It's Janet...Ms. Jackson if you're nasty.... :)

So, it's been a little while since I've posted a blog....I know, I know....let the lashings begin, but I've actually been quite busy here lately. However, I was thinking the other day about something I wanted to write about.

Sometime last week I broke out a very old "doo wop" oldies mix I made a few years back and every time I listen to it, I get so lost in this other world...it's really hard to describe, but it puts me at a time that I sometimes wish I had grown up in. A time of doo wop diners. White t-shirts with rolled up sleeves. Tight jeans. Leather jackets. Motorcycles. The 50's. However, it's all about the music....the music makes me want to have grown up in that time. I feel very nostalgic when I'm listening to 50's-60's music.

It was then that I started to think of how much I appreciate my parents. I'm fortunate enough to have grown up with parents that allowed me to listen to ALL types of music growing up....rocker parents that listened to The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Who, The Eagles, etc., but parents that also listened to country, oldies, and everything in between. I know that's where I get my eclectic music taste and I have them to thank for that. Never limiting my music options growing up. Allowing me to lose myself in music such as Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, 'N Sync, Backstreet Boys, George Strait, Eminem, Salt N Pepa, Marilyn Manson....never telling me NOT to listen to any of it. Even if they didn't prefer it. That's why a guy like myself needs an iPod that holds over 75,000 songs....lol I'm the kind of guy that puts whole albums on his iPod because you never know when a song will come on that you don't know and it may be the PERFECT time to hear it. I also tend to get bored listening to all of the songs that I already know...I love those songs...but sometimes you just want to hear something that you DON'T know. I don't know, maybe that's just me. lol

I've been in a VERY big Janet Jackson mood lately....old....new....just EVERYTHING Janet. There's something about her songs that just make me feel.....something.....a feeling that I can't even really describe. It's a culmination of emotions really. She has a perfect blend of songs that just hit on EVERY emotion you can have. Happiness, anger, sexuality, sadness, etc. She has a way of expressing so much emotion in her songs that it's hard not to relate to her. Whether it be her giggles in various songs, her pants and moans in others....her voice catching in her sad songs.....whichever it may be.....she's amazing. Her and Michael truly are a blessing. They have timeless songs that will NEVER die. They'll still be played long after they're gone....they both have such extreme talent. It's amazing.

I have been listening to the her Number Ones two disc set at work because it's the one on my computer....and I have listened to the song "Again" so much I think I've worn out that spot on the C drive. haha But I love this song so much, and I have since I got the self titled Janet. album in 1993. "Any Time, Any Place" and "Again" were the songs that made me buy the album....it's amazing the feeling I get when listening to the song "Again" though. It's SO bittersweet. The tone of her voice. The lyrics of the song. The piano. Her voice with the piano is just beautiful. Every time I hear it I could just cry.....and while the message of the song might not be the happiest....I love this song dearly. It's such a bare song....full of raw emotion....she's very naked emotionally in this song. If you haven't heard it, please listen to it. You won't be disappointed. It's beautiful. I will always be a Ms. Jackson fan! :) Just like I will always be a Michael

fan....but we'll save that spill for another blog....a much longer one than this I'm sure.....

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"Again" - Janet Jackson

I heard from a friend today
And she said you were in town
Suddenly the memories came back to me in
My mind

Chorus:
How can I be strong I've asked myself
Time and time I've said
That I'll never fall in love with you again

A wounded heart you gave,
My soul you took away
Good intentions you had many,
I know you did
I come from a place that hurts,
an' God knows how I've cried
And I never want to return
Never fall again
Making love to you oh it felt so good and
Oh so right

(Repeat Chorus)

So here we are alone again,
Didn't think it'd come to this
And to know it all began
With just a little kiss
I've come too close to happiness,
To have it swept away
Don't think I can take the pain
Never fall again

Kinda late in the game
And my heart is in your hands
Don't you stand there and then tell me
You love me
Then leave again
'Cause I'm falling in love with you again

Hold me, hold me
Don't ever let me go
Say it just one time
Say you love me
God knows I do love you again