I don't have a seasonal bond with many albums, the ones I love the most, I usually listen to them any time of year. Ok, some moments may fit better than others, but feeling a push to listen to a certain album when a time of years comes happens to me... well, with only two albums. The first one is Dido's debut 'No angel', which usually calls me when winter is coming, and the other one, the one whose seasonal power is the strongest, is Lunik's best-of 'Lonely letters', which marks for me the beginning of spring! And while spending a nice day around the parks, woods and city center of Treviso under a not-too-hot, rather just-warm-enough, end-of-March sun and blue sky, Lunik were the perfect soundtrack for my wandering!! Spring has finally come for real (it appears, I'll keep my fingers crossed!), so it's time to listen to Lunik, who have been accompanying the coming of my springtimes since 2009 (that's why this post is a sundayrevival, as, even if theoretically this post is for saturday, technically it's sunday already)!
"Many things I'd like to know, how to choose which way to go.
Many things I'd like to see, what you do for getting free.
If I could fly away alone, like a bird out on my own
Would I stop feeling so lost? I will never know..."
I am somehow at a loss about what to post now, after such a christmasy christmas as this one has been! I woke up quite late, actually I woke up pretty early but got up quite late, opened the presents with mom and dad at home, rushed to grandma's after a shower for lunch, which lasted from about 1 PM to about... well over 4 PM, with a few presents opening breaks and then a little dinner and stuff, mainly eating and staying together! Coming at home I tried to give a better look at my presents, feeling that xmas has come twice this year since I got gifts galore just a couple weeks ago for my graduation! I am feeling very blessed as of now, I hope the future will bear even more great moments like the ones I've been getting lately! Well, by now I'm kind of sure about what I'll post: I must say I'm not a Bublé fan, meaning I don't dislike him but I've never invested any time in willingly listening to his songs, but today when we were in the car driving to lunch a christmasy song of his (don't ask me which one) started in the ipod shuffle and well... it does make sense to post something christmasy of his, and this is the one I probably like the best! Hope you had a great day too!
Christmas must be tonight - Scala & Kolacny brothers
At least on xmas eve let's keep on with the themed music! As I have been doing every year since I can remember, I have been counting christmas trees on our way back home from grandma's house, this year they added up to a satisfactory 57, not like the golden years but better than the last few! We have arranged all the stuff needed for tomorrow's lunch, I prepared the table with my usual paranoia, everything is perfectly aligned (now, who knows about tomorrow when we get back there...) and ready for lunch! Now what else? I will just be waiting for Santa Claus to come, say hello and go to bed, ready for the presents time tomorrow morning and then for lunch at grandma's! This year is probably the one I've been feeling the holidays the least, but it's still a magical time, especially thinking about all the challenges and changes that are awaiting me in the future!
Last January the first piece of my Milanese heart was torn away, when fnac was bought by Trony and was selling out all the stuff before the take-over took place. At the time I didn't even know what would have happened, but when I came back from England my second Milanese mother was not there anymore. Or it was, same structure, but different looks, and a different heart. A couple of days ago another piece of my heart went missing, when I got to know that Mondadori, another one of the main multimedia retailers in the center, has closed down its store to move somewhere else. And today I found out that part of what used to be fnac, including the events area, where I first met Dolores O'Riordan right before I moved to Milan and later Caparezza and Nathalie, has become a gym. It really is time for me to start fresh somewhere else, as sometimes I have trouble recognizing the Milan I got to know... Anyway, back to last January, among the CD bargains that were there I bought a couple albums, and one of them is December, the one featuring this song. I came to start listening this CD in the summer and then I realised it was a collection of covers of christmas-related songs, so I waited until now to start getting to know it for real!
I have been having a hard time feeling christmas time this year - that until today. Notwithstanding the nice markets, trees, lights and stuff in Brussels, I was feeling cold and detached, not at all within that cheerful mood associated with one of the nice things of nice not-really-nice time of year. But it comes, as it does every year. This afternoon I have been working on the xmas tree at home and, even if I'm not fully satisfied with the result, I must say it turned out nice and it really helped me get into the xmas mood. Putting on some on-topic songs while decorating, it felt right to post one, which is actually one of my fav winter songs since it came out and which I've not posted yet, so here it is, enjoy Enya, trains and winter rains!
Have yourself a merry little christmas! Be you a christian, an atheist, a believer in another religion or whatever else, never let go a chance to be with the people who care about you and who you care about. Even if you don't care about the reason for celebrating, take the chance and spread some love, it never hurts! And if you have no one close to you, know that I am thinking of you too and that soon enough you will be reunited with the ones you love and/or find somebody new who cares about you!
Kisses.
It's almost christmas time so I'll give you one of my most favourite christmas songs!! Sorry for the delay (once again), I've forgotten to post this afternoon and then I got busy...!
Get ready to celebrate!
I know it's a little bit early (not that early, damn it, it's just a couple of weeks and I still need ideas for all my presents!) but I officially started listening to christmas music, so get some!
