I'm a friggin' emotional trainwreck lately, so it's no surprise this video got me crying. Already loved the song.
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Can I get an "amen"?
I did not want to like this song. It's Taylor Swift not even trying to remain at least a little bit country. And I kind of hate when country artists become crossover artists. But, halfway through my first listen, I'm a total fan of this POP song.
It's perfect for an impromptu living room dance party when the world is beating on your door and trying it's darndest to get you down. So, go for it. Turn it on, turn it up and shake … shake the anxiety, the sadness, the disappointment, the self-doubt … shake it off.
Trust me. You'll feel better. I did: (Hyperlapse of my living room solo dance party)
But I keep cruisin'
Can't stop, won't stop grooving
It's like I got this music
In my mind
Saying, "It's gonna be alright."
And if you're a little more old school, this one's for you (courtesy of my awesome Mr.):
Guess who FINALLY gets to see this guy in concert next month? ME! So psyched. Want in? Section 16 at the Tampa amphitheater on the 15th! #bucketlist
Currently: I'm sitting on a beach chair in my open garage, overlooking my freshly cleaned car on the driveway, listening to Brad Paisley sing about inner tubes and trailer hitches, sipping a Jose Cuervo margarita out of a plastic cup and reading a 10-page paper from 1980 on Gestalt Therapy written by Gertrude Krause.
Currently: I kind of like myself. And my life.
#feelthegood
I'm obsessed with this song. Can't wait to make it a lifestyle video soundtrack. For realz.
Ain't no gift like the present tense
Ain't no love like an old romance
Got'sta make hay when the sun is shinin'
Can't waste time when it comes time to dance …
Long live the heart,
Long live the soul
That knows what it wants
That piece you can find
That part is the whole —
It never lets go …
I've got this one on repeat tonight:
"The night's still young, never gonna get old
Livin' for today like there's no tomorrow
Follow the grooves, the tires in the grass
Stayin' on the gas like we're never comin' back ...
It's a Friday night, it's a small town girl
Everything is right and we rule the world
Two twelve's in the truck back, beating
A bunch of rock stars on a riverbank singing: 'whoa, whoa, everything, whoa, whoa
Everything we wanna be — We are, we are, we are tonight'"
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County music appeals to me for a lot of reasons. Recently, I realized that a major pull is how effortlessly a little bit of twang seems to call forth the spirited youth in me. The invincible, innocent, awakening adolescent, the exploring twenty-something ... she isn't long gone when County is on ... in fact, I think she lives a little for the first time.
When I hear County music, I believe against the negative for awhile. I cherish what I've got for a bit. I think for a second (or the hour or two I can turn it up and drive or sit or dance in it) that there's still hope and a better way of doing this thing we call life ... And wrapped in the sound of a steel guitar and intrigued by an inspiring lyric, I believe for minute that what the songs are selling might actually be for me ... might actually come my way.
What's your favorite music stir up in you?