They have started playing all Holiday music on the stupid radio station. This started November 14. Come on!! What's worse is, they don't have a large selection of songs.
I realize that my favorite Christmas songs are really sad. My all time favorite is "My Grown Up Christmas List". When I heard the song the first time, Tony had cancer and the line "No more lives torn apart" really touched me. I still love that song. But really, we all have our life soundtracks.
I must admit there is a long disco period; mostly Cher. But, at the same time, I had my Barry Manilow. I had an embarrassing habit of writing lyrics of songs to express my feelings. I no longer do that - now I just write the lyrics in my journal. And my theme for a long time now is the line "I'm forced to fake a smile, a laugh, every day of my life. My heart can't possibly break when it wasn't even whole to start with".
When Wayne and I were dating, a song came on and he said "Hey! That's my song!" and it was "Angry Young Man". I said the next song that played on the radio would be me. I asked for it. The next one was Queen. "Fat Bottomed Girls". Really. So after that, I said the next one would represent our relationship; "Highway to Hell" came on. I can't make this up.
But somehow, even with the sad songs speaking to me, country music is so real life; a lot of it expresses disappointment, but moving on. "Bye, bye, love, I'll catch you later, got a lead foot down on my accelerator, and I ain't looking back" is the perfect divorce song.
But, even with all the negative, there are two Gloria Estefan songs that really sum up my feelings; "Coming Out of the Dark" and "Always Tomorrow".
So, "Dream On", "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow", "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" and "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" when you feel down and out! and "Don't Rain on My Parade"!
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