This is one of my favorite pictures of just one of the Juicy Newt Girls. You can listen to their music at their myspace page, Juicy Newt – MySpace and if you like you can buy a CD from me for $5 or visit Amazon for a single download of one the Juicy Newt Songs.

Happy Monday.

*Hey Anna I know you are reading this! Hahahahahah! Call me, going to miss you girls while you are in Argentina! Don’t forget your mission there either!*

I was having a conversation with some people about concerts and the such. Believe it or not the only actual concert I have ever been to was Bob Dylan back in October. I know, I can hear your shock, awe and no way’s; but it’s true. I have been to different music festivals and local music gigs; just NEVER a concert centered around one artist. I think I got pretty broke in with seeing Bob Dylan. I mean come on, it’s BOB DYLAN. The man is a music genius. Nothing short. What Einstein is to scientists, Bob Dylan is to musicians (hell the musical realm in general).

Image Courtesy of www.bobdylan.com

With lyrics like this, “Come mothers and fathers Throughout the land And don’t criticize What you can’t understand Your sons and your daughters Are beyond your command Your old road is Rapidly agin’. Please get out of the new one If you can’t lend your hand For the times they are a-changin”, how can you not love him? Well either way. I have quite a few songs that are my favorite by him, maybe I’ll do another next week, this week you get one. Without further ado, a song I love by him. And he is the original for this song!

Download the Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door song by Bob Dylan!

Can you believe that I’m actually doing Music Monday early? I’m off my Green Day kick now and want to introduce you (if you haven’t heard of them yet of course) to an awesome band that I think are pretty amazing.

Margot and The Nuclear So and So’s.

I was going to seek out a bunch of songs by them, but instead thought I would post my favorite song by them. Here ya go ~

Margot and The Nuclear So and So’s – A Light On A Hill

A Light On A Hill Lyrics

Buy This Single Song — A Light On A Hill MP3 Download

I heard it all before.
So don’t knock down my door.
I’m a loser and a user so I don’t need no accuser
to try and slag me down because I know you’re right.
So go do what you like.
Make sure you do it wise.
You may find out that your self doubt means nothing
was ever there.

You can’t go forcing something if it’s just
not right.

How can you not be in love????? Next Monday check back for more Green Day – I’m obsessed all over again!

So here is some Green Day On Monday!

The following song offers some of the best advice for anybody….and everybody. Listen. Learn. Live.

Baz Luhrmann – Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen) – Lyrics under video.

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’99
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be
it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by
scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable
than my own meandering
experience…I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not
understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded.
But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and
recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before
you and how fabulous you really looked….You’re not as fat as you
imagine.

Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as
effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing
bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that
never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm
on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing everyday that scares you

Sing

Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with
people who are reckless with yours.

Floss

Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes
you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with
yourself.

Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you
succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your
life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they
wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year
olds I know still don’t.

Get plenty of calcium.

Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.

Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children,maybe
you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky
chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…what ever you do, don’t
congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either – your
choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s. Enjoy your body,
use it every way you can…don’t be afraid of it, or what other people
think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever
own..

Dance…even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.

Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for
good.

Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the
people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go,but for the precious few you
should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and
lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you
knew when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live
in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will
philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize
that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were
noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund,
maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one
might run out.

Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you’re 40, it will
look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who
supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of
fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the
ugly parts and recycling it for more than
it’s worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen…

Fall!

Now the dark begins to rise
Save your breath it’s far from over
Leave the lost and dead behind
Now’s your chance to run for cover
I don’t want to change the world
I just want to leave it colder
Light the fuse and burn it up
Take the path that leads to nowhere
All is lost again, but I’m not giving in

I will not bow, I will not break
I will shut the world away
I will not fall, I will not fade
I will take your breath away

Fall!

Watch the end through dying eyes
Now the dark is taking over
Show me where forever dies
Take the fall and run to heaven
All is lost again, but I’m not giving in

I will not bow, I will not break
I will shut the world away
I will not fall, I will not fade
I will take your breath away

And I’ll survive, paranoid
I have lost the will to change
And I am not proud, cold blooded, fake
I will shut the world away

I will not!

I will not bow, I will not break
I will shut the world away
I will not fall, I will not fade
I will take your breath away

And I’ll survive, paranoid
I have lost the will to change
And I am not proud, cold blooded, fake
I will shut the world away

Fall!

And I added this video because this had to be put on my Top 20 but couldn’t find it for the playlist – so you get a video!!!

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