Last week on DB there was a discussion about Roy Kim, and what we thought about a come back for him.

At that time I didn’t know he had a new song that had just been released a couple of weeks ago. So imagine my surprise when it showed up in my “new music” list. So I pressed play and couldn’t stop replaying it for hours. It sounded so melancholy so that when I was done working in the garden I went online to find the lyrics in English.

And indeed this is a song of remorse and sadness.

Roy Kim has such a beautiful voice and from seeing him in interviews over the years he seems like he’s very shy and maybe an introvert. Which is why his connection to the Burning Sun scandal was such a shock.

But I read on Wikipedia that he really wasn’t taking part like the rest of the men. Granted maybe he knew or thought if he didn’t take part it would be okay… But I find that I want to let go of that part and allow myself to enjoy his music.

Listen to the sadness and all the feeling in this song while you read the words. It is haunting and lovely for me. I hope you can appreciate it whatever you think about Roy Kim as a man and artist.

Because… Just because. It’s Friday. There is so much cute and pretty in this video, and we I just can’t get enough of these beautiful people…

Quiet Wednesday at home not doing anything but rest and fight off a spring cold. Found this and wanted to share it with all you wonderful beanies around the world.
Stay safe and well!!

Stumbled across this earlier – its so nice to see him smile while watching his current show where he’s been so sad for so long. Such a sweetie!

March music mayhem madness day 31

Well I haven’t posted much this month. I think just been too busy trying to NOT read the news and NOT be scared – but at the same time feel grateful for everything – especially having a job I could do from home.
Not any more – yesterday was my last day and now I’m officially unemployed and trying not to get too worried. HAH
Driving home from the office where I had to return my laptop and clean out my desk I was thinking hmm what song can I post on the last day that would reflect how I am?

Then someone sent me this silly silly version of a long-loved song, and I KNEW what to share.
Unfortunately the fact that they are all crowded together through the whole song makes me kind of nuts… but that is our new normal isn’t it?

So enjoy this as much as I did.

And please stay safe and healthy!

Just had to share this… it reminds me of some conversations about clams ;-).
(read the comments)

me and me dad are sharing the dining room table working from home today. He's an aerospace engineer on a conference call ordering fuselage prototypes and I'm drawing a duck

— Lydia Hill🍃 (@lydiakahill) March 19, 2020

March Music Mayhem Day 17

Some years ago a friend described opera as music that is ‘pure emotion’ and that is why people love it. I didn’t get it at the time and honestly the only opera I can listen to at this point is anything by Puccini. But I digress…

3 or 4 years ago when I started listening to Kpop – I was just listening and enjoying the tunes and beats and sounds of their voices.
Then one day this song came on my iTunes feed.

“Stay As You Are” by Sandeul.

I didn’t know what he was singing – but when I listened I found myself in tears every single time.
So I looked it up to see what he was saying and these were the lyrics:
————-
I still don’t know who it is
Although I have an image drawn out
But I’m not worried that you’ll be different
From what I imagined
Even if I can’t do anything
My days aren’t at a waste
Because time has to pass
In order for me to meet you
So I can recognize you
You, who I’ve never seen before
When I finally meet you, on a day I can’t predict
When we finally become a “we”
So I won’t just pass by you
So I can recognize you
Please stay that way
———-

There are more lyrics

But the feeling and the longing in this song really spoke to me even though I didn’t know what they were.
And finally I understood what my friend meant by music being pure emotion.

And now when people ask what I’m listening to I tell them “my form of opera”
May you all feel deeply and richly and somehow find the person who loves you
just the way you are.

Happy Tuesday to all you Beanies everywhere!

Music March Mayhem Day 14

A very long time ago, I think it was around 2002 or 2003 I worked in a small R&D office that was 2 blocks from a local library, and I would go there on my lunch hour a few times during the week.
At one point I started looking at the CDs and discovered they had a section called “World Music” which caught my interest. And so I looked through it and took some back to my desk to listen to as I worked.

This is when I discovered Afro Celt Sound System – I don’t remember what album it was but I LOVED it and after that looked for more in the World Music collection. This led me to discover such wonders as Angelic Kidjo and Baaba Maal, ,and I never looked back.

Which is why I think I’ve loved kpop and many indie Korean Musicians. My iTunes list includes so much fun music, from Yo Yo Ma, to Japanese Pop to Bonnie Raitt and Justin Timberlake among all my Korean artists such as Standing Egg, Hoody, Dean and Verbal Jint to name a few.
But when this song comes on I always stop and want to thank them for being such a wonderful group.
If you haven’t heard them they have collaborated with the likes of Peter Gabriel and Sinead O’Connor with fabulous results.

So I hope you enjoy this as much as I do.
Stay safe and wash your hands everyone!!!

March Madness Music Mayhem..
Right now the news is so scary around the world and I can hardly deal with it all. And usually I end up watching these two cuties. The song Acapella by Karmin is boss!!!

