Once more it happened,
The power that music has over me
Found me out again.
Just sitting listening
To some Jazz on the radio,
When on came a song,
A song that I had heard
So many times before.
But as the tune flowed
From that heart rending voice,
I felt the tears
Slowly forming in my eyes,
As the song moved me.
Why this time?
Why not other times?
Was it that those other times
I heard it,
But this time,
I listened to it.
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Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: The song that I heard was the one that I have added to this post. How many of us just hear music? How many of us really listen to music?
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A fine and sensitive write Gold. Sometimes things can affect us more than at other times. I mean, you would be more sensitive at the times I add water to your whisky, than when I 'm not around! heehee.
Certainly true ORchi. YOU LEAVE MY WHISKY ALONE!!
As we said in another stream - how many of us look at art generally - great write, great singer, great song - I'll listen to it again later.
Very true Michael, thank you.
Needless to say that i'm familiar with Billie Hilliday's work. I read your piece and listened thinking about your words. i Can only imagine how it made you feel, but for me it was quite moving. Thank you for sharing this.
Thank you DA, music can always surprise us in such unexpected ways and times.
I've had this happen to me as well. And it was one of Billie Holiday's songs too. It was also in the movie "Forever Young" with Mel Gibson. Can't remember the name of the song now. Great write Goldfinch. ; )
Thank you AP. She was a very emotive singer who reached out to us all.
Even today she holds her ground. Wonderful artist. ; )
"The Very Thought of You" is the Billie Holiday song. Great movie too.
The sing that also gets me is 'Strange Fruit' a very powerful sing and banned at the time but says such a great deal.
I'll have to take a listen. Will get back to you on this. ; )
Goldfinch, you nailed it. We look, but we don't see. We hear, but we don't listen. We touch, but we don't feel. Unless the heart is involved, it is for naught.
Very true Fred, thank you so much for your comment.
Yes, music has the power to speak our hearts for us, to connect with our soul, like nothing else. What a gift!
Very true, a wonderful gift indeed.
Thanks ANDY ~ Billie Holliday ~ An amazing voice that cuts through the mind and goes straight to te heart ~ very moving ! Recorded over 70 years ago (i944) and yet still retains its Power to make GROWN MEN CRY. I give talks (mainly to over 60's clubs) on Jim Reeves ~ Nat king Cole ~ Dean Martin etc and often by the end of the evening every one is crying ! Music always has the Power to Move ~ BRIAN
Very true Brian, music has the power to move and to heal.
We are so different now from then, and the song sounds different too.
A poem and a song catch the heart. Thank you.
Thank you M and M, music and words are so powerful.
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