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<\/a><\/div>\nYep, you read that title right. There is nothing more to this post, and nothing less. Some of these songs I heard in the house, or on the road. None of them were from an i-Pod or anything like that. Usually, I prefer to have music arrive to my ears by chance. Call me crazy. Oh, and this post is so long, I\u2019m publishing it on Sunday night. Call it the Early Edition.<\/i> It\u2019s a jumble of old and new, but only if \u201cnew\u201d is used very loosely. New, as in \u201cnewer rock n\u2019 roll.\u201d Have a listen and see how these tunes tickled my puzzler this past weekend. Warning: The final song in the post is 24+ minutes long. LOL.<\/p>\n The Who<\/b>, Can\u2019t Explain.<\/i> I\u2019ve said it before and I\u2019ll say it again: the subject of the Faith and the Church is so deep, and so wide, that it can never be exhausted in terms of ideas to write or blog about. Take this blog, for instance. From one author, to two, and then three, and back to one again, YIMCatholic has 1089 posts published on the books, all wrapped around the title statement and you now what? Webster<\/a> and Allison<\/a> are still out there writing posts too. See? She\u2019s like a rich vein in a mine whose surface has only just been scratched. Better yet, it\u2019s like what Our Lord says here,<\/p>\n the water that I will give to him will become in him a fountain of water, springing up into eternal life. \u2014John 4:10<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Other than that, my love for Christ and His Church is unexplainable except it must be Love<\/a>. I saw this on the Facebook page of the Who<\/i> and the first song of the set was chosen.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1uFcPjILC7k&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PLFD86354D96CF9427<\/a>\n Bruce Springsteen,<\/b> Tunnel of Love.<\/i> Love is complex, multidimensional, and multifaceted. Of late I\u2019ve been sharing thoughts around love as agape<\/i>. Of course, love also is eros, philios,<\/i> and storos<\/i>. Modern culture seems to highlight eros<\/i>, and maybe to you this song does that too. But real love encompasses all four types of love, and that even includes the love of one\u2019s faith. These are the thoughts I had when I heard this song in the car. It reminded me that setting unrealistic expectations for love will drown you in sorrow. Because love will make you laugh, make you cry, and even make you yodel sometimes. Just sayin\u2019. This was written when Springsteen\u2019s marriage to Julianne Philips was unraveling. Remember that?<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/x1ubwj_bruce-springsteen-tunnel-of-love_music<\/a>\n Kim Wilde,<\/b> Keep Me Hanging On.<\/i> Welcome to the \u201cBig Eighties!\u201d Big hair, big sound, and big, splashy, covers of older hits. Like this modern take on the song made famous by Diana Ross. I heard this right on the heels of Bruce\u2019s tune. Seriously though, whatever happened to Kim Wilde<\/a>? Her version of this classic reminded me that often times in love, temptations will arise and attempt to lead you astray. You have to cut them away like wreckage from a boating accident, or it will act like an anchor and drag you to the bottom. You have to say \u201cget out of my life\u201d to that which threatens your relationship\u2019s health or threatens to lead you astray. Sing it Kim! <\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BNyRU0fKHAY<\/a>\n Jon Bon Jovi,<\/b> You Give Love a Bad Name.<\/i> More big hair, this time on a dude wearing cool looking rags. Ever met somebody that gives \u201clove\u201d a bad name? Some folks think I was giving love a bad name recently. Heh. I tend to default back to a lesson I learned a long time ago: leadership is by example. Those who hit me with \u201cdo as I say and not as I do\u201d behavior leave me cold (thank God for the Sacrament of Reconciliation). And they give love a bad name. Christ never said<\/a>, or did, such a thing.<\/p>\n
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So that is what you have to look forward to from me today. No reasoned approach to the selection. No ulterior motive to the picks. But sometimes, and trust me I\u2019m open to seeing things this way now, the songs just come unannounced and resonate with what is happening in the world of my faith and the new oxygen supply of my life. I speak of my love of the Church here, if you hadn\u2019t noticed that trait rearing it\u2019s head already.<\/p>\n