This Week's "Song That's Stuck In My Head"

Everyone has a song that every time they hear it, their spirit is just instantly lifted. We need those songs. They brighten our day, put a smile on our face, and make us feel hopeful and even cheerful.

For me, that song is "Wonderful (The Way I Feel)," by My Morning Jacket. It's also the song I have been singing along to all week. It's stuck in my head and I am so glad it won't get out!

My Morning Jacket is a Louisville band, and being a Kentucky girl myself, I love it when Kentucky boys make it!  That's just a little added tidbit of info for you all this week. :)

Read the lyrics and watch the video and see if this song doesn't make you feel like everything is just going to be OK? I bet by this time next week, it's stuck in your head too.

"Wonderful (The Way I Feel)" by My Morning Jacket

It matters to me
Took a long time to get here
If it would have been easy
I would not have cared

Like a tropical forest
Like a cop on the beat
When all is in order
You get lost in the heat

I feel so wonderful, wonderful, wonderful the way I feel
I feel so wonderful, wonderful, wonderful the way I feel

Doesn't matter to me
I could take it or leave it
I could learn from way back when
And still live right now

With the sun on my shoulder
And the wind in my back
I will never grow older
At least not in my mind

I feel so wonderful, wonderful, wonderful the way I feel
I feel so wonderful, wonderful, wonderful the way I feel
So wonderful, wonderful the way I feel
I feel so wonderful, wonderful, wonderful the way I feel

I'm going where there ain't no fear
I'm going where the spirit is near
I'm going where the living is easy
And the people are kind
A new state of mind

I'm going where there ain't no police
I'm going where there ain't no disease
I'm going where there ain't no need
To escape from what is
Only spirits at ease

The Times, They Are A Changin'

                                                                                   

Dawes

The coup has begun.

As we speak, VH1's very own weekly Top 20's walls are being penetrated by what can actually be considered awesome music. The reign of the Mileys, and the Taylors, and the Beibers are over. Sure, they are putting up a fight, but week by week, independent music is making it's way onto the countdown.

The Civil Wars

Mumford and Sons were in the front lines, followed by The Civil Wars. Now Dawes and even The Head and the Heart are joining ranks. It's only a matter of time until a new king is crowned, and that king will be GOOD MUSIC.

Who would have actually thought the day would come when quality songwriting would force the tween phenomena out of the limelight? Well, that day is here.

The Head and The Heart

It's been years since I sat down and watched an episode of the Top 20. I didn't care what baby-faced kid "singing" corporate driven crap could gyrate their hips the most. But I still kept track...waiting...until finally, one day, songs that didn't totally suck started showing up. The American people were actually voting for, dare I say...MUSIC?! Kings of Leon, Adele, and The Avett Brothers were starting to get airplay. And so it began.

Then, after that famous Grammy performance, people started noticing Mumford and Sons. And thus set forth in motion the musical coup. The takeover.

It's been slow, but it remains strong. The days of this wah-wah crap is done. It's finally done. Suck it Disney.

Mumford & Sons

So, if you are like me, and you want to put an end to the Dark Ages of Music, I guess the only thing to do is the one thing you should always do when you want to see change...vote.