I have to tell you – this is not the type of stuff I typically post on here. I remember seeing this video a long while ago, but rewatching again this past weekend… I found myself just mesmerized by it all over again. It was like the sun – I couldn’t look away.
There is most definitely a rising/falling thing that I find simply hypnotic. I’ve taken to not only listening to it while coding, but also on my walk to/from work. And it’s no exaggeration when I tell you that sometimes, as I’m walking… I’ll catch myself nodding my head in time to this tune.
There are mashups where two songs are kind of made to fit together… and then there’s whatever sorcery Bill McClintock invoked to create this stunning combination of Ratt and Marvin Gaye.
“She said let’s call it quits
Let’s not call it the end of the world
Call it what you will
I’m heartbroken still
Words are just words”
“And I’ve come to know the wishlist of my father
I’ve come to know the shipwrecks where he wished
I’ve come to wish aloud, among the overdressed crowd
Come to witness now the sinking of the ship
Throwing pennies from the seatop next to it”
“Of course the only part that I want to read
Is about her time spent with me
Wouldn’t you die to know how you’re seen
Are you getting away with who you’re trying to be?”
I was surfing around and chanced across the Mahogany Sessions YouTube channel. For their main showreel, they had a montage of performances/videos running over a song called “Human” by Rag’n’Bone Man.
Today was a pretty exceptional day for me, at work. I found this song, and it just so happened that a lot of folks were out of the office. So I had a lot of music on, head down, coding time. I worked pretty solidly, stopping briefly for lunch, and just cranked. It felt pretty great.
I don’t know that I consider myself that religious or spiritual. Though I guess a lot of the poems I write seem to suggest otherwise. I guess this song just caught me at the right time.
I’m introducing things in a kind of non-linear way here. Mostly because I want you to experience the same process I experienced, earlier today. So first up, I’d say watch the video below. It’ll give you a bit of context about the song, and after it dives into the specifics… give a pause. And then keep on reading.
“So call and I’ll get right back
If your intentions are pure
I’m seeking a friend for the end of the world”
I went over to Postmodern Jukebox’s page on YouTube, and they just have a TON of videos at this point. I got lost for a long while, just jumping from song to song.
“Is it too late to live in your heart, too late to burn all your civilian clothes?”
“Who’s that by your front door
We all thought he died
Who’s that man knee deep in sand
Waiting on the tide
With an atlas and a ladder
Undaunted by the height”
I came across this song by The Avett Brothers a week ago, and have had it looping incessantly for a few days. More than just a catchy tune, it’s really been all-consuming. And I can’t help but feel happy/good whenever I hear it.