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Name: Alli
Gender: Female
Interests: Music, singing, playing piano, camping in the mountains, swimming, skiing, shopping, reading, scrapbooking, going to movies, hanging out with friends, watching football, going to the beach, sleeping in, summer vacation, tennis, and going to the gym.
Occupation: Education/training
Industry: Education/Research
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Member Since:
1/19/2004
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| Carrie Underwood's Biggest Fan Faces DisappointmentI love Carrie Underwood. The girl is one amazing singer. I especially love her more gutsy songs, such as Before He Cheats, While We're Young and Beautiful, and Last Night. She's a powerhouse, hitting those long notes while making it sound effortless. And on another equally important note (simply because I'm a huge fan of fashion and retail), the girl is just darn beautiful. The blond hair, the Badgley Mischka dresses, the sky-high Jimmy Choo heels, and the great legs! She has definitely come a long way; from American Idol champion to reigning diva.
However.....
Her new radio song, This Is Just a Dream, makes me do a double take and say WHAT?!?!?!
Here are the lyrics:
Verse 1
It was two weeks after the day she turned 18
all dressed in white, going to the church that night
She had his box of letters in the passenger seat,
six pence in her shoe
something borrowed something blue
and when the church doors opened up wide she put her veil down trying to hide the tears oh
she just couldn’t believe it
she heard the trumpets from the military band and the flowers fell out of her hands
Chorus
Baby, why'd you leave me, why'd you have to go
I was counting on forever, now I'll never know
I cant even breathe
It's like I'm, looking from a distance, standing in the background
Everybody's saying, he's not coming home now,
This can't be happening to me
This is just a dream
Verse 2
The preacher man said let us bow our heads and pray
lord please lift his soul and heal this hurt
then the congregation all stood up and sang the saddest song that she ever heard
then they handed her a folded up flag and
she held on to all she had left of him oh and what could’ve been
and then guns rang one last shot and it felt like a bullet in her heart
Chorus
Baby, why'd you leave me, why'd you have to go
I was counting on forever, now I'll never know
I can't even breathe
It's like I'm, looking from a distance, standing in the background
Everybody's saying, he's not coming home now,
This can't be happening to me
This is just a dream
After reading them, one would probably think, "Gosh! What a sad, sad song!" Right? I mean, a lot of us know people who are currently fighting for our country. And the last thing we want to hear is that they're never coming home. And even more sad for the soldier's girl, who can't even comprehend what is going on and decides that she must be dreaming because facing reality is just too much to ask.
So why am I disappointed?
Listen to the song. In my opinion, Carrie sings the majority of the song at one volume: loud. She uses the same voice as she does in her more "gutsy" songs. Rarely does she bring it down to an intense, reach-out-and-grab-you moment. And what's worse, the band behind her is playing with a drive-it-home, upbeat feel. Everything is contradicting the lyric of the song. Her voice is devoid of emotion, which leaves me wondering if she's really thought about what she is singing. It's almost robotical.
And here's the bigger issue: Most of us who are in singing groups are guilty of the same thing. We're all proving Stephen Nix right (sorry for those of you who don't know him). We get up on stage, we know we have an 8-song set, we try to remember when to move where, we focus on our diaphragmatic breathing, we warm up with QX, QX, QX so we'll get our placement right, we keep our faces bright, we sing our vowels the way we've been taught, we look at whoever is talking or singing a solo, we maintain eye contact with a few people in the crowd, we gently bow our head when they applaud, we step off stage and make our way to our product table where we say hello to waiting fans, we tear down our sound equipment, and we drive away.
Where was the moment when we really thought about what we were singing, and more importantly, WHO we were singing about, and to, and for? Because, the fact of the matter is this: we're not just singing about someone cheating, or what happened last night, or a fictional character who loses their lover in a war. The subject of our song is ALIVE. And He's faithful. And He's trustworthy. And He's good. He's Living Water. He's Bread of Life. He's Almighty. He's Redeemer. He's King. He. Is. Love.
And there's a world of people, in the form of an audience, who need to hear Who, and What, and Why, He IS! The lyrics of our songs should bring inflection, and intensity, and emotion, and connection, and feeling.
Hold me accountable. The next time you hear me sing He Knows My Name or A Wonderful Shepherd, remind me of what I've said.
And you?
Well, don't disappoint me.
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| Xangans AnonymousAs of Saturday, July 12, I am a member of Xanga Anonymous. To be more specific, I am a Charter Member! As you can see by my signature on the following document:
The signing took place at the nationally acclaimed Pancake Pantry in Nashville, Tennessee.
You'll be seeing more posts coming from all of the people who signed their name!
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