54 - What We Just Tasted We Somehow Still Miss

I have always loved Disney movies.  Even now in my 30's I still find them captivating.  I tend to miss the hand drawn cell animation from the likes of Lion King, Aladdin, and Beauty & the Beast.  But with their latest CGI offerings int Tangled and Brave, they have finally captured (to my eyes) the look and spirit of classic Disney.

And while music has almost always been an equal part of the package, not every movie is as memorable for the songs.  While I enjoy the musical style of the previously mentioned films, I like it better when the music is background or informative, and not sung by the characters.  As they do in Tarzan, and Brave.

If you haven't guessed, I'm angling toward a song from Brave today.  I was torn as the three songs with proper lyrics are all great.  I went with:

Song 54
        "Into the Open Air" by Julie  Fowlis from the Brave - Soundtrack

The song and movie tie all into that running theme of "fantasy/adventure works best in the Fall."  This

pulls that in wonderfully.  Especially since the first time I heard the artist was on one of the trailers for Brave, singing in Scottish Gaelic.  It was haunting and captivating.

This song is sung in English, but it's still impressive.  It's not an overly complicated song, but the lyrics are quite poignant.  Especially if you've seen the movie and know the story.

And now these walls come crumbling down
And I can feel my feet on the ground
Can we carry this love that we share
Into the open air?

 If you know the movie you know this isn't just simply romantic schmoozing.  It's much deeper and meaningful.  I don't want to spoil the movie.  Go buy it.  It's good.  Really good.

Above all, this song feels hopefully and inspiring.  So go, be inspired and filled with hope.

grace, peace, + hope
-Jesse

17 - I Can't Forget You, But I Can't Remember

It is October 8th.  My favorite day of the year.  Mainly because October is my favorite month, and 8 is my favorite number.  So in tribute to all my favorites, today's song is one of my all time favorite songs.  Period.

It is a song that struck me the very first time I heard it.  I don't remember where exactly that was, but it was the summer of '99.  A really odd song to stick with me in the year of things such as, The Matrix, Phantom Menace, and Disney's Tarzan.  But it's true.  In a summer full of action and adventure, a mellow alternative track captures my attention.

It would be a year later that it really took root in my mind.  It was the inspiration for an entire novel.  It was to be a grand love story, with tragic twists and turns.  Thinking about that plot now, over 10 years later, I'm glad it's just a file with a few random pages of notes.  It was not going to be very good.  It was full of angst.  Well, I guess I might have been able to make that work had I introduced sparkly vampires.

Song 17/Day17

"Turn My Head," by LĪVE on the album, Secret Samadhi.

It's a gut wrenching song.  I'm not quite sure what it's really about.  The lyrics don't really match up to the visuals in my head.  But that's okay.  Songs can mean different things to everybody.  The story I was writing was to be titled, "Beyond October."  Hence my strong association to this song and Autumn.

I'll just let this song speak for itself.

"Turn My Head" by LĪVE on their album, Secret Samadhi.

Enjoy!
-Jesse