on repeat: "Winter's Love"

because i love winter so much,
and it's fully retreated into hibernation,
i thought this was worthy of a repeat.

and it was a request,
so i know at least one person
wants to hear it again.

enjoy.

original posting for lyrics
and video of "winter's love"

on repeat: "Sentimental Heart"

definitely not the official music video,
but pretty cute rendition of she and him's
much lurved track.

oh to be a romantic.
tough sport i tell you.

original posting for lyrics and download
of she and him's "sentimental heart"

a little help for freelurving friends

sometimes i worry...
that maybe this whole download thing
isn't second nature for everyone as i would assume...
i've had a couple pseudo-complaints, such as,
"why can't i download the file?" or "how do i get it?"

so. click "download track" link from blog post,
which takes you to sendspace.com. then scroll down
and you'll see "download link" in black and
the track name in blue. click the track name
and you're in action.

and, while we're at it, ANY REQUESTS?
moment specific, love related (+ or -) tracks?
let me know: janiquette@gmail.com, comment here,
or, like most of you... facebook me.

Audra Mae: "The River"

	"The River"
	Found at skreemr.org

this track so worked for me the other night.
as usual, i was sitting in my car.
and it made a lot of sense.

...

I've done a bad thing it's okay
I'm going down to the river today
And the river's gonna wash my sins away
Til I'm born again tomorrow
Oh to get over my head
Make me forget my sorrow

I'm going down to the river alone
Don't tell mama and daddy I'm gone
And if they cry when I don't come home
Just lie and tell them I'm funnin'
Water get out of my eyes
Into the river wide I'm runnin'

And I can't swim
But it's alright
'Cause all my sin would drag me down even if I could
And if it weren't for him and the love that night
I'd be living for the light like a good girl should
'Cause a good girl should

This old town'll have my skin
I can't speak the trouble I'm in
So if I don't come back again
Go lie beneath the willow
'Cause where I carved my name
Is where my soul will remain
And I'll still know

Lord, and I can't swim
But it's alright
'Cause all my sin would drag me down even if I could
And if it weren't for him and the love that night
I'd be living for the light like a good girl should
'Cause a good girl should

When I meet the Lord so kind
I'm gonna give him a piece of my mind
And I'll tell him I wanna know why oh why
When he's so damn forgivin'
My daddy won't look in my eyes
Mama knows the lies I'm living

Oh, I can't swim
But it's alright
'Cause all my sin would drag me down even if I could
And if it weren't for him and the love that night
I'd be living for the light like a good girl should
'Cause a good girl should

...

sex and religion and love and such.
what a mess.

i was about to write that not being religious
makes freelurving much simpler pour moi,
but it doesn't. i'm not changing my nonreligiousness,
just letting my mind meander through the pews
momentarily.

i'm still plagued by feelings of guilt and regret,
the way any god fearing person should be, but
eventually am able to sort them out with the
party(ies) involved, rather than talking to god about it.
and after the sorting out takes place, i may still be hard
on myself about whatever may have happened, but am
typically able to walk away with a huge smile
on my face and am much more at ease.

like i said. sex, love, and religion... a mess.
(if that threesome offends anyone reading,
you should stay away from threesomes all together)

audra mae's website
download "the river" (or buy it)

and, a shout out to philly's 88.5 FM
for playing this song while i was driving to work
last fall... otherwise i don't think i'd be listening
to audra mae.

freelurving for one

	Ratatat - Seventeen Years
	Found at skreemr.com

while freelurving is definitely a
two person sport... sometimes you
just have to go it alone.

i was driving in my car and
this ratatat track came on and
the beat just hit me, like with most
ratatat tracks, but then i thought
about the lyrics and how in your face
they are and the ego / drive they convey.

thinking about freelurving as a solo sport
made me think of alone in kyoto, by air.
discovered this gem while watching one of my
favorite movies and it's always spinning on
my "working" and "really working" playlists.

either song can be taken in many ways.
whichever way you choose, hopefully
you'll agree they rock.

ratatat's website
download "seventeen years" (or buy it)

air's website
download "alone in kyoto" (or buy it)

Giana Factory: "Bloody Game" (Coral Mix)

	Giana Factory - Bloody Game (Coral mix)
	Found at skreemr.com

by popular demand, aka a dedicated
reader, has requested freelurving gets
back on it's feet / sits in front of the
computer again.

(un)fortunately for freelurving,
(un)like giana factory, no one has
opened my chest with a knife,
but i have been a bloody mess.

...

it's a bloody game

you better open my chest with a knife
it's a bloody game

if we should share our lives
you better open my chest with a knife

it's a bloody game

you better open my chest with a knife
it's a bloody game

you should cut up my

...

lurving is a messy sport.
watch your step, and your chest,
and your back, and you head...

whether you're in it to win it or
live by the if you had fun you won
motto, are a blood sucking vampire
or a heartbroken freelurving hater...
maybe just disillusioned or void of
all emotion, and not a hater?
you should rock out to this.

then step away from your computer so
you too can (re)discover that freelurving
inevitably leads to frost bitten feet,
burnt soles, stubbed toes, bruised knees,
bloody chests, stabbed backs,
and bumped heads.

see you in the e.r. freelurvers.

giana factory's website
play original version "bloody game"

download the "bloody game" coral mix
so you can hear this fabtastic track