This is dedicated to @isthatacorner.
Many years ago I started a contract job at a large corporate office in downtown Minneapolis. At the end of first day I remember thinking:
“I’ve made a HUGE mistake”
So taking the bus to work I listened to this song by Rascal Flatts repeatedly while on the bus and walking into the building. Sometimes we have to sing ourselves into feeling stronger.
The job only lasted 3 months, but today looking for it I realized how much music has helped me over the years in so many ways.
Things are frustrating and hard at work for you – but we all know here that you have what it takes to be successful and recognized. If your co-workers could see how much all of us Beanies love your posts and love you then maybe they’d know what we know.
As a librarian and I consider libraries holy places.
YOU ROCK!!!

Happy 4th day of March.
I’m a bit late to the party, but still I’ve been enjoying the posts and all the different music!

My family was always musical because of my mother I. She wanted to become a professional singer, until she met my dad, fell in love and ended up with 9 kids instead. So she was a choir director at our catholic church. And she sang in community choirs. But mostly she trained all of us kids to sing – in 4-part harmony! We even had a grace that she arranged from a prayer and a piece of music, and when the family would all be together we’d sing it. At her funeral we all stood up and sang it for her.
I’m hearing it as I type this now.

My dad also loved music but he was always working to provide for a big family. However as a result she and my father LOVED musicals and movies with lots of music and dancing. So I too grew up with a love of music and especially good choreography.

So many movies have stayed with me because of the music and led me to seek out other artists. That is how most of the Korean pop music has been added to my playlist. From one kdrama I would be mesmerized by a song and then find other artists who are similar. So my taste in music has been quite diverse.

But mainly first and foremost – I love music that makes me want to dance. Yesterday @maybemaknae wrote a wonderful post about music and dancing. And I ended up watching music videos on Youtube for *cough* a little while.
But as a result I wanted to share this one with all of you. Except for the ones with Fred Astaire (I’m not THAT old) I saw most of these movies at the time and loved them!

So here’s to you all having a good day where you have a song in your heart or a lilt to your step at some point.

Love, Music March!

Missing everyone\’s posts about Love February. How can we get the powers at DB to clean up the BOTS? arrrrhrhrhrhrhhggg
love February!

2/12/2020

As an adolescent depressed high school student I used to sit in the park by the school grounds
I’d ponder the meaning of my life and why should I keep on with it
Instead I wrote bad poetry and listened to Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis and Judy Collins

At some point I clearly remember looking and marveling at the trees in that park
No matter what the weather – they all grew upwards – towards the sun
Even if it snowed – the space between their limbs and trunk would hold the flakes of snow
Or the drops of water
Or the leaves that fell in the fall
Through it all I somehow I became a lover of trees of all kinds and shapes

But I didn’t realize it until at one point I saw with surprise that I had so many photos of trees in my portfolio!
I always marvel at them and appreciate their strength when driving down the road, or taking walks
They are all different but still grow pretty much the same – UP

All this is to remind me (again and again it seems) that I still want to always be like a tree
Always reaching upwards ad facing upwards and allow others to take comfort in my shade..
And not be afraid to hold the cold and snow and rain and even the sunshine in my arms.

And so with that
Love February

Day 11

Driving to work in the early dark and very foggy morning
Hands clenched tight on the steering wheel as I make my way down the freeway
By the time I got to where I was going (45 min later) the fog was clearing
And I marveled at the mist on the foothills of the mountains where the sun was just rising
By then I wasn’t too scared and tense to enjoy the beauty along the road
Driving home 8 hours later in the late afternoon
It was cloudy but clear- and I was taking the back roads home – away from the traffic
Through green fields full of flocks of lazy sheep and jumping lambs
The sun was just beginning to set over the mountains on the west
And I watched hawks fly and swoop overhead to land on the power lines along the road
But this time my hands were not clenched on the wheel but tapping to the music

Yes it can be a stressful commute – but somehow it is still incredibly breathtakingly beautiful
And I am grateful to be here.

Love, February

Day 9

Starting week 6 at new job. The job itself is great. I like what I’m doing and the people I work with. The pay is even good. The only problem is the stress of the commute and wondering when my old car is going to break down again.

The promised benefits are almost, but not quite non-existent – no paid time off and very little sick time. So if I can’t make it into work for my car or my health I have to take a day off unpaid.
The company does not like contract workers to work remotely which is hard.
Lately I’ve been waking up in the middle of the night and my mind won’t turn off due to the stress….

Then Friday it occurred to me I’ll just take my life back and make it what I want!!! Working on updating my resume again and beginning to reach out to contacts.

Amazing now I sleep like a log and even overslept past my usual times the past two mornings.

So here we go February – I’ll get my life back on track and make sure I find the confidence to demand what I need (not necessarily deserve).

Ready for the new week and new days to come and thanks to all the beanies here and the wonderful positive loving words I get to read every day!

So. Love February!!!

I can’t get enough of jealous, pouty Hyun Bin. Thank you!
Love February!

This is on my fridge and I read it almost every day. It keeps me going many a day.

The Thing is
To love life, to love it even
When you have no stomach for it
And everything you’ve held dear
Crumbles like burnt paper in your hands,
Your throat filled with the silt of it.
When grief sits with you, its tropical heat
Thickening the air, heavy as water
More fit for gills than lungs;
When grief weights you like your own flesh
Only more of it, an obesity of grief,
You think, How can a body withstand this?
Then you hold life like a face
Between your palms, a plain face,
No charming smile, no violet eyes,
And you say, yes, I will take you
I will love you again.
By Ellen Bass

Love, February