My my my, my my my

I don't think I am alone in the emotional rollercoaster I ride from day to day. I can be in one mood, and a series of pictures or a song stumbles upon my way and I become very anxious and envious, sad and alone or filled with a lovey, fuzzy feeling.

Music can motivate us or stop us where we stand. Correction--powerful music can motivate us or stop us where we stand. You know, those songs that seem to steal your soul for three to five minutes? They end and you feel moved, to a different state of mind. I remember the first time I heard Bon Iver's Skinny Love; I was away at my first semester of college in St. Augustine sitting in my dorm room. I listened to that one song over and over again and let myself be carried away as my heart beat seemed to sync with the deep rhythm of the song. I feel for my roommate at the time, who eventually suggested I put on headphones as Skinny Love's play count rose to over 40 in one night and over 60 in the next week.

These songs invade our brains and those moments spent listening to that particular tune can transport us to those last few moments of a dramatic movie or television show when the producers really pour the emotion on thick. We are the ones caught up in a love triangle or moving to a new place and leaving the old behind, or whatever the plot of our imaginary drama culminates to. And so, the song I recommend today, if you haven't yet heard it, is Bon Iver's 'Skinny Love.' Turn it up loud, close your eyes, and get all caught up in the power of the melody.

Who will love you. Who will fight? Who will fall, far behind?

2nd recommendation, in honor of Chuck tonight--Last week on the premier, this song was playing with Chuck sees Sarah again after he left her at the train station or something like that, I'm new to the show. ANYWAYS, it goes along with the emotional pull of a song.

--Imogen Heap's 'Wait It Out' (the beginning is the best part, perfect a cappella harmony)