I’m not embarrassed or ashamed to admit the first time I saw today’s Music Monday video, “Superheroes” by The Script, it made me cry. I can’t think of another song or video off the top of my head where it affected me like that. But I read something this week that made me think of this song.
When I was going through my list of songs to pick, I just wasn’t feeling any of them for some reason. I turned on the Pandora and this was the first song that came on and it immediately jumped out at me.
Today is a very special Music Monday dedicated to my favorite musician, Bruce Springsteen, who celebrates a birthday this Wednesday. Now, I’m a fan of many artists and bands, but none hold a candle to how I feel about The Boss.
If there ever was a song that immediately told me what I needed to hear at that very moment, “High” by Young Rising Sons was it. Many times as runners we get caught up in the minutiae of a run — the numbers, the time, the distance — and many times they determine how we feel…
Being that it’s Labor Day and all, today marks the unofficial end of summer. And when I think of summer, I think of the dog days of summer. And when I hear the dog days of summer, I can’t help but think of the song “Dog Days Are Over” by Florence + The Machine. Are…
In case you were wondering what happened to last week’s Music Monday post, well, wonder no more. Unfortunately, the week got away from me and before I knew it, I was huffing and puffing up mountains in a race that I will talk about in my next post. Promise. So now Music Monday resumes!
Listening to “Who We Are” by Imagine Dragons, one can tell this is not a “running” song by any means. It’s not fast. It’s not upbeat. I wouldn’t categorize it as a “happy” song either. But, it’s intense. Almost a power song. Whenever I hear this song, it’s as if my run got kicked into THX,…
There are certainly days when I just want to live inside a Michael Franti & Spearhead song. While I don’t know their whole catalog of music, I’ve listened to enough of their music to know it’s filled with love, positivity, and great energy. What’s not to LOVE about that?