What Was She Thinking?!

I've cobbled together a mini-montage of some "men of substance," men on whom you can "pinch an inch." There's nothing wrong with these guys. (In fact, I think James Gandolfini is DAMN FINE and SUPER SEX-SAY just as he is.) And here's a song to go along with the picture, Canned Heat's Big Fat, which is their version of the original Fat Man by Fats Domino. Enjoy.

P.S. And can you tell me who the other three are in the photo?

I found two music videos on YouTube recently. One is an old favorite and it never fails to put a smile on my face! And I'm definitely going to need that after listening to the other song which I just discovered today. So .. here are both videos. One guaranteed to make you smile and the other one to make you cry. I must have sat here at my desk and sobbed uncontrollably for nearly 20 minutes. Even my cat came over to see what the matter was. Sometimes, sad songs act as a catharsis, the way the air smells clean and fresh after a rainstorm, you know? And then, listening to the happy song .. everything's okay in Joniville again tonight.

Sadness and Longing...

I CRIED FOR YOU (Katie Melua)

You're beautiful so silently 
It lies beneath a shade of blue 
It struck me so violently 
When I looked at you 

But others pass, the never pause, 
To feel that magic in your hand 
To me you're like a wild rose 
They never understand why 

I cried for you 
When the sky cried for you 
And when you went 
I became a hopeless drifter 
But this life was not for you 
Though I learned from you, 
That beauty need only be a whisper 

I'll cross the sea for a different world, 
With your treasure, a secret for me to hold 

In many years they may forget 
This love of ours or that we met, 
They may not know 
how much you meant to me. 

I cried for you 
And the sky cried for you, 
And when you went 
I became a hopeless drifter. 
But this life was not for you, 
Though I learned from you, 
That beauty need only be a whisper 

Without you now I see, 
How fragile the world can be 
And I know you've gone away 
But in my heart you'll always stay. 

I cried for you 
And the sky cried for you, 
And when you went 
I became a hopeless drifter. 
But this life was not for you, 
Though I learned from you, 
That beauty need only be a whisper 
That beauty need only be a whisper

Happiness and Renewal...

DRUNK ON LOVE (Basia)

I was dreaming when I jumped the light
Busy scaling dizzy heights
Hummed a somewhat strangely familiar tune
My eyes as wide as open books
and on my ears upon two hooks
A big smile was hanging there like a crescent moon

It sometimes comes as quite a shock
When the gods of love decide to knock
You're in a state of disarray
Just when you least expect it--you'll never know a better day

[Refrain]
Daydreaming fever taking over
No misdemeanor--stone cold sober

The officer who stopped me said
"Lucky you didn't wind up dead!"
And he guessed that I was over and above
I hoped he'd only caution me, and made a plea for clemency
On the grounds that i was only very drunk on love

[Repeat refrain]

It sometimes comes as quite a shock
When the gods of love decide to knock
You're in a state of disarray
Just when you least expect it--you'll never know a better day 

He well knows who he is....

No mountain high enough, no valley low enough, no river wide enough ... If you need me, i'll find a way. Remember, as long as my internet connection doesn't let me down, I'm just a mouse click away!

Listen, baby
Ain't no mountain high
Ain't no valley low
Ain't no river wide enough, baby

If you need me, call me
No matter where you are
No matter how far
Just call my name
I'll be there in a hurry
You don't have to worry

'Cause baby,
There ain't no mountain high enough
Ain't no valley low enough
Ain't no river wide enough
To keep me from getting to you

Remember the day
I set you free
I told you
You could always count on me
From that day on I made a vow
I'll be there when you want me
Some way, some how

'Cause baby,
There ain't no mountain high enough
Ain't no valley low enough
Ain't no river wide enough
To keep me from getting to you

No wind, no rain

My love is alive
Way down in my heart
Although we are miles apart
If you ever need a helping hand
I'll be there on the double
As fast as I can

Don't you know that
There ain't no mountain high enough
Ain't no valley low enough
Ain't no river wide enough
To keep me from getting to you

[repeat]

Ain't No Mountain High Enough, smooth jazz version by Michael McDonald (2.6MB MP3)

Marcus posted some sad songs and I agree with most of his selections, especially November Rain by Guns N Roses. That one never fails to bring a tear to my eye.

But This Love, by Sarah Brightman, is one of my all time, get the Kleenex out, here come the river of tears, bona fide sad songs. I don't think it's meant that way, but the combination of Sarah's haunting voice and the musical arrangement make it so. See if you don't agree.

This Love, Sarah Brightman (15.1Mb 320Kbps MP3)

This love
This love is a strange love
A faded kind of day love
This love

This love
I think I'm gonna fall again
And even when you held my hand
It didn't mean a thing
This love

This love
Never has to say love
Doesn't know it is love
This love

This love
Doesn't have to say love
Doesn't need to be love
Doesn't mean a thing

This love
This love

I've been lucky enough in my life to have received uncompromising, all encompassing, unconditional love. I've also doled it out. Once, it was reciprocated; another time it wasn't. But I think that's because the person it was focused on simply didn't realize exactly what he had. But the beauty (or madness) of that kind of love is that it doesn't matter whether it's returned or not. Because it's selfless. And that my friends doesn't come along every day.

Shock the monkey to life
Shock the monkey to life

Cover me when I run
Cover me through the fire
Something knocked me out' the trees
Now I'm on my knees
Cover me, darling please
Monkey, monkey, monkey
Don't you know when you're going to shock the monkey

Fox the fox
Rat the rat
You can ape the ape
I know about that
There is one thing you must be sure of
I can't take any more
Darling, don't you monkey with the monkey
Monkey, monkey, monkey
Don't you know you're going to shock the monkey

Wheels keep turning
Something's burning
Don't like it but I guess I'm learning

Shock! - watch the monkey get hurt, monkey

Cover me, when I sleep
Cover me, when I breathe
You throw your pearls before the swine
Make the monkey blind
Cover me, darling please
Monkey, monkey, monkey
Don't you know you're going to shock the monkey

Too much at stake
Ground beneath me shake
And the news is breaking

Shock! - watch the monkey get hurt, monkey

Shock the monkey
Shock the monkey
Shock the monkey to life

Shock the Monkey (Peter Gabriel) [5.6MB WMA File]