Happy June 1st, kittens and dawgs! I’m a fly by the seat kinda gal, as you know and I don’t have a song title to feature in my battles until days before I roll out my post. I look for inspiration that surrounds me in the moment and I found just that with summer’s unofficial kick off this past weekend.
Normally, my song selection is a retro tune done by current or more recent artists/bands. However, I’m going to go in reverse in Drops of Jupiter #BoTB showdown.
Pat Monahan, lead singer of Train, wrote today’s BoTB song choice after the passing of his mother in 1998 from lung cancer. From Monahan’s healing process flowed the lyrics for Drops of Jupiter.
Now that she’s back in the atmosphere
With drops of Jupiter in her hair, hey, hey
She acts like summer and walks like rain
Reminds me that there’s time to change, hey, hey
Since the return from her stay on the moon
She listens like spring and she talks like June, hey, hey
Tell me did you sail across the sun
Did you make it to the Milky Way to see the lights all faded
And that heaven is overrated
Tell me, did you fall from a shooting star
One without a permanent scar
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there
Now that she’s back from that soul vacation
Tracing her way through the constellation, hey, hey
She checks out Mozart while she does tae-bo
Reminds me that there’s room to grow, hey, hey
Now that she’s back in the atmosphere
I’m afraid that she might think of me as plain ol’ Jane
Told a story about a man who is too afraid to fly so he never did land
Tell me did the wind sweep you off your feet
Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
And head back to the milky way
And tell me, did Venus blow your mind
Was it everything you wanted to find
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there
Can you imagine no love, pride, deep-fried chicken
Your best friend always sticking up for you even when I know you’re wrong
Can you imagine no first dance, freeze dried romance five-hour phone
Conversation
The best soy latte that you ever had, and me
Tell me did the wind sweep you off your feet
Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
And head back toward the Milky Way
And are you lonely looking for yourself out there?
Tell me did you sail across the sun
Did you make it to the milky way to see the lights all faded
And that heaven is overrated
Tell me, did you fall from a shooting star
One without a permanent scar
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there
The words are beautifully airy touching my senses with the essences of summer. I’m sharing for your reference and pleasure only Train’s original cut.
Okay, Train is what I call a current artist/band. A few other artists covered Drops of Jupiter, which I was sorta surprised to find out and a couple of them are retro artists.
The contenders are Judy Collins VS Eddie Money. Listen and decide who gets your vote!
Who did you pick Judy Collins or Eddie Money? There’s no right or wrong vote, except for a no vote. After you vote, if you have time then we’d all love to know what made your artist choice your favorite.
[tweetthis]Covering #Trains Drops of Jupiter this round of #BoTB is Judy Collins and Eddie Money. Who gets your #vote? #music[/tweetthis]
The fun continues with more epic battles underway; I invite you to visit, Stephen, for a complete list of BoTB players and a special thanks to the brain child of this music meme, Fae.
I will share the results of this competition a week from day, so mark your calendar and stop by to see if your pick gets named! Thanks for joining in on the fun and I hope you’ll hop back over a little later today for my newest edition of Not-so-Wordless Wednesday. This is Curious as a Cathy signing off with have a bandtastic day!
