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Artist:counting crows
Album:films about ghosts: the very best of…
Do you have a go-to song? A song that can make you smile no matter how rough a patch you are going through? A song that just brightens your day, lightens your mood and puts a smile on your face?
For me, that song is “Einstein on the beach” by the counting crows.
I can remember hearing it on Y100 for the first time back when I was still pretty young, and just falling in love with the song. that’s the same case with most of counting crows’ catalog, but I digress. I knew the second I heard it that I needed a copy of this song somehow, though at that time it only existed on DGC Rarities vol 4. at 14 I didn’t really have much of a steady income and buying a 15-20 dollar CD for one song seemed awfully wasteful to me. I did end up buying the CD years later in a used CD shop for a few bucks, and at that time it wasn’t such a waste, as I actually knew something about music and liked more than just one song on the album.
If you research what this song means, its widely believed to be about Einstein and his creation of the atom bomb. I find it a touch ironic that a song about mass destruction and murder could make me so happy, but its funny how life works sometimes.
I had a rough day today. By six pm my blood was boiling and my skin was crawling. I am unable to get into specifics, but I was more angry than I can remember being since the day I quit Wawa. Seething, I suppose, is a better term. I got into my car knowing full well that my next stop was a trip to Wal-Mart, which always brings me such great joy (note:sarcasm alert) and just sat there taking deep breaths before I started the car. When I finally did turn the key, this song came blaring out of the speakers. I turned up the volume, started the song back and the beginning, and just let myself be calmed.
Music has such an awesome power over my mood. Its actually pretty insane to think that three minutes of noise can make that huge of a difference, but it does.
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