Thump, thump, shift, shift. Whoooooosh. Thump thump thumpity thump. Shift drag slide. Whooooooooooosh. Repeat until clean – oops that’s for washing your hair, I meant repeat until awake. Oh the sounds of extreme winds at night. Sometimes it actually leaves the impression that the roof could tear off and not do to a hurricane. Then come the pleasures of the neighbor draggin stuff that blew out of place, back into place at a very early time in the morning – along with yelling at their dogs who are yapping to no end because they’re cooped up. It’s enough to drive a person nuts.
I could think of other midnight blowings that are much better than that.
I believe I mentioned a buddy of mine started seeing a new girl a few weeks ago that all of our circle of friends totally liked. In addition we all mentioned we’d kick his ass if he failed to hold on. His job of not messing it up, well… I supposed it wasn’t so much as messed up, but rather, didn’t hold up to her needed standard. Essentially everything about his lifestyle that interested her, came back to bite him in the butt. Words like mature, finances, and such came up in the reply. Which is understandable, she has a kid to worry about. I feel bad for him. Hell, he feels bad too. Wait a moment, he feels bad, this is a first. I’ll leave it at that.
We’ve all had a time or two in our lives where things didn’t continue down a path that we anticipated. Older folk with wisdom would likely say that’s just a part of life. Generally speaking from my own experience, I wouldn’t know love if it bit me on the ass. At least not at first, and I’m pretty darn sure that several girlfriends I’ve had would agree to that assessment. As for my buddy, I think it’s safe to say he’s probably feeling those very same pangs at this point. He knows he really liked her, but the remorse he appears to have shows that he didn’t know how much. This is a good change.
The key becomes can one fix their radar to be able to realize it when it’s actually going on and not after it’s over? This is important.
Today’s post is a bit more male directed in terms of the title of the song. Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman. Well, actually I suppose it would work for lesbians too. But I’m a guy, my buddy is a guy, and so I’m going with what I know.
Musically the spanish-y, flamenco-y thing is always cool when done well. What’s bizarre now that I come to this point is that last night I had a dream where I was at some apartment complex and I was in need of working on some song. Out came some guy who had a beat up guitar with his little music stand and some music. Then he sat down to play and this beautiful flamenco sound emanated from his hands and the guitar. Probably a sign that I was going to be using this song today after chatting with my buddy. Or maybe it was that I’ve probably got a flamenco part that has to be added to one of my new songs. Not sure.
Either way, I’m digging on Anthony’s playing here on this song. It’s easy to hear that he’s certainly got the flamenco style down pat. In addition, I’m liking the feel the song kicks into. In a way it reminds me instantly of the movie “All The Pretty Horses”. Especially the scene where Matt Damon’s character meets, or rather sees Penelopé Cruz’s character. You can tell right away there’s the tension and interest going on. Then there’s the uptempo of the freedom they feel being in love later on. Much like how this piece gains an air of levity and sweetness with that major key feel. It just works. That’s a good thing. Don’t you think?
Show Anthony some love and get his song. Better yet, there’s a bunch of his CD’s at CD Baby. Spend some time going through all of them, you’ll probably find that you’ll want to own more than just this song.