3 posts tagged “singing”

Remember way back in December, when I was getting rather romantic (although still confused) about the appearance of ladybugs in the middle of winter?  I got a ton of letters telling me that ladybugs are a symbol of "good luck", which made me happy, even without having any major incidences to prove those old wives right.

So I began to find ladybug items, like magnets and enameled pendants for necklaces.  Queen of Fractal Beauty sent me a note that she wanted to send me a ladybugg'd quilted postcard, which thrilled me, and then she said she loved all the songs I'd posted (skim through here) and that is always a big heart-filler right there.  When I mentioned this to one of my friends she told me it was like getting "your own green flag of sorts!" (double thrilling to even THINK of!) and I've gotta say that personal flag or not, I am quite happy to keep writing music if people like the songs enough send me quilts.

Anyway, last week I'd been walking around the house and singing "Bed's Too Big" and "Forever Live and Die" in a very melancholy voice.  My husband had been in Vegas, so I was doing the single-parent thing, and I got a lot done but it was boring and a bit lonely not having my best bud in the house.  Especially after seeing him beat the crap out of that drum kit the night before he left!  He was awesome!  So I decided to get out and tour around in the car, and I hit the post office on the way back.

QoFB's absolutely gorgeous quilted postcard was waiting for me.

Isn't it awesome?  :)  How cool is THIS!  Note the wee ladybug on the front, and the adorable doodle of herself on the back!  I LOVE this!  And the forget-me-not flowers in the front fabric have a special place in my heart :)  I wish I had photos to show you of the big grin I wore for the next three days!  I can assure you there were no more melancholy songs since then.

Thank you so much, B. :)  What an awesome artist you are.  You did incredible work and I'm so glad you enjoyed the songs.  I've put the wee quilt in the place of honour in my office (right beside my book!) so that I can see it every day.  xo ~M.

I'm flooded.  I feel like a little kid: too many experiences, too short a time, very little ability to deal with it all.

There's music everywhere.  It's too intense.  I have my own soundtrack playing in my head all the time; it's getting interrupted with these other songs that I need to pay attention to, to study, to understand.  New music with lyrics to songs I once knew, harmonies that have lived within me for longer than I've been on earth.  Music has always left me an emotional wreck.  This time it's eating into my physical core.

I'm flooded; with emotion, with longing.  All of it is blocking out the usual noise, the day-to-day nonsense, and I'm trying to resist it but somehow it's leaking in.  It's leaking in, and flooding its music everywhere, and my body is responding.

Maybe this is how some people go crazy.  They get flooded with feelings, they get overstimulated, the sun shines too brightly.  They get flooded, like me.  But so far I haven't turned that corner, that crooked mile towards the silence, the time when all the flooding turns you into an invisble crescendo, with only half of your wits about you.

I'm trying to remember, to remind myself: it's only water, it's only water...

Audio:  Let's hear your favorite cover song.
Submitted by Suzy. 

This one's a tie, but both were covered by Ugly Rumour.  Here we are, incarnated for this particular gig recorded at a live gig, July '05.  These guys are among some of my favourite people on the planet, and I can't tell you how incredible it is to be able to be on stage performing tuneage with your husband.

Red Hot - Ugly Rumour

Brown-Eyed Girl - Ugly Rumour

Brown-Eyed Girl  [ 3:38 ]
Walter Tose (lead, guitar), Vince Pettipas (bass), Mike Southern (drums), Michelle Southern (backing vocals), Greg Hamilton (keyboards, backing vocals)

Want to hear more?   I wrote the scripts to stream the music for this site, so you can have your browser play it or your Winamp/Musicmatch player.  Here's the site URL: http://uglyrumour.museprint.com  There are pics, too ;)