about a good playlist

If I could make weird things that aren't official love languages into love languages (like cookie baking, speaking in strange accents, telling a good joke, etc.) then I would certainly add "sharing a good playlist" to that category.

I don't really know why I stopped doing it often, but back in high school we would trade mix CDs like notes. I still have so so many scattered in my car and in my closet and sometimes I find them and pop them in and remember how loved I felt when I received it. My friends and I spent hours just listening to our new favorite bands, sharing new songs we knew someone in particular would love, making playlists for every situation in life. Music filled in so many of our memories. We connected through music and we encouraged each other through music and we grew up with it taking us to new places and thoughts and feelings.

Sharing music you love with someone you love is such a sweet and intimate thing. Music is magical. It shapes us and it's personal and it means something significant to our individual lives -- and when we get to experience it together, it's special.

And so, dear friends who read this little blog, in the spirit of sharing with you all what's in my ears and humming through my heart, below are a few songs I think you will enjoy. This is a mini-playlist of covers -- I've always been into covers, but especially so lately. Don't really know why. I think they are lovely. I envy the creativity of artists to take something that exists and make it uniquely theirs. I like the way new lyrics stick out to me and how the shift in tune or instrument brings out such different meaning.

And, you know, if you were to share the songs you're into lately, I really wouldn't mind at all ;) In fact, it'd make me feel warm and cozy, sort of like you were speaking my language.

BROOKE FRASER - You Can Close Your Eyes (James Taylor cover)