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Music Monday! Paradise City

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What better way to get back in to Music Monday ? Some G~n~R of course. (old G~n~R...old stuff.....) Playin' a song beggin' to go home. I have been feeling like going home.  Not necessarily the home I grew up in. But where I grew most, where I started my own home. Ah well, home is where you make it right?  So, home is where I am with my family. Home can be anywhere. I have just been wanting my home to be located somewhere else. Either way, this is a rockin' tune to get through a Monday after a completely gorgeous weekend. With more snow on the horizon, we all could use a little G~n~R to get through. Take me down to the paradise city Where the grass is green And the girls are pretty Oh, won't you please take me home? Yeah, yeah

Music Monday! November Rain

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I understand that it's not Monday, and that it is not November either. But in an effort to get the first two posts of NaBloWriMo in before I get further behind, I am posting this very special song. November Rain , by Guns N' Roses , came out in June 1992, just over 20 years ago. It was that summer, that my life took a turn I wasn't expecting. It was that summer, and during this song, that I knew I was going on the best adventure ever. I met hubby that summer, and he introduced me to this song. We listened to it alone, in a dark room, and it was then (or thereabouts) that I knew  that he was someone I always wanted to be with. We just celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary, but really celebrated being together for 20 years. So I could not think about way back then without thinking of this song. A beautiful song with a sweeping orchestral background that leaves quite an impression, especially in a dark room with just two people in it.  I...