These Feelings Won't Go Away

"Music is what feelings sound like." Man, I could listen to music for hours. Maybe even days. There is so much to be said for a 3 minute song that can take you to different corners of your mind. I relate songs to so many different memories of my life. I relate certain songs to different boys: (Mikey: you get Tarantula, Gregg: Waiting on an Angel, T: Somebody Like You). I relate songs to family members...Kel: Mud on the Tires, Dad: Amazing Grace, Mom: 500 Miles.

I have my chill music....Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Kenny Chesney, Patty Griffin, Damien Rice, Jimmy Buffet. I have my gangsta music (lol)...JayZ, Kanye, Salt-N-Pepa, Nelly (jump in your way back machines), and basically anything on Jock Jams volume 1&2. I have my oldies...Chuck Berry, CCR, Beach Boys, and whatever my Dad throws on his mixes he likes to send me. I have my country....Garth, Dierks Bently, Brad, Kenny. I have my alt/grunge/punk side too....Linkin Park, Pearl Jam, Boys Like Girls, Tool, Radiohead. I even listen to instrumental stuff when I'm trying to sleep. There are thousands of songs that fit into different genre's. I think you get the picture. I have very, very diverse music taste.

Once in a while, if I'm in one of those I-need-a-sign moods, the first song that comes on in the car is the one that gives me an "answer". Literally, I take the lyrics and try to figure out why it was played at that exact time in my life. Unless its one of those lame, over-played, stupid pop songs. Then I give myself a chance... one channel change and whatever that song is gets to be my "life map" for the time being.....boy do I like it when "Sex on Fire" comes on. LOL....too bad that life map goes up in flames (pun intended). Nonetheless its a game I like to play. Ohhhh and you better believe that if there are two good songs back to back its some kind of magical sign from the Big Guy upstairs. He knows. I've noticed more and more lately what a sense of humor that Guy has.

My Dad has amazing taste in music. It is very diverse too; though his tends to be more old, old, old stuff. But I think that's where I get it. He would always put music on when we would clean the house together (he's also the one that gave me my house cleaning OCD). He takes his little radio out when we would wash the cars, or do lawn work, or go fishing. He'd always have it on when we were working on houses together, or relaxing on the beach with bonfires. That is one amazing man right there. I hope that I am a quarter of that.

You don't know the greatness you are/Cause Blue Eyes/You are destiny's scene/Cause Blue Eyes/I just wanna be the one"

"These feelings won't go away/They've been knockin' me sideways/They've been knockin' me out, babe/Whenever you come around me"