Friday, May 20, 2011

Old Music

So, I'm listening to Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley by the Kingston Trio. It's very catchy, it's about a boy who killed a woman and is going to be hanged.
"Hang down your head Tom Dooley, hang down your head and cry. Hang down your head Tom Dooley, poor boy your bound to die.
I met her on the mountain. There I took her life. Met her on the mountain, stabbed her with my knife."
If you've never listened to you, you should.
50's music is so very different from ours nowadays and I really enjoy it.
Build Me Up Buttercup is also a good one if you need something catchy and poppy

It's relaxing to listen to listen to music from so long ago. It's as if they had no worries and nothing to care about except for theit music. Now it's as if people sing just for the money. But 50's music is very amazing quality stuff. No rap or anything of that sort.

If you ever need a break from life, just pop in some 50's music, and just relax. I'm going to list a few of my favorites.

Under the Boardwalk - (The Temptations)
Brown-eyed Girl - (The Temptations)
The Wanderer - (Not really sure)
The Twist - (Chubby Checkers)
Build Me Up Buttercup - (The Temptations)
Yakity Yak - (Chuck Berry)
Wake Up Little Susie - (Buddy Holly)
Rock Around the Clock - (Bill Haley & the Comets)

And those are only a few. There are so many amazing artists and songs with so many different meanings behind them.

Wake Up Little Susie is about a couple who fall asleep in the movie theater and fall asleep, they wake up late, she was supposed to be home by 10 and now they're worried about their reputations. (They were a big deal back then)

:)

Thursday, May 19, 2011

A Little Crazy

There are some things in this world that seem a little crazy. When your best friend is upset and won't tell you why but is clearly asking for help, or when you realize in a few years that you'll be leaving your life behind to start a new one. It's crazy when you realize that nothing is ever really and truly THERE. It's all just a trick of the mind. As time passes, so do we. People die every day, every second, and yet, as we mourn for them, our own seconds are slowly ticking away.
So why do we bother trying to impress anybody? Why do we bother dressing up and looking nice just to wish we could kick off the heels and wish for a pair of comfy sneakers that you've had for 4 years? If you wish it could happen, then why don't you just do it?
Money is pointless, especially when it comes to the amount. The value of the dollar os basically gone, yet we still want more. When we have $1 in our hand, we truly only have a few cents compared to years previous.
It's all a little crazy. Maybe humans are a little crazy. All dogs want to do, is play. A cat enjoys a leisure nap by a window. Horses frolic and goats eat. Why can we not achieve that same contentment? Why must we constantly be moving?
Time will never stand still. I would rather find something I love and do it, over and over, than do nothing.
Yet, doing nothing seems nice.
Why do thoughts like these cross my mind? What is it with humans that cause us to want to move, yet be still? Why do we wish to be pretty, yet not want to make the effort? Why do we....
Why...?
Sometimes, things in life just seem a little crazy....