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Do you ever find yourself preferring the less popular songs from a particular album?   This is a common occurrence for me, leaving me to wonder why so many of my favorite songs never make it onto the airwaves.  I tend to attribute it to the fact I focus more on song lyrics than melody, whereas...

In my opinion, Lifehouse’s lead singer, Jason Wade, has the sexiest voice of all male contemporary pop/rock singers.  And who is more romantic than a guy who marries his childhood sweetheart…and stays happily married despite fame and groupies?!  THAT’s a love story, and a dreamy hero worth...

Who doesn’t love Coldplay?  Even those who aren’t huge fans of the band must still be drawn in by lead singer Chris Martin’s humor and humble attitude.  His personality and outlook are especially refreshing when contrasted with so many other contemporary rock stars. By far my favorite Coldplay...

  I stole my blog title from a quote by Reinhold Niebuhr (thought by many to be the originator of the Serenity Prayer).  Love often requires the forgiveness of small and large offenses, which is probably why so many songs have been written about the subject. An excellent newer song about...

If you've read my website bio, then you know I'm overly familiar with unrequited love (until I met my husband, anyway).  One-sided love yields a bittersweet pain, which can cling to the rejected lover for quite a long time.  Perhaps that's because the one in-love typically has some kind of close...

Music inspires me more than any other form of art.  Some people listen to music and simply enjoy the melody.  For me, the lyrics are at least equally as important as the melody.  I think good songwriters, like poets, are among the most talented writers.  Think about it, in less than two hundred...