4/28/11-Moment of Waking...I am so RELIEVED! It has been so long since I had a Moment of Waking song that I thought my brain was broken. I only post the songs that I wake up with...once I'm out of bed, they dont count as wake up songs-even though songs are constantly shifting in there. But today my brain reassured me that all is well and good and (mostly) not broken. This is hands down one of the best jams ever...I wish there was a list of how many songs this has been sampled in...I bet it's a long one. Anyway, today has to be good with this as my wake-up song...

04/19/11 Moment of Waking-Just yesterday, I was wondering when my brain would throw me a curveball of a wake up song, and this morning it delivered! First thought "and if you threw a party" well that took me all of .4 seconds to figure out...I LOVED this show! Put four women in a house that small and watch the hilarity ensue!

04/18/11-Moment of Waking...Absolutey one of my favorite songs of all times, and another band that was played constantly in my house when I was growing up, only more toward the teenage years. My Mom, sister and I used to watch Rattle and Hum over and over again, to the point where we all had every bit of dialouge memorized. Even though I haven't listened to their most recent stuff, I can't wait to see them in concert in July-with my husband, brother, sister, an aunt and uncle and it will be my son's very first concert! That's a good start!

04/17/11-Moment of Waking...I am really loving this band right now...something about them reminds me of the happy times in my childhood. I grew up with a variety of music constantly being played in out house, but Grateful Dead was played the most. This band takes me right back.

04/16/11-Moment of Waking-What a great song to wake up to on a dark and rainy day! I heard this in a Reese Witherspoon movie the other day, called "Best Laid Plans" good movie and I it reminded me how much I love this band. I'm going to post the AMAZING live version, but check out the official video if you get a chance. It was really different than what I had envisioned it to be.

April 15th, 2011-Moment of Waking...I have a confession to make...this is not the song I heard in my head this morning, but rather the one I woke up with in my heart. If my Mom was still alive, today would have been her 56th birthday. This is the song I listed to on repeat during the 4 hour drive to her funeral. It makes me sad; but it also reminds me of the power of music. The way that it can bring us right back to a time and place, how it can comfort us, how it can move us. Every single word of this song, from that 4 hour drive to this very day describes how I feel about her passing. Happy Bithday Mom. Love you. Miss you.

Thursday, April 14th 2011-Moment of Waking- Today I woke up with a headache & 3 songs in my head. One was Depeche Mode's Sweetest Perfection, which has already been posted but is still in my head every morning for about a week now. One was a Black Keys song I already posted. I decided to go with the new one, I just love this song and this band...in my humble opinion, one of the best singers ever. Tragic to lose him. On a lighter note, who can forget when the scene with this song in Wayne's World? Totally Excellent.

I liked aApril 7th, 2011-Moment of Waking...Ahhh...The Pogues...When I met my husband, one of the things I really liked about him was his very eclectic music collection. We liked a lot of the same stuff...but he had music I had never even heard of, music I may not have ever known about had I not met him. The Pogues is one of those bands. I have grown to love them over the years, as they are a bit of an acquried taste. I still can't understand what the singer is saying half the time, but I love 'em! I woke up with one of my favorite songs in my head this morning...

Tuesday April 5th, 2011 Moment of Waking- "Lets go all the way" follow by some 'yeah yeah yeahs'. Hmmm, time for the googles. Once I found it, I remembered the song and I though "You know, I kinda liked that song, it has a good beat and I can dance to it" Well, maybe I could, but the poor guys "singing" it in the video sure couldn't. Seriously, if I hadn't heard this song in the 80's, I would have thought this was some kind of "In Living Color" skit. This is one funny video, and I'm not sure if they meant it to be.

April 4th, 2011 Moment of Waking...First thought? Jem!! Jem is excitement! This is just to damn much for a Monday morning...but just for the record, I did always like the Misfits better! ;)

Sunday April 3rd,2011 Moment of Waking... "I headed out to Lester Hill, but that just made me weaker still"...I am completely obsessed with this band right now. I swear thier lyrics just fucking GET me. Every time. "Walked into the battle blind, it happens almost all the time. The yard is kind of overgrown, and all those happy times are gone." I have had that exact same experience and the feeling it evokes twice in the past 6 months....funny (or not so much) how emotions can sucker punch you out of nowhere sometimes...and also how you can pick yourself right back up after catching your breath and walk on. Not a video, just the song, but give it a good listen...you won't be disapointed..

April 2nd, 2011 Moment of Waking...Riding on the Metro...what more is there to say? LOVE!!

Friday April 1st, 2011...So Friday is really my only day off during the week since I have an online course that I take tests on EVERY SUNDAY, so I sleep in. And by sleep in I mean Noon. None of this "I slept in till 9" nonsence. Thats when you sposed to be up cooking breakfas fo' somebody! Anyway, this is the song I woke up with, and what a beautiful one it is....