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Musical Monday

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We all know a version of Musical Monday.... share your favorite song of the moment, or the song you just can't seem to get out of your head!

For me, it is not just one song.  Last Wednesday, I went to see Train and John Mayer at Bethel Woods, the infamous "Woodstock" site of 1969.
The concert was amazing.  I am a very emotional person, and I was so excited to be there.  When that train whistle blew to summon the guys on stage, I got goosebumps and I could hardly stand it.
Train and I go way back.  I started listening to them in 1999.  In early 2000, when my youngest son was born, I was diagnosed with post-partum depression.  I was in a very dark place and somehow Train's music broke through the sadness and spoke to me.
In the summer of 2000, my best girlfriend treated me to see Train and Matchbox 20 at Jones Beach.  It was fabulous.  I felt like I was on the road to recovery and being back to my old self.  I will always be grateful to her for doing that for me. 

Well, 10 years have passed.  Train has a new album (CD.  I'm showing my age), Save Me, San Franscisco.  And unless you've been living under a rock, I KNOW you've heard Hey Soul Sister and If It's Love.  Two of the biggest hits of the summer of 2010!  I love these, but the whole CD is fantastic.  Once again, Train is speaking to me through their music.




But, I don't want to dis-count John Mayer.  He, too was fantastic in concert.  I know there has been a lot of controversy over whether John Mayer is a racist, and some comments he made in a Playboy magazine interview were not well received.

I read the interview.  I do not think he is a racist.  I think he is very misunderstood.  His music is very deep, and very meaningful.  He himself has described himself as "very".  I get that.  A lot of people don't.  I think he is a person and a songwriter that you have to "get".  He is arrogant and cocky (again, both words he has used to describe himself).  But I "get" him.
Now set aside all the negative things you've heard and read about him, and just sit and listen to the music.  It is poetic and real.  He hits the human emotion nail squarely on the head.

I love that.