Walk about the lagoon
It was such a nice day today, 56°F/13 °C; my wife and I decided to walk around the lagoon near the Museum of Science and Industry with our dog. There’s a nice trail for most of the walk. They even have most of the poison oak caged off. In the middle, there’s a Japanese garden that I didn’t know about.
BTW, I just noticed we can choose the album cover, squeee.
Victim of Love (Live) – Charles Bradley
The emotion that Charles conveys in his music is amazing. There’s a documentary about him and what a tremendous story it is. From IMDB:
Charles Bradley: Soul of America (2012)
Starting off on his 62nd birthday, Charles Bradley: Soul of America follows the extraordinary journey of singer Charles Bradley during the electrifying and transformative months leading up to the release of his debut album “No Time for Dreaming.” The 74-minute documentary feature will premiere at the SXSW 2012 Film Festival in Austin, Texas. Despite being abandoned as a child, a period of homelessness, the devastating loss of his brother and constant poverty, Charles never gave up on his life long dream to be a professional singer. With the help of producer and Grammy-winner Gabriel Roth (Daptone Records) and musician Tommy Brenneck, Charles moved away from the James Brown covers he’d been performing for nearly half a century and focused on finding his own unique voice. Earning himself an opening spot on tour for Sharon Jones, the biggest artist in the Daptone stable, Charles delivered the most impassioned performances of his life. Coming up during one of the worst economic downturns
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Hurting – Friendly Fires
Catchy tune, funky video. Reminds me of MTV in the ye olden times. Happy #MusicMonday
Same Love Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Mary Lambert
I haven’t posted a #MusicMonday in a while. I heard this on the radio this morning and decided I had to share it.
(Intro)
When I was in the 3rd grade
I thought that I was gay
Cause I could draw, my uncle was
And I kept my room straight
I told my mom, tears rushing down my face
She’s like, “Ben you’ve loved girls since before pre-K”
Trippin’, yeah, I guess she had a point, didn’t she
A bunch of stereotypes all in my head
I remember doing the math like
“Yeah, I’m good in little league”
A pre-conceived idea of what it all meant
For those who like the same sex had the characteristics
The right-wing conservatives think it’s a decision
And you can be cured with some treatment and religion
Man-made, rewiring of a pre-disposition
Playing God
Ahh nah, here we go
America the brave
Still fears what we don’t know
And God loves all His children
And somehow forgotten
But we paraphrase a book written
3,500 hundred years ago
I don’t know
And I can’t change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
And I can’t change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
My love, my love, my love
She keeps me warm [x4]
If I was gay
I would think hip-hop hates me
Have you read the YouTube comments lately
“Man that’s gay”
Gets dropped on the daily
We’ve become so numb to what we’re sayin’
Our culture founded from oppression
Yeah, we don’t have acceptance for ’em
Call each other faggots
Behind the keys of a message board
A word rooted in hate
Yet our genre still ignores it
Gay is synonymous with the lesser
It’s the same hate that’s caused wars from religion
Gender to skin color
Complexion of your pigment
The same fight that lead people to walk-outs and sit-ins
Human rights for everybody
There is no difference
Live on! And be yourself!
When I was in church
They taught me something else
If you preach hate at the service
Those words aren’t anointed
And that Holy Water
That you soak in
Has been poisoned
When everyone else
Is more comfortable
Remaining voiceless
Rather than fighting for humans
That have had their rights stolen
I might not be the same
But that’s not important
No freedom ’til we’re equal
Damn right I support it
I don’t know
We press play
Don’t press pause
Progress, march on!
With a veil over our eyes
We turn our back on the cause
‘Till the day
That my uncles can be united by law
Kids are walkin’ around the hallway
Plagued by pain in their heart
A world so hateful
Someone would rather die
Than be who they are
And a certificate on paper
Isn’t gonna solve it all
But it’s a damn good place to start
No law’s gonna change us
We have to change us
Whatever god you believe in
We come from the same one
Strip away the fear
Underneath it’s all the same love
About time that we raised up
Love is patient, love is kind
Love is patient (not cryin’ on Sundays)
Love is kind (not cryin’ on Sundays) [x5]
Lyrics from MetroLyrics http://goo.gl/d2dUa
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Paddling Out – Miike Snow
Have fun paddling out into another week.
The waves are warm, the sun is out
The sea is full of ancients
Take all the space between the grains of sand
And automate it
[Chorus]
There’s someone here who laughs too hard at everything
There’s someone here who laughs too hard at everything
You say isn’t it hard?
Paddling out, paddling out
You say isn’t it hard?
Paddling out, paddling out
The ride to land the mating crowds
Are out here for the weekend
We had to take our close before
The sun was gone completely
I used to lie there thinking clouds
Deciding queens and rich word doubts
The lines I throw myself are thin
Are shower curtain thin
[Chorus]
There’s someone here who laughs too hard at everything
There’s someone here who laughs too hard at everything
You say isn’t it hard?
Paddling out, paddling out
You say isn’t it hard?
Paddling out, paddling out
You say isn’t it hard?
Paddling out, paddling out
You say isn’t it hard?
Paddling out, paddling out
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