Woe is this Blog..... why must Astronomy end? I am frustrated immensely by the fact that the class ends :/ Alas I'm not quitting out on this blog, i want to continue it and give updates about my Astronomy related day to day life. I mean if anyone cares? I don't truly know? I might also link this blog to my tumblr after in hopes of getting more readers.
Now to the reason I'm writing to you: THE FINAL BLOG ASSIGNMENT ( sobs) fortunately for me it's about my other love, Art. Until i took astronomy and found out how wicked cool it it i was very interested in a career in the Arts. I had to find some astronomy related art forms.... I have several.
I have two songs, one is an obvious choice " Drops of Jupiter" by Train. Patrick Monahan wrote the lyrics and they are as follows :
Now that she's back in the atmosphere
With drops of Jupiter in her hair, hey, hey
She acts like summer and walks like rain
Reminds me that there's time to change, hey, hey
Since the return from her stay on the moon
She listens like spring and she talks like June, hey, hey
Tell me did you sail across the sun
Did you make it to the Milky Way to see the lights all faded
And that heaven is overrated
Tell me, did you fall from a shooting star
One without a permanent scar
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there
Now that she's back from that soul vacation
Tracing her way through the constellation, hey, hey
She checks out Mozart while she does tae-bo
Reminds me that there's room to grow, hey, hey
Now that she's back in the atmosphere
I'm afraid that she might think of me as plain ol' Jane
Told a story about a man who is too afraid to fly so he never did land
Tell me did the wind sweep you off your feet
Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
And head back to the milky way
And tell me, did Venus blow your mind
Was it everything you wanted to find
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there
Can you imagine no love, pride, deep-fried chicken
Your best friend always sticking up for you even when I know you're wrong
Can you imagine no first dance, freeze dried romance five-hour phone
Conversation
The best soy latte that you ever had, and me
Tell me did the wind sweep you off your feet
Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
And head back toward the Milky Way
And are you lonely looking for yourself out there?
Tell me did you sail across the sun
Did you make it to the milky way to see the lights all faded
And that heaven is overrated
Tell me, did you fall from a shooting star
One without a permanent scar
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there
You can see why it would be an obvious choice right? I felt the lyrics always made me think of a lady speeding around the universe sitting on a star and her dress of sparkles like stardust trailing behind her, though as i just found out Pat Monahan wrote the opening lines about his mom after she lost a battle to cancer ( which is really sweet, at least i think so.)
It's always been a song i tried singing because i liked all the star and planet references... I didnt understand the part about chicken and soy lattes...... that has no business in the song in my opinion.
Another song i love to death is Final Night by Daniel and the Lion. Less known tha train and they hail from Madison, Wisconsin, they have more of a folksy sound and their tune of Final night ( written by daniel pingrey and jimmy linville) on the EP appropriately titled " Final Night" there's one line and it blows me away ever time
: You are Stardust.
All the other lyrics are more focused on death but being okay with it and such but that one line, every time i listen to it i get chills hearing it because, we really are made of stardust. IT's something that makes us stop and ponder a bit that's leaving a shiver down my spine at the very least.
I highly recommend either Daniel and the Lion or Train as great bands! Thank you to everyone who reads these.
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