‘Tis the season, for sure. For shopping, over-indulging, binge buying, traffic, nerve-fraying, jamming at work, and maybe… just maybe, a time for reflection. A look within as well as a broader look outside- might be a good thing. So since I’ve decided I can’t buy all of you a gift this year, I’m going to make a simple suggestion. Take five-minutes, just five, and listen to one, a few, or as many as you’d like of these songs in a quiet room with someone you love over the next three weeks.
It might not set your world afire. It might not even be a song you like or know (that’s fine, you pick ‘em!). But no phones, no distractions, no barking dogs or kids; heck, you might even have to do this in a quiet car… but this reflection moment will only take five minutes. And surely you and your betrothed must be worth five minutes of personal time, yeh? To renew, to relive, to revisit? At such a special time of year.
We all know how much a part of this particular season music is. Prophetic, schmaltzy, perfect, your call. So take a chance amid the holiday madness to re-connect, sit quietly, listen, absorb, and perhaps even gaze at one another. No videos, no distractions. If it works for you, great; if not, it’ll cost you just five-minutes. Here’s a truncated list:
All I Know (Art Garfunkel)
All I Want Is You (U2)
Baby, I Love Your Way (Peter Frampton, live)
Before The Rain (Lee Oskar)
Be Thankful For What You Got (Willian DeVaughn)
Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon & Garfunkel)
Can’t Help Falling In Love (Elvis Presley)
Chosen Family (Rina Sawayama w/ Elton John)
Dance With Me (Orleans)
Don’t Dream It’s Over (Crowded House)
Don’t Stop Believin’ (Journey)
Fields Of Gold (Sting)
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Roberta Flack)
God Only Knows (Beachboys)
Golden Heart (Dire Straits)
Have I Told You Lately (Van Morrison)
Home (Phillip Phillips)
Just Remember I Love You (Firefall)
Just The Two Of Us (Grover Washington Jr. w/ Bill Withers)
Just The Way You Are (Bruno Mars… or Billy Joel)
Ku’u Lei Ku’u Ipo (Hapa)
More Than Words (Extreme)
Peaceful Easy Feeling (Eagles)
Still The One (Orleans)
Waiting For A Girl Like You (Foreigner)
Wedding Song (There Is Love (Paul Stookey)
You’ll Accomp’ny Me (Bob Seger)
Lemme know how it works.
Think about it…