I’m absolutely in love with music right now. I think that’s a funny statement for me to make because it’s not as though I ever fell out of love with music. I think more recently I have discovered a missing part of my connection with music. Music is connected to my very soul and I suppose as I start tapping into myself again it would only be natural that this connection would come around again. This love for music was one of the greatest gifts I got from my father. Music has played such a big part of my life from a very early age. Even more music has always moved me at a much deeper level throughout my life. As I dive deep within myself this movement brought on by music just grows that much stronger.
The great thing about having great people in your life is that they bring great music with them. I’m truly blessed with so many great people in my life because they never seem to disappoint me with what great energy they bring into my life. It's just truly amazing. There is nothing but gratitude from me to all those around me. Thank you so much.
Over the last few months there has been just a steady stream of new music that I want and will get to eventually. This is such a great problem to have so please don’t ever stop the flow of great music. I need music to make sense of my life experiences and I don’t see that ever changing.
This week's song was shown to me by one of my very good fiends David. David has tried to get me to listen to so many artists since we have become friends, but I usually forget in the craziness that is life. Luckily some of the artist he has suggested have been able to stay in my memory (usually this happens with constant reminders from him) and eventually I’m able to connect.
The band for my pick this week is called Night Moves. They are a Midwest indie rock band. Right from the beginning I fell in love with their sound. The indie rock band has in my opinion nailed the sound and feel of the 70s with a modern twist. I don’t know if I have mentioned it before, but I think that part of my soul was left back in the 70s. I just love much of the music of that generation for reasons I’m still trying to figure out. The seventies era also reminds me a lot of my parents especially my father. It was during the seventies that he was a disc jokey at a local Portland radio station called KVAN 1480. I even have some recordings of my father being a DJ during the seventies and so much of the music he chose to play on those recordings I love.
What is it that I love so much about that seventies era music? I think its the bleed over of free love of the sixties and the music technology advancements druing that decade. I think that technological advances in the music industry at the time was able to give music more depth electronically through varies effects and such. I think the 70s was just a great bridge between the music of the 60s and 80s. There was a focus on large and dance heavy sound that can be shown by the disco music of that era. I just think what I love about the seventies was just a steady groove across much of the music of that era.
You can see the resurgence of that sound and groove in much of the current music from artists like Justin Timberlake to Broken Bells to Empire of the Sun. All things come back around again as they say. Well, I’m not complaining one bit so just keep it coming. Let the groove continue and grow with the new spin that the modern era puts on it.
My song pick for the week is called “Colored Emotions” by Night Moves. It was the first song that David suggested I look into from the band. I have since listen to much more of their music and its all fantastic honestly. However, I will start with the song “Colored Emotions” because I think the song is such a good representation of where I am in my life currently.
When I walk through the park blocks of downtown this week heading to class I couldn’t help but look around and take life in. There was all sorts of emotions that run through me as I looked around. Feelings of hope, worry, loss, happiness, kindness, determination, and most of all love.
Color for me is also very connected to my emotions as well and there was much I felt as I looked at the colors around me on my walk to class. The beauty of the colors of the leaves still changing for those still on the trees around me as I walk. The wide of variety of different people around me of all walks of life wearing all sorts of different colors. The sun beaming down through the trees in front of me with a back drop of a mixture of beautiful blue sky and layers of soft small clouds.
All the while color and emotion where being combined by the sounds playing in my ears which are warm tones of guitar & bass matched with beautiful strings playing a soothing rhythm to my soul by this new found band.
Enough of my rambling! On to the lyrics!
“Colored Emotions” by Night Moves
Don’t say when it just us a colored emotions
One night but its just a colored emotions
'Cause it’s the feeling that a feeling is over when it just comes to light
Because I’m missing still missing when persuasion has comes in through the tides
Your love got me a feeling like a high I once had in the night
And it was you so in it just because of long devotion running on
I was thinking that maybe I'd take a ride out of town
Just to see a couple of friends I want to say goodbye
Yeah
Oooh oooooooh
Colored emotions running ‘round
Ooooh Oooh
I realize that this song connects more to me through the musical instruments playing than the lyrics sung. Its still a great soundtrack to add to today on this wonderful fall day. I got to keep on rolling on as those colored emotions running ‘round.
I can imagine my father listening to this on the radio station that is my life and grooving along with me. So on that note I want to end this blog post speaking as though I was introducing this song to you like the disc jokeys of old.
*clearing throat* "Ladies and gents I got a fantastic new song coming to you from some folks out to the midwest. Something to brighten up this drab Portland day. It's got heart, it's soul, and most important its got that groove. No jiving going on here folks. I got the newest and greats from the band Night Movies called "Colored Emotions". So sit back relax and just take it all in. I hope this song adds a bit of color to this dark and rainy day in the Pacific Northwest. I hope you are taking the time to appreciate the things around you today. We can always be sucked into the negatives of this world. Lets instead look to push forward in a positive direction. Take care friends. Always giving you music to be inspired. Spreading that sound sunshine for your life by keeping it lite and keeping it positive here on D L I T E radio."
As always I bring this to you with so much and pure D-lite. = ) enjoy!
