| Heh, have you ever had a not so great day where | | | | And also a fantastic concert by the original members |
| everything seems to be going wrong? Maybe your | | | | of Fleetwood Mac. The encore numbers performed |
| wife backed the car into the garage door? | | | | by Lindsay Buckingham, Stevie Nix, John and Christie |
| Or the dogs ran through the house with mud on their | | | | McVie and Mick Fleetwood not only made me smile |
| paws right after you had the carpets cleaned? The | | | | but made me want to get up and dance. And if you'd |
| neighbor kid wakes you up at 5 in the morning and | | | | ever seen my dancing, it's not a pretty sight. I'm a |
| you're not a morning person? | | | | bad version of Steve Martin's Happy Feet. |
| I once heard the definition of a bad day. You know | | | | The band surprised the audience with a drum |
| you're having a bad day if you're following a | | | | pounding rendition of Tusk, that included the entire |
| motorcycle gang of Hells Angels and your car horn | | | | University of Southern California marching band in full |
| gets stuck. | | | | parade dress. That made me smile real big. It's |
| You know you're having a bad day if you wake up | | | | downright inspirational. |
| and your waterbed has sprung a leak, except you | | | | If that weren't enough, they performed their hit |
| don't own a waterbed. You know you're having a | | | | song, Don't Stop. It talks about jettisoning the past |
| bad day when. You fill in the blanks. | | | | and moving on with hope and optimism. A very |
| So you say you're having a bad day, eh? You flip on | | | | rousing anthem that reverberates with, don't stop |
| the radio and even though you're a conservative, | | | | thinking about tomorrow, don't stop, it will soon be |
| those right wing talk show hosts are giving you a | | | | here. It'll be here, better than before, yesterday's |
| headache. | | | | gone, yesterday's gone. |
| You punch the FM button and start scanning the dial | | | | Perhaps the most famous rendition of this song was |
| for something interesting. Next thing you know, | | | | when Fleetwood Mac sang at the first William |
| you're singing at the top of your lungs with the | | | | Jefferson Clinton Presidential Inaugural. Regardless of |
| Doobie Brothers, Listen to the Music. | | | | your political affiliation, you have to admit it was |
| Of course, at this point your windows are rolled up | | | | pretty cool. Okay, don't admit it. What do I care? |
| and people are staring at you at the stoplight. But | | | | Maybe you're not a big music fan like I am, but can |
| heh, who cares. You just had an attitude transplant. | | | | you imagine a world without music? Every TV show |
| An inspirational quote says that Music hath charms to | | | | has its theme music. The Superbowl commercials |
| soothe the savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend | | | | often feature famous oldies and even CSI plays a |
| a knotted oak. | | | | tune by The Who. |
| That's from a play The Mourning Bride by William | | | | Music is woven into the very fabric of our society. |
| Congreve who lived from 1670 to 1729, right around | | | | Even sacred music ain't so sacred if you study it. |
| the time Ben Franklin was born. | | | | Another contemporary of Ben Franklin, Englishman |
| Think about this. The blind violinist touched the raging | | | | Charles Wesley wrote a couple hundred religious |
| heart of Frankenstein's monster. | | | | songs that are still sung today. Guess what? Most |
| One of my all time favorite songs quieted the fearful | | | | people are unaware that these holy songs were sung |
| trembling of a lost little girl from Kansas when she | | | | to the tunes of popular bar songs of the 18th |
| sang, Over the Rainbow, in The Wizard of Oz. | | | | century. Surprise. |
| Or another favorite is the rock group Chicago's | | | | You may recall Charles older brother John Wesley |
| classic, Make Me Smile. | | | | had no small hand in starting the Methodist Church |
| Theres a lot to be said for the power of music. I | | | | following the great Wesleyan Revival of the 18th |
| happen to like all styles of music, classical, jazz, | | | | century. |
| gospel, rock, folk, country, even bluegrass. There's | | | | How is it that we humans have this inner compass |
| even a little Rap that I can slightly tolerate. | | | | that is drawn like a magnet to the North Pole called |
| In fact, my love of music and my childhood dream of | | | | music? |
| being a famous radio disk jockey came into reality | | | | The 1960's were full of folk songs whose lyrics |
| several years ago when I got to get paid for having | | | | shaped political opinions. Lyricists have forever |
| fun doing a morning drive show in Kansas City. | | | | captured the climate of the current culture and |
| In my fifteen minutes of fame, I had the privilege of | | | | phrased songs in a way that touched us and moved |
| playing the most popular music of that day over the | | | | us deeply. |
| airwaves and interview some people a lot more | | | | So my anthem for today would be this: Let the |
| famous than me. | | | | music in. Maybe for you it's been a long time since |
| My latest hobby is collecting music concert DVD's. So | | | | you let anything in to touch you in the deepest part |
| when I heard that a local music store was going out | | | | of your soul. Maybe it's time for you to turn a corner |
| of business, I rushed over to see what kind of deals | | | | in your life. |
| I could get to add to my collection. Well, it just so | | | | Maybe it's your time to take the strong suggestion |
| happened that they had the vintage Lynyrd Skynyrd | | | | of Fleetwood Mac, don't stop thinking about |
| documentary, Freebird. So guess what I did? I | | | | tomorrow, yesterday's gone. Your future will always |
| bought it! | | | | be brighter if you let the music in. |