Former Packer Girl's thoughts

when patti labelle sings "if only you knew "

...i visualize my God & Friend saying to me...

"...if only you knew how much i do love you ".....chills, tears, and instant spiritual upliftment everytime
...i FEEL God's Love and God speaking to me

When I was driving home after my Grandmother's funeral Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heaven" played on the radio. I can not listen to that song to this day without crying.
John Lennon's "Imagine" takes me back to where I was when I heard he died and the tears we all shared.
I have songs from my childhood that still make me smile. "Sister Mary Elephant" by Cheech and Chong, "Winchester Cathedral", "The Unicorn" by the Irish Rovers. I love singing along to those.
My all time favorites are the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Bootsy Collins, Prince, George Clinton (Parliment/Funkadelic) and Nirvana. I believe Nirvana's MTV Unplugged is one of the best, most heartfelt performances ever. It was like Kurt was saying good-bye to everyone. He even asked for all the flowers and candles so it would look like a funeral.
I love many types of music. I grew up on Motown, Funk, Country and Soft Rock. I never got into acid or punk rock. I like to understand the words.
I could list so many songs it would seem to go on forever. Music is a valuable tool and we are very lucky to have it.
I just explained "Mother's Little Helper" by the Stones to my 15 year old son. He thought it was pretty funny. My doctor had just prescribed Valium for me to help with sleeping.

I have 2 of them. Spoken For by MercyMe, And Made to Worship by Chris Tomlin.

Awesome blog! I absolutely love music.

"My Girl" makes me remember dancing with my daddy.

"Let's Stay Together" makes me remember dancing with my husband.

Katbird: Reasons by EWF takes me back to the summer when I had so much fun....the O Jay's actually were inspirational too in alot of thier music. I think any song can be inspirational (just about there are some wooo) I have always liked happy uplifting, heart felt songs and songs that make me want to dance and move :) But there were also times when a sad song expressed how I felt too.

One I forgot to Mention is Rod Stewart Love Him :)

Southern Belle how blessed you are to have special songs a memory of your daddy dancing with you and of your husband.

The song Dancing with My Father by Luther Van Dross makes me cry when ever I hear it (Luther actually lost his father at a young age)I always think of my mom though when I hear the song to dance with my mom like moms do with thier babies when they are little and yes the song Tears in Heaven also makes me cry too because I know the story behind the song, he lost his little boy when he was 4.

I almost forgot Leonard Cohen!!

Bird On The Wire lyrics

Like a bird on the wire,
like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free.
Like a worm on a hook,
like a knight from some old fashioned book
I have saved all my ribbons for thee.
If I, if I have been unkind,
I hope that you can just let it go by.
If I, if I have been untrue
I hope you know it was never to you.

Like a baby, stillborn,
like a beast with his horn
I have torn everyone who reached out for me.
But I swear by this song
and by all that I have done wrong
I will make it all up to thee.
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch,
he said to me, "You must not ask for so much."
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door,
she cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"

Oh like a bird on the wire,
like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free.