Song of the Day: "Fool in the Rain" by Led Zeppelin

Today has been the first rainy day in I can't remember how long. When it rains here, everything turns to mud. The walk to and from work is terrible. It makes me wish I lived closer to work like the rest of my coworkers because they don't have to walk through all the dirt-turned-mud. I do like watching the lightning though. When I walked to work tonight, the sky was angrily flashing a million shades of purple and hot white. Just as long as I get to watch it from afar, thunder and lightning is actually really enjoyable for me. I think it probably used to scare me sometimes, but now not-so-much.

So, in the spirit of it being a rainy day, today's song of the day is "Fool in the Rain" by Led Zeppelin. This is probably my all-time favorite Led Zeppelin song.



Lyrics


One of my all-time favorite bands, Maná, covered this song in Spanish several years back for a Led Zeppelin tribute album. Here's a video of Alex and Fher talking about the song.






Lyrics (Letras)

Here's some other cool facts about "Fool in the Rain."

Song of the Day: "You" by Raheem DeVaughn

I discovered this song back in May of 2007. I think I was searching on Youtube for videos of the Korean pop star, Rain, to figure out who he was and if he really deserved to be in People Magazine's list of the World's Most Beautiful People. Turns out he probably does deserve it, based on this video…Anyway, the song totally rocks.

Lyrics | You lyrics

Check out more Raheem DeVaughn songs and his music videos on his Myspace page here.

Song of the Day: About

When I have nothing else to blog about, I'm going to blog about one of my favorite songs or artists. I have a bunch of songs on my iPod that I haven't gotten around to listening to yet, and my favorite setting is to put it on shuffle. Sometimes I come across a song that's awesome that I haven't heard yet or haven't really listened to the words closely before and it kind of strikes a chord with me. I'll post the song with the lyrics and hopefully a video or a link to the video. Enjoy.

Song of the Day: "Home" by Michael Bublé and Blake Shelton




Lyrics | Home lyrics

Today, as I was listening to shuffle mode on my iPod at work, I came across this song by Blake Shelton and it really touched me and made me want to go home even more. After doing a little bit of research, I realized that this song is originally a Michael Bublé song. I don't know which version I like better because they're both really good and the whole reason I like the song is the lyrics, but I think I like Blake Shelton's video better. Check out Michael Bublé's video here.

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Now playing: Michael Bublé - Home
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Love Me If You Can

I know that some of you may not like country music, but oh well. I went through my stage of hating it as well, and coincidentally, it was Toby Keith's song, "American Soldier" that got me listening to country again after about 6 years of hating it.

I've seen Toby Keith in concert twice. In Iraq. It's kind of become a tradition, I guess. I got the opportunity to see him for the second time about a week of so ago, and I learned that that show was like his 115th or something show that he's done for us deployed troops since the war started. That's one of the many reasons I admire him. Another reason is that Toby Keith is an amazing songwriter and several of his songs have really meant a lot to me. One of my favorite things about country music is that a majority of the songs tell a story, so not only do the artists write songs, but they tell stories as well. (Another cool country storyteller/singer that I've started liking recently is Brad Paisley.)

Anyway, to make a long story short and before I go off on any more tangents, "Love Me If You Can" is a really great song, my new favorite song. Download it or buy his newest album, "Big Dog Daddy." Below are the lyrics and pictures from the concert.

Love Me If You Can

[verse 1]

Sometimes Think The Poor Is Necessary
Every Night I Pray For Peace On Earth
And I Hand Down My Dollars To The Homeless
But Believe That Every Able Soul Should Work

[pre Chorus]

My Father Gave Me My Shotgun
That I'll Hand Down To My Son
Try To Teach Him Everything It Means

[chorus]

I'm A Man Of My Convictions
Call Me Wrong, Call Me Right
But I Bring My Better Angels To Every Fight
You May Not Like Where I'm Goin'
But You Sure Know Where I Stand
Hate Me If You Want To
Love Me If You Can

[verse 2]

I Stand By My Right To Speak Freely
But I Worry 'bout What Kids Learn From Tv
And Before All Of Debatin' Turns To Angry Words And Hate
Sometimes We Should Just Agree To Disagree

[pre Chorus]

And I Believe That Jesus
Looks Down Here And Sees Us
And If You Ask Him, He Would Say

[chorus Out]


Have a great day!
Kendra

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Now playing: Toby Keith - Love Me If You Can
via FoxyTunes