Not Guilty Just Pleasure - Hold Yourself Up

Happy Friday.

If you were paying attention, you noticed that I didn't post a "not guilty just pleasure" song last week.  I had taken the day off and was sort of busy getting some stuff done, running around town and the like and it just never happened.  I thought about posting later in the weekend but again, the time got away from me and I didn't.  Not apologizing, just explaining.

Now a week has passed and I have a song to share today.  It's a song I have been going back to and listening to this week.  Like several times a day.  I have no idea why.  As with most Polyphonic Spree songs, I'm not sure what they are about.  Most of the time it doesn't matter, it's joyful and fun and sometimes that's all you need or want.

The video for this particular song (I think) is beautiful.  Now, I've watched it dozens of times and cannot tell what's going on to the main dude.  Did he die and go to heaven and dancing around in the barn with the Spree is a cool way to spend the afterlife... did he die and just realize that heaven is kind of boring, an empty field without a cute girl to chase to a party?  Either way, I like it.  I'd really love to see all of the footage of the performance in the barn, without the cutaways to the dude.

Over the past few weeks, I was going through some weird shit.  I'd been really sick about a month ago.  It lasted a few days and when it was over, I was still feeling crummy.  Night sweats, chills, nausea, weirdness.  Something happened over the weekend and I suddenly started to feel better.  Slept better, night sweats let up, chills were gone... all good.  No idea what was going on but I'll not question it or complain about it.

I do think that my feeling better and my seeking out this song (which I'm sure I've shared here before but I don't really care) is connected.  I love how they are telling us to hold ourselves up, go into your own mind to do that... don't rely upon a higher power, you are your higher power.  Oh, and bees.  Honey bees.

So, I'm sharing the video for "Hold Yourself Up" from the Polyphonic Spree's amazing 2013 Album, Yes, It's True.

Hope you enjoy it as much as I do, happy weekend kittens xo

reach into your mind

Today was an awesome mail day. It was particularly awesome because a parcel arrived and I was not expecting it. A while ago now, I participated in a Kickstarter campaign to help the wonderful and amazing Polyphonic Spree fund their "Yes, It's True" album.  As part of that project, they wanted to complete a concert film they had started in 2012.  I received my copy of the album last summer.  This parcel contained a live version of the album and a DVD copy of the concert. It's more than a concert actually, it's a "year in the life" of the band.

While I would love to be able to take a month long vacation, head to the states and follow the band around while they tour this summer, that is not going to happen.  Instead, later tonight, I'll have be happy to watch this amazing concert, with Mark and the doggies, in the comfort of my own living room and I won't be worrying about folks getting pissed off because I'm singing along, loudly and off key.

Thanks Polyphonic Spree, love you guys to the moon & back!!  

vexatious

Have you ever heard a word, maybe a word you hadn't heard in a while and thought to yourself, "hey, I like that word!"

Every once in a while, this happens to me.  It happened today.  That word is vexatious.  Vexatious is my word of the day.  I will attempt to work it into conversation if possible, for the rest of the day.

Just to explain, the meaning of the word really doesn't come into it when I find a word I like.  For me, I think it more about how the word sounds or looks that does it for me.

Funny thing is that the word "vexatious" is completely contrary to what I'm presently thinking about.  At the moment, I'm thinking about how happy I am that I supported the Polyphonic Spree in their kickstarter project for their new album.  As a backer, I got a pre-release download of their new album, "Yes, It's True" the other day.  I have been listening to it at work, off and on for two days now.

It's a great album, a solid collection of wonderful songs and not one in the bunch that you'd go "meh!" and skip over.  If you are looking for a happy, upbeat, awesome soundtrack for your summer, go over to their website:  http://www.thepolyphonicspree.com/ for more information about the record, the band, and how you buy their stuff (either locally or online).  The album is officially out on August 6 and I can totally vouch for it's general wonderfulness.


The Polyphonic Spree - "You Don't Know Me" (Lyrics Video) from Good Records Recordings on Vimeo.