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What makes you cry?

Posted in from the music room, from the viewing room, life, music, video on June 27, 2007| 3 Comments »

We’re all different. We cry for different reasons and in different circumstances. Sometimes it’s good to cry. A Scottish word for crying is “greeting” and there’s an old saying that “a good greet” will make you feel better. There are a lot of things that make me cry. I cry at movies, at songs, at the painful stories I’m told. I cry when I’m sad and I cry when I’m happy. I cry when I’m overwhelmed. It can feel good. Here’s a fanvid I found on youtube that made me cry. I find it very moving. Maybe if you’re not a Lord of the Rings fan like me, or you don’t like this kind of music, it won’t work for you, but maybe it will. Whether it does or not, what works for you? What do you watch or listen to or do to have “a good greet”?

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Release me

Posted in from the music room, music, video on April 12, 2007| 7 Comments »

Oh I love this

This clip is actually for Saab, and it’s the song I love. The band is Laura. They’re Swedish and their debut album should be out in May. The lead singer is Frida Om. She sings with such heart and passion. Here’s some of the lyrics –

I am the wilderness locked in a cage
I am a growing force you kept in place
I am a tree reaching for the sun
Please don’t hold me down
Please don’t hold me down

I am a rolling wave without the motion
A glass of water longing for the ocean
I am an asphalt flower breaking free but you keep stopping me
Release me
Release me

I am the rain that’s coming down on you
That you shielded yourself from with a roof
I have the fire burning desperately but you’re controlling me
Release me
Release me

So, for me, this is not a song about a relationship (although for all I know that’s exactly what the songwriter had in mind). For me its about the relationship between individuals and those who seek to control them. This blog is about championing the narratives of growth, the discovery of the hero in each of us, and its about challenging those who seek to make us all zombies, controlling us, restricting us and trying to make us all the same.

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