{"id":241,"date":"2005-12-01T19:12:19","date_gmt":"2005-12-01T19:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josh.ev9.org\/weblog\/?p=241"},"modified":"2005-12-01T19:12:19","modified_gmt":"2005-12-01T19:12:19","slug":"the-essence-of-a-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/josh.ev9.org\/weblog\/archives\/241","title":{"rendered":"The essence of a song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wish I could post the &#8220;essence&#8221; of a song.  You know?  It&#8217;s not that I need the lyrics, or the singer&#8217;s voice, or anything really other than the feeling that comes from listening.<\/p>\n<p>This morning on my drive in to school the radio station played Long December by the Counting Crows and it just felt <em>so right<\/em>.  It&#8217;s the first day of December.  It was snowing outside&#8230;the first <em>real<\/em> snow of the season.  I was tired&#8230;feeling a little gloomy.  Even though I was already late for my meeting, I couldn&#8217;t help but sit in my car as I pulled up to the building and wait for the song to end, belting out every last word.  I then calmly went about my day.  How do I encapsulate that feeling?  <\/p>\n<p>On a similar note, I&#8217;ve been listening to some Israeli music that I snagged from Karen and it is also fantastic.  I can&#8217;t understand a word, but I love this stuff.  Rock music with a pleasant mix of acoustic, electric, &amp; violins.  I&#8217;m a sucker for well executed string instruments.  <\/p>\n<p>Anyway, back to work&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wish I could post the &#8220;essence&#8221; of a song. You know? It&#8217;s not that I need the lyrics, or the singer&#8217;s voice, or anything really other than the feeling that comes from listening. 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