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Weston Parker's avatar

Sure has that tidal wave feeling. You got the power. Here's some good old funk music.

https://youtu.be/aiePTkDZ6mM?si=w5ovgK7JhWc7hX-H

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faye boam's avatar

Tidal wave indeed. A week ago, the night before the hurricane, I had a dream that we were playing outside in a river, having a beautiful time… then everything turned ominous and in the blink of an eye, there it was, a supermassive tidal wave towering above us. It was so visceral. I remember feeling the weight of it looming above me and wondering, what happens when it crashes? Can I dive in at just the right moment in just the right place and swim through to the other side? I woke up right when I was about to find out.

Thanks for the song. A nice break from the sad music I’ve been playing incessantly

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Weston Parker's avatar

Some forces are unstoppable and remind us of the preciousness and precarity of our lives. Just posted something with you in mind.

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faye boam's avatar

I love the poem, and the song, too. Ed Sheeran is such a unique creative force, and a perfect accompaniment to your words. I love writing with music in the background, like a call and response when certain words catch my ear and help me say what I need to say. And the rhythm, too. You're right about his voice, it is wonderfully rhythmic, like a heartbeat

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Weston Parker's avatar

That song has a freedom to it, a delirious quality, like falling in love and he captures that well.

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Weston Parker's avatar

Faye, here's another one that is loaded with rhythm, one of the best dance songs ever, in my funky opinion. His voice is a percussion instrument. My brother is a drummer and he would say this song doesn't need a drummer. Ed Sheeran is a fellow redhead....

https://youtu.be/Il0S8BoucSA?si=0lcrVfb1waM0AzC6

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Isabel Cowles Murphy's avatar

I want to start every day for the rest of my life by listening to this song.

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faye boam's avatar

One of the best ideas I’ve heard in a while

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Weston Parker's avatar

It really is such a wonderful long song.

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Mike Speriosu's avatar

Dude. Yes. Soooo good. Amazing job effing the ineffable.

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faye boam's avatar

Thank youuuuuu my fellow ineffable effer

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Isabel Cowles Murphy's avatar

All these images, all these wants ❤️‍🔥

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faye boam's avatar

The neverending wants. The neverending feels. ❤️‍🔥 thank you for coming along with me ♥️

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wildflower's avatar

Felt like relief. So beautiful! 🫶💛✨

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faye boam's avatar

Relief, yes ✨💗🌊 it did feel like letting go of some great weights. Thanks for feeling it, wildflower 😘

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wildflower's avatar

🫶💗

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Kathleen Hobbs's avatar

Wow

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faye boam's avatar

that's the feeling 💗

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faye boam's avatar

I love that there's such a rhythm and flow to your response. thanks for going on the ride and feeling and sharing

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