132 Marbles
People worry about kids playing with guns, and teenagers watching violent videos; we are scared that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands - literally thousands - of songs about broken hearts and rejection and pain and misery and loss.
Nick Hornby, "High Fidelity"
In Marble 360, I talked about my breakup playlist of inspiring songs. That playlist doesn’t resonate anymore so I created a new playlist of songs that I listen to - a musical score for the rebuilding phase of 365 Marbles. These are songs that have less to do with holding on, and things getting easier and brighter and more to do with jumping in and engaging with life. I believe in the power of music - as rocker Marilyn Manson says, “Music is the strongest form of magic.”
Here are some of the songs on my new playlist:
In Marble 360, I talked about my breakup playlist of inspiring songs. That playlist doesn’t resonate anymore so I created a new playlist of songs that I listen to - a musical score for the rebuilding phase of 365 Marbles. These are songs that have less to do with holding on, and things getting easier and brighter and more to do with jumping in and engaging with life. I believe in the power of music - as rocker Marilyn Manson says, “Music is the strongest form of magic.”
Here are some of the songs on my new playlist:
Chica Chica Boom Chic - Carmen Miranda
Both Hands - ani difranco
O Mio Babbino Caro - Sarah Brightman
If Love Was a Train - Michelle Schocked
Don’t Stop Believin’ - Journey
Feeling Good - Nina Simone
Tin Roof Blues - Louis Armstrong
Baby Please Don’t Go - Van Morrison
Precious Time - Van Morrison
History Repeating - Propellerheads
La Vie En Rose - Edith Piaf
Mack the Knife - Louis Armstrong
Summertime - Ella Fitzgerald
Some of the music makes me feel like dancing, some of the music makes me feel like loving, and some of the music makes me feel like taking a trip down to New Orleans. All of the music in this new playlist makes me feel excited to be living. As I retire that old breakup playlist I note that time and marbles have done their trick.
Kurt Vonnegut wrote, “If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: The only proof he needed/ for the existence of God/ was music.” Can you create a playlist that brings you joy when you listen to it?
Both Hands - ani difranco
O Mio Babbino Caro - Sarah Brightman
If Love Was a Train - Michelle Schocked
Don’t Stop Believin’ - Journey
Feeling Good - Nina Simone
Tin Roof Blues - Louis Armstrong
Baby Please Don’t Go - Van Morrison
Precious Time - Van Morrison
History Repeating - Propellerheads
La Vie En Rose - Edith Piaf
Mack the Knife - Louis Armstrong
Summertime - Ella Fitzgerald
Some of the music makes me feel like dancing, some of the music makes me feel like loving, and some of the music makes me feel like taking a trip down to New Orleans. All of the music in this new playlist makes me feel excited to be living. As I retire that old breakup playlist I note that time and marbles have done their trick.
Kurt Vonnegut wrote, “If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: The only proof he needed/ for the existence of God/ was music.” Can you create a playlist that brings you joy when you listen to it?
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