Saturday, August 4, 2012

Undiminished, with a heart that longs for light

Morrissey's most recent letter to his fans ended with the words "Undiminished, with a heart that longs for light".  These beautiful words have inspired me for my latest challenge.  My  favorite songs dealing with light.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfaRh5nlnY8
Jon Allen "In your Light" Live on the Jools Holland Show-  With a voice like Rod Stewart and the ability to pull it off live, I am continually impressed with this young British singer.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj1jJnl0UO0
Priscilla Ahn "Pretty Lights (City Lights)"  -I heard this in a theater while waiting to watch a movie and I couldn't get it out of my head.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QzGvoUMBoA
The Black Keys "Everlasting Light"  -Straight forward blues with nothing added done by two guys and no one else.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uln9iSS0f1s

The Avett Brothers "Smoke In Our Lights (Live)" - The Avett Brothers are easily in my top ten favorite bands of all time.  I have seen them live twice and their harmonies are incredible.  Their lyrics are amazing and they have more country in them than any mainstream country artist out there right now.  This song is about the feeling you had when you were 16 and invincible and in love with someone.  More then that, it is about when you attach a time of your life to a person and that time happens to be some of the best times of your life.  If you have the opportunity to watch them on a rerun of  Austin City Limits you better take it...trust me!





The Smiths "There is a Light That Never Goes Out"- The Smiths are my favorite group of all time and this song is definitely one of my favorite songs of all time.  Very British, very honest, very touching.

2 comments:

Jonathon Hyde said...

Give me some challenges people!

Floridale said...

Blinded by the light, wrapped up like a deuce (douche?) an otter running from the light?? Please explain!

:)