There's a lot of bullcrap about Valentine's Day out there...
You know stuff like Christians and greeting card companies made it up. "I shouldn't have to buy something just because a holiday tells me too. Why should I be punished for being single?"... blah, blah, f***ity blah...
I'm not even going to humor it.
Or respond.
I'm sure it will come as no surprise to you to all that I adore Valentine's Day. (I totally did change my background to pink this week.)
End of story on that one.
And I'm not going to do a traditional post on the subject today. If you are a From Me2U, Love, Raley Blue devotee, then you know all about the game BIG 3... or you can read up on it, HERE ...
Today we're going to play BIG 22 (why 22, you may ask? Well because that's how many I have and it's my blog and... well you get the picture... now don't be hatin'... ;) ... it's fun) ...with L<3VE SONGS!!
Now, now, don't groan. A person's taste in music tells you so much about them. Have you ever met anyone who didn't like music? No? Me neither. I've met people who don't like live music, or rap, or jazz, etc. But I think everyone likes some music. It's hard wired in us. Music has been a part of the culture of mankind and many other living beings since the dawn of time. So even if you don't have a valentine or the inclination to celebrate the love, I bet you can still have fun sharing the MUSICAL love. :) Let's give it a try. (I've linked all mine, so if you want to listen, just click on it!) And because it's fun to share, I'm going to give a few notes here and there about some of my favorites, because while you can learn a lot about someone from their favorite music, you can learn even more about them from their "reasons why"... have fun!
1. LOVE IS ALL AROUND ~The Trogs (I tell this story a lot across social media, so forgive me if you've heard this before... but growing up in the late '70, 80's and early 90's, my parents didn't allow me to listen to modern rock, heavy metal, etc. Basically because it, according to them, was "from *whispers* the devil!!" But strangely, anything I could find in their old albums or on the Oldies radio station was just fine. Go figure... The first time I ever heard this song, the base chords just cut right through my heart and I was smitten. The lyrics aren't bad either. Yes, I was that day dreamy little girl you're conjuring up in your mind. ;)
2.THEN YOU CAN TELL ME GOODBYE ~The Casinos Timeless, endless love, unless you don't want it... give it a try. And if it don't work out, then you can tell me goodbye...
3. WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN ~Percy Sledge This song is like church for me.
4. MAGGIE MAY ~Rod Stewart OK, I admit to loving the heck out of Rod Stewart in general, Young Lovers (you've seen my FB wall, lol), but I always crank this one and sing along. ALWAYS.
5. DON'T WANNA MISS A THING ~Aerosmith Crush on Liv, not withstanding, and my love of ARMAGEDDON, as well of course... oh it's just breathless, this song...
6. TAKE MY BREATH AWAY ~Berlin Talk about breathless! Crush on Kelly McGillis, Viper not blowing sunshine, and of course mad TOP GUN luvs in general, it's a song about connection. Deep, holy, emotional connection.
7. DONNA ~Richie Valens Ever hear the story behind it?
8. MAYBE IT WAS MEPHIS ~Pam Tillis Yep, from the two years I went Country. And yes, that was me dancing around my bedroom in front of the mirror singing into my hairbrush. ;)
9. ALWAYS ON MY MIND ~Elvis Presley Because we all f*** up sometimes, Young Lovers.
10. I DROVE ALL NIGHT ~Roy Orbison Ever done it? Enough said.
11. BEAUTIFUL ~James Blunt Because not all love is meant to be, Young Lovers. And that's OK.
12. WITH OR WITHOUT YOU ~U2 I write to it. I draw to it. I...
13. YOUNG TURKS ~Rod Stewart Totally would have done it myself, if my parents hadn't come around... still would today, even knowing all I know now...
14. HOT AND BOTHERED ~Cinderella I entered nursing school at age 18. I had to commute an hour and half each way, every day. I started early, like 4 o'clock early, and came home late. Like 11pm late, because I worked full time too. AxlBlue made me a collection of mix tapes of all the wonderful songs I'd missed in my sheltered youth to both educate my mind and keep me awake. This was the first one on Tunes II compiled by Axman Blue and was dedicated especially to me. Needless to say it got my blood pumping and spurred my gitRdone attitude each morning.
15. WHITE FLAG ~Dido Sometimes it's hard.
16. SK8ER BOI ~Avril Lavigne I loved a sk8er boi when I was young. ;)
17. FEEL AGAIN ~ One Republic ... million dollar phone...
18. GET ON YOUR BOOTS ~U2 Ok, I'm a total fangrllllllllllll...
19. COME AS YOU ARE ~Nirvana Awesome make-out song... I'm admitting nothing here ;)
20. BE MY BABY ~The Ronnettes "Nobody puts Baby in a corner."
21. ONE ~U2 Because, sometimes, there's nothing like love to leave lepers in your head...
22. and of course DON'T STOP BELIEVING ~Journey ...some of us were born to sing the BLUEs... I <3 AxlBlue and SonnyBoyBlue and KatBlue and PengBlue and BabyBoyBlue. :)
So, what are some of your favorites? Does love keep you believing? Or just give you lepers in your head? Share with me in the comments, pretty please?
Happy Valentine's Day, Young Lovers...
and as always...
<3 FROM ME2U, WITH LOVE, RALEY BLUE <3
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