Three Tune Tuesday - Calm Down
Hello, music lovers! 🎵
It's a Tuesday, so it's time for #threetunetuesday and a chance to share something I'm listening to.
I was pretty nervous when I arrived at work this morning. Fog, rain, heavy traffic, roadworks, traffic accidents. Is there anything else missing? Sometimes, it takes me half an hour to drive, but today, it took me more than an hour. I need something pleasant to escape from this harmful and gloomy mood.
The easiest way to do that is with music. A few nice, melodic songs will hopefully get me on a different track, and I will be able to survive this pressure and start believing again that not everything is so bad in this world.
A quick selection of some songs that may not be so topical now but used to be hits and reigned supreme in all the music charts. But they are certainly part of the world's common musical heritage.
I trust you know them and like them.
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Crowded House - Weather With You
Crowded House is an Australian-New Zealand band that was active from 1985 to 1997. They are still playing with occasional breaks. The song 'Weather with You' is from their third album, Woodface, released in 1991, and was their biggest hit, reaching high positions on the world music charts. With a very recognizable melody, the song is about uncertainty and making new choices.
America - A Horse With No Name
A Horse With No Name is already deep in the treasure trove of the world's musical heritage, the biggest hit of the 1972 American folk-rock band America, which is still active and performs occasionally.
The song is about finding oneself, the meaning of life, and freedom beyond constraints and societal norms, symbolized by the horse with no name.
The Cure - Close To Me
The song "Close to Me" is from The Cure's sixth album, 1985's The Head Of The Door. It's not their biggest hit, but it was very high on the charts then.
The song is a dreamlike journey into the inner world of the individual, speaking of anxiety and insecurity about the complexity of relationships and intimacy.
As a bonus, here's a single from Irish musician Hozier's penultimate EP, Unheard, released in March this year. It is still breaking listening records on the global charts.
The song is about losing control of a sweet and painful obsessive crush. With its emotional depth and powerful melody, it continues to attract huge audiences.
Hozier - Too Sweet
I don't know about you, but these songs calmed me down.
That's all for today, thank you for your attention.
This is my 58th post for #threetunetuesday, which @ablaze started. I hope what I'm sharing is enjoyable for others, too, because then it makes sense.
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Great tunes! You can't beat some of the classics!
Thank you. Melodic pop is always good. :)
I loved your selection, super interesting! 💕
Thank you. I choose melodic songs because I was nervous just to calm down :)
Until today I only knew a single song by Crowded House 😅 what a shame!. and like your biggest hit this one I also liked it a lot, in fact the three songs you share, and I think it was an ideal repertoire for that morning you were carrying, so we do not fall into the total stress. The second song I didn't know either and it's my favorite today, it sounds great and to finish The Cure in the eighties, wow they were great from the beginning. Thanks for sharing these songs, this laid back sound is very pleasing and is what I prefer to listen to these days...
I am glad to have shared something interesting with you.
But you have written a good term for this music, which I did not remember when I wrote it: "laid-back sound." 👍
This one has to be right now: 1 hour's drive in Slovenia. Does this mean that you have driven all the way around? 😮😊
Absolutely a great selection to put you in a good mood. Hozier in particular helps me to leave some rubbish behind.
What can I say? In one part, near Pivka, something is being built, and there is a road with traffic lights. A little further on, there was a traffic accident.
Yeah, it calmed me down a bit... the older I get, the harder it is for me to take this crowd... I think...
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