Ears Like a Hawke - Song of the Day

Jon Randall - "Keep on Moving"

2/19/2021

While the gentle nature of this one is sweet to play in the background, a line in this shook me earlier as I was preparing for today – “no body gives a damn where I been or where I’m goin’” tied into “I’m just gonna keep on moving.” I think a big issue we all fall into is worrying about what other people think, and I don’t mean like, a need to impress people, I mean that we’re worried to say or do what we think we should just because we’re overthinking the reactions and thoughts of others to us. In reality, who else is really wasting that much energy on worrying about all of the things we each say and do? Life’s too fleeting – get out of your head and keep going. There’s more life to live and enjoy.

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Nobody gives a game where I been
Or where I'm goin'
...
I'm just gonna keep on moving

The Doobie Brothers - "Listen To The Music"

1/23/2021

I have this guitar pick from The Doobie Brothers that my mom gave me once, and I know at the time I had no concept of who the band was, just that it was a pick and therefore very cool.

So when I put on these albums, I rarely go into them realizing what I like about them or the songs that are about to get stuck in my head all day long. Yet they do, and this does. Such a fantastic Saturday album to enjoy in the sun.

What the people need is a way to make 'em smile
It ain't so hard to do if you know how
Gotta get a message, get it on through...
Oh now mama don't you ask me why

Whoa oh whoa...
Listen to the music

Christy P Klotz - "Let's Go!"

1/22/2021

You wanna feel like you can get up and do something for real today? Christy's got you. This has reminiscent 90's and 80's pop vibes, with just a slight echo and steady beat that are a dream set to music. But even after the slow verses you sing along to, you get a chorus that's a shout and pump of energy for a moment.

She described this one as a song to let you realize you don't have the world on your shoulders, and there's time and ability to do anything (I may be paraphrasing in a way that's helpful to myself here).

Let's go
I'm ready for ya'

Destiny's Child - "Independent Women, Pt. 1"

1/21/2021

I'm just saying, it's 20 years later and I'm still wondering where Pt. 2 is!

This was a no-brainer as an anthem for Charlie's Angels in 2001: three strong females providing the kickin' track to support three strong females, in a time when girls all needed some heroes? Easy win, and we're thankful to this day for it.

The shoes on my feet, I've bought it
The clothes I'm wearing, I've bought it
The rock I'm rockin', I've bought it
'Cause I depend on me if I want it

Robyn Harris - "Sippin' Tea"

1/20/2021

Robyn Harris' music never fails to make me feel like such a badass chick, like she is singing my anthems that need to blast through every speaker in my apartment loud enough so the neighbors catch on to the awesome tunes.

This one is just such a good kiss-off song where you get to live the dream. The mix is flawless, her voice is infectious, and the message is perfection and fun to a whole new level. When you're enjoying the tea this much, there's no need to spill it because no one it lands on will be half as awesome as you.

And now I'm
Sippin' tea
Staring at Big Ben
Kissing boys with accents
You look tragic
Compared to this
Five star hotel

Gardiner Sisters - "Disney Love Song Medley"

1/19/2021

Ah Random Tuesdays.

What is a better thing to have for a random pick than a medley of several songs?

And Disney. For the win. :)

Come stop you crying
It will be alright
Just take my hand, hold it thight, now
I will protect you from all around you
I will be here, don't you cry

American Idiot - "Last Of The American Girls"

1/18/2021

To this day I am still amazed at the sheer luck Amanda and I had to see this show. It was a whim, a simple choice of what was affordable and a desire to see something on Broadway that day.

We wound up seeing this show in its last month, 12th row, and completely blown away.

And this song? Hell yes as a personal theme. A solid rocker with a story about a girl. Oh and the video below? That's not just Green Day - it's also the incredible women that starred on BROADWAY. Yup.

She sings the revolution
The dawning of our lives
She brings this liberation
That I just can't define
Nothing comes to mind

She's a rebel
She's a saint
She's salt of the earth
And she's dangerous

Michael W. Smith - "Surrounded (Fight My Battles)"

1/17/2021

Last year I got this vision in my head of a sword and shield, and had it on my heart that the Lord is the provider of strength and safety. I didn't know what it meant or when I would need to realize it, but after some family turned their backs over a statement I made (which I didn't make in a political light yet, well, that's how it was taken, and poorly), and a few intense days of depression that followed, this song played on the radio. It's all of three lines total, two really when you look at it. But the power as I shouted it out so loudly on the highway - that's when I knew where my strength to face this came from.

It may look like I'm surrounded
But I'm surrounded by You

This is how I fight my battles

David Bowie - "Starman"

1/16/2021

By far one of my favorites in my vinyl collection is the soundtrack to my bedtime, Ziggy Stardust. Yup, that explains a lot.

So on Saturdays sometimes, I just need to throw this on and enjoy connecting to the heavens.

Also, I just realized I have a very very similar blue guitar. It's the first and only one my mom got me. Stellar.

Some cat was layin down some rock 'n' roll
"Lotta soul," he said
Then the loud sound did seem to fade
Came back like a slow voice on a wave of phase
That weren't no DJ, that was hazy cosmic jive

There's a starman waiting in the sky
He'd like to come and meet us
But he thinks he'd blow our minds

Hunter Hayes - "The One That Got Away"

1/15/2021

When the article that pops up saying "Hunter Hayes finds freedom in new single" you come to realize what a song is about way quicker than you were catching on in your first listen. Fear not, Hunter's still a good country boy, but it sounds like Red Sky (Part II) is more studio based, with polish and (dare I say) pop influence. God this is going to be good in summer wind with the top off the Jeep.

Cause you broke so much more than just a promise
When you made me believe I wasn't wanted
I could miss you like you want but if I'm honest

I feel like the one that got away
Don't know how I escaped
Breathing better cause I'm better now
In the middle of the night
Made it to the other side
You can run but you can't catch me now
I'm the one that got away