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Day One Hundred Fourteen:  April 24, 2013

I’ve decided to take the week I am absent from social media to reflect some different things about me, so I’m doing a series on my favourite things.  Here it goes.

A Few of my Favourite Things Series #1:  Songs

I have a handful of favourite songs, but I have a top three.  It is really important to me that I have chosen these songs because I have odd superstitions about the nature of my ipod shuffle and whenever any of these three songs come on randomly it is a good day.  Here they are in no specific order:

Tiny Dancer – Elton John

I’ve loved this song for a few years now, but for some detailed reasons.  I love the community it inspires when it comes on the radio or is played on a playlist; it is hard for someone to not know atleast the chorus of this song.  It’s so soft yet powerful, and Elton John just has this air of knowledge about him that comes with Tiny Dancer in a form of..well, a dance.  I wish I could express better the gravity that this song truly brings to my heart, but in a good way.  It gives me a sense of happiness, it’s calming, and definitely comforting.  All around absolute goodness.

America – Simon & Garfunkel

There is nothing more inspiring than the slow melodic harmonies from the voices in this song, as well as the intention pull on a sense of wonder and adventure suggesting that every person young and old deserves the chance to explore.  How can I refuse a song that inspires such confidence in me to travel, to adventure along my life.  The lyric I’m empty and aching and I don’t know why actually describes perfectly feelings that I have so often, and just the imagery of taking a greyhound across America makes me want to drop everything, grab a raincoat and head out into the world.  I love that this song emulates what I want in my life, which is to never give up that sense of something else out there.

Blue Jean – David Bowie

If you know me you might think it’s odd that I can choose just one favourite Bowie song, but it is true and here it is.  Blue Jean just makes me happy, and that’s all I can say about it.  It is the song that could pull me from any gloomy mood, and it can set me up for a fabulous day.  If you have yet to hear this beauty do it soon, before I find you and tell you off.  It’s got the potential to be one of the most energetic and yet lyrically enthusiast songs that I have on my ipod, and yet it’s a classic Bowie gem.  I love this song, need I say more?

Honourable Mentions:

Sympathy for the Devil – The Rolling Stones

Catch the Wind – Donovan

Strange Brew – Eric Clapton

Fireworks – The Tragically Hip

Samson – Regina Spektor

and anything by the Cars.

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