More Music...

I haven't seen any movies lately so this is another post about music.  After OD'ing on Adele's Someone Like You and having some type of breakdown in the car the other morning where I was crying and singing and other drivers were looking worried, I decided to sing along to something else. 

I know, I know...The Dixie Chicks are jackwagons for their anti-America comments following 9-11.  I think they figured out fairly quickly that their demographic of listeners (flag flying, gun carrying, conservatives) didn't take kindly to their remarks about then President Bush or the good old US of A!  Know your audience...just saying.

BUT...before they outed themselves as liberal, flag burning chicks (OK, I don't think they burned a flag but it's possible!), I really liked them!  I even bought their CD.  It's worth mentioning that I almost never bought a CD but I spent hard earned money on one of theirs.  AND then they treat us like this following the worst act of terrorism on our soil EVER!  Sorry...I didn't know I still had that in me.

Back on track.  Anyway, I really loved that CD.  It was fun.  They were fun.  So, to pull myself out of the breakdown following my singing along to Adele, I cranked up Goodbye Earl.  Remember that one?  If you don't, here is the video.

I LOVE this song.  "Ain't it dark?!  Wrapped up in that tarp!"  "We need a grave!  Let's go down to the lake.  We'll pack a lunch!  And stuff you in the trunk! Is that alright?  GOOD!  Let's go for a ride!"

Now, I must have a sick sense of right and wrong but I think Earl got what was coming to him!  I am probably also sick for thinking these lyrics are hysterical.  BUT...if this was my best friend, he'd be at the bottom of some lake too!  In fact, I have said as much to my best friend's husband.  I think it's best to establish clear lines of communication on these things.  I was clear and, as long as he behaves, he has no worries!  I still have the tarp...just in case.  Kidding!  Mostly...

SO, instead of crying while I sing along to Adele, I have a huge smile on my face as I help Mary Ann and Wanda kill off Earl!  I'm not right.  It's OK.  I'm good with it!

Have a great week...and don't beat your wife or...well...ask Earl!

WARNING!

OK...so I introduced you guys to Adele a couple of posts ago with Rolling in the Deep and then again earlier today with Someone Like You.  I had just downloaded Someone Like You this morning (thanks MT for turning me onto the song!) and I have played it all day.  It is addictive!  Much like Rolling in the Deep was when I first downloaded it.  That is not the warning.

Here is where you need to be warned.  If you like to sing along to songs...I like to very much...then you might want to stick to listening to this song in your car.  It is hard to sing along to the likes of  Adele.  Little known fact...I sing amazing when I am in my car by myself.  Trust me.  It is awesome!  A funny thing happens outside the car or when others are in the car.  I can't carry a tune!  I am guessing it is the acoustics in the car when there aren't others there to clog up my air.  Anyway, since I was obsessing about this song, I found myself singing it outside of the car today!  YIKES!!  Yes, it is as painful to hear as you might imagine.

So, what have learned?  Adele is rocking awesome!  I can sing amazing well in the car by myself.  I should not, under any circumstances, attempt to sing outside of the car!

You guys have been warned.  Maybe you can sing outside of your cars but, just in case, I thought I should give you a heads up.

As a side note to this rambling post, (Two posts today...I know!  What's up with that?!) I also have very strange taste in music.  Maybe it is better if I say eclectic. Yes, that sounds better.  When I downloaded Adele's lovely tune, I also got Goodbye Earl from the Dixie Chicks (Yes, I don't like them anymore either but that song is from their pre "We hate America" era.), Ride a Horse Save a Cowboy by Big and Rich, Wanted Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi and Party Rock Anthem by LMFAO (Yeah, I didn't know the name of the group before I downloaded it!).  Is that a weird bunch of songs or what?!  So far, Adele has been the big winner on the playlist...and sing fest!  I am struggling to get past seeing Hamsters in Kia Souls when I listen to Party Rock Anthem.  Oh well...

Movies, Songs, Etc...

Do you think movie stars ever get a role where they get to play a part that they actually wanted to play in real life?  For example...do you think Tom Cruise really wanted to fly the F16 to the edge of the envelope or drive in NASCAR?  If so, their job just became so much cooler for them in those movies! 

Imagine you knew that they wanted something like that (fly the jet, etc.) and then you watched as they acted that out.  Wouldn't it be cool?  I sorta had that experience lately.  As I sat watching, I was riveted by the experience and wanted to cry.  (OK...I was really tired so that could have accounted for the almost crying part.)  Anyway, sometimes things just hit you at moments you didn't expect and I think you get a rare glimpse into the "what ifs" of this world.

OK...there is something about movies.  Whew!  My job to blog about movies is done!

I was listening to Adele this morning.  If you have not discovered her, you need to!  Check out this song.  It is amazing!  Her vocals and lyrics are haunting and this video, in its simplicity, works so very well.