your family tradition
What makes you turn it up, makes you raise your cup every time you listen

Everybody got a small town anthem
Everybody got a story to tell
Everybody got a hallelujah
Everybody been through a little hell
When you’re rolling down a little two lane highway
And you turn your radio on
Tell me which one hits you baby
Yeah what’s your country song
Yeah what’s your country song

October 5, 2015

Music Monday 4 | Rise Above This | Seether

In honor of Seether coming to Sokol Auditorium in Omaha tomorrow night, today’s Music Monday brings you:

Rise Above This by Seether

 

Rise Above This was inspired by the suicide of Seether frontman Shaun Morgan’s brother.   In 2012, Shaun was interviewed on the band’s upcoming Rise Above This Fest, which was an all day music festival centered around awareness and prevention of teen suicide.

“It sparks the kind of conversation I’m not very comfortable with,” Morgan acknowledges. “People know what (‘Rise Above This’) is about, I know what it’s about but that doesn’t mean I want to talk about it. But it’s definitely been a song people tell me has been uplifting and that they listen to in times of need. It’s helped them get through certain moments in their lives and it’s been a comfort and solace to them. That’s what it does for me, too, so the intention of the song worked. It’s definitely had a positive effect, but it can be quite heavy to deal with when you hear the stories.”

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Suicide is never the answer.  Please become educated and aware.  Be the help that someone needs.

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“Rise Above This”

Take the light, and darken everything around me
Call the clowns and listen closely, I’m lost without youCall your name every day when I feel so helpless
I’m fallen down but I’ll rise above this, rise above thisHate the mind, regrets are better left unspoken
For all we know, this void will grow
Everything’s in vain, distressing you though it leaves me open
Feels so right, but I’ll end this all before it gets meCall your name every day, when I feel so helpless
I’ve fallen down (fallen down), but I’ll rise above this, rise above this
Call your name everyday, when I seem so helpless
I’ve fallen down (fallen down), and I’ll rise above this, rise above this doubt

I’ll mend myself before it gets me
(I’ll mend myself before it gets me)
I’ll mend myself before it gets me
(I’ll mend myself before it gets me)

Call your name every day, when I feel so helpless
I’ve fallen down but I’ll rise above this, rise above this
Forty-eight ways to say that I’m feelin’ helpless
I’ve falling down, falling down, but I’ll rise above this, rise above this, rise above this, rise above this doubt

 

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September 28, 2015

Music Monday 3 | Stars | SIXX:A.M

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Band: Sixx:A.M.

Song: Stars

↓ Official Video ↓

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I stumbled across this song sometime early this summer and fell in love.   Everybody has different reasons as to why a song speaks to them.  Sometimes it’s worth an explanation – other times it isn’t.   Music speaks for itself and how a person decodes that message is personal.

Past memories, present hopes, future dreams?

Stars

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The Band: Nikki Sixx, DJ Ashba and James Michael

Learn More:  Sixx:A.M. Official

Other Sixx:A.M songs worth a listen:

  • Life is Beautiful
  • Tomorrow

The Lyrics:

“Stars”
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Do you wanna go to heaven tonight?
Leave the evidence far behind
Say alright, alright
Do you wanna be my lover tonight?
We can leave everybody else behind
Say alright, alright
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Do you wanna see heaven tonight?
Underneath those lights you will look so beautiful
Do you wanna see the stars before they fall,
See the stars before they fall?
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Do you wanna be my love tonight?
And for all my life it could be so wonderful
Do you wanna see the stars before they fall,
See the stars before they fall?
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Maybe we should just run away
Never look back as the world decays
Say alright, alright
Nothing matters ever since the day
You pulled the pin in my heart like a hand grenade
Say alright, alright
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Do you wanna see heaven tonight?
Underneath those lights you will look so beautiful
Do you wanna see the stars before they fall,
See the stars before they fall?
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Do you wanna be my love tonight?
And for all my life it could be so wonderful
Do you wanna see the stars before they fall,
See the stars before they fall?
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(Oh)
Fall out of the atmosphere
Lets run
Run until we disappear and
Never let them come and get you
Never let them take away our stars
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Do you wanna see heaven tonight?
Underneath those lights you will look so beautiful
Do you wanna see the stars before they fall,
See the stars before they fall?
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Do you wanna be my love tonight?
And for all my life it could be so wonderful
Do you wanna see the stars before they fall,
See the stars before they fall?
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Before they fall (oh)
Do you wanna see the stars before they fall? (oh)
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September 21, 2015

Music Monday 2 | Amen | Halestorm

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Halestorm

Song: Amen

Official Video -> YouTube

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Learn more about the band:

Other Halestorm songs worth a listen:

Lzzy Hale Duets worth a listen:

 

I am not certain when I came across Halestorm music, but I can tell you I am so glad I did.  Lzzy Hale, the lead singer and her brother, who kills it on drums, make up a few of the members of this Rock group.

Female Rock Chick?

Well, duh!

After seeing them FOUR times in concert, I still can’t get enough.    Who is on board with me the next time they come around Omaha?   Look me up. You know I’ll be there.

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I LOVE everything about this song.   The world is gonna keep on turning no matter what we do or how we live, so we might as well live it.  Live YOU.  Be You.  Do you.

Take a listen.  Link above.

“AMEN”

Lyrics

A fire’s gotta burn
The world is gonna turn
A rain has gotta fall
Fate is gonna call
But I just keep on breathing
Long as my heart is beating
Someone’s gotta hate
It’s never gonna change
Gets harder everyday
This is one hell of a place
Keep your heart from freezing
To keep yourself believing
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But I won’t run
I’m not afraid
I’ll look em in the eye
Gonna hear me say
It’s…
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My life
My love
My sex
My drug
My lust
My god it ain’t no sin
Can I get it
Can I get an Amen
My grace
My church
My pain
My tears
My hurt
My god, I’ll say it again
Can I get it
Can I get an Amen
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Life has gotta kill
Faith is gonna blind
Hope is gonna fade
The truth is gonna lie
Sometimes there’s no reason
To justify the meaning
But I won’t run
I’m not ashamed
It’s gonna take more than this for me to break
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<Chorus>
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