Week One Hundred and Seventy-One: Tal Bachman - "She's So High" - Tal Bachman

So I met my little niece, Sophia Juliet, for the first time this evening. She's such a sweet, little girl. I held her for two hours straight, and she didn't make a peep! The most she did was make a few funny faces while she was dreaming and stretch her long, slender legs a few times.

As I was finishing up some laundry when I got home, this song came on my Pandora station. Although my niece is not yet in the ranks of Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, or Aphrodite (she's only a week old), you have to admit that Sophia Juliet is a pretty epic name that kind of fits in with the aforementioned bunch!

Here is a picture for your viewing pleasure:

 

 She's blood, flesh and bone
No tucks or silicone
She's touch, smell, sight, taste and sound

But somehow I can't believe
That anything should happen
I know where I belong
And nothing's gonna happen
Yeah, yeah

'Cause she's so high
High above me, she's so lovely
She's so high
Like Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, or Aphrodite
She's so high, high above me

First class and fancy free
She's high society
She's got the best of everything

What could a guy like me
Ever really offer?
She's perfect as she can be
Why should I even bother?

'Cause she's so high
High above me, she's so lovely
She's so high
Like Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, or Aphrodite
She's so high, high above me

She comes to speak to me
I freeze immediately
'Cause what she says sounds so unreal

But somehow I can't believe
That anything should happen
I know where I belong
And nothing's gonna happen
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

'Cause she's so high
High above me, she's so lovely
She's so high
Like Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, or Aphrodite
She's so high, high above me 

 

Week One Hundred and Seventy: Landon Pigg - "Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop" - Single

I decided to take a Sunday drive to the lake to hang out with my family, which always leaves me ample time to browse my Sirius stations on the way there and back. Today's selection was obviously played on The Coffee House station. However, today was not the first time I heard it. Many years ago, it was used in a commercial for a jewelry store right around Christmas time.

It is quite a lovely little tune, and it always leaves me feeling a bit better about the world in general when it is over.

Before I leave you for today, here's a bit of trivia about Landon Pigg. If you have ever seen the film, Whip It, with Drew Barrymore and Ellen Page, then you might remember a character named Oliver. Oliver is actually played by none other than Landon Pigg.

 I think that possibly, maybe I'm falling for you
Yes there's a chance that I've fallen quite hard over you.
I've seen the paths that your eyes wander down
I want to come too

I think that possibly, maybe I'm falling for you

No one understands me quite like you do
Through all of the shadowy corners of me

I never knew just what it was about this old coffee shop
I love so much
All of the while I never knew
I never knew just what it was about this old coffee shop
I love so much
All of the while I never knew

I think that possibly, maybe I'm falling for you
Yes there's a chance that I've fallen quite hard over you.
I've seen the waters that make your eyes shine
Now I'm shining too

Because oh because
I've fallen quite hard over you

If I didn't know you, I'd rather not know
If I couldn't have you, I'd rather be alone

I never knew just what it was about this old coffee shop
I love so much
All of the while I never knew
I never knew just what it was about this old coffee shop
I love so much
All of the while, I never knew

All of the while, all of the while,
it was you

 

Week One Hundred and Sixty-Nine: Brian Eno - "I'll Come Running" - Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Soundtrack

So I finally had the pleasure of seeing Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, and one thing I have always loved about Sundance/indie films is the soundtrack selections they tend to offer. I had also heard that Brian Eno had a major role in the soundtrack for the film, but I have to say that I was quite disappointed in the music for this one.

Even though the soundtrack left a lot to be desired, the film itself was phenomenal! At one point, I don't think that there was a dry eye in the entire theater. Even the tough guy sitting in front of me was wiping tears away. I will include the trailer for you:

The only song that really stuck out for me was today's selection, "I'll Come Running", but don't confuse it with the post that I did just a few weeks ago by Lulu, also called "I'll Come Running". They are two completely different tunes.

Before I leave you, I will let you in on a little bit of trivia. The lead male actor, Thomas Mann, apparently grew up here in the Dallas metroplex and even attended Plano East Senior High, which is where one of my very best friends also went to school.

I'll find a place somewhere in the corner
I'm gonna waste the rest of my days
Just watching patiently from the window
Just waiting, seasons change, some day, oh oh,
My dreams will pull you through that garden gate

I want to be the wandering sailor
We're silhouettes by the light of the moon
I sit playing solitaire by the window
Just waiting, seasons change, ah hah, you'll see
Some day these dreams will pull you through my door

And I'll come running to tie your shoe
I'll come running to tie your shoe
I'll come running to tie your shoe
I'll come running to tie your shoe

Oh, oh oh-oh-oho-oho-oho-oho-oho-o-o-o
Oh, oh oh-oh-oho-oho-oho-oho-oho-o-o-o
I'll come running to tie your shoe
I'll come running to tie your shoe
I'll come running to tie your shoe
I'll come running to tie your shoe