There she goes

There she goes again
Racing through my brain
And I just can't contain
This feelin' that remains
There she blows
There she blows again
Pulsing through my vein
And I just can't contain
This feelin' that remains
There she goes, there she goes again
She calls my name, pulls my train
No-one else could heal my pain
And I just can't contain
This feelin' that remains
There she goes
There she goes again
Chasing down my lane
And I just can't contain
This feelin' that remains

The Las - There She Goes song lyrics
*I needed a theme for my post, and this song popped in my head. Figure I can work it in, and I always do. Much like my other ramblings.
There she goes. Again.*

I first heard this song from So I Married An Axe Murderer, the 1993 film starring Mike Myers & Harriet Michaels. I hear this song and I can't help but replay the scene in which it is played in the background. (As if my mind sets up its own movie projector in my head, and sets up shop.) I am happy to say it's one of the first dvds I have added to my stock that I have so humbly named the "GREATEST MOVIE/DVD COLLECTION EVER". Catchy isn't it?

(Please see my ever so growing list of dvds. Quite an impressive list if you ask me. I don't add ANY dvd to this timeless collection unless it has acquired my 3 check signature approval.)

-I laughed (check)
-I cried (check)
-I loved (check)

I'm sure all movie critics share this rating system. Actually, it's quite an honor to be added to my collection. From the art direction, screenwriting, cinematography, to music, and costumes, I look at movies from both sides. Didn't Joni Mitchell write a song about that? Well, she wrote Both Sides Now about love, and I'm referring to the camera lens. Then again, I'm also the same person that sits through the credits at the movie house. It's just what I do.

Much like movies, songs and novels are also tales spoken through or about love. Not so much about the fairy tale, happily ever after, beach house in the Hamptons kind of love, but about the struggles and highs of relationships. Just think about it, you know I'm right. Is this not what life is all about? Or was that song about Alfie made out of jest? ;) What's it all about Alfie? (Question: Better Alfie, Jude or Michael? My thoughts, Mr. Caine. Why? He's a great actor, and plays a womanizer more convincingly than Jude Law in the remake.)

By the way, Brit accents are wickedly ace. And oh, so bloody sexy.

Listen carefully to songs by Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, The Beatles, Etta James, Sting, James Taylor, Al Green, Joni Mitchell, Jack Johnson (for all the youngins') and Ray Charles. You'll understand, or at least keep note that love isn't as "picture perfect" as some make it seem. Growing up, I listened to songs that were pleasant as a child, but were songs for the "grownups", as they would put it. I never truly understood why some adults felt the need to close their eyes as they hummed along certain ballads. Yes, some of these singer/song writers are a bit dated, but their music will always be timeless. I have listened to those same songs, music I never took to heart, and now I find myself closing my eyes and humming along just like the adults in my youth. I feel that certain lyrics, even the whole song, can penetrate the heart with every level of listening. Music does speak for the heart in indescribable ways. There are just songs that seem tinged with pain, and poetry. Also, certain songwriters sit perfectly with those that enjoy their personal torments and share the depth of the human condition with their listeners. Mostly we connect with music because it hits us where it hits us hard, our hearts. Whether it be about first loves, friendships, loneliness, or heartache, there's a song for everyone, for every mood, and just about every kind of love. It's not about the great singers listed above belting out "love" and "dove" words that have us clutching onto our chests, but for the simple reasoning that you know where they're coming from... Or at least for the duration of the song. (not that love and dove will ever make for spectacular lyrics) Enjoying a great song is also pending on your mood and current relationship status with those you care for the most. Not to say you wouldn't sway to the tune of My Girl by the Temptations if you just broke up with your wife. (I mean, it could happen. I saw it on the cover of Enquirer Magazine, once.)

Songs intimately express emotions and thoughts that we don't necessarily share in real life. I can't express myself, so I'll just take someone else's "song" for it. (You can e-mail me your thoughts on this one. You don't have to agree with me. It's actually better you didn't. Life would be boring if everyone agreed on everything, no?) Songs I just finished listening to this morning:

If I had any pride left at all by Etta James
Sitting, Wishing, Waiting by Jack Johnson
Don't worry 'bout me by Frank Sinatra

Could it be I was thinking about an ex-love? Or maybe I was giving thought to old friendships gone sour? Why can't I have someone belting out words of love and pain in song, for me? Just like those people Etta James & Billie Holiday sing about. Maybe Sinatra is right, "Look out for yourself, should be the rule... Don't worry 'bout me."

I could list a million other songs, and you can nod in agreement that it's a great melody, yadda yadda yadda. If you listen to the songs carefully, it's not about words, it's about something much deeper. Something beyond any movie, song lyric, or literary work can ever attempt to analyze. Love is an unattainable verse that no one can sing quite on key nor find the exact tempo. It would be nice to find the right ballad of love. You'll know when you find it, and without missing a single beat.