i heart peter gabriel

no, no, im not cheating on brad. of course, i mean the music extraordinaire, peter gabriel (you know, the guy who sang 'in your eyes'). and yes, he is pretty old school, but i have a newfound appreciation for one of his songs.

as you may know, brad and i have been dating for a whopping two years (as of last saturday). i know....that's like a billion years in provo time, but we're still chugging along, happy as can be. anyway, when we had only been dating a couple months, i surprised him with a cheesy love song mix to have to 'think about me while we were apart during christmas break'. so cheesy, hence the cheesy love mix. it was actually 2 cds, and it was a collection of my favorite love songs i knew. one of the many reasons why we began dating was because of our love for similar music, so some of the songs had little inside meanings.

anyway, fast forward almost 2 years, and we are at present time, where many more songs have been released, many of which could be cheesy-love-mix-worthy. a few weeks ago, i was reading another friend's blog and he made mention to the series finale of scrubs. scrubs is probably one of my all time favorite shows, except for the 4-5 episodes you should skip cause they occasionally get raunchy. anyway, when the series ended in may, i cried my little eyes out because the ending was perfect--everything i hoped it would be. anyway, we ended up looking up the end scene of the show, and the song in the background was amazing. several months after watching it, just the song brought me to tears. and that doesnt happen very often.

yadda yadda yadda, we ended up looking up the song, and found it is 'book of love' by peter gabriel: (in all it's scrubs season finale glory)

we ended up making a new playlist for a potential cheesy love mix volume 3, and brad surprised me with it in completion the next morning (left on my doorstep--so romantic!) I love all of the songs on it, but i just keep stopping at the book of love.

which brings me to the reason for my post. i am quite the music critic, since i have been surrounded by it my entire life. i love the fact that i can sing, and it is pretty seldom that i can find a song that haunts me by its lyrics -- in a good way. anyway, my favorite (and i believe the most pivotal) line of this song says, "the book of love has music in it, in fact--that's where music comes from." i just cant get over how profound that statement is! it awes me that someone has the ability to describe things in such a fantastic way, whether or not it was peter gabriel or his lyricist. i wish i could write like that. and i believe that line whole heartedly--true, good, memorable music is born from deep, emotional feelings. they are the kind of songs that you just want to close your eyes and let it envelope you in its meaning. wow...im starting to sound really cheesy. but i mean it! is anybody out there the same way with music? i just LOVE when i find a song that really makes me think, and i can feel the meaning of the words. i just really love good music.

i hope my children appreciate music as much as i do.

oh, also....things are going well. it's cold in utah. that's about all that's happened in the past few weeks.