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        			    September 19, 2009 - 4:19pm			  			

			
			
I find music to be very therapeutic with me. What are some of your favorite coping songs?


For instance, a good song to wallow to is:

Cold Desert - by Kings of Leon (http://tinyurl.com/colddesert)

Features the lyrics, "No one ever carried my load/I'm too young to feel this old" 


Another song I like is also melancholic, but with definite attitude. Lyrics begin

"I want to be someone else or I'll explode" but by the end of the song there's a phrase that goes "You want me?/F---ing well come and find me/I'll be waiting/With a gun and a pack of sandwiches/I'm ready".

My own take of the song is of a guy on the precipice of life who says to fate: come and get me, then. I'll fight to the end. The attitude gets to me.

Talk Show Host - by Radiohead (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeWCZpTTvdc)


So, again, what are some of YOUR coping and survival songs? The can be songs to cry to, songs to rage to, songs to inspire, songs to empower, etc.


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September 19, 2009 - 6:57pm

			
"Invincible" by Pat Benatar
			
INVINCIBLE


Pat Benatar


"This bloody road remains a mystery

This sudden darkness fills the air

What are we waiting for?

Won't anybody help us?

What are we waiting for?

We can't afford to be innocent

Stand up and face the enemy

It's a do or die situation

We will be invincible!


This shattered dream you cannot justify

We're gonna scream until were satisfied

What are we running for?

We've got the right to be angry

What are we running for?

When there's no where we can run to anymore


We can't afford to be innocent

Stand up and face the enemy

It's a do or die situation

We will be invincible

And with the power of conviction

There is no sacrifice

It's a do or die situation

We will be invincible!


Won't anybody help us?

What are we running for?

When there's no where, no where we can run to anymore


We can't afford to be innocent

Stand up and face the enemy

It's a do or die situation

We will be invincible

And with the power of conviction

There is no sacrifice

It's a do or die situation

We will be invincible!"


Sing it loud and sing it proud!


Rick



			
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September 19, 2009 - 7:47pm

			
Oh Dear
			
One of my favourites is 'Wasted Time'.. Eagles.  Story of my life and reduces me to tears every time.  Sad ain't I...LOL

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September 20, 2009 - 12:16pm

			
music therapy
			
I love music, I listen to all kinds but here are some of my favs.  The fray- How to save a life.  We are the champions,   The climb-Miley Cirrus,  Joe Walsh-One Day at a Time- his story of his personal struggle with alcoholism,  Love Hurts-Nazareth,  Michael Buble-Lost,I am 51 years old, when I listen to music from the 70's, especially my favorites, it brings back the intense emotions that I used to feel as teen.  Wish I could write and play music.



			
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September 20, 2009 - 4:01pm

			
have you heard this song
			
My favorite group in Branson the Haygoods recorded this song.  It is also performed by Simple Plan, it's called How Could This Happen To Me.  The words describe how I have felt at my lowest.



			
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September 20, 2009 - 7:54pm

			
Bryan Akipa
			
Well - my iTunes is loaded with SOOO much music and almost all of it I am crazy about (the rest I really like a lot)...

When I am really stressed I will put my iPod on and listen to Bryan Akipa - Native American Flute music. VERY relaxing.

Sometimes I will listed to Chanting of the Mystic Heart - Sufi chanting.

Fatima



			
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September 20, 2009 - 8:18pm

			
"The Happening" by The Supremes
			
THE HAPPENING


Diana Ross and The Supremes


"Hey life look at me, I can see the reality

Cause when you shook me, took me out of my world

I woke up, suddenly I just woke up to the happening.


When you find that you left the future behind

Cause when you got a tender love you don-t

Take care of, then you better beware of the happening.


One day you-re up, then you turn around

You find your world is tumbling down

It happened to me and it can happen to you.


I was sure, I felt secure, until love took a detour

Yeah, riding high on top of the world

It happened, suddenly it just happened.


I saw my dreams torn apart, when love walked away from my heart

And when you lose that precious love you need to guide you

Something happens inside you, the happening.


Now I see life for what it is

It-s not all dreams, it-s not all bliss

It happened to me and it can happen to you

Once!


Is it real, is it fake, is this game of life a mistake

Cause when I lost the love I thought was mine

For certain, suddenly I started hurting.


I saw the light too late, when that fickle finger of fate

Yeah came and broke my pretty balloon

I woke up, suddenly I just woke up to the happening.


So sure, I felt secure, until love took a detour

Cause when you got a tender love you don-t

Take care of, then you better beware of the happening."


...And, keep your doctor's appointments!


Rick



			
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September 21, 2009 - 2:18pm

			
India Arie "I AM NOT MY HAIR"
			
WHen I had to cut off my hair for treatments, if found this song to be conforting to me....  Its by India Arie and its called, I AM NOT MY HAIR... this verse was written for Robyn on Good Morning America


Breast Cancer and Chemotherapy

Took away her crown and glory

She promised God if she was to survive

She would enjoy everyday of her life ooh

On national television

Her diamond eyes are sparkling

Bald headed like a full moon shining

Singing out to the whole wide world like HEY...


I am not my hair

I am not this skin

I am not your expectations no no

I am not my hair

I ma not this skin

I am a soul that lives within



			
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September 22, 2009 - 10:51pm

			
music = love
			
I depend on music for support constantly. It is amazing how much it can change your mood of help you vent by screaming the lyrics to a song. Hmm..let me think of some of my favorites.


U2 - Breathe, Walk On, Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of, One, Beautiful Day 


MONTY Are I - Metropolis, Only the Weak


Landsdowne - See You Again


Damone - When You Live


The Fray - How to Save a Life, Heaven Forbid


Hanson - Watch Over Me, Blue Sky


Flogging Molly - Laura


Jack's Mannequin - Swim, Spinning


+44 - When Your Heart Stops Beating



			
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September 24, 2009 - 6:00pm

			
"Hero" by Mariah Carey
			
HERO


Mariah Carey


"There's a hero If you look inside your heart You don't have to be afraid Of what you are There's an answer If you reach into your soul And the sorrow that you know Will melt away


And then a hero comes along With the strength to carry on And you cast your fears aside And you know you can survive So when you feel like hope is gone Look inside you and be strong And you'll finally see the truth That a hero lies in you


It's a long road When you face the world alone No one reaches out a hand For you to hold You can find love If you search within yourself And the emptiness you felt Will disappear


And then a hero comes along With the strength to carry on And you cast your fears aside And you know you can survive So when you feel like hope is gone Look inside you and be strong And you'll finally see the truth That a hero lies in you


Lord knows Dreams are hard to follow But don't let anyone Tear them away Hold on There will be tomorrow In time You'll find the way


And then a hero comes along With the strength to carry on And you cast your fears aside And you know you can survive So when you feel like hope is gone Look inside you and be strong And you'll finally see the truth That a hero lies in you"


Even if you live alone, like me, "a hero lies in you!"


Rick



			
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October 9, 2009 - 11:58pm

			
I like that!

			
I like that!



			
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October 10, 2009 - 1:43pm

			
favorite lyric
			
one of my favorites lines in a song is by John Lennon:"Life is what happens while you're busy making plans......"



			
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